Casual and Sleek -- Featuring A.F.I Designs and blackLiquid

I'm not sure how I got these out of order.

Blame it on the rain or the brain. DJ A.F.I is not just a fantastic spinner of tunes.

She also creates great designs. I pulled together this chic look with her new Bloom dress and blackLiquid's newest Virgin spex.

There are several other pair of shades in this collection so you'll find something that suits your needs too!

Featuring A.F.I Bloom Dress

Featuring blackLiquid Shades Virgin

1. Yasum Legging Plus Shoe Tiger Striped

2. WoW Designs Gulsem Jewelry Set

3. Xen's Burbank Hat

4. SLink Elegant 1 Hands

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes Latte Skin Tone (Laila)

-- Luscious Lips Crave

6. IKON Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

7. *booN blueBlack hairbase

8. KaTink Poses

-- KaTink Backdrop

It's Time To Breathe -- Featuring Petits Chats Creations, Hawker's House, Chop Zuey, and Nailed It

With different designers and different purposes, events around Second Life allow us all to explore so much in one place. The Easter Market seems to come so quickly. I suppose time flies when we're all enjoying life. The people who brought the Christmas Market put together another great seasonal bit of fun.

This Persephone spring dress comes from Petits Chats Creations and is at Easter Market. Another pair of great boots from recent releases at Hawker's House suit me during any season! Chop Zuey contributed the jewelry for this styling, Paz Eterna necklace and bracelet plus A Big Spring Ring.

And I love how Nailed It released their gift for Runway Perfect Hunt; if you're a mesh lover, it's in there, a prim lover, it's in there and SLink nail appliers are in there too.

So grateful to the designers who made this blog possible:

Featuring Petits Chats Creations Persephone Green Mini

Featuring Hawker's House Mesh Roper Boots Sahara

Featuring Chop Zuey Easter Market A Big Spring Ring

Featuring Chop Zuey Gifts Paz Eterna Necklace and Bracelet

Featuring Nailed It Nail Appliers from Runway Perfect Hunt

1. EMO-tions: Luana

2. WoW: Diva Lashes

3. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Marigold Hannah Makeup 4

5. KMADD/Moda: Attitude Poses

News From the Japan Fair - Featuring N1C0, Ambrosia, KMADD/Moda, [AMARELO MANGA], Kyxe Skins & Shapes

I can't believe it's really Tuesday already, and the first of April. As the SAVIAD fair came to its conclusion over the weekend, I had a few more things I really wanted to share, but I will leave this dress by N1C0 as my final styling. I had more fun working with the designers, through the whole spring theme and then the special theme of white tigers. Thank you for sharing that experience with me and letting me share it with you.

Featuring N1CO Kate Dress Mesh

1. EMO-tions: Shelby

2. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Starlia

3. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Tangy Orange Matte

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Candice Pearl Skin Tone

6. SLink: Elegant 1

7. blackLiquid: Nail Appliers

8. Chop Zuey: MVW Elifu Black Set

9. Manifest Poses

On the heels of the SAVIAD event, I have two very different and wonderful events gearing up for April fun. Really? It's already April?? The cute version of me comes as a treat from the Japan Fair. Ambrosia calls this "The Princess Prom Dress".

I don't think I wore a dress quite this innocent to prom, but that's an entirely different Karyn story! I paired the new dress with recent releases from KMADD/Moda - Betty Jane Flats, plus Kyxe Skins & Shapes new Innocence and Shine Shadows for the eyes layered and earrings from [AMARELO MANGA].

Featuring Ambrosia Mesh Princess Prom Dress from Japan Fair

Featuring KMADD/Moda Betty Jane Flats Polka Dot

Featuring [Amarelo Manga] Silver and Pearl Earrings

Featuring Kyxe Skins & Shapes Innocence (Pinks and Teals)

Featuring Kyxe Skins & Shapes Shine (Pink Pearls)

1. Exile: Voodoo

2. Nikita: Double Density Lashes

3. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Glamour Delicate Lips

5. Candy Nail: Tea Time Pink

6. Poseway Poses

I'm looking forward to bringing you news from around the grid as this week marches forward, and I think I should have taken my high gear pill before Monday got away from me and Tuesday appeared on my windowsill!!

