My brown and green scarf, and Ichigo pics.

First, a photo of me with my new scarf. It took me about a week to knit it, all said and done. I started it back in January but I kept screwing up the striping, so I decided since it was self-striping yarn, I'd just go with it.

I wish it was a little longer but it's a pretty good length. It just doesn't hang as low as I'd like. It's made from a yarn that's about %50 wool and %50 silk. :] Pretty soft, and doesn't feel scratchy like some wool can.



Second, it came to my attention that no one really posts doll photos anymore. Too true. Most of my friendslist are doll people and very few of them post photos, let alone TALK about dolls on their LJs anymore. I'm not complaining mind you because I like hearing the day to day stuff too.

Anyway, here are 17 photos of Ichigo. I made the net shirt and pink vinyl shorts yesterday (I think, might have been the night before) and have had the white tank top for awhile. :]

I apologize that some of the photos are repative but I liked these all too well not to share them. :]

Working at Home Depot plus a meme.

So today I went to the Home Depot and filled out my employment paperwork. I go back for real orientation and the beginning of my training Monday 8am to 5pm. I was there for about two hours today, as we also did a store walk through. There were supposed to be five new cashiers including myself, but only three of us showed up.

I learned that I can get benefits even though I'll just be part time, which is GREAT news. And, I they also offer tuition reimbursement so that will help when I start college.

I was VERY nervous, but they seem quite friendly, and genuinely so, and it seems to be a similar atmosphere to the Walmart I worked at, which was very pleasant. And if I have the same anxiety attacks I have Christy here to help me through that, so I'll be able to work past them. Best friends are awesome like that.

I did have alot of irrational fear, like maybe I misunderstood and they really didn't want to hire me, or that they wanted me to come in so they could tell me I was a bad person. I realize it's COMPLETELY irrational, but I tend to fret and worry even when it doesn't make any sense.

So that's that. As of October 29th, 2009, I am employed by the Home Depot as a part time cashier. It may not be the most impressive of jobs, but I think it's one I can manage, and it will allow me the freedom to do school as well, so I can get started on the track of becoming a High School History Teacher. :]

And unre-lated here is the OTHER doll meme that's been going 'round.

Name one (or as many as you like) of my characters you'd like to know how he/she was like as a child and I'll tell you. If the character has no background that detailed, I'll make something up on the spot.

You don't have to pick just from the dolls I own, if you're familiar with some of my other characters. :]

Home Depot!

Holy crap, I realized I never posted here! @_@ I posted to facebook and twitter, but neglected the journals.

So, I got the second interview at Home Depot, took the drug test, and tomorrow I start my orientation (if I understood the woman who called me, correctly). So, tomorrow I will be heading up there to fill out papers and stuff, and hopefully find out my new schedule. :]

So after several months of searching I may actually have a job now. Yay!

Sick again, and self!doll chatter.

I have a ton I want to post about, but I've caught a cold again. e_e I know I'm likely to be ill all the school year, with Osaka's kid in 2nd grade, and I don't mind so much, but at the moment it's inconvenient.

I've made a tentative decision about my self!doll, and put together a little comparison. I was leaning towards Luts Junior Delf Rigel, after my last livejournal entry, and talking things through with Osaka. I like the Iplehouse boys, but the scale was concerning me, since I want my (opposite gendered, Osaka and Wotan have theirs, and I like the idea) self!doll to be able to interact realistically with my friends and families' dolls.

So, when I was looking at sculpts and doing more comparisons, Osaka pointed out that School C resembled me in that stylized doll way, in the same ways that I love about Rigel. So, today I decided to tentatively re-do his(Onigiri) eyebrows, and make him a dark wig, and feel it out.

This is what I got:


And, borrowing Christian's body (so I could more easily trim the wig, SD13 body is WAY too big for School C), next to a photo of me.


