davidd’s A DOLL A DAY 2022

[davidd]

Bah, I can't see instagram anyway on my laptops since they locked me out for my crummy internet service.  And the tiny phone screen is most unappealing.

Good use of DOF on this one!

Have you ever tried using your phone as a "mobile hot spot" and tethering (linking) your computer to the Internet via your phone? The technique uses phone data, so you have to be aware of the data limits of your plan if your plan has limits. Sometimes I have to resort to phone tethering when my almost-as-crummy-as-yours rural Internet is not up to the task. It's kind of absurd that mobile phone data transmission can be faster and more stable than a hardwired Internet connection.

The image, with selective focus on the firearm, was inspired by a conversation on an action figure forum about "trigger fingers" on figures. Some of the newer military figures are being released with the trigger finger in what is called a "trigger discipline" position, with the finger straight and alongside the trigger guard rather than curved to loop through the trigger. For myself, I want my "action figures" to be ready for action, and if they have "gun hands" I want them to have their fingers on the triggers and ready to rock and roll!

Speaking of rock and roll, "gun hands" also make good "guitar playing hands" for music scenes.

I'm tired of political correctness infiltrating everything, even the position of action figure gun-holding hands. Another issue with more and more new figures, even detailed military figures, is the lack of an opening in the barrels of miniature firearms. I want the toy guns to have holes in them, like this one! Or at least a tiny dab of black paint. Many miniature weapons now lack this basic detail.

Plus, the "trigger discipline" position is not historically accurate. It only began to become a widespread practice in firearms training in the mid-1990s. Back in the "cowboy days," Sexy Cowgirl would have had her finger on the trigger.

Having "real action figure gun hands" with a "trigger finger" is another factor that has me leaning in the direction of keeping this figure around.

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16 September - A Doll A Day 2022:
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16 September - Unfinished Doll Chair

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As I'm clearing up piles of clutter, I keep running across bits and pieces of unfinished projects, like this chair in "Barbie scale" (1/6 scale) that I started... when? A year ago? Two years ago? When I find something like this, it brings me to a complete halt as I try to decide what to do with it. Since the priority is no longer there, do I toss it out? Since I already invested a fair amount of time in it, do I stop everything else and finish it now? Do I set it aside to finish later, which is exactly how it ended up unfinished and buried among the chaos in the first place?
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Cleaning off the "craft table" which was set up "temporarily" two years ago was intended to be an early summer project: dive in and get it done in an afternoon or two. Here we are, summer is over and autumn is upon us (in the northern hemisphere), and after failing time after time to get back to clearing off the table over the course of the summer, I'm trying, really trying, to get it done, but each layer I excavate reveals things like this that bring me to a physical and mental standstill. What should I do with it? What was I even making it for in the first place? How long would it take me to finish it? Do I need or want it anymore?
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This is just a little chair. I have two more chairs, bigger ones, in 1/3-scale "Smart Doll" size, out in the storage shed that I never finished.
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The Smart Doll chairs can wait. I mustn't allow other potential dilemmas to overwhelm the immediate dilemma before me at the moment.