Loads of New - Nailed It at SAVIAD, h.m.a.e.m. at Couturier's Docks, Belle Amie, Chop Zuey, {mv}, Ch, KMADD/Moda

Wow, I'm having fun with styling lately. Tonight I put together a whole smorgasboard of items that I haven't shared previously. The SAVIAD Fair is represented by the crafty nails from Nailed It.

This month's Couturier's Docks host an array of talented designers that include this dress from h.m.a.e.m. Chop Zuey gives away far more than one could ever imagine and I know there's a world of customers out there who are so grateful for Belle's goodness, and that includes me! The bracelet comes from one of her recent gift releases.

I had leggings from {MV} still in my inbox to blog folder from Sexxx Sells event last month. I also had items from the Jewelry Expo event still unopened, both the Dragons from Belle Amie and Ch's ankle boots seen here.

And I could not thank KMADD/MODA Designs enough for the selection of hair styles. Truly a pleasure...

My thanks to each designer who made this blog possible:

Featuring Nailed It Wedding Nail Appliers from SAVIAD

Featuring h.m.a.e.m. from Couturier's Dock Giulia Dress

Featuring Chop Zuey Heart and Soul Bracelet

Featuring Belle Amie ~Anguinam~ Dragons Earrings and Ring

Featuring Ch Laura Ankle Boots

Featuring {MV} Wild Side Leggins

Featuring KMADD/Moda Ava Hair

1. WoW: Diva Lashes

2. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Captivate Lips

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Lily Skin Tone (Hannah)

5. SLink: Elegant 1

6. Poses built into props at KaTink

A Blue-Haired Whimsy - Featuring SAVIAD creations from Living Imagination, PoseWay, Swallow and [no. 7]

I know - I know - Blue hair? But it felt so fun to work with it as I put together this style tonight. I want so much to represent the various designers who have items at SAVIAD Spring Fair because many of them are designers who've awed me in the past, and content creators that I revered long before I began my own fashion journey.

An example today, this alluring gown from Living Imagination by Bodza Blackadder called Blooming Beauty inspired me to the edge of my imagination. She's one of the organizers of this event and wow!

I paired the unique headpiece from Swallow Skin and Accessory Second Life - Butterfly Neobaroque, because it had the same whimsy as the gown.

Poseway created several new sets of poses, and these are from the Chic set. I'll share more from them soon. Another event in progress includes the Skin Fair, and the makeup shown here comes new from [no. 7].

And finally, one other new element comes from Lyrical B!zarre Templates, these earrings from the Youthful set. I thank each of you who pause and look at the items shared here.

My thanks to the many designers who made this style possible:

Featuring from SAVIAD Living Imagination Blooming Beauty

Featuring from SAVIAD Swallow Butterfly Neobaroque

Featuring from SAVIAD Poseway

Featuring no. 7 Pop Art Makeup D from Skin Fair

Featuring !Lyrical B!zarre Youth Earrings

1. Bliss: Amanita

2. WoW: Diva Lashes

3. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Alabaster Skintone

5. SLink: Elegant 1

6. .::Shellac: Dotted Nails

7. Bubblez: Gothica Maid Doll Shoes

Love and Other Simple Words -- Featuring Romance Couture, Kyxe Skins & Shapes, [Mirror's Enigma] and MADesigns

There are a series of commercials currently running that debuted about a year and some months ago during the rush of basketball season; commercials were so successful that more were made later that year and still more appear from time to time. A fella sits with a group of four children and asks what appear to be simple questions.

