#54 ~ Mucho...

The Real
I'm moving my blog. I am finding Blogspot not really to my liking, which means I'll be going back to Wordpress here in the next week. Even buying my own name! Exciting really. Fingers crossed, k?

The Fashion
Week 10 - Avocado for Luna's 52 Week's of Color Challenge. I do like when I already have things in my inventory. Also been messing with the fact that I finally got it right about shadows. The only thing is now the touch-ups. See how they get a little raggedy? I know it's due to pixelation, but we tend to like perfection eh?

Skin: -tb- Gatcha Skin: Date Night (LS) 

Shape: My own

Make-Up: [mock] Shadow Purple Winterberry 1 (Seraphim)

Make-Up: PIDIDDLE Cosmetics - LipStain - Bitten (Group Gift)

Hair: (Milana) Olive (Group Gift)

Eyes: .ID. December Gift / Green

Eyelashes: Mynerva

Eyelashes: .ploom. Lashes 6

Dress: -[AddiCt]- LUCILLE Sweater Dress / Moss

Tights: *League* Side-Gartered Stockings - Bramble - Black Garter

Boots: *G Field* Lace-Up Boots - Black (S)

Necklace: CONCRETE FLOWERS - Emily Necklance

Pose: R.icielli

Listening: Asian Zen Spa Music *I kid you not*

#44 ~ What are you going to do?

The Fashion
We tend to over-do it sometimes. We push limits instead of simplifying the common goal. Why not just strip it down and give way to the vanity of ourselves?

Festival of Sin opens today at 5pmSLT

Skin: .::[ Felony ]::. Lust ~ Light ~ C (Festival of SIn)

Shape: My own

Make-Up: Cheap Makeup - Tableau Lashes FREE

Make-Up: [mock] Darkened Mood Garnets Makeover

Hair: [Raspberry Aristocrat] Dulciana Hair - Red Passion

Eyes: .ID. January Gift / Deep Amber

Eyes: A:S:S deLuxe - Vain to the bone (eye) (Festival of Sin)

Eyelashes: Mynerva

Eyelashes: .ploom. Lashes 6

Collar: A:S:S deLuxe - Medusea (dark) (Festival of Sin)

Mirror: estetica: vanity - mirror, mirror (Festival of Sin)

Bracelets: Zaara : Rupa kada & Eila kada (Group Gift)

Poses: aDORKable, GLITTERATI, estetica

Location: The Eros Social Club

Listening: Madonna "Justify My Love"

#37 ~ Wuther my heart follows...

The Fashion
I figure that I would try messing in PS to see what I could do. I really don't like to manipulate the photos I take in SL for the mere fact that I do think it takes away the rawness of it, but sometimes - the work that I see is amazing. And yes, I want to do so as well. So I just messed around.

Did it change the colors a bit? - Yes
Did it alter the skin, clothing and hair? - Yes
So will this look like this in SL? - No...but I'm telling you this now. Everything I wear is still beautiful, even in raw form.

Skin: - Quarantine - Fragmented Love Vintage Doll Skin (Zombie Popcorn Hunt 6)

Shape: My Own

Make-Up: [mock] Darkened Mood Garnets Makeover {eyes/lips}

Hair: [elikatira] Abbey - Blonde 07 *Mesh*

Eyes: .ID. December Gift / Green

Eyelashes: .ploom. Lashes 6

Dress: Kyoot - Bronte Dress (Earnshaw) (Collabor88)

Stockings: Izzie's Tights - Torn

Boots: *G Field* [Mesh] Lac-Up Boots "Gina" - Black

Earrings: Dark Mouse - Charming Bows Earrings (Valentine Gatcha - Shopping Cart Disco)

Braces: Leg Braces (Old ... store not found)

Pose: aDORKable

Location: COCO Designs - *DOLLCOCO*

Listening: R.E.M. "Shiny Happy People"

#14 ~ She only comes out at night...

The Real
A while ago - that is, a few years back, I used to write a lot. When I would write, it would be mostly poetry. Maybe a few words of prose, a couple short stories, and now and then a keepsake of memories laid out on a notebook to which words would tumble out in such a way that they would sound like whimsical music to the ears.

