#i never even bought a draculaura back then!!!!

[moinsbienquekaworu]

Btw I truly cannot wait for the Monster High G3 to be available in France the second I learn they're here I'm rushing to my nearest toy store and getting the Draculaura 13yo me always wanted

[flandrepudding]

doll collection post

Hi guyz!! so somebody asked me to post my doll collection a while back and I put it off because i'm trying to rearrange my setup but its taking much longer than expected due to irl stuff.

But I dont wanna wait anymore! Feel free to just scroll through the pictures, you don't have to read the commentary if you don't want to. In fact you don't have to scroll through any of this at all. I wrote a lot because I am severely neurodivergent. Having a genuine blogging moment rn.

I have been waiting forever for an excuse to post my collection!! I was so happy someone suggested I do so.

I don't have a lot of room for everybody! Everyone is scattered around my room, but I try my best to display them nicely...

My G1 collection is moderately sized, these dolls are expensive and difficult to find. There are so many more I want, like Dead Tired Lagoona or Sweet 1600 Draculaura to go with my Sweet 1600 Clawdeen...sigh. But it just keeps getting harder! I am actually content with stopping my G1 collecting hunt for now and instead focusing on G3... Many of these dolls are from my dear friends, especially Leo and Raven (hi guyz!). Without my friends, I would only have three of these dolls... I am so lucky to be so loved!!!

I don't have many bratz that are in good enough shape to be on display. I really grew up on bratz rather than monster high... but again...these dolls get expensive! Roxxi was always a favorite of mine and a crush! Growing up, I was the type of kid who almost exclusively wanted one brat though. Yasmin. Not Cloe, Jade, or Sasha. I was devoted to collecting Yasmin because she looked similar to me. In retrospect, I really wish I had gotten more of the other girls...I do have some...though their numbers pale in comparison to the Yasmin army.

The ball-jointed doll is my most expensive doll and my largest doll (she is fucking ginormous). Even when buying her at half the original price (great deal from a great friend) she was hardly affordable.

I bought her because I plan on customizing her to be Flandre Scarlet, my ultimate comfort character! I've always dreamed of having a doll of Flan. SO why not make one myself? I've had her for months but am still too scared to cut that beautiful hair off...I'm no good at cutting wigs/hair in general. I did install her red eyes myself which I've never done before as this is my first and probably last bjd! She is gorgeous but I would consider these dolls luxury items... VERY EXPENSIVE.

(idk why the exposure is so high on these, sorry!! >_<;)

I am so happy to have the coffin bean playset!! I think it was a really good idea to get it. but I am so sad because I have hardly any room for it! So It's sitting on my dresser in front of a giant mirror so please excuse the poor editing I did to obscure the reflection of me and my living space lol...

I gave my Twyla low pigtails, though they aren't very visible, and my Clawdeen braids! I think Clawdeen looks super cute this way tbh I tried curling her hair again and again and again but the curls always fell out (I dont have much experience)...but honestly... I think I like this look even better ^_^. You can see her ears so well this way.

This Clawdeen is basically my holy grail and it was gifted to me by Leo, Leo if you're reading this I hope you know you are basically Jesus.

not to get deep but the OMG doll next to her is special to me because it is one of the last gifts I got from my late Grandpa. He took me to target and when I said I liked the doll, no questions asked, he bought her for me. Didn't give me shit for liking dolls at my big age. He simply got her for me because she made me happy, and he wants me to be happy. Dolls can mean so much. Again, I am so lucky to be so loved!!! >:D

I have this gorgeous Draculaura just chilling next to my jewelry cuz I have nowhere else to put her and honestly she is gorgeous and should stand alone.

Here I have the pride Bratz next to my bed!!! They mean so much to me, as I said earlier I had a crush on Roxxi. To see she's a canon lesbian now is so incredible!! And Nevra, her girlfriend, is beautiful! They are so cute together... they are never leaving that box though. This was actually the first doll/set of dolls where I fully understood why people are content leaving dolls in their boxes. I love to play with my dolls so much... but I could never play with these two!! If anything happened to them I would lose my mind.

Now... you're probably thinking......where the hell is Lagoona?!?! Do you not have one despite loving her this much? Of course I have a Lagoona. I AM GROWING AN ARMY!!!!!!

I really, really love Lagoona...I want to get every Lagoona doll I possibly can. Isn't she so cute! I relate to her character in the cartoon a lot too... her life at home, her difficulties speaking up when she is sad or angry, her sporty personality, etc etc... She has quickly claimed her spot as biggest comfort character #2. I included many pictures because I simply cannot pick one, she is flawless. You might recognize the Lagoona on the left, I drew her in that exact pose recently!!

I have her army on my desk, giving me the strength I need to get through my work... like Homer Simpson with his pictures of baby Maggie at his work. I get endless inspiration and motivation from Lagoona!!!

And here is the Flandre shrine bonus... I adore her!! I also have finally ordered a fumo flan that should arrive in august around my birthday eeek!!!

Anyways that is my collection. It's been many years in the making, though it's almost doubled since monster high G3 released... Mattel truly has me by the balls right now. If you read any of this, thank you. I put a lot of time into making this post, and it was really fun. I feel like a real blogger right now.

I really really enjoy dolls and talking about them. So I will happily do so anytime I get the chance!!! Will probably do an update once I finally install some more shelves and move stuff around <3

[fulgurbugs]

It’s time for another doll review!

today, i’m unboxing venus mcflytrap, the newest in the series of core students for monster high g3. she’s been showing up in targets sporadically, though my targets tend to be late on the pickup so i ended up ordering her for delivery as soon as she was up on the website.

she was delivered a few days early and i sent her to my moms house, so i was dying to go back there to open her up for those few days. here’s her in box! she’s quite tall, though without an abbey to compare im not sure if she’s about the same size as her?

freed from the box! once again the star jar is my prop-up instead of a proper stand, though venus is actually sturdy enough to stand on her own without too much trouble.

of course we’ll take a look at the shoes. g3 loves a gradient boot, and i’m a fan here. the look like concrete planters before they fade to pink, and the teeth are just hilarious.

the vines are rubbery and removable. the bottoms of them have a peg that secures them to the boots.

another detail i wanted a close up on is venus’s molded vine details. i love that g3 is going more in with the monsterey details, and these are awesome. they peek out just above her mismatched legging pieces

the face: venus’s mold and makeup are both great. instead of the shaved side of her g1 version, she has molded braids, which still give her that asymmetrical look. her ear mold also has a leaf look to it as well. her hair is some kind of yarn, i believe. i’m not sure how durable the ends are, though, so i may see if there’s a need to seal them to preserve them. (in addition, one minor defect i have seen people have with their venus rooting is that the larger yarn plugs seem to sometimes tear her scalp slightly, so it may be something to check for if you’re buying her in person.) i’m a very big fan of the black features they’ve added to venus this generation, which i think has been the general consensus on her design that i’ve seen online. her reception has been overwhelmingly positive, and she is the doll that has many people warming up to g3. and id have to agree! i’m a little picky with what dolls i want (unless they’re draculaura dolls, lol) and she was an instant note on my wantlist as soon as those stock photos were out.

accessories! venus comes with a clear open backpack, icoffin, energy bar, water bottle, a hair product bottle (if someone knows specifically what product it is please let me know, im not sure off the top of my head), sunglasses shaped like venus flytraps (of course) and her pet, chewlian.

chewlian is well… definitely a pet! he does come out of the pot, though. i said this in a previous review, i think core lagoonas, but i’m continually baffled and amused at the ability of g3 to turn every pet into a dog or cat version of it. while the pets have never been a draw for me, this is just comical. i think i’ll stick by a previous joke i made that chewlian just ate someone’s dog, and that’s why he looks like that.

the backpack can hold one (1) chewlian or all of her other accessories. something about the way this backpack sits on her or the silhouette or something is awesome to me, i love it a lot. it’s super cute, and i want to display her with the bag instead of storing the backpacks like i usually do.

one last little thing, while i don’t have abbey, my draculauras, or even twyla to compare her too, i think venus is about abbey height, though i think she’s got a slimmer body and hips. here’s her next to frankie. venus also uses the clawed hand mold.

of course, we have to have the obligatory .5 shot

and that’s venus! one last note i want to make is there’s been a lot of fomo around her, but i want to remind people she is going to be widely available as abbey and clawd are. she is going to stick around for a long time compared to other lines, so there’s no need to pay scalper prices for her (i know i say this as someone who bought her as soon as i could, but that was as soon as i could for strictly retail price. i’m just saying i get it, lol.)

i also recognize that that’s a bit america-centric, but she also did start showing up in person in the UK before the US, so hopefully her international release isn’t as frustrating as other lines and characters.

thanks for reading! big g3 venus fan now and forever, and i’m excited to see her eventually show up in other lines, too!

