EDIT: Also, the weather today is magnificent. I am happy.

So I've found a new distraction and re-discovered an old one. (Because a life ruled by unending revision and project work is not one at all. Although I probably don't study enough.)

Oddly enough, they center around the same things. Paper dolls and dress-up. Frivolous fun. See?


Here is where I'll probably be spending quite a bit of time. It's a community format similar to Neopets with the buying, selling, special items and so on. However, Poupee-girl focuses only on clothes and related wearable accessories. Sounds like a great place for the vain yes? Thankfully, not really. Items from your real-world closet/stash/boxes lying around the room cannot be posted if there's a human face in the photograph. Which leaves the wanderer free to admire awesome (or not so awesome) things without being blinded by layers and layers of make-up or 6000000000 versions of cutesy poses.

It's a Japanese thingumbob but the accessibility for English users is actually pretty good. Which is why I'm on it in the first place. Post up real world items/comment on stuff and you get points to buy virtual items. You can also just pay $$$ too. But poor people like me can't do that. 

Also, rediscovered the joys of Kisekae dolls. Kisekae or KiSS (which has nothing to do with the KISS principle) dolls are basically virtual paper dolls. Most of my favourites/most worshipped artists/creators tend to take it far beyond that though. Incredible concepts/characters, set design, amazing outfits and seriously cool features. Anything from the backdrop to make-up, eye shape and even gender can be changed.

There's also a lot of ugly pointless ones out there but I don't play with those. I've also found the scraps of my first and second attempts at creating a KiSS doll. Quite surprised that it wasn't half bad but I never stuck around long enough to do fabulous wardrobes and so on. Rick Cramer's Jamie and Zero are tres nice.

What started me on KiSS again is a marvelous Freddie Mercury set off DA.com. There's only one I think so it's easy to find. Large wardrobe and a very wide range of effects (hair styles, make-up, expressions, facial hair etc.). Totally made my day when I found it (by complete accident).