Sunday, April 29, 2012

My Kingdom for a House

So right now I have two houses in SL.  The first is on a mainland beach, where I've been for years.  It's small, it's relatively private, and I couldn't imagine giving it up.  Over the years, I've had a number of houses there that I've absolutely loved, but most don't last very long.  I take forever to decorate and once I'm done I like it tear it all down and start again. 

Then Aerin and I share a skybox in the same sim.  I think we're the only two non-German-speaking people around, but it works for us, everyone is nice, and our landlord is very sweet.  I've been cycling through houses there too, and right now I'm decorating for spring and summer.  Before I tore down my winter build, however, I took some pictures.  So first up are pictures from the winter version of the skybox, complete with ice rink and skating bears.  Don't judge me.





Most of the trees are from Alirium.  The bears are from Sway's.  The house had been up for a while, and I took pictures of the inside as well before tearing it down.  This is one of my favorite houses, from Atelier Ylanis.  I included some photographs from Julia Margaret Cameron, as well as a large painting of Gertrude Stein.  I kind of like the idea of Stein looking down over the goings-on in my house.  Right now I'm decorating my new house and hope to finish that as soon as I get my ass in gear.









Saturday, April 28, 2012

Back From the Ether

Right, so it's been like 15 years since I've posted, but now I'm back with some pictures and some fashion.  I'm going to post some outfits over the next couple of days, as well as pics I took of my house redesigns.  And then I'm going to remember that I actually have a blog and should update it more than once a millennium.  Here we go!

This first picture was taken right outside of Funky Junk, in the gazebo they have out for this week's Spruce Up Your Space.  My kid's favorite flower is lilac, and this reminded me of her.  Then, of course, she came into the room, stole some chocolate, my last bottle of water, and said I had horrible taste in fashion.  Remind me why we let first graders out of their rooms at night?


Credits

Skin: Lara Hurley
Hair: Shag
Shirt: Kyoot (Collabor88)
Skirt: Maitreya
Belt: Gos
Shoes: Celoe
Eyes: Tres Blah
Eyelashes: Miamai
Eye makeup: Mock

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

The skybox is dead. Long live the skybox!

One of my favorite things to do in SL is decorate. I can't build -- I'm a terrible builder. I made a couch once that made other furniture want to take it behind the building and shoot it. So I can't make my own stuff but I love to shop for stuff and then make pretty spaces with it. Since starting SL in late 2006 I've probably had 6 or 7 houses. Every so often I'll tear everything down and start again.

So when my landlady said Aerin and I could replace our large skybox with an even LARGER one (and that we could have two, so Aerin and I could each have our own space), we jumped at the chance. Last night we took everything down from the old skybox and then sat around her little pond and reminisced about how fun it was to build the old thing. It was sad. But before we tore it down I took some pictures of it in its former glory. We've just started placing things in our new skyboxes, so hopefully we'll be able to make it better than ever! Here are some pictures of our old, dearly departed skybox.







Monday, June 13, 2011

One of These Things is Not Like the Other



So, the other day, my friend Aerin and I were out shopping and we came across one of the popcorn bags for the Zombie Popcorn Hunt. We weren't doing the hunt then, though we are now (I know, I know, a little late to the party). We found the bag at Swansong, and after we went back to our shared house, Aerin put on the pretty pink tutu dress that was in the bag. I stood on my pose stand, bald, half naked, and watched her gussy it up with flowy hair, fancy shmancy jewelry, heels. And I said: I can take that dress and make it look nothing like what you've done. And Aerin said: I bet.

And I said: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.



The next time she signed on, she looked at my outfit and said that I had rated myself a 9.5 out of 10 on the Aerin Shock-O-Meter (though, to be fair, she's easily shocked). I thought this would be a great opportunity for a photo shoot and we headed off to take pictures of our Swansong dresses done up in completely different ways.



Aerin kept her outfit very classy, as usual. She's the one with the long dark hair and the purple flowery pumps. I'm the one with the sticking-up hair, facial piercings, and gold boots. I asked Aerin what I would have to do to get a 10 out of 10 on the Shock-O-Meter, but she wouldn't tell me.



One of the things I tried to do with this shoot was capture movement. At first, I stood still and asked Aerin to dance around me. But she buys furniture, not dances, so the only dance she had was the Chicken Dance! She said I was trying to make her look ridiculous, so I relented and started dancing around her instead. This is something I'd like to try again, trying to capture moments inside of a dance.



Credits

On Aerin:
Hair: Truth
Skin: Curio
Necklace and Earrings: Lolapop
Hair Comb: Dark Mouse
Dress: Swansong
Shoes: G. Field

On Flanner:
Skin: Curio
Hair: LoQ
Eyes: Tres Blah
Eye Shadow: T.Whore
Eyeliner: Plastik
Eyelashes: Redgrave and Miamai
Jacket: Diram
Earrings: ::69::
Lip Piercing: FFS
Eyebrow piercing: FFS
Tattoo: Kobilica
Dress: Swansong
Leggings: Emery
Boots: Fuel

Monday, May 30, 2011

Hooray for Summer!

That's a lie. I don't really like the heat, but it's been so pretty here for the last couple of days that I can almost imagine myself basking in the warm sun. Or the glow of the computer screen. I mean, no need to use up all of that sun before the summer has even started.

But in SL, it's beautiful all year 'round, so Aerin and I decided to put together some fancy-shmancy outfits in honor of the changing seasons! In this photos, I'm on the left, in the nearly-see-through corset and purple skirt from LeeZu. Aerin, classically beautiful as always, is on the right. I tried to throw on a lip piercing or some funky tattoos, but Aerin begged me to tone down this outfit, and for some reason I decided to listen to her. Just this once.





Credits:

On Aerin:
Skin: Curio
Eyelashes: Redgrave
Hair: Truth
Shoes: G. Field
Dress: SYSY
Necklace: Avon+Alpha

On Flanner:
Skin: Curio
Eyelashes: Redgrave and Miamai
Hair: Fri.day
Necklace: Paper Couture
Corset: TGIS
Skirt: LeeZu
Shoes: Stiletto Moody

Friday, January 14, 2011

Standing On My Desk



Since I'm not actually working at my desk, doing any number of things that need to get done before school starts again next week, I figured I might as well stand on it. Kick some papers around, make it look like I've been productive over winter break and not a total slug. If I change my outfit in SL every single day, doesn't that make me productive? It does. I insist that it does.



P.S. Tons of stuff is on sale right now at SMS So Many Styles. I keep going back! Make me stop!

Credits:
Skin: Curio
Hair: MC Mayamaya Creations
Eye makeup: Plastik
Freckles: Mynerva
Jacket: SMS So Many Styles
Shirt: Plastik
Skirt: SMS So Many Styles
Shoes: Vive9
Tattoo: Plastik
Necklace: Epoque

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Birthday Furry Hat

Today was my RL birthday and I'm feeling a bit old, so I decided to throw together a mostly ridiculous outfit. I scandalized my friend Aerin by putting together a semi-functional shirt/skirt combo that didn't scandalize her, and then a furry hat/furry boots/mask/wings accessory pack that did. And that's what made it so fun! In fact, I'm still wearing it, mostly to drive her crazy. Happy birthday to me!

Aerin scandal meter: 7.5 out of 10



Credits:
Skin: Curio
Hat: Coco
Headphones: Nylon Outfitters
Mask: Nestle My Bosom
Shirt: Icing
Skirt: SMS So Many Styles
Tattoo: Little Pricks