santa monica

Song For This Post: Jay Malinowski - Santa Monica

This is a song/album I am currently addicted to. Jay Malinowski is the lead singer for Bedouin Soundclash, though his solo release is nothing like their sound. It's haunting and lonely, and just gorgeous. His version of this Bedouin Soundclash song is so heartwrenching, with a completely beautiful vid to go with..

Also: I am using two looks today I've had sitting in my blog folder for awhile cos I just couldn't get to it last week. Both feature the Springy skin in Pale from Plastic Flowers (25L/2 tones), the DUBOO owl tat (35L). and the Medley hand tats from the Spring Bazaar; both tats I've been wearing for ages, and most likely will continue doing so lol.

First Look:

pillow! - Molto Bene! - Huggable Pillow! [ wear & click ] (prev 50L Fri item - now 100L) 

(clickscripted for a TON of adorable prints incl this awesomeness of bacon <3))

hair - fri. - Jasmine.2 - Cranky Brown (250L/colourpk)

pjs - ~*RunoRuno*~ Teddy  (0L RPH gift)

tee - [Miseria] Koi Koi - Red/Gold (0L RPH gift)

flats - DUBOO* Supermarket shoes [red packet sp.1] (0L RPH gift)

socks - Pig - Socks Mit Suspenders - Fire Engine Red (prev group gift)

pics taken @ Mudhoney's mainstore

poses from my AO w/pillow

Second Look:

hair - Clawtooth: Fancy fancy - Coco (prev 50L Fri item)

top  - Pig - Irregular Guayabera - Eggshell (0L group gift)

socks - Pig - Duotone Socks Mit Suspenders - HUZZAH!!! (1L Starlust egg hunt)

wedges - *Kookie* Powder Puff (prev 50L Fri item)

shorts - Emery - High Waist Short  (prev instore gift)

panties - Schadenfreude Heartkini Bottom (prev hunt gift)

glasses - Reek - Denton Shades (prev blogged)

necklace - ::Happy Finds:: Tiger Dancer (0L RPH hunt gift)

bag - :sey mini-trunk -L (0L group gift)

pics taken @ Old New York

Poses: Free*Style

i won't be found.

Song For This Post: The Tallest Man On Earth - I Won't Be Found

The song and the hair completely inspired this look - slightly country, definitely dreamy. I hope you enjoy - this musician is up there with Bon Iver, IMHO.

Outfit Deets:

hair - ((JUNWAVE)) MARIE(TypeB)*ORANGE-BROWN* (0L group gift)

top - $Dustarrz$ Border L/S Tee (Brown) Hunt Gift (prev blogged)

barrette - ~Scribble~ Spring Skull Barette (Limited Edition) (prev lucky board gift)

brooch - [Whippet &Buck] Rae Bird Brooch SPECIAL RED (0L RPH gift)

dress - shirohato - chocolate (no longer avail - but this store features adorable, VERY well priced clothing)

bag - DCCXXIII BAG02 YELLOW (oL group gift modded)

leggings - ::Happy Finds:: Flake White Tights (0L prev group gift)

necklace - [fairy tail] androgynous Necklace (prev hunt gift)

piercing - :::Sn@tch::: Demure piercing (0L prev gift)

skin - [lessthanthree]<3 skins - phoebe pastel preview (prev group gift)

gloves - :sey snow gloves-black- (group gift, prev blogged in red)

boots - amaama+ boots 001 (prev blogged <3)

horns - Sweet Leonard Fa(u)ntasy Horns [woodland] - (prev blogged)

pics taken @ butterdish

all poses from (pda) *sob*

(psssst... look up the sl group "purveyors of accidental love")

jungle drum.

Song For This Post: Emiliana Torrini - Jungle Drum (James Merrifield mix)

This remix/song/video is pure happiness! I heard it this morning and it lightened my spirits. I knew I had to share it with whoever actually reads this thing. Plus she is the cutest damned thing you can't help but smile.

Outfit Deets:

hair - [kik] hair-Lily(redband)(black) (0L RPH gift)

top - [Miseria] Koi Koi - Red/Gold (0L RPH gift)

sweater - Pig - Sing Sing in Precious (prev group gift)

jacket - Reek - Laundry Day Hoodie - Black (250L/colour w/clickie abilities for 2456564598045 options)

pants - *UnToneQuilt* Check pants (0L prev gift)

skin - Mustache - Light Beezy - Cubrstomp (prev blogged)

kicks - ::Maschienenwerk:: LowTop II RED (0L all items here are!)

necklace - *Kookie* Valentine Hunt Shoebie (prev hunt gift)

bag - :sey mini-trunk -L (0L group gift)

horns - Sweet Leonard Fa(u)ntasy Horns [woodland] - (prev blogged)

pics taken @ newly remodeled Festivale Sim (beautiful!)

poses from [LAP], Free*Style & Cockles

baby blue.

