Unforeseen rant ahead...

[zallia]

So....I've got two dolls set to arrive on Tuesday. Yay! Probably not til after dinner though. Boo on you UPS. I actually resisted and didn't order Sabik and I don't regret it at all. I can be smart! I did order two Bobobies, a tiny and and MSD(about the size of my Ellowyne Wildes). I figure I should get a starter BJD first to see if I can handle the bigger ones. But if I heart them, I'll probably be ordering the big girl this week since the CC rolls over tomorrow. In the meantime, I've been having fun reading up on all the batshit crazies that thrive in this hobby. Man, Pullip people have nothing on these guys. And the scamming that goes on too. So many horror stories of meetups and transactions and girls wanting to be called guys when they're very clearly not. O_o Like the worst of anime fandom finds its way to the dollies too apparently. So I think I'm definately going to be sticking to lurking in these comms. I'm hoping when I get my dolls that I'll be inspired to pick up the camera again though. I keep thinking about pictures I want to take during the day and then get home and just don't want to do anything. I was thinking last night, how I just don't care about anything much anymore. My job, my health, my house, my hobbies....I dunno, I'm just having a hard time mustering up any kind of energy for anything. 

Oh, if any of you are reality show junkies like me, you should really check out Reality Bites Back on Comedy Central. They're rerunning it like a million times this week, but every ep, they take a different show to make fun of with this group of comedians participating. The last ep was Big Brother and the host and "competition" was freaking hysterical. I'm looking foward to this week's "Shock of Love" where they have to woo some giant black woman who others might know, but I don't. :/

Breaking Dawn comes out in a couple weeks. I thought about going to the midnight release party at the (only)bookstore here in town, but even though co-workers are going it'll still be awkward and I have the feeling I'll just go home feeling left out and lonely like so many endeavours of past. 

I finally caught up on the last few eps of Lost season 4 (they finally got the magic back, me thinks) and I thought of some icons I want to make. So I thought I'd give that a go tonight, but I severely underestimated my lack of knowing wtf to do with an image editing program. Argh, why didn't they teach one of these in any of my computer classes? And due to the lack of any freaking friends here in town (also related to the apathy/lethargy? Most likely...) I can't even ask anyone to teach me. So we'll see how much I can fight my quick temper to sit down and figure this task out.

Man, another thing about these bjds is that most of the sales are for freaking heads-only. That's like the ultimate thing in pullips, but for some damn reason, the heads are worth like a fifth of the total price so people just steal the bodies and unload the heads. Which is crap, cause I don't want to buy one i like and have it sitting around while I try and track down a body that matches. How can there be so many freaking loose heads out there!?! Oh and apparently no one in the BJD community got the memo that Paypal expressly forbids charging paypal fees!! God, just factor it into the price if you're so desperate to get out of what the seller should be paying anyways. Hello, that's part of selling shit, you idiots! It's part of overhead and you should factor it into your fucking business model. And before you say "oh it's just shit on the internet" these are freaking $600 products and 4% is $24 which is a significant amount. But that's part of what you have to take into account for accepting credit cards. Either don't accept CCs and lose out on a few sales or accept them and eat the cost, but hey you'll be opening up the market. But like I said, if they're determined to force it on the buyer, put it in the cost and don't announce it to the world! So that's put me off on a LOT of sales on DoA. Grrr. I don't know why but people breaking websites' terms of service has really been getting under my skin lately. Like the selling on flickr thing when flickr's actually shutting down accounts now because of it. And hey, guess what, they's why ebay has to freaking jack up all their fees all the time. That's why we can't have nice things!!! 


Didn't even plan on a rant being in this post. Anyways, I guess that's pretty much what's been going on in bit o' the world for the time being. I'll probably post my opinions on the dolls when I get them. Ja. ;P

 

Comments

[xarx.livejournal.com]

Sorry the friend prospects out there are so bleak. It seemed like even when we tried finding new people to hang out with out there it always went badly. Todd, Guillome, that D&D guy, that asshat in Star Wars.....

For what it's worth, you're always welcome to come out here to hang out if you have the time(and can afford the gas).

[zallia.livejournal.com]

Yeah, too bad nothing's changed. Actually without Naomi bringing anyone around, I don't even run into those kinds of nerds either. I saw a girl going into Target with an Umbrella shirt though! WTF Where are these people!? Gah.

I'll probably take you up on that when it's cooler weather and I can plan things properly. I still need to get to California and hang with Caren too.

