BPC 42

Blythe's Just Desserts

I have been carrying around various dolls, hoping for some inspiration to strike or at least a pretty display case.

I tried a Thanksgiving theme but I wasn't happy with it.


Last weekend, we were overtaken with a hankering for Cuban food and the closest place is in Downey, so after a 40 mile drive (including a detour to Occupy Los Angeles), we finally got to Habana Cafe.

Detour! Picture from moving car since I was afraid of the overwhelming stink to really walk among it.


Unfortunately, Habana Cafe was having like three parties and the only seating was in the bar or the bakery. I opted for the bakery since I was planning on hitting it pretty hard after I had dinner.

That should have been the tipoff, really. It all went downhill from there. The place had really, really gone downhill, like a complete 180, it was horrifying. My lechon asado was lechon secado and the mango margarita tasted like the mango had gone bad. Super unhappy face. To add to all that, that night they had a singer there, which was probably why there were so many parties, and he was just BLARING as all get out and I couldn't even hear the waitress who was shouting in my ear.

I hold this man responsible.


Don't hide from me Edgar, I see you.


I figured I would try and salvage this with at least a Challenge photo so I tried posing with the dessert cart but I got chased off.

Also, the lighting was bad.

I ended up back at the bakery cases. It's possible these pastries were Cuban but by that point, I wasn't taking any more chances.

Final Photo:


Oh, and the bathrooms were devoid of seat covers and one stall had no SEAT and the other didn't have a lock. Right.

BPC 41

Blythe and the Letter Q

This one doesn't really have an interesting backstory. I had to look up local businesses that had "Q" in there somewhere, even though there's a bar in the area that's actually called "Q's" but I was hoping for something more exotic. I didn't find it. This place is actually called "Big Q Lube" and I had hoped there was some nice big signage that said so near the street, but they didn't have any! I guess they got too many comments and disappointed perverts.

On the day I took this, which was the last day, of course, it was overcast and crummy. This was what the picture actually looked like:


I had to edit it out in the field, but that's why I pay for a premium Picnik account, so it worked out.

Final photo:

BPC 40

I am a member of The Blythe Physical Challenge Group and thus far, I have completed every single durn challenge. Most of the time, I would say about 95% of the time, I do not have an opportunity to complete the challenge until the last possible day and then my big plans go sideways. So I thought I would start keeping track of where things go wrong.

Challenge #40: Blythe is Scared to Death!

I could not think of anything, maybe one doll chasing another in a mask or something. Then I remembered I had a Revoltech Jason Voorhees! Great! I scouted around and in the parking lot of a crappy store, I saw the perfect site. Under a parking lot light, a little puddley from the recent rain, a bunch of abandoned furniture and construction debris piled up, it would be great. I didn't have time until Friday, of course, but Friday morning it was raining pretty heavy. I returned Friday night, only to find the lot light was completely out and the lot was pitch dark. This always happens.

So I packed up all of my gear, doll, Jason, camera, and walked around until I found anything suitable which I finally found at a government mall. Because of the rain and cold, the homeless people and skaters who usually live there were somewhere else which was a little reassuring since I was by myself and it was like 9:00 at night.



Specifically, a strip of landscaping underneath a light on the mall walkway in front of a courthouse.



I shot about 40 frames or so in various poses. No flash, this was all the mall lighting. Obviously, I had to use a Hollywood, duh. She's on a Kaiyodo stand that seemed to work pretty well at holding her up on uneven terrain. Some people walked by but no one stopped.

Final photo: