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LucidRequiem

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It should come as no shock to anyone that I'm not really on here much right now.
I tend to take periods of absence on DA anyway, but like so many others, I also
have been less than thrilled over some of the changes being made on DA lately.

I don't like not having my paid account and at the moment with no job and my
BJD not stuff selling well, AND trying to get my shop up and running...I just don't
have the extra funds to plunk into DA. And I just hate the non-organization of
the profiles on non-paid. Aaand another thing before these changes, when you
went from subscribed back to free account...your profile went back to the 
default DA profile look and when you subbed again it just switched over 
to the layout you had customized. Well as soon as my core status went
away...my default profile didn't come back...the only thing that happened
was my "core member features" removed themselves from my profile.
My profile is currently just a journal page. Yup. Not even wanting to deal
with it right now.

Soooo anyway...I might be on here and there but I will probably be scarce
here for a while, but you can always find me at my other accounts.

Instagram: instagram.com/lucidrequiem/
Tumblr: lucidrequiem.tumblr.com/
(^Note, my Tumblr theme takes a bit to load, sorry about that! I'm going
to work on fixing that soon by changing the layout or something!)
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I got this from aPPlejaZZ!

questions by miyukichanbjd

Have you ever?
[x] Yes
[] No

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[x] Made an impulse buy you didn’t regret?
[] Bought a doll and didn’t know its company/sculpt name?
[x] Dropped a doll?
[x] Talked about your doll like it was a real person?
[x] Talked to your doll?
[] Lost a doll in your home / car / someone else’s home?
[] Found it?
[x] Lost a body part in your home / car / someone else’s home?
[x] Found it?
[x] Repurchased the same doll but in a different skintone / gender / size?
[x] Completely reshelled a doll?
[x] Forgotten you had a doll?
[x] Tried to sell a doll, but then kept it? 
[x] Purchased your grail doll?
[] Purchased a doll you didn’t like?
[x] Wanted your doll to be friends with someone else’s doll?
[x] Bought a doll on layaway?
[] Bought a non-human doll?
[] Sold your entire collection?
[] Sold your first doll? 
[x - sort of] Been gifted a doll?
[x] Gifted a doll to someone else?
[x] Changed your doll’s name more than twice?
[x] Had a doll with no name?
[x] Bought a doll and sold the head?
[x] Bought a doll and sold the body?
[x] Made a hybrid doll?
[x] Had a doll with tattoos?
[x] Had a doll with piercings?
[x] Had a doll with rainbow hair?
[] Made your doll a ‘twin’ of yourself?
[x] Had twin dolls?
[] Bought a doll in memory of someone or something?
[] Styled a doll to cosplay a certain character / celebrity?
[x] Restrung a doll?
[x] Repurposed something for your doll?
[x] Changed a doll’s entire style?
[] Bought a doll just to display?
[x] Bought clothes / eyes / wigs / etc for a doll you didn’t have yet? 
[] Been to a meet up?
[] Bought a doll after seeing it in person?
[x] Made a friend in the hobby?
[x] Recruited people into the hobby?
[] Thought about making your own doll?
[] Made your own doll?
[x] Gotten a face-up you didn’t like?
[x] Face-upped your own doll?
[x] Not touched a doll for more than month?
[] Done a photoshoot in the rain?
[] Done a photoshoot in the snow?
[x] Created a photostory? 
[] Taken your doll to the store or a restaurant?
[x] Cuddled up with your doll?
[x] Slept with your doll on the bed?
[x] Used a doll to get you through a rough time?
[x] Done something embarrassing in front of your doll and apologized for it?
[x] Created a room / environment for your doll? 
[x] Hoarded sales posts of dolls you’d likely never buy?
[x] Created a “favorites” folder of all the dolls that are on your wishlist?
[] Stuck to your wishlist?
[x] Overpaid for a doll you really wanted?
[x] Found a really good deal on a doll you wanted?
[x] Opened a box to see you received freebies?
[] Used gloves to handle your dolls?
[x] Been speechless the first time you saw your doll? 
[x] Cried you were so happy to get a doll?
[x] Roleplayed with your doll?
[x] Wrote a character history?
[x] Had a collector you admire like/reblog/comment on one of your photos/stories/etc?
[] Thrown a party or done something special to celebrate a doll’s birthday / arrival?
[x] Enjoyed the smell of resin?
[] Modded your own doll?
[x] Had a family member / friend that supported (in an encouraging way) your hobby? 
[x] Thought you had way too many dolls?
[x] Thought you didn’t have enough dolls?
[] Been satisfied with the number of dolls you have/had?
[x - couple hours anyway] Travelled long distances with your doll?
[] Saved longer than 6 months for a doll?
[] Saved for a year for a doll?
[] Saved longer than a year for a doll?
[] Bought a non-Asian BJD?
[x] Helped a fellow hobby member?
[x] Said something encouraging to another hobby member?
[x] Had someone say something really nice / encouraging to you?