Song For This Post: DMB - Baby Blue

Ah.. Day 45324543456 of this flu, I swear. I have reached the pathetic, achy and off-and-on weepy portion of this thing. I'm sad and melancholy and all I want is my mother's cool hand on my feverish forehead. She passed away on Feb 18th, 2008... So, this song means a lot to me. It's wrapped up with thoughts of her and thoughts of other special someones I have lost along the way. My outfit is essentially what I am wearing irl (and have been, frankly, for the past however long lol).

Outfit Deets:

hair - @Waffles! 50k (Sugar) (0L prev instore gift)

tee - ~Gypsy Soul~ Logo Tree T (0L prev group gift)

sweater - Pig - Unisex Jacket - Old Man Blue (prev group gift)

jamma pants - WoE LP-01 Kylei Pajama - Maroon (old Skipping Stones Hunt gift)

skin - *blowpop* N2 Elizabeth -tone A- 10.1 Vapor 1 (0L group gift)

slippers - 2g Babouche/White (0L instore gift)

necklace - !BF! 50s Dangle Owl (150L/4 colour pk)

gloves - Reek - Cozy Mittens - White (prev blogged)

horns - ::LEO-NT:: Fa(u)ntasy Horns [birdie] - (prev blogged)

pics taken @ forest feast

all poses from DynaWorks (0L DSN gift) & pulling strings

the ground that we stand on.

Song For This Post: Hawksley Workman - The Ground That We Stand On

This song is deceptively simple (and also now released on his new album Meat, which you MUST have. Very eclectic and wonderful). It feels like a promise, to me. 

Outfit Deets:

hair - !lamb. I'm a realist - Powder (300L/colour pack)

tank - ::Happy Finds:: Happy Freebie (Skull Shirt, Day 2) (0L in store gift LIMITED time)

skin - Mustache - Light Beezy - Curbstomp (0L Groupgift)

boots - edge grafica engineer boots (1L, prev blogged all the time lol)

stockings - *League* Thermal Stockings - Fifty Linden Friday Fuschia (PREV 50L Fri item)

panties - [Plastik]-Valen-Panties-Stripe (part of last year's valentines gift)

gloves - *League* Fingerless Wool Gloves -Multistripe- (0L group gift)

horns - Sweet Leonard Fa(u)ntasy Horns [woodland] - (prev blogged)

piercings - Sn@tch Demure (no longer avail? long ago gift)

necklace - *Sanu Pinned Heart Necklace 1L long ago groupgift no longer avail)

pics taken @ Noctiluca

all poses from PIDIDDLE

no reason to cry out your eyes.

Song For This Post: Hawksley Workman - No Reason To Cry Out Your Eyes

This is a song that I turn to.. well all the time lol. Just listen will you? It has a message we all need to hear sometimes. Also, as someone commented the vid, "My life would be so much better if I had a little Hawksley hanging from my mirror". I couldn't agree more..

Outfit Deets:

tshirt - ClubHouse The Bastard: Cupid Unisex T (0L in store Valentine's gift!! Plus he is participating in many many hunts, sales, and free stuffs so drag your guy down with you. you won't regret it)

jacket - Reek Laundry Day Hoodie (250L/colours, 1750/ginormous fatpk. Also as of this posting time, the green was still available for 50L Fri. Go. QUICK! These things have clicky abiltiies for 423538673492965863 combos!)

hair - Sand Shack Surf Co Maranna [Fringe Bangs] - Butterscotch (50L Fri item)

skin - Tyranny Designs Margie Test Sad Clown (50L Fri item)

boots - Miel Hai boots (prev blogged)

leggings - DemiDemi rose and butterfly tights (store no longer exists)

shorts - **DP**yumyum short pants/red (165L)

horns - Sweet Leonard Fa(u)ntasy Horns [woodland] - (260L)

piercings - Sn@tch Demure (no longer avail? long ago gift)

Poses are from, in order,  PIDIDDLE (old poses pack - no longer avail? I couldn't find it), BP* (0L Drowsy Winter Fest gift), and {doll.} (store formerly named S.Loves - 1L instore gift), and all shots were taken @ Hotch Potch mainstore (this whole store and Renesis sim is surreal and haunting, with many fun little surprises and gifts to explore!!)

we dance to yesterday.

