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[flyboy_fox]

Whew~! Flushed and sweaty (ick!) from 15 minutes on the treadmill, heart beating a little fast still, but I'm pleased that I'm not panting or dizzy or anything. Having gone from zero exercise pre-2011 and to recently to straight in on the treadmill this week, I feared that even 5 minutes would kill me. Good news, this isn't so. Two 15 minute sessions a day (using the rowing machine too) and i'm sure that pretty soon I can bump up the sessions to 20 minutes each and then a half hour. Then I'll be getting an hour of exercise per day as opposed to the half hour I'm managing now. Of course, once I'm back in Bournemouth next week, Jei and I are joining FitSpace ^^ I think I'll be pretty self-conscious hitting a gym at first, but once the weight starts coming off I'll get more confident. Can't wait to lose this tummy!

[Insterted edit: Eee~! I weighed myself after my shower today, and I've already lost 4 pounds in less than a week! Yay!]

I'm waiting for a couple of parcels to arrive... one is the package Jei's parents mailed to her about 5 days before Christmas in the adorably misguided belief that it would get to her by Christmas Day XD; No sign of that one, yet. The other is some ball-jointed doll bodies - our Sally doll needed a new body, and we decided to make an Alicia (anti-Sally) doll also, to go along with our Scourge and Miles dolls. We have so many BJDs now... let's make a list XD :

Sonic

Sonic
Tails
Knuckles
Amy
Sally
Bunnie
Antoine
Rotor
NICOLE (hologram)
Shadow (although he's for sale once he's fixed - he was more an experiment than anything else [fitting!])
Scourge
Miles
(Alicia in progress)

Batman

Bruce/Batman
Dick/Robin
Alfred

At Swim, Two Boys

Doyler
Jim

Zelda

Link
Adult Link
(Zelda, Epona and possibly Saria to come)

Pokémon

Jessie
James
Meowth

Haa~ I think that's all! Quite a collection...  So silly, but so much fun ♥ I love our BJDs.

Anyway, that parcel should be arriving tomorrow. It DID actually arrive yesterday, but the arsehole postie didn't ring the doorbell and just shoved a 'sorry you were out' note through the mail flap :P I chased him halfway down the street after I heard the clang of the metal flap go, but I couldn't catch up to him :\ So I had to book a redelivery. At least I can be sure it'll be here tomorrow, so I'll just wait downstairs for it ^^

Jei put the Alicia and Miles tarot pic up on DA and FA today and it got a bunch of fav's almost immediately o.o That was pretty cool. I didn't think many people liked/cared about the rest of the SS aside from Scourge, but a quick scan shows a lot of art, actually. There's a surprising amount of pic of Miles and Alicia together (and "together" o.o). Hah. Also, the LJ post with the pic in happens to be the first friends-locked post in my journal in what must be years. I don't get Miles' reasoning for wanting it locked, since he was fine with (and even encouraged) Jei sharing it on FA/DA, but it was his post so it's fine. I doubt he'll use my journal like that often (first time in forever really), but he was in a really nostalgic mood and really wanted to share it with someone, I guess. Jei said she'll colour it when I get home with her Prismacolor pencils (which I have here right now), which will make a nice change from the digital colour work she usually does (: I bet she'll be able to make the ambience of the candlelight look really awesome... I can't wait to see! But she's got so much other stuff to do, including MORE commissions, so I dunno when she'll have time @_@ It's great to have some extra money coming in now that several people are commissioning her, but I do feel bad that she has to do all of that on top of her Uni work n.n; Busy busy bee. I dunno how she does it, really...

Miles has stumped me with something else that I've now found he's interested in. He's into... fashion. Yeah. That's kind of a head-desk moment for me, since I've never had even a passing interest or care for anything to do with clothes XD; My wardrobe is basically: t-shirts, sweatpants, jeans, fleeces. Most of which (the tees and fleeces) have Sonic on 'em. I get up, throw on a t-shirt and trousers, and I'm done. I have no interest in my own 'style' (my idea of getting 'nice new clothes' when I'm slim basically consists of a) smaller tees and pants and b) being able to cosplay and look better), and even LESS interest in whatever the hell fashion 'designers' are putting out there. Miles, however, has very set ideas about what constitutes good taste and style (a rarity) and what's a complete mess (i.e. me). I think he really enjoys the snobbery of that type of circle, too. Scourge, of course, thinks Miles is queer as all heck for it, but Miles doesn't care. He got into a conversation with Jei/Sonic about a pair of boots earlier, which worried me because Jei held her own pretty damn well and now I fear they'll talk about shoes/clothes on a regular basis oh fuck. Of course, Miles is free to talk about/look at/think about whatever he wants when he's out. But he's threatening me with putting me through a fashion degree and becoming a designer or critic, because he knows how that would be the worst thing ever for me ;_; I was like 'lolno'. He also says he designed the Suppression Squad's uniforms, which Scourge corroborates. For someone who I feel has more of an immediately masculine presence than me, Miles sure can be a bit of a diva sometimes :\ NO MORE FASHION BLOGS.

