BJD Quiz~
Ganked from xaya_tobias
List your Crew!
Ro (DoC Tender Yen)
Elli [Elijah Samuel] (CustomHouse Mars for Valentine)
Ichigo (Volks MSD Tsubaki)
Christopher Owen (Volks Yo-SD Tinatsu *boy*)
Émile (CustomHouse Uranus Hybrid [Uriel head on Mars body])
??? (Souldoll Lune)
Robbie (Volks School C)
Jessie (Narsha)
Doran (Soom Glati)
Starshine (Soom Beyla *Unicorn head*)
Moonbeam (Soom Beyla *Human head*)
Sarabelle (Fairyland Leah)
Simon Oliver (Fairyland Little Bear Bisou)
Toby [Tobias Ezekial] (Iplehouse Byuri)
T.J. [Tyrell James] (Iplehouse Efreet)
Noland (Rosenlied Beige *boy*)
Apollo (Soom Shale)
Reji Dragonborn (Pukipuki Cupid2 Event Head)
Bear [Kodiak Storm] (Volks Hewitt on SDC body)
Who was your first doll? Do you still own him, her, or it?
Ro was my first, my Dream of Doll Tender Yen. I do still own him, though
he's on a Dollmore body right now. I plan to replace that with a
white-skin Minifee body in the future.
Who is your favorite doll?
It's really hard to say. Probably Ichigo but in general it's my Volks dolls.
Which doll do you hope or plan to buy next?
I don't know, I think bodies for my Souldoll Lune head and Volks School C head need to happen sooner rather than later.
Quick! You've instantly got $800 and must choose a doll to spend it on right now or it's gone forever! Who do you pick?
Volks Kanata. Robbie will get the body.
Quick! You've instantly got enough money for any one and must
choose a doll to spend it on right now or it's gone forever, but this
time you have to buy the doll for someone else! Who gets the dolly, and
what do you get them?
I'd buy whatever doll my sister Faythe wanted, for her. :]
Are you currently waiting on any dolls, heads, or bodies?
Sort of, but it's a secret.
Do any of your dolls seem to like you to the point that they are infatuated with you?
Most of my dolls are a reflection of myself and I'm vain but not THAT vain.
Do any of your dolls seem to dislike or even hate you?
Nah but some are twerpy and like to tease.
Who's your most expensive doll at the time you purchased them, not counting items you bought separately for them?
Bear, my Volks SDC Hewitt.
Who's the least expensive doll you own?
Reji Dragonborn! <3 Puki's are so affordable.
Is there a limit to what you'd spend on a doll?
Always. There are few dolls I'd pay more than $500 for, and I consider them hard before I decide to spend that much.
Which doll did you wait for the longest for so far?
Émile, my CustomHouse hybrid. He took almost four months from order placed to shipped.
Which doll had the shortest wait so far?
Elli, my CustomHouse Mars for Valentine. He was shipped like the same day I made payment, and arrived in less than a week.
Who's the biggest doll you own?
Full doll, would be Bear, my SDC Hewitt.
Who's the smallest doll you own?
Reji Dragonborn, as he's a Puki.
Got any floating heads? If yes, how likely are they to receive bodies anytime soon?
Two, Souldoll Lune, and Volks School C. They will receive bodies when my finances are a bit better.
Got any floating bodies?
Nope.
Do you have any extra, unclaimed pairs of eyes? How many if so?
Hahahaha! Yes, loads. I have a whole little bin of eyes (and
some eyelashes, eye putty, etc). Maybe 20-30 pairs of eyes currently not
in dolls.
Do you have any extra, unclaimed wigs? How many if so?
Yes several, I haven't counted.
Anything you've said "never" to in the hobby that you later gave in to?
Pukipukis. They're TOO small I said. *eyes Reji*
Do you own dolls that aren't BJDs?
Nope.
What was your last doll-related purchase?
Jeans and an outfit from TTYA for Bear and the babies.
What do you expect your next doll-related purchase to be?
Eyes for secret!doll.
What was the last doll-related thing to arrive to you by mail?
My TTYA order. :]
What was the last doll-related thing you purchased in person?
