The Arrival... Ok... Now it hasn't been but 5 months since I got my very first very expensive Asian Ball-jointed doll (Elfdoll Soah by Rainman), and now, unbelievably, there is another one in the house! Over on the left, please meet the beautiful Amelie Soo, fondly nicknamed "LeeLee!"
LeeLee is one very versatile girl, changing her look and mood and essence with a mere change of a wig or the tilt of her head... When she first came, she had a "wonky" eye-- her left eye seemed to be upside down, giving her a slight (and kind of endearing) cross-eyed look. She was incredibly shy and quiet, and obviously a little worse for the wear due to the long journey from Korea, with a one-month detour in Iowa City of all places. Her head was twisted to the right in her foam
packaging resulting in completely crushed eyelashes on the right side that sadly resembled the fried home-perm look of the 80s. I managed to straighten most of the lashes with gentle tugging and good old fashioned spit, but clearly, they need to be replaced. (It's kind of a long story, but I now have 14 identical sets of eyelashes to choose from!) Otherwise, she was in pristine shape and I was delighted to learn that Rainman has greatly improved on the mobility of his BJDs heads, allowing her to gracefully tilt her head from side to side, something I sorely wish Hana Soah could do...Amelie and I took several days to get comfortable with each other, mostly because the particular hue of her eyes were a little unsettling after getting so used to and falling in love with the melted chocolate eyes of Hana Soah. I was admittedly a little weirded out by
LeeLee but she quickly grew on me after a big photoshoot on her 4th day. It was that peculiar left eye that did it, believe it or not! I actually debated whether or not I should fix it (all it needed was to be completely rotated (I believe it was upside down) and gently nudged to the left) because I feared that she would be TOO pretty if everything was perfect. A slightly exasperated friend in San Francisco set me straight, so on Monday evening, January 23, LeeLee had her eyes fixed...LeeLee's Personality So Far...
Let's see, she's a very romantic daydreamer with a touch of bohemian spirit. She leans towards simplicity and frivolity at the same time (!!!) and is very expressive with those she loves (like her big sister) and very reserved with those she doesn't know. She has been sadly maligned and misunderstood as being "cold" or standoffish by a few, but really, she's just very shy. LeeLee's hobbies include writing, cooking, eating, reading, and photography. She reads voraciously and likes nothing more than a quiet evening curled up barefoot in the big red chair sipping hot tea and munching on Asian cookies. This evening, Hana presented her sister with a vintage typewriter to replace the one that had gotten lost during the long journey home. Hopefully, we'll be seeing some of LeeLee's essays, journaling, and poetry on this blog very soon! Well, I have to find a chair to go with her desk first...
Thanks for reading my blog! Stay tuned for more to come!
--Tinooseus
1 comment:
Your doll is lovely and your writing is scrumptious. Thanks for sharing.
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