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Monday, May 25th, 2009
10:17 am	Long journal, yes indeedy. Lots of stuff happening...some good some bad some so-so but it's a long post - so you have been warned!!! Yeah I know..I like to store it all up and then send out a mega update lol ( cut to spare you the rambling if you don't care to read... ) Current Mood: bouncy (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
3:04 pm	My wishlist.... At the request of a certain someone *cough-yllyor-cough* I have started to compile a strange and convoluted list of random items that I'm looking to get at some point in time.... in other words...it's a birthday wishlist. Normally I don't really care since I'm pretty happy with whatever people give me for my birthday but I have been prodded throughout the years and finally getting off my bottom and putting one together. Well that and I'm feeling craptastic now that I know come August I'll need to look for a new job, either that or move out and rent my condo so I can have some money to live off of. Things I generally like: Fabric store gift cards: Fabricana I love BTW one of my fave's in Vancouver...much better than Fabric Land by far. Mason's Gift Card: where I got all my lovely BabyLock machines. Also where I go to service them... Shoes: I LOVE shoes. Love love love. But not everyone can afford to buy me shoes when they range between $60-$200. I love the Yosuke brand, also I like a lot of the Rose Chocolat ones and some of the Secret Shop styles. I love brand shoes like BTSSB or Angelic Pretty as well as some of the European brands....if you're wanting to fork out the big bucks I've got a hefty sized Word Document with brands and pictures and information. Heck if you're just curious about it let me know. Not everyone knows about a lot of these brand shoes I like. Gothic Lolita Items: If you don't know what this is, look it up on wiki. It's a Japanese street fashion. Well actually I like a lot of the sub genres like punk, classic, aristocrat, steam punk, sweet and the like but yeah it's not the cheapest hobby. I'll provide some links to things I like in another post I guess along with the shoes and whatnot. Socks are always good, as are skirts, blouses and head dresses. I have a few of the clothing items up on my poupee girl site if you're curious. OPUS gift cards: I buy from them fairly regularly PayPal Gift Money: Yay spending money BJD Items: I mostly have the dolls I want, but shoes + clothing I love, especially DollHeart Money: `nuff said Plane tickets: I have some balance on WestJet to use this year so I'll likely fly somewhere but they don't go out to a lot of places I want to so yeah...plane tickets = cool. I don't even mind flying SouthWest or smaller airlines. And man I want to go to Disneyworld again...and Japan, and China, and Italy...oops the list is getting pretty long Gas Gift Cards: Not Esso please..my car hates Esso. Chevron, Shell, Mohawk/Husky those are great! Car Detailing: I know you can get these for like $20 at some places. Just want my car to be shiny inside and out New Nails: I like getting my nails done all sparkly XD but with impending job loss I'll be passing on it. I want to actually get them done for InnoSera but we'll have to see how things pan out. When I get mine done it usually costs about $45-50 for gel nails with sparkles...for what I want done I'm looking closer to $80-100 Heroes Lottery Tickets: Goes to help a great cause and man if I win the grand prize I will give you a cut lol Fancy Dinner: I love food..as long as it doesn't kill me. If you know me you already know my allergies XD Books: I want to learn many things like CSS and webpage design and the like...books with pretty pictures...or books just to read. Book gift card is just as good XD Knowledge Lessons: I need to learn a language...well at least bring up my current other languages to par. japanese, cantonese....I kinda want to learn Korean as well but Japanese is pretty much top of the list. Otherwise I'm thinking of taking up some sort of martial art...not sure though. Sewing lessons are always fun too. Electronics: desktop is nearly dead, laptop following in it's footsteps. I perhaps will build a new one so will eventually need bits and bobs or for ease I may just buy something 'off the shelf' and modify it to all heck. Don't really need an iPod or anything like that to be honest so don't worry about that. PS3 would rock my socks...I always wanted one but to be honest I don't play that many games and probably would use it to play bluray more than anything else lol. A new job: that rocks as much as my current one. to start Sept 9th or later. well I could start earlier other than the fact I already made plans to go to Altanta over the Labour Day Weekend and don't come home until the 8th. Other things I would love to see but I don't get directly: People registiering for Innocente Seraphim (www.innocenteseraphim.com) $40 pre-reg rate is over May 31st. Also Artist Alley and exhibitor spaces are first come first serve. Exhibitor prices also will increase by the end of the month Company Sponsorship for Innocente Seraphim: there are a number of different sponsorship packages with good advertising oppertunities. if your company is looking to hit the younger female demographic then this is for you! Donations to Doctors Without Borders: By far one of my fave charities. Having meds dropped in is good and all but useless when there aren't enough doctors around to even prescribe them and diagnose patients. I'm sure I'm missing stuff but I'll add it later I guess So for people buying me stuff, my measurements - shoes size US7-7.5, 24cm (japanese sizing), UK5 (I think). Clothing sizes - varies by brand but generally about 16-18 US on top 12ish US on bottom. my stats B: 40" W: 33" H: 41". I'm kinda in progress losing weight (I'm down to about 150lbs now and soon to be breaking the 145 barrier I hope goal weight is between 120-130lbs which is doable since I lost about 35-40 lbs last year). 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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
3:30 pm	Well all, after some prodding from my boss I decided I'll be creating a daily outfit blog. My boss (and most of my co-workers) find my daily outfits rather amusing since they range from horribly mundane to some crazy Harajuku street fashion. Luckily they're all tolerant of me and my whimsies (and my dolls too). Anyhoo I'll post today's here but going forward I'll be posting up my daily fashion on my eBay blog as well as my rillystar account (which happens to be an old old sketch and artwork account - beh I can do that too I guess) ( anyhoo pic of me under the cut ) Well it's not that terribly outlandish I guess XD My boss has wobbly fingers I guess too since it's all fuzzy. I'll see if I can get my mom to take a better picture when I visit her tonight. For those who are interested the breakdown of the outfit: Top: BodyLine cutsew (bunny ear hoody with detachable tail) minus the arm warmers and chain that came with it Skirt: Vita Vita plaid layered skirt Leggings: UniQLO lace 3/4 leggings Socks: Mighty Soxer knee high red X black stripe socks Shoes: my favorite Yosuke ribbon flats with 3 straps Hair accessories: Louis Nouvelle red X white star hairclips (on the back which you can't see I'm using a Paris Kids Rhinestone X gold star hair elastic and 2 large hair clips I bought at some stand in Japan) Current Mood: amused (10 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
6:55 pm	Sakura Con - thoughts and photos hoo boy so much to post about XD I'll try to break it up and LJ cut so your journals don't explode or anything! Ok so it's only been a little over a week or so since I posted last...so much has happened XD First off let's start off with InnoSera stuff because heck, I like talking about InnoSera. ( Sakura Con and InnoSera booth ) (Comment on this)
Monday, April 6th, 2009
7:35 pm	Because Lolita vs Star Wars = win! Last Saturday I went out to Emerald City Comicon to do a little footwork and see the sights. I've never been to a Comicon before and I must say that it's vastly different than any con I've worked on. I guess I'm just used to being up to my eyeballs in programming and stuff and people cosplaying or something. So needless to say I was shocked - the artist alley was cool though - so many artists. I can only hope to have that many at my cons one day. Didn't really peruse the dealers much since I don't really collect comics (I either borrow from friends or just don't bother reading) Anyhoo I dressed up in my new Baby, The Stars Shine Bright JSK and lent Miu my Bodyline skirt and blouse (well she's much smaller so the blouse had to be waaaaay cinched up). Anyhoo we did meet some cool people there and yes the for charity booth that took pics with a Star Wars Death Star hallway backdrop was uber fun. We were going to go back and ask to hold the guns and arrest Storm troopers but alas...no time. However we did manage to find Chewy (poor guy was on stilts) and then post with Storm Troopers since Vader was n break lol so yes! pictures under the cut! (thanks to Odonata_san for taking the Chewy picture ( Lolitas Strike back! Or is it Return of the Lolitas? ) Current Mood: amused (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
12:52 pm	looking up... Managed to reinstall XP last night. now just need to install drivers and get service packs and the like...if my net connection remains stable enough. yesterday it was baaaaad. Anyhoo I'm back online for the most part though intermittantly. Need to also reinstall office and Photoshop along with a slew of other important things like winrar, filezilla and other handy things I need. For now net is most stable at work (of course) but that limits what I can do and access (i.e. no facebook etc) On another note, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom festival kicks off this week so I want to plan something like a dolly or egl blossom viewing meetup. Picknick out under the blossoms or something like that. :) http://www.vcbf.ca/event The link above has event info for all the stuff going on around town for the festival. They have a few freebie events and a list of all the streets with blossoms and about when they'll be in bloom. One thing about this city is that the cherry blossoms bloom for a heck of a long time (2 months there abouts). Random stuff: I found this cute site (poupee girl) totally a time waster, but if you'd like to join let me send you an invite (PM me your email) so you and I both get freebies and extra ribbons XD You can see what I've uploaded, comment and 'suteki' them (i.e. like a voting thing where you 'suteki' anything you like) Current Mood: amused Current Music: Ingénue - Life in Mono (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
3:51 pm	Guh... :( Today I feel like crud. I can't stop sneezing, I have a stuffy runny nose and my eyes itch like no tomorrow. Damn you allergies (I can only assume it's allergies) - you make me hate spring so much >.< On another note, gotta catch up on stuff I need to do. I posted some items last week and dropped the ball on sending the tracking numbers to people. Need to do that today after I go pick up a package from across town before they send it back. Was busy bee this weekend. Sat hung out with ylly, cleaned house and all that. Tried to fix my laptop and failed. If Max and Brian can't save it, it means I need to shell out for a new computer because the desktop is 9 years old and can't last without freezing or giving me black screen for more than about 45 minutes. So I may be puterless without a way to get a new one right at this moment because cash be super strapped. On another note I'll be starting a new sewing project to do up a bustle skirt jsk (jumper skirt for those unfamiliar with egl terms) and maybe a plain skirt as well to have all ready for Sakura Con, and possibly Emerald City Comicon. (BTW Wally are we going both days? need to know so I can register online for cheaper rates) Feeling really burnt out right now...might be because I went to Steampunk night at Descent to do some PR work for InnoSera. Made a connection with the girl who runs the Steampunk Vancouver LJ comm so that's good. Will be contacting her soon about putting up posters and taking some postcards. (Uneide was a doll and took some postcards to stuff in her orders going out for Feather Fall) Anyhoo I'm all over the place now so gonna stop typing while I'm ahead Current Mood: sick (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
1:34 pm	My Quibblo Quiz Result for: Past to Present: A Quiz For Fans of Japanese Fashion Past to Present: A Quiz For Fans of Japanese Fashion 87% (26 out of 30 Questions Correct) Fun quizzes, surveys & blog quizzes by (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
1:11 pm	Back home Yup back home after my Japan trip. Got sick and lost a few things over there but ah well. Tonight I go and transfer all the pics over to my external HD then sort through them and upload. I'll probably end up posting them up on DA or something since it's easy peasy that way. i'll post a few things here. The day after I got back (arrived the 27th) I drove down south to Seattle with yllyor for an InnoSera meeting. We're slowly filling in the ranks for staff but still needing more. if you're interested in helping out please let me know :) We should have all the descriptions of the remaining staff positions up shortly. If you'd rather volunteer we have lots of oppertunities as well! Both Staff and Volunteers get some nice perks so check out the site - http://www.innocenteseraphim.com The next meeting is the 28th and hopefully a sewing meeting so we get some fun time in too. Anyone who needs a ride down is welcome to come with since i likely won't be sleeping over I hope. The Nanaimo meet is the day after but I doubt I'll be able to go though :( Anyhoo other than that I'm still kinda sick, back at work and trying to get my laptop resurrected. I got annoyed with it yesterday and tried to take it apart. I un wired some of the hardware adn then realized I had to go out so put it back together again and it seems my laptop loved me enough to actually boot up properly. After I got back I transfered all my filed (art files and the like) and still in progress with some of the other image files (I take too many >.<). Once that's done I'll nuke the HD and go for a reinstall once I can find the disks :( so far no juice since the laptop belonged to my mother and I bet she chucked the disks a while ago. may need to ask my buddy for some help. Otherwise I'll just start saving for a new puter. yikes. can't really afford it with all the other expenses going on but ah well, it's either that or live with the ghetto 8 year old desk top I have that's barely still running. Anyhoo will have pics of the fabrics I bought in Japan, and some of the outfits and things I bought. The gifts for the co-workers went down well (snacks and then some simple trick boxes made in Hakone). Maybe some of the unused photos from the meeting on the 28th too. Hopefully I'll have a few posts on the details of my Japan trip along with pics up this week. Depends if I keel over sick though or get too busy >.< (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
4:13 pm	Ooops forgot to update Heheeh I am a bad person. Here I am in Japan and not updating a single time. Suffice to say I've had a blast here with the usual ups and downs of family being stupid or stubborn and the like. I still managed to get most of what I wanted done and I know I'm coming back next year with Max so it's all good. Highlights til I can post more details and stuff: - got sick a few days back. been lingering and finally tapering off now. Was dizzy as all heck yesterday and feeling much better now. - Wearing masks when sick is a good idea. must snag a box from my dad - Harajuku is still a fun place to shop. Bad for my wallet. - Marui One is cool and Closet Child for some reason was really easy to miss but I found it eventually. Closet Child has some rare stuff and some stuff that's not too bad price wise but the store is super cramped. Marui One had awesome brand stuff but for shoes the store in Harajuku had sales on the ones I liked. I almost bought some brand stuff but realized that 1 - suitcase almost full 2- don't need a frilly umbrella that would get trashed in the Vancouver rain 3 - barring the prints I could probably figure out the patterns and make my own jsks and skirts so unless there was something super special I loooved and actually fit me then no, nothing for me - Lost a baggy on the subway...it's still lost. Managed to replace all items but one small one that was only a few dollars. Took me trips to 4 different Volks stores to replace the MSD boy outfit that released not to long ago. In Shinjuku it was the last set (everywhere else was sold out) the shoes were easier - found a coolio dolly present in Kyoto - Tours are really a whirlwind, so do one and then go back to the places you liked if you do take one. Good for my sisters not so much for me since I've been to most of the places - Missed going to Sato in Kyoto :( no time - sisters geeked out at Akihabara - Ghibli Museum while cute and not too expensive was super crowded and we managed to get through the whole thing in about an hour. Not sure yet if it was worth it since we couldn't take any pictures other than outside and on the roof. Mom bought craploads here for some strange reason - Fabric stores in Japan so rock over the ones in North America for trims, laces and cute patterns on cotton. Also the Japanese type fabrics are soooo gorgeous. - surprisingly a large number of people in Japan speak Mandarin....doesn't really help me much lol - Onsens are still relaxing, private onsens rock cause you can take pictures! Well I'll have details and more updates later or once I get home....will be off to Seattle on the weekend for meetings (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
11:43 pm	And off I go!!! To Japan of course :) Been talking about it for weeks and now it's time to go to the airport. I will take picus!!! Also thanks to all who came to my 2 meetups (tea party and potluck). I should have pictures up from that when I come home. Anyhoo that's it for now. Short and sweet. Oh yeah...and something mundane...I gots me a new couch. Current Mood: energetic (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
10:12 am	Happy Holidays! It's Christmas! Whee! And yeah I know...more than 1 post a month? OMG (I knows I be bad at posting regularly) Anyhoo to all my friends and family and all those people I don't know who might see this...HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Being snowed in really kind of sucks though. yllyor and votgs had to cancel for today because of it. Poor votgs had no power yesterday for most of the day (luckily she has a doggy to keep her warm) and the trains/buses were all delayed or not running so she couldn't make it up. Guess I'll be cooking that big fat roast for 1 and freezing it. On another note.... Innocente Seraphim officially now has a location and date! Wally was awesome and trekked out in the snow to Bellvue to sign the contract and lay down the big check for the deposit. I've created an LJ comm for the convention until the website goes live...also finally did some artwork (the sketch is on my DA scrapbook section) and got the mascot done up and the logo. Need to finish the mascot today and just clean up the logo a smidge. Anyhoo here's the link to the LJ http://community.livejournal.com/innocenteseraph/ I'll be posting updates for InnoSera on that comm rather than here unless it's a big announcement. As for that I'm looking for volunteers and staff. Max Wally and I are fairly picky so please submit a resume along with any previous con experience. We really want to make sure the fit is right and that anyone interested is serious and can work well with us so we'll be talking to anyone who applies. Staff do have some perks though so it'll be mucho fun. Anyhoo that's about it on my end. Going to see family soon but not expecting any gifts because this year we decided to just hang out and be together, eat good food and not worry about gifts. I made some cookies for everyone though just in case (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, December 12th, 2008
3:12 pm	I'm a happy rillers - random stuff Been a fun week. Got to hang out with jess and her family (including cats and dogs). Shawn is a cool guy and the kids are super cute. Joe is a silly puppy and the kitties are funny (Romeo is such an attention whore! lol). Course I had to work out there - so totally exhausting and I just realized why. In places with a lot of tension and negativity I tend to pour out a lot of energy into being positive and infecting (har har har like a disease!) those around me with being more relaxed and happy. That being said, the other centre is a lot more tense and chaotic (at least to me) than my small team in Vancouver. Not sure why that is but yeah sapped a lot of energy from me and I literally slept for 10 hours last night. Anyhoo excited also because Max, Wally and I are starting to see our work come together now. We have 2 of the 3 hotels in with bids for InnoSera (short for Innocente Seraphim). The costing for the hotels was a -lot- less than we'd initially expected especially from the dream hotel :) the room costs for hotel guests was also a lot lower than expected for one and the other was about the same as what we'd seen in the past. Either way whichever hotel we go with we're good to go. We need to meet next weekend and really work on policies, and other articles for the actual company so we have all the i's dotted and the t's crossed. On another front working on my business and things are going well more or less. I have to have a talk with my mom though and make sure she's communicating with me and we're on the same page because she often hops around and just gets in a tizzy rather than being 100% responsible for the things she promised to do. That'll get sorted tonight I'm thinking. Ooo ooo! and by Tuesday