I want your opinion! :3

So, I don't generally ask you guys about your opinions on my dolls and stuff, but this time I have some important stuff! (AND PICTURES!!! >:3 Me gusta)

The subject matter of today is Arashi; my Taeyang. I've REALLY neglected taking photos of him. (I think I only have like, six...? And I've had him for 9 months. ._____.) But ya see, I kinda brushed his wig and never replaced it, and I wanted to touch-up his face-up (basically, if you don't customize dolls, re-do his face makeup.) because I don't really like it that much... (._. )

SO. What does this all mean? Well, I found a wig that I wanted to buy for him, but it's $27 (not including the like, $20 shipping. =_______=) Anyways, it's a lot. I'd be almost broke if I bought that now. Which I'll probably do anyways... |3 And I realized his eyechips(basically, his eyes) were kind of dark, so I wanted to replace those, too. I've had an idea of making him look more like a ninja in my opinion for a while now, but I wanted him to have silver hair and pale eyes. :3

ONTO ZE SAMPLES!!!

I like these eyechips, but I think they're a tad too dark... I wanted him to have pale eyes, and these are too much like his old ones for me. :\

These ones I LOVE!!! They're a pale grey, so that'd look AWESOME, but I'm worried that they would clash with his wig colour... Too similar. I could get him a black wig instead, but IDK.

I think I'm currently leaning towards these ones. They're a super pale blue, and it's a "likeable" colour. I have a thing for blue eyes, anyways... ;D

I also like these (well der, I put them here as options. -_- *slaps self for being derpy*) but I think they might be kind of tropical for what I'm going for... Not quite sure.

Now this is a BJD wig, but I really like it! It's the right size (Trust me, I would know. I've been looking into this topic for eight months now.) and the right colour (even though I could change the colour... XP) And it looks like his old hair style! But it's sold out in the colour I like, so I can't buy it... ;___; Just thought I'd show you anyways. :)

This one I also like, and while I would've probably chosen to buy it in black, it's sold out in black, but I think I like it better in brown, anyways... :3 It's really awesome, though! It's really close to the style I had in mind, and It'd make him look AWESOME! >:D

OKAY. So, what do you think? I may/may not buy something before anyone comments, because I have little self control (Actually, saying I have even a LITTLE is a stretch...) and Arashi just really... ^^;" YEAH. I kind of got him all prepared to be customized because I think I'll work on his new face-up tonight. I have chalk pastels and coloured pencils, and we have sandpaper, so I'm really ready to go! I just need to have a set-in-stone plan. :\ OH RIGHT and my brother builds model Gundams, so I can ask to use his Gundam marker to do eye liner and stuff~ ;D

Well, I hope you enjoyed me actually posting pictures and stuff...? Better than my usual boring rants, yes? :)

~Miranda

250th!!! :D

(Yeah, 250... Whoa. .____. )

To be honest, I kinda forgot about posting for a little while there... I think this is the first time I haven't posted in one month...? :\ Well, I'm a little bit ashamed of myself, THAT'S for sure! XD

BUT, I'll do a small re-cap of the last month, if you would like! *this is not optional. I AM doing a recap :P*

During the first week of August, I went to Florida. I did not get tan- I still glow and sparkle in the sunlight. (yeah, I'm not even kidding. I'm so pale, I SPARKLE when I go outside! XD) Immediately after we got back, we went to Canada for a few days for a funeral... U_U But, I had fun nonetheless, and my family (including my relatives) were considering letting me fly out to Canada on my own for my birthday next year to visit the capital of New Iceland*!!! X3 So ja, I'm really excited for next June, now, even though it's all hypothetical, and I don't really want to travel alone. ;3

After that, I literally had one night and three full days before school started, so the only cool thing that happened was Phoebe came over to my house again~! ("legally obtained" cash. ;D)

Well, as far as "physical things" go, ya, that's what happened. .___. BUT! I did some baking in the past few weeks and I would love to show pictures! *which I did take, btw*

So, the first thing I made was Kladdkaka. It's Swedish for "gooey(or sticky) cake", and it's basically like eating brownie batter... *~* But it's cooked, so it's okay to eat. The center TOTALLY sinks down, so it doesn't look the way it does in my pictures; which were taken before I let it sit for an hour. C:

Anyways, this is really good, and I recommend making it at some point! :D

Nom nom nom...

NEXT!!! Today, I baked some bread for the very first time! *O* OMGKASDKLSAJKDYASHDKLFNJDSFH YAY!

IT. WAS. DELICIOUS.

