Resin keiki's in California

it is currently a balmy 0°F outside.

(71° inside my bedroom)

I had to walk around outside earlier with bailey (the untouched snow is a lot easier on her feet that the hard-packed snow in the backyard)... I swear my lungs were completely frozen for the rest of the day.

but now I am in my comfy bed with tato kneading my feet. and I washed all my hoodies today so tomorrow I will be well-equipped with layers. too bad I don't have a hoodie for my lungs :P

Ah... I liked this one. *^__^*

I youtubed it but gonna get the torrent though once I find it (rooting from Mad Martha)... just to understand it better.


/should get to sleep

Oh my goodness, so tired from packing and moving. And more days of this sadly. Hoping it's all worth it. Sad too I had to miss the Volks Painting Class. I'm sure it was fun.

But what I wanted to post was this blog entry I just read. Now I've seen a lot of misinformation about Geiko and Geisha on-line, but this is a really good brief explaination by someone who just recently was introduced to their world being hired to teach a few Maiko English. I think they did a nice job of hitting certain aspects and I like the viewpoint from someone not actually interested in that world.

http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/11/teaching-the-maiko/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FrugalistaJapanFeed+%28Frugalista+Japan%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

I can say that I thought there was more regular education implimented for Maiko besides learning the arts. Not sure where to verify this. And that the Tea Houses get paid by the customers, a part goes to the restaurants that cater the events and the Geiko is paid her fee by the Tea House. Unless this also was changed.

I'm looking forward to the next part of this!

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omg >_______<

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154981

i am thoroughly disgusted by the fact that BOTH the "yes" options are winning over the "no" option

Took a couple photos in the failing light.






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err... wow. it's definitely 2°F out right now.

I finally sat down and glued the tops of seraph's thighs x_x I kept getting so frustrated whenever she was in a photostory because her legs would constantly fall apart. and she would be lying in the closet all the time. now she doesn't have to :D it's such a relief to look at her and not feel frustrated.

I think I might redo her face-up (and finally paint her normal faceplate)... I want to give her some tattoos but I don't really have the MSC. I have a few faceplates that need painting though so I can spray all those at the same time.

anyway, it got me thinking about how much time I spend on meryll and brodwyn while everybody else gets ignored. vult's mnf body still doesn't have his tattoo, and soon he'll be getting a scar arm :/ so i'll need to paint that. I think what I need to do is spend like a week or so focusing on one doll, doing face-ups or tattoos (things like finally giving san his lip piercing...) and maybe in some cases more of a wardrobe *glances at shael and sparrow* and when i'm totally happy with them, move on to the next doll.

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Ok...I needed to ponder about my doll-clan for a bit.....I'm kinda in a tight situation with few...liking..not liking.....well i just had to do a list....*ponders*

-Bluefairy Jerome (Eliel)
¤ OK. Needs a new faceup/something done with his eyebrows atleast.

-Bluefairy Kyle (Adrian Grimm)
¤chips on his eyebrows needs to be fixed. Kinda in-between-doll (thogh it's his b-day today yay XD)

-Volks Black Cat Lucas (Leon)
¤ I think I need to get rid of him. Never really came up with his storey and he's been sitting on one shelf for about a year

-Minifée Lishe boy (Lucifer)
¤my darlingmuffin, perfect the way he is

-CP El (Aaen)
¤ dunno what to do with him either. kinda want to get rid of him but I like the character and outlook

-Bluefairy WS Louis(Bell)
¤ he's OK. nothing needed

-Minifée Carl (Leviathan)
¤OK...needs more clothes

-Narin 43cm (Ao)
¤might need a bit more sanding in his jaw

-SOOM Glati (Lorenzo)
¤purfect

head only:
-CP elf Yder(Eben)
¤needs a new faceup, still loving the mold

-CP Nanuri-07 (7)
¤mystery, dunno what to do. tsk

-Breakaway Bloody valentine ver. (B.T.Corner)
¤he kinda blends to the background....dunno. not selling though because loving the looks and all

waiting:
-CP Lishe (Berith) - suit/clothes
-CP Lishe (Gerwulf) - cllothes & body
-Minifée Breakaway boy (Loki) -clothes
-Minifée Shiwoo girl (Lilith) - body &clothes
-SOOM Alk ( ??? ) -name

in selling/should just sell:
- Dollshe hound
- Bluefairy May
-CP Moon (Thomas W.)
¤I....really hate this mold on Thomas. I've come to concluson that this mold is not reallyThomas....need to get something else. gh. I put him on sale.