[brxkxnhxxrtsclxb]

i managed to find a first wave skulltimate secrets draculaura for a decent price. description said she comes with all her accessories and was only displayed, so i bought her since i’m really looking for her and she tends to sell pretty quickly when she’s listed for a good price and brand new

the issue ?? she came and had this odd smell to her :(( the description didn’t say she did and now i’m trying to get rid of it >.< also, i’m not sure what the smell is. my guess is cigarette smoke since that tends to attach itself to stuff but i can’t say for sure. i’ve never had anything that reeks of cigarette smoke so idk what it smells like on dolls or objects T_T

also, the box didn’t smell like anything and no scent came out when i opened it either… it’s just the locker, doll and everything else which to me makes everything even weirder

she arrived yesterday so i washed her with dish soap. didn’t do much i guess. it did help fix and soften her hair though !! even went full on disinfectant on her. i sprayed her with lysol and put hand sanitizer on her and the accessories. still didn’t do anything ?? i even sprayed her with rubbing alcohol and nothing :((

today i drowned her in vinegar for over an hour, followed by another dish soap wash, and then more vinegar. let’s hope that works >.< i left doll, locker and accessories to dry outside in the sun and she’ll stay there until tomorrow. probably not a good idea but idk what to do anymore😭

if the smell doesn’t go away, i’ll be forced to get rid of her. i know that’s bad and a waste and i truly don’t wanna do that cuz i really want this drac, but i don’t know what to do anymore. i don’t want an item like this in the house and i don’t wanna donate it cuz that’ll only put it in someone else’s home and possibly given to a child

perhaps i’ll give her another drowning in vinegar (??) but if it doesn’t work, she’ll have to go :((

i looked up how to get rid of cigarette smoke on dolls and all methods seem to simply mask the smell and not truly get rid of it (??), so i went with vinegar since it seemed like the most disinfectant method >.<

i hope it works. i really want her and i don’t wanna throw her out. sure, you could also point out it was a waste of money but money comes back so it truly doesn’t matter to me at this point >.<

sorry for the ramble >.< i had to let out my slight frustrations with this. kinda wack since i was hunting down this drac, which is super hard to find for a decent price, and she might have to go :((

[sparklyaxolotlstudent]

Well, my birthday was last month and I got an awesome gift that I only recently opened.

I bought the Ghoul Spirit pack back in november because a (re) seller at the flea market basically imported some black friday toys and stuff. I did pay a bit more than retail, but they are not available here in my country, and the ones that are available are not in my city yet, so I don't regret it at all.

But then I got another Ghoul Spirit pack for my birthday, and I'm like 99% sure that it's from the same seller... Oh well, win win for both of us.

Anyway, I finally opened the thing and among other things, I have decided to get creative and experimental.

So the first thing I did was to cut the socks of Deuce and Draculaura sneakers, so even if I screw up, I still have my originals.

...

In hindsight, I should have checked which ones looked better in case I screwed up. But luckily I didn't.

I REALLY like how they look like that. I might do the other Deuce shoes, but I think I'm going to leave one pair of Draculaura intact as they're not as obtrusive. The cut parts I'm gonna shape into wrist sweatbands, even if I never use them haha.

Now, I will probably use some of the new arrivals for customs, so I checked things, and I realized my original Frankie had their shaved hair misprinted

It's barely noticeable, but the painted part is a bit above the molded hair.

And I also undid Draculaura's ponytail. I was ready to have her sporting her best Draco Malfoy hairstyle, but to my surprise, she's rooted with a middle part

So yeah. I don't want to get her wet as I'm pretty sure I would mess her bangs that way, so I'll try to tame her hair in other ways

Honestly, she slays in this look.

Other things I wanna do, and might or light not do it:

Remove Deuce's snakes so he can wear hoodies.

(Alternatively, paint his "hair" blue or gold)

Cut Toralei's hair to her shoulders.

Destroy Draculaura cheer uniform to get a pattern for a shirt/dress

Paint Frankie's prosthetic leg. Maybe Blue, maybe Bronze for a steampunk flair.

I already painted my other Cleo's wraps so I think I'll leave this one as is.

[crazed-reviews]

Review: Miraculous "Bunnyx" Fashion doll from Playmates Toys

So, I finally bought myself a Bunnyx doll! You may recall back in March I made a post about my sister's Bunnyx doll, who is from the initial U.S. release. I thought she was really cute, but she had an issue with her neck (which I somehow forgot to mention in that post) which nearly all dolls from that initial wave had, that I hoped would be fixed with later waves. 

And then I proceeded to forget about her for eight months until I saw she was on sale, oops. I purchased her for $11 USD on Amazon, but she retails for $16.99.

Here she is in her box, which is the new design with a rainbow across the front and information about the character on the back. The information is somewhat correct, except it says "Transformation phase" instead of "Transformation Phrase" (this typo was fixed for the upcoming Cosmobug doll's box, and I assume it'll be fixed on the others at a later point) and that she learns she'll get a Miraculous after being akumatized. She doesn't actually learn about it until the season 3 episode "Timetagger".

I noticed that at the bottom of her box, there was a sticker with a QR code. I scanned it with my phone camera, (Okay… I scanned it with Google Lens. My phone isn't fancy enough to scan QR codes) and it took me to the movie page of the Miraculous Ladybug website, with a teaser for the movie. Not really a trailer, but still neat.

Here's the link, if you're interested:

https://miraculousladybug.com/en/movie

Here she is right out of the box. She comes with her headband and her kwami, Fluff. Like Vesperia, she also comes with a catalogue, advertising the rest of the Miraculous toy line from Playmates Toys. 

As a quick note, she was packaged slightly differently from my sister's Bunnyx. Unlike my sister's Bunnyx, the plastic shell she was attached to didn't go up to her head, and so she didn't have a plastic tab punctured through her head! This was a pleasant surprise, as I strongly dislike those tabs in the heads.

Here's Bunnyx's full outfit. She, like all the other heroes, has a one piece suit with separate shoes. Her suit is blue and white with black trim, and at her neck, a white… pom-pom? I'm not sure what it is, to be honest. It reminds me of both a rabbit's tail, and Cat Noir's bell. I do wish her suit covered her ankles, but I like the overall look. She wears white boots. Without the headband and neck-tail, I'm not sure if I'd get "rabbit" from it. 

Her hands are bare, but for some reason it never bothered me as much as the ankles showing.

Unfortunately, she does not have her Miraculous, a pocket watch, or her weapon, an umbrella. I suppose I could suspend disbelief and pretend her pocketwatch is in her… well, pocket, like in the show, but I don't understand why she doesn't have her weapon. If size was an issue, they could've done it like Draculaura's parasol, from Mattel's Monster High line. Her parasol was molded in a closed position.

Due to the gel in her hair, I can barely get the headband on her, and even when I do, it doesn't sit completely down on her head.

She has 15 points of articulation, with movement at her:

Neck

Shoulders

Double-jointed elbows

Wrists (which only swivel)

Hips

Double-jointed knees

Her joints are pretty tight, and she doesn't have the neck issue that the initial U.S. wave had, where the peg is stiff and angled sideways to where the head is half off the neck and can only move sideways.

Here's a closeup of Bunnyx's face. I really like it!

Bunnyx has blue eyes, pink lips, and a blue, white, and black mask. I do think her eyes should have a reflective dot in them, but I've gotten used to the look.

My particular doll unfortunately has a paint defect on the bottom left (our right) of her mask, where the black outline is smudged. I haven't decided whether to try and fill it in or leave it alone yet.

She has short red hair with loose curls gelled into a solid piece. It is completely rock solid. I kid you not. I thought my sister's Bunnyx's hair was hard, but this is even harder than hers. She doesn't seem to really have the short side bangs my sister's Bunnyx has. I can't really tell through all the gel, but I'm curious if her bangs were changed to be longer, like the rest of her hair, or if they're just so gelled to the side they appear longer.

Here's her headband off of her head. It's mostly white, but the insides of the ears are blue. It looks nice when I can get it on her head! It has four prongs, which I assume is to help keep it in place, but I feel like it makes it harder to get on. It's pretty simple, but pulls her outfit together. 

And here's her kwami, Fluff. I think she looks… interesting. She is mostly white, with blue eyes, and the insides of her ears are also blue. She has two long whiskers on her face, but they're so thick they look like a mustache. I would've preferred her umbrella over Fluff.

Overall, I really like Bunnyx! I'd give her a B+. I wish she came with her Miraculous and umbrella, even if it had to be molded closed, and Fluff looks strange. The paint defect on my doll is what kept her from being an A-. If minor paint issues don't bother you, or you can purchase one in-store, I would definitely recommend her.

[vampvelvet]

because im a loser nerd i wanna brag/complain about my doll/toy/figure collection for a sec.

i recently got a sweetsweets choco strawberry adorable miku (kinda sad bc the store just got a gothic lolita miku in stock waaa) i also have a wonderland rapunzel miku, spring miku, and a order of the rabbit(? idk i never saw the anime) alice figure bc i love alice theme stuff

i have a pinky street which is crazy to me bc i admired them so much on the internet and i found it on clearance at the anime store at the mall ?? lol

i have these twin shadow high girlies and a vampire looking one in the middle of them theyre all purple!

i have THREE GOOD CONDITION NOVI STARS.. whats funny is one of them my mom had kept downstairs and forgot about it, because she got it as a gift for me but since i had a phase of hating traditionally girly things i was getting rid of all my dolls (rip monster high g1s) so it was actually just new in box and safe from my transgender rage

THREE LA DEE DA (okay theyre not worth that much at all but they are discontinued and if they fall out of obscurity they might become more valuable anyways i think theyre fun and cool)

my monster highs.. i have 1 beach lagoona i rummaged whose neck broke and so i superglued it back then it broke again and i superglued it again IM SORRY OKAY. and i have that draculaura with giant ass wings i got on clearance when shopko closed. i always thought it was the stupidest thing ever because she cant sit nor stand on her own because of the wing mechanic and how its attached to her dress and she didnt even come with a stand. whose idea was that. anyways i just bought a new g3 drac from target

i have a lot of smaller dolls, ponies, pokemon, figs, etc. some shopkin dolls (one i was really excited about because it was harajuku themed which is really cool to me they had that for a kids toy?), my friend got me the gemini tokidokis, i rummaged a LOT of ponies in various conditions but i cleaned em up (which is part of the fun... washing and doing their hair?? yeah) one rummage sale had 3 monster high minifigs and a broken black funko pinkie in the free bin!! (also some pretty cool cds i bought)

notably from my ponies: port a bella (slightly yellowed but adorable nonetheless) and lulabell whose curls turned out beautifully and i love her.

anyways i couldve just shown a picture of all of this but that would be significantly less fun and interesting for me and nobody is going to care either way so i might as well make myself happy. bye everypony. i cant wait to have more space than my little room to display all this stuff.

