this weekend was too busy! It was a constant series of things to do and places to be froom Thursday to Monday. I got home from work this morning at 7am and didn't wake up till 5pm. 10 hours of sleep baby!! I still feel like going back to bed!

Thursday was work and bellydancing, which kicked my ass

Friday was prep and stuff for the weekend. Saturday was a massive work day.
Sunday was IDEX, which was kind of a bust though I met some phenomenol people.Spent 4-5 hours on my ass driving. Got bad road hypnosis on the way home. That was a struggle. Had to work after that.
Monday was up to Syndal's, which is about an hour, over to Eva's, which was about 2 hours...stay'd till 11pm, then back to Syndal's through shitass fog, back to my place through even worse shitass fog, then to work in RAIN!!!!! WTF, in big bold red letters...

Mom ripped Gab and I a new asshole Tuesday morning. She told us not to go. Pffft fuck that. I wanted to so I did. The words " I told you so" have been ringing in my ears since, and she didn't even say "I told you so". Man,I think she has been trained to feel like a guilty dumbass. She's good....

This makes me sad and angry. He took thier lives away from them, and he lived!! 3 people, including a cop, lost thier lives to this man and he lived. I hope he rots. I hope someone makes him suffer a pain worse than death. I wish they would through him to the mercy of the families he has destroyed. Dex's mother, Debbie...oh god. Dex's life is over as she knows it, and this will always haunt her. She'll never be herself again. She left to go to her grandmother's hours ago, before we really knew anything. We found out from Carla, Syndal's mother, and a facebook post. She didn't know more than a gunman had killed two and shot 2 others at that time. We called Dex, becuase she visited there last time we were up there. All hell broke loose from there, and the single most devastating event in Dex and her family's life slowly became known.




from resin_roulette's journal( my sis)
Its been on the news for hours but is a million times worse than I ever could have thought. Duo's mother has been murdered.Please,send her your thoughts and prayers because she's really going to need them.She'll never be alright again.Her and her mother were very close,the only person Duo really trusted wholeheartedly was stolen from her.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/two-elderly-women-dead-in-hernando-shooting-suspect-at-large/1065413?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tampabaycom%2Fblogs%2Fbreakingnews+%28Breaking+News+%7C+tampabay.com%29
Mood: crushed

Warm back up already!! It's supposed to be 70 degrees this time of year, not 48 in the daytime!! WTF, this is Florida!

Almost done with the Lumedoll work. The last week has really delayed us, but Gab almost has the rest of the blushing done and I can start linework tommorow hopefully.
Still trying to get mom to sew some stuff for Orion to wear to this weekend's meet at the Bok Tower Gardens, and to Idex also. Can't show the poor boy off till he has SOMETHING to wear, other than a few scraps of clothing that are too large and pinned to fit.

Just thought I'd share some of our latest projects over here!!

All are Lumedolls for IDEX 2010( January 27?) Click pics for larger view.

The grey one is my personal grey Keid, Orion. He was custom just for me, and is currently using the not yet released sleeping head. The two heads on either side are normal skin Keids. All three are the new version sculpts. The sleepy one and mine have since been completed. The open eyed head is ALMOST done, and so is the new unreleased girl, Tania. The two white Keids, who are a surprise limited, are not started yet.

So this wasn't a bad Christmas,but it was a daunting one. We had alot of guests- my uncle Al and his roomate, uncle Jeff and his wife Dorinda, Grandma and Grandpa Roberts( dad's parents), Aunt Karen and her 3 kids( 2 teens, one baby), and then the four of us. We have NEVER had that many people here before, and we don't have a big house at all. We didn't even have enough places to sit.

The food spread was pretty epic, and Gab and mom spent the last week baking( I get the dishes and prep work, since I'm really not interested in baking). We did decorated gingerbread cookies,which came out pretty good. I actually made a football team for my dad! It was my university team- 4 players, 4 cheerleaders, and one angry as hell coach. I took photos of all the cookies, so I'll post them later.