Oh goodness. Do props count? Cause I bought a doll-scaled plasma globe last week.
Not counting floating heads, floating bodies, and anything on layaway (paid off dolls count), how many dolls do you own?
Not counting heads, 17.
The quiz is over! Any last words?
The quiz is done! Long live the quiz!
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
More cleaning and organizing.
Finished cleaning the room. I didn't get actual before pics, but I
remembered to take photos about midway through, of the cleaning process.
It was WAY worse than this before I started last night.
First the closet with my stuff on the left, and Ringo's on the right:
And two of the floor and beds after I've picked up and put away about half of Ringo's stuff (most of which went into the closet).
And this is the after. I got it all done before Ringo got home from school, save for his clean laundry piled on his bed, which he had just about put away by the time Pherret and I got back from Home Depot.
Ringo was a really good sport about me cleaning, which is good, because it needed to get done, and he hasn't done it for the whole, what 6 months we've been telling him. I did stress to him that I put everything AWAY, and did not just bag up all his things and throw them away (like I threatened last time he refused to clean his part of the room).
I also stressed that it needs to look like this EVERY night before he goes to sleep, because he's gotten into a bad habit of just leaving the toys on the floor (and sometimes right in front of the ladder to my bed) ESPECIALLY LEGOS. Which any parent can tell you, wreak havoc on your feet. We'll see how that goes, because I need to do it too, so it's not "Do as I say, not as I do", and sometimes it's so hard not to just leave everything in a pile when I climb off to bed.
And I am delighted to see how much more lived in (and yet clean) the room is, from when we first put my bed together. 8D
First the closet with my stuff on the left, and Ringo's on the right:
And two of the floor and beds after I've picked up and put away about half of Ringo's stuff (most of which went into the closet).
And this is the after. I got it all done before Ringo got home from school, save for his clean laundry piled on his bed, which he had just about put away by the time Pherret and I got back from Home Depot.
Ringo was a really good sport about me cleaning, which is good, because it needed to get done, and he hasn't done it for the whole, what 6 months we've been telling him. I did stress to him that I put everything AWAY, and did not just bag up all his things and throw them away (like I threatened last time he refused to clean his part of the room).
I also stressed that it needs to look like this EVERY night before he goes to sleep, because he's gotten into a bad habit of just leaving the toys on the floor (and sometimes right in front of the ladder to my bed) ESPECIALLY LEGOS. Which any parent can tell you, wreak havoc on your feet. We'll see how that goes, because I need to do it too, so it's not "Do as I say, not as I do", and sometimes it's so hard not to just leave everything in a pile when I climb off to bed.
And I am delighted to see how much more lived in (and yet clean) the room is, from when we first put my bed together. 8D
Spring Cleaning? Insomnia.
I have some very productive insomnia. I cleaned my half of the room just
about from top to bottom, and while Ringo is at school tomorrow I'll do
what I can with his half, organizing and sorting and putting away what
can be put away.
I've mostly left him to himself in regards to his stuff as long as I can reach my bed and he can reach his, but it had reached a state that may have been contributing to my depression and anxiety.
So when Osaka and Pherret went to sleep I started with changing my sheets, then sorting through the pile of clothes on the floor, then the upper bin of clothes. I lack of a chest of drawers so I keep two plastic bins stacked with out of season stuff on bottom. With the clothes I sorted clean or dirty, and then folded all the clean clothing and put it away.
I may have Pherret run me to Home Depot tomorrow to pick up another storage bin and might drop off my Build-A-Bears to storage. I'll have to see how the day goes. The only reason I've stopped cleaning is that I got a little winded after 3 straight hours of moving and lifting and sorting, and anything else I'd like to do, requires more moving of things than I can quietly do.
I am fairly pleased with my progress but completely dissatisfied with the general state of the room. If I remember I'll take some pics tomorrow before and after I tackle the shared space. I may even change Ringo's sheets too, and make his bed. If he hadn't been asleep in said bed, I'd have done it tonight.
