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Why Buy The Cao…

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I have a friend who is a Cao. She is a beautiful, smart, funny (retired) model who makes me laugh and cry when I read her blog. From her antics with Spanx to the tales of her Jack Russell Terrorist and her Date Night escapades to her touching, insightful posts about life, love and death, her blog is one I never miss.

As I mentioned, she is a retired model, so her unique shape is sacrosanct. She created it to achieve a look that set her apart in the Second Life fashion world. Couture is not my forte, so while I am unschooled in Second Life modeling practices, I have no doubt it is similar to the stories we hear about RL fashionistas: fiercely competitive with some models doing anything to get ahead. From what I have read in Cao’s blog, there are many models who are friends and friendly with one another – even helpful – but there also those who, sadly, try to sabotage others.

During Hair Fair, Cao – who has been personally touched by the loss to cancer of someone she loved – offered up her shape to the highest bidder, with the proceeds going to Wigs For Kids. During the auction, someone in the modeling community threatened to steal and sell her shape. This upset her on more than one level – yes, her shape certainly assisted her in her modeling career and to see it hawked on Marketplace for sale to anyone with a few Lindens was distressing, but more so it was the fact that this person would potentially take away bidders for her shape and real dollars for this wonderful charity. So she changed the rules – anyone who bid at least 1000L (her original opening bid) would receive a copy of her shape AND she would contribute an additional 10,000L of her own to this cause. And she ended up contributing 56,502L to Wigs For Kids through this unselfish exercise.

Can you see why I love this little Cao? And why I “bought the Cao”?

Click to read how you can buy the Cao yourself

Rod Rocks!

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Last night, after recovering enough music to put together a set, I did my 2-4am DJ gig at Breaking The Rules. It was an interesting set, to say the least. It seems my SAM didn’t like a lot of the music I had chosen and kicked out about half of my playlist. So I was DJing on the fly! He also didn’t want me to speak, apparently – he rejected my voice over music for my first two planned mic breaks. I finally got him to accept “I’ve Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts” for my voice over, only to forget I had shoved my microphone on top of my headset so nobody could hear me. Sighs…one of those “If it could go wrong” kind of nights!

But then, I realised I had a secret weapon – something to watch over me and keep the remainder of my set running smoothly. Would anything in Second Life dare to misbehave if I dragged out my good friend and one-time date, Flat Rod?

Hell no! The rest of my set ran smoothly, although I’m not sure what happened to my host, Hope’s hair when he appeared o.O I guess maybe Rod only protects the one he’s closest to!

I did have one moment, though, when I was a bit suspect of Rod’s motives…

Was he keeping an eye on the DJ board to see what was being played, or was he checking out our bums?

For once, Rod was mute. Probably for the best – the way his eyes were popping out of his head, I suspect the latter 😉

Pretty stuff I’m wearing:

Jacket/top: Emery – Biker Jacket Amadeus Yellow (Top Beige Included) by sunami Beck (Available at FaMESHed)
Jeans: Emery – High Waisted Jeans Debbie Medium by sunami Beck (Available at FaMESHED)
Boots: *G Field* – *GF* Open Boots “Vilda” -brown by Cerberus Noel
Necklace: ~Tableau Vivant~ Keyring necklace by M4ri1yn Magic (Available at FaMESHed)
Skin: [PXL] Creations [PXL] JADE OL Peach Lips MEB C2 by Hart Larsson
Makeup: [PXL] Creations [PXL] JADE OL SmokeyBrown Eyes (tattoo) by Hart Larsson
Hands: Slink Mesh Hands (av) Casual by Siddean Munro
Hand Appliers: [PXL] Skin Tone appliers for Slink hands (OL) V2 by Hart Larsson
Eyes: Eyes: Amacci Gaze Eyes – Ocean Blue by Carina Larsen
Hair: Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Kelly Mesh Hair – Rouge by MissAllSunday Lemon

When A Pixie Meets A Chipmunk

Video July 29, 2013July 29, 2013PeepSideshow Darkward4 Comments

Yes, today I’ve got something just a little different! On Saturday, my good friend, Hope Seranade, followed me DJing at Breaking The Rules. From the moment she started speaking, we knew something was very, very wrong, yet very, very hysterical 😀 Somehow, some pixies – or chipmunks – had found their way into her SAM, and she sounded like…well, click play on the video to hear it yourself! By her third voice-over, I was in tears of laughter, but somehow managed to remember to grab my phone and record this momentous occasion. If you listen closely, you can hear me giggling at the end of the recording. Thankfully, I managed to press stop before I snorted! You can view on youtube here.

When I told Hope I had recorded it, she was appalled, but it seems that word of my treachery spread, and I was asked to share it on Facebook. So, this morning, I set out to create a video. After almost three hours of trial and error, I managed to capture the slides AND the audio, convert it to an .avi file and upload it. It was a LOT of work, but just listening to it – and knowing that anyone who stumbles across it can view it – made it all worth it.

Here’s to you, Hope…my homage to you in all of your pixified-glory. Alvin ain’t got nuthin on you 😉

Update: There seems to be a formatting problem if you view this on the home page of my blog, and I can’t figure out how to fix it 😦 Please click into the blog post to be able to view the entire post until I manage to format it correctly. Sorry! Fixed!