[marzipanandminutiae]

Pandemic Doll Updates

Because it’s been a long, LONG year-and-a-bit, and this bitch needs to get her Good Brain Chemicals from somewhere. All the things I would normally spend money on, besides bills and food, are Not. So dolls have been Yes.

This year, I have welcomed home:

Celia (Minifee Mirwen). Found her in parts on eBay and Instagram. She’s presently judging me for not finishing her kirtle and moving on to her over-gown. I never intended to get a Minifee, but I found a legit body someone had modded for a steal online and the rest just kind of...happened.

Rosamond (Madame Alexander Cissy). Why did I want a 1950s fashion doll? Good question. Why this one specifically? Even better question. But I fell in mad obsession and a dear friend happened to have just picked up a box of damaged ones from an estate sale. He gave me a great price, and now she’s sitting next to me in a homemade pearl necklace and evening gown.

Charlotte (Smiling Bru French fashion doll, c. 1872). Remember the Doll Bod saga, where I sold a bunch of things to get my dream antique wooden body? This is that doll. Still wants a hardware store trip to rebuild her neck mechanism before I can attach head to body and make her complete. And then freak out that holy shit I actually have one of these now.

Barbie (Number Five Barbie doll c. 1960). This customer at Retail Job found out I collect dolls and straight-up gave me her childhood Barbie. With a carrying-case full of clothes. Sounds made up for Internet Points; actually happened.

Draculaura (Monster High Collector’s Draculaura). This follower on Tumblr found out I wanted this specific Draculaura and straight-up gave me the one he got to customize. Plus a Heartstruck Cupid in the bargain. Also sounds made up; also really happened. It really has been a strange year, but at least not all that strangeness has been bad.

[Name undecided] (Lillycat Chibbi Lana). I don’t know. I don’t know. She popped up on eBay and I’ve always wanted one of those extremely pear-shaped European artist BJDs and mature tinies that actually have mature faces are my kryptonite. Don’t @ me. She’s blue, so I’m hoping to trade her for one in a normal skin color.

With honorable mentions to some Foster Daughters:

Barbie II: Electric Boogaloo (#4 Barbie doll c. 1959-60). I’m mercenary and she was in parts, seriously stained and dirty, on eBay. Once her Clearasil treatment is done, she’s going back on eBay. Hopefully to fetch more than I paid for her, and all these tubes of extra-strength Clearasil.

Jessamine (MYou Bettina). She was on sale. I wanted a mature tiny. I could not find any of the aforementioned Pixar Mom Butt European options. I bought her- and then promptly sold her to get the money back when the Lana came up for sale. Sorry, Jess. That’ll teach me to impulse-buy something instead of waiting for what I really want.

1970s Barbie (normal Twist-N-Turn body with a Walk Lively head). Bought her at a comic store. Flipped her on eBay. Pretty much my usual M.O.

And this year also saw the rehoming of:

Abigail (Simon and Halbig fashion doll c. 1869). This sale paid for most of Charlotte’s body. I’d like to have one in my collection again someday, but a wood-bodied FF has just been my dream for too long.

Ellery (LUTS Senior Delf Dahlia). I never can pass up a dolly deal- and that’s honestly a problem I need to work on. Got her for a song in mid-2019, never did anything with her, and was honestly relieved to see her go. At least now I know that 60cm dolls are definitely not for me.

Except Rosamond.

Who is about that big.

...listen shut up

Skipper (first-issue Skipper with multiple clothing sets). Why did I have a vintage Skipper? Unclear. But she’s gone to a good home with a friend of mine who’s absolutely mad for all things Barbie, so a happy ending all around.

Unnamed 1880s china doll. Still working my way through that huge box lot of antique dolls I found on Craigslist ages ago  and bought from a 90-year-old woman’s creepy Midcentury Modern house in the forest off the Interstate. Honestly, the fact that that adventure didn’t get me haunted makes me strongly suspect nothing will. ...knock on wood.

Current collection count is ~30, counting the modern porcelain dolls at my parents’ house.

[mhdiaries]

Wave 2 Diary of Draculaura

15♥September

I “broke up” with Jackson Jekyll today... not that we were ever really dating I mean officially, which would have been nice but every time he would ask me out he would totally pull the invisible boy act on me and not show up. Or call. The next day he was always very sweet and apologetic but he could never remember why he forgot our date. I guess the final nail in the coffin was when he didn’t meet me at this party and I totally felt like a one tombstone graveyard. I ended up dancing with this scary hot DJ named Holt Hyde who acted like he knew me although I’m pretty sure that we hadn’t met before. Jackson and I are still friends but sometimes that’s just how the tombstone crumbles.

25♥September

Went to the beach with Frankie, Clawdeen and Clawd to watch Lagoona surf. It was a beautiful day, which meant I had to break out the sunscreen although the stuff I have to use is more like sunwall. It’s so thick it’s like being coated in honey and it’s like a sand magnet so I pretty much have to stay on a blanket the whole time or I end up looking like a sand sculpture. Oh well, it’s worth the annoyance to get to spend the day at the beach.

30♥September

I stayed up late reading a new novel about a forbidden romance between a werewolf girl and a vampire boy... like that would ever happen... but it’s so sweet and tragic I couldn’t put it down. Of course I slept through my alarm and was almost late for school, which meant my makeup was a mess cause I couldn’t take my time putting it on. Luckily, Ghoulia saw me before anyone else did and she helped me straighten it out so I didn’t walk into my first class looking like an undead clown... not that there’s anything wrong with that.

1♥October

I took one of those quizzes to see what kind of creature I am - I think all the teen monster mags have them now - which seems kind of strange since like I already know. Anyway, the quiz had questions ike: What is your favorite haunt? What is your favorite food? Would you rather be dead or undead? Do you run, shamble, fly or ooze? So after I answered all the questions I turned to the back to read: Congratulations! You are a Woodland Nymph! You are kind, gentle and love sunshine and nature. You probably make your home in a tree where you enjoy the company of many woodland animals that you would never scare or eat. I wonder if I should share this with father? LOL... maybe not = )

7♥October 

Clawd and Spectra had a monster argument today and it created such a fuss that both of them got called into Headmistress Bloodgood’s office. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Clawd so angry or Spectra so self-righteous but neither of them would talk about it when they came out of HHB’s office - not even to me! Clawdeen thinks it has something to do with Cleo and Clawd but I totally don’t understand how she made that connection. Now Clawdeen is mad at Cleo. Again. This is really sad and since it seemed like they were starting to actually tolerate each other.  

12♥October

I know a lot of monsters are not excited about having to write an essay on our monster heritage but I think it’s creeperifically cool! First of all, I’m writing a screenplay about my un-life and I think this will really help the third act and secondly because it gives me the opportunity to set the record straight about a couple of things. Beginning with the fact that my father is much older than any monster realizes. I mean he was already a vampire back when togas were first considered fashionable... sooo glad father doesn’t wear one anymore. Then there was that whole identity theft calamity that happened when we rented our castle in Transylvania to a total con-monster who went around pretending to be father. Now I have to carry a copy of my death certificate to prove that I really am as old as I say I am cause some monsters think I must be related to that loser. Unfortunately for the imposter his bats came home to roost and not in a good way either. The rest of my story, like how father took in me and my mother when no one else would and why I’m a vegan vampire I’m going to save for the screenplay which I would like to film in pink and white. How scary cool would that be?

16♥October

In the span on 3 days Clawdeen missed a test in Mad Science, a school dance and a buy one get one shoe sale at the Maul. Frankie and I knew something had to be wrong but Clawdeen wouldn’t answer our texts or emails. Finally Clawd showed us a picture he took of Clawdeen with his iCoffin. Her hair... it was... it was... not of this world. Clawd said she couldn’t fix it and had to “ctrl+alt+delete her new ‘do” with a pair of electric clippers. He said she was so depressed that she turned all her mirrors toward the wall and wasn’t even growling at Howleen for borrowing her clothes. I suggested we shave our heads too but then Frankie reminded me how fast Clawdeen’s hair grows and that we’d be bald a lot longer than she would so we came up with the idea of going to the Maul and buying Clawdeen a fierce fashionista scare package to cheer her up instead and that’s just what we did. Of course we bought some things for ourselves too = )

25♥October

I was supposed to fang out with the ghouls last night but I didn’t. I tried to explain what happened to Clawdeen but I couldn’t. She was annoyed with me cause I always tell her everything. She thinks I’m keeping a secret from her which I guess I sort of am but I’m not sure I want to talk to anybody about it yet. So I wrote this poem to describe what happened. I don’t know why it’s easier for me to express emotions in verse but sometimes it just is. I read it to Count Fabulous who usually leaves the room when I get too sappy but this time he flew down and gave me a little bat hug when I was finished. 

One fall autumn night I took a walk jaunt

to meet some friends at a familiar haunt

The sky above was very starry bright

and there seemed to me not a cloud in sight

So off I went without sans umbrella or coat

although what I probably needed was really a boat

Caust the clouds came rolled in with a dragon’s roar

and shortly thereafter it bagan to pour

Not a pleasant rain, good for plant and flower

but a driving, unfriendly, cold hard icy shower

Now I was halfway between home and there

my makeup was running ruined and so was my hair

With no shelter in sight or a way to get dry

I put my head face in my hands and started to cry

When out of the shower rain a voice broke through,

“Hey D it’s me Clawd, hey D is that you?”

As I blinked through the tears and rain I could see

Clawdeen’s brother Clawd, waving at me

Across four lanes of traffic bravely he dashed

with umbrella in hand to my side he flashed

He led helped me back to his car warm and dry

said not a word till I’d finished my cry

“Here’s a hot coffinccino whip cream no foam,

it’ll warm you right up while I drive you home.”

