Dolly Delights

OOAK necklace by OMS

Jury duty today -- cut short by the admission that I now live in Tarrant County ... Still, I got to see the traditional movie explaining that it's our duty as Americans to vote and serve as jurors. Clarice Tinsley and Scott Sams narrated, which means that it was filmed years ago ... But since the courts don't worry about ratings, they can re-play the tape until it deteriorates. Now you can get on-line and fill out your questionnaire; however, I don't know whether you can disqualify yourself on-line or whether you still need to show up ... At any rate, I was out of there before 10 o'clock.

Check out the necklace in the picture -- Joy and I make doll jewelry as lovely (and sometimes just as expensive) as full-sized pieces for people. BJD parents love to bedeck the dolls, and they appreciate the time and effort needed to build jewelry to scale. While Joy works on bracelets and necklaces, I'm working on a "thank you" gift for PG, who sent us her warehouse extras -- over 50 dolls to mod and re-make into a new vision ... We plan to transgender several of the boys ... although with the girls' heads that she included, we might not have to do much ... After all, little girls don't have boobs! (But these boys are muscular enough to be teens, so we'll have to use lots of frills and furbeloes to disguise the shoulders ... ah, a challenge!!) Alas, I had to modify the human necklace -- it's been over a year since I worked on the right-angle Dutch spiral, and I have no idea how I ended the pattern, or whether I intended the spiral to end exactly as it has ... So, I'm adding two "sea moss" extensions to finish the necklace length. I hope PG likes it.

Almost 4 weeks of summer done, and the house is still in flux. 30 years of stuff to inspect and decide whether we can use the items, store the items, or just walk away because it's too old or too dirty to salvage ... And the weather has stayed so hot that we can't work in the house after 2 o'clock. The little AC units & fans can't combat the heat creeping into the house. We shall soldier on -- there are treasures hidden amongst the junk, probably in some long-forgotten "safe place."

This week I'm reading "The Final Chapter" by Russell T. Davies ... The end of the David Tennant era of Doctor Who grows by leaps and bounds, as he demonstrates how little bits of ideas eventually grow into a character or plot. Davies juggled 3 SF series -- and now he's working on the Showtime version of Torchwood. I like three of the male characters, plus Eve Myles, so I'll watch the show. Maybe Joy won't complain as much as she does whenever Matt Smith appears as the Doctor. After all, we're not quite as invested in the series as we were in DW. Still, I wish he could've discussed the 4 different women in the Doctor's life: Rose, Sarah Jane, Martha, and Donna ... But Ben Cook asked the questions, and I suspect that question didn't interest him. He raised some good ones about writer's voice and Davies' opinions about writing ... and both books are HUGE!! I didn't mind spending money on either one ... and the pictures aren't shabby, either. I recommend it along with the books by Strazinsky of Babylon 5. Maybe I'll check out books by Joss Whedon, too. He's had a few hits along the way.