Featuring Romance Couture }RC{ from Dreams Way Audrey Navy Gown

Featuring Kyxe Skins & Shapes Glamour II Ombre Apple Lips

Featuring MADesigns Eyelashes ~ Moonlight

1. EMO-tions: Cosmic

2. Face Paint: Classic Square Prim Nails

3. MADesigns: Eyes Confidence ~ Engaged

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Orchid Skintone

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Magical Blues Eyeshadow

6. WoW Designs: Gulsem Jewelry Set

7. N-Core: Caresse Silver

8. Apple Spice Poses: Boho Event

Children, however, don't absorb questions quite the way adults do, and their responses vary from commercial to commercial, leaving the audience and me chuckling. When I saw the first of this series, I had no idea what product it sponsored. I adored the guy and how he interacted with the children. That made an impression on me. And the final comment, "It's not complicated." hits home and wraps every version of the commercial.

Featuring Romance Couture }RC{ from Dreams Way Audrey Navy Gown

Featuring Kyxe Skins & Shapes Glamour II Ombre Apple Lips

Featuring MADesigns Eyelashes ~ Moonlight

1. EMO-tions: Cosmic

2. Face Paint: Classic Square Prim Nails

3. MADesigns: Eyes Confidence ~ Engaged

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Orchid Skintone

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Magical Blues Eyeshadow

6. WoW Designs: Gulsem Jewelry Set

7. N-Core: Caresse Silver

8. Apple Spice Poses: Boho Event

I don't know what's not complicated, or what the point of his questions are. I know that life usually is complicated and even the things I'd expect to be the simplest of all of life's complexities are still complicated. No matter the topic, when I'm on the outside looking in, I can often offer insight, support, positive interpretations and see the simplicity of the moment. Even when friends aren't overtly asking for support or advice, I feel like I could end most conversations like the commercial. "It's not complicated."

Featuring Romance Couture }RC{ from Dreams Way Audrey Navy Gown

Featuring Kyxe Skins & Shapes Glamour II Ombre Apple Lips

Featuring MADesigns Eyelashes ~ Moonlight

1. EMO-tions: Cosmic

2. Face Paint: Classic Square Prim Nails

3. MADesigns: Eyes Confidence ~ Engaged

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Orchid Skintone

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Magical Blues Eyeshadow

6. WoW Designs: Gulsem Jewelry Set

7. N-Core: Caresse Silver

8. Apple Spice Poses: Boho Event

However, it's an entirely different story when the situation or topic or conversation relates to me and my life. From the inside looking out, everything feels complicated. Good people, close friends and family, often listen then point out this fact or that, and they too come to a conclusion much of the time, "It's not complicated." I appreciate their insight, even when it sounds like those young people answering the questions, quirky, random, and like a foreign language.

Featuring Romance Couture }RC{ from Dreams Way Fragile II Flower Gown

Featuring [Mirror's Enigma] Heather Peach Skintone

Featuring [Mirror's Enigma] Heather Cosmetics Eyes (Enchant) and Lips (Reddish Light)

Featuring MADesigns Eyelashes ~ Photoshoot

1. Noya: Silver Music Manicure

2. Osmose: Madamoiselle Butterfly

3. MADesigns: Eyes - Confidence ~ Engaged

4. FINESMITH: Mimmi Platinum Set

5. Manifeste Poses

One topic generates complexity no matter where I turn, who I address, who's life it is, and what's occurring or already occurred. Love. Quotes about love abound. People have been explaining it for thousands of years, and yet it remains one of the least understood words. Love acts. Love is. Love exists in so many forms, defined by so many people in so many different ways. Regardless of gender or age, creed and faith, culture or family, it's complicated.

Featuring Romance Couture }RC{ from Dreams Way Fragile II Flower Gown

Featuring [Mirror's Enigma] Heather Peach Skintone

Featuring [Mirror's Enigma] Heather Cosmetics Eyes (Enchant) and Lips (Reddish Light)

Featuring MADesigns Eyelashes ~ Photoshoot

1. Noya: Silver Music Manicure

2. Osmose: Madamoiselle Butterfly

3. MADesigns: Eyes - Confidence ~ Engaged

4. FINESMITH: Mimmi Platinum Set

5. Manifeste Poses

Despite it being a simple four letter word that's spelled differently in hundreds of languages, in theory it makes so much more sense than it does in practice. On one level, love feels so good. Some use the word love to describe the act of it, and particularly the performing of love in intimate settings. Others use the word love to describe the way they feel. Whether action or emotion, shared with family and friends or strangers, love is complicated.

