Twisted Hunt - Moar!

I don't have the patience to repeat the previous post of just listing everything, but all the details in that post are also on the flickr for each picture, so here - have a link to the flicker set for this hunt! Wheeee~!

(The link was back there. No.... look up. UP! There! You got it!)

Instead of just regurgitating my photostream, I'm going to instead talk about some of my favorites in a little more detail. I know it's politic to say everything's my favorite, but the truth is I have a definite style which doesn't stretch quite as broadly as the Twisted Hunt might, so not everything is my style. It's been interesting taking off-style pictures, though, and I'll talk more about that next post.

I adore Blue Blood, for instance, like anything. A significant portion of my inventory is from that store. It's no surprise, then, that one of my favorites is her Female twisted Hunt Gift. I especially like the ribbon detail around the base of the skirt.


Description: Blue Blood Twisted Hunt Gift.

The same can be said of Falln Angel Creations. Again, a large part of my inventory comes from Azriel's store and it's a style I really love, so it's no surprise that his Julia Gown in Purple is a winner with me.


Description: Julia Gown Twisted Hunt Prize from Falln Angel Creations.

Nightshade Designs was new to me, though, and as much as I loved the women's outfit - which was as GothLoli as I could care for - I was surprised how much I liked the 80's pants inspired Men's Outfit. The pants are huge and poofy - I had to shrink them to fit, but the suit lines and how everything fit together was surprisingly enjoyable to me.


Description: Nightshade Designs' Men's Prize for the Twisted Hunt.

Another surprise was the Sassy Kitty Designs Fucktastic Outfit. I tend to avoid showing too much skin, even inworld, and the pictures of me in silks are few and far between (at least before I started taking all these pictures). I was surprised, however, at how much I liked the lines of this dress. While I'm not sure fuckTASTIC quite fits, The combination of narrow-coverage down the middle of my body and the bands on the arms and legs is definitely striking, especially given my chosen skin tones tend to be pale.


Description: Sassy Kitty Designs, the Fucktastic Outfits - Dress for the Twisted Hunt

Programming Break: Twisted Hunt Post 1

We now interrupt our review of year old photos to bring you a breaking story! Deoridhe has LOST HER MIND and is trying to photograph all of the Twisted Hunt Prizes - in order.

We're calling the Mobile Crisis Team now, but while we wait for the inevitable 5150, let's see what she's got to show us.

Stop #1: DV8


Tripping the Light Fantastic

Hair: Electrohead - Candy Pink
Outfit: Cyberjammer - White
Shoes: Cyberjammer Skates - White
Mask: NeuroTox Mask

Not DV8:
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Wings: Rebel Hope Designs, FleXtasy Butterfly Wings - Green
Pose: (pda), I'll Be Your Mirror
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
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Tripping the Dark Fantastic

Dark DV8
Hair: Electrohead - Nightshade
Outfit: Cyberjammer - Ashes
Shoes: Cyberjammer Skates - Black
Mask: NeuroTox Mask

Not DV8:
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Wings: Fancy Fairy, Goblin Wings - Murky
Pose: Studio Sidhe, Faery Froic - Free Frolic
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey



Stop #2: Blue Blood


Twisted Women

Outfit: Female Twisted Hunt Gift

Not Blue Blood:
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Hair: Miriel, Artist Hair - Snow tinted Red
Wings: Facy Fairy, Azarelle Iridescent Wings - tinted black
Pose: sunflower poses, oh!
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
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Twisted Men?
Outfit: Male Twisted Hunt Gift

Not Blue Blood:
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Hair: Miriel, Artist Hair - Snow tinted Red
Wings: Facy Fairy, Azarelle Iridescent Wings - tinted black
Pose: Long Awkward Pose, Capture
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
Post processing: Cropping only



Stop #3: RFyre


Leather Love

Pants: RFyre Twisted Hunt Gift - Black Leather Pants

Not RFyre:
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Hair: Miriel, Artist Hair - Snow tinted Red
Wings: Facy Fairy, Azarelle Iridescent Wings - tinted black
Outfit: Blue Blood, Male Twisted Hunt Outfit
Boots: Prozak, Leather Kicks - Black
Pose: Long Awkward Pose, Fantasy-Faepose14
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
Post processing: Cropping only



