The Intriguing Questions Meme: Are You Looking At Me????

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Please do! I’m showing off this adorable hair from +LaLa Moon+, one of my favourite styles from the Hair Fair this year. I love short, flirty styles, and this one is just too cute not to show off! I’m also showing off my new tat from Letis Tattoo. I rarely wear tats, but this one was just so delicate and feminine, I thought it was just what I needed to compliment my new do 😉

Now, I’m sure Miss Berry didn’t mean for us to be intimidating one another with this post, but for some reason the quote from The Taxi Driver just popped into my head when I thought of the word, “intriguing”. That’s the topic for this week’s meme. The instructions are:

Meme instructions: Copy and paste the following questions and answers into your post. Delete my answers and input your own. Don’t forget to leave a comment in this post!

I’m gonna get stuck right in!

How do you deal with criticism? I would like to say I don’t take it personally, but I do. I’m not the most self-confident person in the world, so even when I receive constructive criticism I have to admit it stings a bit. I do try to take it onboard and improve whatever I’ve been criticised about, though.

What’s the most infuriating thing other SL residents do? I’m going to go with the whole rumour/drama thing. It truly amazes me how many people have nothing better to do with their time than invent rumours for the sole purpose of creating drama. Thankfully, I’m usually the last to know and I’m as likely as not to reply, “I really don’t want to know.” Oh, and to go along with that are the people who scream about hating drama, then splash all of their garbage all over their social media pages and SL profiles. Ya know what? If you’re pissed at someone and are knocking someone off your friend’s list, why do I really need to know? And you know what else? I really don’t care.

Which SL resident would you most like to have lunch with and why? Oh, this is a tough one, because there are SO many people I would love to have lunch with. But I’m gonna reach into my hat and pull out just one name 😉 And the winner is….My Lil Cao! (Caoimhe Lionheart) And why? She’s just such an honest and beautiful person – and not just her avatar. Her blog is my companion with my morning coffee and she never fails to start my day off right ❤

Who would you say is your “anti” role model? Someone who serves as a warning rather than an inspiration? I’m not going to name names, either, but mention a type. You know the ones; the people who make fun of noobies, just because they are new. I’m ashamed when I see a new resident being griefed, simply because they haven’t yet figured out how to operate the movement controls or are still wearing the default avatar. I’m wondering how many of the veterans actually managed to make it off the island the first day? Hell, I made several attempts on my own and finally escaped when a friend helped me. I have to respect a 1-day old avatar who manages to make it into a club or store on their own. And I wonder how many never come back again because of the way they have been treated by long-term residents. Sad.

What was something you used to enjoy, but was ruined for you? I used to post regularly on a virtual world-related forum. I was even a moderator. But slowly, the owner drove away the core members of the forum and then pretty much deserted it, leaving it to the two of us stupid enough to continue to moderate to deal with the fallout. When he sold the group sim without notifying us that he had put it up for sale and we logged in to find all of our goods returned to us by the new owner, I walked away from the forum for good. I lost my love of being a “Forum Whore” after that experience.

What’s something you want to do that you’d be embarrassed to tell other people about? Sing. And it’s only embarrassing because I’m so bloody bad at it! But I would love to have the nerve to join in at an open mic night. Even though my voice would probably crash the sim, at least, and cause a mad rush to the ER for the listeners at worst 😦

What’s the oddest term of endearment you’ve ever used or that someone’s used for you? This was a real life term of endearment, but nothing in SL has ever come close! SPF (short for Sweet Pussy Fluff).

No laughing!!!!!

Have you ever fallen in love with another SL resident? Yes

Describe a time/event in your slife that you’re nostalgic for. I used to host at a club that has been a staple for rock music fans in SL for years. When I was hired, it was like I had reached my loftiest goal. I loved that club and the people who frequented it. Plus, it had some of the best damned DJs I’ve ever heard. Sadly, things changed radically and I left after a year. The club is still there, but it will never be the same to me. And I really miss what it once was.