Uhh, let's see... Well, over the course of the entire summer and a couple months before that, I have become totally obsessed with Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland; basically, the Nordic Region. ;) (my reason: HEATLIA~!!!! *regains composure* and they are really awesome places in general... (Ja, THAT'S why... XP)) So, I've been like, ACTUALLY trying to learn Icelandic (and Norwegian, btw), and I have been doing some actual research on the ACTUAL country! (not just the character, but I'm not denying the fact that I researched him, too... <3 been="been" doing="doing" have="have" i="i" why="why">actual
things? Well, in my research, I have found that it really sounds like a gorgeous country, and for me, the perfect place to live. <3 all="all" at="at" called="called" der="der" has="has" hot="hot" i="i" is="is" it="it" mean="mean" not="not" s="s" snow="snow" summer="summer" the="the" uh="uh" winter="winter" yeah="yeah">Iceland for a reason, Miranda. XD) and it's one of the least densely populated countries in the world; not to mention I love the history and the language. X3 (There's also the depressing reasons of mine, so I guess I'll just put those as a footnote at the bottom of the page... it doesn't really matter if you read them. **) (Since I love planning years ahead, I even looked in to how to become a citizen there! Ja, I know, call me crazy, but I'm seriously looking forward to that, now.)
I STILL haven't posted ANY pictures of Eril yet, but mostly because I haven't taken any of her yet... And, I was going to do a "welcome" post for her, but eh... *lazy*

The last thing I did was draw some more, and watch anime... ^^;" I bought the fourth season of Hetalia back in early July, so I was all happy-fangirling and stuff; and still am! X3 (mostly because there was an extra episode with the Nordic five, and it was really funny, and I love Norway's voice... <3 also="also" i="i" nbsp="nbsp" span="span" started="started" tsubasa:="tsubasa:" uh="uh" watching="watching">RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, and I love it! I'm also reading the manga, and it's totally awesome. I recommend it. FO' REALZ, YO. :) Oh yeah, and I started to re-watch One Piece, because the last time I saw it, I was like... seven. XD

Anyways, that's what I've been up to! Anything you want me to go a bit more in-depth on? ^_^

~Miranda

*New Iceland: It's a small-ish area in Manitoba, Canada, and the capitol- where I want to visit next year- is called Gimli, and it's a few hours drive away from Winnipeg, the capitol of Manitoba. C:

**My depressing reasons for wanting to move to Iceland: I really hate it where I currently am... I honestly do. There's hardly ANY snow, and it's way too damn hot in the summer. (yeah, I just used a bad word. Trust me; I say much worse things daily, and I apologize if this offends you.) Everyone I know (and don't know) seem to hate me because I'm an odd person. Also, my family doesn't understand ANYTHING about me, and I'm constantly mocked by others for my dreams and interests... U_U, 

Sad news...

For the past few days, I have had a really bad cold and have been unable to work on my doll room- making it near impossible for me to introduce my new doll with a photostory. :'( So, I apologise for the wait, but I obviously can't do much without having a clean room. DX We're also leaving for Destin, Florida sometime in the coming week, so clearly I can't do anything then. (But I'll try to have fun and take pictures! That is, if we do anything interesting... :\)


Once we come back from vacation, we'll have to make an emergency trip to Canada because well, last night my grandpa kinda died, so... (._. ) yeah... :'( Now I don't have any grandparents.


So, yeah. I basically can't do much but go on YouTube and watch Death Note, or get soup/hot chocolate and go on the computer... Which is basically describing the same thing... :P I tried reading books, but my eyes went all buggy and I ended up taking a nap instead~. xP So~~~ I'm basically not doing anything different than when I was in Missouri last week, but NOW I have an excuse to be a lazy jackwagon! :D


I have been feeling better today, so I may or may not try to be productive...


~Miranda

I'm back~!

I came back from vacation Thursday evening, and I have to say; I go on vacation quite a lot (probably two-three times per year, every year) but this time I was the happiest to be back. It just felt so nice to have my own bed again to sleep in, and be back with all my video games and dolls... XD


Speaking of dolls, I bought another doll, just like I said I would! X3 I bought a number MYAG #56, and she's so gorgeous!!! I'm going to wait to tell about her until I have pictures, which will take place in my doll area. (I'm going to do a "meet the rest of the group" thing- like what I did with Willow- soon) 


My doll "room" is still demolished; but it's getting better!  I have two rooms totally regenerated (Willow's, which wasn't bad to start with, and Kanani's), and I'm going to add a lot more rooms- one of which my new doll will share with her older sister*. But I was going to build an actual bed and make awesome sheets for it, so it'll be a while. ;3 (I was going to add a kitchen, possibly a bathroom, and give my dolls better bedrooms with more shtuff organized and all that.)


I suppose it won't really spoil too much of her character if I just tell you her name and where she's from, so why not?


(I hope I've made it obvious that I like foreign countries already, so she's going along with my "theme") Her name is Eril, and she's Icelandic. X3 I really love Iceland and the other Nordic countries**, so... ;D I'm thinking of a good patronymic***(see footnote) to give her, because in Iceland, they don't use family names like we do here. (I had thought of one, but then I did some research on the country, and it turns out I had given her a male name... >.<;") I have some time to think, because they don't even really mention their patronymic all that often in Iceland... It's kind of like... how we don't generally use our middle names. ^^;"


Alright! I apologise for not having any pictures of my vacation, but seriously the most interesting thing we did was go up in the St. Louis Gateway Arch, I forgot my camera in the car when we went there... (._. )


~Miranda


*Eril's sister: I mentioned Eril having an older sister. Well, just as an FYI, her sister's name is Nora, and she's supposed to be a MYAG #39. I'll explain why they're named that way and why they don't really look alike at all later. ;) *trolling*


**Nordic countries: you can look them up online if you're not sure, but I'll tell ya! It consists of Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and their territories. ^-^ Scandinavia is just Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, in case you're wondering. (btw, I'm currently trying to learn Norwegian. And I've been actually trying- unlike when I tried to learn French about a year ago. (I wanna move to Norway or Iceland one day. Like fo' reals, yo.) ;D)


***Patronymic: If you have heard of the Viking Erik the Red, you've probably heard of his son, Leif Eriksson. (Get it?) Leif is Erik's son, so that's his last name; Eriksson. That's currently the best example of a well-known patronymic I can give right now. But, a female patronymic would have the father's first name and the suffix "dóttir". And, in case you're wondering, a matronymic is where they use the mother's first name instead of the father's in the "last name".


