~Thank You & Farewell~

I've changed a lot since starting this blog. My interests changed, my personality changed, who I was as a whole changed. 

I don't really want to write this, but I don't know what else to do. And I guess it won't really come to a shock to anyone, as it's obvious I haven't been on here in ages. 

I've kind of been living in denial concerning this blog. I figured if I gave myself time, I'd end up being inspired again, and wanting to do more with my dolls. 

But I'm not inspired. And I don't want to do photo-shoots, or stories, or anything anymore with them. It's been, like, what? Three months? Four? Either way it's been a while since a true, decent posting time. 

It's cruel to hop on here once a month, to post a lame photo-shoot before disappearing again. 

I don't hate dolls. I won't be packing them up and stuffing them in the garage. I just can't bring myself to be a doll blogger at this point in time. And who knows? Maybe next year I'll feel differently. But for now, this is my unofficial, official sign off. 

I really appreciate those of you who shared this with me. All your sweet comments, and feedback meant the world. You let me achieve one of my dreams. And for that I'll be forever grateful. 

Thank you. All of you. :)

Perhaps this blog will get used again. 

But for now, I wish you all a very fond farewell. 

xo Adaline

(I'm not leaving blogging as a whole. I'll still be writing and ranting over at Silhouette, as always.)

// You Little Spies //

They taped over your mouth

Scribbled out the truth with their lies

You little spies

-CrushCrushCrush (Paramore)

Hello! As always-- I'm not dead. We went on a little road-trip and we hope to take another one this month, and I left my laptop, and all of the Shire family at home. I had a great time, and it was a nice break from everything. ^-^

Anyways. I plan to sit down this week and write up the next episode of Thing 1 & Thing 2, as well as the next episode of A.O. Yes, you read right. It's the surprise I intended to do, but I haven't had the time nor brain power to put the next part together in a timely manner. It's coming, though. Just you wait. 

I hope you all have a lovely day. Hopefully I'll drop back in soon with something fun. ;) 

~Adi

(Oh, and I'd like to give a small shout-out to Madi-- she's a new blogger, and she's such a sweetie. Not to mention she named a doll after me. How insane is that?! Do visit her HERE, and HERE, and say hi for me.)

~Adi

~If These Sheets Were States~

I'm lost in empty pillow talk again

I'm lost in empty pillow talk again

This bed's an island made of feather down, 

and I'm stuck here alone

With little else but memories of you, 

on memory foam

Visions of a brighter love, 

I'd kill for one more day

To pool my thoughts, 

and find the words to say

If these sheets were the states, and you were miles away,

I'd fold them end over end to bring you closer to me.

Because I don't sleep at all without you pressed up against me.

I settle for long distance calls, I'm lost in empty pillow talk again.

I'm lost in empty pillow talk again

This room's become a mausoleum, filled with relics of regret

Paying dues to every moment wasted, on words left unsaid

Collisions of a finer love, I'd kill for one more way

To tell you how you make me better every day

If these sheets were the states, and you were miles away,

I'd fold them end over end to bring you closer to me.

Because I don't sleep at all without you pressed up against me.

I settle for long distance calls, I'm lost in empty pillow talk again.

(Lost in empty pillow talk again)

(Lost in empty pillow talk again)

If these sheets were the states, and you were miles away,

I'd fold them end over end to bring you closer to me.

Because I don't sleep at all without you pressed up against me.

I settle for long distance calls, I'm lost in empty pillow talk

I settle for long distance calls, I'm lost in empty pillow talk again.

I'm lost in empty pillow talk again.

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Charlie misses England. And her imaginary boyfriend Bob.

Hello! How are y'all? Summer treating you well?
It's hot as heck here and I hate it. 100 degrees and up for the past week, and it's a miracle I haven't melted yet. :P I honestly belong in Antarctica. I can't do heat.

I've got a surprise planned for the blog that I'm trying to get done. Hopefully it'll be up in a week or so. I know a lot of you will be excited for it.

Song: If These Sheets Were States (All Time Low)
Doll: Charlie (MYAG #37)
Pictures: SOOC besides b&w filter

Have a lovely day everyone. :)

~Adi 

~Helena~

*To all you young 'uns-- This is pretty dark/spooky. Don't say I didn't warn you* 

Long ago

Just like the hearse, you die to get in again

We are so far from you

Burning on just like a match you strike to incinerate

The lives of everyone you know

And what's the worst you take (worst you take)

From every heart you break (heart you break)

And like the blade you stain (blade you stain)

Well, I've been holding on tonight

What's the worst that I can say?

Things are better if I stay

So long and goodnight

So long not goodnight

Came a time

When every star fall brought you to tears again

We are the very hurt you sold

And what's the worst you take (worst you take)

From every heart you break (heart you break)

And like the blade you stain (blade you stain)

Well, I've been holding on tonight

What's the worst that I can say?