From the car he walked me up to my door

protecting me still from the storm’s downpour

As he turned to leave I placed a kiss on his cheek

then I ran inside before he could speak.

And while I watched his car disappear from sight

I felt something happen change for me that night

No longer did I see him as just my best friend’s brother

that night, to me, he became something other. 

The great thing about poetry is that it doesn’t have to be epic to express how you feel. Now I have to wonder, “Does he feel the same?”

[sleepytoycollection]

SpacePops: A Review Part 2

Part 1: Here

Well, here I am again, this took me longer to get around to than I intended, but hey, I had four times as many dolls to look at. Not to mention how much drawing I’ve been doing for my main blog lately, so yeah I’ve been busy. 

Anywhoozle, as my first review can tell you, I found my Luna doll to have a certain amount of charm through all her cheapness, and if you can still find one from your local TRU; you might be lucky enough to snag them for round $2 bucks each as I did. And I def recommend getting one if you can, if nothing else for a nice, articulate spare body and some MH sized shoes. Just don’t let your self pay for than $5 for one. They’re not that fun. 

I was lucky enough to manage to get a hold of all five characters, so let’s see how they measure up to Luna. To avoid being too repetitive I’ll try to focus on their unique features only.

Let’s start with Rhea:

Rhea was actually the one I liked the best from her art work. I mean look at it, she looks amazing here, the boots, thigh high stockings, the layers, gloves and chains would’ve made for an amazing doll of the effort had been put in. 

I won’t ramble forever about the what-ifs, but it’s just so much of a punch to the stomach to know we’ll never see the real potential these had realized.

I’m not gonna go through the all the profiles, but if anyone’s interested I could scan them in for better visibility. 

Gremlin #2.

Getting her out of the box, the first thing that struck me was her hat.

And I mean that literally as there was nothing helping it attach to her head. Much as I’m grateful these dolls lack those plastic ties shot into their heads that mattel’s become so fond of; I don’t think a rubber band would’ve too much to ask for.

Here she out of the box:  

She’s...something.

After how much Luna has surprised me by simply being less bad than I feared; Rhea on the other hand was everything I’d worried these girls would be. 

Her hair is terrible, it’s the cheapest, nastiest of all the dolls, it’s literally the same stuff the Midnight magic dolls used. It had a gross, greasy feel and wants to pull away from the scalp if I dare try to run a comb through it. 

Ugh. On top of that, it became quickly clear I’d gotten a Rhea with a defective hand. Instead of the normal back and forth movement almost every other doll has, she’s got side to side movement. 

Except, her hands still have the dents in the molding indicating it’s not meant to turn that way. I’m at a loss. I really can’t tell how this happened, or how her hand isn’t falling off. 

It could’ve been worse in that regard, but there’s not many good uses for side to side movement that look natural. 

At this point I’d only opened the one doll prior, and so was extremely worried I’d simply gotten lucky with Luna. 

sigh. 

Her outfit is super cheap, made cheaper looking by how complex a design they were trying to emulate. It’s all one piece and gives the impression of a store bought Halloween costume in miniature. 

I will grant however, all the dolls having their name on their tag is cute. 

But it’s a wasted detail on something this cheap. The black band on her waist is a sort of flimsy, felt-like material, and the knit of her shorts is thin. I feel like I could easily tear a run in it if I pull just a little too much, especially being unhemmed as they are. 

She’s got a slight blue tint to her pale complexion, as you can see her here next to Catrine. 

The socks are made of paint, and I’d have rather they be left off entirely. Her left knee also doesn’t bend, and I have not been able to fix it yet.

As you can imagine, after Rhea I lost a lot of energy for these girls. She was the doll I’d wanted the most, and was just disappointing in every way, despite me already having incredibly low standards. 

Still, I was going to have to open these girls up eventually. So this time I decided to go for the design I’d liked the least with Athena: 

Every time I look at her dress I can’t help but think of the Flintstones. Not in a cute way either. 

It’s like if, after their crossover, a member of the Jestons universe tried to make a fashion version of their cave clothing as a cheap cash in, and just doesn’t work for me that much. Maybe it’s partly the colors used. 

It’s a little better art wise, but eh. Maybe if she wasn’t he same color as Rhea..?

Blah blah profile. 

Gremlin #3.

Despite my opinions on her look, out of the box she struck me as a pleasant increase in quality if nothing else.  Nothing falling off, no visible defects.

It was around this time tho I was starting to realize there seemed to be a decided aversion to hair gel. Her spiked updo’ is translated as a short ponytail here.

Can’t say I mind too much, but lack of gel means her hair gets pulled pretty easily, especially where her glasses are. She’s got nothing on Gilda Goldstag that’s for sure. 

Her tie is made of the same cheap fuzzy stuff Rhea’s belt was made of, for that matter her gold belt is the only new fabric type here. 

But to my great surprise her skirt has a separate over lay! 

And it’s even lined, I’ll admit it improved my opinion of her a good bit. It feels sturdy.

Her netted sleeve too is competently made. 

..but left a stain on her arm. 

With out the overlay her outfit looks a bit less flinstone-y, so I’m just gonna leave it off. 

Under her dress she has some pink tights, which I appreciate as they become less and less common in the doll world. Even if it makes me wonder why Rhea couldn’t have had socks. Just one of those things I guess.

Her glasses are held in neatly with, of all things, the help of tiny plastic bobby pins! 

!!! I’m sorry but that’s adorable, tiny pins! And they work! Amazing. 

Her hair is the same quality as Luna’s, thank goodness, and is easy enough to brush out.  

But to my dismay, her glasses don’t fit her face. If you put the arms over her actual ears, they set waayyyy too low. I can’t get them to twist so the bridge will set on her nose. But if I place them high enough so the lens can cover her eyes, they get stuck from her head being too wide and wont’ touch her face. 

That said, I like the shape and look of these, and I’m sure I have plenty of other dolls who can rock them. But it doesn’t say much for your line if your accessories can’t be used for the doll they were made to be used on.

Still, Athena was a huge improvement to my energy for these girls, so let’s hop over to Hera. 

I wanna take a sec to apologize for the quality of several of these pics, my camera’s very old and staring to kick the bucket. 

Hera’s pretty cute, if you like Draculaura. Which I do. The fact the lime green specifically reminds me of Snow Bite, which is my fav version of Ula helps make it a pleasant comparison. 

Gremlin #4. 

Yay! A different fabric! And hemming! It’s a dream come true~

Now if only I had the same excitement over her hair.

It’s the standard for these dolls tbh, but being curled has not agreed with it. I’m kinda afraid to touch it. She’s got a head band in there, but it’s very hidden.

even if it wasn’t, it’s just a plain ribbon, no where near the flower crown of her art.  

The dress is really the star here, of all the outfits so far it’s the one that feels the sturdiest, and no printed details. 

Her tag. 

Her tights are different fabric to the other ones we’ve seen. It’s not as stretchy, which is why you see it sagging around the knees. It’s the kind of netting you’d see as a tulle petticoat. 

It looks alright, but it makes me concerned with how durable these would be in the long run.  

Now,you may have noticed me not making any comments on the shoes. Well I have a very good reason for that:

They’re all the same. They reused the same shoe mold for all four of these girls, leaving only one who doesn’t have these heels. 

That girl being of course, Juno. 

She was my second favorite of all the girls when I saw their art all that time ago. 

Aside from how much I love the colors used, she has pants! And a shaved head! 

...And another Gremlin.

And last but not least, here she is:

Of all the girls, she’s the one who comes the closest to looking like her boxart. 

So not too surprising her outfit is to be my favorite of the bunch. 

She’s also the only one to use any kind of styling product. Fairly lightly, but it’s on there. Yet, despite how little there was used they still managed to get a good bit on her face. 

 Can’t have it all I suppose. 

But the flocking looks good. 

I also appreciate how she has the most unique face paint of all the ladies.  It’s not much by usual standards, but with every girl using the same face mold, they can use all the differences they can get.

Without her Jacket you can bein to see just how had that top is, but she can put her hands in her pockets, so if there had to be a trade off, I’ll admit they made the right one. 

Her jacket is nicely sewn, only her collar sporting an unfinished hem, but I don’t know how you’d really hem those jagged edges anyhow. It’s usable and looks alright. 

Her boots tho, no complaints there. By Spacepop standards these are the best shoes you’ll ever see. By normal doll standards they’re still not bad. 

I very serious when I say I love these pants. I feel like most of their clothing budget went into that fabric. Almost like someone was trying. 

Sigh. But then you get this. 

It’s garbage. The worst piece of all the clothing I’ve seen here, and there’s no way this would’ve held up to a child.

Now what else have I not covered..oh yeah. The gremlins. 

They suck. 

Like the shoes, the reused the same mold 4 times. Unlike the shoes, I never thought they were cute. 

Only 1 dared to use a different mold, Athen’s gremlin: 

...Who might be the only one that comes close to being endearing. The combo of a cute hair style, cute paint details, side glancing eyes, make Roxie almost a nice accessory. 

Whew, well, now I’ve gone through everything I could think to talk about. 

Having gone over every doll just cements that the execution of this line was a huge misstep on the part of Madame Alexander. Tho I can’t be sure.I get the impression they made these to compete with Monster High, but they company simply waited too long.  

By 2016 MH was going into the reboot, and with Mattel’s sales and quality going down MA seemed to lost faith in these ladies and gave up before release. It’s a shame too, Maybe the weren’t the most original idea on the market, but They could’ve been a nice solid competition. Instead we got these; and it leaves me with a sense of melancholy the more I think about the ways things are going. With new lines and experiments coming to a standstill nowadays, doll collecting has been less and less exciting. 