Stop #4: Dare Designs


Flexible Viole(n)t Twist

Outfit (including shoes): Twisted Violet

Not Dare Designs:
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Hair: Nushru, Jasmine - Midnight
Wings: Facy Fairy, Azarelle Iridescent Wings - tinted violet
Pose: Long Awkward Pose, Fantasy-Faepose15
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
Post processing: Cropping only



Stop #5: Self Expressions


Male Nightmares

Outfit: Nightmares set for Men

Not Self Expressions:
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Hair: Nushru, Jasmine - Midnight
Wings: Facy Fairy, Azarelle Iridescent Wings - tinted black
Boots: M'z, Strap Long Boots
Pose: Long Awkward Pose, Fantasy-Faepose1
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
Post processing: Cropping only


Female Nightmares

Outfit: Nightmares set for Women

Not Self Expressions:
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Hair: Nushru, Jasmine - Midnight
Wings: Facy Fairy, Azarelle Iridescent Wings - tinted black
Boots: M'z, Strap Long Boots
Pose: Long Awkward Pose, Fantasy-Faepose1
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
Post processing: Cropping only




Stop #6: Stringer Mausoleum


Viole(n)t Demonic Dreams

Claws, Horns, Spine Terrors, and Tail: Twisted Nightmare Demon

Not Stringer Mausoleum:
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Hair: Nushru, Jasmine - Midnight
Wings: Facy Fairy, Azarelle Iridescent Wings - tinted black
Outfit: Self Expressions, Nightmares set for Women
Boots: M'z, Strap Long Boots
Pose: Long Awkward Pose, Fantasy, Voila
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
Post processing: Cropping only



Stop 7 Unique Needs!
A store so awesome I had to take TWO pictures to take in the whole set!


Silver Bone Whip (has wear and holster gestures)
Basic Handcuff Earrings
Basic Handcuffs on Hip
Twisted Belt 2009
Twisted Jump Boots

Not Unique Needs!:
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Hair: Nushru, Jasmine - Midnight
Wings: Facy Fairy, Azarelle Iridescent Wings - tinted black
Outfit: Self Expressions, Nightmares set for Women (no skirt)
Pose: 10 (didn't record pose); 11 *MM* Model Pose 3
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
Post processing: Cropping only



Stop 8 Nocturnal Gothic Designs


Dearly Departed

Coffin (opens and closes)

Not Nocturnal Gothic Designs:
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Hair: Nushru, Jasmine - Midnight
Wings: Facy Fairy, Azarelle Iridescent Wings - tinted black
Dress and Stockings: Blue Blood, Female Twisted Hunt Gift
Boots: M'z, Strap Long Boots - Black
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
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Stop 9: Burning Chrome


Marching To A Different Mechanic

Metal Arms
Spinal
Forehead Piercings
Mini Twisted Top Hat
Vivian Spikes (hair)

Not Burning Chrome:
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Hair: Nushru, Jasmine - Midnight
Wings: Facy Fairy, Azarelle Iridescent Wings - tinted black
Stockings and Top: Blue Blood, Female Twisted Hunt Gift
Pants: House of RFyre, Black Leather Pants
Boots: M'z, Strap Long Boots - Black
Pose: Diesel Works, Dyna8
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
Post processing: Cropping only



Stop 10: Nightshade Designs


MenSwear

Outfit: Herr Charmant for Twisted Hunt

Not Nightshade Designs
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Hair: DV8, Argon - Atomic Orangee
Wings: Facy Fairy, Azarelle Iridescent Wings - tinted black
Stockings and Top: Blue Blood, Female Twisted Hunt Gift
Pants: House of RFyre, Black Leather Pants
Boots: M'z, Strap Long Boots - Black
Pose: Diesel Works, Dyna9
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
Post processing: Cropping only