Even now, those words tremble like tiny notes in the breeze.

Then I stopped writing.

I'm not sure why I did. But when I stopped, I had no outlet. For a while I couldn't decide what to do with myself. Then while I was thinking and doing my own thing I came upon role-playing in Second Life. Within role-playing I was able to story tell. I was able to capture a story and tell it through my eyes.

But it also went beyond. I could create a character.

Those characters...could be anyone...and because they could be anyone, it allowed me to be open with myself and do things that would be unspeakable. To get down and dirty: sex, drugs, and rock & roll. That's what role-play is about - story telling. Whether you are doing it within a post apoc sim, a gorean sim, a steampunk sim, or a dirty urban city sim - it's story telling.

It keeps my fingers nimble and my mind creative.

The Paradise
We are moving along. Slowly but surely, Paradise Lost is gradually getting people and stories. It's taking it's time but we're getting people.

The Fashion
The Season's Gatcha - Winter has opened up. I themed some of my things around an idea of what someone in my sim would wear...a girl caught on her way back to the flophouse in the early morning after a night of work...

Skin: al vulo - frida *passion tan *Group Gift*

Shape: My own

Make-Up: [mock] Darkened  Mood Garnets Makeover

Hair: Tiny Bird - Love You More - Deep Warm Black (FLF)

Eyes: .ID. December Group Gift / Brown

Eyelashes: Mynerva

Shirt: Lark - Enten Shirt - Pirouzeh (Seasons Gatcha Winter)

Skirt: R.icielli - ANTO II highwaisted skirt / cherry *Winter Hunt*

Shoes: Ingenue ::Abrial Boot:: French Vanilla (Seasons Gatcha Winter)

Earrings: [ glow ] studio - Huge pearl Drop earrings (russet silver) (Seasons Gatcha Winter)

Ring: PIDIDDLE - Gawdy Ring - Citrine (Seasons Gatcha Winter)

Bag: Tee*fy Mini Crossbody Bag (Used Leather Red) (Seasons Gatcha Winter)

Pose: GLITERRATI

Location: Cassava Island

Listening: Hall and Oates "Maneater"

#1 ~ The next morning...

...after all the champagne has been consumed, we begin our new year. It's time for a new beginning, a new chance, a time to shake the old and grab a new glass. Within this moment we all take a mental break and think what would make us better:

- lose weight
- don't drink too much
- stop smoking
- be better people
- get that job!
- fall in love

... and so much more.

I think after many failures of past resolutions that for once, I need the smaller day to day ones. For this - this will be a 365.

Real life. Second Life. Media. Social. All the in between.

Luna Jubilee's 52 Weeks of Color Challenge: Champagne

Skin: -Glam Affair- Jadis - Natural B - TDR # 24
Shape: My own
Make-Up: [mock] Darkened Mood Garnets
Hair: [Shag] Pretty Please - Scarlet *Group Gift 2011*
Eyes: .ID. December Gift / BlueGreen
Eyelashes: Mynerva

Top: Tee*fy Cutout Dress Nude 5 *Last FLF*
Skirt: R.icielli - BEATRIZ Sequined miniskirt / gold - TDR
Heels: R.icielli - CARMELIA Pumps / Crema - TDR
Jewelry: [ glow ] studio - Glossy Heart Set *With Love Hunt*

Pose: GLITTERATI & K** Stand Poses
Location: Cassava Island
Listening: Imogen Heap "Goodnight and Go"

O Christmas...

Merry Christmas to you and to those around. Happy Holidays. <3

Skin: [Atomic] Grace - Mistletoe (With Love Hunt)

Make-Up: [Misc. Inc.] I Love Liner - Humility 1

Make-Up: [mock] Darkened Mood Garnets Makeover

Hair: [Shag] Naked As We Came - Fever

Dress: Ladies Who Lunch - Angel Christmas - Group Gift

Shoes: Ladies Who Lunch - Escarpa (With Love Hunt)

Pose: The Muse Poses

Location: Statis Island

Listening: Celtic Christmas "O Christmas Tree"