He also borrowed Christian's glasses a moment so I could be sure that his sculpt could look okay with glasses. I still need to finish the face if I decide to make him into Robbie (the name I've settled on). Luckily I did his faceup very neutrally originally. I just needed darker brows. I need to do more blushing around the eyes and brows, and I think a little on the chin to gently emulate my subtle cleft, and around the nose to make the nose look a little bigger.

I did try my 16mm hazel eyes, but they REFUSED to go in without looking totally wall-eyed or cross-eyed. So, I put in these 18mm green-greys I've had for quite some time, originally set aside for the Chiwoo I wanted. The pupils are a little small, so despite the large iris size he can stare quite intensely. O_O It's slightly unsettling, but he already isn't Onigiri anymore. I don't know if he's Robbie per se, but I'll feel it out.

I need to buy some sealant (so wish me luck in my 2nd interview at Home Depot tomorrow) before I tweak the faceup further, but I know what all I need to do. In addition to more blushing, I need to darken the lips (because due to my Black Irish complexion, my lips are pretty well always very rosy), and sort out how to do the tragus and lip peircings. Also if this head ends up being him, I'll need to do freckling as well.

I know once I finish adjusting this faceup he'll look rather remarkably like a stylized version of me. Too slim but the SD10 body is at least on the stocky side. I'm still not quite sure, but this is why I haven't done all the altering to the faceup, so that I can try and reclaim him as Onigiri if he doesn't feel like Robbie after a bit.

Once I have paid back my debts, I'm getting him a body, regardless of who he ends up being. Ugh.. I meant to go to sleep a half hour ago. T3T

Not much going on.

I spoke too soon. Most of ya'll already know I caught the flu, and then it turned into a cold. I'm mostly over it now thank goodness, but that's the main reason for my lack of posting lately. e_e;;

So, Christy's TV died a tragic death recently. She got a new HDTV, and it arrived today. It's quite lovely. It'll be a bit before we have all the settings right I suspect but I just played some Batman, trying to finish off the Riddler's stuff, and it was GORGEOUS. It looked beautiful in standard def too, but MAN is it pretty in HD. :]

Anyway not much going on. I need to go to sleep, cause I have a job interview tomorrow afternoon. I'm interviewing at The Home Depot, 1pm, for a part time cashier position. At this point I'm just hoping for anything, so I'm crossing my fingers. Wish me luck!

Oh, and Jenni it won't let me follow your blog anymore, says it's gone private.. So, if you wouldn't mind, add me so I can read it?

Foot's swollen again.

Well I think I'm just about over that bug I caught. Those of you who follow me on twitter, or have me added on facebook, know that my foot has been swelling up again. I'm not sure exactly what's wrong with it, but it's swollen and puffy up towards the toes, and under the anklebone, rather than where it was swollen and bruised back in June.

I don't think it's a re-injuring of the same sort, because it's not bruised, at all. It's sore, and puffy, but I'm keeping it wrapped (except that I unwrapped it in my sleep last night.) and taking ibuprofen to minimalize swelling. I didn't sleep too well last night due to some weird psychological crap, and excruciating pain in my left foot, because I didn't realize I'd wrapped it too tightly. That's mainly why I unwrapped it I think. I'm vaguely aware of doing so, and I must have been at least partially awake, because I re-rolled the bandage, rather than tossing it somewhere. e_e;;

It's hard to say with me though, because I have a tendancy to move, and talk in my sleep. And, by move, I mean getting up to go to the restroom, to get drinks of water, etc. I don't have the problems I did when I was much younger with leaving the house/apartment in my sleep. That's tale for another time though.

Tomorrow should in theory be nice. If my foot isn't too swollen in the morning, and I can manage it well, I'll be having a lovely adventure with Christy, while Littleman is at school. I'm hoping to be able to do so, as we both need a day out, even if it's mostly to run errands. Wish me luck!

And now, I sleep, since I must be up FAR earlier than is normal for me, if I'm going to go out. :3