WomenSwear Too

Outfit: Charmant for Twisted Hunt

Not Nightshade Designs
Eyes: Miriel, Diamond
Skin: GP, Petal [Dark] April - Rainbow 2
Ears: Illusion, Fairy Ears
Hair: DV8, Argon - Atomic Orangee
Wings: Facy Fairy, Azarelle Iridescent Wings - tinted black
Stockings and Top: Blue Blood, Female Twisted Hunt Gift
Pants: House of RFyre, Black Leather Pants
Boots: M'z, Strap Long Boots - Black
Pose: Diesel Works, Dyna3
Background Texture: Fortunas' Design, Chaos Cloud Dark - tinted Dark Grey

Photographed by Deoridhe Quandry
Post processing: Cropping only

Leapfrogging

Second life is an interesting place, especially when it comes to things like fashion, photography, and landscaping. Anything you want to find, you can.

As I've mentioned before, I was introduced to SL by a Dolly, and while I've never much felt LIKE a dolly, I can understand the appeal of being beautiful and cherished and kept save in a glass jar.

Description: Deoridhe, in red, her heart pierced by an arrow, under a glass doll jar on a stand.

A lot of my SL experiences are confluences of influences. Azriel, of Falln Angel Creations, gives out a heart to his group members. This is shortly after Tomoyuki showed me a fantastic outfit he'd just picked up from Rabbit Kiss (aka Umi Usagi) and inspired me to do likewise. And then, wearing my dolly-pretty dress and my arrowed heart, I remembered a placed that Rowanhad taken me early in my introduction to SL - an entire dolly extravaganza complete with doll stands.

I suppose, in some ways, you could say this was the beginning of what I'll later call my "photoshoots," which are extended sessions of posing and photographing a particular outfit and hairstyle against a thematic and often beautiful background. I'm still working on it, but for a point of amusement, let's compare this early example of a photoshoot to one from my absolute latest.

Description: Deoridhe in a cream colored gown in front of a seascape.

I think you can see the differences pretty quickly.

I chose the one from my latest which has a lot of views, and which also was the one I had to do the most waiting and modifying for. Since this is underwater, I played with the water settings more than I normally do, adding some atmosphere. Also, the skirt is connected to the chest, which means in that pose it went flying off to one side without being shifted significantly. Each time I do a "shoot," it seems, I begin to learn something new about how to edit prims while in pose to make things look better.

I also had to wait for that docile looking jellyfish in the background to get into position and disguise the poseballs in place there.

One of the banes of my slandscape photography is poseballs. They hardly ever look good or blend in, and often cropping to remove them crops other stuff you might want to keep! I really wish people would come up with more decorative ways to place them - making them pillows, or fountains of bubbles - or something else. The text over them vanishes in photography, but the poseballs remain to taunt me like evil taunting things.

No Place Like Home

Briefly, I was honored by a good friend Marya to have some land on her Open Space to make a home for myself.

I'm a novice builder, but fond of orbs and circular shapes in my building, and this reflected itself in the home I eventually build that I really like to this day, though I've no real place to rez it.

Description: Partial orb home with platforms in rainbow colors on top, with a fish tank visible.

I conceived of the platform levels as dance floors, though I never actually managed to throw a party. The fish tank conceals the entrance to the home itself - you literally walk through it and fall down inside.

Description: View from above, the rainbow pattern of the platforms clearly visible. The purple covers the red.

I had fun placing the platforms, but they are very prim-heavy. I have high hopes of replicating them using sculpty prims and thus decreasing the prim count!

Description: A view inside the first level, where there is a platform allowing the water to fall down on all sides above a staircase.

When you drop down, you land on a platform, then can drop over the edge of it to the first floor down. That's also where the spiral staircase down begins. I never filled int his floor, but the purpose was for a more public area that still remained private, like a living room, but I never had the prims to fill it.

Description: A view inside the second level down, where the fountain ends in a pool.

This is the second floor down, essentially my bedroom, where I kept my stand for changing on. Likewise, I never had the prims to put in a bed, but if I ever do it shall go here.

The pool actually conceals the third floor down, which I always wanted to make over as an underwater paradise.

Someday I hope to have the land and primcount to truly do it justice. I'm also thinking of making it soap-bubble like, but I need some time and patience to create the textures for that but make them non-transparent.

