Michikaru

Ugh. I haven’t updated this journal in forever. How is my life?  Seriously, it majorly blows.  I’m trying to work through a few of my bad situations -- financial wise and with a friend’s mother.  I’ve been working on getting my act together and had spent my entire Spring Break just cleaning the house and getting things done.  Having my environment cleaner has helped me a lot with my thoughts.  For some odd reason, I’m thinking better. I once had a few walls full of Anime pictures and a gigantic “Japanese Animation” sign taped to my back wall (it went right across the entire section).   I’ve taken the

Happy New Year! This calls for a celebration. After taking Art History 3 times, I finally passed. I wish I never have to see another Art Hist. class again. I might go insane if I do. I've been working on making my patterns again. I want more room and money to make my Dolls. I've been working on Chaos this winter break. He is looking good, but I cannot seem to find a blasted camera to take pictures of him. Either way, I have to make the joints on him before I make the molds. I am taking 5 classes this semester. Joy! But this is my last semester, so I'll need to start thinking about what University I'll go to and what I'll major in. This als

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elitism in the BJD world -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok, since getting into the BJD hobby I've been surprised at how 'elitist' (and I use this term very loosely) it can often be. For example, you can SEE the disdain in someone's face if you show them a doll with a badly done faceup. It doesn't matter to that person that YOU love it, only that THEY think it's bad. It seems that many people are quick to say "it's my doll, I'll do what I like with it" but even quicker to look down on someone else doing exactly that. Th