pleasant weekend with the family

so far my spring break has been super pleasant! right now i'm visiting my family in the boonies and i've been enjoying my little sister immensely. she's nearly 4 so she's at a really fun age. we've spent the weekend in our pj's, napping together, coloring, and watching movies. she also told me that i need to visit her more and to bring my dolls next time since they, "miss her," she said. all in all my weekend has been restful and great, that being said i'm looking forward to heading home tomorrow to see KidTerror (mwah~), pack up some dolls to ship out, and to re-color my hair.

going home this weekend has been my good luck charm for selling dolls, i was able to sell both my dollmore girls to one person and i have another user interested in my big dollshe boy. it will be so nice to get my doll area a little less cluttered. the extra hobby money is also a big plus too, but since i don't have any immediate doll plans or alot of time to play with my current ones, i think i'm going to try and wait on finishing my group. the total of 7 is now back to 4, with all of them being boys. i just don't bond with girl dolls like i do the boys, they don't have the 'pull' like my boys do. since i've been more active in the doll community i've been missing Lucan and Panda, so it will be nice to see them tomorrow in addition to all the other nice things waiting for me at home.

right now i only have two more dolls planned, a suntan dollmore pado boy, who is a definite, since he was one of the ones i wanted when i chose Lucan. the other doll that i'm thinking about is either a u-jee or a paran boy to be Panda's boyfriend.. its hard for me to decide between the two since i'm not sure if i truly like u-jee's eyes.....the paran sculpt has extra appeal since he would be a tiny bit more feminine that Panda (yes it is possible for that to be so). the more i think about it the more paran seems the better option, but i'm going to try and give it some more time before i click the 'buy' button, the same goes with the suntan pado, although he is a definite purchase, i may spoil myself with him when the first summer session of classes starts, but i'm going to try and be good and thin out my doll stuff and try and sell some it so when i bring the last two home, the area they live in won't be a mess......i know it's alot of fuss over pretty pieces of plastic but i truly enjoy them so fussing over them is fun for me.

when i dye my hair tomorrow-ish i'm going to try and be thrifty and use the red colors that i already have at home. i'm not too sure how they will take with the little of blue i still have in my hair but i'm pretty sure that the red will overpower the blue. or i may get a nice gradient effect where my hair starts purple and fades to pinkish red. who knows! i like that about doing my hair, not knowing exactly how my hair will take the dye is always a nice suprise.

that's all i really have for now, i'm looking a lazy start in the morning, goodbyes to my dad and baby sister, and then heading home~

what happened to being warm?

i miss being warm so much.....

i have random pictures to share!

some of the yarn i dyed with hope, i really like the bright colors. it reminds me of candy and spring.

some of that yarn in action, notice how a ssk is in the wrong spot, ugh.

my purse/catch all bag, i bought it around x-mas and i really love it.

Hazel's new outfit! I really like it and wish that i could find cute fabric like that (the fabric is imported from Japan, it has little alice in wonderland themed cards on it!)

a finished knit! it's just a simple garter stitch headband but i recently found out that it works well as a cowl or neck-warmer.

i also did some online shopping today and i bought some cute stuff. i bought four dresses from urban outfitters and i'm looking forward to them coming in the mail.

i would one-day like to have many everyday dresses in my wardrobe so it was pretty exciting to pick these few up. with this being said, it was a wee bit pricy but if the fit is good i won't be bothered by that.

other news.....i had a sit down talk about my engagement ring with KidTerror. while i think the ring is pretty i finally broke the news to him that i don't think it fits my personality or style. true to form, Kid Terror was very understanding and sweet about the whole thing! he's pretty much perfect to me and i was really happy to get that secret off my chest since it had been sitting there like a large cat since last june! as far as my ring style, i like antique rings and also like colored stones. i don't think that there should be any 'set' design or guidelines for an engagement ring. i'm just really happy that i can look for something that looks like me and my personality, fits my tiny finger (i didn't think it was little but i now know that 4.5 is indeed small), makes me happy when i see it, and reminds me how much i'm in love with KidTerror.....

"insert witty blog post title here"

tonight i feel pleasant, i just got talking to a dear friend of mine and i have another snow day to look forward to!

other exciting things, include the arrival of my flocke head. she's really cute and i can't wait to give her a face-up. i really hope she looks good with my boys. my other girl, ivy is already being debated, i bought her mostly for the body and the head isn't doing much for me the more i look at it. i can't shake the feeling that her head is too big in comparison to the heads of my boys, it may be the large eyes but it's irritating. i don't think flock will have that problem since she takes such small eyes, she wears 12mm/14mm eyes so she's similar to my boys. and it goes without saying that if a dolly doesn't mesh with my boys they have to go. i plan on letting ivy stay for a while longer to determine if she's a keeper so if i should send the head on its way.

i don't really have much more to report here. there was some family drama that pissed me off royally and just enforced my ideas about a certain member of my family but i rather not dwell on the unpleasant.

my bust is put together in art class. it wasn't really hard to get to this point but the process of preparing the clay was tiring. it's heavy and since my hands are small it take me a long time to work it so that it is ready to be formed. since the majority of that class is female, there were a lot of grumblings in that vein. everyone noted with disdain how shortly the males in the class got their clay ready and had their busts formed. but mine is ready to have eye-sockets installed, so i'm happy about that.

