The promised Yuuya pictures ^^

Definitely not the best pictures I've taken =__=
But I really wanted to show Yuuya in that outfit... And he hasn't been featured in so long... *pouts*
Will try to do better soon >_____<

I really enjoyed the meme on my last post :3
I'll do that again I think :)

Not much to add. I'm eying the new Souldoll Lev and Paulin a bit too much. Should not let mind wander that way... lol

I'll be going to Paris from January 27th to 29th. Will be staying at lysel 's place and I'll be seeing my Japanese penfriend whom I haven't seen in about 5 years I think. So I'm really eager :)

And Star Trek new slash for the win :P

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No pictures today, but I've been wanting to try a writing meme that Lawy posted on her journal.
Play along :)




Hurray, an update X)

I wanted to wait until I had some new pictures to post, but I just don't have time lately =_=
I have some pics of Yuuya under my sleeve. Poor boy has not been featured in a while :(

I feel so guilty for not having been in touch with my friends :(

I was so happy to have many messages for my birthday, but it's been almost a month and I still haven't answered back to everyone.
I hate how uncommunicative I can be :(
I'm sorry to all of you :( The worst thing is that I -really- stress over not contacting my friends but I can't seem to get the nerve to write a damn 2 sentence e-mail or reply to their journal entries...

I have hectic weeks; I'm taking way too many classes, some of which are useless as shit (like the one I'm attending right now lol - "website analysis") and some which are cool but time-consuming (I'm learning how to program in Perl for instance, but my logic fails Orz).
It's difficult to balance doing all this seriously and knowing I'll be dropping out in January when my real training starts. I know this is good for me, but I kinda just want to party lol.

I also joined the photo club of the university. It's been cool so far. It's every Wednesday. My teacher saw my Bjd pics and he wants me to bring my MSDs to class so they can model for a studio shoot XD

Also, I'm so terribly hooked on Star Trek slash. ♥♥♥
Been losing sleep over fanfiction reading. I don't think I have been that fangirly since my high school days.

Hope to post soon again but with pictures!

Peace ♫

Some news at last.
My summer has been quite busy.

After spending three great weeks in the States (I got to go back to Davis for a week and saw my friends <3), I came back to learn that I had passed the written part of the public library manager exam.
So I studied all through August and September to prepare for the oral exams...
Which I passed.

I'll be training to be a public library manager. I passed the test.

I'm both happy and terrified XD
So scary to start a real (and possibly life-long) career x_________x

Special thanks to lysel who was an absolute sweetheart when I stayed at her place for my exam. If it hadn't been for you keeping me company and calming my nerves, I probably wouldn't have done that well. *hugs tight*

I've also taken some BJD pics since I've been back.
Enjoy some of Mokuren, taken at lawy 's back in August.
Yuuya is waiting on a bunch of clothes because I really want to work more on his character. So hopefully, some Yuuya pics as well in the coming month! ^^



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A fluffy little photostory starring Kero and Spinel :)
I can't do angst nor drama. So you'll have to bear with sugar-coated flat fluff lol.

There are no decorations whatsoever, because I couldn't manage with what I had at home >_<
Really need to buy more accessories... And proper Chinese male clothes for Suppi, once and for all ^^;;; 

Kero and Suppi are already together in this, just because I wanted to take pics of them hugging lol.

Without further ado... ;)

Extras:






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Well, this academic year is finally over.
I had the surprise to pass the written part of my exam, but I failed really bad on one of the orals. I had stupid precise questions about literary criticism in the 20e century, and since I don't know shit about that... well...

I'll be studying to take this exam again next year, probably for the last time though. I also didn't get the jobs at the libraries, because I wasn't "available" enough *-snorts-*.

I'm feeling pretty down. I don't like the prospect of having another year of working my ass off on learning things I don't care about. But that's life. Life and the stupid French competitive exam system lol.

I'll be leaving for the States this Monday.
I'll be deciding with my aunt if I stay only the 3 weeks we had first planned, or if I go to Cali afterwards in the hopes of seeing my friends... I'll keep people updated on that of course X)

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I'm back from Japan Expo, French yearly manga convention in Paris. Clamp was the main event. I didn't win tickets to get autographs (it was a lottery. I don't win lotteries lol). But they gave a huge press conference and I saw them there, and from close enough to see their faces well enough <3
They even drew a picture on stage. It was great. The questions were basic for the most though.
They're all so pretty and nice *sigh*

I also visited the Clamp art show in a Parisian galery. I think that might be what I liked most of my Japan Expo trip. They had original paintings of Clamp's illustrations. I wanted to steal one sooo bad, lmao XD So very beautiful in real life. I had forgotten how different a print is to a painting.

