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Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting log, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

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This week's studio photos land today instead of yesterday, probably for no real reason ;3 except I worked in the studio for a long time so the photos are definitely more interested today then they would have been yesterday. Was that really redundant or is it just me? Anyhoo ... I'm starting early prep for a Florida show in March that will range from Blythe to kokeshi and definitely include a lot of vinyl.

On the above is a completed kokeshi that I'm so silly over that I'm making it a sister :3 and Ms. Bunny Watkins, my first 3" Dunny custom. A cookie to anyone who knows what that's a reference to without use of Google ;3 I still have a lot of finishing type stuff to do on her, but she's 90% done.



On the above, Miss Peaches up front is "done" though I might change her flower thing at the bottom, not 100% sure about the rhinestones there. In the background you will also see my first Qee in progress, it's the devil bear baby one, I got it because it was the closest to a rat I could find, LOL!

You can click any of these to view them larger on my Flickr :3

Also here's a random anecdote - I was walking today when I got distracted by these kids fishing with a net, it was really depressing to me (and lazy), when suddenly this dude power walked by me at top speed, and I looked up to realize I was totally eating the dust of some 70-something year old man. Take that, youngsters! ... meaning me!

Brigitte out.

I have the newest chapter of "House of Pullip" ready for today, hope you like it. :D

( Chapter 415: Announcements )

Bonus Photo:

Gideon's wig finally showed up in the mail yesterday so here he is in his complete form. He didn't quite turn out as I expected, but dang, I love him so much like this! He is one gorgeous boy. <3

My fiance recently lost his job. We have a wedding coming up, plus the holidays, and we still have rent to pay and bills. Of course this means anything of value needs to go and this is all I have left- a cute little dolly with  custom face and decently nice wardrobe :)

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Probably should have been titled "in which I sound like a whiny bitch" because now that I've listened to it, I pretty much do.

Ugh.

::goes and crawls into bed now::

When I can't sleep at night I tend to browse the internet. I was up the other night when I decided that my Little Fee Ante, Marie could really use a secondary wig. I searched on ebay and I found a green fur wig that was like the most perfect shade of green so I bought it immediately. I loved the color so much I ended up buying a pullip one from the seller the day after the arrival of the little fee wig. I really think the green suits Marie.

Of course handling my Marie has negative results. My Volks Super Dollfie Mimi really needs to be restrung as she strung rather tight at the moment so I don't really enjoy handling like at all but Marie handles like a dream. Little Fees are really the perfect size for me as far as bjds go I think.

Unfortunately I couldn't sleep last night so of course I start browsing the internet again and I noticed something disheartening on denver doll's site- Bisou (girl) was almost out of stock. I had just freed up funds to purchase Edge but they got diverted into becoming a down payment for Bisou. At least Marie won't be so lonely anymore ^^;

Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting log, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

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Looking to sell my Nina head, plus you get to choose 1 pair of eye chips to go with her.

I'm asking a flat rate of $65 for her, that includes shipping. Nina will be sent in a box, via Air Mail Canada Post. If you would like a type 3 body for her, please add $5.

Shipping: I ship to USA & Canada ONLY
Payment: Paypal Only
Feedback: http://tilastrinity.livejournal.com/102669.html

Looking to sell my Nina head, plus you get to choose 1 pair of eye chips to go with her.

I'm asking a flat rate of $65 for her, that includes shipping. Nina will be sent in a box, via Air Mail Canada Post. If you would like a type 3 body for her, please add $5.

Shipping: I ship to USA & Canada ONLY
Payment: Paypal Only
Feedback: http://tilastrinity.livejournal.com/102669.html

I accept all form of paypal. I will not ask you to send a personal payment.
Please contact me for shipping quote if none is listed or if you are not in the USA.
My email is xxxtora13 AT yahoo DOT com or private message me here.
I have feedback on Dollymarket under mafiaprincess and on ebay as straw13erry.
Please feel free to make an offer on any items.
I'm not doing any trades at this time.

I accept all form of paypal. I will not ask you to send a personal payment.
Please contact me for shipping quote if none is listed or if you are not in the USA.
My email is xxxtora13 AT yahoo DOT com or private message me here.
I have feedback on Dollymarket under mafiaprincess and on ebay as straw13erry.
Please feel free to make an offer on any items.
I'm not doing any trades at this time.