Featuring Romance Couture }RC{ from Dreams Way Fragile II Flower Gown

Featuring [Mirror's Enigma] Heather Peach Skintone

Featuring [Mirror's Enigma] Heather Cosmetics Eyes (Enchant) and Lips (Reddish Light)

Featuring MADesigns Eyelashes ~ Photoshoot

1. Noya: Silver Music Manicure

2. Osmose: Madamoiselle Butterfly

3. MADesigns: Eyes - Confidence ~ Engaged

4. FINESMITH: Mimmi Platinum Set

5. Manifeste Poses

I think it's easier for me to define what love isn't. Love isn't selfish. Love doesn't hurt others. In my second life, there are times I see love in action. The event for which these gowns were designed, Dreams Way - raising money for support and research related to Autism and Aspberger's Syndrome, allows a whole array of random people to actively do something and act lovingly to people they may never meet.

But also in my second life, I seek connection on a far more personal level. If love can be complicated in person, I think it's exponentially more complicated in a virtual environment where text and context get lost in translation even when two people are speaking the same language. I wish love was really a simple word to define, to live, to understand, and to embrace. Others have been trying to figure it out for centuries and now it's our turn, our now. Love is... worth it. Live! Laugh! and yes, Love!

Shades of Grey -- Featuring Evolve, blackLiquid, Finesmith, Chop Zuey and [Underscore]

I like the fact that there is no such thing as perfect. Many of us have at one time or another read or heard a story about a Utopian settlement, a Utopian government, a place where perfection did actually exist. Unfortunately, those stories remain fantasy by excellent science fiction and fantasy authors.

Featuring Evolve Fleur #2

Featuring Luziefee Sabin Platin

Featuring [Underscore] Sidhion

Featuring Chop Zuey The Bakersfield Mens Bracelet

Featuring Chop Zuey Crux Invictus Women's Necklace

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. *Glance Skins: Anais

3. WoW: Diva Lashes

4. Face Paint: Nail Art

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Blushed Berry Matte Lips and Devine Royalty Eyeshadow

6. Image Essentials Poses

Maybe it's a good thing. We're a creature with a great ability to think and learn and change as well as change the world around us. We might want the perfect crisp lines of our world, all lined up, all easy to understand, and what we end up seeing looks more like the watery reflection in this photo.

Featuring Evolve Fleur #2

Featuring Luziefee Sabin Platin

Featuring [Underscore] Sidhion

Featuring Chop Zuey The Bakersfield Mens Bracelet

Featuring Chop Zuey Crux Invictus Women's Necklace

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. *Glance Skins: Anais

3. WoW: Diva Lashes

4. Face Paint: Nail Art

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Blushed Berry Matte Lips and Devine Royalty Eyeshadow

6. Image Essentials Poses

Recently, I had a conversation with an artsy friend. He's taking some of his artistic design and uploading to Second Life so that he can then use his art to create men's clothing. I thought it was a great way to use his talent. One thing I noticed that didn't quite fit was a stark white in his designs.

Featuring Evolve Fleur #2

Featuring Luziefee Sabin Platin

Featuring [Underscore] Sidhion

Featuring Chop Zuey The Bakersfield Mens Bracelet

Featuring Chop Zuey Crux Invictus Women's Necklace

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. *Glance Skins: Anais

3. WoW: Diva Lashes

4. Face Paint: Nail Art

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Blushed Berry Matte Lips and Devine Royalty Eyeshadow

6. Image Essentials Poses

I shared with him a small anecdote that I'd also heard told as an anecdote, perhaps more legend reality and perhaps credited to the person who said it or perhaps not. I don't know if she actually said this, but the story begins with a question to Finesmith designer Yula Finesmith.

