I don't have a lot of time to waste on sites like Poupee Girl where I can spend hours worrying about late-night updates, attendance, ribbons, commenting, etc... I have better things to do - and should be doing. X__X I'm going to start selling off all my items for super cheap in the market - if they don't sell, they're going to the shell recycling bin and I'm going to close off my account. (If I knew how to give items to people I would.)
When I start eyeing the "buy ribbon" function to supposedly "keep up", I know it's time to cut things and move on.
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In the meanwhile, KS and I just finished our neighbor island talk tour. 3 islands in 3 days - 2 stops each is SUPER GRUELING... but we got to eat lots of yummy food. Even found one of the best pizza joints EVER.
SO MUCH YUM.
We're not quite out of the woods yet - we have 2 more this week and a handful sprinkled over the next couple weeks. I think I'm getting the hang of this public speaking thing! ^^
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I've also been pretty lax about updating our recent strips here - sorry about that... being away from my home computer has taken its toll (updating from iphone is not as easy...). Ani and Anpan's story has more or less come to a conclusion (for the time being) while Kana and Nemu's story is currently unfolding.
Today's Comic: Shave Ice
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If you missed the beginning of Kana's adventures in Hawaii - start here!
I've put a lot of work into these strips in particular - you might even recognize some of the places she's stopped by!
Honestly, if I had a full-time salary'd job, I'd probably be much more open to buying ribbons - just because I'd have spending money and time to enjoy it. But because my income is super budgeted right now and I don't have a lot of free time to spend, it's not right for me to indulge. T_T;
I was hoping to participate in the yukata event too. T_T;;
Yeah...I shouldn't really spend much on Ribbons either my limit is $20 so I have to be really good this time. I didn't realize the wedding event was going to be so big, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered buying ribbons. At least I was able to justify it as making up for me not having a fancy wedding IRL lol. I'd much rather spend $20 on this than thousands on a real one xD;
I would happily buy you some Yukata stuff, but for some reason they don't implement a trading option. I really wish they would...:/
Even trading/gifting items would be nice. :\
I seriously know what you mean about the wedding - ours was SUPER bare bones and last minute as well. We still haven't had a "honeymoon" to speak of (probably won't have one for a long long time the way things look right now). XD; At least we had a nice, cozy reception with REALLY GOOD food. ^___^ (which more than made up for it. XD)
Yeah...then we could buy stuff for each other or trade items we both don't like/want...it would be so nice to trade.
lol not to try and trump you (or under trump you?) but we just had a courthouse wedding with only our sets of parents there and then had lunch at a nearby restaurant. We both saw a concert in SF afterward, but it was only a coincidence. We didn't have a reception at all. We did go to Vegas in December, but that was not really a honeymoon since we got married in February lol. I don't regret it at all though, because I'd much rather just be married and save money...so this $20 is only a small price to pay xD.
Although I did end up getting a lot of dresses that were nothing like wedding dresses. I think they should have had like a few different kids of white ones, and maybe a couple bridesmaids dresses only...this event was way overboard.
Like I said on one of these comments, if Poupee gets worse or keeps up like this (back to back events, expensive items, many items, bad economy) I am probably going to quit as well. It just isn't fun any more when there is a gun to my head to buy ribbons. Yes, I don't mind doing so...but it's pretty annoying to not really have the option to sell, and comments only get you 1 ribbon. Also the recent "shell rains" have made it so you can't sell any shells, which was the best way to get ribbons aside from uploading...
I remember you and Dave mentioned possibly trying for Kawaii Kon sometime. Stephanie's also been asking me about it - and I think there can be a pretty good audience for you here! (Even better if you can also do a book-signing at our local bookstores for your BSC books! :D)
We don't have many out-of-state artists who show up to our events, but all who do come say that they do exceptionally well~ (Vendors and AA folks alike, from what it seems!)
What I would really like to do is tag-team one of my west coast visits with a trip to Oahu for KK! I'm bad about flying and jet lag, but I don't remember the flight to Hawaii from San Francisco being SO bad. If I do it, I'll *definitely* make sure there is a signing involved! And maybe some other stuff! We don't take vacations much these days unless they are working and promotional vacations. :)
KK is a *very* small convention by most standards, but because we're so isolated out here, people will make the most of it. :D
I've never seen items move so fast. XD; I wonder if any of my posts'll make it to the "OMG I MISSED THIS ITEM" entries in the PG communities. XD