I also got to meet lexi_nyanko and the C&M circle <3 And we took doll pictures together :D
I'm so happy I saw you, girls :) You're all incredibly nice. I hope we can meet again <3 I'll be giving you tonight the Kero+Alex pics we took, and what other nice pictures I have :3

 

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Speaking of dolls, Kero has a body. He's officially back together X)
I bought the SDF type 2 body I was eying on DoA, with body blushing and that awesome scar by nezumitoo  of Angel Hunt *_____*
SDF is definitely my favorite SD boy buff body. I think I still long for Kero to be tan, but since there are no volks tan bodies I like... Mr. Kero stays normal skin for now X)

Ah, and I wrote all my doll profiles in English as well. Heeeere!

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And lastly, I got all the eyes I had bought months ago, from Gumdrops and Mystics. I'm still not sure if I want to keep them... So tell me what do you think. I'll take better pics of the Mystics (which are on Sylphe), for another entry. Tell me about Mokuren with green gumdrops eyes, and Suppi with gumdrops moss green eyes.

Cheers!

 

I'm not taking my dolls with me to the States, but I should be getting a new camera there.
And when I come home, I'm finally doing some KeroxSuppi shots :P

x

The last few weeks have been pretty hectic emotionally-wise.

I didn't apply to go to the States partly because I have this last exam coming up on June 18th, and I wanted to give all I have to do my best at it.. and I thought I couldn't care less about it if I knew I was leaving the country anyway.

But, of course, that was four months ago. And now I don't have the motivation to work on it at all... =_=
I should be revising hardcore right now. Only... I'm not. .. >__>

I'm really troubled over what I'll be doing next year. 
I'll be taking another preparation class I think (if they take me), but it won't be as good as this year, and it'll be in a different town, which means I'll have a 2 hour train ride there and back.
I've also applied to work part-time in several libraries, and I got a call from the main public library of my town for an interview on Tuesday 16th. 
We'll see how that goes.

On the bright side, I was unexpectedly able to purchase Kero's body on layaway. It's all paid for and should be shipped on Saturday.
It's a Luts SDF Type 2 body with body blushing and a cool modded scar by nezumitoo .
I'm so excited about getting Kero back in one piece!!! I'm expecting the color to be off, as the body is on the pink side, but I'll have to deal with it... No Volks-color bodies I like anyway (*coughSD17doesn'tcountcough*).

As for the scar... Well, to fit within the story, I think I'll just have it that Kero's human apparence keeps some features of his former self in his past life. I already had Suppi be the carbon copy of Shen-Yi, and I suppose Kero would have that scar left from Keitarou, as well as his build and general features. Maybe it's the fatal blow that killed him too >.> *considers*

Hn. Also purchased a USB keyboard to plug on my laptop. No matter how much a computer overheating is normal, my computer -burning- my fingertips is -not-. Since I don't have the money for a new one, a new keyboard will have to do =_=

Right, enough brooding lol
Hopefully I can post pics of Kero on his new bod soon :D
I'm considering bringing him to Japan Expo with me ^^
Either him, Suppi or Nephele. But I already took Suppi to the Paris Fashion Doll event back in Frebruary. 
I'm having some issues with Yuuya's yellowing and lack of classy clothes ^^;; Need to work on that >__>

Lasty, my dad has been talking of having me stay longer in the US. I was supposed to come back on August 4th (I think? lol), and he said he'd rather I stayed all through August there than have me do nothing at home (-> implied: be on my computer all day)... 
Not sure how this is going to go, but if I were to stay, I'd try to go to the West coast for the rest of the month. But I don't think dad thought of the budget I'd need, especially if my sister tags along (which is uncertain since she didn't want to go to the US at all to start with; she'll missss her bf (of the month) *snorts*). Hopefully my friends won't be all away somewhere else on vacation ^^;;;
Anyhow, we'll see about that...

Kisses x

 

I have finally written my characters' extended profiles in English.

Find them here: Gardens of Elysium.


Apart from that, not much.
I'm really worried as to what I'll be doing next year. For a change.
I wish I had applied to go back to the US.
And I wish it wasn't so complicated to get a damn job at the library.

Reading a Pratchett to get my mind off things.

Also saw all of True Blood and really liked it. I like Eric way better than Bill, so I skipped the three first books to start on 4, and I'm on 6 right now. An easy read. Not spectacular, but I like the characters and the universe.

