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If you aren’t a 20 something and you hearken back to your youth, you’ll remember that back in the day in the Peanuts cartoons, Snoopy was often working on his book. His book always begins “It was a dark and stormy night…”. What you might not know is that there is an entire, long running fiction contest centered around this premise – beginning terrible fiction with the phrase IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT.

I actually once purchased a compendium of the Bulwer -Lytton contest entries and laughed for days reading it. It’s one of the seminal phrases in American faux literature, and when I rezzed Barnesworth Anubis new skybox for Collabor88 – my first thought was OMG IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT.

With it’s classic European moulding detail, and beautiful windows letting in light and looking out across the rooftops of Paris (Which is different that Under the Roofs of Paris by Henry Miller which is TOTALLY NOT THE SAME AT ALL OMG NO) I have to confess that now I have to move house again.

Barnesworth Anubis has seduced me with yet another skybox. He’s quite seductive, did you ever read his profile? It’s not for the shy, or conservative. He even says quite publicly that he stays crunchy in milk.

If that doesn’t say LOVER AND SEDUCER, I don’t even know what does.

Paris for the summer, then? I don’t mind if I do.

Gidge Is Wearing:
Lashes: Amacci – Eyelash Tattoo 6
Hair: “”D!va”" Hair “Sayaka3″ (Type A)(Moon stone) COLLABOR88
Dress: Schadenfreude Yellow Into the Woods Dress (s) COLLABOR88
Nails: Slink Avatar Enhancement Fingernails (ANIM)
Photo Effects: [Mechanized Life] FilterCam HUD v2.0
Shape: Gidge ~Savoir Faire Shapes~
Skin: Adam & Eve Skins – Patrice T2 Strawberry
Eyes: Vision by A:S:S – Quinn – Gaynor natural
Poses: STATUS
Nail Color: FLAIR Appliers for SLINK Nails
Skybox: Barnesworth Anubis – Paris Loft – COLLABOR88

I was taking some snaps as I had my breakfast this morning when I realized something amazing about my new skirt from BAIASTICE for The Boutique event that, THE INSIDE IS TEXTURED!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG! I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE clothing with invisible insides. It looks crazy in photographs in certain poses and I never know when I’m going to suddenly have a huge invisible patch that causes me to throw away a photo.

THANK YOU SISSY PESSOA for texturing the INSIDE of your mesh clothes.

There is rain the forecast, so I’m not sure how to spend my day. Riding dragons, shopping, jumping on mushrooms, my possibilities are endless.

In my pixel world, anything is possible. I mean, after I’ve had my coffee anything is possible. Always after my coffee.

Another wonderful new release I wanted to show you today are some more fun nail colors for those fancy SLINK mesh nails I love – these are from A:S:S.

I know. You need them.

Gidge Is Wearing:

Lashes:Amacci – Eyelash Tattoo 3
Nail Color: A:S:S – Slink fingernails – Princess
Skirt: Baiastice_Didi skirt-suede teal-size S THE BOUTIQUE
Top: Baiastice_Lari Halter Neck Top-leaves yellow-size S THE BOUTIQUE
Shoes: Miamai [SHOES S Sungold] Marian’50 Pumps
Nails: Slink Avatar Enhancement Fingernails (ANIM)
Hair: TRUTH HAIR Sadie – Blondes05Fade
Shape: Gidge ~Savoir Faire Shapes~
Skin:-Belleza- Chloe Med 1 Cleavage

Shot on location at my Linden Home

There is always a lot of discussion about what’s good, what’s bad, what we want, what we don’t want in SL from creators and bloggers so I asked two questions yesterday to get a comprehensive compilation of some hot topics. I’ll remove the names because I don’t want to start mafia wars “OMG SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT MEEEEE” but you never know, maybe she was.

My first question was the negative. “What SL Fashion Trends Should Die?”

These are the responses I got:

• those stupid baggy crotch pants.
• gods yes the crotch pants…
• Super sad mouth expressions
• invisible pony rider shapes
• knee knickers
• cum lollies
• lens flare
• good morning btw, Gidge 
• Those massive prosthetic boobs
• badly photosourced stuff
• dun hate on my lens flare attachment!!!
• “haute couture” that is SO badly made you rather die than being seen wearing it
• YES
• being half-french, the stuff i see in SL that calls itself “haute couture” makes me WEEP.
• also, couture hair. if you texture a ball with some random hair texture and perch it on your avatar’s head, it’s still just an awkward ball with a hair texture and not haute or anything.
• it makes me want to stab my eyes. The alpa issues, textures, rigging… ugh.. and then the prices hahahahaha, seriously?
• depends on how big it’s made… could go quite haute 
• lol yes
• megaprim haute!
• 64m of haute! flattening the audience!
• also, “stormy”flexi prims…. the ones that will only settle down when the avatar wearing them dies
• flexi ball gowns, REALLY? its 2013!
• also … and i know i’m going to get some hate for that … dramatic flexiprim ballgowns. we’ve had 6 years of that! it’s enough! please!!!
• lolas need to die
• lol – great minds think alike!
• hahahah
• lmao… great minds indeed!!
• what’s with all the flexi … place being griefed?”oh no, it’s Beyoncekhardasian524 resident having the time of her life!
• also again, because its 2013, and good god get with the times, but bodyfat 0 and legs 100
• Beyoncekhardasian524 resident made me spit coffee on my screen
• OMG ME TOO
• Derpy faces just staring dead eyed in every pic. Learn how to work your emoters a little bit.
• I spit on my keyboard
• frownyfaced shapes
• HATE THEM
• WHY YOU SO SAD IN YOUR SECOND LIFE?
• oh jeez, What x said. Legs at 100 bad!
• Super low crotches, miserable looking faces on bloggers, mega squint, mahoosive asses/tits, microscopic waists and crotch gaps so wide you could drive a bus through ‘em
• Mahoosive! 
• Oh and huge pre-sculpted trainers/sneakers… Flexi prims with/without alphas and non-standard mesh sizes dammit! Some of us have small boobs!!!
• for me, its more that the pony riders look dumpy, short wide legs and big knockers but dumpy
• There’s one blogger who combines the squint, frown and invisible pony riding…
• Everything above. I am only grateful that so far no one has managed the duck face in sl.
• With the orange face and bleach blonde hair? 
• all of the above plus bloggers and content creators who have lost the plot line….SL and fashion are supposed to be FUN. Lighten up, laugh a bit and stop acting like your life depends on the next new release
• Oh… MORPHS!!!
• I swear we worked out the duck face in SL I shall test it later
• Pretty much everything and anything about this look – pic removed so no one weeps
• the shape, the clothes, the fake tits, the frowny smiles, half-dead eyes, the piercings, the tattoos, the stupidly long nails – basically the entire baby prostitute zombie hooker look.
• i hate the giant top lip, small bottom lip look. there’s a reason why that doesn’t occur naturally in rl humans.
•  also can’t stand the other way around 
• that’s a thing!? i haven’t seen that one. i think i’d hate that too. i’m all for pouty full lips or even thin lips are fine too but when it so off that it makes the skin & face look distorted i’m like no.
• surface piercings that look infected
• the entire sweaty boob look
• unrealistic piercings. like, okay, you want to have a one inch lower lip piercing, awesome – but if your avatar doesn’t even have a proper chin, this just isn’t going to work. at all.
• depends on how you view your second life, which is different then others second life. Some go for the avant guarde fashion, might not like the fashion forward, etc.
• studded everything.
• antlers
• Nekos. They’re still out there. o.o
• Having something on every attachment point. Seriously? You don’t need to have everything on every point. Sometimes just a bracelet or earrings work over ten pounds of jewelry. 
• anything hovering in the mouth. But seriously, if bloggers didn’t do all of the things above, we’d all look the same and I’d find that boring.

  

   

  Surely there is something good? Well yes. Yes there is. Next I asked “Fashion trends that are brilliant that you can’t get enough of?” 

  Here is what they said:

  • PATTERNS
  • Cardigans.
  • socks!
  • Wings! Prosthetic feet! I wanted them when I first resized in 2006. When Sidd made hem I was ecstatic! Oh & ears… Fae of course. 
  • mesh hair that does not go through my shoulders, fabulous bare feet, tank tops for some reason and mesh jeans that make my bottom fabulous
  • I say fabulous too much. that can stop
  • camo & sunglasses
  • Hats with hair. I’ve always loved a good hat hair!
  • Purses and clutch bags
  • long rigged hair <3
  • eyes with different sizes
  • Mesh eyes
  • Mesh nails and all the appliers
  • ooh, i second hat hair, there hasnt been much mesh hat hairs released
  • appilers. not sure i can think of anything else.
  • i want mesh eyes with different size pupils, so i can do a david bowie thing
  • oh i like teeth. how did i forget that.
  • teeth, Lolas, mesh dresses with HUDs for changing colors and textures
  • More more tell me mooore!
  • I love how designers are including tucked/untucked versions of some waistbands to allow for a smoother natural look when mixing and matching shirts etc. I love XXS and S+ to help with layering items.
  • incorporating SL locations and scenes into fashion pics. I don’t know if I’m right, but I think I’m seeing more diversity in the settings when taking pics which is nice.

   

   

  So, what have we learned? People love/hate the Lolas. Other than that, taste is subjective. But I thought it was a couple of interesting list so I thought I’d share.

  After all, bitches love lists.

  On my plurk timeline are creators, bloggers and shoppers most of which would say their favorite color is fatpack. Their demographic is not necessarily that of the entire SL population by any means.