I've Falln and I Can't Get Out

I mentioned chat groups in my previous post, but didn't talk about the one I'm most active in - Falln's Angels. The group associated with Falln Angel Creations, Falln's Angels thrives on random, spammy chat across a wide variety of topics which is frequently silly.

I adore it.

I had no idea the first time I teleported into Falln's main store how central it would become to my SL social life. I semi-regularly simply hang out there, and at one of these times I was playing with some of the objects Azriel (the owner and creator of Falln Angel Creations) made and left out for use and sale.

Description: A blond figure in a red dress, Deo, is stabbed through the chest on the lower step of a dais. Two thrones are at the top, the right, red one occupied by Azriel. A figure, Grrr, also hangs from a meathook to the right.

Hanging from one of the tastefully-done meat hooks is Graverobber from the Repo: The Genetic Opera movie. I call him Grrrrrrr. On the red throne is Azriel, likely with his nose in Photoshop. The blue throne is for Tomoyuki, Az's partner and the owner of Little Boy Blue.

I wandered in while they were busy in other windows, or in instant messages,a nd tried out the "murder scene" pose Az has on his dais. This proved to be a risky choice, since Grrrr is fond of the no-longer-living.

Description: The stabbed figure, Deo, on the dais from a different perspective and wearing a purple dress now. The figure from the meathook, Grrrr, is now straddling Deo. A figure in black and white with angel wings, Xaethriel, overlooks by the glass coffin.

(Yes, I changed clothes. In the other dress my panties were showing. Shush.) Next thing I know, I've got a Grrr on me waiting for the last of the blood to trickle out. Luckily for me, Xae came and rescued me before I became another of Grrr's mindless, adoring Harem of the Dead.

Description: Deo is now standing up in her pretty dress. Grr is looking forlorn and Xae is looking triumphant.

There are loads of other pictures on my Flickr, but how many images of the same general scene can you put in a post before people start crying, "Off with her head"?

Gatherings

I spend a lot of my time in Second Life chatting on groups while physically at some distance from most of the chat participants. It is rare, in fact, for me to be around a lot of people. Not only is the lag mind-blowing, but often what I'm doing is the sort of dull stuff that freebie whores do - stalking lucky chairs, doing hunts, and building. Okay, building isn't a standard freebie whore thing, but it's a solo thing I do.

There is a dual, or even more, reality to Second Life. There are the local images and chat, which are often in concert, then a series of chat groups which exist entirely in text but often have a life of their own. The chat group I mess around in most has a definite fictional geography which has no visual analog, even as Second Life itself has no physical analog outside of bits and bytes.

But as time goes on, I began and begin to find myself seeking people out "face to face" more often. Here is a picture from a couple of the earliest of these chat-inspired gatherings.

Description: Three individuals on a box in silly poses with a forth in the background.

A recent acquaintance, Azure, mentioned Caramel Dansen - and I expressed a complete lack of comprehension of what this meant. Rather than send me a like to a YouTube video, he had me teleport him to where I was (mid-hunt, mind, which is why we're in a store) and dropped this box - the caramel dansen box. You sit on a pose ball and do the dance while the music plays endlessly.

I expressed my glee both in local chat and in the group where this came up in, and in a disturbingly short amount of time several other people had requested teleports as we sat in a store and did something entirely unrelated. I felt vaguely guilty, but was giggling like a moron at the same time.

And thus began my adoration for sudden and impulse gatherings.

Day Six: Why The Hel Did I Agree To This

I'm still here, damnit.

Description: Floating blond female in what appears to be a tent of lines.

I ran across Random Calliope's stuff long before I ran across his stories - particularly the awesome Slither set which I wear regularly (I adore snakes). It took Tomoyuki, a dear parson, to introduce me to Ode, though, and the butterfly hunt (I have most of the sets that are always available and have failed spectacularly to get to any of the events. I drool over the butterflies in the little house REGULARLY and gnash my teeth.) which lead me to reading his awesome book of history and tracking down his hunt.

The hunt where this photo was taken.

And which I have spectacularly only found one item.

It's very pretty, though.