And now, less than a year after their debut Spacepops have gone the way of Pinkie Cooper and Novi Stars. In their own way, the last remnant of an era of collecting that’s now gone as styles shift to something else.   

Still, I plan to have fun my new new set of ladies, I haven’t completely decided how far I’ll go, maybe leave them as-is for posterity. Their flat face ups have grown on me. Maybe I just miss the bright, harsher colors that are going out of style. 

All that said, I bought a spare Athena to experiment with, so I’ll def have some follow ups with how these ladies look with a good repaint. 

Anyway, I’m tired and out of thoughts for now. Hopefully you found this somewhat informative, and as always thanks for reading. 

[merryclaus]

Monster High Love is in Tomb part 7 final

Through Specky’s eyes

After following Dite and Tiri the group finally reached the center of the pyramid. Specky looked for the artifact as Pharaoh pushed a button on the wall and a pedestal rose from the floor and on it sat a beige crystal in the shape of a flower.

“Use this on Will and he should be back to normal.” Pharaoh gave the crystal to Specky.

“Finally, I can save Will.” Specky smiled.

The friends caught a plane back to Salem, by time they arrive it will be Valentine’s.

  Back at school

Will was waiting for Nefera at the gate with black roses in his hands. When he saw her be smiled and gave her the flowers. “Happy Valentine’s Day my Princess.” He kissed her cheek.

Nefera flinched a little and sighed. “Yes it is, we are going to dance?”

“Oh yes, it will be a lot of fun.” Will hugged her.

Nefera cringed as Will led her down the hall to the gym.

Gondi sighed as she looked at her watch, she was wondering when the others would be back. She hoped they would make it back before the dance tonight.

Her phone buzzed and she saw a text from Wicka. “We’re on our way, don’t let Will dance with Nefera.”

Gondi closed her phone and inhaled. “I will not fail you Wicka.”

  Through Specky’s eyes

By time the tem got back to Monster High there were only three hours left before the dance started.

Specky started marching towards the gym when Cleo stopped her. “What are you doing? I need to get to Will.”

“You’re going to just go to the dance without bring dressed? You know Will is with my sister right now right?” She raised an eyebrow.

Specky frowned as Wicka snapped her fingered. “I have just the design for this occasion.

  The support team

Gondi tracked Will as he left his house to go pick up Nefera, Gondi flicked a tracker on his back and watched him leave.

She called Jinafire and told her he left already. He would arrive in seven minutes, that gives them enough time to set their traps.

Will was wearing a fresh white tux with a dark blue dress shirt under the coat, a white neck-tie with black webs on it, and had his hair slicked back. He was looking like a dapper gent.

Nefera wore an elegant teal colored dress with linen wrapped around her neck and arms, the dress had white diamond shaped patterns and her four-inch-high heels were white with teal diamonds. Her was in a straight bob-cut with the tips curled inwards.

Will held Nefera’s hand as they entered the gym and he took her coat to hang it.

He was about to lead her to the dancefloor when Gondi zoomed by and kidnapped Will. She gave him to Abbey and she froze him.

“What are you two doing?!” Will was startled almost speechless.

“Protecting you from doom.” Abbey said.

“Whether you like it or not we’re keeping you from Nefera.” Gondi frowned.

“You can’t do this; we were meant to be together.” He whined.

 Gondi popped him in the back of the head. “No you weren’t, Specky is your ghoul. She needs you Will, she loves you.”

Will’s eyes flashed blue for just a second then returned to the way they were. “Specky means nothing to me, what we had was false and I never want that again.”

Abbey froze his mouth shut. “Enough yip-yap, you stay here.”

Gondi shook her head as she and Abby left him in the back of the gym frozen to a wall. Will whimpered as they left him there by himself.

Nefera was so relieved to have some space to herself for a while. She sat down at one of the tables and checked her reflection in her hand-held mirror. She regretted hitting Will with the charm’s beam instead of Neighthan, but then again it might have been the same way with him.

She sighed and looked up at the ceiling as Holt played Witching Hour by Casta Fierce, she looked at her watch and thought about leaving.

  The crew arrives

Cleo and Wicka organized everyone’s outfits to wear to the dance, although Specky disagreed to waste times changing clothes, they got her into a dress and heels. They hid in the left corner of the room as Wicka called Gondi to see how Will was doing.

“Abbey froze him to a wall in the storage room.” Gondi sounded weary. “Wicka I think he’s losing himself.”

“That’s why we have to hurry, we’ll take the artifact to him now.” Wicka motioned the group to follow her to the storage room, Specky readied the artifact to use on Will but was shocked to find he was gone when they opened the door.

“Where’d he go?” Specky looked around the room while freaking out.

“He must have cast an escape and went to find Nefera.” Cleo rubbed her chin concernly.

When they stepped out into the light of their gym everyone stopped and stared in awe.

Wicka rocked a lime green spaghetti strap dress with blue and silver glitter. Her hair was pulled back in a tight ponytail, she wore blue and silver heels and green lipstick and eye-shadow to compliment her dress.

Cleo wore a gold and blue strap-around-the-neck dress, golden four inch heels with a single strap around her ankle and an anklet with rubies and sapphires. She put her hair in a short crimped style with blue and gold streaks.

Catty wore a hot pink medium sleeve dress pants suit with small white swirls on it. Three inch heels of fuchsia color topped it off, she pulled her white streaked hair in a ponytail.

Clawdeen wore a purple and green one-strap dress that stopped just below her knees, she had on a brown fur belt and a pair of lovely emerald green five inch heels. She dyed a few strands of hair purple, Wicka gave her a black spiked bracelet.

Pharaoh sported a brown tux with tiny yellow pyramids on the jacket and pants. He wore small yellow diamond shaped earrings to compliment the pyramids and he wore slick brown dress shoes and gold framed glasses.

Neighthan wore a cute suit Wicka made for him, a dark red suit with a dark blue dress shirt underneath, small splatters of black, yellow, and blue decorate his jacket and matching red pants. Wicka braided his pony-tail for him and gave him an orange band to pull his hair back with.

  Lastly Specky wore a beautiful gold dress with sleeves that stopped at her upper forearm. She wore white double bracelets, white spider earrings, white spider necklace, and the spider web headband Will bought her. She also rocked some gorgeous gold wedges with black and white pearls on the straps the hung off the sides.

Standing in the door of the storage room in all they’re freaky fabulous glory, the team spread out to find Will.

“I should be able to trace his magic aura straight to him.” Wicka said as she went off on her own.

Specky decided to go with her as the others split up, Nefera was on Cleo’s mind as she searched for Will in the crowded room od monsters.

  Abbey, Gondi, Jinafire, Clawd, and Robecca also helped search for him as well, Gondi saw him and chased him. Will ran through the crowd looking for Nefera when he ran into Wicka and Specky.

Wicka gasped when she bumped into him and grabbed him so he couldn’t run away.

Specky pulled the artifact out of her dress and aimed it at him. “Please come back to me Will.” The magic from it fired at him and got him in the chest, Specky thought his heart and mind was clearing up but made a face of disbelief when he frowned and stared at them.

“Why are you trying so hard to keep me and Nefera apart?” He was starting to get angry.

“I’m not going to tell you again, you already know why.” Wicka glared at him.

 Will pushed pass them to look for Nefera as Specky started shaking and crying. “It didn’t work, what are we going to do?” She laid her head on Wicka’s shoulder.

“Go after him, we can’t let him dance with Nefera.” Wicka pulled Specky back to her feet and chased after him.

Will jumped over a refreshment table and sprinted across the room. As he ran pass a chair but then Venus tripped him making him land on his face. She tried to wrap him up but he slipped free and took off again.

Lagoona let some frogs loose in the gym to stop him, some students screamed as frogs went under they’re dresses and shirts, Will spotted Nefera heading for the gym door and quickly got to her before she left.

“Wait Nefera, we’re supposed to dance under the Eclipse!” He whined.

“I don’t want to, I don’t want to be stuck with you for the rest of my unlife.” She growled in response and yanked away.

“What?! Why are you saying this Princess?!” Will teared up.

“Because I don’t love you, and don’t call me Princess!” Nefera stormed out leaving Will in a puddle of tears.

Moonlight shone through the ceiling of the gym.

“The Eclipse is coming.” Draculaura pointed up as she panicked.

Specky was about to give up when she saw Will by the door crying, all of his magic mark was completely purple along with his eyes. Specky frowned deeply and marched over to him, she pulled him to his feet and dragged to the center of the dance floor.

“What are you doing? I don’t to dance.” Even though he said that he didn’t try to pull away.

“Tough, I’m not letting you go ever again you hear?” It broke her heart to see him like this.

The full glow of the Eclipse shined down on them, even though Will didn’t seem to be changing back, Specky kept her faith.

She looked into his eyes as she searched for the boy she loved.

“I don’t see anything happening.” Wicka stared.

Specky rubbed her hand up and down Will’s left cheek over his magic mark as she shed a single tear that ran down her left cheek as well.

“My poor William.” Specky cried as she kissed him. She pressed her lips gently against his as the moonlight illuminate them in the gym.

Wicka gasped and smiled as she saw Will changing back to his old self. His streaks turned back blue and green as his eyes turned back brown and his magic mark back teal. He blinked and looked up at Specky as he smiled and leaned into the kiss, he even pulled her closer.

When they pulled away to breath they gazed into each other’s eyes lovingly.

“What is a beautiful girl like you doing crying?” He smiled as he wiped her tears away.

 “I thought I lost you Will.” Specky smiled.

“You will never lose me Specky. I will always be here.” He kissed her and hugged her close.

Wicka and the ghouls clapped as Will and Specky dance in the glow of the moon. Specky opened her eyes to gaze at Will happily.

“I’m so happy you’re back.” Specky teared up again.