What’s something sweet you’d like someone to do for you? While I’m not a fashion blogger, I would love it if a designer saw a post I did here or a photo I put up on Flickr and let me know that they liked how I showed their product. I purchase everything I use in SL, so if I have chosen to wear something (or displayed a home or furnishings), it’s because I love the designer’s work. I wouldn’t want a compliment if the creator really didn’t like my photos, but if they actually did like it, a comment would be the sweetest thing ever to me 🙂

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By the way, I decided to do topless photos, thinking people might be more interested in looking at them than reading my answers 😉

Pretty stuff I’m wearing:

Hair: +LALA Moon+ Air Real <> [ Crimson Black ] (Hair Fair 2013)
Jeans: Maitreya Zipper-Skinny Jeans * S #4
Boots: Maitreya August Ankle Boots * Oxblood (red sole)
Choker: MG – Necklace – Isis Solar Magic – Choker – SILVER
Earrings: MG – Earrings – Isis Solar Magic – SILVER
Tattoo: Letis Tattoo :: Pink Rose :: Back :: 50% :: B12019
Skin: [:T:] Helena / powder (red) :: 09
Lips: [:T:] Helena / powder :: Lips :: Sheer Sugar Pink (gloss)
Eyes: Amacci Gaze Eyes – Ocean Blue
Hands: Slink Mesh Hands (av) Casual

Poses:
First picture – [Ca.Co] Lusty 10F
Second picture – aDORKable Poses – Legs 3

Weekly Photo Challenge: The Golden Hour – The Suns Slowly Fades In All Of His Glory

Sunset over New Polebarkia

I was happy to see this week’s photo challenge, “The Golden Hour”, since I have been doing a lot of sunrise and sunset photos lately. Living on an island makes that a no-brainer. And with unlimited windlight settings, it is easy to create the golden hour, regardless of the time of day. Cheating, maybe, but that is one of the perks of inhabiting a virtual world. So sue me 😉

I took this shot looking west from outside our home. While I love the coolness of the sunrise, it is the glorious warmth of a sunset that speaks to me most. The glow of the sun reflected on the clouds and the water is a reminder to me of the accomplishments of the day. But it is also an admonition that when tomorrow comes, it will be time to forget the achievements of yesterday and make our mark – no matter how lofty or simple – in the dawning of a new day. As the sun rises again to travel his path toward the fading of his glory once more, make the most of whatever your goals may be.

Please click the link above to view the other entries in this week’s photo challenge.

The Haunted Meme – Standing On The Edge Of Tomorrow

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A fear of heights is a classic phobia. I’m not afraid of heights, so much as I am of falling. I remember distinctly when this fear manifested itself. I was eight years old, on a trip to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky with my sisters and my oldest sister’s family. After traversing most of the cave, there was a stairway you have to climb built over the “Bottomless Pit” to reach the end of the tour. This stairway was made of metal grating and when looking down, you were staring into the abyss. I recall the terror that seized me about halfway up; my brother-in-law had to take my hand and lead me the rest of the way. I had nightmares for years about this experience. And it is a fear that plagues me to this day.

But that still isn’t my greatest fear. It is looking back on my life and worrying that the best has passed me by. That the worst days of my life may turn out to be the best. That the foolish decisions I made when much younger have led me to a place where the edge of tomorrow is a steep, craggy cliff that I am afraid to descend. And I am left with nothing but a yesterday that is far from ideal, but better than what is ahead.

When I saw Berry’s meme this week, I was afraid (haha) that this would end up seeming depressing. Her instructions were:

What are you afraid of? What are you haunted by? Share some of your fears and if you can, create an image depicting one of them. Don’t forget to leave your link in the comments!

To combat the somber tone of my post, I decided to deck myself out in the brightness of sunshine, with the softness of a daffodil’s petals and the delicacy of a butterfly. Thanks to the new round of Collabor88, that was a simpler task than convincing my avatar to stand on this precipice long enough for me to take photos. It was, I admit, a rather quick photoshoot 😉 I found this location in the Destination Guide, once again. It is a sim well-worth exploring called Skye Neist Point. I’ll be going back to wander around another time.

I took a few days off from blogging, and I apologise for not mentioning it in advance. But actually, it wasn’t planned; just a case of inertia. But I’m back now.

Never fear.

Credits:
Dress: Baiastice_Ayoun dress-yellow (Collabor88)
Shoes: ::HH:: Hucci Nasik Sandals – Summer Yellow (Collabor88)
Hair: “”D!va”” Hair “Ange” (Garnet) (Collabor88)
Hands & Feet by SLink
Skin: [:T:] Helena / powder (red) :: 09

Pose: SHAG – Lookin’ BackF