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Mr. Kallisti and I had already developed an affection for Jonathan Ross after watching his highly affectionate series from the 80's on cult film The Incredibly Strange Film Show that included in depths on John Waters and Russ Meyer among others.

Recently we ran across his Japanorama series. News to us, don't know how familiar non-brits are with this series, we've been spellbound all week with his presentation and enthusiasm for the subject, including eighteen episodes spanning three seasons over six years. Beneath his dapper English exterior, and charming lisp, he is a self proclained Otaku, and his enthusiasm for all things Japanese, especially robots, is contagious.

"JAPANOWAMA! LOOK! I'm widing an electwic panda!!!"

View: Japanorama on YouTube
More info: Japanorama Wikipedia

Super Dollfie (and other kewl toys) make an appearance in Series II, with a full profile excerpted below. Booya!

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I lurve the soft romantic look of this new Blythe girlie! She's winsome!

After all these years... I'm still in love with Azone. Heee! Full Victorian Maid kit, including corset, petticoats, bloomers and all! All in 1/6th... Go Victorian Momoko!

Now, we'll have to go check out this anime: Emma - A Victorian Romance

Best houseguests EVAR. Junk shopping, Kaiju popping, Okonomiyaki flipping happy goodness. Paul & Melissa.

Sunday was super hot so we had an impromptu Film Fest, with banana shakes and sundry other boozes. Once the sun went down Paul got to work in the kitchen and made a series of Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake-like griddled dish) of ever increasing complexity and awesomeness. The Grande Finale was Octopus & Hamhock— or, HAMHOCKTOPUS—that bloo my mind. For real, it was superb! Whoddathunkit???

Pose Doll by Melissa! She is so dreamy, I will name her and play dress-up for DAYS. More, better pictures to come!

And last but not least, Mr. Kallisti has spent the last few months dissecting vintage Kappa, analyzing how they were made, and recreating the art of Kappa Kraft!

Film Fest for the Aging Hipsters:

Pureneemo!

I'm soooo 2007, but excited I'm finally getting a Pureneemo. NYAH! Chiika is my favorite, with her pouty face.

Don't know if this is their first boy, but HELLO, NAUGHTY BOY! is scrummy!

Notes from husband are cute:

"When I said I didn't want anything for Valentine's Day, I lied." Was a message I left on Mr. Kallisti's VM yesterday.

Har-Har.

He was so awesome, ran down in the midst of a hail storm, returned w/ black pleather + vinyl Hello Kitty dolly & a huge bouquet of roses and daisies. Sigh.

Watch the video--and marvel at the GIMP KITTIES!!!!!!!!

Now, to get some of that lipgloss.

Big THANK YOU to friend of my boss who forwarded the link & video. ♥

What better reason to end the silence of Blastmilk.com than...

Volks' new DYNAMITE DOLLFIE DREAM!

Boasting a bust that exceeds even the L bust in size, and a completely new sculpt for the hip and thigh area, it is overflowing with charm and filled to bursting!

Currently only available on complete dolls, not separate. Vive le Blast Milk!

Hello Boys & Girls!

So I don't have to talk about Real Life™ (yet) let's talk about DOLLS! *falls over*

A year of not shopping has sent me scurrying to the internet for sporadic and vicarious dolly fixes. And I've recently caved and made a couple wee purchases. This year's CWC Blythe releases have left me breathless and gnawing my knuckles off (attractive, no?)... for all the girls I've had to pass up, I've just committed sweet revenge by pre-ordering Swiss Cousin Olivia and Miss Sally Rice!

I've been a bit disappointed that many of the new releases are using the Superior face mold (as opposed to the new Radiance mold), but Cousin Olivia is my perfect blondie with rosie cheeks. Mew! Having missed out on Miss Retro Mama, I won't make the same mistake on Miss Sally, her little showa friend.

And another recent obsession is Kimono edition Licca, Jenny, Momoko etc. fashion dolls. There are so many that I'm trying to be choosey, but I have grabby hands. I haven't seen any recent Annz editions... wah!?!?

These two sold out so quickly (when I couldn't buy them any way) that I had to stalk YJP... well, like a stalker!

I've been so busy with Real Life™ that I just don't have the time to spend 1:37 hours posting randomly on the internet (the time it took to post this bit o' fluff) and it is making me very sad. And the only reason I'm doing so now is that I happen to be on vacation! Work, for a change, has been very rewarding, and ironically a hell of a lot more demanding. I'm struggling to keep the Blastmilk dream alive but obviously it has been a challenge, and it hasn't seen the love from me that I still want to give. But this past year was full of enormous changes, struggles, and sacrifice. There have been some happy sunshine days, I've got the sunburn to prove it, so I'm not in perma-doom mode. But yeah, the past twelve months have kicked my ASS.

One good thing is that the House O' Blastmilk has seen massive technology upgrades this year. Our six year old PC died (or rather, was so broken that we could no longer turn it off for fear of it not rebooting at all), and the television blew up which all meant that we got to go SHOPPING. We're a bit poorer, but everything is so happy, fast, and shiney that I could just about pee. Have I mentioned recently that TiVo is the most amazing toy in the whole world!?!?!

All that and not to mention work promotions came with bonuses of cash and equipment and I am one hooked up pro-style webmaster on the GO.

Now if I could just figure out how to hook this blackberry up to my brain and blog by thought alone, I'd be all set! Rawr!

See, I knew I shouldn't have talked about real life. WHERE ARE MY BLYTHES!?!?!

The first addition to the Noël collection for WTG since their debut four years ago! Noël Autumn/Winter 2007! Also the Selfish Winter collection is on the dark side as well. Yay!

I'm in love with the the Goth-Slavic-Bohemian winter look. Very different! I hope they have this stuff at LA Dolpa. And that reminds me... I'm so excited for Dolpa! Volks spoiled us with all those tea parties last year, I've gone into withdrawal. It is a good thing though, I would have been completely punished as this year we've been so busy/harassed.

Wowie, something new-NEW out of the Volks arsenal. Original Fashion Dollfie, Masami (light skinned) & Tomoko (dark, and darker than their normal "tan"!). New dollfie based on the EB Slim bodies, same as Who's That Girl. So they'll have the fashion line-up of the WTG behind them to boot.

I love them! The face-mold looks similar to the romantic Century Models, sweet yet still sassy. Perhaps their trying a different tactic from their fashion Century Models? I don't think they ever appealed much this side of the pond.

Edit: It appears that this is a collaboration with a TV show or... ? If anyone can translate the page above better than I, please inform!

On a side note, I have been slowly working on fixing the glitches with my blog, and have been doing some housecleaning with the categories. Trying to trim them down a bit,and replace too specific categories with tags. You can use the search function or the "tag cloud" list to find specific things like "dollfie" or "unoa" and I've tried to add my doll names in a consistent manner, so you can search on "St. Trinian" and come up with all the posts I've ever made about her. Neat!

I don't usually work piecemeal with the site, but with current time constraints I update a style tag here, some brokey js there. Bleh. I'm still getting settled into the new house. But I've managed to have some quality dolly hobby time, just not documented. Yet. Bwahahaha!