the digital lives of nichael, storm & nis

Keekster of DoA threw a potluck Halloween party this Saturday - she even rented out a hotel room! - and I took time off to attend. I'm glad I did, it was a lot of fun!

Nichael was particularly happy to reunite with the lovely Miyuki, whom he charmed at Kumoricon.





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Keekster had set up little 'stages' for photographs. I did a set with Miyuki and Nichael - a sort of spooky prom date vibe! These two have really hit it off.





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Nis also got to pose with a few of his favorite things.
Maybe he should have the nickname Creepy Doll instead of Storm. ;;





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dollndoll King-Lucian

I was always really attracted to Serendipity Lucian and then they stopped selling outside of Korea.

Even now I have both found and own the perfect body for Nicky (whom I was searching for when I ran across Lucian) I still want Lucian. He's just so gorgeous. I'm glad he's available again and I hope I'll get to see user pics again. I'm really curious about that body.


...Why am I not made of money.

(I'm meant to be saving for Ivy, Storm and Nicky's half-sister, whom I'd like to be Volks Masha. And Nicky doesn't even have proper clothes. But I could make Lucian a crossdresser to meet my 'desperately wanting a goth-loli needs...)

That first outdoor photoshoot with a new family member is always a little bit iffy. I'm reminded of the first time I took Storm to the beach. My camera's battery ran out - a mistake I carelessly made here, too, even after taking the trouble to bring both Nichael and Nis out. I feel as if I'm still getting to know Nicky's face, and while I adore him as a redhead, I'm still not totally sure what is going to suit him for his 'coloration' later on. He's nowhere near 'complete' (as Storm and Nis are both pretty comfortable 'as themselves' right now), but I felt bad I'd hardly taken any pictures of him yet, so I took some. And some of them even turned out pretty well, I thought! I love my little Nikon.

I felt I got to get to know a side of Nichael that a little more reflective, though. He really does seem like a happy type when he's not being arrogant.





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Old set of pictures I never got around to editing and putting up.

Coming home from vacation is always a little bit bittersweet, but Nis loves riding the train.




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Had a wonderful time at my first Kumoricon in Portland, OR. It's always fun to meet new dolls and owners, and see familiar faces!

I wonder why my flash makes everything so blue. +___+




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After ages and ages of being unable to settle down on a mod, I saw a deal on a Crobidoll Lance + SDF body that I couldn't pass up. As I mentioned, I started paying him off in July or so and he made it home late this morning. It's been a very happy 'reunion' for everyone.

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Last week I took a day trip with my family to visit the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. Nis came too.





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I took Nis along because he's travel sized - but he absolutely wouldn't behave! There were Wig Issues and the magnets that keep skull cap on have come loose. (BTW - is it okay to hot glue this? What should I do? At least I didn't lose any of them). Considering those hardships (and toward the end I said, "That's it, I knew I should've taken Storm!" and he seemed to shape up a little bit), I'm really proud of how many of these shots came out.

Next time I probably will bring Storm, if only because he really would have loved the antiques in the mansion / visitor's center, and all of the books.

I know, half of you are like wait you went to that? I took off work and everything (earlier in the month I covered a shift on the first Saturday off I'd been given in months, so I felt pretty justified in doing it) planning to go, and got the time totally wrong - I guess I got it mixed up with the other meet people are planning for July, which I can't make (because I'm taking a Friday off to go see Tori Amos). I thought it was later, so I was profoundly late and many of the people I'd been hoping to see had moved on.

On the other hand, when everyone else was at the meet, I was at the farmer's market with my Oma and parents, so honestly, I'm not too totally pissed about it. Just disappointed.






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As a Father's Day gift to myself, I put down a deposit for a Crobidoll Lance head + SDF body.

Nicky's coming home!

The more I take pictures of Storm and Nis, the more I feel like Nis almost feels more mature than Storm.

Mostly, I do photoshoots like this (with whatever's on hand, or in this case - stripping them totally naked) just to blow off some steam, creatively, mentally and emotionally.

That being said, since I feel like it would probably taken the wrong way, not posting this one to DOA as if anyone cares there anyway.

( Warning: Tasteful doll nudity. Pics +10 )

Just experimenting with the black and white feature on my camera. I've been down lately... again.






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Nis was a little intimidated by staying on the 21st floor for the con, but with Storm's help, he began to admire it and relax.






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Extra - Storm looks out the window of the Washington State Convention Center




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It seemed to me that we easily had twice, maybe even three times as many people at the panel this time around. It was really great, too bad we didn't have much time to hang around and take pictures! It was like the freaking doll paparazzi in there! X3






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Innocente Seraphim Booth

These ladies are running an EGL / BJD con in the summer. I wish them the best, though I don't think I'll be able to make it out personally.





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Noon Meet

Nis got stolen for some random boylove with a random, older doll. This was my first experience with someone just asking to check out a doll and posing it however they liked while I wasn't looking. It made for some unique poses, though ah... I guess Nis likes them older? >>; I wasn't totally mad, I was happy Nis was getting so much attention but... it was a little bit odd.






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Evening Meet

Nis ended up in a whole bunch of laps in the evening, but I didn't get many pictures because the battery to my camera died. D:






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Whoa, what a turn out we had for the Sakuracon meets this year! The amount of doll love was staggering! @.@ I went to five meet ups if you count the panel on Sunday. I'll post Saturday and Sunday ASAP.

Friday - Noon Meetup





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Friday - Evening Meet Up





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Did a little bit of formatting and now both Nis and Storm are neatly on the journal profile.

(The story of Nis's bizarre marriage proposal to Storm will eventually be chronicled.)

I'm looking forward to Sakuracon! Who's going? Discussion here. I think there was talk of someone making fliers too. Times of the meet ups are as follows:

Friday, Noon until 3:00 pm
6:30 pm until 9:00 pm

Saturday, Noon until 3:00 pm
6:30 pm until 9:00 pm

It will be in the same place as last time, the lobby area behind the escalators on the 2nd floor in the con center. Since it's not a con function, you really probably don't need a con badge to get into the area. I'm looking forward to it and will make as many don't conflict with my plans to cosplay.

We had a short spurt of unseasonably warm weather in the Seattle area, and Nis and I took advantage of this (and my new camera) with an impromptu trip to the beach.






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I hadn't visited DOA in two weeks when I posted this in the gallery. Hm.

Storm recently received some new clothes as a birthday gift - he's been with me one year! Hard to think this is my 2nd Christmas with my lovely, quiet one.


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