#48 ~ Winter? Still...

The Fashion
Last time I looked - it was still Winter.

Skin: .::Mother Goose's::. Devon - LB

Shape: My Own

Make-Up: - DAMNED - Eyes Make Up Review - Gold

Make-Up: Cheap Makeup Tableau Lashes FREE

Hair: .: vive nine :. BangedUp Braid in Brunne (Collabor88)

Eyes: .ID. December Gift / Blue

Lashes: Mynerva

Lashes: .ploom. Lashes 6

Jacket: ** [ Riddle ] ** Winter Blue Coat - White

T-Shirt: *Rezlpsa Loc* - Love. Tee (Seraphim Gift)

Shorts: *COCO* Gift - Denim Shorts (Group Gift)

Tights: *Rezlpsa Loc* Heart Stockings - Patina

Bag: ::Kookie:: Fun Tote / Cookies (Limited Time Pricing)

Boots: {mon tissu} Heathrow Boots / Ash

Pose: Label Motion

Location: Long Awkward Poses - Festivale

Listening: Adele "DayDreamer"

#45 ~ Fragile

The Fashion
Dark Raspberry for Luna's 52 Weeks of Color Challenge: Part Deux.

Caught...

Skin: .ploom. Lea _ Tea (DB) *PROMO*

Shape: My own

Feet: Slink Bare Feet *Mesh*

Make-Up: Cheap Makeup - Tableau Lashes Free

Make-Up: *elymode* makeup - Gluttony shadowns - Raspberry *lower* (Festival of Sin)

Hair: ::Exile:: Magda - Raven (The Dressing Room)

Eyes: .ID. January Gift / Deep Amber

Eyelashes: Mynerva

Eyelashes: .ploom. Lashes 6

Bodysuit: (PixelDolls) Pinup Brocade . Raspberry

Wings: *Epic* - Red Chibi Passion Sparkle Wings (Zombie Popcorn 6)

Pose: aDORKable

Location: Chouchou

Listening: Sting "Fragile"

#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"

#42 ~ But you can't deny how I feel...

The Fashion
Sometimes one needs to break out of their element and show off just a little...

...and sometimes we need to break free and express ourselves a little bit deeper. Dive into those lustful delights that tease us within this world.

I think he likes it when I finally let those walls down.

Festival of Sin Opens February 18th

Skin: -Glam Affair- Linn - Valentine Skin 03 (The Dressing Room)

Shape: My own

Make-Up: *elymode* makeup - Gluttony Shadows - Dark Chocolate *full* (Festival of Sin)

Make-Up: Cheap Makeup - Tableua Lashes FREE

Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Sybille2 Mesh - Black Coffee

Eyes: .ID. December Gift/ Green

Eyelashes: Mynerva

Eyelashes: .ploom. Lashes 6

Corset & Panties: [Cynful] Aphrodisia (Lust) - Dark Red (Festival of Sin)

Shoes: Ingenue ::Khan Heels:: Soot (Festival of Sin)

Necklace (1): (Caroline's Jewelry) Tangled Mess (Festival of Sin)

Necklace (2): [ glow ] studio - Crosses Necklace (silver) (The Dressing Room)

Tattoo: ..:LiQSuM:.. "Sinfully Yours" (Fresh)

Prop: *Kabuki* Cigarette

Pose: aDORKable "Legs Dork Pack" (Festival of Sin)

Location: The Eros Social Club, ORIGINE

Listening: Portishead "Elysium"

#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"

#33 ~ Tell me lies...

The Real
Got to break it down and get busy. Another application in and more studying to do. March 2nd here I come!

The Paradise
You truly find out who your friends are in this maddening world. No wonder my list is uber small.

The Fashion
Peek-a-boo!

Skin: [Atomic] Grace Skin (DB) Buff - Red Hot (TDR Exclusive)

Shape: My own

Hair: "LoQ Hair" Tiramisu - Black *Group Gift*

Make-Up: -Glam Affair- Make-Up Layer 01

Eyes: .ID. Thank You Gift

Eyelashes: .ploom. Lashes 6

Nails: * Rezlpsa Loc * ~ Honeysuckle Pink Nails

Shirt: MONS / February Bodysuit - red (TDR)

Panties: *Connors* H/W PANTALOON Black

Shoes: [celoe] zoe.pumps - Mahogany

Earrings: "LoQ" Be My Valentine <3

Purse: je suis...sauvage clutch zebra (gold) *MESH*

Pose: Olive Juice

Location: Cupcake Sim

Listening: Fleetwood Mac "Little Lies"

#30 ~ Lucky to be here...

The Fashion
One place I always fall back on for pictures is [WOS] Missing Mile Dark Rural Community - This is your Life! on the Soap Sim. It's an open RP Sim to all who would love to go and just roleplay - they welcome all forms of life too! When landing in, you're given a set of rules (just like on any RP sim) and from there, you can go about and immerse yourself into the rural life of this small town.