P.S. Lol I added lots of footnotes... I researched the second and third ones over vacation (I did my research because I was bored... and then I wrote this post.) and now I really really really want to move to Iceland or Norway- ANYWAY the footnotes were all historically accurate, so if you don't like history, too bad!! >:D

Dollies!!! (and more~~~!)

So, I thought I'd actually do some doll stuff instead of lazing around all day like I usually do! I took pictures, and today- unlike most of the time- I will ACTUALLY show them! :o Shocking, yes.


Without further ado, I would like to begin! X)

Starting from the oldest "new" pictures I needed to show(I took them today, but it's old news), here's my giant way-too-freaking-heavy-hunk-of-metal-that-makes-words machine typewriter! X3 I love it sooo so so so so much! I don't even care if it's not the shiny black "antique" typewriter that I had in my imagination that I've always pined for! This one is AWESOME!!! It even came with type-white! (basically, strips of white out, if you don't know what type white is. ;) It's kind of funny, because on the back of the plastic holder for the strips, it says, "Copyright 1966". XD)

"The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma." -Patrick Star, Spongebob Squarepants.  Well, not in this case! There's the ink wheels and the keys(the long things that- if you look closely- have little "keys" on the end). I love figuring out how things work, so this fascinates me. ;)

Kanani's new wig! X3 IT'S SO PRETTY!!! CX


Yumie spam!

Here's Yumie's new wig! :D It sure is purty. c:

This is sideways, but, uh... it shows how long her wig is! ^^;"

So, I never showed you guys her dragon tattoo, so, yeah... Oh, and the reason why her hand is missing is because it fell off. I already ordered an obitsu a while ago, so it should be coming soon. (^_^;)"

Takin' a nap~ Aww... c:

Yumie holdin' mah pocketwatch. X) I love that thing soo much(the watch, not the doll. Well, I love her too- you know what I mean. -_-)

Close up on the watch (If you'll take a closer look, a) you can see straight through the watch to her dress because it's totally amazing, and b) her hand is grey-ish because I-don't-know-why. She came like that, and it really bothers me, so that's another reason why I bought her a new body.)

My watchy buddy. :D Whenever I leave the house I have this in my pocket. (This is probably one of my favourite birthday presents ever; and yes, I have gotten AG dolls as b-day presents before(actually, 1/3 of my dolls I got for my birthday!), but I take this EVERYWHERE, and I get tons of use out of it, and I <3 clocks sooo much, so... ^^;" Don't hate me.)

Guess what? It even has a STAND! *O* Now THAT is a classy pocketwatch if I've ever seen one!

 Oh, and sometime last week, I put the green wig I bought in December for a future custom doll on Yumie. It's a little big, but she looks so pretty!

 Emo hair. XD I was kind of blocking her light... (._. )

Here's that wig I mentioned that is also shown above! >:3


There, that should have caught everything up! I mean, not EVERYTHING, but still...


Also, while this is a picture post and I'm on the topic, I will be selling Chrissa, so I'll be giving her a "Moving away/goodbye" photostory and a "last hurrah" post containing every picture I have EVER taken of Chrissa. :'( I'm going to be really sad to see her go, but... I'm going to AG Place St. Louis sometime this month, and I wanted to have enough money to buy a new doll(or two!) and some outfits. Currently, I have $84 saved up, but I need about $13 to buy a new book on the 24th, so I would not have enough at all. 


Anyway, my point is, I'm selling Chrissa, I'm really sad about that, I'm buying a new doll, and I'm possibly getting new outfits. ;) I was going to also sell some other doll stuff I never use (like a doll salon chair that kind of sucks), so my $$$ may increase by anywhere from $100- $150 more than I have now, so I'll have to start planning what I will buy! X3


So... What did you think of this post? Did you like it much better than all the posts I regularly do? Do you want me to do more posts like this in the future? Just give me feedback! I can do more posts like these since I finally switched over to the new Blogger set-up (... I was sooo confused at first... XD I'm stuck in my ways! Lol) so just tell me what you want to see! Again, I can tell you more about the stuff shown here, I can show you more pictures (if you want me to show you more details of the stuff I showed here) anything! I might even start doing that 30 Day photo challenge before the summer ends... >:3


Peace!