As things stand, I may be having to move back to Texas in a couple of months. It's complicated and I don't want to ruin my cleaning zen by delving in too deeply for right now. Cleaning and sorting is giving me some minor relief. Moving is one of my biggest fears and without exposing all my raw spots, I'll just say that even when it's a "good" move, it's still a bad one for me, psychologically. And this wouldn't be a good move.
I'm hoping that focusing on something other than work and my questionable future, will help me to keep as sane as is likely for me. Cleaning has always helped with that, and I'm hoping to do some sewing and maybe even play with some of my dolls tomorrow. :]
I will also likely be sorting and putting away several loads worth of clean laundry too. That combined with my other plans, should give me enough to do to occupy me for the majority of the day, without having to escape into video-games, books, or movies.
I've mostly left him to himself in regards to his stuff as long as I can reach my bed and he can reach his, but it had reached a state that may have been contributing to my depression and anxiety.
So when Osaka and Pherret went to sleep I started with changing my sheets, then sorting through the pile of clothes on the floor, then the upper bin of clothes. I lack of a chest of drawers so I keep two plastic bins stacked with out of season stuff on bottom. With the clothes I sorted clean or dirty, and then folded all the clean clothing and put it away.
I may have Pherret run me to Home Depot tomorrow to pick up another storage bin and might drop off my Build-A-Bears to storage. I'll have to see how the day goes. The only reason I've stopped cleaning is that I got a little winded after 3 straight hours of moving and lifting and sorting, and anything else I'd like to do, requires more moving of things than I can quietly do.
I am fairly pleased with my progress but completely dissatisfied with the general state of the room. If I remember I'll take some pics tomorrow before and after I tackle the shared space. I may even change Ringo's sheets too, and make his bed. If he hadn't been asleep in said bed, I'd have done it tonight.
As things stand, I may be having to move back to Texas in a couple of months. It's complicated and I don't want to ruin my cleaning zen by delving in too deeply for right now. Cleaning and sorting is giving me some minor relief. Moving is one of my biggest fears and without exposing all my raw spots, I'll just say that even when it's a "good" move, it's still a bad one for me, psychologically. And this wouldn't be a good move.
I'm hoping that focusing on something other than work and my questionable future, will help me to keep as sane as is likely for me. Cleaning has always helped with that, and I'm hoping to do some sewing and maybe even play with some of my dolls tomorrow. :]
I will also likely be sorting and putting away several loads worth of clean laundry too. That combined with my other plans, should give me enough to do to occupy me for the majority of the day, without having to escape into video-games, books, or movies.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Picture Meme
When you read this YOU'RE TAGGED! Take a picture of you in your
current state, no changing your clothes or quickly putting on makeup. No
photoshop!
Dark grainy webcam pic ahoy! I haven't shaved/groomed my face in like 3 days, so my beard looks sloppy as heck. No judging allowed.
So... tired. ;_;
Dark grainy webcam pic ahoy! I haven't shaved/groomed my face in like 3 days, so my beard looks sloppy as heck. No judging allowed.
So... tired. ;_;
Sunday, April 15, 2012
30 Day BJD Meme: Day 10
I swear I will get through this whole meme. Just not in 30 days, obviously.
10) Post a picture of a doll and an animal!
This was any easy choice. It's hands down, the best photo I've ever taken of Decke. He was still a kitten in this, or at least not fully grown. He was fond of cuddling up with the dolls. I never had to worry one bit about him running off with doll stuff or biting. Decke was an angel.
11) How long have you collected dolls? Did you collect dolls before BJDs?*
12) What do your friends think of your dolls/dolls in general?
13) Dollie shoes! Show us how many you have!
14) Have you ever had a floating head? What about a headless body? (What do you think you would do if you had either?)
15) What does your family think of your dolls?
16) Can any of your crew stand on their heads? (Show us~)
17) What is your favorite item of dollie clothing?
18) Do you have a favorite company?
19) A least favorite company?
20) What is your dream doll?
21) One doll you love, but will never (probably) buy?
22) What’s your favorite doll scale prop?
23) Is there a part of the BJD hobby that you dislike?
24) What about your favorite part of the hobby?
25) Have you ever modded a doll? (Do you think that you would?)
