I'm back from four days at my friends' in the country ^^

I had the loveliest time. We took pictures in a nice little park and more by a waterfall the next day.
So big picture post ^^

Suppi's pictures were taken by my friend lawy  and edited by me.
Sylphe's wig fell into the water, hence a wet look ^^;;;

I tried face-up on my miho head and failed ^___^ But it was fun XD

On to the pic :)

( At the little park... )

( At the waterfall... )

I'll stop here ^^

BJD meet yesterday ^^
I took Yuuya to the biggest public park of my town.
I had a good time, especially since we had -some- sunshine between two showers lol

What the hell, weather! We're in mid July already D: Don't give us -hail-! O_O (big fat hail blocks, srly -__-).

I don't get tired of my Yuuya *coos and pets*. Sometimes I wish his face-up had more colors to it... but he's still my favorite bjd ^^

I'll be going at lawy's this weekend and I'm really looking forward to it ^^
I'll be trying face-up for the first time and we'll have fun and be silly :P

On with the pics ^^

A few pics I took yesterday.
Sleeping Sylphe and his unofficial daddy Yuuya.

This sleeping head is a bitch to photograph D:
The gloss makes it too shiny and there are some 'gloss bubbles' on the mouth... only 1 pic out of 20 turned good -__-

Anyway XD

Here for your viewing pleasure :P

I'll soon be back to having a floating head at home.
After much debate, I decided to purchase a white skin Vampire Miho head (head on the two last pictures)

I've been wanting to incarnate Lazarus, Neph's sire, but I haven't had a love-at-first-sight mold for him and since he's quite a difficult character (cruel selfish possessive vampire lol), I put the idea aside.

When seeing the vamp. miho again though, I knew at once he would be perfect for the third vampire character I have in mind. He'll be Neph's acolyte, the other vampire sired by Lazarus. Younger than Nephele, but very clever and less passionate.
Neph is a Daeva (aesthete vampire) but I see this one more as a Ventrue (business aristocracy).

I'm still on the looks for a name for him.
My top choices so far are:

Farris
Myron
Icare
Lysandre

Other names I like:

August, Altair, Ares, Menelas, Leon, Enyo, Eos, Evariste, Eris, Prométhée, Alpha, Isaure, Neoma, Aries, Auriel, Leander, Morgan.

I'd love to stay in the Greek mythology theme... Don't care whether some of those are female, although I don't see him as an androgynous character like Neph.

I'm very excited about him ^^
Need to finish paying him of course lol since I bought him on layaway.
I'm not planning on giving him a body in quite a while. Of course it would have been simpler to get a normal skin as he could have shared with Neph, but nooooo I wanted a white skin.

I'm looking forward to trying face-ups on him, even though I ultimately mean to send him to Ladious, of whom I've wanted a face-up for a long time ^^

Mr. Vampy just washed away all my savings for my MNF Miyu *sigh*
But it was a good opportunity as those white skin heads are not usual on the market, and my poor MNF is not even on sale yet (I want small bust. Why take the easy way out when you make things more complicated for yourself?).

So yeah ^^
Here are my plans ^^
- Finish paying for that head and play with it XD
- Start saving again for Mokuren (MNF Miyu) and the tons of other things I should be saving for.

I'm off to the library ^^
Wish it wasn't rainy D:
Doesn't make me want to leave my room -____-

xxx

Suppi's new WaWa Doll outfit was a good occasion to take pics of him :)
I'm getting happier and happier with him, which is such a relief because he was the doll I had the most trouble bounding with.
A change of wig and new clothes, and I already find him so much prettier XD
He just needs new eyes now. I got him a pair from Gumdrops (so have been waiting for a month for them already, and will wait two more lol), so we'll see how that goes.

K-Doll finally put up a notice on their upcoming sale and there will be no sale in June, which is disappointing because there was already no sale in April and I've been looking maybe possibly into buying a Karon or Kamyu head to try doing face-ups. But they're making a new head (Kael) that will be sold in July.

Tomorrow I'll have the results of the competitive exam I took.
I'm so damn anxious I'm near biting my nails lol. I'm praying I passed >.<
If I did, there'll still be the oral exam to pass. But the writing part is the first step. Wish me luck ;__;

Alright, on with the pics :)
And check out the previous post that has a one page photostory of Suppi (incarnating his Chinese alter-ego Shen-Yi) waiting for his samurai lover to come home.

