Reuniting exes CENSORED on Sy Fy's Warehouse 13

In Runaway, a recent episode of Warehouse 13, Steve [fifth wheel Warehouse agent] has to work with his ex. They hash out their differences by the end of the episode, and Steve saves the dude's life, after which they reconcile and have offscreen sex.

However, in the last scene they're together, Steve and the ex stand around with their hands in their pockets, about 6 feet apart. I understand masculine socialization to repress emotion and avoid touching, and I also understand that they were only tentatively trusting each other at this point, but c'mon!!! No shoulder touch, no hand squeeze, no hug, not even an affectionate glance, goofy smile or reference to the times they did enjoy together? Given the level of interest [not] on display, they could have been engaged in a transaction for a used car. The actors had no chemistry, and the script and blocking didn't even try to convince me otherwise. Fuck you and your fucking homophobia, Sy Fy.

P.S. Also queer women don't exist.

Was I the only one...

...who liked the Mattel Flavas dolls? Leaving aside the bobbleheads on the girls and the lack of jointed knees [WHY?!?!], I liked them because they looked and dressed most like people I was likely to encounter everyday. Denim jackets, low-riding jeans, baggy windpants and warmup jackets, hightops, loose T-shirts, midriff-baring tops, baseball caps to wear backwards -- these appeal to me much more than the ensembles provided with Integrity Fashion Royalties.

Apropos of everyday clothes for dolls, I think it would be fucking hilarious and also awesome if some company did a series of college student outfits: 

• "8 AM Classes." Worn, faded T-shirt with university logo, plaid pajama pants, Ugg boots or slip-on sandals, notebook, pen, coffee cup, banana [for breakfast]. Female figures have loose ponytails; male figures have hair sticking up.
• "Go Sports Team!" Sweatshirt with university sports team logo, optional baseball cap with same, pennants and/or signs, air horn [hahahahahah!], little stuffed mascot, concession snack [hot dog or pretzel]. Facial screening includes face paint in school colors.
• "Exam Jam." T-shirt, jeans, socks, no shoes, laptop, notebook, pen, highlighter, stack of textbooks. Facial screening includes furrowed brows, bags under eyes and worried frowns.
• "Blind Date." Dressy clothes, flatter hair for male figures, more complicated updos and more makeup for female figures, cologne bottle for male figures, perfume bottle for female figures, wallets, smart phones and How To Ace Your First Date guidebook for both.
• "Senioritis." Tank tops, shorts, sneakers, baseball caps, shades, bikini top options for female figures, messy hair, books and magazines for pleasure reading, Frisbee, water bottle, sunbathing towel. Headsculpts have big smiles.
• "Now What?" Graduation gown, cap with tassel, diploma, congratulatory bouquet, yearbook, clothes and hairstyles a la "Blind Date." Headsculpts look like O_O.

I crack me up!

Head slicing on Pearlene

I decided that I could not save Pearlene's lovely russet hair, as my resizing goals require me to actually see the full size and shape of her head, so I gave her a very bad haircut. I then did some more experimenting with photos of her in Photoshop.

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The horizontal yellow line marks where I can trim her head height without losing any proportionality. The vertical yellow line marks where I can trim her head depth without losing any proportionality. Sure, I lose her ears, but that's easily disguised with strategic placement of hair and/or haberdashery.

Removing those portions of her fat head will certainly make derooting her hair much easier. I'll have to be careful to save her neck socket.

I have some tags for faceups and wigs. I now clearly need some tags to cover my body mods. Maybe "body mods 1:6" and "head mods 1:6?"