night I should have my nexus pass!!! yay no more waiting in line at the border! Other than that I'll be cleaning my house once I get home (yay clean house) and then getting it spiffed up for X'mas. Ven is coming for X'mas!!!! I'm excited about that too. I may decide to also host a small tea and biccies at my house and get some use out of my nice china - love an excuse to dress up too. One of my new EGL buddies though, posted on her LJ that her b-day was a crappy one :( I wasn't around to celebrate with her but wanting to do something nice so gotta see when she's free and then take her out and make sure she has fun :) Anyhoo (and yes my brain is all over the place right now which is why I'm jumping from subject to subject) X'mas just around the corner and I have no idea what to do for presents. Thinking of making stuff so if you have something you really must have instead give me a call XD though I don't have a ton of money this X'mas because of the 25K deposit I put down on my new apartment XD Anyhoo I'm off to gather my thoughts rather than barf them all up randomly here on LJ. Just know that I'm content and going to start drawing again right now (yeah wow it's been aaaaages) and reading stuff I want to read again - so if you have any suggestions as to good books (I'll read almost anything but I'd prefer no war books please. I love fantasy and sci-fi but I also love a good fiction novel as well) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, November 24th, 2008
11:34 am	I blame E for this....yush So I now have dragon eggies that need to hatch...please click on them so they don't die. I have just under 7 days left for them. Please click on each one so they know you care :) If you have eggies of your own or get some please let me know and I'll be happy to click for you FYI will have pics of the raffle stuff up soon Current Mood: sleepy (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
3:15 pm	Raffle - win dollies, sewing machine +more! I've finally made the decision. Money raised will go to Habitat for Humanity. If someone can show me how to make pretty CSS journaly for this please poke me. The Nitty Gritty: Tix: (in USD) $8 each 3 for $18 5 for $30 10 for $50 Tix on sale until Jan 15th 4pm Pacific. PayPal to rillystar(AT)shaw(DOT)ca (remove the brackets and replace the caps stuff with the symbols). Just remember to put your DA or LJ ID in the note. I'll post your ID and ticket # on my DA post and I'll try to keep it updated here too XD As mentioned earlier shipping costs will be paid by winners (I can ship via many methods so we can work something out no prob). I don't charge PayPal fees either. I'll keep us posted on what prize ranges we're in too. I've made a few changes to the prize ranges and as I find more stuff to add I'll add it. If you'd like to donate to the cause please note me and let me know what you'd like to donate. NB: Pics of this stuff coming soon! The Prize Pot! Base: - 1 full colour single char portrait commission from rilly - full colour print of your choice from my gallery (5 draws) - set of 12 random Copic Markers + some marker paper (A4 sized if I remember the package I brought back from Japan) - for locals: private lesson from rilly including materials on either, basic sewing, doll faceups, or creating a successful artist alley table - Rare Fruits Basket window decoration - Tohru - set of 4 COSMODE back issue magazines - Japanese how to make Kanzashi book with easy to follow picture step by step instructions (brand new!) - PS2 Star Ocean: Til the End of Time (greatest hits) + Brady Games strategy guide (mint) - PS2 Suikoden 4 + Brady Games strategy guide - DVD: Benny and Joon (unopened) - PS2 Final Fantasy X-2 - set of magnets (new and never used) (pics coming soon) - dolly photoshoot session by rillystar - Deviant Art 3 month subscription $150 mark additions: - Rare Fruits Basket window decoration - Kyo - PS2 Wild Arms 3 - Radiata Stories - rillystar custom doll faceup - vol 11 of Goth & Loli sewing magazine $250 mark additions: - Luts event head from X'mas 07 Jury A in NS (this is a type 2 head) - PS2 Suikoden 5 with original booklet - PS2 Suikoden 3 with original booklet $500 mark additions: - Back to the Future DVD BOx Set - Rare Fruits Basket window decoration - Yuki - uber rare Super NES original Secret of Mana game cartrige with original box (even has the blockbuster sale sticker on the back with the date XD) Has most of the booklet though the cover and a number of the pages are missing. $700 mark addition: - Limited edition Yuki Kaori signed Angel Sanctuary box gift set. Signature is on the inside lid. Includes multiple prints, Angel Sanctuary necklace, Angel Sanctuary desk clock and more! I don't think I've ever seen one of these on sale, and it was the last one in the Store in Yokkaichi when I visited uneide there - Suikoden 1 original PS1 game with original booklet (retails for about $80) $1000 mark addition: - Suikoden 2 original PS1 game with original booklet etc (retails generally around $125+) - Minifee Sleeping Seorin Head NS $1500 mark addition: - Serial Experiments Lain DVD Box set (if I can find the lunch box it will come with it) - Fruits Basket sealed and mint Artbook - Ah! My Goddess movie DVD - Limited Ricky Elucid elf head (value of $250+) $2500 mark addition: - BambiCrony Normal Skin Shy boy. (will come with glass eyes and wig and original box. I believe I have a spare set of different hands as well for him) - Limited box edition Trinity Blood + DVD vol 1 - Hiro: Naked and True Clips Music DVD signed copy that reads in Japanese 'Jennifer-san <3' and then her signature with another big heart. This was from 2004 when I met her at Sakura Con - rare RG Veda hard cover artbook from CLAMP - free dollfie faceup by rillystar (3 draws) $5000 mark addition: - Bernina 50 sewing machine (used but well cared for. will come with some spools of thread and bobbins as well as a number of new never used bobbins. If you're in town I'll happily throw in a lesson on how to use and basic sewing if you'd like. - set of 13 DVDs from Card Captor Sakura (not including movies) - DoT Tender Lahoo head (event head so unavailable now from the site) Current Mood: energetic (Comment on this)