I also have a set of his pearls. I lust for the rest but keep getting distracted by dresses. Damn you, reality! Give me an unlimited balance! DAMN YOU!!!!!

I'll probably hunt again, but I'm kinda hunted out. I like some of the stuff, but the lag is really getting to me these days, and I am not in the best of moods.

If you don't know about Ode, take my word for it - go. It's one of my favorite places to take pictures, too!

Day Five: I am, if anything, tireder.

The post a day thing said any level of quality.

So here. I feel like ass.

Day Four: I am a tired Deo

I am a tired and sleepy Deo, so this post will be even LESS funny than usual. Strap yourselves in, ladies and gentlemen (let me dream ;) ).

Description: A large dragon menaces a group of women in long dresses.

Once upon a time, in the magical kingdom of Beau, there were some girls in pretty dresses, a guy in a suite, and a dragon. The dragon attempted to be all scary and roary.

Closer view of the grouping of people - three women and a man - being dragon-menaced. One of the women is headless.

Somehow, he just didn't seem to scare them much.

Description: Dragon menacing a castle. Or posing in front of it.

So he went off to live in a castle in the clouds.

The end.


(I warned you I was tired!)

Day Three: Lost Wandering places

Description: A tea Table with two dragons sitting at it. A female figure is behind. It is extremely dimply lit.

Somewhere around the four months in, I started exploring new places. I have no idea how I ended up in the place where I took these (extremely badly lit) pictures, and I'm still sad I didn't landmark it. It went across several sims in incredible sprawling glory, including hidden areas and enough art and items to make me swoon. This was also one of my first experiences with trying to make the environment and my avatar co-exist; an early start on what I do now in my "photo shoots".

Description: Sculpture of embracing orange and purple figures. A figure in blue floats behind next to a glowing waterfall.

Some of the art and imagination in Second Life is amazing.

Female figure sitting in front of the head of a hippogriff.

I think one of the other things I find amazing is the mingling of natural and supernatural elements, and the sometimes seemless blending from land to sea to land again.

Valley with several waterfalls into it and an island at the pool at the bottom of it.

I could live here and be happy.

Day Two: Falln Angel Creations

One of my other early finds, and probably the biggest one in terms of who I spend most of my Second Life time with now, was the chat group of Falln Angel creations.

Azriel, Tomoyuki, and Sin all do their best to set a tone of being a friendly, supportive, creepy family. Think Addams Family. Acceptance is high and important, but so is a sense of appropriateness and manners.

Description: A gathering of people by the water, many of them with fishing rods.

I was nervous at first when I started meeting the "big names" in the chat. I've been thinking a lot about fame, and how it works, in the wake of some interesting ripples across the SL blogosphere around fame, what it is to be famous, and power in a virtual environment. The biggest influence on SL is social pressure, and I think how people react to the pressure of the social groups they are a part of and want to be a part of reveals a lot about how powerful the human need to gather and group is.

I've also been thinking of my response to people I think of as important, but not important in the 'can fire me' or 'can arrest me' sort of way; rather powerful in the "I hope they like me" sort of way, which is very different, and which I've been at the other end of. And sometimes I like the people who want me to, and sometimes the attempts on their part to be likable are what make me not like them, and sometimes I simply don't like them for some reason. There is part of me that can intellectually acknowledge that same dynamic toward people I want to be liked by, but I can also feel the pressure to conform to what I hope they will like in order to be liked and likable.

It's complicated and mostly invisible, carried on vague, half-thought experiences and decisions.

The picture above is the first time I met Morion and Azrael pretty much ever (Mori was so intimidating at first and now I feel the endless urge to cover him in glitter; aren't relationships a funny thing?) and one of the earliest meetings of Azriel. onionpencil I had 'played' with a couple of times and Chere I didn't know at all. I can remember being very aware of the social dynamics and trying to suss out the layers of influence and relationship before I went blundering through.

Right around this time, I also took part in one of Azriel's amazing - and difficult - hunts.

Description: Woman with short teal hair on an orange mushroom.

It was also around the time I began to play with the poseballs other people left behind to influence my photography.

Post a Day 1

This is part of the The Big Bad Blogger Challenge for June, started by Alicia Achenaux.