~Miranda

My blogoversery! (important stuff! You should read)

The title says it all! Well, more like only the very beginning. As you may have guessed, today, July 7, is my two year blogoversery! I know I haven't been the BEST blogger, or the most diligent blogger, or even the most polite blogger, in the past few years, but hey, I have some followers, and they all mean a lot to me. Seriously, you guys are the best. If I can get 1 more follower, I might do a special post involving some pictures that are NEW! =D

I know, shocker. But, I figured that I'm super DUPER bored, and it IS the summer, so... yeah. It's kind of hard for me to do doll photos right now because my doll room/house is DEMOLISHED. And, on top of that- Oh forget it. This is a happy day! :D

"You know, all of you guys who also followed my-OUR doll blog- are the BEST! I can't believe you guys actually care! Some of you even follow Lily's blog, and others follow all three! I love you, peeps." ~Gwen (doll party photoshoot)
And this photo, I took last summer around early July. I actually took it at Phoebe's house when we did our "Dolls and Basketball" thing! Willow(on the right) is mine, and Emily is Phoebe's. ;)

Seriously, though, you guys are the BEST! I don't even mind the fact that I've had 34 followers for the past year, I'm just glad I have that many!

In fact, I've decided that I'll have the rest of July set aside for requests! If there's any of my dolls you want to see a picture of, or a picture of them doing something together, please comment, send me a PM, something! Anything! If I see a request for a picture (pretty much anything except for what I or my family/friends look like. ;) Safety measures.) I will fill that request! :D

Anyway, you guys mean the world to me. It makes me feel like even though I have a relatively unstable personality, there are some people out there who care. ;)

~Miranda

Happy Canada Day~!!! :D

Yup. That was today! X3 I got really super excited for it (don't ask. I'm a freak like that.) and was all, "OMG I could do a Canada cosplay and finish that awesome drawing I started a week ago and bake cookies and scones and drink tea(even though those are English) and... X3 *fangirly*"

... But I ended up waking up at noon and lazing around my house playing Harvest Moon AWL and attempting to clean and redesign my doll's rooms. XD I didn't even get dressed today! EPIC FAIL. (but I rarely get dressed during the summer, so it's nothing new. (^_^;)" )

So, instead of showing you guys that picture I drew (which I WILL get to; along with everything else I "said" I'd show... (._. ) ) Here's a picture of a cupcake with a maple leaf from when I went to a World Conference at my friend's house way back in May. ^-^
... Yeah. XD My friend invited a bunch of my other friends who were also countries (like I'm Canada, for instance.) and gave everyone a cupcake with their country's flag on it. :3 At first my friend (okay, since she's Sealand, I'm just gonna call her that from now on! I'll actually make a guide for people I frequently mention on the side of my blog...) thought I was coming, so she decorated one, but then five minutes later she was all, "Oh yeah, she's not coming... :c" so she ate that one. Then the next day at school she mentioned that to me and I told her that she never even INVITED me, so... XD Anyway, long story longer-than-it-really-should/has-to-be, she ran out of red frosting for the side stripes and- according to her- failed on the maple leaf (considering it's practically impossible to make a maple leaf, I'd say it was pretty good!). But oh well. It was a goood cupcake... n_n

I apologize if I majorly bored you; I do that "sometimes" (*cough*all the time*cough*) But if you read this far and give me a comment, I thank you greatly! :D

... Ohmygosh! I forgot to tell you guys that I ordered a new wig and an obitsu body (with extra hands! >:3) for my Pullip Yumie today! X3 I P-R-O-M-I-S-E I'll show you pictures when it gets here this time!!! (and I might finally get around to showing you Kanani's new-ish wig from the same seller... Even though I bought it in March. (._. ) )

~Miranda

P.S. Just so you guys know, it's my good friend Matthew's birthday. (Phoebe, I hope you get this! ;P)

My birthday! X3

Yup, that was today! I'm now officially 14! :D

So, we really didn't do much for it today, but on Thursday I had three of my closest friends over for a sleepover. :3 (thanks again for coming, Phoebe! :D) Today I honestly just lazed around the house going to each of my game systems so I could get birthday presents in my Animal Crossing games. XD

I might as well tell you guys what I got, so...

1. A brand new pocket watch that is silver and you can see the mechanism inside and it's WICKED AWESOME!!! X3

2. A body pillow (from Phoebe)

3. A couple gift cards from my other friends

4. Some fancy soaps from England *fist pump*

5. A LOOTTT of doll-sized eraser "food"

6. Some perfume

7. A doll-sized casserole dish (that's ORANGE(Phoebe'll get this))

8. Maple flavoured cookies from Canada (*melts*)

9. A Hot Wheels Mini Cooper (that's my favourite car, btw)

10. A doll-sized globe, tote bag, and tea kettle/kitchen timer

And then my mom bought some fabric for me about a week ago and called it part of my birthday stuff... Oh, and then I got some regular $$$. ;3

Umm... Believe it or not, I was actually really sad today until just a couple hours ago (so, 10 PM). :( It was because nobody really noticed/remembered that today was my birthday (these things actually get to me) But, the reason why I became so happy was that we went out to see fireworks, and the place we were at had Wi-Fi, so I had the chance to drink Ice tea (my favourite drink), listen to Prussia sing Mein Gott (one of the Hetalia character songs- they're really awesome, btw! I recommend looking them up on YouTube), and watch Fireworks. :') I was so happy, that I actually (this part I find kind of embarrassing...) was crying a little when we got home...

Since It's REALLY late right now and I have yet to take pictures of my "loot", I'll probably be busy with my camera tomorrow, and I may post pictures of the stuff I got... You can hurt me if I don't. XD JK.

If you read this far, I give you a cookie! :3

To leave things, I'm going to update my "About Me" page (if it still exists. XD) and I'll leave a link to it sometime in the near future when I finish updating.