Yush...writing the rest in the meme from last post soon /o/ *hums and waits for brain to work

* I always get so bummed out with goodbyes. I know we're all basically like that....it seems to be something that perhaps we should spend more time considering - artistically, philosophically, psychologically - as a species than we do. As a child and a young person, my father, being military, was always leaving....like for six months, one year, two year tours....and then there was a strange and horrid year in there wherein my father was in Vietnam and half of my mother's family died. And in highschool two of my friends were killed within three month's time of one another. I actually went to the first funeral with the boy who was killed three month's later. It was a not good year for me. Not. Good. Lot of goodbyes....and I struggle with them. Strange times when the village is global and digitized rather than local and structural.

* K's visit was more fun than a tilt-a-whirl. Serious highlight was most of yesterday when we got the dolls out. It was certainly a shot of resin adrenalin that I've been needing. She used her outrageous art restoration skills to give me back a boy I thought was well and truly lost....but he's not! *hugs K* We played, took pictures and she wondered....what Martel's angel/demon alter ego might look like.....wait for it!

* I'm definitely more clear now on what resin has to stay and what resin has to go....and at this point, outside my desire for the Charisma....I just don't see much more resin coming in. Perhaps 2010 will be a year with NO doll purchases whatsoever! I also decided that having a metricshitton of accoutrements is "okay" because it really is the only way to make one doll into multiple charas. It's the multiple dolls that are the problem. Anyone still looking for a complete Glati? Or yos?

* Unfortunately, for nano, last week got away from me. I won't be posting at the half-way mark as I intended, but I am planning on posting this coming weekend!

* In fandom - I keep feeling a bit nauseated every time I think about last week's SPN episode. I really feel that the fan were given the finger. It was gross and truly embarrassing. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.

rather than story spotting today, i want to take some time out to discuss motivation n_n

we've talked about inspiration before, but now i want to know a little more. what makes you want to do photostories?

Woke up early to go down to the post office to get a freakin' huge box.


8D

I need to redo some things on his faceup and he's not really complete, but guh. GUH. *_*

<3
-Mako 'n the Crew

p.s. Wrote this on my other journal, but it snowed last night. Nothin' drastic, nothin' a bit of cold sunshine didn't melt shortly, but still. Snow in November? Before Thanksgiving? Goodness! XD; I should have taken a picture :|

feh

His name is Usher, I got him yesterday and I am going to mod him into an SA at some point but for now until I have time here he is, I luff him O_O Usher is my newest and last of my Dollshe collection.

A very big thank you to marny for selling me this boy!



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I looked through my Flickr site today after putting in the search word 'Luis' and discovered that I have over 98 images with his name as a tag. That really says how much this dude is a part of my everyday life even though he lives so far away now. :)



So my original thought was to post some of my favorite pictures of one of my favorite guys, but there's no way I can post that many. Hard to pick and choose...

( Mr. Garcia, Sir. )

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Fox! Meet Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, one of two patches made to fix flaws in Frank's program. Technically since they were all created by the same person, O'Malley, Frank, Fox and Three are all siblings. But where Frank sees O'Malley as more of an annoying little brother, she looks at Fox and Three almost like her daughters after a while. Tycho is just thrilled with that, I'm sure. X3




( Hoofy girl )

I'm wondering if I should go to the loli meet up tomorrow. I really want to, but I'm kinda sick and I don't want to infect anyone. REALLY hoping I'll be much better by the time AUSA rolls around. :<

On the work front, I got a good review and am recommended for a "promotion" (using the word loosely) from E1 to E2 level. Yay! Now, if only I'll get my raise. ;___; (Apparently money is a management secret.) Also got told to choose a direction. I think I'm being pressured into becoming a manager (in 5 years or so). Dx Hmm... Project Manager, Technical Process Manager, or General Manager? (Then, as if an after-thought, I'm told I can stay a single-unit-contributor or something like that...) I'm not too good with people though. :< (It took the 2 years I was there to get used to the team.)

Ugh... I hate my body right now... >___> Stop being lazy and sick! >:O


edit: yeah... I'm gonna stay home and play video games. The coughs kinda hurt. :

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