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So I’ve fallen behind on 365photo stuff (again -_-) but that’s mostly because I’m running around trying to get ready for my trip to Japan at the end of the month

I’ve posted a bit on figure.fm and the community has been incredibly friendly and helpful so far! I’m sure there’s some nastiness lurking that I haven’t encountered yet, but as of right now I’m pleasantly surprised by everyone’s willingness to bring their knowledge to the discussions – even to people who’ve barely posted at all yet, like me!

While on figure.fm, I mentioned that I was interested in attending Osaka’s Home Town Dollpa that will take place on my second full day there. Still poking through the information on the HTD site, I hadn’t quite grasped what was required to go. Members (both in English and Japanese!) let me know that I might need a Volks Membership Card and the Guidebook for that event, as well as how the limited lottery system worked. I’d had some vague idea about Dollpas back when I was reading the Den of Angels forums regularly, but didn’t seriously consider going to one so that information was filed away in the back of my head and forgotten XD;
The responses came quickly and the tone didn’t feel at all condescending. (Some even wished for my success in obtaining a chance to buy DD Sakuno!)
As you can probably tell, I’m seriously impressed by the figure.fm community at the moment XD

In other news, I’ve been wavering on buying a new monitor – the Samsung P2570HD is top on that list, having basically every type of input I could want, removing my need for a separate TV (or continuing to endure with my 15″ Japanese TV, which, while it works, is not exactly what one would call “high quality” XD; ). It does have a DTV tuner which I don’t particularly need as I don’t watch much on cable directly (hulu is my friend!) but maybe it’ll be fun to play around with later~
My 19″ still works, and I do like it, but it’s 5 years old now and the resolution is sort of low (1280×1024, yes it’s not widescreen). I’ve toyed with the idea of having both hooked up to Emi at once… three screens for one computer…

The monitor will likely be my next big purchase, as other things that have caught my attention aren’t available and/or don’t exist yet:

• I still want a 64GB iPod Touch, preferably with a camera, which rumors are speculating will appear this Fall (likely also equipped with the new A4 processor that the iPad and iPhone 4 are using)
• Panasonic released the specs for the Lumix LX5, the successor to the LX3 that I’ve seen bloggers using (Danny Choo, Puppy52/Chun and Xiaxue just as examples – I know Xiaxue’s moved on to a different camera, and I think Danny uses his GF1 more now, but my point still stands). I’m still not quite ready to jump into the DSLR deep-end, even with the skinny micro fourthirds cameras that exist, but I don’t know if the LX5 would be too much of a lateral move for me or not. Mainly I’m interested in the low-light capabilities. Well, we’ll see how I feel when the camera’s been properly reviewed…
• DD Sakuno, a limited release at HTD6Osaka. Mostly I like her headmold which I want to steal to stick on a DDdy body for a girl I’ve been considering creating in MDD form but I think she’d be mad if I made her into a smaller body… Plus then Aryanna can have a fullsize friend! >_> I wonder how the face sizes will compare… hopefully it won’t be too jarring seeing them next to each other! (Arya’s got big eyes and is borderline 2Dstyle herself so I’m thinking it should be okay~)

I’m only holding back on the monitor purchase because I don’t need it, but I’ve been researching it and currently there’s a nice deal going on that I’d like to take advantage of…

I think I’ll make a post later about something that I’ve been thinking about for the past day or so: writing to the audience, or, adjusting your style to fit in with a community. (I’ll probably start writing it now, but it won’t post until tomorrow. Got to spread out my inspiration or else I’ll have twenty posts on one day and then nothing for the rest of the month…. )

Tags: figure.fm, htd6osaka, lx3, lx5, monitors