in my painting class i've been suffering from lack of inspiration. i think it comes from going to class and panicking when i look at my blank canvas. i also have problems with the lack of seclusion the class has but this was quickly remedied by installing myself in the corner, where i couldn't be approached unawares. sometimes preparing for that class feels like i'm getting ready to be hunted but that's my anxiety for ya.

i really need to take life drawing and drawing 2. i know i won't enjoy those classes as much as painting but i know that i with learn so much. i wish that i would have been able to build a stronger art foundation when i was younger. i had always been interested in art but never encouraged. i think i would be so much farther ahead than i am now.

disparagingly divine doll deals demand direction

i had planned on ranting about work this evening but i re-thought it and decided that it was best left alone, but i do have more dolly news!

i currently have two dollmore girls coming in! and both of them were cheap because i was able to to partial trades for some doll parts that i already had! i had been worried that i would never get rid of my modded MOMO boy and had pretty much given up on selling him when a trade for a girl body for a boy body came up, it was so exciting once i was able to make the trade. i feel like i'm ready to have a girl doll, i love my boys but it's time that my house got some resin va-jay-jays to stop the resin sausage fest lol.

i was content after i found someone to trade with and was ok with marking just the head now even more for a quick sale. it was all going as planned until i saw another dollmore girl go up for sale and i decided to ask for a partial trade on a whim and it was accepted! so i currently have two female dolls waiting to come to my house.

after all the drama and stress lately, it's nice to get the opportunity to expand my collection at a prices that is more than reasonable and that rids me of doll parts that i don't want. the only trouble i think i'll have is planning faces, wardrobes, and personalities for these girls. not to mention names!

i haven't even decided on coloration for them, i have a few spare wigs, eyes, and clothing lying around so i'll make do until i can save up some more cash for some proper items for them.

i know my hobby seems really materialist but i don't really care, my dolls give me great joy and customizing them and playing with them is relaxing. it's also nice to have little art models around the house that don't complain or need to eat. they also connect with all the other hobbies and interests i have so i never really feel guilty about purchasing one, i say if you enjoy it you should indulge yourself. you will only live once (no matter what religious person tells you =_=) so you should enjoy things while you can!

meandering a little off the doll topic but not quite....i really want to get a tattoo soon, i know that i shouldn't rush into something like that but i feel an odd persistent desire to get one. i'm not really motivated by anything, so just having the feeling that i should go do that is strange.

odd compulsion i know ^^"

on the subject of tattoos, and going back to abjd's, i would really love a doll related tattoo. i think it would be something that is not only representative of my hobby, but feminine and quirky. those are two adjectives that i really like, now if it were "clever" i would have already been sold on it.

i'm of the mindset that i just don't want the tattoos i get to be pretty or cool but to mean things to me. i want them to be reminders of things that i cherish and things i have accomplished. this is not to say that i think that people that get them just because they like a cool design are silly or stupid, i just want the ink that i get to be highly representational of my personality and my interests. it may be vain but a small amount of personal hubris is to be encouraged, but if i start walking around with a big head, i'll appreciate being knocked down a few notches ^^.

my blog posts feel so manic and scattered, but since i do them just for fun i'm not really bothered. it is a relaxing activity that at times keeps me sane.

off to listen to some empire of the sun and play puzzle quest <3

yeah my nerd-ness is vast <3 <3 <3 <3

real world injection

working full-time and going to school at the same time is not something i recommend if you can avoid it. today was the first day back and i'm already exhausted, but i'm optimistic about the semester, the spring always feels so hopeful; i want to keep this feeling going until the summer.

i'm taking a math course, sculpture studio, painting studio, and a wellness course. everything promises to be manageable although i know just keeping up with everything and going to class will be the most difficult part. i'm also happy to note that i have the same math prof as last semester! he's a great teacher who is really invested in his students; for some students i would imagine that would be annoying but i find it touching and it makes me want to do better. i'm kinda a sucker for teachers that care, i thinks that's why i like my adviser so much; she's pretty dingy but she's honest with me, helps me out of university drama, and is encouraging without being fake, she also rocks bitchin' cat sweaters lol.

i have discovered two energy drinks that i don't hate, arizona green tea energy drink and redbull cola. i was pretty skeptical about both of them but they were so cheap at biglots that KidTerror and i bought them all!!! we tend to go a bit crazy in that store but it's to be expected when there are so many awesome bargains.

i'm happy to announce that the dolly sausage-fest in my house is coming to a close! i am trading the boy body i have for a girl one and i just bought a head from dollmore. you can see the head here, i would like to note that my flocke will not be blond. i plan on giving her a black wig and her eyes will have to come from my eye-bag since i'm trying not to buy a lot of dolly stuff until i can sell one of the dolls i have for sale. i really love flocke's sullen little face, although i didn't see the potential the sculpt had until this limited doll. i had planned on getting panda's bf's head next or lucan's girlfriend but the trade worked out so well that i had to scoop up the opportunity. i'm also proud to say that i didn't go crazy on the dollmore site either, all the head is coming with will be a pair of boots and a wig, and i hope i get some freebies.

this weekend cannot get here fast enough! i plan on being as lazy as possible and catching up on sleep.

bleh that's all i have for now, i'm ready to see what tomorrows classes will bring!

P.S. i love you KidTerror!!!

EDIT: not finishing that meme *tee hee*