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:3 My lavender sash and rainbow tassel. #pride

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:23:54 -0700

:3 My lavender sash and rainbow tassel. #pride

Lavender Pride Recognition Ceremony

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:50:00 -0700

Our keynote speaker for the LGBTQI graduation ceremony was Ryka Aoki— and oh my gosssssh she was amazing?!?!? Afterwards, she gave me a great big hug because I was practically trembling when I went to thank her. Marc and Justine, who were my two guests for the ceremony, were blown away by her powerful speech.

She owned her identities and even called out the theme of the graduation ceremony (“Visions of Possibilities”) as being unfair to “those who are not sighted,” and said that it would be better to call it, “Perceptions” instead of “Visions.” She told her story about being not only queer, but a woman of color— a transwoman of color. I was delighted to see that she’s founded her own group for trans* martial artists, because she was a national Judo champion before she was abandoned for transition.

I just

have a lot of feelings about our keynote speaker. There was so much power to her speech— it was just so, so good. I gotta check out all of her works now, because that is literature I want to be all over.

She extended so much love towards all of us, and it really resonated. :,3 Thank you, Miss Aoki! Thank you very much. <3

sounds legit

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:33:11 -0700

sounds legit

CLOSE-UP OF JACK’S CROTCH?? I wonder if I should finish...

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:01:59 -0700

CLOSE-UP OF JACK’S CROTCH??

I wonder if I should finish this and make it a print to sell at AX??? HAHAHA it won’t be too out of place with my other fairly sexy prints…

Since I can’t reblog myself, the entire sketch can be seen here. It’s more lewd when you can see his expression.

I posted up a close-up of this drawing a while back....

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:58:25 -0700

I posted up a close-up of this drawing a while back. Here’s the sketch and more of it that was done before I forgot about it. I still like it because shaaaapes!

Thoughts

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:57:45 -0700

While drawing today (for the first time in a long time, wow!) I was thinking about how it’s kind of funny that I can paint moe doll heads but struggle with drawing in a moe style. I recognize that drawing ability does not necessarily translate into doll painting ability— this is something I’ve discussed many times while doing BJD painting demonstrations. However, a person’s art style— if they do partake in art outside of doll painting— tends to reflect in their doll painting. Regardless, doll painting usually heavily reflects the painter’s tastes in aesthetics (favorite makeup styles, fashion trends, color palettes) than what may be perceived as their illustration style.

Yet

I wanna draw moe, haha.

There was going to be cake.

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:33:00 -0700

There was going to be cake.

Photo

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:02:12 -0700

What I Have Learned

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:04:31 -0700

Welp, the cabochon idea doesn’t work. :,3 It was worth a shot though. I want to try making resin eyes next.

Some Favorite Foods

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:14:01 -0700

So that when people ask, “What do you want to eat?” I won’t draw a blank.

Pho (lots of tendon)
Curry (spicy or sweet, it’s all delicious)
Sushi (salmon)
Dim sum (shrimp dishes)
Szechuan cuisine in general (favorite = eggplant)

Dear Chase Freedom

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:32:14 -0700

Please stop tempting me. You send me these letters asking me to sign up for your wonderful card, but the last time I did— less than six months ago— you rejected me. Why would you do that?

Cabochon Doll Eyes Test

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:44:44 -0700

I have learned so far that these things magnify like CRAAAAAZY, so I am going to need to do a few experiments to determine size and then size down as necessary. So far, they look pretty good as eyes! They only look bad when seen from an extreme side angle— which is not an angle you usually view dolls from. I’ll take a video eventually. Right now I have to wait for them to dry first.

Found on campus! Nice. Was this your doing, #misterunagi ?...

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:38:21 -0700

Found on campus! Nice. Was this your doing, #misterunagi ? It was in front of your coffee hut. #csuf

stuffchienlikes: bjd-taobao-finds: SD girls black dress -...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:31:41 -0700

stuffchienlikes:

bjd-taobao-finds:

SD girls black dress - $7.80

This is a really good blog if you hate having money and want to not have any of it.

Oops wrong blog!

Kitty feeeeet! #cat #tabby

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:07:31 -0700

Kitty feeeeet! #cat #tabby

Kitty neck rolllllls!!! #cat #calico

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:04:52 -0700

Kitty neck rolllllls!!! #cat #calico

Volks DDI w/ Closed Eye DDH-01 Head (Maybe???) - $200 + s/h

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:52:44 -0700

Volks DDI w/ Closed Eye DDH-01 Head (Maybe???) - $200 + s/h:

I saw this up a few days ago and was curious since there were no photos in the thread. Here’s the photo she linked me to when I PMed her! I’m not a fan of the DDI body and I’m not sure about the head, but putting this up here in case anyone wanted her. :)

Nintendo Limited Edition Mint Sealed Pikachu 3DS XL

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:50:08 -0700

Nintendo Limited Edition Mint Sealed Pikachu 3DS XL:

Auction ends in less than two hours. :p

Why You Shouldn't Tell That Random Girl On The Street That She's Hot

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:52:00 -0700

Why You Shouldn't Tell That Random Girl On The Street That She's Hot:

It seems that men are finally starting to realize that many women do not like street harassment (or, in the parlance of the uninitiated, “unsolicited compliments about a stranger’s appearance”). This is really great and a sign that activists are doing a good job.

