#23 ~ He is the grand optimist..I am the world's poor pessimist

The Real
Everyday it's a new day. Each morning, I have to get up and start fresh. Although it seems dull and mediocre, it's something I have to do everyday in order to get through. I wake up. I read. I drink my coffee. I study. I job search. I play a little. Rinse and repeat until it's time to go to bed.

Words are little and barely said except for those in world or across the screen via a chat.

This is my world.

The Paradise
We are picking up! Two new PROs are started. An herb shop and jack of all trades place with it's own helicopter. Of course it's got a bit illegal going on, but it's bound to have some great stories coming out of it.

The Fashion
I do enjoy going to the Cupcake Sim where a lot of my favorite stores are, such as Milk Motion, The Secret Store, and Tee*fy. The cobblestones make for a great catwalk.

Skin: -tres blah- Gatcha Skin: Date Night (Season's Gatcha - Winter)

Shape: My Own

Make-Up: Grixdale - Body Shoppe - Seafoam

Make-Up: PIDIDDLE Cosmetics - Pearly Whites

Make-Up: Cheap Makeup - Miss Priss Lipgloss 1 (clear)

Hair: Analog Dog - Washu - Spice (Christmas Gift)

Eyes: REDGRAVE - Rihanna - Multicolor

Eyelashes: Mynerva

Jacket: Tee*fy Long Loose Belt Dust Pink (FLF)

Top: R.icielli - GEORGIA body/nude (part of)

Skirt: Chain and Vine - Suede Mini - Curvy - Blue *MESH* (Group Gift) 

Stockings: jOLIE! Edenish floral stockings

Boots: {mon tissu} Heathrow Boots *MESH*

Necklace: [ glow ] studio - Tripple Chain (silver chirstmass) (TDR)

Brooch: undefined lillies - tackered owl (silver/purple) (Group Gift)

Ring: PIDIDDLE - Gawdy RIng - Lost at Sea Sp. Edition (Group Gift)

Bag: Tee*fy Full Leather Holdall Bag Unisex (FLF)

Pose: Magnificant Poses

Location: Cupcake Sim

Listening: City and Colour "Grand Optimist"

#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"