“I’m sorry I left.” He hugged her tightly.

Specky laughed and cried as she hugged her man.

“Yaaay happy ending.” Wicka clapped and cheered for her twin brother and best friend.

Nefera heard the cheers and claps of the ghouls in the gym and looked back one last time before going home.

Holt Hyde jumped on the turntables and pumped up the bass. “What up ghouls, it’s ya boy Holt Hyde! What yall say we get this party started?”

Everyone cheered and whistled as they started dancing on the floor.

Wicka jumped on Will’s back. “Yay you’re back, gosh you were so annoying when you were under that curse.” She patted his head.

“Yeah that was terrible, thanks to Specky I’m back though.” He kissed her head/

“I hope that never happens again.” She kissed his cheek and they dance more.

All the ghouls and monsters got down on the floor and the Eclipse Moon glowed and shined through the ceiling.

  The End

           I decided to make the last chapter long so I can just finish it. I've been doing this for a long time now. So I'm done.

[mhdiaries]

Wave 2 Diary of Clawdeen Wolf

September 7th

I had my first Advanced Creature Economics class today and my head is already spinning. I thought I was just going to be learning about supply and demand. I had no idea that there was so much theory involved. If I had known AC Econ was going to be this detailed… I would have taken it anyway. I have to know this stuff cause when I start my own fashion empire I won’t be able to afford to hire monsters who are experts in this stuff and when I can afford to hire experts I need to know that what they’re telling me is the truth not just what I want to hear. Too bad Ghoulia isn’t in this class I would love to be able to pick her brain on this stuff.

September 12th

Most days I feel like I could drink wolf’s bane tea from a silver chalice and ask for a refill. Today was not one of those days; although it started out like it would be. Howleen had a creepover at a friend’s house – amazingly enough she has them – and Clawd had an early morning practice so I had the shower and hot water all to myself. The new pair of shoes I’d saved for, and ordered online, arrived yesterday after school so I was going to get to wear them today. The outfit I picked was perfectly matched to the shoes and I should have gone back to bed and declared the day a success. But I didn’t. I got to school and I’m showing off my new shoes when I noticed that I somehow missed a large patch of fur on the back of my left calf. No problem right? It happens. Especially with how much I have to shave. So I always bring an extra razor with me… except today… okay still no problem cause I always keep a backup in my locker. Only this backup is as dull as Cleo’s stories about her royal life in Egypt. Class starts in five minutes and if I’m late I get detention. Ghoulia tells me it’s hardly noticeable but to me it feels like I have a sweater growing on my calf. I run to the bathroom with my razor and Draculaura comes with me. Now I have two rules about shaving.

Always use a sharp razor.

Never get in a hurry.

I broke them both and of course I ended up cutting myself which is no big deal… usually, but this time Draculaura saw the blood and fainted. I spun around to catch her and when I did the heel on my right shoe snapped. Now I’m holding a razor in one hand, I have blood running down the back of my leg, and every time Draculaura wakes up she immediately faints again. At this point in the chaos one of the alley brats I mean werecats, Purrsephone I think, walks in and immediately starts yowling “She’s killing her!” It’s the first time I’ve ever seen Headless Headmistress Bloodgood have to use her nightmare for crowd control. Eventually everything got sorted out although my day ended up with me being barefoot, bandaged and banished to detention. Yay me. :-(

September 14th

I’ve finally broken in my new pair of soccer spikes. I get strange looks from the monsters on other teams when I wear them because they have open toes. I grew up playing barefooted and I like the feel of the ball on the tops of my feet. I would still play barefooted if the rules didn’t say I had to wear shoes “for safety” – whatever. Okay, so I found these “regulation” spikes that let me play by the rules and still play comfortable. I think they were made for monsters that grow horns on the tops of their feet because there is this big open spot on top which I’ve been able to modify to my liking. I suppose I would worry about some monster stepping on my feet if I thought any of them could catch me ;)

October 7th

I don’t know what Clawd did to pull Spectra’s chain but she’s been telling any monster that’ll listen he still has feelings for Cleo. It may or may not be true – gotta consider the source of the info – but any thoughts I might have had about having dealt with my hard feelings towards Cleo were definitely wrong. I do know this; Her Royal Annoyance and I are about to have a talk and it is going to happen sooner rather than later – I’ll bet my favorite pumps on that.

October 12th

Can some monster please explain to me why I have to write an essay on my heritage when I have an older brother who’s already written one? I asked Headless Headmistress Bloodgood if I could just sign my name at the bottom of Clawd’s but she insisted that I write my own because “although the horse and rider travel the same road together each sees it from a different perspective.” I hate it when she trots out that horse philosophy. Of course Clawd wrote his essay first and took all the easy stuff that every monster already knows. How about this? Werewolves are pack monsters and from the time we are born we’re part of a huge extended family. Aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and grandparents are always around. We have our own language, which doesn’t have a word for privacy, that is spoken only in the presence of other pack members… I won’t even break this rule… and when an alpha from one pack greets an alpha from another pack, the first says, “The pack is strength” and the other replies, “The pack is life.” I could go on about the traditions, pack rivalries, the passage to alpha status, blah, blah, blah. Maybe then I should write something from a totally different perspective like about how I consider my friends as part of my pack too. Draculaura, Frankie, Lagoona, Ghoulia, Cleo… Cleo and Deuce; that’s a vampire, lab creation, sea monster, zombie, mummy and Gorgon – maybe not a pack by birth but definitely a pack nonetheless. We have traditions, rivalries, our own freakishly fab, scary cool language and of course everyone knows who the pack alpha is… Ghoulia ;)

October 13th

Never thought I would actually be sitting in my room wishing that my hair would grow faster… I’ve had a lot of hairstyles but never one so bad that I had to shave it all off and start over. I heard Howleen asking Clawd if she could borrow some batteries for her camera. If that little weredork takes a picture of me I’m going to duct tape her to the bottom of her bed.

October 16th

Frankie and Draculaura bought me a scare package at the Maul to help cheer me up about my hair, which was really scary sweet of them. Of course they wouldn’t have known about my hair if Clawd hadn’t told them. Almost makes me feel bad I brought out the family picture albums and showed them shots of him as a cub… almost.

October 18th

Dear Clawd,

Thanks for the real story on what happened between you and Cleo – finally. You know I totally respect that you are an honorable monster who keeps his word but I just spent an entire year being angry about something I shouldn’t have. I will take some of the responsibility for not asking you directly about the situation but I guess I just made a monster assumption about Cleo and ran with it. Don’t get me wrong, I still think she’s arrogant, demanding and an absolute hearse wreck when it comes to her fashion sense, but I guess I’ve got to give her credit for not adding two-timer to that list. Might be time to patch things up in my MH pack. From now on though, I promise that I will ask you directly and not jump to conclusions. Even if you tell me to go howl somewhere else :-)

October 22nd

OH MY GHOUL! Howleen “borrowed” my favorite corduroy jacket and wiped her nose on the sleeve – so disgusting!!! I swear sometimes she acts like she was raised by humans. Honestly I don’t even know how we’re related. Somewhere my real sister, the fashionable one who would rather wear a pair of shoes THAN CHEW THEM, is waiting for her fairy god monster to switch her out with this furry gargoyle thing that has obviously taken her place.

October 26th

Draculaura? Really Clawd? So out of all the ghouls at Monster High you decide to get the warm and furries for my best friend and confidante? Whatever. I’m fine with it. Really, really, really fine with it. My heart feels like it’s slowly being crushed inside my chest but the rest of me is just really, really fine.

[mhdiaries]

Diary of Clawdeen Wolf

You’ll find out what fierce really is if I catch you reading my diary.

September 7th

I had my first Advanced Creature Economics class today and my head is already spinning. I thought I was just going to be learning about supply and demand. I had no idea that there was so much theory involved. If I had known AC Econ was going to be this detailed… I would have taken it anyway. I have to know this stuff cause when I start my own fashion empire I won’t be able to afford to hire monsters who are experts in this stuff and when I can afford to hire experts I need to know that what they’re telling me is the truth not just what I want to hear. Too bad Ghoulia isn’t in this class I would love to be able to pick her brain on this stuff.

September 12th

Most days I feel like I could drink wolf’s bane tea from a silver chalice and ask for a refill. Today was not one of those days; although it started out like it would be. Howleen had a creepover at a friend’s house – amazingly enough she has them – and Clawd had an early morning practice so I had the shower and hot water all to myself. The new pair of shoes I’d saved for, and ordered online, arrived yesterday after school so I was going to get to wear them today. The outfit I picked was perfectly matched to the shoes and I should have gone back to bed and declared the day a success. But I didn’t. I got to school and I’m showing off my new shoes when I noticed that I somehow missed a large patch of fur on the back of my left calf. No problem right? It happens. Especially with how much I have to shave. So I always bring an extra razor with me… except today… okay still no problem cause I always keep a backup in my locker. Only this backup is as dull as Cleo’s stories about her royal life in Egypt. Class starts in five minutes and if I’m late I get detention. Ghoulia tells me it’s hardly noticeable but to me it feels like I have a sweater growing on my calf. I run to the bathroom with my razor and Draculaura comes with me. Now I have two rules about shaving.

Always use a sharp razor.

Never get in a hurry.