Featuring Evolve Spring Time

Featuring Finesmith Black Bride

Featuring [Underscore] Sidhion

Featuring blackLiquid Colibrifer Headpiece

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes: Steel Blue Pale

2. WoW Diva Lashes

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Laura Copper

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Blushed Berry Matte Lips and Devine Royalty Eyeshadow

5. Demise of Flight Poses

Someone tried her jewelry and asked, "Why are your items not mirror images, balanced on the x, y and z axis? This piece here looks larger on the left than the right." Her answer was said to have been something like this, "I don't do perfect. Nothing in our world is perfect..." and it's true.

Featuring Evolve Spring Time

Featuring Finesmith Black Bride

Featuring [Underscore] Sidhion

Featuring blackLiquid Colibrifer Headpiece

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes: Steel Blue Pale

2. WoW Diva Lashes

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Laura Copper

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Blushed Berry Matte Lips and Devine Royalty Eyeshadow

5. Demise of Flight Poses

Maybe Ms. Yula said this. Maybe it was someone else. The essence of the story meant a lot to me and continues to be something I think about when I'm trying items in Second Life as a consumer, sometimes as a builder and yes, as a Finesmith shopper. It makes sense. In my opinion, only God does 'perfect.'

Featuring Evolve Spring Time

Featuring Finesmith Black Bride

Featuring [Underscore] Sidhion

Featuring blackLiquid Colibrifer Headpiece

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes: Steel Blue Pale

2. WoW Diva Lashes

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Laura Copper

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Blushed Berry Matte Lips and Devine Royalty Eyeshadow

5. Demise of Flight Poses

It relates to the story about this man's new clothing in this manner. We know mentally in our minds that white represents every color in the world and that black represents a lack of color. They are both absolutes. Absolutes are a lot like perfection. They simply cannot exist.

Featuring Evolve Spring Time

Featuring Finesmith Black Bride

Featuring [Underscore] Sidhion

Featuring blackLiquid Colibrifer Headpiece

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes: Steel Blue Pale

2. WoW Diva Lashes

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Laura Copper

4. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Blushed Berry Matte Lips and Devine Royalty Eyeshadow

5. Demise of Flight Poses

In our world, we actually see thousands upon millions of shades of grey. Our optic nerve takes all the coding and translates it to what we call color. I suggested to Mr. Trav that he might add a touch of grey to all his whites and all his blacks and the clothing would look and sell better in this Second Life.

I'm Going Crazy -- Featuring Evolve, Zanze and Hairoin

A little song I learned at camp years ago began with the words, "I'm going crazy, doncha wanna come along..." It's a playful song, full of energy and perfect for camp age kids everywhere. It's also a state of mind that I feel I've manifested in the past few weeks.

Featuring Evolve River Runs Through It

Featuring Hairoin Bastion

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Miamai: Catwalk Lashes

3. Face Paint: Color Change Nails

4. Face Paint: Goddess

5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Iona Native Skintone

6. Kyxe Skins and Shapes: Toasted Almond Matte

7. WoW: Gulsem Jewelry

8. N-Core: Coquette

9. Miamai Poses

I generally consider myself a very down to earth sort, someone who remembers things well like commitments and phone numbers and movie plots. However, those things are melted away and I have few solid memories today.

Featuring Evolve River Runs Through It

Featuring Hairoin Bastion

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Miamai: Catwalk Lashes

3. Face Paint: Color Change Nails

4. Face Paint: Goddess

5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Iona Native Skintone

6. Kyxe Skins and Shapes: Toasted Almond Matte

7. WoW: Gulsem Jewelry

8. N-Core: Coquette

9. Miamai Poses

My sons, especially the younger one, likes to play a game called, "Let's see if mom will fall for this one." He'll tell me something we did together, or a conversation we have had, and then tries to convince me it really happened.