  But they sure do shop.

Digging through my inventory you might find a lot more items from Nomine that you’d imagine. Most of them are things I bought some time ago and the quality is too good for me to find a reason to trash outright.

Rooting through my giant closet though, I could not for the life of me remembering buying a skirt there. I was wrestling with something to wear to the Velvet this Sunday for Cajsa’s Jazz set, this week it was Latin Jazz and I figured if I got my look right I might make it a day of dancing. So I put on this skirt and had that instant moment of being transported back.

Flashback two years at my five year rez day party at Rouge. Munchflower, who is the owner of Nomine was there and she handed me this little skirt as a rez day present. It hadn’t been a very good month, and this huge party at Rouge and the outpouring of friendship, some from folks I only knew a little, pushed me onward and made unhappy days happy.

I thought mesh + system + prim might be a fun way to celebrate where fashion has been and where it’s going. And just to prove, there is a reason why I never clean my inventory. I’d lose gems that remind me of such amazing and happy days.

And now if you’ll excuse me, this clubbing girl has to hit the shower and get to work.

Why is the man always keeping me down? Can’t he see I just wanna party and play video games?

“Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.”

                                                    ~Cormac McCarthy

Gidge Is Wearing:
Bodysuit: :::Sn@tch Jett Lace Bodysuit
Hair: *Alice Project* Disna [M] – Infinity
Legs::[the Plastik]:- Anathaema Legs[L-S-Black]://Yellow
Top::[the Plastik]:- Little Ghost [S]:// Errant
Eyes and Eye Makeup: Miamai_Protagoniste Vanity
Skirt: Nomine Miniskirtz – blood roses black
Nails: Slink Avatar Enhancement Fingernails (ANIM)
Nail Color: FLAIR
Shape: Gidge ~Savoir Faire Shapes~
Skin: [Pink Fuel] Alyx – Pure/Eye B (ltbrow)
Poses: STATUS POSES

Purple Chair: Trompe Loeil

Shot on location at The Velvet and My Linden Home

Protagonist means the first character or the leader. That’s quite fitting because Miamai has been busy carving out a new normal in makeup and fashion with the release of the Protagoniste beauty HUD. Eyeliners, lashes, eyes, contacts, face gems, the list goes on of amazing variables that are possible all in one HUD. I thought I would take a few minutes to walk you though the basics to not only show you how it works but what is possible, from girl next door to Gaga.

I chose a bare makeup from Pink Fuel because I really wanted to show off what amazing about this creation vs an already glammed up skin. Read More »

Well it’s Friday Night and if you didn’t already do your FLF shopping shame on you the clock is ticking. But if you’re done, I’ve got some other good things to show you before you head out to dance the night away or whatever it is your digital world holds.

1. Last Chance: Wedding Season is upon us in both worlds. I thought the little purse was a lovely touch. I used to wear wedding dresses to combat role play sims. True story. I wonder why I’ve always struggled with role play?

2. Jewelry and Nail Polish: In the category of THESE ARE EVERYTHING are new rings and polish from STELLAR. Lexi Morgan always gets props from me for being a creator who bothers to blog her new releases. Great release Lexi, everything is lovely.

3. Daydream: Morgan Kincess perfectly captures a black and white celluloid mood with this snapshot. I expect her avatar has a gangster boyfriend with a heart of gold.

4. Second Spaces – Likes the Sushi: Home and furniture blogs rule my world (rather than women like Prince’s world) right after girly fashion ones. Second Spaces routinely produces great shots with decorating ideas as well as featuring new releases. If you don’t watch this blog, you should.

5. Home Sweet Home: Keely Mistwood has done a great job of presenting us with a lovely home, and even though she forgot to turn off the porn before she invited us in, it’s still a charming place. Well planned and inviting, I kind of want everything in these pics, which is the idea, no?

Sock and hose together? I don’t care I do what I want! Bag doesn’t match shoes? I don’t care, I do what I want!

I had Eric Cartman in my mind as I put on my gacha prizes from The Chapter Four, yeah I’m still going on about that. I like taking all the gacha things and then wearing them all together. It’s like a sport to me.

The bag from Attic doesn’t come with bag hold poses scripted into it, but hey it’s gacha so I’m not actually complaining. But it’s important to some people so I mention it. Shoulder bags can be tough to pose around between your boobs and your arm jamming into what you’re wearing and the bag.  It’s easier when their have poses in them designed to work but even then though they don’t always because of shape variations + mesh.

A:S:S (Another Shirt Store) has also been releasing GORGEOUS MESH NAIL APPLIERS for SLINK mesh nails. I’m wearing the black tipped from the BLACK DRAMA set and the name made me LOL.

They are a steal at 97L !

