this is not just a fawn

the thing that i enjoy most about pixel shopping in second life is how you can find anything you can imagine, and loads of things you never could have imagined because the ideas didn't come from your brain initially, which consequently makes them original (at least to you, and at least as long as you don't see them pop up three and four times in various ripped off incarnations). the best in second life pixels surely qualify as art.

i usually peruse flickr streams bitching and moaning to myself the whole time about how i should have learned photoshop long ago when i could process all the tricky stuff. one of my favorite things to run across other than amazingly manipulated images are a different and arguably more traditional type of artistry where people draw a sketch and then pixelate it and create it in world with sculpts and prims and textures...they have even been quite good in world, even been quite faithful to the original image. but the sequence of events starting with this picture radio drew and posted on flickr moved at lightning speed, i was really impressed how rapidly she translated a sketched image into the resulting outfit. all artsy fartsy gushing aside, you get to wear spots on your bum! who doesn't like that?

worn:

~Scribble~ Spotty Bum leotard/corset in pink

Illusions horns SAH free hunt gift

Tiny Bird hair Ciao Bella past Haiti Skybox item still in new hairs at mainstore

Titania's Court Faun legs and ears from full avatar set

Belleza Alyson new group gift

Caroline's Jewelry broken scripted pearls

The Habitat Like A Rolling Stone tat past free/dollarbie

paper tiger

a paper tiger can't

tell you where he stands

we'll go back tonight

the way that we came

i'm not dumb, just wanna hold your hand.

worn:

csr niniko coat

csr dpyumyum tiger avi

csr zero style hair in chestnut

my ugly dorothy group gift plant for your head

yeah, most of it's not available anymore [*sticks out blogger tongue*] but the stores all have amazing merch on sale all day everyday anyway.

snarky stopper

i am always excited when i find bizarre and random things for sale on second life. i even wear them once i buy them! go figure. using the drunk ao again and this toilet paper couture from rbcg. with the cupcakes january group gift was apparently too obvious a joke for some ladiez who clearly didn't appreciate the artistry behind sharpie-faced skins and hand drawn toilet paper texturing. i stand by my comment to the humorless womynz that this is honestly how i imagine most second lifers end up on a weekend evening. i know you all keep a real life roll of electrical tape to pastie your boobs too, don't lie!^$%

nothing changes on new year's day.

i have haiti related lyrics but it's gza and it's not particularly nice so i'll just leave that tendency to the side today. other tendencies indulged with the red cross donations/sales items are mouth foods! this red cross tag [buy from Lucky #7 vendor] is one of at least TWO mouth noms i saw in the scribble skybox, which i'm happy to see has blossomed from one room into two since its inception. the mouth tag also comes with a leg/belt thing that hangs at your pocket or wherever you position it, and at 49L it's the perfect charity cheapie. i'm also wearing the 50L H.O.D. To Love Rosary, also a red cross item in the skybox. the dress comes in a set with these cute red cross kneed socks and is yet another haiti relief item you can find at Lark's new mainstore build. after a recent conversation about how i'm always 18 months behind electronic trends it comes as no surprise to myself that i've only finally indulged elfdom and donned some elf ears [buried]. an accumulation of decent freebies necessitated a subsubfolder of its own which subsequently necessitated wearing a pair for once. which actually led to my PURCHASING a pair too, the stumblebum schadenfreude pair to be precise, i hope to use those soon in some hideously bright array. speaking of hideously bright, i found this rainbow on the new sim build for ANA mations, and i figured rainbows could go with red crosses in symbolizing hope. here's hoping that people don't forget about haiti again in 12 months until another 100K people die next time.

*edit-woops i effed up guesstimating a designers stores from profile picks. shortcake sugarplum is the designer of lucky #7! stores not officially open yet but check it out in the meantime! more red cross items here. my bad. all apologies.

forgive me father christmas, for i have sinned

i remember being 18 and drunk in the snow in montreal, trying to find a way back to the holiday inn with my best friend at the time. after pitchers of sangria and hours of giggling about the fact that we could drive all the way to canada and still only get hit on by creepy mexican dudes we stumbled out of the peel street pub and started drifting into snowbanks on the sidewalks. we ended up on a bench at a bus stop on catherine street, pretending it was normal to wait in a snowy seat for a bus that wasn't even coming. that was almost ten years ago, and i feel incredibly old. at least i've given up the bottle, hopefully for good...it was getting tedious having to explain random bruises and how i got into a terrible argument with a tree in brooklyn in another instance. that being said it was still fun to watch my virtual self stumble around with the Abranamations advent calendar 'drunk ao' (includes gigantic head sized bottle of merlot). i find with a series of really great animations there's no need to use individual poses, and these are two of my favorite candid moments from what i snapped.

other festive things worn include: Tiny Bird Merritt hat hair for girls in candy red previous 50L friday item, ~Scribble~ gift tag group Christmas gift, Eolande's mistletoe headband free Christmas subo gift, Terri Tees Ho Cubed shirt, Surf Co. yoga pants previous 50L friday set, A.Y.Y. Yah Yah chucks in Hurricane black (free camp item), Tyranny 25L tuesday outfit's skin Dinah in Fall Wheat Bares(3).

it's fairly easy being green

mmmph. love is last.fm's catered radio streams. i am feeling snowed in and soulful with otis and pals. not blue but green. and there is tons of green to be had lately. enjoy your holidays, holy days, and unholy ones too.