Featuring Evolve River Runs Through It

Featuring Hairoin Bastion

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Miamai: Catwalk Lashes

3. Face Paint: Color Change Nails

4. Face Paint: Goddess

5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Iona Native Skintone

6. Kyxe Skins and Shapes: Toasted Almond Matte

7. WoW: Gulsem Jewelry

8. N-Core: Coquette

9. Miamai Poses

Did I really do this thing he's said? I don't have a clue. It's strange. I feel like the words, the ideas, the answers, are literally on the tip of my tongue but my tongue and my brain do not engage at the same time so I'm ditzy.

Featuring Evolve River Runs Through It

Featuring Hairoin Bastion

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Miamai: Catwalk Lashes

3. Face Paint: Color Change Nails

4. Face Paint: Goddess

5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Iona Native Skintone

6. Kyxe Skins and Shapes: Toasted Almond Matte

7. WoW: Gulsem Jewelry

8. N-Core: Coquette

9. Miamai Poses

When this first happened, it freaked me out a little, to be honest. Now it feels like part of my world. I think anyone with any handicap in our world who has friends, supporters, family on their side have the chance to overcome the handicap. It's not easy but it's possible.

Featuring Zanze Mirror Gown Onyx

Featuring Hairoin Onarra

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Gaeline: Fantasia

3. Face Paint: Black Liner

4. Candy Nail: Enishi White

5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Croix Exotic Skintone

6. Kyxe Skins and Shapes: Blushed Berry Matte

7. Chop Zuey: Tiger Lilly Set

8. R2: Azuli Silver

9. Manifeste Poses and Adorkable Poses

Part of me feels responsible to protect the world from my ditzy-ness. I want to hold up a shield so I don't negatively influence anyone. In a business where I've eagerly sought to be ultra professional, I now feel like I should be extra cautious so my ditzy doesn't drain away any respect I may have earned.

Featuring Zanze Mirror Gown Onyx

Featuring Hairoin Onarra

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Gaeline: Fantasia

3. Face Paint: Black Liner

4. Candy Nail: Enishi White

5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Croix Exotic Skintone

6. Kyxe Skins and Shapes: Blushed Berry Matte

7. Chop Zuey: Tiger Lilly Set

8. R2: Azuli Silver

9. Manifeste Poses and Adorkable Poses

I'm really grateful for the people who love me when it's easy to love me. I'm more grateful for those who can love me when it's not so easy. I know I cannot change the physiological changes that occur when any 'body' ingests certain medications so I feel like apologizing for it doesn't make sense.

Featuring Zanze Mirror Gown Onyx

Featuring Hairoin Onarra

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Gaeline: Fantasia

3. Face Paint: Black Liner

4. Candy Nail: Enishi White

5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Croix Exotic Skintone

6. Kyxe Skins and Shapes: Blushed Berry Matte

7. Chop Zuey: Tiger Lilly Set

8. R2: Azuli Silver

9. Manifeste Poses and Adorkable Poses

It's not that I do not accept responsibility for errors on my part, but that I have absolutely no control over what's happening in the now, so I may explain it in hopes that some will be understanding but since there's no ill will involved, not intent to harm anyone, I have to work on not feeling guilty.

Featuring Zanze Mirror Gown Onyx

Featuring Hairoin Onarra

1. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

2. Gaeline: Fantasia

3. Face Paint: Black Liner

4. Candy Nail: Enishi White

5. [Mirror's Enigma]: Croix Exotic Skintone

6. Kyxe Skins and Shapes: Blushed Berry Matte

7. Chop Zuey: Tiger Lilly Set

8. R2: Azuli Silver

9. Manifeste Poses and Adorkable Poses

I can't tell you when I'll find 'normal' again. I also don't know if 'normal' is what I want anyway. I like the roller coaster we call life. I embrace the changes as they come and as they go. I work very hard to keep a positive point of view and share it with you.

One thing I control is the way I look at life, lead my life and deal with what life offers, and I truly want to share the silver linings in all ways. Blessings!

Touch Me, Take Me to That Other Place

Do you have that someone special who can make you calm or in another setting make your head spin or your heart soar? Those kinds of friends are priceless. They're real. They're not wearing a mask and only saying the pretty things.