I broke them both and of course I ended up cutting myself which is no big deal… usually, but this time Draculaura saw the blood and fainted. I spun around to catch her and when I did the heel on my right shoe snapped. Now I’m holding a razor in one hand, I have blood running down the back of my leg, and every time Draculaura wakes up she immediately faints again. At this point in the chaos one of the alley brats I mean werecats, Purrsephone I think, walks in and immediately starts yowling “She’s killing her!” It’s the first time I’ve ever seen Headless Headmistress Bloodgood have to use her nightmare for crowd control. Eventually everything got sorted out although my day ended up with me being barefoot, bandaged and banished to detention. Yay me. :-(

September 14th

I’ve finally broken in my new pair of soccer spikes. I get strange looks from the monsters on other teams when I wear them because they have open toes. I grew up playing barefooted and I like the feel of the ball on the tops of my feet. I would still play barefooted if the rules didn’t say I had to wear shoes “for safety” – whatever. Okay, so I found these “regulation” spikes that let me play by the rules and still play comfortable. I think they were made for monsters that grow horns on the tops of their feet because there is this big open spot on top which I’ve been able to modify to my liking. I suppose I would worry about some monster stepping on my feet if I thought any of them could catch me ;)

October 7th

I don’t know what Clawd did to pull Spectra’s chain but she’s been telling any monster that’ll listen he still has feelings for Cleo. It may or may not be true – gotta consider the source of the info – but any thoughts I might have had about having dealt with my hard feelings towards Cleo were definitely wrong. I do know this; Her Royal Annoyance and I are about to have a talk and it is going to happen sooner rather than later – I’ll bet my favorite pumps on that.

October 12th

Can some monster please explain to me why I have to write an essay on my heritage when I have an older brother who’s already written one? I asked Headless Headmistress Bloodgood if I could just sign my name at the bottom of Clawd’s but she insisted that I write my own because “although the horse and rider travel the same road together each sees it from a different perspective.” I hate it when she trots out that horse philosophy. Of course Clawd wrote his essay first and took all the easy stuff that every monster already knows. How about this? Werewolves are pack monsters and from the time we are born we’re part of a huge extended family. Aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and grandparents are always around. We have our own language, which doesn’t have a word for privacy, that is spoken only in the presence of other pack members… I won’t even break this rule… and when an alpha from one pack greets an alpha from another pack, the first says, “The pack is strength” and the other replies, “The pack is life.” I could go on about the traditions, pack rivalries, the passage to alpha status, blah, blah, blah. Maybe then I should write something from a totally different perspective like about how I consider my friends as part of my pack too. Draculaura, Frankie, Lagoona, Ghoulia, Cleo… Cleo and Deuce; that’s a vampire, lab creation, sea monster, zombie, mummy and Gorgon – maybe not a pack by birth but definitely a pack nonetheless. We have traditions, rivalries, our own freakishly fab, scary cool language and of course everyone knows who the pack alpha is… Ghoulia ;)

October 13th

Never thought I would actually be sitting in my room wishing that my hair would grow faster… I’ve had a lot of hairstyles but never one so bad that I had to shave it all off and start over. I heard Howleen asking Clawd if she could borrow some batteries for her camera. If that little weredork takes a picture of me I’m going to duct tape her to the bottom of her bed.

October 16th

Frankie and Draculaura bought me a scare package at the Maul to help cheer me up about my hair, which was really scary sweet of them. Of course they wouldn’t have known about my hair if Clawd hadn’t told them. Almost makes me feel bad I brought out the family picture albums and showed them shots of him as a cub… almost.

October 18th

Dear Clawd,

Thanks for the real story on what happened between you and Cleo – finally. You know I totally respect that you are an honorable monster who keeps his word but I just spent an entire year being angry about something I shouldn’t have. I will take some of the responsibility for not asking you directly about the situation but I guess I just made a monster assumption about Cleo and ran with it. Don’t get me wrong, I still think she’s arrogant, demanding and an absolute hearse wreck when it comes to her fashion sense, but I guess I’ve got to give her credit for not adding two-timer to that list. Might be time to patch things up in my MH pack. From now on though, I promise that I will ask you directly and not jump to conclusions. Even if you tell me to go howl somewhere else :-)

October 22nd

OH MY GHOUL! Howleen “borrowed” my favorite corduroy jacket and wiped her nose on the sleeve – so disgusting!!! I swear sometimes she acts like she was raised by humans. Honestly I don’t even know how we’re related. Somewhere my real sister, the fashionable one who would rather wear a pair of shoes THAN CHEW THEM, is waiting for her fairy god monster to switch her out with this furry gargoyle thing that has obviously taken her place.

October 26th

Draculaura? Really Clawd? So out of all the ghouls at Monster High you decide to get the warm and furries for my best friend and confidante? Whatever. I’m fine with it. Really, really, really fine with it. My heart feels like it’s slowly being crushed inside my chest but the rest of me is just really, really fine.

[mhdiaries]

Diary of Draculaura

Volume one thousand five hundred and ninety-nine... and 7/8.

15♥September

I “broke up” with Jackson Jekyll today... not that we were ever really dating I mean officially, which would have been nice but every time he would ask me out he would totally pull the invisible boy act on me and not show up. Or call. The next day he was always very sweet and apologetic but he could never remember why he forgot our date. I guess the final nail in the coffin was when he didn’t meet me at this party and I totally felt like a one tombstone graveyard. I ended up dancing with this scary hot DJ named Holt Hyde who acted like he knew me although I’m pretty sure that we hadn’t met before. Jackson and I are still friends but sometimes that’s just how the tombstone crumbles.

25♥September

Went to the beach with Frankie, Clawdeen and Clawd to watch Lagoona surf. It was a beautiful day, which meant I had to break out the sunscreen although the stuff I have to use is more like sunwall. It’s so thick it’s like being coated in honey and it’s like a sand magnet so I pretty much have to stay on a blanket the whole time or I end up looking like a sand sculpture. Oh well, it’s worth the annoyance to get to spend the day at the beach.

30♥September

I stayed up late reading a new novel about a forbidden romance between a werewolf girl and a vampire boy... like that would ever happen... but it’s so sweet and tragic I couldn’t put it down. Of course I slept through my alarm and was almost late for school, which meant my makeup was a mess cause I couldn’t take my time putting it on. Luckily, Ghoulia saw me before anyone else did and she helped me straighten it out so I didn’t walk into my first class looking like an undead clown... not that there’s anything wrong with that.

1♥October

I took one of those quizzes to see what kind of creature I am - I think all the teen monster mags have them now - which seems kind of strange since like I already know. Anyway, the quiz had questions ike: What is your favorite haunt? What is your favorite food? Would you rather be dead or undead? Do you run, shamble, fly or ooze? So after I answered all the questions I turned to the back to read: Congratulations! You are a Woodland Nymph! You are kind, gentle and love sunshine and nature. You probably make your home in a tree where you enjoy the company of many woodland animals that you would never scare or eat. I wonder if I should share this with father? LOL... maybe not = )

7♥October

Clawd and Spectra had a monster argument today and it created such a fuss that both of them got called into Headmistress Bloodgood’s office. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Clawd so angry or Spectra so self-righteous but neither of them would talk about it when they came out of HHB’s office - not even to me! Clawdeen thinks it has something to do with Cleo and Clawd but I totally don’t understand how she made that connection. Now Clawdeen is mad at Cleo. Again. This is really sad and since it seemed like they were starting to actually tolerate each other.  

12♥October

I know a lot of monsters are not excited about having to write an essay on our monster heritage but I think it’s creeperifically cool! First of all, I’m writing a screenplay about my un-life and I think this will really help the third act and secondly because it gives me the opportunity to set the record straight about a couple of things. Beginning with the fact that my father is much older than any monster realizes. I mean he was already a vampire back when togas were first considered fashionable... sooo glad father doesn’t wear one anymore. Then there was that whole identity theft calamity that happened when we rented our castle in Transylvania to a total con-monster who went around pretending to be father. Now I have to carry a copy of my death certificate to prove that I really am as old as I say I am cause some monsters think I must be related to that loser. Unfortunately for the imposter his bats came home to roost and not in a good way either. The rest of my story, like how father took in me and my mother when no one else would and why I’m a vegan vampire I’m going to save for the screenplay which I would like to film in pink and white. How scary cool would that be?

16♥October

In the span on 3 days Clawdeen missed a test in Mad Science, a school dance and a buy one get one shoe sale at the Maul. Frankie and I knew something had to be wrong but Clawdeen wouldn’t answer our texts or emails. Finally Clawd showed us a picture he took of Clawdeen with his iCoffin. Her hair... it was... it was... not of this world. Clawd said she couldn’t fix it and had to “ctrl+alt+delete her new ‘do” with a pair of electric clippers. He said she was so depressed that she turned all her mirrors toward the wall and wasn’t even growling at Howleen for borrowing her clothes. I suggested we shave our heads too but then Frankie reminded me how fast Clawdeen’s hair grows and that we’d be bald a lot longer than she would so we came up with the idea of going to the Maul and buying Clawdeen a fierce fashionista scare package to cheer her up instead and that’s just what we did. Of course we bought some things for ourselves too = )

25♥October

I was supposed to fang out with the ghouls last night but I didn’t. I tried to explain what happened to Clawdeen but I couldn’t. She was annoyed with me cause I always tell her everything. She thinks I’m keeping a secret from her which I guess I sort of am but I’m not sure I want to talk to anybody about it yet. So I wrote this poem to describe what happened. I don’t know why it’s easier for me to express emotions in verse but sometimes it just is. I read it to Count Fabulous who usually leaves the room when I get too sappy but this time he flew down and gave me a little bat hug when I was finished.

One fall autumn night I took a walk jaunt

to meet some friends at a familiar haunt

The sky above was very starry bright

and there seemed to me not a cloud in sight

So off I went without sans umbrella or coat

although what I probably needed was really a boat

Caust the clouds came rolled in with a dragon’s roar

and shortly thereafter it bagan to pour

Not a pleasant rain, good for plant and flower

but a driving, unfriendly, cold hard icy shower

Now I was halfway between home and there

my makeup was running ruined and so was my hair

With no shelter in sight or a way to get dry

I put my head face in my hands and started to cry

When out of the shower rain a voice broke through,

“Hey D it’s me Clawd, hey D is that you?”

