I'm humbly withdrawing my cosplay of Luffy and his search for the one piece, as well as Riku and his part in the swimsuit judging. v_v
My reason for pulling these out of line is simply that I'd feel like I'm cosplaying them for the wrong reason.
If later on I see that they can be useful and effective, I may put them back in. But for now they'll go into a list of cosplay maybes that I could come as. Gaara is one of these maybes if I can get him done.
If there is still room on one of the competing sides of Dead or Zombie: Epic Beach Volleyball, then I'll simply commit my efforts to helping my team achieve Epic Win while the other team achieves Epic Fail, in the spirit of the game of course.
Edit: And I'm down for crashing in a hotel at the beach, where the sand and wind can't reach our hair when we sleep. Though I might be camping on the floor in a sleeping bag if I can foresee arrangements. But since I can't, then anything's possible.