Presents? Not much, but what I got was great-

laptop- on it now
Wii- bought Mario Brothers Wii fot me and my sis)
pajamas my mom made me- red polka dot boxers with a peasant-type shirt in a tattoo print
a long fuzzy flannely pajama dress
this wierd blowdryer curling iron thingy- mom doesnt like that while I cut my hair short, I dont really style it the way she thinks I should. I think what she thinks my hair should look like is archaic.

BFF Jess gave Gab and I some really awesome things, and damn she knows us well- Shawn of the Dead dvd, and a How to Survive a Zombie Apocolypse book. I am TERRIFIED of zombies. I don't know why, but I am. In the movies it tends to be a virus, which is pretty plausible. Fucking nuts. Comicky movies, like Resident Evil, don't bother me.

Aaaaaaanyways...enough for now. I have to clean my little Christmas tree, which my kitty Kiki decided to knock down because she wanted to sleep there. She's been sleeping under it for a few days without incident( unless you count knocking a bulb down and playing with it in the middle of the night( didn't sleep THAT night).

I just got him in today and he is soooooooooooo awesome. He's the new Keid Ara mold, with sleeping head. He isn't released yet. And best of all....he's a totally custom resin color.

Grey.

Badass....... Anyways. How did I get him? The twin and I are now the faceup artists for LumeDoll, so if you order any faceupped Lume in the future, you're getting our work. I just got the first load of heads in for IDEX in January, so we'll be getting those worked on. His name is Orion Luna, and will have white hair, white tattoos and I'm undecided on eyes. I have to figure out what will fit him first.

I have to ask Eva first about parameters for showing him off, because I don't want people bugging her for the grey resin. This one is custom for me, dangit. Gabby will be getting a tan Keid in the future, but IDEX preparations have to finish first.

I'm so stoked about this doll. Everything about him is awesome. He's in some of the loveliest grey resin I've seen, the finishing on the mold rivals big companies, he almost has no seams( no seamsanding either), and has a really well done head sculpt. I havent really seen Lumedoll owners really put alot of time and effort into thier dolls, so I really hope to change that with our work.

My Chrom is shipping? Really?

SOOM just told me Dec 20th.....yesterday!

....well.........dont look a gift horse in the mouth I guess! woot  Cloud( not Strife) is coming home!

I just have faceup pictures so far. Gab and I tried to get more shots of her outside with the wig and outfit, but the sun was way to bright and blew out all detail. We'll try to get some soon...
Her name is Wren, and her look is based on PreRaphealite art. She will get a bright auburn tibetan wool wig in the near future to complete the look. My mom is going to make a white and silver version of the outfit for my Beryl, Siren, as well. We haven'y yet glued in the magnets for her antlers yet, nor blushed her faun parts. Till we get more spray, we're leaving those safely packed away...
Enjoy the few pics ^__^

My SOOM Anber finally arrived!!

Somehow she seems bigger than my other supergem girls, but that might be becuase of her "wingspan"( fauny ears).

Her resin seems nicer too, much more textural like a french resin than the other girls I have,, which seems more plasticky.
The outfit is GORGEOUS. And my Soah,Aoki, stole the wig. She looks so soft and beautiful in it, and we never intended it for Wren, the Amber.
The amount of parts she comes with it insane! The box was large enough for an Iplehouse EID( dude, the EID box was dropped on me by my mom while I slept. It was Jessie's Luo, but he has since been sold due to being freakin' huge). That huge a box was STUFFED full of her parts and clothing. And the new packaging for the SOOMs is fantastic. I hvae never seen a nicer doll bag. It's sure to get alot of use, since we attend so many meets at Syndal's, which is about an hour's drive away.

We're painting her now, so Ill hopefully update with her faceup pics tommorow * squeals away excitedly*

So on Tuesday Syndal, Gabby, Lexi and I were out in Mount Dora visiting with Eva, Rusty and Vanessa. Very good day, but pretty normal. The only intersting thing that happened on the way there was the Bank of America fiasco. Syndal needed to find a bank in Mount Dora, but by the time we found it....well....it was boarded up and had been for some time. Strike one!!