Things are better if I stay

So long and goodnight

So long not goodnight

And if you carry on this way

Things are better if I stay

So long and goodnight

So long not goodnight

Can you hear me?

Are you near me?

Can we pretend

To leave and then

We'll meet again

When both our cars collide.

What's the worst that I can say?

Things are better if I stay

So long and goodnight

So long not goodnight

And if you carry on this way

Things are better if I stay

So long and goodnight

So long not goodnight

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*shuffles feet*

I feel like this should be something posted at Halloween but oh well. I'll do a throwback to it in October, I guess. 

This was definitely the darkest photo-shoot I've done, but it's honestly one of my favorites. 

I was kind of just fooling around with the dolls and ended up recreating the album cover. And from there I did a whole shoot and--- well, you get the gist. xD

I suppose you could say that this is the first real fandom-induced post I would've previously been too scared too post. Certainly not anymore, though.

Dolls: MK (McKenna GOTY 2012) & Finley (Custom PM Molly) 

Clothes: MK; Felicity's meet shift 

Finley; White shirt from Bilbo costume off of Etsy, leather jacket from FromEchoWithLove (etsy)

Washable Marker used on dolls' faces. 

~Adi 

(Posting two days in a row-- what?! This is certainly something new.)

Things That Need To Be Said

*I'm writing this rant at six in the morning, to Hybrid Theory-- You've been warned* 

If you're somehow unaware, Maddie posted a photo-shoot on her blog last night, ending the post with saying how she feels so trapped at blogging and frustrated with the AG community.
Talking to Maddie through texts, I've been with her side by side as she's been annoyed, & tbh I'm ticked as well.
So you all get to read my lovely little rant on the AG community and the crap side of it.


For some reason I came into the blogging world thinking that the AG community is all peaches and cream. For the most part it is, but I've also found there's a lot of judgmental, flower children who have issues with what others do.
Look, I get it that some of the AG bloggers are older than others. I get it that we may be more mature, and not every one, particularly not younger people, are going to like what we post.
But that does NOT give you incentive to judge us.
I don't know about you, but I was taught to treat others as I want to be treated. The way some of you act, it's like you're opening a door to having yourself being judged for what you do. Because clearly, if you're treating others like that, don't you want to be treated that way too?
I feel very firmly that a certain maturity level needs to be attained before one enters a platform of social media. There is a 13 year old age limit on sites for a reason. That said, I know a lot of bloggers under that age who are very mature, and I commend them.
But circling back around to judging-- I honestly don't know why this has become such of an issue. If you do not like something someone blogs there are two things you can do.
1.) Unfollow/don't read their posts.
2.) Keep your mouth shut.

Sometimes in life we just have to bite our tongues, okay? There's a lot of things and posts I don't necessarily see eye-to-eye with, but you don't see me leaving slight, snide comments. I simply read them, know that I have a differing opinion, and move on with my life. Unless somebody specifically asks for their reader's views/personal opinions, we should all learn to just keep our opinions inside of us.
And something pertaining specifically to Maddie that I feel I should address-- Maddie should not have to "compromise" in any way because of the language she uses. It is her blog-- last I remember, there is no crime for sometimes cussing. As we discussed earlier; if you don't likes something, then by God, unfollow! The poor girl shouldn't have to fret about whether or not she warned you all that she said something in a post.

I've always felt a little out of place in the blogging world. I find it likely that it's the fact I talk about stuff most of you don't know about. Whether it's music, movies, people, etc. Sometimes I feel like I should "dumb things down" in a sense, and not mention anything anymore. I already partially have. I know some of my older readers will remember the completely fandom-induced Adaline of AGITS. I still am her, but I stopped being like that because I knew half, or more, of my readers had no clue what I was discussing. But if there's any conclusion I've come to through all of this, it's that I really don't care anymore. I am completely and utterly done blogging for others when I should be blogging for myself. This is my own corner of the internet. And I'm going to treat it as that.

One last thing I want to address before I sign off and go crawl back into the hole from whence I came.
I'd like to think I'm a very sweet person. I don't like confrontation. But if there's anything that's going to turn my gut and get me annoyed, it's when you tick off my friends. I've always had friends who've got my back and in turn I've got theirs. If I have maddened any of you by this, or ever defended something in the comments, it's not because I want to argue. Come on, guys. You know me. I'm not out to smack talk or lecture anybody-- all I want to do is make sure friends, and anybody else for that matter, are treated right.
It really burns me to know that Maddie wants to quit blogging because her reception in the AG community has gotten worse; all because she may not be a perfect flower child.
'Cause you know what? There are all kinds of different people in the world. And if you girls are going to make someone feel so unwelcome because she's different-- you're going to have a rude awakening when you go out into the world and find that any and every single person on this earth is different, has different personalities and isn't perfect. Good luck trying to fit everybody into your socially acceptable mold.