~Miranda

P.S. As a side note, I'm starting to save up for a Kindle Fire! :D But, I'm also going to probably sell Chrissa... Like, I've actually decided. I'll probably do a moving-away post for her, so you can sort of... "look forward" to a photo story... (._. )

30 Day Photo Challenge

Most of you have probably heard about the 30 day photography challenge from Phoebe's blog, and I decided to start doing it myself! ^-^ One of my only doubts that I have for the challenge is that I'm not really allowed to have a picture of my face on the internet, so day one is going to be... interesting... But, I figured that I'll just kind of "cheat" and use a self portrait I drew a couple weeks ago! :D That way I can incorporate my art into it which is something I really enjoy doing... ;)

In case you weren't already familiar with what you have to do, here's the list for every day; just to give you an idea:

1. A photo of yourself
2. A photo of what you wore today
3. A photo of your favorite place to be
4. A photo from a high angle
5. A photo of whatever you please
6. A photo from a low angle
7. A silhouette photo
8. A photo of something close up
9. A photo of something from a distance
10. A photo of whatever you please
11. A black and white photo
12. A photo experimenting with bokeh
13. A photo edit that you like
14. A photo focusing on eyes
15. A photo of whatever you please
16. A photo experimenting with light trails
17. A photo with street lights
18. A photo depicting an emotion
19. A photo that involves landscape
20. A photo of whatever you please
21. A photo of the sunset
22. A photo of the person you love
23. A photo that makes you think of childhood
24. A photo that has a color scheme
25. A photo of whatever you please
26. A photo playing with shadows
27. A photo using the sun as your lighting
28. A photo that incorporates motion
29. A photo with clouds
30. A photo of whatever you please

Well, that's it! That's all I have to do for thirty days! Since I probably won't post EVERY day, because I'm SOOOO focused when It comes to posting on a regular basis, I'll probably just post every few days with like, three or four photos instead of every day. (^_^;)"

Oh, and there was a problem for with Blogger so my poll wouldn't come up, but now it's there, so please be sure to vote on it! :D

~Miranda

Can you believe me I am, Still Alive!

... Much to your dismay. XD But really, the title is part of the lyrics to a song from a game called Portal. (Yes, I'm THAT big of a geek. XP)

But, anyway, the reason why I'm posting today is... well... I'm not sure. But, I guess I could/am going to tell you about the one thing I have planned for my dolls next! :D

BUT FIRST!!! I have a question. Would you like me to post some of the drawings I have done so far on my blog? If you want to answer, check my poll with your answer RIGHT NOW. (I'd prefer if you went back and read the rest of this post afterwards! XD)

So, my mom is starting to sort of buy a new sewing machine since our "good one" like, imploded(lol not really) so it doesn't work anymore. But, aside from this "minor setback" that keeps the two of us from quilting, we still have a really crappy sewing machine from the 1980's. :(

Why am I telling you this? Well, my point is that I plan on sewing special outfits for my dolls. Yes, special outfits.

If you remember on my doll's blog, Gwen mentioned that everyone portrays a country? Well, since I'm that big of a geek(with the emphasis on THAT) I'm going to be sewing little cosplays for them! :D I figured out how to draft my own patterns for them, and since I REALLY do like sewing, I figured, "Why not?" and I'm probably going to start it really soon. :3

On a similar note, I already explained to my mom that I'm going to be starting to make a Fem! Canada cosplay. So, since I can't knit to save my life, she's going to be knitting a hooded red cardigan with a white band across the bottom with red maple leaves inside the band (yeah, I felt really bad about asking for something ya know, THAT precise/intricate, but the event is like, in January, so I'm giving her lots of time to make it... ) (._. ) And I'm going to be drafting the patterns for the "suit" and sewing it myself, so THAT will certainly be interesting! (^_^;)"

Haha, what I do in my free time. Or, at least, plan on doing! XD

So, to sum things up, I'm going to be sewing outfits that look like the ones worn by characters in an anime(and manga, btw) for my dollings and myself. ^-^ I'm super excited, but It'll be... interesting... to say the least! Heh heh...

Oh, and my birthday's on the 23rd, just in case anyone was wondering about that. .___.

So, uhh... yeah. (I fail at ending posts, as you can tell. *nervous laugh*)

~Miranda

Oh joy.

Whoopee. *sarcasm implied*

Well, I know that I shouldn't clog up my blog with weird/negative/uninteresting posts all of the time, but I think today would be a nice exception; and I have a very good reasons.

Gone.

Not just gone, as in it'll come back someday, but gone. And, what exactly is gone, you're probably wondering?

All the files and pictures and favourite sites and the updated Internet explorer and games and everything else that was on my computer. T^T (Not to mention a Language Arts assignment that I was going to turn in tomorrow (even though it was due last week! (^_^;)" )that I kept forgetting to print.)

Yep, my life sucks.

I'm like, even sadder than I would normally be if this happened because some things that were deleted I had spent five years working on, and you know what happened to those things?

Gone.

And, for all the sites I had put into my favorites section because I probably wouldn't find them again?

Gone.

The "new" version of Internet explorer I initially hated but came to get used to?

Gone. (But I can redownload that.)