Skin: -Glam Affair- Nina (With Love Hunt *old)

Shape: My Own

Make-Up: Cheap Makeup - Tableau Lashes FREE

Make-Up: cheLLe (eyeliner) EyePop Grape

Hair: [e] Comfort - Brown 11  *VIP Collection*

Eyes: .ID. December Gift - Blue Green

Eyelashes: Mynerva

Top: The Secret Store - Empire Blouse - Liberty *MESH* (NEW!)

Pants: The Secret Store - Flared Pants - Caramel

Shoes: ::HH:: Hucci D'Ann Pump - Coral Limited Edition *Group Gift*

Necklace: *League* Double Stranded Soft Pearl Necklace

Glasses: INSOLENCE - Danielle Black Glasses

Purse: PRISS - Ereenu Oversized Clutch - Pink

Pose: GLITTERATI

Location: The Missing Mile Dark Rural Community

Listening: Adele "Chasing Pavements"

#28 ~ She's been everyone else's girl...

The Fashion: 

Skin: .ploom. - Lea_Cream - LB - Smoke *PROMO*

Shape: My own

Hair: (Milana) Emma - Light Blondes

Eyes: .ID. December Gift / BlueGreen

Eyelashes: .ploom. Lashes 6

Shirt: JANE - francie so innocent blouse.milk

Skirt: LeeZu! Nuage Skirt / Art Nouvelle *MESH* (NEW)

Shoes: [LeLutka] - Saffron Pumps (Neutral Sand)

Pose: Magnificant Poses

Location: LaPerla II Old Italy

Listening: Tori Amos "Girl"

#24 ~ Opaque

The Real
Not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
Not shining or bright; dark, dull.
Hard to understand.
Opaque.

I always thought opaque was a beautiful word. It's meaning though sounds rather depressing. This is what you get for really learning about a GRE word.

The Fashion

Skin: al vulo! - may ghost of the past porcelain *gift*

Shape: My own

Make-Up: Cheap Makeup - Babysitters Club Lashes

Hair: ::Exile:: Josie - Moonlight (TDR)

Eyes: .ID. December Gift / Green

Eyelashes: Mynerva

Jacket: R.icielli - DYLIA leather jacket / red

T-Shirt: -tres blah- C88 Graphic Tee - Love Potion No9 (C88)

Jeans: .:Acid&Mala:. I <3 my jeans - Low Rise - Ripped - Dark Blue

Boots: [Gos] Aviator Boot - Amelia in Worn

Hat: [NSD] Rufus Cap / Red (Season's Gatcha - Winter)

Purse: :pesca: chained bag gacha check and leather (Season's Gatcha - Winter)

Earrings: ::HH:: Hucci Tres Circle Earrings LRG (Group Gift)

Ring 1: PIDIDDLE - Gawdy Ring - Citrine (Season's Gatcha - Winter)

Ring 2: ~Pepper~ Pieces Ring 

Pose: Olive Juice

Location: Missing Mile

Listening: Dave Matthews Band "Cornbread"

#18 ~ Socially acceptable...

The Real
I've always been addicted to social media. Been in the know. Been into computers and the whatnot. I MySpaced, I Twittered, I telneted, I AOLed, I chatroomed, I have done it all. I still like to do it. Sometimes it does it get overwhelming and now and then it does stop me in my tracks and I have to take a step back and say....WHOA.

But then I jump back in like a kid in the bouncy ball room. Weeeeeeeee!

The Paradise
"Get together...right now...over me"... "hot time..summer in the city..."

The body count is rising. The Peacekeepers are making trouble by burning the clinic down, while the Rebels are shouting for blood. The locals are caught in the middle. Isa...is caught standing in the square, not knowing what to do..or where to precede.

The Fashion
You can connect with me here:
About Me: Simply Dou
Twitter: @Simplydou
Klout: Simply Dou
Plurk: Douleur

#16 ~ Drive...

The Real
Motivation.

Lack there of. I get up. I move. I can't seem to foster anything else. January is not the best of months. Some may call it the blues. I'm in the City of Blues. Oxymoron. But I feel it. It's dragging down deep. In a few days it will be my birthday. I will be another year older, another year wiser and still....where?

Motivation withstanding.

The Paradise
I'm standing here alone.

The Fashion
Just...drive...