I realize this is going to be a very repetitive post for many of your on my FL. I've already seen it on my FL several times, but I brought it up to onnas_baka_gaki, mel_mel_chan and kyrenea the other day at Wendy's and they all had NO idea. So for those of you who don't know about it yet, or just want to giggle again at the whole idea I bring you the Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken Doll by Mattel


No. It's not actually a joke.

http://consumerist.com/5393619/mattel-to-release-palm-beach-sugar-daddy-ken-doll-yes-really

http://www.geekologie.com/2009/10/palm_beach_sugar_daddy_ken_now.php

http://www.parentdish.com/2009/10/31/barbie-palm-beach-sugar-daddy-ken-is-a-real-doll/

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/10/mattel_has_lost_their_minds.php

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MTT3285

It has apparently been canceled, because conservative America wants to make sure that hours and hours of our television programming is devoted to Real Housewives who are worse than this, but won't let something like this ever hit the shelves for adult collectors. ::shrug:: Or maybe I'm just totally biased because I wanted to dress a totally fabulous Taeyang in the clothes... whatever the case, it's still very amusing.

Also, because I know it was posted late last night and then there was a tweet post since then (and those can stack up anyway) I did do a real update last night. ^_^;;

VIA
Animation Promo @ MOMA site


Tim Burton

November 22, 2009–April 26, 2010

Theater 1 Gallery
Theater 2 Gallery
Special Exhibitions Gallery, third floor
Museum Lobby

www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/313

This major career retrospective on Tim Burton (American, b. 1958), consisting of a gallery exhibition and a film series, considers Burton's career as a director, producer, writer, and concept artist for live-action and animated films, along with his work as a fiction writer, photographer and illustrator. Following the current of his visual imagination from early childhood drawings through his mature work, the exhibition presents artwork generated during the conception and production of his films, and highlights a number of unrealized projects and never-before-seen pieces, as well as student art, his earliest non-professional films, and examples of his work as a storyteller and graphic artist for non-film projects. The opposing themes of adolescence and adulthood, and the elements of sentiment, cynicism, and humor inform his work in a variety of mediums—drawings, paintings, storyboards, digital and moving-image formats, puppets and maquettes, props, costumes, ephemera, sketchbooks, and cartoons. Taking inspiration from sources in pop culture, Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking as a spiritual experience, influencing a generation of young artists working in film, video, and graphics.

Burton's films include Vincent (1982), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Batman Returns (1992), The Nightmare Before Christmas (as creator and producer) (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Mars Attacks! (1996), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Big Fish (2003), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and Sweeney Todd (2007); writing and Web projects include The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories (1997) and Stainboy (2000).

"The Kyle" and I see all of Wes Anderson's stuff. OMG!!! Tottally a Wes Anderson movie. Every part was hilarious! The animation, the writing, the models, the sets, the voice actors... you can see his mark everywhere. During the discussions with the Animation Director he discussed where the animation style/language came from. Coming from the animation industry myself, you can see his specific style in the movements, the recording of the voices, and the style of the whole movie. I can't say how AMAZING this film is. Really it is more than an animation... it is worth awards!

=D !!!!


LOVE IT!


GO SEE IT!

AAAH!!!! I want to see it again!!!!!


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Updates from Twitter.

Most of these are dolly related, or related to the dolly community, however since some of the posts are getting log, I will now be sticking them under a cut.

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Today was unbearably stressful in the afternoon. I wanted to claw my way out of the house and just get lost for a while, but I'm glad the week's finally come to a close. Sorta. Well, I do have class tomorrow, but that one's not a big deal. On Saturday, I'm either going to the Cantor Arts Center or the Legion of Honors for my Art History project :) I'd love to go to the LoH, but it seems that I'm a bit short on time that day.

I'm also hoping to start working on my Chrome cosplay this weekend, namely her trident, to make myself feel better&accomplished ^__^; I'll have to hunt around for my glue gun, which has been MIA for the past year & for craft foam (I wonder if we still have some around?) I also need to bother my mom to buy me spraypaint, too :x Well, this is gonna be fun, though :D And hopefully I can bug my sister enough so she can make me Chrome's outfit, since I'm so inexperienced when it comes to sewing .. But she probably won't have time & I'll end up getting it commissioned from another person :'( Do any of you know good cosplay seamstresses? I'm a bit wary of using evil!Bay for the outfit :/

Also, how am I gonna pay for admission&her wig anyways? x___x; And who'll take my pictures?? I need a good photography friend to go to Fanime with me ^___^; Maybe plunkster will come with me! That's a big problem for me .. I wanna be a photographer for some other people if they end up wanting me, but I may go with Kevin instead & I want to cosplay this year, dammit! Well, we'll see :) We could always do photoshoots outside of Fanime, where I'll probably be too busy geeking out about KHR! and OP in everyone's faces anyways.

I made good progress in my NaNo fic today, actually, for having just finished such a crappy chapter that I'll more than likely re-write when NaNo's over :P Okay, off to bed for today!

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You might have noticed a general lack of updates from me. Siiiiiiiigh. My health rollar-coaster is absolutely no fun, I'd like to get off now, kthnxbai. Seriously, I was feeling good Saturday so I spent A FUCKING HOUR on my hair, and quite a bit more time making myself prettiful. Then went off to a doll meet and hung out with mel_mel_chan and fullmetalsqishy the rest of the evening.