worn: Riddle group gift jacket/sweater combo, Tuli Eva skin in exclusive group gift makeup, Stitch by Stitch advent snowflake ring (with pink particles that will annoy anyone anywhere you go! yay, added bonus!), Artilleri previous group gift pink polkadot scarf, [Atomic] previous group gift Creepy Josie hair in Ghoul, ~Scribble~ group gift tiny antlers.

this is the long distance call

the way the camera follows us in slow-mo

the way we look to a song

the way we look to a distant constellation that's dying in the corner of the sky

these are the days of miracle and wonder, and don't cry baby, don't cry.

worn: ~Scribble~ lodge sweater (50L friday owl), Pididdle starlust trash hunt kill or be killed gloves in plum, Vive9 lucky chair Demi [light] Frosting skin, freebie Adjunct argyle bubble pipe (girlz), Clawtooth Play it Again Sam hair in coffee with cream, Exodi Look Into My....Rainbows (purple) eyes from lucky chair, +*Jill*+ free leggings, previous holiday gift hooded scarf from Argrace.

hand me my leather

oh god, could it be the weather?

oh god, why am i here?

if love isn't forever

and it's not the weather...

hand me my leather.

worn: INDI Designs Donna (b) complete advent outfit, [Atomic] Amour Heels in black, L. Fauna preview Lapine snowflake skin (w/bodysuit) 50L friday last weekend, lamb. Witch hair in mango also 50L friday item, for bad cal gals (whip), past group gift.

don't go chasing [her]

i seen a rainbow yesterday

but too many storms have come

leaving a trace of not one god given ray

is it because my life is ten shades of gray?

i pray all ten fade away

seldom praise him for the sunny days

and like his promise is true

only my faith can undo

the many chances i blew

to bring my life to a new

clear blue and unconditional skies

have dried the tears from my eyes

no more lonely cries

my only bleeding hope is for the folk who can't cope

with such an enduring pain that it keeps 'em in the pouring rain

who's to blame for tootin' 'caine into your own vein

what a shame you shoot and aim for someone else's brain

you claim the insane and name this day in time

for falling prey to crime

i say the system got you victim to your own mind

dreams are hopeless aspirations

in hopes of coming true

believe in yourself, the rest is up to me and you.

worn: rebel-x black swan dress, deviant kitties hair, tyranny skin, plastik tattoo, lazy places hentai heels.

this is not another girls meets boy

fall's over. proceed straight to hell. do not pass go. do not collect 200 lindens.

love, love is like a stubborn youth

that you'd rather just deny

i'm walking on a broken roof

while i'm looking at the sky

worn

Nightshade-Hotaru dress in fall

Rotten Toe-Jane-pale skin group gift

rbcg. antlers

Deviant Kitties Savannah hair Swedish

LOVE tattoo - collar bone from Ms. Marleen Vaughan, maybe, if you ask nicely. and have cats.

creep (yes, it's me again, and i'm back)

the 23rd of loneliness

and we don't talk like we used to do

now it seems pretty strange, but i'm not buggin'

cuz i still feel the same

i keep giving loving 'till the day he pushes me away

never go astray

if he knew the things i did he couldn't handle it

and i choose to keep him protected

worn:

Beetlebones BB*bubbly silk dress in sweat pea [sic]

>Truth< previous group gift boots foxley

duboo leggings gift

risusipo chipmunk backpack previous hunt gift

Tiny Bird hair Girl Anachronism

*UB* mouth nom Toasty

Mother Goose's Rebecca skine-LB [sic]

somewhere we've never been

pages turning

lights are burning

see what you could not see

it's plain as the day

the night makes you pay

for what was hidden underneath

longing to leave

but begging to feel that

something will make you stay

gotta believe that this all leads

to somewhere we've never been

we won't run

we can fight

all that keeps us up at night

there is far to go now

let's not waste a minute more

in denial

happiness count: day 1. let's see how this goes. let's not waste a minute more of our lives.

things worn that make me happy:

leezu subo gift scarf

rotten toe angie glam skin 1L

elate! tuli dress in navy

wretched dollies chewed candy cane

don we now our ghey apparel

rainbows! they are colorful. as am i.

oh you want a musical subtitle? ok...

~why are there so many songs about rainbows?~

worn-Solange! 2008 holiday dress in gold, SLink 50L fridays sydney gold edition overknee boots, Armidi Limited zimbabwe necklace in [techno] and neon stacked bangles, W&Y yuki HAIRMIMI FREE3, *Staged* group gift skin Elizabeth 2 Crack Whore (Tanned). shot at sunny sim.

afghan wigs

you walked in

just like smoke

with a little

'come on come on come on'

in your walk

well, come on

i've been waitin', are you waitin'?

for my move, well i'm makin' it

so tell me baby, can you shake it?

if i can move it with you

will you let me take it?

i'll be down on my knees

screaming 'take me, take me, take me, take me, i'm yours'

studio version is so much crisper i wish it were on youtube.

worn: perhaps my favorite wig so far Lamb.'s new Oh Sugar in Powder, [Pink Outfitters] "B Side" Cardigan in light pink, [Pink Outfitters] AO2 Painters Destroyed Denim (capri) vintage wash, Cupcakes skin October group gift Daydream in Lace makeup Fairy 2 Pink (Freck), CrazyBitch Tattoo - Evil Neko.