~Adaline 

Award

Hellooooooo everybody.

Jana from over at The Dolly District was kind enough to nominate me for an award, and I, as always, am tremendously late at getting these up.
You can visit Jana and her lovely blog HERE, if you haven't. :)

Rules:

1. Nominate someone who you believe is uber sweet, who is always leaving nice comments, or is just a great, kind Blogger friend of yours. 

2. Answer the questions the Blogger who nominated you asked, then come up with at least 5 new, original questions for your nominees to answer. 

3. Be sure to leave a comment on each nominee's blog to let them know they've been nominated. Leave a link to the post so they can easily find it.

4. You must nominate at least 10 people. Tagbacks are allowed, as is nominating people more than once. 

5. Copy and paste these guidelines so the peoples will at least know what' s going on.

6. And finally, HAVE FUN!! 

1. Favorite way to do your hair?

I don't really "do" my hair. It's either curly as a Hobbit's, or straightened. Always down, and never fussed with. 

2. AG Grace Thomas or AG Isabelle Palmer?

Grace Thomas, because she looks partially like me. 

3. Pop or Country music?

Neither? I'm more of a rock/punk rock girl. 

4. If you could have one superpower, what would it be?? 

Ability to make anybody smile. 

5. Your favorite Bible verse?

I don't mean to be rude in anyway about this question, but I just want to point out the fact that not everybody is religious/reads the Bible, & questions like this shouldn't be asked if you don't know about the person you've nominated and their beliefs.
Just a thought. :/

6. What is your all- around, best ever, favorite restaurant?

Any and every Mexican restaurant. 

Thank you once again to Jana, for awarding me this. :)

I don't believe I've been nominated for anything else, but if I have, let me know below, and I'll edit it into this post.

Have a lovely day everyone! There should be a photo-shoot/Thing #1 & Thing #2 episode up soon.
^-^

~Adi 

~We Like It Loud~

What's the point of ever starting this?

Why even put my heart in it?

You see us as a waste of time

Say you give up now, you're gonna fall behind

No! I just can't stop

You talk the game but can you walk the walk?

When ashes is ashes and dust is dirt

I'm gonna be the one that's gonna make you hurt

Sell us the world but we ain't selling out

I said we like it loud, 

Yeah we want that rock n roll sound

No, don't wanna hear no songs on the radio, 

Pumping through my stereo now

Yeah I said we like it loud, 

Turn me up don't ever turn me down

No, don't wanna hear another song on the radio, 

Pumping through my stereo now, now, now

I said we like it loud

Yeah, louder than this

You wanna see what happens when we get ticked?

See a whole revolution of these f---ed up kids

And all it takes is one so it starts like this!

No! You've gone way too far!

We won't get far or let it fall apart

When ashes is ashes and dust is dirt

We're gonna be the one that's gonna make you hurt!

Sell us the world but we ain't selling out

I said we like it loud, 

Yeah we want that rock n roll sound

No, don't wanna hear no songs on the radio,

 Pumping through my stereo now

Yeah I said we like it loud, 

Turn me up don't ever turn me down

No, don't wanna hear another song on the radio, 

Pumping through my stereo now, now, now

I said we like it loud

We like it loud!

Yeah we like it loud!

We like it loud!

I said we like it loud!

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These pictures were horrendous in their unedited form, & they still are even with a filter. But it kind of goes with the weird, hazy style I wanted, so I suppose it works. :P
Don't know why Saige ended up looking like Electra Heart, though. Obviously been listening to too much Marina & The Diamonds. >-<

Hello everybody! How are you? Good, I hope. :)

School is out for the year for me; hopefully there'll be an abundance of posting over the next 3 months. I've been meaning to do an update post, but figured I'd just put the information here.

For a while, I've been quite annoyed with having majority of the gals adopted sisters. I find it restraining, story-wise, and after a lot of thinking, I decided that I'm going to switch things up and make everybody belong to different families. The house will be more like a dorm, of sorts, and only a few of the dolls will have relation ties to another.