The greatest gift we have to give others is self. Selfless giving means putting other's needs ahead of our own and this type of giving can be the most exhilarating and the frustrating at the same time. There are those out there who will soak up all you have to share and then want more. In other cases, you know those who rarely ask for anything and if they ever do ask you for support, you'd do absolutely anything they ask if it were in your power.

I consider my life blessed with a rich abundance of people around me who see past themselves and give of themselves in so many different ways. I've joined with a variety of lifestyle groups, role-play groups and serious business groups and found a little smattering of healthy and unhealthy humanity in each of those settings. The joy comes from the fact that the good and goodness in others far outweighs any negatives I've faced.

My heart hopes that you too find those who can touch you and take you to that other place that U2 is singing about in this song I reference. If it's raining cats and dogs or if the sun is shining, if there's an early unexpected spring snow on the ground or you're sunbathing on the beach somewhere with fancy drinks, it's a beautiful day. I pray you don't let it slip away, but find some way to share the beauty of your day with someone else.


Featured Demise of Flight Kristen Lace Cami
Featured Demise of Flight Leather Mini
Featured Demise of Flight Mesh Ballet Flats
Featured Face Paint Gems: Spring Gems 2
Featured Face Paint: Jessica Purple (coming soon)
1. Custom Shape
2. [ME]: Superbia Peach Skintone
3. EMO-tions: Celie
4. WoW: Diva Lashes
5. Noya: French Tips
6. Baubles by Phe: Square Diamond Bangle
7. Cute Poison: Deathstone Necklace
8. Manifeste Poses

Cowgirl, Eraser of Love, and I'm Invisible

No matter where I visit in Second Life, I find a cadre of places designed for kicking back and enjoy... the beach, the sunset, the cowgirl ranch, and so many other things.

I get frustrated sometimes, however, because many of those settings look amazing and yet no one present. Someone invested so much in these locations then they became as deserted as ghost towns of the American midwest.

I remember the very simple distribution of main land, First Land, charter members who turned their investment into multi-million dollar businesses, and only a select number of groups and places where those groups met.

Evolution of the platform itself, Second Life, made this place we share more and more dynamic, more creative, and in essence more fun for all sorts of activities. Evolution also ended up being a giant diaspora. Maybe it's a little like the Big Bang Theory, and as soon as Second Life had life breathed into it, it exploded and exponentially so.

Progress offers so many positives, but also allows for nostalgic memory of a simpler world. In a small world it's easy to embrace dreams and accolades that come from hard work. As the world grows, it's easy to become invisible if you're not passionately aggressively following your dream. Even if there are 412 models in Second Life and once upon a time there were only 12, it's still possible to follow the dream and earn the accolades. It just takes that much more time. One day, I know my story will end with "As she rode off into the sunset, she turned and shouted at the top of her lungs, 'Yeee Haaaw!!'" Maybe it's harder and easy to get lost and feel invisible in a sea of faces, but get in the saddle cowgirl, and ride like the wind.


Featured [nn] (No Name) Nice N` Cowgirl
Featured EMO-tions - Helena Ombre - Gift at Fashion for Life
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Colossus%20of%20Rhodes/122/116/235
1. Custom Shape
2. Poetic Eyes: Hot Mocca
3. WoW: Diva Lashes
4. Face Paint: Sunkissed
5. Sexy Mana Valentine Nails
6. Mirror's Enigma: Leigh Native Skintone
7. Finesmith: Belly Gem 1
8. WoW: Gulsem Jewellery Set
9. Demise of Flight Pose 1
10. Motion Pose in VA AO

Featured EMO-tions - Semiramis - Fashion for Life
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Featured Vero Modero - Mystic Catsuit in Red
1. Custom Shape
2. Poetic Eyes: Oriental Pearl
3. LAQ: Tasha
4. Chop Zuey: MaSonge
5. N-Core: Caprice
6. Sit Pose in Vista Animations AO