Skin: -tb- {LIght} C88 Fusion Skin - Light Brows (C88)
Shape: My Own
Hair: >TRUTH< - Velvet w/Roots - Swedish (Stumblebum Brigrade)
Eyes: .ID. December Group Gift / Green
Eyelashes: REDGRAVE -19- DIVA

Jacket: *COCO* Shirt & Parka (Check Red) Group Gift*
Tank: fri.day - Romcom Tank (White) (FLF)
Jeans: [ATOMIC] Skinny Jeans - Vintage
Boots: DECO - Harness Boots (small) *MESH* (FLF)
Bag: [Aura] My super oversize sack - Bear Rawr - Green *MESH*
Earmuffs: Willow~ Woodland Earmuffs - Bear (Season's Gatcha - Winter)

Pose: Torridwear *No longer*
Location: Three Moons Village
Listening: Dave Matthews Band "Drive In, Drive Out"

#15 ~ Je suis a toi...

The Fashion
I told myself I would read more of the blogs this week, meaning I would go through a lot more and look at them, view the pictures - see what others are doing and maybe learn something new. After all, we learn from each other to make our own way.

Electric Indigo for Luna's 52 Weeks of Color Challenge Part Deux

Skin: -Glam Affair- Gio Natural - Fall/Winter (TDR)

Shape: My own

Make-Up: cheLLe (eyeshadow) Iced Frost Black

Hair: "LoQ Hair" Whisky II - Black-Blue (TDR)

Eyes: .ID. December Group Gift / Blue

Eyelashes: Mynerva

Dress: (PixelDolls) Serpentine . Iron *MESH*

Shoes: *G-Field* Strap Shoes "Alex" Blue

Necklace: LaGyo - Adriel - Gold (C88)

Earrings: LaGyo - Adriel - Gold (C88)

Pose: aDORKable

Location: The Worlds End

Listening: Engima "Mea Culpa"

#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"

#12 ~ Laundry day...

The Fashion
I need a style.

Skin: -Glam Affair- Sofia Light - Winter
Shape: My own
Make-Up: cheLLe - (eyeliner) EyePop Lime
Make-Up :GP: Pout-Lips 1
Hair: >TRUTH< Becky - Mahogany *Group Gift*
Eyes: .ID. December Gift / Blue
Eyelashes: Mynerva

Top: Kyoot - Soft Resolution Top (White) - Stumblebum Brigade
Skirt: ** [RIDDLE] ** Basic Sweater Dress - Oatmeal (part of)
Bra: *Fishy Strawberry* Lingerie - Soignee Nude
Socks: Kyoot - Soft Rsolution Knee Socks (White) - Stumblebum Brigade
Shoes: *FIR & MNA* The Bowlorama Shoes - Mint & Pink

Earrings: [PM] Pixel Mode - Pearl Earrings *Group Gift*
Bag: Berries Inc. Tote Bag {snowflake} *past hunt gift*

Post: aDORKable 
Location: My home
Listening: Dusty Springfield "Breakfast in Bed"

#11 ~ Train of thought...

The Real
Another day. Another application. I didn't study. Urgh.

The Paradise
Slowly but surely. The market is saturated. We'll find our footing. I hope we do. We have a good sim. A good storyline. I want this to work. I want to write...

The Fashion
I'm frustrated on how to actually have my pictures turn out like most. I look at others on Flickr and those on blogs and I know that there is a lot of photoshopping going on, and I really don't want to have to go and spend the time editing my pictures, but I feel that I have to in order to 'impress'. Is this really the way?

Skin: [Atomic] Grace Skin (DB) Buff - Winter Kiss (TDR)
Shape: My own
Make-Up: R.icielli - Freckles 3
Make-Up: Grixdale - Body Shoppe - Emerald
Make-Up: =[Pom.Pon]= Beauty.-Spot-Lip-Tattoo
Make-Up: :GP: Pout-Lips 3
Hair: Analog Dog - Madison2 - House Wine - Christmas Gift
Eyes: .ID. December Gift / Brown
Eyelashes: Mynerva

Jacket: AOHARU [TFG] Jacket - Red
Tank: R.icielli - MSMONROE Longshirt / nude (TDR)
Pants: JANE - wide leg pant.zooey.truffle (fair) *MESH*
Shoes: fri.day - Dream.Booties (Cream)
Necklace: [ glow ] studio - Kitten
Purse: The Secret Store - Girly Briefcase - Cherry

Poses: [.doll]
Location: Great Eagle
Listening: A-Ha "Train of Thought"

#8 ~ Isabella Maria Radcliff

The Fashion


For this little challenge: Coral.

