head: Genus Head – Baby Face
HIATUS – Glamourish #2 HD Lipstick [genus] @ Belle
body: [LEGACY] Meshbody (f) (1.1)
skin: [Glam Affair] Amelie Applier [ Genus ] @ Kustom9
***right arm posed by drink
“You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.” ―
Basics:
head: CATWA HEAD Catya
body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara
skin: [Glam Affair] Dee Applier
hair: Foxy – Kitsune Hair @ Crystal Heart
tomoto, neko mask WA black @ Japonica
[The Forge] Louise Top @ The Liaison Collaborative
[The Forge] Aimee Shorts. @ Crystal Heart
pose: BellePoses – Roberta set
taikou / gaien market backdrop w. materials
Today is so exciting for so many, especially all the shopping addicts out there! Of course, people are excited about Arcade, but not everyone really likes gachas. FaMESHed opens and the new event Vanity opens! That’s not including all the other events that have recently opened like Kinky and Uber and more! I’m super excited about tonight, too. I’ll be drinking for the first time in a while AND I’ll be hosting at FMD tonight from 6-8pm SLT…so if you’re out and about, drop by, cuz its open access….so its a great time to decide whether or not you’d like to become a member.
Whatever your plans are, I surely hope that you have a fantastic Friday and a wonderful weekend! I plan on being duhrunk af!! *laughs*
wearing:
hair: TRUTH Bloom (*new* @ Uber)
head: CATWA HEAD Lona
body: Maitreya Mesh Body
skin: Glam Affair – Viktoria Applier
tattoo: Lami – Color Tattoo [CAROL G] (*new* @ Vanity)
Scandalize.EARS (*new* @ Kinky)
Scandalize.Iliana-SHADOW. (*new* @ Kinky)
pose by DelMay
taikou / summer night backdrop (*new* @ Uber)
wearing:
hair: MINA – Noah (*new* @ Uber)
head: CATWA HEAD Lona
body: Maitreya Mesh Body
skin: Glam Affair – Viktoria Applier
[Avenge] Rosary necklace double (F) – pearls (*new* @ MOM)
JIAN Chinchilla :: Hand Held
Kaithleen’s Irina Top (*new* @ ShinyShabby)
pose: an lar [poses] The Cordelia Series
taikou / summer night backdrop (*new* @ Uber)
So, once upon a time people didn’t mess with fairy tales too much. Once upon a time, Little Red Riding Hood was just a little country girl, whose biggest fear was a wolf that ate her granny. Well, the days of that fairy tale are over. I bring you, Little Black Riding Hood. Though she wears a hood, she also patrols the hood. She steps out of the darkness like a badass sexy ninja and defeats all the THOTs that circle her man’s place like sharks that have smelled blood. When she’s done destroying them she poses pretty for the paparazzi before returning home to call her grandmother. “Yes, Gma, I took care of those whores!” And this little badass lived happily ever….oh hell naw, here comes somebody else wanting to start some shit.
wearing:
hair: #Foxy – Angel Hair
head: CATWA HEAD Lona
body: Maitreya Mesh Body
skin: Glam Affair – Mindy
TABOU. the secret kink Mask (Black)
Blueberry – Liza – Corset Hoodie Dress
Phedora ~ Leticia boots ~ Maitreya RARE (*new* @ Epiphany)
Every year at Christmas we are bombarded with ads for new cars. We see some weeping wife come out to a car with a giant bow on top. We might see a husband come outside all delighted to the same thing. Occasionally, its a teenager, but here’s the thing that kills me. These commercials rarely tell you the actual cost of the car, its all about the financing. Zero percent down, zero interest for this long, blah blah blah. I’m sorry to inform you, but if its not paid for then its not a gift. Its a loaner with a promise.
You see, many many years ago, I was in a relationship with a man that bought me the most beautiful living room suit for my birthday. I was over the moon. It was leopard print and had this gorgeous elephant coffee table. I went crazy decorating with all sorts of jungle themed touches. It was that same birthday that he took me to a party of some girl he worked with and we had a good time. A couple of weeks later I find out he’s been cheating on me with THAT girl. Needless to say that relationship came to an abrupt halt. A few weeks later, some men showed up with a moving truck to reclaim my living room suit, because it had been financed and wasn’t paid off! The one good thing I thought I had gotten from that relationship was being ripped out from under me and now I had no furniture at all. Why? Because I had given mine away when he surprised me with the new stuff.
So, dear car dealers, unless Mom, Dad, Wifey, Hubby, etc are coming in with the full cost of the car….that is NOT a gift!
wearing:
hair: pr!tty – Chae – :rigged: (*new* @ Gacha Gardens)
head: CATWA HEAD Uma
body: Maitreya Mesh Body
skin: DeeTaleZ “Merrylu” Mixedtype
tattoo: [White~Widow] Chocolat – Black
**RE** Raven Collar – Lock
{le fil casse} Sheena Top (*new* @ Uber)
=Zenith=Leather Belt Gloves
Astralia – Compatible mesh nails system
GingerFish -Nail Applier-Astralia-Bloody Kisses
Blueberry – Poppy Leggings
[Gos] Boutique – Monza Belted Boots (*new* @ FaMESHed)
pose: Foxcity Souffle Set
scene:
taikou / late night tunnel backdrop (lights on)
! [MiChIGaN’s ShAcK!] Hard Driven – Premium Edition
The end of the month is always a crazy time for me. Not only am I frantically double checking my work to make sure that I’ve met the requirements for all the stores I blog for (which I have usually exceeded), but its set up time for FaMESHed as well as other events. I have tons of blogger packs coming in and I am in blogger heaven. Ideas swirl around like a virgin’s nerves on prom night. I get so excited and while I don’t officially blog for FaMESHed, I get so freaking excited at all the new stuff being set up that I know I’m going to be using lots of it!
Currently, there have been so many wonderful events with more to come in the next few days. I don’t like to use the term overwhelmed, more like overjoyed and worrying about my linden balance. LOL! Good lord, Shoetopia? I mean look at these Amanda heels that were a collaborative effort from Phedora and Moda. What madness brought these two amazing teams together, I’ll never know, but good lord have they ever tempted us! FaMESHed and SALEM open tomorrow on the 1st. There’s also the ForMax benefit on the 3rd (which is only for like 6 days, so don’t put that off)…Project7 is coming…ChapterFour….events for clothes, hair, shoes, and decor OH MY!!! You know I’ll be blogging stuff from everyone of them, too. *laughs* I’m such a bloggaholic, its not even funny! Alright, I’m off to work (in SL)….happy shopping!!!♥
wearing:
hair: Magika – 01 – Feelings
body: Maitreya Mesh Body
[PHEDORA + MODA] AMANDA HEELS (*new* @ Shoetopia)
pose by Foxcity (edited with AnyPose)
taikou / gaien market backdrop
I have had an insane week and it looks like I’ve got another one ahead of me, but I know that once things settle down and the smoke clears I’m going to come out the other side breathing fresher air and feeling so much better. That’s just how it is sometimes, isn’t it? We just have to push forward until the smoke clears and our heads are above the proverbial water. There are a lot of people going through a lot right now, because while we can often pause our Second Lives…there’s no pause button on the RL, is there? *sighs* I wish you all good luck as you push onward in your real lives and my SL provide the distraction and joy that it can. ♥
wearing:
hair: Stealthic – Fatal (*new* @Kustom9)
head: CATWA HEAD Tala
body: Maitreya Mesh Body
The Annex – Tempest Dress
pose created using AnyPose
taikou / gaien market backdrop (*new* @Kustom9)
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
― Plato
Wow, it has been quite a while since I started post with a quote. Of course, one is never quite sure what they will find when they go to read my blog. Perhaps a song, a story, a poem, a rant, or like today… some thoughts with a hopefully a sprinkle of wisdom. This particular quote hits home, because I look back at my life and see exactly where fear of success derailed my life over and over again. Failure? Nah, I’m good at that. My entire childhood was an education on how I would never be good enough for more than pleasing a man. My mother taught me to surrender to a man’s will. She was old fashioned and believed in standing by even the most monstrous of men. She preferred the comfort of denial that lies created for her. Looking back, I can see so clearly that she’s never been a fan of truth. Even the simplest of stories are exaggerated for no other reason that her apparent allergy to honesty. Don’t get me wrong, I love her and I’d be lost without her, but that doesn’t make her perfect. My father on the other hand, perversely manipulative and abusive in every sense of the word. Though he told me repeatedly I’d be a whore and a slut in high school, I rarely dated at all and did not lose my virginity until I was 19. Years later when I proudly told him that he was wrong and how I had waited, he smirked and said that was his plan all along. For he knew I was defiant by nature and would prove him wrong. I know now, that was simply more of his manipulation. I think fewer things brought him more joy than messing with my head.
You may be wondering, what all of this has to do with the quote. It’s simple really. If we are taught to fear everything…if we are sheltered from the truth…fear will easily control our life and limit us in ways we never imagined until it is genuinely too late. Living behind a closed door or in the shadows can be so comforting. We cannot get burned by a light we never see, but the truth is in the light. Until we release ourselves from the shadows of fears, both real and imagined, we can never be free. For it is the truth that sets us free and that truth does not hide in the dark, it is us that choose to stay in the dark.
I have often said that I would rather be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie. The older I get the more I stand by that statement. Do not be afraid of the light just because you outgrew your fear of the dark.
wearing:
hair: [RA] Sherazade Hair (*new* @ Enchantment)
head: CATWA HEAD Tala
body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara
{le fil casse} Madison Dress (*new* @ Whimsical)
Phedora ~Zaidee Platforms (*new* @ Kustom9)
pose: FOXCITY. Cute But Psycho Bento Pose Set (*new* @ ON9)
**slightly edited with AnyPose
taikou / dusk backdrop with materials (*new* @ Kustom9)