I've mentioned before that I made friends pretty quickly in Second Life, mostly through the Philosophy discussions I got into, and part of that was a lovely woman, Marya, who gave a bunch of we reprobates a place to call home for a while.

Description: Three people on a couch, outside, with fire and pumpkins in the background. From left to right, there is a woman in a blue tutu with wings and long blond hair, a man in boxers and a scarf with curly blond hair, and a woman in a sweater and scarf with medium brown hair.

Marya is not in the crowd above. From left to right you have myself, Bash Quandry (one of my "brothers" who shares the same last name), and Wren. We all lived on Marya's land and messed it up in various ways.

Description: same figures as above, only now angled so a castle is visible in the background and the fluffy Christmas bear slippers of the man are visible.

What this involved, at least when these pictures were taken, is our rezzing improbable things on our little patches of real estate and chatting. I hadn't really started building yet, so I was mostly working with free stuff I had gotten from hunts - including this couch.

Description: Same three figures as above, but in a different order and clothes. On the left is a woman in a schoolgirl outfit, in the middle is a man wearing a snowman over his penis, and on the right is a woman wearing a Dorothy-in-Oz style dress. Behind them, in front of the castle, is a giant snowman with a carrot placed anatomically correctly.

I'm sure this could have led to many deep, philosophical discussions, but often it just seemed to lead to incongruous settings and dick jokes.

A Promise

I'm jumping out of the "yay lets revisit the happy past" pattern for a very important post.

I am....



an SL fashionista.

Description: A huge grey bubble is in the middle of the picture, with the silhouette of a figure inside. The surroundings are quite bright and pretty.

Revel in my exclusivity! You can't even see what I'm wearing!!!

Description: A huge grey bubble is in the middle of the picture, with a slightly easier to see silhouette of a figure wearing a dress inside.

You can't tell, of course, but all the poses are the result of a recent splurge due to the Long Awkward Pose sale.

Description: A huge grey bubble is in the middle of the picture, with the silhouette of a figure inside. The surroundings are a sea with a little island on it.

Thank you, Emerald, and your friend Celebrity Trollop for my lovely, protective bubble which yells when anyone touches me. I feel so elite.

Description: A huge grey bubble with the silhouette of a figure inside is standing on a table next to a mushroom with a hookah smoking caterpillar on it. Two figures are lying on the table by her feet. A third figure is sitting on the mushroom, apparently not paying attention.

Hunting for a Good Time

Description: A figure in a maid's uniform is standing sideways in a sideways doorway.

Some pictures speak for themselves.This one just requires a slurl.

Well, ok, a little more than that. This is a recreation of the Labyrinth from the movie of the same name, completely with Jarathy poses. The one above is Jarath near the end, when he's going all sexy-stalker on Sarah. There is also his throne.

Description: Figure in a maid's uniform sitting on a bone throne in front of a tapestry.

This set of pictures also marks my beginnings in the chat group, Falln's Angels, of which I am a loud (and annoying and prone to feeding people) member. Moderated by the lovely Azriel, the amazing Tomoyuki, and the mysterious Sin, this chat is one of the high points of my time on SL and has led to many friendships.

Description: A chipmunk avatar in a pink outfit is driving a red train engine.

My other big hobby which began around this time was Treasure Quest. Predating many of the grid-wide hunts, Treasure Quest is a bimonthly (or more) hunt with hints across between fifteen and twenty five sims. The chat group is a hoot and the hunting can be really fun. I particularly like the intricate and beautiful hints we often get.

Description: Same train engine as above, but this time it is being driven by a pale skinned girl in black and pulling a car. The chipmunk in pink and a pink egg creature are riding in the car.

The final stop is always on Treasure Quest Isle, which they redecorate multiple times a year in different styles. I missed taking photos of earlier iterations, but this was the winter set and boasted a train which drove all the way around the sim (see my Flickr for more pictures).

As you can also see, in terms of photography I still mostly sucked.

Description: Same train as before, pulling a car. The chipmunk in pink is once again driving, and this time a redheaded woman in black is riding. The angle is behind the train as the train goes into a tunnel.