Song For This Post: Hawksley Workman - We Dance To Yesterday

I was in a fun silly mood with this outfit.. and the song/video matches that sort of dreamlike effect I'd been feeling with these pictures. Hope you like both!

Outfit Details:

hair - Maitreya Sasha (prev blogged)

sweater - SG Fashion (lucky board prize as seen here)

skin - another shop starlight eudora (oL)

boots - Miel Hai boots (prev blogged)

leggings - MichaMi pia leggings (oL gift blogged everywhere)

under leggings - yudeminkan.net (kabochan world) - (0L for a fat pack of lace leggings)

glasses - Happy Finds Ivy Glasses (group gift in notices last I checked)

teakettle/cup - BP* (I know this was either a hunt gift or an old group gift, but I've had it for a reallt long time)

Poses are from BP*, Elise, and Ladybird (the last 2 of which has closed sadly), and all shots were taken @ Holli Pocket's mainstore! Do stop by as she has two rotating luckyboards, a great MM with only 50 slaps required, and is in the same sim with Frop! and others you will love.

empty houses

Song For This Post:  Empty Houses by Leerone

This is going to be a very quick one with lots of pictures *grin* All shots were taken at the Drowsy Autumn Carnival.. and the song is one that haunts me and so seemed to fit the eerie feel Drowsy always contains.

Outfit Details:

i love 13 - springtime deer antlers (0L group gift)

OhMai - Lippin Denim Tunic (0L Sunny Sim Trick or Treat Hunt)

Elate! - Tuli sweater in Burnt Orange (new item)

Miel - Lo Refurbished Socks  (0L group gift)

W&Y - Bunny Hop Hair Gift (0L)

irEn - Shane Nude skin (0Lgroup gift)

Plastik - Jerusalem eyes in BlueBrown (in the 1L Nov Gift pack)

Standing poses are from (pda) and Lazy Places, respectively.

 Here's some more pictures .. just cos i couldn't resist taking them.

Drowsy - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Drowsy/187/49/37

out of the woods.

Song For This Post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTodf_TAHbI

So this outfit is inspired by both the gorgeous Nickel Creek song I have running through my head, and by Clawtooth By Clawtooth's recent Halloween release of Pink Champagne hair in Softest Black (75L for a 2pk of colours, 4 styles of hair to choose from). I love the romantic soft dreaminess of this hair. I knew I needed an equally soft, romantic, vaguely 20s inspired headband, and when I slipped on the Rozen Maiden Headdress from Tarnished (oL Hunt Gift, tho I cannot remember which for the life of me.. perhaps the Twisted Hunt?), it was perfect.


The skin I am wearing in another Phoebe Skin from lessthanthree, Makeup 01. Softly coloured, it just fit the mood of the outfit I wanted. These go for 600L/skin, and you get a bald base or a hair base option, as well as special Phoebe Cates inspired eyes, with each makeup. You can also buy the fatpack for 4000L, which might seem like a lot, but she includes the 6 skins she released to her group memebers, never to be given out again, so you get an incredible deal! Plus, you can purchase these at the Skin Fair, and 50% of the proceeds go to breast cancer research.


The rest of my outfit is comprised of Decoy's hooded blazer (0L/fatpack for a limited time), OhMai's Hi Rise tank (5L/colourpk), Humming's wool check skirt (1L), Kneesocks Mit Suspenders from Pig Shop (75L), and 50 Flat's Moss Wool Flap Flats (0L in store gift). I love this whole outfit. It is exactly what I'd love to wear on those Fall days that are just crisp enough to wear layers, but warm enough that they aren't heavy ones.


All poses are by (pda) and these shots were taken @ Cutie Land, which has been given a gorgeous Autumn makeover. Go check it out!

Cutie Land - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cutie%20Land/164/77/22
Clawtooth by Clawtooth - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tableau/128/128/2
lessthanthree - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tableau/128/128/2

the woods.

Song For This Post - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZYVJlhnqxQ

So, this is the post I was intending on doing when my modem went kaputski.. The hair may no longer be available, and if not, I apologise mightily! It's an incredibly detailed cap/hair combo from Waka & Yuki (0L instore Fall Gift).