On the way home, we Jenga'ed all of our stuff and dolly cases into the trunk and set out. Its over 2 hours home from there, with Syndal dropping Gab, Lexi and I back in Tampa before she headed home to Brooksville. At least, that was the plan. Most of the way home is middle of nowhere, 55 miles per hour...until you hit Mascotte. We were busy yammering on and talking about dolly plans and what not when...from behind!! GASP!!! Flashing lights from a police cruiser dun dun duuuuun. Syndal commenses swearing, because she knew the speed limit, having been through Mascotte many many times. She kept repeating " You never speed in Mascotte! I know this!! WHYYYYY!!!!"

Cop comes round the car, flashlight blinding us all( and we're packed in pretty good) and asked Syndal's info and our of our IDs. Fine so far...and since it's something he has to do as part of his job( and the fact that we were going 65 mph in a 35mph area) he brings out the drug sniffing dog. Ok fine. We have nothing anyways.

.............the dog alerts on the trunk. greeeeat. Strike Two 


We get filed out and individually checked for drugs. Syndal has some stuff for her ulcer and something else, probably for her stomach. She isnt sure, but her mom gave it to her. We all have to shake our our bras in case we have drugs hidden also. Yea. Not a one of us is under a D cup. Talk about giving the man a show. We should have been paid for that.

Another cop pulls up.....did a forget the mention we're pulled off into a cemetary, we're laughing hysterically, and we're 10 feet from a 55 mph zone. Funny stuff. Anyways, they procede with checking every inch of Syndal's Dodge Challenger( hot car, seriously).
Finally time for the truck, which is packed with dolls. This should be interesting. We warned him about them, so he'll be careful since all fo us own limited dolls. They open the trunk, and they are speechless.

Syndal busts out with " Bet you never seen that many bodies in one trunk before!"

These two cops are losing it laughing by this point. If you don't know Syndal, trust me when I tell you she is probably one of the funniest people I have ever known. And one of the liveliest.

She is taken off to the side, since she was the driver. She is starting to laugh uncontrollably at this point, because she is on the verge of crying. The cop has let herknow that the ticket can be about $300, and shecanbe in jail for the night with a mandatory court date. He tells her he'll give her a warning IF she can come up with a good excuse for speeding in under 30 seconds. Not even two later, out from her mouth pops " So, there were these zombies..."

I pipe in " And not those walking ones either! The running kind!"              ...I also shamefully admit to doing the staggering zombie walk...
Gabby concurs and then the other cop procedes into this goofy ghost story about the zombies, totally playing along with us.

We finally get on our way, delayed a half hour with this humorous fiasco. We drop by Syndal's to leave her stuff and dolls behind, becuase her GPS took us within 20 minutes of her house, and then head down to Tampa. By this time Im ready to drop from tiredness, but Gab and I have work the night and class the next day. It's 2am when we arrive home.


Two strikes. No outs. Syndal rocks mad solid

SO, the moral of the story is police drug sniffing dogs alert on MSC. It's something al doll hobbyists should know. And zombies make an excellent excuse if the get the right cop pulling you over.
 
And the copy of the ticket given to Syndal has " reason for being pulled over- Unlawful speeding/ ZOMBIES" written on it.

A chance at a Shadow Onyx fullset??!! From SOOM and not secondhand!?
With only 2 available, its a long shot, but I'd be mad at myself for not trying!!

UPDATE!!! She's fine! She has a medication she will be on for a while that may stop this from happening again. She has Tremor Syndrome, which is not harmful or fatal, and is not a seizure.





This is Copied from my sister's LJ-



We just ran her to the vet and hopefully she'll be ok but she started having seisures about 15 minutes ago.The vet is going to do some labs so we dont know yet what the cause is.Theyve been nearly constant.One second she's fine and then all of a sudden,she's rolled over onto her side twitching drooling and groaning.Im so scared right now that Im numb and shaky.She was stung by  a wasp this morning but we're not sure if thats the problem.The vet said he's seen tons of pets come in with bee stings but never seen any kind of pet seize from a sting.Mom and dad made us leave the vets office because we still have to go to class today and theyre going to hold her at the office and give us an update around 4 oclock.Gee,like Ill be able to pay sort of attention to Art history!!!To pay the vet bill,Ill probably be putting at least two of my dolls up for sale,my Lishe and my Si for starters.Id rather have a healthy dog than a doll any day.