I've taken to chewing gum, almost constantly, something I never did before. It's helping to curb the caffeine addiction that mister diva above inflicted on me over the past months. Regular coffee is a no-no in this part of my diet because it affects insulin levels and increases hunger. So it's decaff from now on, which means going from 5-6 cups of  strong black coffee a day (including several espressos) to zilch. I can still have tea at least, thank god, and I've been drinking lots of fruit/herb teas. My mum picked up some apple and pear infused green tea which is absolutely delicious, and I've been drinking that. I'm also keeping a large jug of water on my desk and refilling my glass often. I'm being good! *Halo*

So, I'll be heading back to B'Mouth soon. But before the weekend I'm going to see a Panto at the Village Hall with my mum (: Should be fun. "He's behiiind you!". It's been really nice being with her this winter break. She's been really good, actually, about the weight thing. Supportive but not her usual obsessing and snarking. There were a couple of times, but overall I was impressed that she didn't do her usual thing. It just gives me the extra motivation to want to lose the weight because I know I'm not just doing it to please her ^^

My brother wants me to help him with a project he has to do for his final major project at Uni. That's fine, except that he wants me to design, build and upload (including getting a domain name and hosting) a website incorporating a media player, graphics and text... to be perfect and bug free ready for his presentation on the 18th. That's in twelve frickin' days! x.x And getting the info I need from him is like trying to get blood from a stone. But I do want to help him... and my mum has said she'll treat it like a commission and pay me a little for it if I can do it. I did refuse the offer of payment at first, but she insisted, and I guess it's fair. It is a lot of work to do. I guess I'll just have to try my best. I'm certainly no expert web-designer, but I've certainly learned a LOT since my Sontails.com days and can do a heck of a lot better than that XD I'm still kinda sad about not seeing him in over a year since he couldn't make it home this Xmas, but maybe I'll see him at Easter, which would be good ^^

Sorry these posts are so long... I haven't been updating as frequently, and so when I do, I have so much that I want to write about x.o Guess I'll get going now though.

Comments

[way-past-cool.livejournal.com]

Mooo! XD; I know it's late but I'm getting to bed now! Just wanted to comment real quick before I go!

First of all, my dad informs me that they tried to deliver the parcel on Tuesday, which must mean the one coming tomorrow is the one o.O; I dunno... so weird. I guess we'll have to wait and see. Either way, it'll be awesome. Gaaah! n.n;; all of those dolls and counting! We're awesome... and odd... and awesome. XD And think of all the money we'll save when I start making them from scratch! hooo!

Don't worry n.n; I'll try not to encourage the fashion talk too much. I mean, I like clothes to a point.. n.n; but yeah.

Anyway, I'm so proud of all you've done so far!! If we keep it up, we'll be feeling great in no time!

[defenestrate-me.livejournal.com]

Hey you! My offer is still valid! But it requires IM :P

[eyes-on-stalks.livejournal.com]

I had no clue you had so many BJDs...Do you have pictures of them in your DA/FA galleries?

[inkedfeathers.livejournal.com]

Treadmills are fuuuun! ^_^ But I can't use them in the winter, because my bones and muscles ache in the cold. No way am I going on one in this weather, no way.

Four pounds? Wow, that was quick, buddy! o.o

I'm fond of the jeans + T shirt thing too, but it's a wonder finding anything that properly fits me aside from that.

It seems like all clothes are designed picturing you either super skinny, flat all around, like a child or very much overweight. Hardly anything ever seems to be made for those with a more atheltic build. There was this utterly adorable suit with great fabric, and it took us a while to find a pants size that was small enough for me (don't know what was going on there, it's usually the other way around! Pants won't go over my ginormous hips), and even the biggest sized top they had couldn't go around my shoulders without leaving me stuck with my arms trapped halfway behind my back. ;__;

Bye-bye, nice suit!

I'm happiest in unisex/male sports clothes, because they cover my body properly and are comfortable to wear even around my big ol' shoulders.

Seems like all the clothes they sell in these shops nowadays need to be layered for me to observe hijab. It's kind of really, really annoying that I can't easily find shirts with sleeves 'til my wrists and an actual collar. I'm not too picky about the collar, I have things to cover my head with, but gaaah.

And if I DO find something, it's often tight enough to show everythiiing. What's the point?

I would give him fashion advice, now that I'm dragged out to shop, but practically everything I'd suggest would be, er, girl's clothes. xD; Pyjamas and lingerie in particular, I otherwise don't remember store names well at all. ^^;

Good luck with the project! Although, really, isn't that doing it for him as opposed to simply helping him do it?