Back from Ireland and married!!

Life is trying to limp back toward normalcy right now-new husband, new living arrangements,new school year in full swing with new classes and students, new commissions due in any day now. It's still pretty horrifically chaotic truth be told, but I feel pretty good right now. Physically better than I have in a long time, (unlike last time I took a trip overseas...granted that was to a 3rd world country lol), and creatively sharp.

I also recieved my Lumedoll Saiph, Solomon, and am in love with him Once I have things a bit more in order in my studio, (hopefully by the end of the week), I'll give him his face-up and inevitably post pics.

On another note...very much engrossed in the novel, The Vampire Armand right now, (couple that with the Star Trek phase I'm going through and you've got some weird, weird fan worlds colliding in my brain lol). I've been a VC fan for a few years now and Armand was always one of my favorites. Love him even more now and have an irresistable urge to cosplay him. The trick is going to be getting my husband, (who cosplays, but isn't familiar with VC...he would make a BEAUTIFUL Marius) and our mutual, costuming friends, (none of which as far as I know, have read the books), to cosplay VC.

Well...I managed to get every single one of them to leap into Death Note with me.

We'll have to see what happens! *wicked vampiric laugh*

I'm currently in the middle of rearranging my entire apartment! Since my fiance will be moving here after we get married next month, my work/studio space and my bedroom need to be flipped. I'm living in utter chaos at the moment and, boy, am I glad that all of my commissions are done because it's time to move the bed and the drafting table and something tells me all hell is about to break loose...

On a side note...I'm in the middle of rediscovering classic Star Trek. I've been a fan of Trek for as long as I can remember. Not quite enough to warrent being called a trekkie...or...'trekker' as apparently is preferred these days, but a definate fan, (mostly of TNG) A few months in the wake of this year's movie and I suddenly feel the urge to rewatch the old series. Talk about a delayed reaction!

Anyhow...I've come to the conclusion that Mr Spock really IS fascianting

So...I made the decision recently to sell a few of my dolls. There were a lot of reasons: I needed monies for an important purchase, (which I was glad to make); I was feeling overwhelmed by their numbers; I felt like it was time to re-evaluate the direction of my resin crew.

Two of the three sold very quickly, (the third is still looking for a home), and are on lay-aways.

Now, I don't regret selling these boys. My reasoning was sound for letting them go. But, still, when I come across pics of them, I feel a little pang of...loss? Sadness..? I'm not sure. Silly in the grand scheme of things, I know, since after all, they're not REALLY people, they don't REALLY have personalities. Still, I feel like I'm going to miss them. Maybe it's because unlike my other long-time resin resident who I let go a while back, I didn't re-do their face-ups..? I'm really not sure. It's some comfort that both of the buyers really love how I've customized them and have a genuine interest in the dolls-I know they're going to very good homes.

Still, feeling a little down about it right now.

I'll be getting a new boy after the three have sold with the money left after the expense I spoke of has been paid. A beautiful boy that I've had my eye on for a long time and will soon be discontinued.

I guess I'm just going to have to make him extra special when he gets here.

My little Soom Glati arrived this morning! (found here for those of you who might not know of the Soom monthly/Glati goodness : [link] ) The wait for this little one was quite long, (6 months!), but he is absolutely worth it. I haven't been this excited about a doll in ages!
I'll be working on him this afternoon between commissions and will post photos soon

Oh...and, on another completely unrelated note...I watched Brick the other day. Best psuedo noir high school crime drama EVER! It's glorious. And am I the only one who thinks Joseph Gordon Levitt would make a smashing L? Blame it on the perpetual slouch he has in Brick or the jeans and white t-shirt hiding under his cardigan throughout the movie...but he just screams L every time I see him now.

So...I watched Night of the Hunter for the third time the other day. Fish pebbles, I love that movie! Fantastic characters and strange/beautiful/quirky cinemetography, (Willa dead underwater...the float down river...the morning in the barn...) *hapy sigh. And I contend that Robert Mitchum as Rev. Harry Powell is one of the most frightening villains in movie history. It's flawed in spots I know, but I think the 'flaws' make me love it all the more.

If you haven't watched it, check it out!