Friday, November 7th, 2008
4:08 pm	EGL times Had some fun times and made new friends. Trust me to be random and just decide to go out with a bunch of strangers and make some new friends XD Anyhoo got meself dressed up and booted off in the rain downtown and waited...and waited....apparently I -just- missed everyone at the Skytrain station but that's ok, I just drove off to meet up with them and they weren't exactly hard to find. Rather difficult to find a group of about 10 girls most of whom were dressed up in sweet lolita or gothic lolita XD We all headed off onto the bus down to the fondue place and had choco fondue and drinks (I passed on the choco and just ate the raw fruit...for some reason the smell of the rich chocolate made my tummy do flip flops...prolly the precursor to my queaziness today - I blame all the sick co-workers in the office as I slowly succumb to illness). Didn't think much of the service there - they messed up 3 or so orders and then overcharged a few people on their stuff. Yeah I understand large groups can be a hassle but when you check the order it shouldn't magically cange between when you repeated everything back correctly to when it comes out to the table. My sister works at the Spag and she deals with parties of 40+ and they don't mess up as much as these gents did. Ah well...suffice to say rilly will not be going back anytime soon. Unfortunately, me and me dollies had to go home after that. I had family dinner to go to. But them girls were all nice (at least the ones at my table rocked) so I'll be inviting them out to my house for tea...once I clean it all up again and hide the massive mess that is my cloth and sewing notions that are here there and everywhere while I'm working on stuff XD anyhoo picus from last Sat! all the girls except me cause I was taking the pic my bling bling ring along with Momo's yes...yes I know I be crazy a lot of the time. but heck! I had fun so who cares! Current Mood: amused (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, October 27th, 2008
11:03 pm	Fund Raising snipped from my Deviant Art account: http://rillystar.deviantart.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yup raiding funds. It's been a rough year for some people so I'm raising funds for various groups and individuals (please note this is not for myself. I make enough money for my keep :) if you want to know more about what I'm fund raising for just drop me a note. So what I plan on, is a raffle (gonna try this out). Lots of amazing goodies inside worth a lot more than the $ marks that I'm setting up. As more money is collected, bigger and better prizes are added into the pot. I have a lot of limited items from Japan (authentic so please don't worry about that, I hauled it all back on my own). Some of these are once in a lifetime items that I personally haven't really seen for sale elsewhere. If you know there's something I have and you'd like to see it in the raffle let me know and I'll consider it. First off the nitty gritty: Raffle tix: (price break for buying more) Prices in USD $8 each 3 for $18 5 for $30 10 for $50 Note that no 'PayPal' fees will be added for those wanting to pay via PayPal. I also head down into the US fairly often so I can take cash in person. The Prize Pot: I will update with more goodies once I go through everything I have. For now what's listed below. As we hit target $$$ marks I'll start adding more nifty cool stuff in. Please note that winners will pay for shipping otherwise wise $ marks would be waaay higher and all the cash would go to shipping :( - 1 full colour single char portrait commission from rilly - full colour print of your choice from my gallery X5 set of 12 random Copic Markers + some marker paper (A4 sized if I remember the package I brought back from Japan) - for locals: private lesson from rilly including materials on either, basic sewing, doll faceups, or creating a successful artist alley table - Rare Fruits Basket window decoration - Yuki - Rare Fruits Basket window decoration - Kyo - Rare Fruits Basket window decoration - Tohru - set of 4 COSMODE back issue magazines - Japanese how to make Kanzashi book with easy to follow picture step by step instructions (brand new!) - PS2 Star Ocean: Til the End of Time (greatest hits) + Brady Games strategy guide (mint) - PS2 Suikoden 4 + Brady Games strategy guide - DVD: Benny and Joon (unopened) - PS2 Final Fantasy X-2 - vol 11 of Goth & Loli sewing magazine - set of  magnets (new and never used) by mistressofspam on Deviant Art (go lookit her beauuuutiful arts) $150 mark addition: - PS2 Wild Arms 3 - Radiata Stories - rillystar custom doll faceup - uber rare Super NES original Secret of Mana game cartrige with original box (even has the blockbuster sale sticker on the back with the date XD) Has most of the booklet though the cover and a number of the pages