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I really need to stop making others such a big deal in the things I write. I have two stories that I have such an unbelievably hard time writing on anymore because I relate them so much to two of my friends. And when those friends don’t really speak to me much or have much to do with me…I just can’t seem to make myself want to write on it. 

One set of stories, a friend helps write with me though she hasn’t wrote much on them in a long time but she’s wrote many scenes and has her own OCs in them that she created for the stories and she sometimes will still help with character development occasionally. The other story, is one I write alone but every step along the way I had a friend who was ecstatic and wanted to read it so I let her be my audience. Now I can’t hardly write on either because neither person really talks to me all of that much only in random spurts and it puts a damper on writing because when I try it just makes me sad and makes me remember friendships how they used to be.

I actually wish I had more of an audience for my stories. But then I think about this kind of thing and think maybe I should just always write alone and never share it with anyone. 



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:star: Woes :star:
I've just been feeling so absolutely blah with my resin crew as of lately. Between needing a new washing machine and dryer, and having 100 million other dollie plans that I'd like to work on, I really think it's time I reconsider some of my collection and let some go. It's just so hard to do that sometimes. I've already listed my DZ Flower Fairy up on FAcebook, DoA, and Tumblr, but I haven't really bumped the sales thread much. I spent so long looking for her and was so excited when I finally got her, but I have yet to do anything with her over the years and honestly I don't figure she'll ever be a priority since I scrapped the story shes in long ago. 

I'm also considering selling Niabi (my Ltf El x Soom Afi hybrid). I don't hardly ever photograph her and I just am unsure how I feel about her for the character anymore. I may also just decide to sell her faceplate and keep her body and headback and maybe later I can buy a Ltf that I might enjoy more like a Bisou or something. I tend to not do well with small dolls it seems. I have two heads I'm thinking may need to go. I don't know when either will ever get finished and it's a shame to just have them lying around and all doing nothing with them. And I may need to destash a body I impulsed last year for a pastel boy that I never got going. I could also destash a small lot of SD girls clothing as well, I just am not sure anyone would want to buy it all together but I suppose I could try. Listing things piece by piece gets frustrating for me when I have a good bit of it.

:star: Plans :star:
:bulletgreen: Cam and Cayson - I would like to work on getting them finished up. They both need new bodies (shooting for Mirodoll 70cms maybe). Cam needs a wig (which I'm working on a trade for) and Cayson could use a new one since his is a bit too big after I re-shelled him but I can deal with it until that time comes.
:bulletgreen: Eiji needs his tattoo work started.
:bulletgreen: Lennox will eventually need a new faceup but I'm trying to wait until his body comes back to even worry about that.
:bulletgreen: Hemlock needs a new wig (hopefully will have one soon), faceup, and matching service among other things. 
:bulletgreen: Sola could use a different faceup or maybe at least a little color addition to her lips and some clothes of her own.
:bulletgreen: Breezy and Bane both need new wigs or theirs need heavily tamed.
:bulletgreen: New Rumael needs a faceup and some hand blushing (and clothes, and a wig, etc.) like asap!!! I can't stand not being able to take photos of his beautiful face!!!

:star: Farther Away Future Plans :star:
:bulletred: I need to work on moving Lucian and Lily Belle over to SD sized sculpts. Which would mean buying an entire new doll for Lily Belle (maybe a Supia Lina) and maybe dying an existing head I own for Lucian.
:bulletred: I would love to get a Switch Seolrok for my character Rafe. I had a wtb out for ages when I had bday money and nothing ever came about. Recently I was offered to buy 3 different ones but with no job and no sales I had to turn them all down.
:bulletred: I'm considering getting two Pukifees (yes I know, I said I don't do well with smaller dolls, but darnit I want one or two) or maybe one to dress all cute and pastel-y. My crew needs some soft pretty colors for once! Ha!
:bulletred: I eventually need to find a GS doll that could work well as a demon to go alongside Rumael.
:bulletred: I need to find the perfect sculpt for Cam's boyfriend Peter.
:bulletpurple: Worth nothing, I have no clue how many decades it will take me to finish both of these "plans" lists! XD



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Got this from aPPlejaZZ and decided to fill it out because it's been a bit since
I've answered any BJD related questions here!

