The Lazy Blogger

Even if it's a bit late. Also a happy belated birthday to dilettantka and akaisakura You were both in my thoughts on your respective birthdays (2nd and 4th) even though I was slow to post about it. :(

I've packed up two more boxes of returns and two boxes of items to go out. I just now have the doll I sold once payment is complete and lots of thank yous and some more announcements. Wheeeee. But I got something done, and went for my walk and snuggled my baby so life is good.

Actually, life is surprisingly good. sumeragiskank linked me to a download and when I first saw it was Tenipuri related I was full of trepidation. I adore sumeragiskank but I consider me and Tenipuri a bad break up as in the end the only character I liked never really showed up. But having been friends for so long, I trusted her and watched and... and... Tenipuri came about as close as I ever hoped to giving me exactly what I wanted.. after 6 years. Yes, they had Yuuta and Yagyuu actually interacting and Niou flirting with Syuusuke and freaking Yuuta out. It was beautiful. It also had Syuusuke hitting on Yuuta and shared that when Yuuta was a little boy his brother forced him to wear horrible costumes the one in the story seriously looked like a cross between Peter Pan's and Tinkerbell's. and still liked to force Yuuta to do this. It took 6 years, and it was just a short, but thank you for finally giving me something I wanted.

In other news... I also actually did a box opening thread. Visit DoA and be in awe of my lack of photography skills.

So I should be working on my Japan trip since I am leaving tomorrow, but I am resting in bed because I am exhausted from NY Dolpa.

Some nice things happened, sumeragiskank, kosquarepelli and I were able to reunite a doll with her owner after we found the doll on the sidewalk while walking to my car. I was able to get two decent free parking spaces both days, I got to see my parents and my mom and I went to my favorite cafe in Larchmont for lunch on Friday. I got a chance to meet people and see other people I only see once a year. My new maternity dresses looked really pretty on. And I learned how to say "It's a girl" and another way to say "I'm pregnant" in Japanese. My mom had amazing super expensive conditioner that smelt ehhh but was amazing in my hair and I might have finally found something to use to wash my face with and which doesn't irritate my skin. It got rid of the dry skin on my arms and made me look even more like I was glowing. (though that might have been the pregnancy) I sort of want to buy some now...

I don't think a lot of people could tell I was pregnant. People mostly seemed surprised when I said I was. My belly got touched by lots of people lol Ryuchan was being somewhat active and is being active now. When I feel sad about something she kicks more as if to say "Don't be sad `mommy' I love you and I am with you." I feel so lucky to have her in my life already and she hasn't even been born yet. I know a lot of people I know don't like children and/or do not want any of their own, but I really wanted her and it means so much to me when I can feel her moving.

Thank you so much cc_lemon and blacktempest for my very first two baby gifts. It's so exciting for me to start to get things for her. Both your gifts were generous and extremely thoughtful.

Some things did not go as well as I would like this week end. As usual the food at the Dolpa was awful. I can understand why the food was awful, but it still makes me unhappy. A few other things were incredibly disappointing for me, but there is not much to be done about it.

Now that it's December, my good buddy the Big Sight scheduler has decided to share that Dolpa 23 will be 5/4. Thankfully this is not the same date as either SCC day 1 or day 2. Though I imagine by the 4th I will be exhausted with 3 events in a row. Though of course I am thinking of trying to get me some dealer's passes for SCC >D

I am now the proud owner of a droid, yes despite owning a Mac laptop and am Ipod when it came time to finally upgrade from my evil junkie cell phone I ended up with a droid lol The Iphone got rejected because 1) It is not on Verizon and 2) Husband wants to do some programming and make some apps and it seems the procedure to do so on Iphone sucks and you need to get approval vs. the droid which is completely open. Personally, I would love a nice little way to better keep track of my grocery shopping and perhaps something to help me track Copic Markers owned and doujinshi owned >>;;;;

Anyway, for anyone who wanted to see some pictures from my most recent trip to Japan.. or umm trips, hmmm, below is a selection.

