Just For You

It's that time of the year again! Yellow snow, deer accidents, black ice, and snow storms. Of course, there's also the Christmas cards, hot chocolate, snowball fights, and eggnog to look forward to. Not to mention - PRESENTS!!! a.k.a. the timely arrival of my new resin friend.

So I'm finally putting up some photos of my new boy in my blog. This is Rowan, and I'll be giving his profile next time I make a post. Anyhow, here's something just for you.

Rowan: ...Why are you pointing a silver box at us?

Shun: That's a sign for you to look away and be uncooperative.

Rowan: Oh! Okay. *look away*

Rowan: *can't help but look anyway*

Thack: It's okay, Rowan. You don't have to listen to the brat. It's just a camera, so you can do whatever you want.

Rowan: *tentative wave*

Rui: ^^;

Rowan: I'm down here! *more enthusiastic wave*

Shun: Down Boy.

Rowan: MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!!!

And that's that. Bet you can guess what his favorite animal is. Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday! And don't worry about getting fat this time of year - that just means there will be more of you to love.

Sincerely,

Nobody ♥

New Kid in Town?!

Yes, there's a new kid in town.

In fact, he just flew in last night, and was supposed to arrive at my front door today.

Well, he was. In front of my front door today, actually.

But no one was home to let him in, when there was supposed to be someone waiting for him... It was all a miscommunication, really. Bottom line is that someone has to pick him up from the daycare at the post office - tomorrow, preferably. I mean, when was the last time a daycare center was willing to keep kids overnight? Much less one at the local United States Post Office.

...So you caught me.

I got another addition to my resin family, after swearing off never getting another BJD till I was out of school, with a job, and LOTS AND LOTS of money to spare. So sue me, but he's quite different than the other resin buddies I have at home.

And... here's where I'm inputting my abashed expression. He was just too good to pass up! I normally see the guy up for waaaay too much than I can afford to shell out. And I really liked him ever since he came out earlier this year at Volks' DP 23, but hey, I didn't think I was gonna get him at all. First, he was out of my comfort zone. I'm not particularly great with little kids...

Yet he still won me over when I saw him in the Den of Angels' marketplace though - even with his default clothes, which unlike the older Limited SDs, don't normally come with tiny sizes. All for a very reasonable price. I'll give you the run of that some other time. Now don't pee your panties though, for those of you who aren't familiar with BJDs and their prices. They don't come cheap, but for those who understand, they're totally worth every penny.

So just saying. There is a new guy. You're just going to have to hear more about him next week when I actually get to open his box.

So till then!

Sincerely,

Nobody ♥

Key Lime Pie

I've been meaning to post this for a while now... but every time I thought about it, I procrastinated since there's was always a million other things to do.

Just over the summer, I ordered Rui some new clothes - a green tank and a white hoodie - and I think they look pretty good on her. My sense of fashion isn't the best, but I try to get these kids what I think looks best on them. Anyway, these colors were perfect for a little mini-shoot that I think turned out nicely! Guest starring My Neighbor Totoro.

Just a little posing. :)

Sincerely,

Nobody ♥

WingMax in Taipei

Well. I'm going home to the States tomorrow afternoon. But before I go, I'd like to share some pictures I took at WingMax, the only official Volks franchise store here in Taiwan. It's small, but I don't live close to any BJD stores in the US. So this was a treat for me. And to compensate my excitement to be there... I bought two outfits and a pair of shoes. (Not to mention, I drooled over the 3rd Hewitt they were selling. Shun would have killed me if I had really thought of getting that boy though.)

Everything was so EXPENSIVE. On only those three things, I spent well over 100USD. Probably closer to 150USD or more. *sigh* On top of that, I bought Rui some casual girl clothes off the marketplace on Den of Angels. It's a lot cheaper, but still cost me some pocket dough. These kids better appreciate my generosity!

SD10 Kurumi 1st Version (not for sale, only display) - Can you believe that her fullset second hand market price can top 4000 USD easily?

Taipei's Official Gundam Store just right down the hallway from WingMax.

Since when did you get such a pretty girlfriend, Thack?

If I can ever afford another Volks doll, I would like to get SD13 Shiro Tachibana in this outfit. I can't resist a bad boy Shiro!

The last two photos show you some of the things they have for sale. However, this doesn't include the counter where they have eyes, tools, etc... Or the other two racks where there are more outfits up for sale. So use some imagination for that. :)

And woebegone from me - I need to fix my violin doll carrier case when I get back to the US. When I was getting on the public bus here, the freaking moron driving the bus closed the door on me prematurely. I got a bruise on my shoulder as a result, but luckily the hard cover case protected me from any further injuries. And Thackery was perfectly okay too - thank God for hard cover cases. The bad news is, the double doors snapped the strap. I can carry the case in my hands, but now I can't carry it on my back. Anyway, that was my drama on the bus, and I wish I kicked that old fart where it hurt most. Too bad I'm too nice. Now I regret NOT throwing more shit around.

*I apologize for the quality of the photos (as well as my bad language.) As you can see, my camera is getting old. I love it, but I need to let it retire one of these days.

Sincerely,

Nobody ♥

OSweet Cafe 2010

Greetings from Taiwan, everyone.

So - I found some spare time to upload pictures from the last doll meet I went to here in Taipei, Taiwan. It was a really nice (pretty expensive) cafe out in the Zhongxiao district called OSweet Cafe. This meet took place on Friday, May 28th. The pictures aren't very impressive, but the cafe itself was rather nice and had a cute guy working at the counter.

My two doll meet companions:



Please excuse his pissy look. He really didn't like the girly wig we put on him. He's just lucky we didn't force him into a dress.



Here's a YoSD Alice! She's super adorable.





Not the hair, buddy!






OMAKE - wig on wig:



Sincerely,

Nobody ♥

Longwood Gardens 2010

I kept postponing this entry, but no more! I shall update you on the last meet up I had in the US before I left the country for the summer. Here's a post about the Longwood Gardens meet on May 16th... Yeah, don't give me that look. I was having too much fun lately, so I sort of forgot (or was too lazy?) to bother blogging anything. But after this entry, I will post photos from the most recent meet up that I went to in Taipei. When did I get halfway around the world? Two weeks ago, baby. I don't have as many pretty pictures for that meet though. Anyway, let's save that for later.

This is my favorite shot of Rui - she's rather hard to photograph, but it's mostly because of her bangs. I love how the purple in the background compliments her eyes though.



Chrom! *drool*




She's really cute, don't you think? Just look at how delicate her hand is.



And here's a Bory girl - I love her dress and wish I could get one in the right size for my girl.




Here's a few with everyone's dolls together.





Longwood Gardens is so big that we weren't able to walk everywhere and see everything, but here's a little taste of just how gorgeous everything is there. Go there on a nice day and it looks like something out of The Secret Garden.

Into the famous Orchid Room:






Now for some exterior and interior wonders:













In the Perfume Exhibition room:



Check out the bottle for #71, "Head Over Heels!"




Hope you guys enjoyed that. I will post pictures of the most recent Taipei meet next time!

Sincerely,

Nobody ♥