Skin: -Glam Affair- Monica Tan TRD 28
Shape: My own
Make-Up: cheLLe (eyeliner) EyePop Lime
Make-Up: *BOOM* Hard Candy - Pink Sugar
Hair: Raspberry Aristocrat - Dulciana - Brown Bittersweet
Eyes: .ID. December Gift / BlueGreen
Eyelashes: Mynerva

Top: JANE - Femme.lace Cami - Pink Blush
Skirt: JANE - Maxi Skirt - Lillith - Blush (fair) *MESH*
Shoes: Maitreya Gold * YaXkin Cocoa Sandals
Earrings: [Aura] Down Pour - Melon *VIP Group Gift*
Necklace: MIEL - UVA - Coral *Group Gift*

Pose: GLITTERATI
Location: The Dreamer's Islands
Listening: Silence (It's Sunday Morning)

The Paradise

Maybe what should be noticed about Isabella Maria Radcliff is the intensity of her eyes. Her mother always said that her eyes could bring down the most worthiest of opponents if ever in a cat fight. Maybe it was true, but the woman that would step onto the island not even a few months after her thirty-second birthday hadn’t even thought of those words in years.

Isa was born to Paula Ora Carlona, a Cassava native and John Michael Radcliff, a British Navy Captain,  on June 7^th, 1979. Life on Cassava was a child’s playground – the beach, the sun and the wild. War, chaos and hunger lingered in the air but for a child, she would ignore as much as she could, or as much as her mother would hide it from her. Even when those in the cantina would shout and argue about the El Generale and his men, the dissatisfaction of the people. No money. No food. Where was her father?

At the age of ten, she was shipped off to London to live with her father and stepmother for each school year, as stated in the divorce papers signed by both parents during the joint custody hearings. Her summers would be spent upon the Cassava Island during the first couple years, but as she grew older, she came home less often, opting to spend her summers in the English countryside, or to travel off to France or to America. She had the advantages she knew others did not have, so she was bound to take them – why not. Who wanted to go back to a place that was so distraught and torn?

Upon graduating from high school, Isa decided to stay on, attending the London College of Fashion. Each and every semester, her excuses would get more elaborate on not wanting to return to the island, much to her mother’s dismay – and even to her own father’s. It was like she shunned the overall entity that was her culture. By the age of twenty-four, Isa finally returned to Cassava, only because her grandfather – her mother’s father – had passed away, and her mother had now been handed the reigns of the family business.

Many years would pass by that time. Isa’s life would be what she deemed she wanted, buying textiles and fabrics for the fashion houses in London. The world she knew in Cassava would only exist in letters she would receive from her mother, which she would now and then respond to around the holidays, sending money and gifts in exchange for her absences. It wasn’t until the day her father showed up at her flat that rainy Sunday afternoon to tell her…

…which landed her back at the door of the cantina, her mother – all but gone.

#5 ~ Bombs away...

The Real
Again I waited until the last moment to write. Not that I meant to, but it kind of just happened. Today was busy running around doing errands with my mom, getting ready for her and my dad's vacation, teaching my twenty year old brother to drive (yes...he's twenty..a late bloomer), and having to drive to campus to drop off things to the other brother, who doesn't have a car. I sometimes wonder if I'm just another "mom" in the making. Sister sure, but caregiver.

Tomorrow they leave for a week, which means that for a week, the youngest and I have the place to ourselves. Which means - no one to watch over my head. I kinda miss that. I miss living by myself. I've done it for so long, and finally when I moved back home, it felt so weird living with people again. Constantly having people walk in and out of my room at will. Looking over my shoulder. Questioning on what and why I do things. I had been so used to my own embodied closure that I am not used to the openness of having one snooping at my work. Especially on what I do at times. Even while I read.

It's annoying for sure.

I do wish they had a better craft beer selection down here. I'm craving.

The Paradise
Four more days.

Some things got set aside. Busy time on the forums, and we got some more applications. I had to laugh a little as I read some of them. Don't get me wrong - people are allowed their own devices and stories when roleplaying. This is THEIR fantasy. But it's a trip to read and see what some do think of. It makes you wonder why some get labeled as they do. It's all relative.

I still need to write up the Blue Lotus' background. Urgh.

The Fashion
SIMS!  Love finding a really nice sim and then...why do they always put a piece of silly prim in the middle of it to completely ruin the whole ambience?

Skin: *JeSyLiLO* ::XmasGift2011:: *PALE*BT
Shape: My own
Make-Up: None
Hair: [Shag] Voulez-Vous (Roots) - Butterscotch
Eyes: .ID. December Gift / Gray

Jacket: R.icielli - ALEXANDRA Leather Python Jacket - TDR
Tank-Top: *Fishy Strawberry* Lingerie - Incanto Red - Sheer - TDR
Pants: Maitreya - Leather Leggings - Oil (MESH)
Shoes: *G-Field* Flower Pumps "Eve" - Red

Gloves: Izzie's - Leather Gloves - Dark Grey
Ring: R.icielli - IRIS Skull Ring / Gold - TDR
Purse: ::Duh!:: Little Black Clutch (DIMH)

Pose: Olive Juice
Location: R.icielli Main Store
Listening: Imogen Heap "First Train Home"

#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"