book+ Rsario Vampire
scent+ cheesecake
quest+ creative expression
upper+ i have my ticket paid for!
downer+ still so much to do..
attire+ work clothes
drink+ milk
my weekend was pleasant and fun, but not as productive as i might have liked. i did get the final redesigns for my Wonder Girl and Supergirl costumes drawn up and colored, but i forgot how slow i am at hand-sewing, so nothing is photo-ready yet. i'll likely continue to work on it this week after work, since there's no new episodes of anything i watch during the summer. i'm almost done with the sewing part and ready for the sculpting and beading parts, so that's exciting. xD the underpants part is likely to cause the most frustration, with that JiD booty and all, but so far things have been going rather smoothly. as much as possible doing small-scale detailed sewing by hand. xD
Kyu bought a new pack of Grey Stuff (that's actually what the sculpting medium is called) this weekend, so there's plenty for when i start working on my modified breastplate idea. i wanna work up a template for it on paper first so i have an idea of the scale i need to go for before the stuff dries completely, but that should be pretty simple. doing the bracelets and boots will be the most complicated parts by far, but also still pretty fun! xD for those pieces, i bought plastic wrap to put over the doll parts so i can sculpt a custom fit without risking anything potentially bonding to the resin. it should be a very interesting and challenging project for the foreseeable future, and it makes me realize that my expectations of project time lines are sometimes somewhat unrealistic. xD at my current rate i'll be lucky to finish the Wonder Girl this week, leaving the Supergirl for next week at the earliest. i seem to think i'm a bit speedier than i really am. my biggest hurdle thus far was figuring how i'd attach cloth and beaded elements to the sculpted pieces. i think i have it sorted, but since i still haven't attempted anything i'm not entirely sure. my genius idea at this point, is embedding metal loops (like tiny rings for jewelry-making) into the stuff while it's still soft enough to wrap around it. possibly half-rings with the ends just poked in and set with super glue. it'll depend on how long i actually have to attach them before the stuff sets. *shrug*
so things are exciting around the office this morning, the electricity got re-wired this weekend, and random things are just Not Working. xD not even related things, so it's kinda funny to see the tech guys running everywhere trying to get everything back up this morning, because apparently it all worked last night. it's so random though, a few computers, some of the phones, and the AC unit for the back room, but nowhere else. all my stuff is working fine this morning, but i came in to see all my action figures strewn about like a natural disaster had localized on my desk. i found Supergirl behind my monitor, Batgirl and Harley Quinn upside down in my filing divider thingy, and Black Canary lounging in Oracle's lap lazily. xD if it wasn't totally one of my pet peeves (people screwing with my stuff!!) it would have been kinda funny. there was also my tower shifted 2 inches away from the wall, causing some of my kinda rare figures to fall and get stuck between my desk and the wall. X.x it took about 15 minutes to rescue them all and put them back how i'd arranged them. the only ones to escape entirely unmoved were Wolf-Man, the Battle Bunny, and Wonder Woman & (Donna Troy) Wonder Girl.. that's only 4 things out of the 21 toys i have on my desk. which, yeah, is a lot of toys, but they're small ones, and i keep them out of the way and don't play with them on the clock (that's why my magnets had to go home). plus there was this super icky ceiling gunk everywhere that i had to sweep up and clear out of my keyboard. bleh. i'm still on the list of lucky people who's stuff works today. everyone's desks got violated, sadly, it seems our electricians have no respect for nerdy paraphernalia. at least my stuff works, and nothing got broken, just a little dirty.
i had my semi-regular Cheesecake Factory outing with my 'wifey' Saturday. it wound up being a bit later than quarterly this time, but it's okay since we have plans to go again in a week (with our boys this time) so we can use a coupon she has before it expires at the end of the month. together we didn't spend enough to use it, but with four people we definitely can. xD her Soom Breecia has arrived and i must say she's absolutely gorgeous. her face is reminiscent of both Vesuvia and Cuprit (who happen to be my favorites) so i'm smitten with her. xD no desire to own her, but i'd love to play with her and make her some clothes. i already had fun restringing her for Chaunte.