Picasa web albums and all the pictures I saved; some of which are of my now deceased pets and I can never retake?

Gone.

I'm going through a pretty big crisis right now, because I like, actually really needed this computer, so... yeah, I'm screwed. Like, more screwed than I thought I was last August when I unknowingly delted most of the pictures I had ever put on my blog.

~Miranda

Excitement!

Yeah, since nobody even tried to guess what I was excited about last Wednesday, (T^T *sobs in emo corner*) I'll just tell you.

I GOT A FRICKING TYPEWRITER!!! :o

Status of my lifelong dream: ACHIEVED!!!

Yeah. Since a few of my Hetalia friends and I are weird and take being countries to the next level, I decided to type up a War Declaration and an official Alliance sheet! :D Now, you guys probably don't really care about it that much, but I take my (hilarious) historical anime VERY seriously, folks. ;)

I also typed up a few more papers of like, a "personal" diary or something along those lines, but I ouldn't really CALL it a diary, because it's pretty much just me spazzing out and being all, "OMG OMG OMG I'M ON A TYPEWRITER!!! X3 WHOA THE MARGIN IS SOOO TOTALLY AWESOME!!!" and stuff, so nothing people would really care about. XD

And, I ran out of the ink ribbon on Friday, so I ordered some more online. :P

Well, I KNOW you guys would probably want to see pictures, but I just... don't really want to. They take FOR-EVER to upload onto Blogger, and I haven't really been in the mood to take pictures lately. I would much rather spend(waste, as some would say) my time watching anime or spazzing about anime or thinking of some stuff I SHOULD do rather than watching anime.

So, to sum up this post, I got a typewriter, and I'm an anime nerd. Anything new with you guys?

~Miranda

Guess what I just got!

I decided to make this into a contest!

The rules are as follow...
1. Read the hints I have given and guess what I got!
2. If you guess it right, you can have a free blog button! It doesn't shoot out rainbows and stuff like other buttons out there probably do; it's just a picture that says "I won! :D" or something like that on it. But, it still gives you bragging rights (and isn't that the BEST?!)

It's that simple!

Okay... here are the hints

Hint #1 It makes a plinking sound.
Hint #2 I told you guys I wanted one waayyy back in June. (or maybe I just think I did)
Hint #3 It is REALLY heavy and came in a huge case that made me think I was getting a saxophone.
Hint #4 As a reference to three, it's not a saxophone. XD

So, uhh... Whoever guesses it right, I can make a blog button for, if they would like one... I don't think I've ever really done a contest kind of thing, so I think this is my first... ?

~Miranda

Why I totally love England.

*This is the story of the day I actually did something super duper productive*

Alright. So, today my dad and I were out shopping at an international food market. They have different sections for food that's from different countries, and I, being like, TOTALLY in love with anything from England(or Canada, for that matter. ;D) wanted to go to the English section; mostly because they have Canadian chocolate bars that aren't sold in the US(such as better tasting KitKats, Aero Bars, and Mars Bars). But, I found some lemon curd! 8D So I was like, "OMGZ WE HAS TO GET THIS!!!" because it's like, totally awesome.

Since I wasn't really feeling in the mood to just eat the awesome imported spread with a spoon(which I still did anyway. XD) I thought, "Hey, why don't I make scones?" So, about 2 hours later, I was in the kitchen and actually making some scones. (Hey, I know this whole thing may be like, super-duper-ultra-boring so far, but I spent like, two hours doing everything, and I haven't baked scones before, and for me, this was a practically life-changing event.)

While my scones were in the oven, I had the idea of making tea so I could be having English food; which was a pretty fruking(don't ask) awesome idea. (Despite the fact that all the countries in Hetalia say England's scones suck. XD But nobody mentioned the tea being terrible, and I like tea, so I thought, "Why not?") And to say the least, the whole process was interesting...

Now, for the revealing of it all...

This, my dear readers, is what two hours of work and standing to make authentic English food looks like. I made everything in the picture, except for the cookies(which I didn't eat at all) and the lemon curd, which we bought. Oh, and the scones probably look weird because they're brushed with egg yolk, but I don't really care. If they taste delicious(in my opinion), does appearance REALLY matter? XD But, anyway, I used our fine china, because I wanted it to be all special, considering I haven't had tea in two years. D:

The cream and sugar dishes. :D I even got a sugar spoon, so I'm pretty proud of myself. *is pretty proud*

Yum. Lemon curd... And I know it may not LOOK appetizing, but trust me. This stuff is AWESOME.

And last, but not least, my tea. It was AMAZING. In fact, I had about seven cups of tea today JUST because it was so awesome. 8D

And this, is why I totally love England; not the character. (Although, for the record, I do like England in Hetalia... ;D)

So, did you guys do anything that you're proud of lately? :D

~Miranda

P.S. Because I loved this food SOOO much(oh, the irony...), and it's all relatively easy to make, I decided that I'm going to have tea and scones for breakfast every day now. :) It's better than having a bowl of cereal every day, to say the least...

P.P.S. I'm considering changing Willow's last name from Pine to Lane... What do YOU think? D:

Pi day!

Happy Pi day, everyone! Did you know this is one of my favourite holidays? :D I even memorized quite a bit of Pi! And I'm pretty proud, if I do say so myself. ;)

What Pi I know from memory...

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884

... It may not seem like much, but that's the first 36 digits of Pi. :)

Oh, and there's something ELSE special today! :o It's Gwen's twelfth birthday! I feel kind of bad because I got her a mini Rebbecca and a book last year, but I didn't get her anything this year... :( I guess she got a present in advance?

And, there's yet another bit of information I would like to share with you! Kanani's new wig from Shopoholican on eBay, or Blythaholic on Etsy, came yesterday! :D :D :D Now she looks TOTALLY amazing! And, I can take pictures of her again!

This is like, a totally amazing day for me. In fact, one of the best one's I've had in forever and a half. ;)

How has YOUR Pi day been?

~Miranda

x__x

Man... I'm sooo tiiired today... I'm not really sure why, though.

Lately I've been feeling like a HORRIBLE doll person because I've hardly touched my dolls or camera in the past month. DX It's just pitiful of me. And I've been like, fangirly(although I do hate that term...) obsessing over things! Mostly any anime I watch, but whatever. It also applies to Spider Solitaire. I've gotten INSANELY amazing at it, and I'm pretty proud of myself. :) I mean, I got a winning streak of 75 games. .__. That's like, AMAZING for me! X)

Well, I am, however, going to be paid this Saturday, so I won't be stuck with only $4 and however many quarters I found in my money dish in my room! ^_^ Which MEANS i will be able to afford things such as...

A new wig for Yumie, my Pullip, because I accidentally brushed hers(which is REALLY bad, but I had forgotten that.) so now it sucks. :(
A Blythe doll wig for Kanani, because... something... happened to hers... >.<
Some pocket watch necklaces, because I L-O-V-E pocket watches!!! X3
If I have money left over, probably something Hetalia related... ;D

Well, now you know the inner-workings of the mind of moi. ;)

RANDOM FACT!!!

I kind of want to learn Finnish next year in ninth grade if it's a possible course to take.

Or German, but we already "have" books on that, and I have a French book, so I've been teaching myself that... mwahahaha...

... Do you think I'm weird? I wouldn't mind if you said yes, no, or entirely ignored this odd question. ;)

~Miranda

Back to "normal"

Sorry if I scared you guys on my last post. XD I just NEEDED to talk to SOMEONE, because I just came back from vacation, and I pretty much locked myself in my room at the condo and played video games. It was just like home! XD

So, anyway, now I'm back to my disturbed self. I'm not obsessive and disturbed as much anymore, so that's always a good sign...

Umm... Well, that doesn't mean I haven't been watching any anime that I really love! ;D Right now I specifically love Hetalia. In case you guys like, actually care, it's basically where the stereotype for each country(i.e. Russia, Germany, Italy, America, Canada, England...) is portrayed as a person(so each stereotype IS the country that they show the stereotype for). And it takes place during World War 2, but it tells about each country's history, too.

Now, if you're like, "Hey, what the heck!?!? Why would you find THAT interesting?!" Well, you'll just have to watch it. But, mind you, it's rated MA, and you have to be over 18 to watch it on YouTube(don't ask how I watched it...) :( So that really sucks. But, if there's a will, there's a way, I suppose...

So, anyway, now for my personal rambling that only people who know the show(probably none of you) would understand! ;D

Well, unsurprisingly, my favourite chracter in Hetalia is Canada. He's a really minor character(I mean, Prussia has a bigger part than Canada! And he's not even a country anymore! *eye roll*) but he's still awesome. He has this ADORABLE polar bear with him all the time named Kumajiro, and sadly, he(Kumajiro) is always asking, "Who ARE you?". Of course, Canada can't remember Kumajiro's name, either(For the record, I can't remeber Kumajiro's name that well!), so he calls him "Kumakichi". You can tell they know each other soooo well...

Oh, and Canada and America look REALLY similar, so everyone mistakes him for America. Especially Cuba, who keeps on beating up Canada and calling him America. :( And whenever they show Canada in one of the World meetings or Allied forces meetings, he's kind of, like, invisible... He really doesn't have much to do with anything related to WW2, so it makes sense to me that he would be invisible. (Mind you, this is a stereotype, so don't complain if this bothers you!)

At school, my friends and I claim to be different countries(you can probably guess which one I am... but I was called Canada before I even WATCHED the show, so it's not like I had a choice. I even tried to change to America... but no. I couldn't.). So, we have quite a few countries right now, including; Canada(me), America, England/Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Southern Italy(Romano), Austria, Cuba, Japan, Sealand, Germany, Lichtenstein, and some others I can't remember right now. But, it's getting kind of big now, which means I have more countries/my friends asking, "Who are you?" *eye roll* But it's not that bad.

Well, if you made it this far, PLEASE comment and say, "I like tacos" so that I know people actually come here still. ^_^

~Miranda

I'm back!!! ;D

Well, the title says it all! I'm in an unusually happy/obsessive(I'll explain later in the post!) mood today! I mean, I'm just SOOOO happy today! As in; I've-never-felt-this-happy-before-in-my-life-happy! :o It almost feels like I'm on an adrenaline rush! My "heart"(just for the phrase) just feels light today.

You could be thinking "Okay. I felt like that five times today, so what's the big deal?" OR you could be thinking, "Uh, why the heck are you so happy?! I thought you were like, depressed or something! DX" Well, whichever one you're thinking, I'm going to tell you why! Right about...
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So, I'm the kind of person that likes video games and anime and manga and stuff like that. You all knew that, right? Well I would hope you do. ;) (I'm stalling, if you haven't noticed. XD) And I'm also the kind of person that obsesses over stuff for prolonged periods of time. Well, there's this one manga(that is also an anime, by the way) called "Black Butler", and I'm A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E-L-Y obsessed with it! Ever since November 5th, but especially this past month. n_n I love the story, and as some of my closest friends (such as Phoebe) can tell you, I talk about it practically non-stop. I have all the currently available manga for it (books 1-8) and I don't know HOW I afforded it, but it was all within the past month.

And I've been broke for two months. O.O I REALLY have no idea how I managed it AT ALL.

I don't really know why I like it so much, but it's just so... awesome! (Wow, I'm so descriptive.) I seriously think I'm going insane about it. XD

You're all aware how some girls will flip out if they hear they can get tickets to go see a Justin Beiber concert or something like that? Well that's how I felt when I heard there was a Black Butler VIDEO GAME.

Yup, you read that right. And I'll just tell you right now, I NEED to get that game!!! >:D I need it soooo badly, that I'll pretty much do ANYTHING to get it! If that means I can never eat pocky again, I'll take that offer up, sadly. I love pocky, but to have that game... :'(

I'm really starting to worry if I'm going insane-

You know what? I hit insanity a while ago. I've probably passed insanity, too. If only I knew what was PAST insanity... hmm...

~BB obsessed Miranda

P.S. I took Rebbecca on vacation with me, by the way. Although I thought reeaal hard about taking Kylie. ;D Rebbecca used the hotel's WiFi to look at pictures of the Ciel Dal(who she's in love with, because she loves Ciel!) on PullipStyle. XD She's just like me! (hint hint I did that too but with Ciel and Sebastian) O.O

Question! And a possible listing...

Well, as probably only Phoebe(from LoveThatDoll) knows, I'm going on vacation today! :) I'm really excited about it, but I do have a teensy poll to go with it...

I want you guys to guess which doll I'm going to take(or took, by the time you guys read this!)! The are options are:

Lily and Lanie

Kylie

Rebbecca(my Dal)

Yumie(my Pullip)

Gwen and Hollie

Willow and Lanie

Elizabeth and Felicity

Well, this may not SEEM to be a narrow question, but I have a total of fiteen dolls, so it's not easy to do! :(

I'll probably make a poll for it, but if I don't, just comment on this post. ;)

Also, as the title implies, there is something that I'm considering to sell. I haven't really played with her lately, and I've been wondering if I even care about her for a while now...

It's Chrissa. I love her hair, but there's not much to do with it for me.

I'm still trying to decide if I want to sell her, so PLEASE don't comment and be like, "I'll pay you $60 if you let me have her!" because I'll just get annoyed with comments like that, and you'll drop your chances of getting her from slim to slimmer.

So, uh... Which doll/doll pair do you think I took with me? I'll be back on Monday night, so I'll have the poll end on Monday, of course! ;D

~Miranda

Top Of The World

So! I decided to do the iPod tag thing after seeing one recently(specifically Phoebe's, from Love That Doll) because I've wanted to do one for about a year, but I was too lazy and well, I forgot. This may be quite interesting... XD

1. What do your friends think of you?

Start it Up -- Farewell (Wow... that'ts me alright)

2. If someone says "Are you okay?" you say:

Swing Swing -- All American Rejects

3. How would you describe yourself?

Thanks For The Memories -- Fall Out Boy

4. What do you like in a significant other?

Viva la Vida -- Coldplay

5. How do you feel today?

About a Girl -- The Academy Is (umm... just no.)

6. What is your life's purpose?

Drvie Away -- The All American Rejects (YES!!!)

7. What is your motto?

When I'm With You -- Faber Drive

8. What do you think about very often?

It Ends Tonight -- The All American Rejects (yeah, that's me)

9. What is 2+2?

Burn This City -- Cartel

10. What do you think of your best friend?

The Sound of Settling -- Death Cab for Cutie

11. What do you think of the person you like?

New Perspective -- Panic! At the Disco (this is spot on!)

12. What is your life story?

The (After) Life of The Party -- Fall Out Boy (true dat)

13. What do you want to be when you grow up?

Sugar We're Going Down -- Fall Out Boy (yes)

14. What will you dance to at your wedding?

Chgange Your Mind -- The All American Rejects (MY FAVOURITE SONG!!! :D)

15. What will they play at your funeral?

Helicopter -- Bloc Party (no)

16. What is your hobby/interest?

Stab My Back -- The All American Rejects (Wow. The song title is so just true... XD)

17. What is your biggest fear?

Golden -- Fall Out Boy (yup)

18. What is your biggest secret?

Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued -- Fall Out Boy

19. What do you think of your friends?

7 Minutes in Heaven (Ataven Halen) -- Fall Out Boy (true, very true...)

20. What will you post this as?

Top Of The World -- All American Rejects

Well, uh... that was pretty much true. For everything. Well, now you know what I listen to! XD

~Miranda

P.S. If you want to do one, just go on your iPod and hit shuffle on either your favourite playlist or whatever. Then just answer the questions! :D