I haven't worked out how everything is going to work exactly, but when I do, I'll be sure to update the doll page accordingly, and let you all know. :)

Hope you all have a lovely day. <3

Song: We Like It Loud (Sleeping With Sirens)
Dolls: MK (McKenna GOTY 2012), Saige (GOTY 2013), & Willow (MYAG #38)
Record Player & Records: Handmade
MK's Outfit: Shirt handmade, shorts from Closet4Chloe (Etsy)
Saige's Outfit: Headband from Ivy's Rainbow Romper, Crop Top from LoriLizGirls&Dolls (Etsy), Overalls from SodaPopStreet (Etsy)
Willow's Outfit: Jeans from UpbeatPetites (Etsy), Union Jack Shirt from EmeraldDollClothing (Etsy), & jacket from Minipparel (Etsy)

~Adi

Thing #1 & Thing #2 Interview I

*partially inspired by Dan & Phil, and the lovely Shannon*

Willow: Orange

Charlie: Blue

Clara: Purple

Finley: Green

MK: Red/Pink

Hello everybody! Welcome to the first episode where my twin and I embark on the journey to interview each of our dorm-mates. We'll ask them questions, give them challenges, do a round of truth or dare-

Basically we're harassing them in our boredom, so we can be provided with free entertainment. 

Essentially, yes. Charlie, with her trusty laptop will record our guest's answers, as well as occasionally asking the questions. 

Which is completely irrational considering Willow took my glasses and I'm blind as a bat. 

Oh shush! You'll be fine. 

Now, to start off, let's welcome... 

--Clara!!! 

Hello! Thanks for having me in your... room...? 

Of course! 

Now, it is required that our guest have cat whiskers; we refuse to conduct the interview without them. Shall you comply with the rules?

Do I have a choice?

Not really, no. Do you really not want them? 

Oh, no, I want them. I was just asking; I can't fathom MK allowing you to put whiskers on her face.

We'll get to that in due time. Now, come closer so I can whisker-ify you. 

Our guest has been whiskered! 

This comes off right? 

Of course. Adi wouldn't have let us do it otherwise. 

Now, Charlie, would you start off by asking a question for dear, Clara?

You're kidding right?! I told you- I can barely make out the letters on my keyboard, let alone this list! 

Humph. Fine, I'll read the questions. 

Okay, first one: Clara, you're trapped on an island, with nothing but your suitcase packed for vacation. You had, of course, no inclination that you were going to be stranded, so you packed purely for a relaxing stay somewhere tropical. What's in your suitcase, and how likely do you think it is you'll be able to survive with those items? 

Oh gosh... There'd probably be a lot of books, and writing supplies. I probably wouldn't do too well at surviving... I'm sure I could fend off wild animals by smacking them with my books, though. 

Sounds like something we would do, huh, Charlie? 

Mmmhmm. I'd like to think I'd live longer than you though, considering I'm smarter. 

Oh, shut it. 

Moving on; Charlie, what's our challenge for Clara?

I think my word doc says,"Do a headstand for a minute." 

I'm not sure if I can do a headstand. 

Don't worry- I'll hold you. 

Start counting to 60, Charlie!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5...

Hey, Willow, can I borrow...

Huh? 

Oof! 

Willow!

Y'know what, never mind. Carry on doing what ever you people are doing. And you say I'm the weird one! 

I'm sorry, Clara! Are you all right?!

It's alright. My head hurts, but I'm sure I'm okay. 

Here, I'll fix your hair. Would like to do a dare, or truth next, Clara?

Might as well do a dare. 

Charlie, could you read a dare off the list? 

*mutters* Oh, sure. Tell the blind woman to read. *tosses paper aside* 

Alright Clara, I've got a dare for you. I dare you to go draw a mustache on Finley's face while he's sleeping. 

I don't remember that being on the list of dar-

Are you going to do it, or do you chicken out? 

Considering Finley ate the last of my cereal this morning... I'll do it! 

Onward ho! 

Hehehe...

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Some Time Later

We really appreciate you doing this with us, Clara! 

It was definitely entertaining. 

It was fun! I can't wait to see the interviews you do with the others. 

WHOEVER DID THIS IS GOING TO GET KILLED. 

Give me that! 

Hey! 

THIS IS REVENGE!

Finley, no! 

I had nothing to do with it!!!

Charlie dared me to!!

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So... that was fun.

I didn't know Finley was so vicious. 

I know. Good thing you grabbed the washable marker. Anyways, we hope you enjoyed-

Willow... This is isn't washable. 

...

What?! 

I didn't know that there was-

YOU DIDN'T GRAB THE WASHABLE MARKER?!

...No. 

CHARLIE!

WILLOW I DIDN'T KNOW!!!

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I did actually use washable marker. xD 

All the dolls are perfectly fine, as you can see above. It's amazing how easily the marker comes off with just a wet tissue. It's certainly sparked some ideas for future stuff. 

Hope you enjoyed this! I'm hoping to do more in this series, as I certainly had a great time taking the pictures and thinking up things to do. 

I hope everybody has a lovely day; let me know if you enjoyed this, and who you'd like to see next featured on Thing #1 & Thing #2. :)

~Adi