I'm getting back in the mood to play Vampire X)
I reread my Requiem manual in order to write Neph's profile and backstory, and had a lot of fun doing that.
I had hesitated between making him a Daeva or a Ventrue, but I stuck to Daeva. Then I wanted his pet handyman to be a Ventrue (I love that clan lol), but I figured his character didn't quite match. So dear William (coz his human name is William after all) will be a Mekhet.
I'll still have my Ventrue one day since I imagine my vampires as a trio... There might be room for a little Ventrue girl someday :P

I'm still impatiently waiting for Luts to reveal what the SDF Type 3 is. The body I spotted on the marketplace is still available, and I really don't want to miss it if the Type 3 is not worth it. Especially with all the trouble finding split partners will be D:

Kisses x
 

First things first, I went to see the Star Trek movie yesterday, and it was the best movie I've seen this year.
- Awesome -
And I didn't know shit about the series XD
Seriously. I thought it was much better action than some of the last Star Wars movies. And I'm a SW addict >_>


Doll-wise, I have spotted the body I want for Kero on the secondary market. It has an awesome modded sword scar, which would be perfect for him. I want his human form to keep some traits of his past-life form, and since he was a samurai... bond to have a few nips and scars lol

Buuuut, Luts is starting to talk about their summer event. And they're announcing a SDF Type 3 bod with their new dolls.
I'll wait to see what all that is about, hoping the body on the marketplace isn't sold.


I've almost finished writing all of my dolls' extensive profiles (in French for now >.<). I had put that off for so long. The only one left to do is Yuuya, but I'm not sure I'll really ever do it. Maybe I just don't want to put down a set character for him... I don't know... Y_Y
http://ferelith.wordpress.com/

That's about it.
Have a few Sylphe pics X)

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A bit image heavy.

Thank you for watching :)

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Hullo :3

I really should be at the library right now, but I stumbled across a website that a friend recommended a while ago... and I got caught up making doll avatars >___<
Said website: http://www.lunaii-dollmaker.com/dollmaker/

What I've been doing:

Nephele:



Yuuya:



Kero and Suppi:

  

Mokuren and Sylphe:

 


And I also made the characters that I want to incarnate in the future :P

Natsuo, Yuuya's twin brother:



Ruby, Spinel's sister:



Still-needs-a-name lol, Neph's acolyte:






Right X)

I really need to go now.

(and Tahiel, I'm not wishing you a happy birthday right now, I want to do it online tonight <.< >.> ;))

*runs to catch bus*

I finally watched all of Kuroshitsuji that wetheril recommended to me ages ago.

It was awesome! <3

Really nice series. 
I liked the character design a lot. Reminded me of Code Geass.
The characters themselves were all great. Loved almost all the main characters and recurring characters.

And the story was really cool. 

And I liked the ending :) (not spoiling X))

So yeah, I'm definitely recommending it in turn.
And it is nicely shonen-ai-ish <3

Right XD *runs to library to study >___<*
 

Lol.



Just having the random thought of doing Hetalia cosplay with bjds after seeing someone incarnating Russia on DoA.

I can see Yuuya as France and Suppi as China XD


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Right, *goes back to studying*
X)


xoxo

I had a crappy night yesterday.

I saw a modern performance of Hamlet with a friend, and we had a good time, although I didn't really like to have some Rage Against the Machine and Muse music at random points in the play
x_________x

*music*
FRRRREEEDDDOOOMMM YYYEAAAHHHH*
*actor goes on*
'Twere good she were spoken with; for she may strew
Dangerous conjectures in ill-breeding minds.

°x°

And above all, I had the idiocy of wearing high heels...
I missed the last metro, and since I was parked a bit far, I had to walk a good half hour to my car.

But my feet hurt sooo much I thought I'd never make it D:
I found a bike half way (we have public bikes in our town public transports system), but I'll be walking funny for a good week =_=
I wonder if I don't have something up with my left foot in particular... I remember how the very same part hurt enormously when I was doing kendo... hm...

Anyway.

CLAMP IS COMING TO PARIS ON JULY 2nd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG, I know I'll probably only see them from 200m away with the crowd that will be there, but damn I'm going! 8D
I'm so excited!!!
I need to check for tickets and all that.
So so happy *3*
Clamp <3 *hearts*

Also,
My parents are sending my sister to the States this summer, for her to go camping with my aunt and her family.
Well, since my sis has been complaining to my dad about being really scared to go on her own, and especially to take the plane on her own, my dad has decided unilaterally that I should go with her lol

I'll be going to Boston on July 12th, and probably to Acadia National Park. Maybe to another park... need to check with aunt; and I'll be going back to France on August 4th.