The wicked coat is from Maschienwerk - a store I've blogged about before. This Navy Pea Coat is 0L (as is everything else at this location) and is completely resizable, so both sexes can wear it comfortably. The scarf is a gift from last year's Halloween by G Field, and the jeans are from The Plastik (Skinnah Halftone in Inertia - 0L former group gift). The boots are by J's (3way engineer boots 400L/colour).


This skin is one I've previously blogged, from lessthanthree - part of the Phoebe preview group gifts Nykki lavished upon us. I love the light dusitng of freckles across the nose this Summer makeup has. She is selling her Phoebe line of skins @ the skin fair, so please, pop in and see how unique her skins are.


The poses come from MNK, and all pictures were taken at the gorgeous Magic of Oz sim - home to the namy memorably creative hunts we have all loved (and look forward to attending again!).

j's - http://slurl.com/secondlife/TSUKISHIMA/211/198/22
W&Y - http://slurl.com/secondlife/TSUKISHIMA/211/198/22

Magic of Oz - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Magic%20of%20Oz/54/16/2

all is love.

Song For This Post - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTtddTpl4m8

So, yeah my modem COMPLETELY melted down and after a truly annoying back and forth with my provider, I am back up and running. With this post of awesome *grin*. Yes, I have caught the fever.. because I have been listening to Karen O and The Kids' "Where The Wild Things Are" soundtrack. Pretty close to nonstop.


First - I have on the awesome group gift hair from Tarnished - Wild One. There is another version in store for sale that I will blog as soon as I can snap it up. With it I have the "Just Hope" hoodie (sans hood >.<) and jeans outfit from Tyranny Designs (400L for the full outfit w/sceptre/300L for just the hoodie/sceptre). It is quite possible that these may be my favourite new jeans. I may wear them until their pixels rot off my bod.

My skin is from Rockberry - Sasha w/freckles (300L for 4 skins - w/ or w/out freckles and tintable lip skins for both). I looooove this skin, and I know a version was given out as a group gift aaaaages ago, but I missed that boat.


All poses come from (pda), and I took these snaps in a sim I just discovered (aptly enough) called Where The Wild Things Are. It is incredible, and a place I can't wait to explore more! Stomping around, growling ferociously and waving round my sceptre, of course.


where the wild things are - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pax/162/140/22
tyranny designs - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oxygen/212/184/23
tarnished - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Towaru/98/114/667
rockberry - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fusion/205/57/24

autumn beds.

Song For This Post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isiOQtAwHFs

Autumn is my favourite time of year. I love the clothes, I love the colours.. that smell in the air. I feel the most at home during this time, more than any other season. My next few posts will involve this thene, AND all will feature one of the skins from lessthanthree's special Phoebe line. I hope I do these justice, because they are soooo lovely.


This first one is the bare, base skin. I love the softness, and Nykki's tocuh with the lips always makes me melt. No freckles, as Miss Phoebe Cates wasn't freckled, though if inspired to do so later, she MIGHT release some.



My outfit consists of the wonderful fall sweater from &bean (1L in store gift, belw the stairs), my FAVOURITE prim vest from DP yumyum (0L lucky board gift, probably not still available, but really, you never know I s'pose), and pants from Slanted Fox's now legendary 1L closing sale. I also have on leggings from Mirrors to keep out the crisp chill, and what will probably be my favourite accessory this fall - the owl necklace from Boing Fromage! There are two different kinds, but I started with this one. This particular necklace comes in four metal colours (120L). Owls (and turtles) are my thing. Maybe it's having a hippie mom who loved to macrame, but the 70s owl graphic has always been something I've been drawn to. Generally, if it has an owl (or turtle) on it, I must have it.


The hair I'm wearing is from Tiny Bird, the Art Teacher II (oL amazing fat pack hunt gift from the Poop Hunt), and the Willy Wonka bar of awesome is from Harajuku Box's Bake Sale (2L - there are two other kinds of chocolate bars as well)

The poses come from Tiny Bird (Poop Hunt exclusive) and Luth, and all shots were taken at the Albero sim. Be on the lookout for the awesome Gatcha event this weekend. pretty sure everyone will be chatting about this one - it should be a massive event.

lessthanthree - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Joomos/191/173/21
Tiny Bird - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Festivale/124/99/30
HBOX Bake Sale - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Harajukubox/40/105/22