If youre the praying type(or if you arent do it anyway) please please pray that she'll be ok!!!!

This icon is inadequate.Im truly terrified but I only have icons of angry.

I just got back from spending the weekend at my grandparents timeshare on the beach,so this is the last thing I expected to happen.Why cant I just be relaxed for one day!!! First I babysit a belligerent hashbrown obsessed drunk and now my dog is sick!!!


There truly is no god.Not that I ever questioned that but still.

On the doll front- I sooo want that new Zack Fair head from xtal's order. He is so awesome!!
                               And I want Georgia's newest Cloud head. Talk about perfect!!
                               And I want a new Vincent Valentine head. I sold mine, so he's on his way to a new owner. He wasn't quite right.

On the non doll front- I want a cute new swimsuit! I found a few for shorter waisted gals, and guess what. I was actually to LONG waisted for them. Me in that suit was just about pornographic. It sat waaaay below my oversized sets of honkers. Seriously frightening. I need to lose some pounds so I can have more options.

I also want to dye my hair again, but I need to have it professionally done so i can get the bright light red I want, since everything in a box comes out too dark( reds should usually be dyed over a medium to dark blonde. My hair is a medium brown).

And of course it all leads to me needing more money. Sorry bank account! I know you want me to spend what is in you, but I want to go to school next semester! Plus there's that car payment thing...

http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=298977

Im selling my Zack Fair and Vincent Valentine minimee heads. They just have to many issues that make them not enough like the characters to me, and I dont have the time or will to mod them.

Hopefully someone will buy and love them, and mayb e I can try again to get ones that look much more like Zack and Vincent. At least Vincent, since he's always been my fave.

Till then, the money from selling them will go towards paying for my SOOM Chrom head, which is like $32 a month. Not bad at all.
Everything else left will be saved for school next semester.

28 Things About You Meme
YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know 28 things about you. I don't care if we've never talked, never really clicked, or if we already know everything about each other. I really don't. You are obviously on my flist, so let me know with whom I'm friends!

1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song or Album:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favorite memory of us?
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent:
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? (If you have no idea, just say something crazy, it'll entertain me!)
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?

Yea. Bitch is gonna DIE....


http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=297834

If anyone would care to join me : http://www.denofangels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=298921

I am absolutely in love with this head!! It's a really dumb thing to do, but sometimes dumb things need to be done.
I don't want anything but the head, since I'll probably be selling one of my SOOM Io heads, though I can't decide which I like better. The only reason I've kept him so long is becuase my mother absolutely loves him.

Pics under the cut
So my sis and I finally got around to finishing up some faceup work. My Soom Onyx, Shizuka was in pretty desperate need of a new one, since I hated the old one and it was dirty. This new one I really love though, especially her lips. I need to put her eyelashes back in though. I hate putting eyelashes in! * cries*
We also finished my sis'  Lishe ,Nehdezdha, but I' ll post photos of her later.
I'm still waiting on hearing form the girl I'm trading her romantic head to. I'm getting the romantic Shadow head. Sweeeeeet!!!! Her name will be Jenova( Shizuka comes from a FF7  roleplay I was in for years, so you can sort of see where this is going)...




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My final paper is almost done, so soon I can rejoin the real world.

It's been a slow process, but it gets submitted online tommorow by 11pm and after that Im free!!

I have so many things to catch up on that I can't wait, and I have a friend coming to visit in the beginning of May ( yay Jessie!!)

When Im done I want go to the local botanical gardens to relax and take pictures of the lovely flowers, and maybe plan a doll meetup for during the summer.

So close!!

I dont want to have to deal with organizers that dont ship on time and have a stunning lack of communication skills

So I ask.... would anyone like to order with me? I just want a few things, and so does my sis.

The wig and shoe discout event runs till May 13th, so lets see what happens in a week.If you would like to join me, just post here with your order and type of shipping. If I cant get enough people to make shipping worth it, Ill just join a group order. Im really not in a horrendous hurry to get anything, so i dont mind if I miss the event.

Tell your friends! Im hoping alot of the locals here in Florida would be interested