However, predictably, I’ve also seen a surge of men desperately trying to find loopholes so that they can still, yes, give women their irrelevant and unasked-for opinion on their appearance. Hence all the “But what if I say it this way? But what if I say it that way? But what if I make it REALLY CLEAR that I’m NOT TRYING TO BE CREEPY? But why can’t I just give a girl a compliment for crying out loud?”

Okay. Before I say what I’m going to say, here are some things I’m NOT saying:

Finding a random woman attractive makes you a Bad Person.

Wanting to tell her she’s attractive makes you a Bad Person.

Every time you compliment a random woman on her appearance, it makes her uncomfortable/scared.

Every time you compliment a random woman on her appearance, that is harassment.

Here’s what I AM going to say:

If you find yourself really invested in the idea of complimenting random women on the street, you should do some serious soul-searching and figure out why that idea appeals to you so much.

It may very well be possible to compliment a woman you don’t know on her appearance in an appropriate way.

But, if you choose to compliment a random woman on her appearance, you run a high risk of making her uncomfortable/scared, even if she doesn’t show any outward signs of it. Are you willing to take that chance?

If you choose to compliment a random woman on her appearance, you may be harassing her.

So, about really wanting to compliment random women on the street. I’ve seen this attitude from many guys that women “deserve” compliments when they look good or that they “should” feel better about themselves, and it bothers me for many reasons that are articulated very well in this article.

The idea that women are all wallowing in a miserable pool of their own insecurity and desperately need a man to come save them by giving them compliments is really just a modern take on the Prince Charming fairytale. Yes, many women are insecure. Most of them are insecure not because no guy has ever expressed a desire to fuck them, but because of the dangerously unrealistic standards our society sets for women’s appearance and for the behaviors they must perform in order to maintain that appearance.

So as nice as it would be if all that could be solved by noble, kind-hearted men taking valuable time out of their day to compliment female passerby on their appearance, that’s not gonna happen. Women don’t need men to save us from insecurity. We need to stand up and speak out ourselves against the ways in which our culture keeps us fearful and insecure, and the ways in which we help it to do so.

Of course, this is rarely, if ever, what it’s really about when men “compliment” women they don’t know on how they look. If it were, then the collective male response to women’s advocacy about street harassment and our insistence that these “compliments” make many women feel violated, scrutinized, and afraid, would be, “Oh fuck, sorry, I had no idea. I’m going to think very carefully before doing this again, if at all.”

And really, how often is that really the response?

Usually, it’s a little more along the lines of, “Oh come onnnn, it was just a compliment, why can’t you just say thank you, why can’t I tell a girl she looks good, why’s everybody so over-sensitive these days.”

So it’s not really about making me feel nice, now is it? If this is your response to our opinions and you’re still claiming that you “just want to make a girl feel good about herself,” then this is a serious look-at-your-life-look-at-your-choices moment for you. Because maybe it’s not really about making people feel good. It’s about making yourself feel good, about feeling the power that comes with judging and expressing opinions about a woman’s looks–even if those opinions are positive.

…

Some men who want to compliment random women on the street are genuinely good guys who just don’t understand why their comments might be unwelcome. Some men who want to compliment random women on the street are creepy predators. Most are somewhere in between, and guess what? I don’t know you, I don’t know your life, and I have no idea if you’re going to leave it at “Hey, you look good in that dress!” or follow it up with “But you’d look better without it! Har har! C’mon, where’re you going? I know you heard me! Fucking cunt, nobody wants your fat ass anyway, bitch.”

When you compliment a random woman who doesn’t know you, no matter how nice you are about it, there’s a good chance she’s going to freak out internally because for all she knows, you could be that latter type. And I get that it’s really unfair that women would just assume that about you. I get that it sucks that sometimes, expressing totally reasonable opinions like “hey you’re hot” will make women terrified of you or furious at you. That’s not fair.

But if you’re going to lay the blame for that somewhere, for fuck’s sake, don’t blame the woman. Blame all the guys who have called her a bitch and a cunt for ignoring their advances. Blame all the guys who may have harassed, abused, or assaulted her in the past. Blame all the people who may never do such a thing themselves, but who were quick to blame her and tell her to just get over it. Blame the fact that if she stops and talks to you and then something bad happens, people will blame her for stopping and talking to you.

Usagi headband! Vlad is playing #ro2 with Lou while I workout in...

Thu, 09 May 2013 01:58:24 -0700

Usagi headband! Vlad is playing #ro2 with Lou while I workout in the living room. Lou got a mushroom costume and it’s the best.