are missing. $250 mark addition: - Luts event head from X'mas 07 Jury A in NS (this is a type 2 head) - PS2 Suikoden 5 with original booklet - PS2 Suikoden 3 with original booklet $500 mark addition: - Back to the Future DVD BOx Set - Limited edition Yuki Kaori signed Angel Sanctuary box gift set. Signature is on the inside lid. Includes multiple prints, Angel Sanctuary necklace, Angel Sanctuary desk clock and more! I don't think I've ever seen one of these on sale, and it was the last one in the Store in Yokkaichi when I visited uneide there $700 mark addition: - BambiCrony Normal Skin Shy boy. (will come with glass eyes and wig and original box. I believe I have a spare set of different hands as well for him) - Suikoden 1 original PS1 game with original booklet (retails for about $80) $1000 mark addition: - Suikoden 2 original PS1 game with original booklet etc (retails generally around $125+) - Angel Region Warrick 58cm boy doll with original full set clothes. Will also come with extra clothes, shoes, wig and other accessories. $1500 mark addition: - Serial Experiments Lain DVD Box set (if I can find the lunch box it will come with it) - Fruits Basket sealed and mint Artbook - Ah! My Goddess movie DVD $2500 mark addition: - WS Yder head (type 1) with faceup. Will come with Acrylic eyes and random wig - Limited box edition Trinity Blood + DVD vol 1 - Hiro: Naked and True CLips Music DVD signed copy that reads in Japanese 'Jennifer-san <3' and then her signature with another big heart. This was from 2004 when I met her at Sakura Con $5000 mark addition: - Volks F-31 Sunlight Skin Elf Boy doll. SD13 with long legs. He has the long elf ears type and all original paperwrk. He will also come with Sunlight sword gripping hands which were limited to the Sunlight Cecile pirate scarface release I believe. - set of 13 DVDs from Card Captor Sakura (not including movies) if we hit bigger than this....well I'll keep adding stuff like one Fairyland Puki (basic set) of your choice mailed directly to you from Fairyland. Or my Bernina 50 sewing machine that gets no love Anyhoo feedback greatly appreciated. Also once this is up and running please pass it on. If you'd like to add to the donation list please note me and we can work something out. 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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
11:34 am	Holy crackers what a week! First off I was in Vegas as most of you know. The Training course was so entirely draining and kicked my ass but oh my god was it worth it. It's like looking at life with a different perspective. Definitely much more focused on what I want to achieve. Now I need to pick 3 things, and only 3 things to work on and complete in 100 days. Scary eh? Kinda exciting too. I'll be doing this with my mom and a bunch of new friends (but I'll miss you guys soooo much) and that's the last of it for this month. Luckily I only need to go out there once a month til I head out to Japan and then that's it. In the meantime I'm busting my butt right now to get where I need to get. I should have good things to announce soon and I hope that everyone will join in and spread the word once I can post about it. Anyhoo I'm flying back out tomorrow at around noon and then right back into work (the only way I could get part of tomorrow off was to promise to work remotely) but that gives me time to sneep a little and also to get my thoughts calmed down a bit. I'll be back on Monday though so I'm settling in for a long hard 100 days of work outside of work as well as part of work. :) all I can say is I never believed in coincidence before but things have been falling into place and just happening somehow once I really decide on doing them. Bah maybe I'm just riding some euphoric high right now but dang it feels good to be alive right now :D On another note I did get my lolita shirt and skirt in, and will be attending a local meet for the first time! I'm excited (even though I'm a big blob compared to some of those girls I'm determined to have fun!) - need to make a petticoat that will floof up my new skirt. YAY! Current Mood: excited (Comment on this)
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
4:22 pm	Wow it's really happening! To those in the know: Valkeries LLC was formed! Yay. That means we're already well down the path towards the full convention going on. Just have to wait on the Federal level LLC forms to be sent in and approved and then we can go full swing. By no means does this mean we're sitting around twiddling our thumbs. Unlike a few cons we've worked on in the past (that shall remain nameless) we're starting from the get go with our articles or operation and whatnot and making sure all the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed. Basically making sure that if one of us drops dead (heaven forbid >.