( Picture Spam HO )

More pictures in subsequent posts!

So let's see...

Happy Birthday to hinoai and bramblyhedge, I know both your birthdays are around now, but I've been busy, and happy early birthday to cc_lemon in case I don't post on the 9th.

Much has been going on with dolls. I got my dollflower eyes and Rigel finally arrived. Rigel post will be upcoming (mine has no face-up just to warn you now) I love the quality of the DollFlower but sadly Gino's eyes were way too small for him and Suzaku's make him look like he is stoned. ~.~ Suzaku will probably be moving to a pair of Everpurples in the next group order. On the bright side, Lelouch looks gorgeous in his new DollFlowers!

To show them off..

( More yo adventures, for some reason my camera hates Rolo o_O )

I know everyone is looking forward to pictures of our visit to Jesus' grave as well as our snow storm lol

( ...at least there were no bear signs )

Finally it truly feels like Spring is here. I can walk around without my jacket and scarf and my hands don't freeze when they're not stuffed in my pockets. Plus the sakura and ume are starting to show up here as well. It's nice, hopefully I can get some seeds planted now. I plan to soak some tomato seeds this evening for seedlings and then maybe get some other things in the ground tomorrow when the road is not being torn up in front of my house by the gas/electric company.

And in honor of the sakura finally appearing here...
Warning: An insane number of flower pictures below cut. I am picking and choosing but I took over 300 pictures in Fukuoka just to warn people now.

( Yeah, I traveled all the way to Fukuoka just for this )

If I'd not had all my stuff back in the hotel in Kyoto I would have wanted to stay in Fukuoka!

It seems recently there was a study where it was discovered there is brown fat which helps you to lose weight! But for it to work you need to spend several hours in temperatures of 61F/16C a day. If this is all true and I have brown fat, I am so set. The house dropped down to 56 last night and I'm so cold ;;_;;

( Some AMAZING sacrilegiousness involving Christianity courtesy of Japan )

( Go West Young Woman or at least as far as Nagoya )

So I think I am going to skip out on the Tenshi no Sato event. I've been thinking about it and thinking about it and when it comes right down to it, dreading it. Yeah I could maybe get something there, but it will involve waking up at some awful hour and standing in line for hours, which is just really not overly appealing.

I'm not arguing Volks needs to change its practices. These methods work in Japan, in fact the Japanese almost seem to enjoy waiting in line to try to get something. Since arriving here on Thurs night I've seen people: waiting in line for a restaurant to open, waiting in line to buy some sort of sweet potato product in Tokyo Station, waiting in line for I think movie tickets and this does not even include line waiting for HaruComi or any of the circles there or any of the Pachinko Parlors I am sure people are waiting for.

But see with Haru, or SCC or even a Comiket, I know if I get up early enough in the morning chances are really high I *WILL* actually get what I want. I might wait in line for hours for something to start and then wait in line for a big circle once the event has started, but my chances of actually getting something are pretty high. I will be rewarded. This is not true at a Volks event. I never draw a good lottery # and instead I will spend hours waiting in line for naught except aggravation. Do I like the bamboo wings, yes, yes I do. Do I like them enough to wait 2-3 hours in line for maybe a chance to buy? My answer is a little less strong.

It also doesn't help that I will be getting up early to stand in a long line on Sunday.

Volks can keep their lottery practices and not revealing how large a release will be, and I have the option to not play.

I think I am going to take it.

I'm still working through older LJ flist posts so if you suddenly see a response from me on an older post, that is why. Thank you again for your patience in advance.

In doll news, I totally need to take pictures of my current family, some characters have been re-worked and others sold. I'm considering selling my SD boy F-35 to change the character to another shell, he would come with FCS only wig and zouks, I would be asking $900+US shipping which is much less than it would cost to order a FCS from Sato new. He's on the jointed SD boy body and he has FCS only hands, I want to say the clasped ones.

( Scenes from time spent in Osaka.. )