Name: I'd rather be called by my nickname Pixie (which my real name is on my old watermarks even though I've always despised it)
Age: 28
Meaning behind your username: I wanted my username to share similar sounds as Lucian's name (my first doll). Lucid means expressed clearly. Requiem is a an act or token of remembrance whether in music piece or figuratively. So it really just means an easily understood memorial. I liked the way it sounded together and the meaning it created.
Favorite music: I listen to all types of genres. I'll listen to almost anything as long as it isn't country or a subgenre like bluegrass or something (unless it's like really old country like Patsy Cline). 
Favorite movie: What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Edward Scissorhands have been my favorites for a long time. I've honestly never sat and thought if any newer movies have made it into my favorites rankings yet. I'll have to think on that.
Favorite TV show: More recently (current and last few years) my favorites have been Shameless, Game of Thrones, Hemlock Grove, American Horror Story, Daredevil. And then I will always love The Golden Girls. I grew up watching them, I still love the show. I also like crime tv (things that are shown places like ID Channel, not like CSI and all of that). 
Hobbies/interests: Collecting BJDs (obviously), writing (all of my BJDs are OCs), photography, crafting random things, I also loosely collect a lot of other things like Gen 1 & Gen 4 MLP and things based on shows or movies that I like.
Random fact about yourself: My favorite food would probably be a hotdog.

10Q BJD MEME

1. How long have you been in the hobby?
Since 2010

2. How many dolls do you have at home?
Erm...*counts*...23 full dolls, 6 floating heads, and 1 headless body.

3. What are their names and sculpts?
Ash Dresdner - DoC Si
Breezy St. Clair - Delf Soony
Cam - Ninodoll Bada (needs body)
Caspian “Cake” Blackhurst - Luts Summery 10
Cayson Jinnai - Ninodoll Bada
Colton - Little Rebel Seven (needs body)
Eiji Rumancek - Soom Migma Human
Elsinore “Elsie” Shade - Leeke Mikhaila
Gabriel Valko - Migidoll Vampire Miho (needs body)
Jordan River - MNF Scar Breakaway
Kaeshyn “Bane” Carter - DoT Homme Ducan
Kana Kiastu - Dollzone Mo B 1/3 Head (needs body)
Kiyoshi - Dollzone Flower Fairies
Lennox Shannon - Migidoll Jina Boy
Lily Belle - DiM Flowne
Lucian Myrth'mitore - Dollzone Tan Mo
Luke “Hemlock” Anderson - Esthy Peroth
Miach Nakahara - Tan Narin Classic
Miles Valko - Luts Wintery 08
Niabi - LTF El / Soom Afi Hybrid
Nollie McNeely -  CustomHouse Kio Girl
Ozlynn “Oz” Shade - Leeke Reika
Rumael - 5th Motif Venitu
Samantha Shayle - K-Doll Karon
Sariel - Heavily Modded Delf Shiwoo
Seth “Sabbath” Shayle - K-Doll Kamyu
Sola Lyn - Customhouse Chowon
Tuesday Gremble - Modded MNF Luka
??? - Luts SDF Ethan (needs body)


4. Which doll have you had the longest? How long has it been?
That would be Lucian my tan DZ Mo. He was my first doll, so I've had him since I started the hobby in 2010.

5. Which doll is your favorite?
Oh jeez. I DO play favorites, and I have many favorites. Ash, Sabbath, Miach, and Bane will always be 4 of my favorites (and I've had them all a relatively long time). And I am absolutely smitten with Eiji and Tuesday out of my newer dolls. I think once I get Cam finished he will move up into the favorites ranking too.

6. Are you waiting on any dolls now? If yes, which one(s)?
Not currently. I've had 3 new ones this year and I think it will be a while before I'm waiting on any more new ones.

7. What is your grail doll?
Soom Gluino Mechanic Vampire in GS. I am so upset I missed him and I fear I will never find him now. I would settle for just the head even. He is perfect for an OC that has been ever so hard to shell. Also Crobidoll Ho-Bin in Tan which will never happen, but that's why he's a perfect grail I suppose. - I also usually list Dream Ripper Heliot in GS and he would be an alternate choice for the character I want the Gluino fir.

8. Did you learn to do something new because of this hobby? (e.g. photography, painting, sewing)
Not really, but I keep trying. I've tried my hand at sewing in the past and was awful at it. Sewed a couple of things and gave up for a while when my life got busy but I hope to get back into it soon. I do feel like I've gotten better with still life photography because of them.

9. Have you made any friends you might otherwise not have because of this hobby?
Absolutely. I have made some friends in this hobby that I talk to more regularly than friends I made outside of it and have had for longer. I have met a lot of nice and amazing people in this hobby and still have regular contact with a handful.

10. What are your doll plans for this coming year?
I need to make myself let go of a few sculpts that are probably never going to get finished. I think I would feel better if I could just make myself let them go. I really hope to buy new bodies for both Cayson and Cam. Maybe get Eiji started with his tattoo work. I'm going to try my best to stay away from impulse buys (which I am so good at) and work on finishing up current projects and expanding wardrobes.

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