<) that people will know what to do to keep this going. I have the logo sketched out and need to make a few variations to make sure I have the bases covered. Mock up web designs will be done tomorrow I hope while others are too busy to ping me or ask me to WoW (that means you girls *shifty eyes* though a lil tomorrow won't hurt). I have good ideas on what I want now with some clarification from the others (well not really any but they seemed to like one directions more than others - so slightly more edgy but still elegant and lolita-y) Wow...a con making me art when I've barely arted at all. Thinking to stretch myself and do about 3 designs and then 2 more for the 'club' bits which if ylly likes we can use for Resin Angel or scrap (the other will likely be used for Bara Hana Ballad if that ever gets worked on) I went and registered a community to make sure we got the name for ISC (Innocente Seraphim Convention) but no one can join or post or anything cause we can't have much up until the final federal level LLC comes through (due to tax reasons and I really don't want to file taxes for the US). Once it's all done I can properly log my gas and milage usage and possibly net and home office space. Not much in the way of staff right now but once we're up we'll be taking applications. Yes you heard right - applications. No more voting, we want people we can work with and not have to deal with the whole voting procedure; it never made much sense to me, it still doesn't (other than some tax benefits but I'd rather not even bother) Anyhoo enough blathering, I know I don't have many who watch my journal so not too worry about this leaking and if it does...well there isn't much of anything to leak. hahaha. Current Mood: bouncy (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, September 1st, 2008
8:53 am	awwws back to work time oops forgot to update yet again AE is over which makes me happy and sad. Ylly and I probably won't be back for AA next year, it's just too much work with not enough helpers (they've been dwindling year over year and just the two of us for our booth is super tiring - thank you to Max for being our relief on the Saturday). All in all we did pretty well. Counting all the petty cash we spent on food out of the cashbox we made over $1600 that weekend. We's be happy with that. We sold out of fortunes every day and even after remaking them each night we ran out within an hour on the last day and had to close it down. Baggies did well, so did the keychains. Croaky, Jess and centi went home. I is sads for the most part but my wallet thanks me. Much silliness was to be had and much artage. I hope I can rp with them soon. Jess lost her camera somewhere so now I have to go look for that too >.< but croaky's pics were good and ylly's (the three I saw) were excellent. I believe all three girls also did well at AE (centi mentioned it being the most money she's ever made at con even with being off to the side and out of the main AA area. Adri sold out of her keychains early on and we even made more for her and they sold out) Went to see Max Wally and ven over the last few days. Very relaxing (and fattening with all the food I ate. I gained 5 lbs lol) things are going well with the convention planning, we just need to file all the paperwork so we can start on the actual bulk of the work (hotel bids, promo packages et al). Basic programming has been laid out and basic needs/wants for space. very prelim budget in place but looks doable. Goal numbers is 500 attendees (not including staff). Will likely host a few prelim photoshoots and meets to get the word out there and to gather volunteers. Still building up the by-laws and the positional duties etc so we have everything in writing and covered. Bettina couldn;t make it which was sadness but instead she'll come out in January. We have credit towards her ticket and she said she'd Anyhoo the 4 badges I did are up on my DA account the rest to follow shortly. Hoping once I get some sewing done and some doll stuff done that I'll have time to finish some artwork....one can always hope lol What I still have to do: 1) write for Reves de Mignonnette (4 articles now) 2) plan for RdeM meet for Nov  7th (2nd Sat) 3) put down money for new condo by the 15th. Somehow make 10k between now and then lol (likely my sisters will pitch in since this is part of the proprerty strategy for the family so we can each have one in the end) 4) head to Seattle the weekend after next to sign LLC papers for the new convention and meet with the accountant for that 5) start measurements for ylly's and my sister's corsets - fabric et al has been bought! yes! 6) buy longer lacing for my corset - apparently 2.5 yards is not enough 7) once we have the promo packages ready go forth and shower the airlines and radio/tv stations - maybe see about getting Wally and Max up for a breakfast tv shoot if they'll have us :) 8) send Syl something for her wedding gift...right now it looks like that gonna be monies....anyone else want in? On the dolly front: 1) Mail out the doll and wigs that were bought. This to be all done tomorrow afternoon 2) price the dolly outfit for shipping to the UK 3) Lucien should be coming home next trip. Check him out before putting him together (Unoa L-bi kit for those wondering) 4) Go through and see what dolls need to go again (i.e. the ones I don't play with) right now that looks like it may be the Unoa Lusis girl (the one in the box), FL Minifee Sleeping Woosoo on type 1 body, Winking Miyu on DZ body, Ricky head, Jury A head, possibly the elf sleeping Yen full set limited boy or the Breakaway on FDoll body. I had plans for them at one point but things got pushed back as usual and they got left on the wayside so better off finding them good homes. Plus with needing mucho money right now for the apartment some of the dollys just have to go T-T I-ra sold at least for a whopping $1300 (including ship) 5) Photograph and put up all the wigs and clothes and other accessories that I separated out during my (very late) spring cleaning. 6) whip out the shiny new dremmel and sand all my dolls and then face up the blanks 7) sell my antique lace fer once it gets in Current Mood: relaxed (2 Comments |Comment on this)