26) Done your own faceups? (Again, do you think you’d do that?)
27) Do you have a favorite out of your own dolls? (Don’t worry, we won’t tell the others ;D)
28) Post a crazy/silly pose!
29) Post a picture of your dolls exploring the outside world!
30) Have you ever been to a doll meetup? Did you enjoy it/do you plan to go to one in the future?
10) Post a picture of a doll and an animal!
This was any easy choice. It's hands down, the best photo I've ever taken of Decke. He was still a kitten in this, or at least not fully grown. He was fond of cuddling up with the dolls. I never had to worry one bit about him running off with doll stuff or biting. Decke was an angel.
11) How long have you collected dolls? Did you collect dolls before BJDs?*
12) What do your friends think of your dolls/dolls in general?
13) Dollie shoes! Show us how many you have!
14) Have you ever had a floating head? What about a headless body? (What do you think you would do if you had either?)
15) What does your family think of your dolls?
16) Can any of your crew stand on their heads? (Show us~)
17) What is your favorite item of dollie clothing?
18) Do you have a favorite company?
19) A least favorite company?
20) What is your dream doll?
21) One doll you love, but will never (probably) buy?
22) What’s your favorite doll scale prop?
23) Is there a part of the BJD hobby that you dislike?
24) What about your favorite part of the hobby?
25) Have you ever modded a doll? (Do you think that you would?)
26) Done your own faceups? (Again, do you think you’d do that?)
27) Do you have a favorite out of your own dolls? (Don’t worry, we won’t tell the others ;D)
28) Post a crazy/silly pose!
29) Post a picture of your dolls exploring the outside world!
30) Have you ever been to a doll meetup? Did you enjoy it/do you plan to go to one in the future?
Friday, April 6, 2012
Easter Eggs!
So this happened today. It was between 5 and 10 miles from our apartments. No fatalities thank goodness. This was after a stressful morning for myself (which seems silly in contrast), that I had just about calmed down from, when we changed the channel on a fluke and saw national footage of a jet crash in Virginia Beach. Osaka immediately changed to a local channel and we kept it there until we knew all there is to be known currently.
This evening we dyed our Easter Eggs, something I haven't done since I was very small. It was really neat. Ringo is old enough now that he can really appreciate it, and we had fun taking turns drawing our designs with the wax crayon and dipping them into the vibrant colors.
Then I experimented with adding a wax drawing over the first dye, and dipping it into a new color, and when that turned out neat, Osaka and Ringo had a try at it as well.
Here are the photos from that:
Oh and Bear's TTYA jeans arrived today. :] So, I took a couple of photos of him, and Ichigo.
They are very snug, but breathe, and he can sit and pose in them beautifully. I continue to be quite pleased with the quality of this company's clothes. I bought an outfit for the babies as well, and Toby is getting some slacks, while Christopher Owen is claiming the shirt. :]
This evening we dyed our Easter Eggs, something I haven't done since I was very small. It was really neat. Ringo is old enough now that he can really appreciate it, and we had fun taking turns drawing our designs with the wax crayon and dipping them into the vibrant colors.
Then I experimented with adding a wax drawing over the first dye, and dipping it into a new color, and when that turned out neat, Osaka and Ringo had a try at it as well.
Here are the photos from that:
Oh and Bear's TTYA jeans arrived today. :] So, I took a couple of photos of him, and Ichigo.
They are very snug, but breathe, and he can sit and pose in them beautifully. I continue to be quite pleased with the quality of this company's clothes. I bought an outfit for the babies as well, and Toby is getting some slacks, while Christopher Owen is claiming the shirt. :]
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About Me
- Rory
- I'm Rory or Rorek in most places. I design, sew, and craft, primarily for my Asian Ball-Jointed Dolls. I also dabble in interior design, but I'm a little out of practice.
I post about the things I enjoy, which are sewing, photographing my dolls, designing new outfits, knitting, which I started in September of 2008, thanks to my Mom, and occasionally drawing, or painting.
I also post about Life Events and how they affect me and those that I love.
Currently I am living in DFW, Texas in the USA and working towards a degree in Theology.