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A one page photostory prototype (sorry for the width ^^;; ).

Kerberos, samurai lover to Spinel (aka Sun Shen-Yi) had to leave his side to tend to some urgent business back home in Japan and he has left his prized possession to him in proof of his devotion and promise to return...

How do you like this comics-like style? ^^

Thanks for looking.
Posting more pics of Suppi in that new outfit in the next post.

Last picture post with my favorite pictures of my May Day photo shoot :)

Sylphe is so very easy to pose *happy sigh* Nothing like Spinel *snort*

I took literally tons of pics of him. And I like half of them ^^;; But I'll try to spare you and only post the best :)





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Second picture post :3

Some KeroxSpinel spamming, hehe.
I can't wait for Kero to have a face-up so that the poor guy looks more credible in his flirting attempts XD
Maybe I'll be able to give him to my friend next week since she doesn't work then ^^
He'll be having a tattoo in his back too :3 Sexy~

Title of the post translates as "I love you. Me neither." It's a famous French song and I thought it was fitting lol

( First contact... )

And I thought Spinel was the more tactful of the two >.>
*coughs*
Don't worry Kero, I'll buy you a Playstation game for your trouble XD

Here comes the first post of a few big picture posts :)

Today was May 1st, and the French "Labor day". Nobody works, everything is closed and the public transports don't work.
So I took the time to take my dolls and camera, and try to snap a few pics.

It was a nice day too. Took some pics of Sylphe outside ^^
But first, some pictures of Spinel. I put some green glass eyes on him for a change.
Spinel is the bjd I have the most trouble handling so far. He has a very peculiar face and gaze, and not every camera angle gives a good result :'/

And gosh doesn't he look girly on those pics ^^;;
Mind you, he is my uke-boy. But he looks downright princess-y on this. Then again, it kinda fit what I have in mind for him...

I've decided to have "two" characters for both Kero and Spinel.
There will be a present time story, that of them having been given a human form by Sakura and Eriol, and there will be a past/ fantasy story with Spinel being a Chinese lord and Kero a samurai.

In this old/fantasy background, Spinel would be the nickname of Sun Shen-Yi, the son of a Chinese nobleman who gives shelter to a group of Japanese men on a diplomatic mission. And Kerberos is one of them.
He first meets Shen-Yi by hearing him play the guzheng on a quiet evening...

Today I finally got my package from Luts.
I won't go over customs fees and the like.

Tahiel's Yue is safely here (although of course Luts messed up and didn't send his wig), and so is Kero's body :D

I'm waiting for his wig, and he'll probably be soon off to make-up :)
My friend Cycy modded her Ryu head a bit, so I'm waiting to see how it looks to know if I ask for any modifications myself.
The color match with the body is a little off, but I don't really care. I love that body :P

More than the face-up, I want his wig to be here lol
I'm really glad he finally has his body. So glad <3

I officially do not have any floating head (since Sylphe's sleeping head doesn't count XD).
For now at least lol

xxx

Bad news first.
I got caught by customs for Kero's body.
I had the intuition this would happen. If Spinel did it, Kero would too -____-
Luts is absolutely pissing me off. I'm about sure this is because they didn't write their label properly, even though they had promised me they would.
Hopefully this will be figured out quickly, so that he can finally come home :(

To take my head off my urge to buy another EL head, I took Yuuya out at our Bjd meet yesterday.
The weather was gorgeous. We went to the Roman ruins of my town.
It's a really cool spot, and you get to see the whole of my town from there since it's uphill.
There are two Roman theatres, a small one and a big one (although one could be an odeon, I have no clue XD), like on this pic: - click-. There is a festival each summer taking place there, with theater plays, concerts, dances, movie projections and such. It's really cool to be sitting there, even though it's not as comfy as a concert hall lol
We were completely at the top of the big theater for our meet, among further ruins.

My friends are such good photographers *______________*
Go see their pics here: -click-
I love the pics of my dolls. I wish I could take pics like that (and that I had a better camera ^^; That could help too).

And other good news, new episodes of Code Geass will soon be available. I think the first one is already out, but I'm waiting for good subs.


Here are a few of my own pics ^^

Shamelessly imitating Tahiel by posting a 'family' pic lol
I posted them a while ago on the French forum, but not here.