As I blinked through the tears and rain I could see

Clawdeen’s brother Clawd, waving at me

Across four lanes of traffic bravely he dashed

with umbrella in hand to my side he flashed

He led helped me back to his car warm and dry

said not a word till I’d finished my cry

“Here’s a hot coffinccino whip cream no foam,

it’ll warm you right up while I drive you home.”

From the car he walked me up to my door

protecting me still from the storm’s downpour

As he turned to leave I placed a kiss on his cheek

then I ran inside before he could speak.

And while I watched his car disappear from sight

I felt something happen change for me that night

No longer did I see him as just my best friend’s brother

that night, to me, he became something other.

The great thing about poetry is that it doesn’t have to be epic to express how you feel. Now I have to wonder, “Does he feel the same?”

[mhdiaries]

Wave 1 Lagoona Blue Diary

6/30

Just got back from visiting some of my cousins up north. They have some real monster surf up there but the water is cold enough to turn you blue...hee hee...and the beaches are all rocky so no screech volleyball. Anyway I’m glad to be home where the water is warm the beaches are sand and life is scary good.

7/15

Sweet rainy day today. Went for a run on the beach in the soft sand and I didn’t dry out once. It was raining so hard it was almost like going for a long swim on the beach. Tow. Tuh. Lee. Awesome!

7/18

Chilled with Draculaura, who’s a vegetarian and Clawdeen Wolf who is definitely not, to graze some screechza today. So we had one soy cheese, one double everything meat and one anchovy. We had a scary good time after that trying on bikinis although it was kind of a bummer for Draculaura cause she can’t really lay out in the sun or she’ll burn. She didn’t seem to mind though and we told her that we’d happy to catch some moonbeams any time she wanted.

7/20

The surf wasn’t totally dead today but it was definitely on life support - there were a bunch of gremlins hanging around trying to learn how to surf on the few ankle snappers that did roll in so I spent the day helping them which is scary cool especially when I see how excited they get after they finally catch their first wave.

7/21

Invited everybody over for a totally dank bonfire on the beach last night. It was a gnashing good time and even Clawdeen Wolf and Cleo de Nile got along...well they didn’t really say anything to each other and they sat on opposite sides of the fire all night but for them that’s like being best monster friends forever. Sometimes I wish everybody could just hang loose and chill about stuff that doesn’t matter. I mean we’re all monsters right? But I guess it’s pretty far out to think that just because sharks and dolphins share the same ocean it means they’re going to hang out and be friends. Of course that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop trying to make it happen.

7/22

I had the most embarrassing moment of my life today. I was just about to get out of the water with my board when I noticed these really cute monster bro’s playing screech volleyball. I mean like totally creepy cute. So anyway as I was standing there like a piece of driftwood watching them Neptuna swam up behind me and nipped me on the heel. I was totally not expecting that and I let out a squeal. It must have been pretty loud cause the monster bro’s all turned around and looked at me. I was going to just turn around and jump back in the water but I forgot my surfboard leash was still attached and I tripped over it and landed face first in the sand. To make matters worse I knocked the breath out of myself and was flopping around in the sand like a fresh caught mackerel. Pretty soon I had these four cute monsters trying to help me up and make sure I was okay but all I wanted to do was swim away as fast as I could. I’m going to have to change my name and move to a fishbowl in the desert...

8/9

So I went to The Maul to buy Neptuna a new chew toy and Cleo de Nile was there hanging out by herself so we met up and did some team shopping. She’s cooler than people think but it does take some work to get to know her. Anyway, she bought me lunch and wanted to buy me some new outfits too but I told her I had plenty. She’d never say so but I think she believes I don’t have any fashion sense because I dress in baggies, tanks and floppies all the time. It’s all good though cause I really dress this way because I like to and I’ve already mastered surfin in platforms cause sometimes when the waves are primo I don’t want to waste time changing. Of course I’ve got stacks of fashion stuff since my dad knows where to find all the best sunken treasure.

8/10

Speaking of my dad...

Went for a long swim with him today. He’s all worried about me going to school with a “bunch of dry land monster durfers”. I know he’s just worried about me but I told him that everybody is really scary sweet and they treat me like everybody else and it’s not like I’ve got to give up my voice or something silly like that... Besides, I’m the captain of the swim team and I don’t want to let anybody down. I think I finally convinced him cause he stopped being all serious and said; “last one to the beach is sushi”. I think I would have beaten him if he hadn’t gotten a head start.

9/1

I’m going to try and schedule time in the pool between my classes this year but I don’t know if I’ll be able to make that happen. If I stay out of the water for too long my skin starts to dry out and I can get like this full body dandruff - it’s yucktastic. Seriously though, I go through like a ton of monstuerizer. It’s the one thing that’s a drag about gong to school on dry land. Well that and trying to keep Neptuna hidden in my fishbowl purse all day.

9/6

I spent today by myself at this secret little cove I know. You can’t walk down to it cause the cliff is way too steep and the current is really strong around it so only a really good swimmer, which I am, could make it from the shore. Anyway, school starts tomorrow and I wanted to just chill and remember summer before it goes away. Why is it that summer always goes by faster than the school year? I’m looking forward to seeing my friends everyday but it’ll be a while before the only things I have to study are the colors and sounds of the ocean.

[mhdiaries]

Diary of Lagoona Blue

Hey Brah! If you find my diary please return it to me when you’re done reading it. Lates.

6/30

Just got back from visiting some of my cousins up north. They have some real monster surf up there but the water is cold enough to turn you blue...hee hee...and the beaches are all rocky so no screech volleyball. Anyway I’m glad to be home where the water is warm the beaches are sand and life is scary good.

7/15

Sweet rainy day today. Went for a run on the beach in the soft sand and I didn’t dry out once. It was raining so hard it was almost like going for a long swim on the beach. Tow. Tuh. Lee. Awesome!

7/18

Chilled with Draculaura, who’s a vegetarian and Clawdeen Wolf who is definitely not, to graze some screechza today. So we had one soy cheese, one double everything meat and one anchovy. We had a scary good time after that trying on bikinis although it was kind of a bummer for Draculaura cause she can’t really lay out in the sun or she’ll burn. She didn’t seem to mind though and we told her that we’d happy to catch some moonbeams any time she wanted. 

7/20

The surf wasn’t totally dead today but it was definitely on life support - there were a bunch of gremlins hanging around trying to learn how to surf on the few ankle snappers that did roll in so I spent the day helping them which is scary cool especially when I see how excited they get after they finally catch their first wave.

7/21

Invited everybody over for a totally dank bonfire on the beach last night. It was a gnashing good time and even Clawdeen Wolf and Cleo de Nile got along...well they didn’t really say anything to each other and they sat on opposite sides of the fire all night but for them that’s like being best monster friends forever. Sometimes I wish everybody could just hang loose and chill about stuff that doesn’t matter. I mean we’re all monsters right? But I guess it’s pretty far out to think that just because sharks and dolphins share the same ocean it means they’re going to hang out and be friends. Of course that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop trying to make it happen. 

7/22

I had the most embarrassing moment of my life today. I was just about to get out of the water with my board when I noticed these really cute monster bro’s playing screech volleyball. I mean like totally creepy cute. So anyway as I was standing there like a piece of driftwood watching them Neptuna swam up behind me and nipped me on the heel. I was totally not expecting that and I let out a squeal. It must have been pretty loud cause the monster bro’s all turned around and looked at me. I was going to just turn around and jump back in the water but I forgot my surfboard leash was still attached and I tripped over it and landed face first in the sand. To make matters worse I knocked the breath out of myself and was flopping around in the sand like a fresh caught mackerel. Pretty soon I had these four cute monsters trying to help me up and make sure I was okay but all I wanted to do was swim away as fast as I could. I’m going to have to change my name and move to a fishbowl in the desert...

8/9

So I went to The Maul to buy Neptuna a new chew toy and Cleo de Nile was there hanging out by herself so we met up and did some team shopping. She’s cooler than people think but it does take some work to get to know her. Anyway, she bought me lunch and wanted to buy me some new outfits too but I told her I had plenty. She’d never say so but I think she believes I don’t have any fashion sense because I dress in baggies, tanks and floppies all the time. It’s all good though cause I really dress this way because I like to and I’ve already mastered surfin in platforms cause sometimes when the waves are primo I don’t want to waste time changing. Of course I’ve got stacks of fashion stuff since my dad knows where to find all the best sunken treasure.

8/10

Speaking of my dad...

Went for a long swim with him today. He’s all worried about me going to school with a “bunch of dry land monster durfers”. I know he’s just worried about me but I told him that everybody is really scary sweet and they treat me like everybody else and it’s not like I’ve got to give up my voice or something silly like that... Besides, I’m the captain of the swim team and I don’t want to let anybody down. I think I finally convinced him cause he stopped being all serious and said; “last one to the beach is sushi”. I think I would have beaten him if he hadn’t gotten a head start.

9/1

I’m going to try and schedule time in the pool between my classes this year but I don’t know if I’ll be able to make that happen. If I stay out of the water for too long my skin starts to dry out and I can get like this full body dandruff - it’s yucktastic. Seriously though, I go through like a ton of monstuerizer. It’s the one thing that’s a drag about gong to school on dry land. Well that and trying to keep Neptuna hidden in my fishbowl purse all day.

9/6

I spent today by myself at this secret little cove I know. You can’t walk down to it cause the cliff is way too steep and the current is really strong around it so only a really good swimmer, which I am, could make it from the shore. Anyway, school starts tomorrow and I wanted to just chill and remember summer before it goes away. Why is it that summer always goes by faster than the school year? I’m looking forward to seeing my friends everyday but it’ll be a while before the only things I have to study are the colors and sounds of the ocean.