I wish I could go back to Cali for a week or so... but it seems very unlikely Y_Y

That's about it :)

I'm finishing my internship tomorrow and it went well.
I really think I'll come to like my job very much if I get in :)

Kiss x

Just one picture from a session to show off Spinel's new eyes. 
They look much greener in real life and I wish I could show it right D:

Oh well. 

I still liked this picture enough to post it ^.^

I love my Suppi-chan so much <3
I've decided that my next big purchase would be Kero's body (maybe next fall), so that I can go through with bringing those two characters together.


 

New picture post! ~~

My friend super_dogfie bumped Nephele's topic on the French doll forum.
So while having a nice weekend in the country with lawy and our friend Hestia, I posed Nephele for a few steampunk inspired pictures. I wish I had more accessories to pursue this style for him. We'll see.
Enjoy.

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State librarian is over and done with! 8D
I think I did fairly well on one test out of the two lol I really doubt that will be enough to pass, but I'm trying not to think about it anymore and focus on my next exam coming up in two months, state library manager.
The question for the essay paper was: "Does written press still have a future?"

In the meantime, I finally had some positive answers for internships :)
I'm meeting with the director of an academic library of  letters and languages on the 9th, and with the head of the medical library on the 12th.
I'm supposedly already taken in both, now I just have to see with them for precise dates.
I'm so glad that's settled. I've been trying to get an internship for 4 months already, so I've been really worried as to whether I'd find one at all this year x___x
I hope it will improve my motivation to pass those exams.

Apart from that, I had a drink with my old English teacher and she destroyed my hopes of going abroad through being a teacher of English ^^;;; According to her, you have to have connections in the right places for those jobs, and you have to be a junior high school teacher (simplifying here not to get into details of stupid French system). If I have any wish of being of high school level and better paid, I can forget about applying abroad. 
So that makes me think over some of my plans for next year. I guess I had it coming. It is fairly stupid to go into teaching for the only sake of teaching abroad anyway... *sigh*

*shakes head*

That's about it :)
Small update ^^
I'm going to try to study a bit harder in those two months I have left before the exam, especially since I might be on the internship for a month :'/

Kisses x

I haven't posted an entry in 3 months ^^;
I guess it was high time to bring da LJ back to life.

One of my teachers says that a blog that isn't updated weekly is no blog lol >__>

And what better time to write a post than when you have tons of school work to tend to? 8D

** First an update on my oh so fascinating private life X)
I'm still attending a course to prepare for the national librarian exams. I'll be taking three exams this year: state librarian, state library administrator and 'regional' library administrator.

State librarian exam is on the 5th, and I haven't even started revising for it 8D Joys ^^;
I guess I'm not really believing in that exam... There are very few places and I want state administrator above all others.
Oh well.

I'm also in the midst of sorting things out for my career...
I've gone to at least three 'higher education conventions' in three months. I think I'm going to give up for good all those plans of business schools of which I had been thinking. I don't have not only the time or means to take the exam to get into this sort of schools, but I've also realized a bit abruptly that I didn't want to take a loan that big if I'm not even sure to have a job in the end to refund it :'/
I've also realized that if what I wanted above all was really to work abroad, then I should go back to teaching, because there are more opportunities of being sent in a French high schools abroad as an English teacher, than there is of finding a job in a company of international standing.

So yeah. Will be looking more into that after all. Y_Y

The state library curator exam is in April. I'm going to really give it a shot and work my ass off till then.


** Random:
I've taken my car out again >.< A friend accepted to come with me and I've started driving again, after about 2 years of not getting in the driver's seat. I think I'll still need some coaching to feel really at ease, because I still park like a shit, and I haven't tried the highspeed ways yet XD
But I'm back to being a pretty safe driver in town X)

I was promised a new camera for my birthday, but my parents couldn't really do the spending until now. Since I really can't buy that by myself, I guess I just have to wait some more. X) My lack of posts on LJ has been largely due to my lack of a decent camera. Mine is just too frustrating to use anymore. I need to spend a whole day to take pictures with it - counting half-hours of just charging the damn thing, and more half hours of getting it to open the lens fully T_T
I don't have the time or patience anymore... Hopefully I'll get that new camera by summer time when there'll be better light and prettier things to capture X)


** Hobby update :D
My first girl doll and second msd has been home for almost two months now :D
Mokuren, Mnf Miyu, and girlfriend to Sylphe :3
I've needed a time to adapt to her, probably because the mold is a little too soft for her character, but I really find her pretty and soft. I'll be trying different customizations on her ^^ Mainly darker hair and lighter eyes.

tahiel has created an awesome website for our dolls, and I invite you to have a look at their profiles and stories :)
--> http://chouninaru.com.ar/

I'm still on 5 full dolls as I've sold Kero's yellowed body. I don't think I will give him a new body before next year as I'll have no money for that. Plus I want a SDF type 2 body, and I'll have to find someone with whom to make a split as Luts doesn't sell them as option parts yet.
I think I'll be saving for my miho's body first as it'll do me some good to create a new character.

