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Aaah, that's awesome! I never run across anyone else who has BJDs, mostly I just get looked at as a weirdo XD It was the shock of my life when I met two people here who have them as well. I have 7 now, which is probably wayyyy too many since I've never finished any of them, but they're all characters from my stories (and one is one of my husband's characters from a story we're writing together) so I like having them around. They were all purchased new direct from Iplehouse and Fairyland though, so, uh... I don't like to think about how much money I've blown on them. x.x I didn't plan to get a bunch of dolls from only two companies, it just kinda happened XD I used to have a Dollmore Zaoll Luv though so I know their dolls are really nice! I can see why you'd love Shiloh. You'll have to show me a picture of your other one some time, I might be able to figure out what it is ^^

See, I grew up in the middle of nowhere here so I understand stuff like Subway being a big deal too. Except the region I was in was so small it was considered impressive if a town had its own gas station, so it's been really weird to me to move to a city and then realize that despite everything we have here, it's all outdated and still pretty lacking compared to other areas. And it's kind of weird, especially since we get a lot of tourism here too. I mean, surely not as much as NZ XD I'd love to go someplace like that myself, but we do have a steady flow of tour traffic, who all get to ride the trolleys that are so old they randomly burst into flames. *shrug* Strange to see the priorities different places have, I guess.

I don't really know many art people in general; I think meeting him was kind of a fluke, haha. Most of the people in my art class were only there because it was a requirement for some other degree--like fashion--so they didn't stick around long. My Art 2 class was like four people including myself and the only reason it didn't get dropped was because the teacher was able to hold it at the same time as Art 1. I agree that you can surely teach yourself, though. I'm grateful for the time I spent in the classroom, even though I didn't actually learn anything from the classes. I was already a bit too advanced for them, but what I learned was that the career path I had picked out wasn't what I really wanted to do, and the things that mattered most to me were things a degree wouldn't help with. So I've just carried on teaching myself things. Since I didn't pick up anything from my classes, I still consider myself self-taught, but I'm sure there are a few people who would disagree with that assessment.