Oh. My. Sweet. Jesus.

Caraline

The Twins:

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Katsuro

This is so painful

Ayleena

Elnore:

What a lovely printer

Elnore

I’m rendered speechless by my own lack of talent. Holy Jesus! Somehow those old pictures are worse than I remember. Amazing what a difference brushing your doll’s hair makes! Although neither that shot of Ayleena or Elnore was really ever meant for anyone but Kate to see, it doesn’t really excuse it. And there is no explaining the blur effect going on with Caraline. Too excited to care at the time.

Over the course of two years in the hobby I learned how to take decent pictures with my old camera, which is the primary reason why there are no “before and after” shots of the tinies. Over the last I don’t know how long…four months, I’ve began wanting to actually experiment a bit thanks to now having a dslr. Might as well get my money’s worth before Jan steals it! I’m finally starting to feel more comfortable being in full Manual mode (although for quick snapshots I’ll probably still go Auto for now *lazy*) and I think the next thing I’ll want to play with is off camera lighting. Well that and filters.

I know it sounds like tooting of my own horn or patting myself on the back, but these days every now and again I’ll take a picture and be like “oh snap! awesome! ”

The things that help?

1. Tripod
2. Controlling the background/props
3. Tripod
4. Lots of light
5. Tripod
6. Paying attention to the rules of composition

What is your full name and birthdate?
Sofie Remeil, 12/25/1982 (*makes note*)

Where were you born?
Midtown, Manhattan. Almost in the taxi! (*makes note to never ride in taxis*)

Do you have any family that would miss you?
Yes, both of my parents are still alive, and I have a much older brother who’s a dentist. Plus there are loads and loads of cousins. (Cousins never count! But the rest…the rest might prove difficult to ignore.)

What exactly is your relationship in regards to my mother?
We’re roommates. We don’t see each other very often, but sometimes I will make her a bowl of cereal and once in a while she’ll bring me something interesting she found to sketch. She’s nice. (She sketches?!)

What are these “powers” you claim to have?
I can sense ghosts and am connected to the other side. I have participated in studies in the past, including one that replicated the Ganzfeld Experiment and scored significantly. My other scores were high too, although I wish there were more scientific studies than what is out there. (I cannot use these “powers”.)

I’m currently writing a paper about the area we’re living in now. (I do not read essays.)

Do you vote and participate in the political process?
Yes, otherwise you have no say in what goes on. (meh.)

Do you participate in the mob process?
No, not in the reserves and I don’t even have a pitchfork. (I wonder if you lie to me? I thought everyone in that side of the country had pitchforks and hay.)

Are there any illegally born children we should know about?
Illegally? No, I don’t have any. (So then legally?)

Are there any bodies we should know about?
Yes, there was one I found buried in an old cemented over outhouse plot over in Yellow Springs. (By “found”you mean “left”.)

If someone wanted to blackmail you, how would they do it?
Well, there’s not really anything to be ashamed of… (Everyone is ashamed of something! Besides me.)

Why am I pretty?
You have a pretty face and long, dark hair. (Yes. That is true.)

Can you make pie?
Sure! You open up the package, stick the pie on a tray and heat the bastard up! (It’s not nice to call pies names.)

I inadvertently picked up more hours at work. I thought Pete just wanted me to work this Saturday, but no he means all Saturdays. And as it turns out I didn’t have to work this Saturday anyway. But hey, more monies for me!

Man, this semester is just flying on by! November is my last full month of school. I only have a week of school in December and then a week of finals and then: graduation. Oh shit.

The first Phoenix Wright game is on its way to me. Yes! Finally! It only took three (or four) failed attempts on ebay!

Oh and HAHAHAHAHAHAHA at Jan! WordPress 2.3.1 being out all ready!

In no order of import:

1. Can do slight modification. I love the tender eyes, really I do, but if Ayleena’s eyelids were just a smidgen less hooded I would be overjoyed. Tender Too looks delightfully cute, but Tender Bee-a can look delightfully high on crack cocaine if you look at her the wrong way.

2. Applies eyelashes. I don’t mean that they have to supply them (although the lazy girl in me likes it when they do), but I seem to always find the ones who simply do not put eyelashes on dolls. Ever. I don’t trust myself around something that small with glue, so yeah. Need lashes.

3. In the US. The extra wait time that comes with international shipping plus the issue with customs…yeah don’t want to bother.

4. CAN DO ELEVEN YEAR OLDS!!!! Ok this is obviously most important. Ayleena is a child. Not a MNF Shiwoo hooker. Maybe I am old fashioned, but eleven year olds don’t (or at least their mamas shouldn’t let them) wear purple eyeshadow with black lipstick and heavily tweezed eyebrows. I like children to look like children, kthxbye.

5. Oh. And her eyebrows should match her wig. Since her wig is a natural black from Leeke, I don’t see that as an issue for any faceup artist.

Anyway, I can live without the slight modification for now, but it is a plus. I’d even be willing to ship to Canada if it came down to it. But still, meeting all those points would be ideal. I’m trying to narrow down my top choices so that when I am ready to send her off (not 100% sure when that is, hopefully next couple of months) I can try and get a spot and get it over with.

Right now as it stands I’m looking at armeleia, SDink, and CherryStreet. Armeleia is in the lead for now, followed by CherryStreet. I’m in a bit of honeymoon period with SDink since I just saw a faceup of hers last night that made me stop and stare. So not sure where she will end up in my pecking order as of yet.

This turned out to be a lot longer than I intended.

Non-wedgie shot of Ayleena’s pjs.

Took some pics in daytime. Still crappy! Really should invest in a tripod. Anyway, I’m sure you can imagine what is being said here.

And here is where I really needed a tripod, heh. I took a pic of Ayleena’s ear so you can look forward to Daichi.

Annnnd these pictures break the blog theme. Oh well!

More dollie rambling/shopping list below, yo.

The twins arrived yesterday. Yayness! Getting all the bubble wrap off of them was a bit hard, but I managed. Obviously. They are smaller than Caraline but for some reason they don’t seem too small to me; I was a little worried because there are people who can’t handle having mixed sized dolls, they get used to one size or find they like their new doll’s size more, etc. I didn’t want to think Caraline was too big or that the Twins were too small. Thankfully I don’t and everyone is happy!

OK. Now for my (yay for linked) shopping list. You may ignore this bit.

Seriously!

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Katie you are such a spy!

Note: I think I will keep this updated until I either have all I want on the list or change my mind and take it off.

For Katsuro:

For Ayleena:

For Caraline:
>>>These shoes are now being purchased. Yesssssss!<<<

For Elnore: