So, I started taking belly dancing lessons! Woot! It’s so much fun! You know, amazingly enough out of everything on me that hurts the most…it’s my shoulders! You’d think, “belly dancing” would involve more-so, you know, THE BELLY! But a lot is put into the arms and shoulders to do things like the “snake arms” and the shoulder rotations. I have strong legs but incredibly weak arms and shoulders (comes from being a hard-core Cross Country runner) so I’m not used to having to work my arms so much and a lot of belly dancing is being able to hold your arms in really graceful positions that strains the shoulders. Plus, a lot of the hip routines in belly dancing is done with the knees, not the hips. I love it though and can’t wait to learn some more!
So, you guys remember my pride and joy which comes in the form of my Dollfie, Ducan? A quick summary of Dollfies for those who don’t know, they are custom-made dolls (made in Asia) that are very tall, very detailed…very expensive…
I always had wanted one but didn’t want to buy one till I found the perfect face, I knew I wanted a boy one and I found just that one from the Dream of Dolls company. The dolls are only built once an order is placed so it had taken me about 6 weeks till I got mine. I had gotten the “Homme Ducan” model and have a picture of it on my myO page but can't get it here due to the one piccy at a time deal.
This one is considered a D.O.T. model…stands for “Dream of Teen” since this one is considered a little larger than most Dollfies but it’s not as large as the next model, which is the D.O.I. (Dream of Idol).
What’s cool about them is that all their clothes and even their hair, is able to be changed! I loved my Homme Ducan clothes and hair but I finally decided to splurge and get him something new. I stuck with the Dream of Doll company since they truly make the best outfits and wigs (all are hand-made) so I bought him new clothes and hair and kaboom! It’s a whole new Dollfie! Hee! I absolutely love it and love the wig I picked out for him since it gives him an elvish/vampire who lived in the Victorian era look.XD I also gave him a new name…Siluvan is his new name. Siluvan means “I will shine” in elvish. I reeeeeeally want to do a drawing based on Siluvan since I love the look and it’s pathetic…but I spent more on HIS outfit then I would ever spend on an outfit for myself.XD XD XD Here’s a picture of my pimped Dollfie:
So, the new girl I worked I trained is doing very well! For those who missed the last post, she used to work in Disney World as a “costumed character” when she was younger (like, right after high school/during college type thing)…and yes, since Jomz asked, that’s the official title if you’re an employee who dresses up as a character. “Face Characters” are the ones who play roles like Jasmine or Cinderella. I asked her all kinds of questions that I’m sure you guys as well as virtually everyone wants to know! She told me she was “too tall” to be Mickey or Minnie but the main characters she was was Chip and Dale..but she was also Mushu as well as Timon. She’s only about 5’1”…hence why I thought I was too weird a height to be any character since it seems you either have to be really short or really tall (another of my cousins was really tall and was Goofy at Disney …who happened to marry my OTHER cousin who played Mickey and Minnie as well as Alice, Snow White, Wendy….XD) but she said there’s a character for virtually any height and that at 5’8” I could be Tigger.
She said they get paid only minimum wage but she said you work 20 minutes in the costume and then you get a 40 minute break. Hour lunches and if it rains, you get paid to just sit in your trailer and wait for the rain to stop. She told me so many funny stories…one being how the “costumed characters” enjoy having a little “fun” now and again…like the guy in the Jafar costume pretending to hump Minnie, that sort of thing.XD No surprise since she said most of the people in the costumes are college kids and people in their 20’s-30’s or so.
She also told me…”never rub a character’s belly.” Why? Well, most of the costumes, the character’s belly actually goes all the way down to the person inside’s knees…so when people would come up and rub their “bellies” you are actually rubbing the crotch of the person inside the costume.XD XD XD Oh man, that cracked me up. She said she got felt up once by an old lady trying to see if it was a boy or a girl inside the costume when she was Dale.
She also said that before you play any character, you go through a 3 hour training process where you learn how to “act like the character” as well as learn how to autograph like that character too. She said it was one of the funnest jobs she’s ever had.^^
So yeah, thought those were some fun and funny facts about the characters who work for Disney that people would enjoy.
Picture of the Day comes from Loveless:
Whelp, decided to delete my last post...not because I feel any less on the subject of what I was talking about but just tired of reading comments from people who weren't seeing what I was trying to say. Those on myO understood me 100% though but that's no surprise. They just got what I was saying and didn't focus on the one part that had really niltch to do with the post. That post is still up on myO though for those who are supporters of myO and didn't get to read it.
Today at work was hell...but I'm PMSing bad so everything irritates me. lol! I am happy to say that the new girl I was training yesterday, came back today! YAY! It's a big accomplishment when a bank newbie comes back the 2nd day because it usually means they'll stick through it a little bit at least. At the casino, the bankers have one of the harder jobs (obviously when you're in charge of the money) and some people just can't handle it because it is a lot to take in at once. We lost the last banker really early on because the other supervisor who was training her (who will call "the warden") pretty much bugged her enough that she didn't want to work here anymore...hence why the boss gave this new girl to *me* since I'm not scary like "the warden." I'm just very patient with them and will answer anything they ask because it's a lot to take in at once and most get frustrated. That and this is the girl who used to work for Disney and I could talk about Disney forever so we got along great.
Oh, and I'm starting belly dancing lessons this week! I can't wait! It's really good exercise for the lower body and even though everyone at work says I'm the last person in the world who needs to exercise, it just feels good to do it! Plus, belly dancing looks so darn cool and I've always wanted to learn it just for fun.
Hello Everyone! I have a new drawing up of an original character of mine so if you could check it out and comment, I’d be very appreciative:
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So yes, I have been away from Otaku for a long time…don’t have much of an excuse except work has been keeping me busy and stressed and the couple hours I actually had at home I spent drawing the image linked above. I suppose some is lack of interest lately in Otaku. It’s just…changed. I can’t quite put my finger on it except maybe it reminds me too much of all the other art/blogging sites out there now that I’m not as excited to come here anymore. It feels like it’s lost its personality…kinda went sterile and generic. But I have made and met enough awesome people on this site that I don’t plan on leaving anytime soon. Hopefully, work will start to simmer a little and I’ll have more time and optimism to start coming back here regularly again.
I got to see Prince Caspian last weekend though. I was uber excited to see it being a huge fantasy nut and have read the The Chronicles of Narnia series. I really liked the movie and I think I have a new crush…the English actor, Ben Barnes, who played Prince Caspian…soooooo hawt.
Wow, a week away from Otaku feels like an eternity! I got a lot of comments in my last post so most of you know that this week has been a hectic one for me. I officially got the duel-rate supervisor position but won’t actually be a supervisor for a few weeks yet. Pretty much since we still need to fill 3 banker positions…well, now 3 since I’ll only be part-time in the bank now. But, today is my first time being a cashier and a supervisor in training and it’s Kentucky Derby day AND the start of live racing (our casino has horse racing during the spring/summer months) so it’s going to be a mad house. Wish me luck!!!
The main reason for my absence is that I’ve been drawing! I have a 55 hour work week this week and the few hours I had at home I actually wanted to draw rather than go on the net! So yes, I finished the drawing and only got to work on it a couple hours a day before work but finished it today…my one day off (since I work 10 hour days, I’m SUPPOSED to get 3 days off a week). I mention it in the artist statement but I really wanted to do this drawing after I saw the episode of Code Geass where the student council actually tied Lelouch down to a chair to put kitty ears and whiskers on him after they got their new kitty “mascot,” Arthur. It amused me greatly that they had to tie Lelouch to a chair in order to do that. So, if you could check out the drawing, I’d be ever-so much appreciative:
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