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Gidge Is Wearing:
Hose: // LUNARICON // – Cross of St Peter Suspenders [GRAY] 1 – The Chapter Four
Lashes: .ploom. Lashes Tattoo – Feathered
Lipsstick: [Pink Fuel] Classic Lipstick – Pin Up Red (teeth)
Dress: (= potcha. Gatcha loose dress COLOR04 M The Chapter Four
Ring: (Donna Flora) PIGALLE ring R white
Bag: -ATTIC- Charmed Bag (Cyan) – The Chapter Four
Hair: >TRUTH< Tenille w/Roots – swedish
Shoes: Baiastice_Jean pumps-black-left-
Nails: Slink Avatar Enhancement Fingernails (ANIM)
Nail Colors: A:S:S – Black Drama – Black Tips
Shape: Gidge ~Savoir Faire Shapes~
Skin: [Pink Fuel] Alyx – Pure/Eye B (ltbrow)
Eyes: Vision by A:S:S – Quinn – Gaynor natural
Poses by STATUS - Avail on MP
Shot on Location at Juicy

And it’s Friday, so before I go just let me remind you, I don’t care I DO WHAT I WANT!

Ever since they started the migration away from Magic Boxes, your Marketplace Shopping Experience has MOST LIKELY improved. I’m not saying you won’t find the freebie sex orb  of dubious quality, or someone just selling a landmark for their shop for zero but hey at least it’s zero. I long for the days when people sold pine boxes and listed them as “a box for your stuff”. Those were heady days of online pixel shopping. Read More »

I wanted new poses that would flatter my mesh nails, and so I made one then two then three and I was like oh I might as well make a set, then I was like oh I might as well release them because other people have mesh nails they might like them.

My pose store has been closed for months, I might reopen. I might reopen casually. I might not. I’m considering all of these things.

I made my poses to work with my SLINK mesh nail enhancements.  Not the full hands mind you, these are just mesh nails. I use the anim version of them. I find that it works better for me when posing. Not all poses work well with mesh nails, but these do. I also tested them with my Leverocci nails and had no issue.

I now have about 100 ideas of other poses to compliment and show off nails, so, yeah, I guess I’m open.

The NAILED IT five pose set is available on MP. 

Gidge Is Wearing:
Dress: DuckNipple 2Basic – Dress
Eyelashes: Amacci – Eyelash Tattoo 6
Hair: ::Exile:: I Will Wait:Vanilla
Shoes: Baiastice_Etienne Mesh Pumps-silver
Nails: Slink Avatar Enhancement Fingernails (ANIM)
Nail Color: FLAIR Appliers for SLINK nails
Shape: Gidge ~Savoir Faire Shapes~
Skin: -Belleza- Mya SK BBB 3
Eyes: Vision by A:S:S – Quinn – Gaynor natural
Poses: STATUS – NAILED IT poses for Mesh Nails

We are getting over three inches of rain today where I am in RL. THREE INCHES. I am lucky that I live high on a ridge, those zombies down in Atlanta will all drown or float away and all this walking dead business will be solved. But until then, I thought I’d bring you a fast five.

1. Gothic Maid Doll: I love this first picture. Does she have an egg hanging out of her mouth? Seriously, I was torn between giggling and ooooing because of the gorgeous tones of this photo. It’s a great costumed or role play look. I’m not sure WHAT you’d role play in it but that’s your business.

2. mysllooks: Another snapshot of an avatar just living their second life really caught my eye. It reminds me so much of hangover days, rolling out of bed still half dressed, putting on enough to be decent and stumbling to….walk the dog. For me it would’ve been the bagel shop in torn hose and similar gear cuz no dog. I get a very “Oh fu#k why am I awake” vibe from this photo. Love it.

3. The Chapter Four: Sylvia Olivier brings us a new shopping event which actually piqued my interest. That’s saying a lot because I’m a cynical old avatar. This event has something for every shoppers wallet – gatcha, two for one, under 100 and half price. I am intrigued and am actually gonna go there later.

4. No matter how many nights you lie awake to the sound of poison rain: Ok I don’t know what that means. Poison rain? OMG stay inside. WHY ARE YOU OUTSIDE???? But I love the pic. It’s got a dramatic impact that I like. Great simple styling and not a lot of fuss. Well done.

5. Orange State of Mind: This is a flawless editorial fashion piece. The look is fresh and current, and her styling of a very modern dress is concise and well done. Those of you seeking to improve your skill set – take a good look at how crisp this photo is, how her avatar isn’t frozen but is captured perfectly in motion. You know how RL fashion photogs take like 100 pics of models moving to get that perfect pic? THAT is what you are trying to recreate when you shoot these type of editorial shots. I am so totally buying that hair.

BONUS PICK BECAUSE OMG ….

6. Hopscotch MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU: awesome pose release to celebrate us nerds who love Star Wars. Great Job Chandni !