I'm Five!

Today is my rezday.. and I'm five!  Five years in Second Life.  It's been fun. I wonder what the next five years will bring.

Make it up like you mean it!

I want to raise my glass to Linden Labs in a toast. I want to thank them for the now complete transformation I can perform from any kind of look to my days as a fourteen year old, complete with fourteen year old makeup! Now before you do that whole pug dog head tilt thing wondering what the hell am I talking about let me explain.


When I first came to Second Life (little trademark legal thingy goes he... oh to hell with it, scroll down if you have issues, and then get a real life).. so anyway.. when I came to Second Life (sticks tongue out) I remember my skin was kind of okay.  But that's all you had, for make up, tan, tattoos, whatever.  If you wanted to have a tattoo you had to use a clothing layer.  And you had to buy a bazillion skins to get any kind of makeup choice.  Ladies? Hands up who remember those days. We will NOT discuss the hair options in those days!


Well since then lets look at what the Lindens have brought us. 

1. Multiple attachments on an attachment point. My favorite menu item to click now is "Add".
2. Multiple clothing attachments on a single layer.
3. The appearance editor to manage all of those cloths and attachments.
4. Outfits!!! If you haven't figured it out yet then you haven't been looking at my blog very well.
5. A tattoo layer!!

So what does all of this mean?  Well for one, I can now not only dress like the fairest tramp at the trailer park, I can put makeup on too match it for the full effect!  Oh yes I know you always could if you got "the right skin".  But now we can add lipstick, eye shadow, eyeliner, blush, scars... whatever you want!  I'm still waiting for a good foundation.  But yeah!! I can put more makeup on my face now then ever.  Five attachments on the tattoo is plenty for me! So, in commemoration to the Lindens first giving us boob and ass physics and now the ability to light up more then a 747 on final approach I give you my first "five tattoo" makeup set.

  
First Eye Shadow (Lowest Layer) - Miamai - LesMakeups- Smokey #5
Second Eye Shadow (Middle Layer) - Blacklace Beauty Radiance Shadow #6
Eye Liner - Miamai - LesMakeups - Eyeliner #1
Lipstick - Blacklace Beauty Bubblegum Gloss #5
Blush - cheLLe - (blush) Everyday Blush #4

All on the tattoo layer - Thank you Linden Labs.. now I'm ready to hit the adult sims!

Romance and fail, all in one night!

Tonight Sky and I went to Franks Elite. As usual the place was full, the music was good and we were having a wonderful time. I noticed while we were dancing that there was this special anniversary gown from Azul just for Frank's customers. It was gorgeous as is most of what I see coming from Azul.

So stupid me forgets to use my mind and allowing just my brain stem to take control (ohhh, free Azul gown click now! Click Now! CLICK NOW!!! GET GET GET!!!!!) I click on the vendor without having my Frank's Elite tag active.  Needless to say it tells me in local that I am not a member so go pack sand.  No gown for me! Well, by this time the drool is starting to collect and puddle on the floor, Sky almost slips and I can see the host nodding to me quietly indicating where the mop is stored. I need to do something quick before a scene develops!

Fighting off the rising panic my ol' noggin finally kicks in and I think to myself, "self, I bet if you activate your Franks Elite tag and touch that vendor again you get the prize"! Fumbling for the mouse to get my group menu up; no wait, I just clicked contacts, then the mini map, now I'm in group chat with the other "Monkeys for Hire" group; forget you read that... Okay! With shaking hands I finally select the Franks Elite group and click the activate button.. after about a trillion years of lag.... well it felt like it, my tag changes!!  Success!! Feeling like Darth Vader when he said "I have you now" I knew that beautiful lovely wondrous Azul gown was just about mine! Licking my lips in anticipation I take a deep breath and I once again click on the vendor.....

And in local I get the following message....

"You cannot claim the prize more then once".

Typical.

A Sunday Photo Shoot

Sky and I put on some mesh clothing today. Nothing too racy or over the top. She went with a simple halter and skirt.  I put on a really clingy linen dress with a plunging front.  I also found my Ga Ga shades and a new bob cut.  And, I'm a brunette! Who says blonds only have the fun. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as Sky and I had posing for them.

For those technical people I used GIMP and touched each one a bit except for the first shot to provide a bit of baseline.

A Typical Friday Night

For years now Sky and I have always kept our late Friday nights open. Our good friends Graylon Ash and Jami Mills (Are we related? I'm not gonna say!) put on a party.  It starts late and goes until we collapse or Gray collapses. Most of the time it's us. Over the years it has become a pastime for many people.  Here we are having a beach party, no sand, no waves, no trees.  But still full. Why?  Because we all are good friends who like to see each other at the end of a long hard week. This is what makes Second Life fun.

What a Small World We Live In

So my good friend Gudrun sends me a quick IM the other night.  She's asking me if I can hop onto the teleport she sent me to see if it works. She has another friend who is opening a club and just want's to see if it works.  I figure Gud (I pronounce that "good") is sending me to her friend's place for real, or someplace where I can get into some real trouble. In either case it sounds like lots of fun so without another thought, like a lot were going through my head anyways, I press the button and find myself in a rather large club.

Always keeping my mini-map up and in the corner I immediately check it to make sure I've not landed on somebody and immediately move away from the landing zone making sure I don't run over anybody.  Oh yeah, as I ramble on here.  Anybody that says "Sorry if I run into you, nothing is rezzed yet" is a total fail.  The mini-map tells you where people are even if they aren't rezzed yet.  Yes you should wait ten or fifteen seconds to let it find everyone but most people do that anyways.

Now back to my original rant.  So I check my mini-map looking for the yellow dot that would tell me where Gud is.  Surprisingly I see not one but two yellow dots on the mini-map.  Firing up the ol' perv cam I send it on its way.  And who do I find?  Vonny, a very old dear friend of mine.  Her partner Lou is starting up a new club, "Little Lou*s Club".  I really had a wonderful time catching up with Vonny.  I hope she and Lou the best in getting their new adventure off the ground and I'll be back to visit to hopefully see other old friends and catch back up.

Funny how big Second Life can be and yet, how small of a community it can also be.

We had to move

Sky and I had to move.  Her sister has taken some time off in SL to pursue her RL.  We both wish her well and hope she stops by from time to time to say hi.  Since we were sharing a homestead sim with her we had to move out since we didn't wish to pay for the entire sim.  We moved back to Tribe Islands.  I say moved back because we used to live in Tribe Islands before we shared the homestead.

I also talked Sky into doing something a little more out of our norm when it comes to setting up our home.  Sky really likes a modern contemporary look to her homes and I can say I like many of the styles that all of the SL builders provide.  Instead we decided to go with a small cottage and landscape the surrounding area. More to come as we fill the 8192 sqm parcel with prims!

I danced with the Prezz!

Last night while I was hosting at Mojo Haven we had a light crowd.  We usually do as the time I host is the first event of a series for Saturday nights.  It's up to me to get the mood started I guess. So anyways, Tycho and I are hanging out, he's pushing some great music through the stream for our few guests when Barack Obama shows up!  The avi was a dead ringer and he played the part the entire evening.  Though he was acting more like Clinton while we danced.  I still have the bruises on my ass where he was squeezing it to prove it.

I'm up to Miniskirts

Well I'm still uploading all of my outfits to the blog.  I never thought it would take this long.. But I'm not even halfway through!!  Aaaaaccccckkkkkkk!  Take a look at my outfits.  Click the outfits tab at the top of the page.