But I'll have to make new ones soon... On the topic of good news, our SDF Cian has landed in Paris :D So Kero's body is coming home ^^
Now everyone crosses their fingers so that it doesn't get stuck at customs ^^;
I'll only know for sure tomorrow -__-

And I got my Heise artbooks today! :D
So so pretty :) I love Heise's art so much.
I wish Feimo would get to do an artbook too *_*

I got my dear tahiel  's package today :D
An awesome keychain with pics of Iaiel and Gravel on them, two books that are SD size for Suppi, and a pretty necklace for Sylphe :D

I took some pictures to show her, and ended up making a fluffy little photostory.
To put you back into the context: Sylphe is a wood fairy (without a wood for now lol). And Pan is Tahiel's cute... Pan? XD (CH Meoloo)

Dripping fluff ahead ^^;; Remember that Sylphe is a kid lol Don't ask too much of him (or me XD).




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The little letter is the most awesome thing :P
There was a second one, which apparently I lost while opening the package :(

You should have a look at Pan on tahiel 's page. He's the cutest ever <3
*cuddles Pan*

My friend lawy  and I spent the weekend in Paris for the doll convention "Paris Fashion Doll."
It was really cool, although the convention itself had more to do with barbies and various dolls than BJDs lol
But we got to meet a few people from Paris like we wanted (even if we didn't see as many as we expected, because we ended up having a drink with someone in particular and missed the last half of the salon. lol. ).

We arrived on Saturday and attended the Paris annual book festival. It was fun. Lots of books, obviously lol. There was a manga section with a karaoke crashed by nostalgic 30 year-olds XD
The main guest of the salon was Israel, which of course meant that we came across pro-Palestinian demonstrations in front of the gates. And we heard there was a false bomb-alert on the Sunday. Typical.
In the evening we ate with our friends at a Chinese restaurant. Our (main) Parisian friend, Lysel, who is Taiwanese, told us all about this puppet show on TV there, and it was really cool to watch it.

Then on Sunday, Fashion doll festival day.
We met someone who owns a SDF Blanchett, which was really cool since both Lawy and I are thinking of purchasing this doll one day.
We didn't buy much, although I did purchase a MSC bottle, just to say I have one in case I -ever- get around to do something to my dolls lol.
We spent all morning there, had lunch with some people, and then in the afternoon we met with Tiya, our new doll/Clamp/yaoi fan/student of English friend, who invited us at her place and who stayed with us till night.

Monday we met with my highschool friend Mugz, who is still as awesome as ever ^^
We ate sushis, saw Notre-Dame, and I bought my sister a tacky 'I love Paris' shirt (like she wanted -lol-).
Then we met Lysel again and the rest of our friends from my town and we assaulted Junku, a popular Japanese library in Paris, and the book-off store for some manga buying XD
We finished the trip by buying a nice box of English cookies, then back to the train station ^^

Oh, and because of my whining, Lawy and I travelled in first class on the train hehe.
Actually, first class tickets can be cheaper than regular tickets on the net if you buy them in advance. The only thing is you can not cancel/change them. So first class 8D

Do have a look at the topic about the salon in the French forum for more pics (since I don't want to post pics of other people's dolls except for Lawy's). There's a pic of my Yuuya with the Blanchett. Since I want her to make his girlfriend, I'd love to know if you think they go well together.
Over here for those pics (the Blanchett is on page 2): -click!-

On with my pics :)




I guess I don't need to comment on that one lol

( Trip to Paris - Pics )

And lastly, I also got Sylphe's new SOOM eyes (soft poison - 14mm).
What do you think?
I'm still getting used to them... He doesn't look as young and clueless like this... which I'm not sure is an improvement for the character lol.

Things are quite hectic at the moment Y_Y

I've given up for good on going abroad next year and I'm trying to find where I'm going with my studies.

I've applied to the Political Studies center of my town and I'll be taking the competitive exam on the 7th April. There are 30 free spots and I'm not sure how much of us have applied. Probably around 150-200, although I could be optimistic lol
I've applied for a masters in Asian affairs.
360° turn from my masters of English ^^;; Or, well... It's not like I had ever lost my interest in everything that has to do with Asia, but if I get in I'll be learning in the means of joining a company that has a partnership in Asia or Asian clients.
At least I think that's what it is about lol

I'm still not really sure I'll every get a job on the private market. It's very possible that if I get into this master I'll be trying out for the entry exams to state administration jobs in three years.