seeing the resemblance confirmed for me that i absolutely want to own Vesuvia soonish. i was so sad last month when someone sold her COMPLETE FULLSET for 1700. it had all the parts; the factory painting intact, the limited eyes and wig, and the outfit too, and it was sold for marginally more than some people charge for just the doll -no fantasy parts or anything- and i couldn't do anything. *insert anguished wailing* oh well. after my Roro trip i will DEFINITELY be working on my fund, so next time one comes up i can get her. *sigh* this is one of the only dolls where i've ever desired the thing exactly as originally conceived.. she's just perfect the way they showcased her. i guess semi-fortunately for me, people have a hard time loving her since she's SO different, and one comes up on the MP every few months.. so i'll get my chance eventually.
i need to get around to actually selling Beyla and Bygg since they'll comprise the bulk of my Must Have Her fund. i still haven't figured out a fair price for them though. X.x whether it'd be better to sell them whole and as-is, or sell the parts separately and strip the painting i did. *shrug* i really don't know. i tried checking out competitive pricing to give myself somewhere to go from, but when people are trying to sell a single set of hooves for 90 bucks, it's not really a realistic comparison. what do you guys think would be fair, both to myself and potential buyers? i have two whole dolls and their option parts, no factory painting, some modification to the R Bygg head (i opened the eyes up), and both outfits. i'm never sure which mods increase value and which make things worth less. xD the head looks good, but not exactly like the original sculpt, so i really don't know. -_-; what do you guys think? i paid 810+ shipping. so i'm charging at least that. i'm also willing to throw in the customized wigs and coordinated eyes for very little. no one else will wear them, so i may as well offer them up. pardon the extreme flash and minor blurriness.
selling them isn't a super urgent RIGHT NOW priority thing, but i would like them gone soon so i can start actively looking for my girl.. xD when i have whatever i get for them, i'll have enough to seriously offer on whatever comes up for sale next. “i've got nothing, but can get you ¼ of what you're asking in three weeks!” isn't the best way to offer on anything. xD i figure if i won't accept an offer like that, i can't make one like it. ideally i'll actually get my refund on the screwy Eliv/Iv split/scam that “never shipped” and that can go to my Vesuvia Fund too.. i really need to give that girl a poke and demand my money. it's not like i can really afford to never got anything for my $325 or whatever it eventually came to.
on an entirely unrelated (and kinda bizarre) note, i need to buy new headphones again. *sigh* i think my ears must be secretly super-acidic or something because they keep dissolving the foamy comfortable part of my headphones.. O.o also the right speaker stopped working, but that happens inevitably to all my headphones, i really dunno why. the foamy part dissolving is strange though, because Moose bought her headphones the same time i bought mine (same brand and style, but mine are green and hers are purple) and she uses her iPod more often than i use mine, yet i've dissolved both the original set and spare cushy parts it came with, and she's still on her first set, so it's obviously a me-thing. It's annoying though. :P i guess i'll be buying yet another new set this weekend. unless i can just get a pack of replacement squishy parts, i can totally deal with only hearing through one ear, i only use one at a time anyhow. xD
so Moose and i have this game where one of us will text the other a line from a song, and then we try to keep the lyrics going as long as possible until one of us admits we don't know the next part. today we've made it through five different songs, one verse and the chorus. anyone reading over our shoulders would likely be bewildered by it, but we have fun. oddly, we tend to stick mostly with stalkerishly obsessive love songs. xD fun is fun though, wherever it's found.
i think i'm ready to move on to the next thing people have recommended i watch.. i just have to decide what the next thing is. xD Indiana Jones is at the top of the list, but i think i'm in the mood for something more lighthearted, so i'll have to see if there's a feel-good mushy thing anywhere on the list. or something really funny.
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