And I paid for it. Hard-core suffered for it.

We got stuck in traffic on the way back from Mel & Squishy's. What is normally a 20-30min drive, took us 2 hours. There were TWO accidents. One of which was a over-turned SUV-stretch-limo, that was overturned in the fucking HOV lane and into the next lane to the right. So it was causing all sorts of crazy problems. And then a little farther away, but close enough to cause a big bottle neck, was another accident that had the two farthest right-hand lanes closed with flares escaping into the next lane over. Joy.

I sometimes do better in cars, and sometimes I don't. I was running this really high fever and SHAKING uncontrollably by the time we got home. Started throwing up about 30 mins after climbing into bed.

Sunday I didn't feel good, but we had a couple gift certificates so Jim and I headed out and had lunch and went to Best Buy and a few things like that.

Monday I was just gone. kyrenea called to see if I wanted to come over to do laundry and apparently decided that I was just dead. I don't even remember much of Monday.

Tuesday I was mostly dead, slept through my phone ringing when it was on the fucking pillow next to my head, but I got up and did head to kyrenea's to do laundry. That felt good. If only I could get it folded and put away now, lol. But what was super big and exciting is that Sammy, Shannon's daughter, has decided that I am the coolest person on the planet. TAKE THAT. Hahaha. Yeah, see, Sammy is 4 and Down Syndrome. And I adore the kid, and I have two younger siblings who now live 1800 miles away, who are both autistic. So she gets all the extra lovin's because of that.

The story starts a few weeks, when Shannon met with Sammy's speech language pathologist (who's pathological is whole different way) and I tagged along for moral support. The SLP told us that Sammy shouldn't be able to use two syllable words for a while yet, and that she wouldn't be able to get the "J" consonant until she's 7. This is because the SLP is a lazy bitch. Because, see, while I'm there doing laundry on Tuesday Sammy pops up and goes "Ello Jasmine!" I'm the ONLY two syllable name that she says, apparently. So yeahhhhhh. I'm special and I'd like you to know that she CAN say two syllable words and the consonant sound of "J".

Tuesday was then basically ruined by a FDD that turned into a BDD because the seller was just ... wow. I honestly am incapable of summing that up. Eventually I'll be writing up a full thing to post, but I don't have the Spoons right now. I was SO freaking upset... I don't even know where to begin. Right now I feel there's just too much emotion to be able to deal with objectively, and I want to be as objective as possible. Also, I have a lot of other things on my plate.

Luckily the day was saved.

At least until Wends when some drama went down with a stray cat in the parking lot that resulted in some annoying city workers and incompetence on the part of my apartment complex managers and so Coco gets to go the vet on Monday. Honestly, I was so stressed about all this I was throwing up.

Doesn't help that I think I have and honest-to-goodness stomach bug of some sort on top of it. But YEAH. I've been SO SICK since this, and I can't figure out why my body has decided it doesn't physically want to deal with stress anymore. I used to be a lot stronger than this, and it really bothers me.

I did get a few things accomplished on Wends despite freaking out (I feel really bad for Shannon because she had to deal with me randomly going crazy because of Coco stuff... but Shannon is also going to help make it all better... I have the best friends). kyrenea, mel_mel_chan and I are putting together a doll panel for YuleCon (Nov 20, 21 & 22). I get 20 mins to talk about Asian Fashion Dolls like Blythe, Pullip, Momoko, etc. I will admit, I'm going to be biased and just mention most of them and spend most of my time on Pullips/Blythes because (1) they're what I know the most about and (2) I think moving eyes make them more interesting.

Watch my journal for more on the panel as I get more done, because I'll probably start asking for opinions, and maybe pictures for the powerpoint. I'd like to use owner pictures with permission as much as possible. But I know some of you guys have dolls other than Pullips and Blythes so I may be asking to use your photos. We'll see when I get more done what I really might end up needing.

Today I started the day with the hopes of working more on the panel, getting some stuff for dfw_pullips done, getting photos of Johanna, Pickles, and Shimiko, working on Juniper and Magnolica's latest ensembles, doing an LJ update, cleaning the kitchen, folding laundry, cleaning up the living room...

And my lack of Spoons and in general shitty health means that instead I fell asleep in the middle of two IM conversations and writing an email to Mel and sleeping most of the day, only to wake up feeling worse. Hate hate hate hate.

I did get the kitchen clean, here's the LJ update. Next I'm hopefully heading over to dfw_pullips, after that hopefully finishing the email to Mel, and maybe if I'm not dead yet, snuggle Jim. Or I might start throwing up randomly and just crawl into bed. I never know anymore these days how long I'll last...


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