If I'm not in... back up plans for next year are the same entry exams to civil servant jobs, including those to be a librarian.

Or I'll end up back to the English department to prepare the teachers exam -___-


I was really depressed earlier. I talk to a friend who was not helpful at all in cheering me up ^^;;;
She said I shoud consider giving up on writing my dissertation because it was very unlikely I'd finish in time...
So I was really down -____-
I called another friend who said I shouldn't give up at all and I could still make it for September. Now this helped XD
I'll send an email to my research director for an appointment.
I need to see him anyway for a recommandation latter for the Political Studies thing.

lol, actually I need two letters. But the other teacher I asked one from said I could write it myself and she'd just add a few words D:
What the hell?

So yeah...
This week:

- Need to write recommandation letter + get a second one from research director
- Need to get appointment with research director
- Need to keep going for dissertation *pouts*
- Need to write motivation letter for application -__-

....

*sigh*

On the bright side I finally bought Neph's body from SOOM :)
I can't wait for them to ship it :) Really excited about that :3

A picture post :3
We had our monthly bjd meet in the big public park of my town yesterday.
It was great to take pictures outside :)
I brought Spinel and got Sylphe's open-eyed head back from my friend Cycy who did his make-up.
She did an awesome job :3 She didn't go into purples or violets like I wanted, but I think it turned out for the better since I wanted to give him some boyish features and not end up with a little girl.
She also did the tattoo perfectly on his cheek :3 It's the same design as on the forehead of his sleeping head.

My friend Hestia, who has the knack of posing bjds even though she's still saving for her first, made this little swing in a tree branch with some rope, twig and vines XD I'm not sure if she found it or if she made it, but she managed to pose Sylphe up there O.O
He was really stable too XDD
Really neat for pics >)
I'm not sure if his pose is more on the 'just woke-up and looking cute' side than 'I'm hugging the branch really close *nudge* *wink*' side XDDD Was trying for the cute side lol
But in any case, it made me so happy to put him in a tree XD He -is- a wood fairy lol (even if that comes closer to a Tarzan MNF remix *lmao*).

I need to find him proper clothes and eyes still ^^

Without more ~~

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"I have no worries at all."

*SNORT*

My time at BabyNamesWorld is ending. For now.

BNW was bought by "ParentsConnect" (that is to say by Nickelodeon). They have disabled the forums, and the project of French website has been buried.
I'm not sure what my feelings are on the issue.
I think that I'm somehow relieved because I had so much on my mind I don't know how I would have coped with having to give a lot of my time to the website.
I'm just slightly irritated that the months I've spent translating their "Pregnancy Weekly" articles turned out to be useless since that will never be published.
It was a good experience though. I can put in my curriculum that I have a true paid translator's experience.
And BNW are still paying me for the rest of the translation that I didn't complete. So this experience is ending with me getting a reward for all the time I've spent with them.

I'll be watching what becomes of BNW in the hands of the new owners and offer my help to Anabel should she need me.
I think it's also a way for me to go back to what I liked at the very beginning of my joining the forum: being on the forum lol For the last year I had mostly spent time working on the database then translation, and I really lost track of what was happening on the forum.

I'm just a little scared for my dissertation since I was counting on BNW to do my surveys... But I guess I can still find other forums for that.

With the money I'm getting from this, I'll be buying a body for Nephele because he deserves it after being a floating head for 6 months ^^;; and I'll be saving to travel, possibly to visit tahiel in Argentina.

A lot of things are happening at the same time.
My exams are on the 25th and I'm really behind on my revisions.
And I need to get my head into looking at the different options for next year and preparing the applications for the Political Studies Center where I'm considering pursuing my studies.

And also, my cousin just won on the radio one week for 4 in a ski resort using my name.
LOLz.
He called me to ask if he could use my name, and I said yes, then called back to say he won  XD
So I will be getting flowers and the papers to fill in, of course giving him my prize lol.
I don't mind though. It'll be good for his kids to see some snow.
Take notes on the way to do it lol He always manages to win stuff by calling the radio stations every day when there's a game, using different names from his friends or family each time.
Too bad I can't be bothered calling my friends beforehand then the radio everyday. I could win too XD

Peace x

(and note how I managed not to post a sarcastic depressed post on Valentine's Day >.>)
(and F.I.R is an awesome band)