[serisun.livejournal.com]

I only technically brought Guillome & Star Wars Asshat. Todd weaseled his own way in & I don't even know where D&D guy came from, I never met him before that night. lol

You can always come back to hang out with the new collection of weirdos I got in AZ now.

[zallia.livejournal.com]

lol Sorry, I actually can't even distinguish Star Wars Asshat from D&D guy at this point and didn't realize there were two different guys.

I don't know if I could handle that heat though. It's blech enough here as it is.

[zallia.livejournal.com]

Oh and did you comment me on myspace with that mobster thing or was it a spambot thing?

[serisun.livejournal.com]

nah that was me. I was bored.

[zallia.livejournal.com]

haha just wanted to make sure it wasn't going to take me to porn. It's like a game? I'll have to check it out at home since I'm at work now. :(

[serisun.livejournal.com]

yeah.. its a game. Angie invited me so I figured I'd invite a few people too. Haven't really tried the actual game part yet tho.

[missmollymayhem.livejournal.com]

Where can I read of these dramas?!? *is intrigued*

I'm sorry you're feeling so down lately. I was wondering why you weren't around so much

[zallia.livejournal.com]

Most of them are chronicled pretty well at denofdemons.org. You'll have to register though. I haven't the nerve to post yet, cause they're pretty good about eating their own and it's pretty no holds barred over there, but it's endlessly amusing to find the bjd stuff to make fun of. And I spent Saturday reading up on this Final Fantasy VII cult insanity. Who would've thought?!
http://demon-sushi.com/warning/

Eh, actually, posting that out in the open and your guys' comments, I was thinking today how I really get a lot of my energy from being around other people even though I'm pretty okay being on my own. And though I love all of my online friends, I just can't get that same energy as being in the same room and entertaining people, so today I forced myself to get up and do things and I think realizing that and actually just making myself get off the couch will be a good start. My mom's got a lot of junk jewelry so I'll start going over there and making things to put up on etsy or something. Maybe join match.com? It worked for you for a little while. ;)

Even moving though, I don't know where I would go without the same problems and the logistics of that...*shudder*. Bah, I dunno, hopefully this will pass. Thanks for your concern though. It helps to know I have connections to people out there somewhere. :D

[zallia.livejournal.com]

Good lord, those run-on sentences really added up. >_>

[missmollymayhem.livejournal.com]

LMAO!

I'm going to have to join just to read it.... I've got that sort of morbid curiosity.

okcupid.com is the site I used, and although K was possibly married and gave me stress....the sex was fantastic. Just avoid boys named Keayn and you should be OK :P It's 100% free

[zallia.livejournal.com]

Wee, free is better. Actually I already have an account there, but I think I just use it for the quizzes. It would be nice to just find some new friends in the area or something. I was hoping for something to come of the fuckload of money I gave to eharmony, but that was a horrible waste of resources. Bastards. I get pissed whenever the commercials come on now. >:O Well, that's a pretty unique name, so no worries there! If I come across him though, I'll give him shit for the hell of it. ;)

Haha, you're just like me then. It enjoy just digging up dirt on people and reading about other people's crazy stories. Like the meet-up horror stories, the bad selling ones, the bad customs and then the just perpetual losers at life. OMG and I just bought a pullip from this girl and then there's this thread about her that got really creepy and sooo over the top! When you get access I'll link you up to it, lol.

[missmollymayhem.livejournal.com]

Yes! Link me! *high fives*

Yeah, I had serious issues with eharmony, too- I basically ended my 7 day trial a few hours too late and they wanted to keep the money for the three months I had paid for.... I figured 1 month, sure- but the entire 3 months? I threw a hissy fit and they gave me my money back :P

[zallia.livejournal.com]

http://denofdemons.org/showthread.php?t=7109&page=6
I don't know how to link to a certain point, but post 89 has the link to the DoA page in question and then the craziness starts right after that. *low five to the side!*

You did better than me. I let it go on way too long and kept forgetting to cancel it so it was just auto-renewing and I seriously wasted a ton of cash on that shit. Didn't even get any more than a couple of emails out of it cause there was no one worth talking to on there or at least none they gave me. And when I complained it was cause of the initial survey thing they wouldnt' let me retake it cause you're supposed to do it off-the-fly, but since I did it with a friend it *was* skewed. And I got like 30 matches a day, but they were all terrible. Not even friend-material. I thought it would work cause my parents met through the paper incarnation when it was just paypaling through "Harmony" but my fairytale dreams were dashed. :*(