It's a choice of him or saving for my second EL, as I've decided to carry out my plans to give Yuuya his twin brother. I'm still hesitating between simply buying another EL head (which I could afford), and saving for a new doll... On the one hand, I don't want to have too many dolls, so having two of the same kind is a bit frustrating, but I'm scared I'll be even more frustrated not to have 'fully' by me.

And also on the long term I dream of replacing floppy bodies with double-jointed ones. My mnf's Active-line body poses so well *3* It's such a pleasure to have her hold poses... It was a revelation lol Hence wanting a Type 2 for Kero. And double-joints for the miho too.
I think I'm leaning toward buying a full EL just for the sake of getting him on Type 3 lol
But my friends have advised me to wait as maybe Fairyland would get around to releasing their 60cm dolls and would offer a prettier body.
I don't mind waiting; I'm broke anyway XD


*** I think that's about it...
Welcome Mokuren :3

 Back in June, I had the opportunity to purchase an outfit, the Dollheart Fer in "Antique Lace" color (sort of creamish).
A girl outfit ^^;

I know I don't have any girl at the moment, but it was a one-time opportunity and I thought I'd end up having a girl at some point anyway, so why not? XD

Of course, since there was no female to try it on when the outfit finally arrived (last week :P Yep, loooong wait for that one x_x), I picked the girliest of my boys for a cross-dressing moment of doom lol.
Means Spinel of course ^^;

Poor Suppi.
I already have trouble convincing people he's male; putting him in a dress won't be helping I guess XD
But god, doesn't he look good in it? XDDDDDDD
Delf Shine would make a very pretty girl on a delf girl body ^^ I did choose him because he was effeminate after all lol.

Please excuse the likeness of the pics...  >/////<
I had the hardest time choosing, because I took too many pictures of the same pose =__=
Something I still need to work on Y_Y

Without further ado, the one and only time I'll allow myself to crumble Suppi's character and put him in this dress ;)
Enjoy ^^
 

 

( Dollheart Antique Lace Fer )

 

Thanks to tahiel and lawy for viewing the pics and giving their opinions on which to choose :3
I'm so hopeless when it comes to sorting >__<

:)

Do tell me your favorite pic if you can choose one. 
Not sure if I'll be putting any of this on my DA... I really like this series, but I don't feel like having to justify myself about the cross-dressing lol

Thanks for watching~~~~




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Thanks to my friend lawy  I was able to order my MNF Miyu! *_,*

Waiting for the invoice to pay Fairyland, then she'll  really be ordered *squeals*

I was going to be good and wait for Christmas time, but the dollar catching up so fast with the euro messed my plans ^^;
Since I had the money for her now, but it looked like I might have to pay much more the longer I waited... I ordered her earlier than planned ^^
On my birthday too X)

Her name will be Mokuren; she'll be a little flower sprite, and girlfriend to Sylphe :3
Not sure about eye or wig color. We'll see what'll fit her.
I am so excited about getting a girl doll at last :D

Well, like Sylphe she'll be a child, so no frilly sexy clothes or what not; and I'm still on the hunt for SD girls to have my 'real' woman doll.
But one thing at a time.
I'll have plenty to do with my little sprite. MSDs are so addictive too x_x They're just so... cute >w<

And this might be the only doll I'll be buying this year. 
And I'll have to eventually come to a decision about my Miho head, on whether I keep it, find it a body and send it to face-up.
On the bright side, I'm getting a new camera for my birthday :D Hopefully this week :)
 

Let's hope Mokuren won't take more than a month to get home ^^

Yuuya is wearing my favorite Gumdrops pair so far, "Papillon".
They're a nice vibrant rust color with a glittery purple outer circle.

They're supposed to be Ruby's (Spinel's sister) eyes whenever I'll find the right mold for her ^^

They look good on Yuuya :3 Or at least I think so :P
But he still wears blue best ^^







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Pretty Yuuya <3

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