I have a beautiful doll
Yes I do :D
From Epictetus' Enchiridion: If a horse were to say proudly, "I am beautiful", one could put up with that. But when you say proudly, "I have a beautiful horse", remember that you are boasting about something good that belongs to the horse. What, then, belongs to you? The use of impressions...
Epictetus sounds like a self-help psycologist here, or an art critic.
But yes, Miklós looked beautiful. As usual, my photos fail to prove it, but it was great to have an angel standing on my desk for some days. I've been meaning to edit the pictures I took back then, more than two weeks ago, and still haven't found the moment, what with exams failed and me painfully slugging my way through studying and so and so (there are so many things I want to do instead of studying - paper puppets, black theatre, sewing, singing. But I have to keep the effort). I had a a blast shooting that session, though. I took Miklós to a friend's house and we played around with lamps and filters (or rather, coloured plastic bags wrapped around the lights) and it was great fun.
Halloween without Sof, Grand Witch of All Beautiful Words, won't be the same. And I'm a bit too worried about Real Life things to enjoy the wearing of my witch hat as I used to. All the same, I'll wear it. I wanted to sew a wizard hat and cloak for Kiyoaki, but that is another thing that is not going to happen.
(BTW, I can't believe they've delayed The Half-Blood Prince till summer 2009. Now I'll have to survive till then).