So yeah...

I have a few out of a bunch of pictures for outfits done.... And I got sick with a sinus/ear infection last week... Fun fun... So I've been like... totally lazy... Even missed two days of work once they finally let me take a day off...

I was going to do some more Midian entries as well... But I've been to lazy for that as well... Maybe it's just the upcoming Valentines...? I dunno...

But here is a story for you... I came across a nice newb guy in SL the other day, well as nice as they get when they hit on your for pixel sex, but he was at least a bit of a flirt... Some potential at least, so I figure I should give a helping hand and maybe one day he'll be a constructive citizen... So being a fashionista I ask him if he'd like a hand getting dressed up to look like a good slcitizen.

Here is were I have to tell you he was a bare chested AV with system hair that looked like a mop on his head. A shape kinda like a short gorilla (he was about my height or SL 5 foot 11 inches) with a blocky face that reminded me of the old Max Hendron. Though he did have a not completely hopeless skin if you don't mind the hairy chest look and he was wearing bad freebie pants and system shoes.

I could have made something out of him with a few minutes of slider work, a trip to the stores that give away hair to newbs under 30 days, and free dove/freebie jeebies/B@R's 10L shop. But he has somehow been convinced he looks 'good enough' and apparently can 'get any woman he wants', as well some 'long term resident' who was a woman told him he looked great. Err... no you look like a 2003 reject... o_0 Please let me help... 0_o

But he got annoyed I think... And wandered off... Sadly later as I wandered a um... seeder collection of vendors for some risque clothes I got to see he couldn't emote to save his ass... So I maybe I should just let him be mediocre... One day he'll realize the only women he gets can't hold a conversation and may only be bots, but that's not my issue...

Yeah...

I know I've been off on doing updates, but I do have some things in the works...

In the vein of the 25 group limit in SL getting blog feedback I'd love to draw attention to this Jira entry. It covers an issue that effects me and anyone else who chooses to use a ATI/AMD video card rather than one from Nvidia. We get almost nothing out of Windlight except better light sourcing, but no pretty water or skies for us... So help out half the video card market and push this issue with the Linden's. My brand new $300 video card doesn't gain me anything in SL and keeps me from making even prettier pictures!

Cleaning up the dust and cobwebs

Hey everyone!

I've actually stopped into SL a few times lately for the first time in awhile, but I haven't posted on here... Things feel so different when I've gone back to my usual haunts. It makes me kinda sad...

I have missed my SL friends though... Often quite alot during the ups and downs of RL. In the time since I got back together with the woman I love only to have her dump me in just over a week of being back together for a stupid guy... >_> Now they have broken up... I still haven't meet anyone else... I guess the world just doesn't appreciate introverts...

Work is still driving me nuts, but at the moment I have an intern so it somewhat lightens my load... At least until the end of the day, then I'm still the one getting called at home at all sorts of crazy hours... Oh and to make things more fun this week has started the annual snowfall here along the great lakes... Making my drive to and from work take longer.... Yeah... <_<

Back to SL... Of course the first thing I did was buy more clothes.... Lots of clothes... Like everything new from Dark Eden to start.. ^_^

I also built a new PC (Yeah for my geek girlness!)... Which laughs at SL and asks "Can't you make me work harder...?" as I've cranked up all the settings as high as they go and SL never freezes or slows like it used to... I do however still have to wait on SL's slow transfer rate and watch as the scenery and people pop into existence, but their is no helping that... My pictures should look better from now on to...

Well that's all for now I'll try to come up with some new posts over the christmas break at work if not before!

Updates & Where I come from (online)

Yes, I've been neglecting this spot... And I really shouldn't... I do have yet more tats and bikinis ready... for whenever I get around to taking some new pictures to use... ^_^ Those will be my next fashion posts... I also have some stuff from Glass Earth's various members and a trip to Dark Eden and SiniStyle added some more items... If it didn't take like 4 hours for one of my fashion reports I'd do more... ^_^

All that said London asked me to share my online history when I mentioned it on her blog the other day that I've been online for ages (in internet time). See I was a lonely girl who had just moved from a tiny little town (200-300 people) to a somewhat larger town (3000-5000 people). I was shy and didn't make friends easily and really I was super innocent compared to the troubled lives of some of my class mates. Somethings I've come to realize since I started working at a charter school in the 'inner city' of a large city (300k+ people) is that small towns in the middle of nowhere have the same issues as inner city areas. Poverty, unemployment, lack of motivation in learning, lack of access to facilities to help you learn, and I could go on but it's not the focus of this post...

Anyways the school had a Apple IIC lab that as a fifth grader I visited once a week... And I loved them... They didn't tease me, or make fun of me, and were always happy to do whatever I could tell them to do... Oh sure they had their limits, but I could enjoy myself in ways vaguely like interacting with people without the downsides I felt around them... This discovery went on to firmly plant me into a 'geek' role for the rest of my life, but my love of various scientific topics would probably have done that anyways...

Middle School however lacked a computer lab and in another twist of fate my parents one summer asked me a question: "We want to buy something for all of us to use, so here are the options which would you prefer: a pool or a computer?" A computer, duh! I may have loved to swim, but swimming by yourself isn't much fun... and I was content with PC's as fun... This also set up my love of PC games...

The internet though as we know it didn't exist yet. There were a few different types of services though... AOL was still in it's infancy and not the ASL paradise it is now, Compuserve was around... Though neither was a an 'ISP' as those didn't exist yet, other nitch providers like Genie existed. It was also the era of BBS's, but their were no local BBS's for me and I managed to get in some serious trouble after discovering them with a huge $500 phone bill for my parents... Luckily the phone company decided it was an error... I also remember also figuring out ways around AOL's adult materials filter... I was a horny little 14 year old cause I most assuredly was not even kissing anyone yet and had not a clue about sexuality... But I knew I liked the idea of seeing people naked... Maybe I could even find one of people having sex! (shock!). Well I didn't find any sex pictures (so some of those questions wouldn't be answered for years), but I did find a picture of this beautiful naked asian woman... Which I think is what started my fetish for asian women... ^_^ I also got addicted to erotic stories in that time.. giving me all sorts of creative ideas if I'd had anyone to share them with! ^_-

By the second half of high school though the internet had been born! It's birth had been painful though as dial-up internet sucks (I can't believe people can stand to use it still, I so feel sorry for you Chloe!). But we had the beginning of the internet filled with as much junk as today... Just with less porn... We could even still use bitmap images on the web in html 1.0, as jpeg hadn't been fleshed out yet and gif was the only compressed image format available as an alternative to it.

After high school and on to college I finally got my first real ISP and I discovered chat rooms via IRC... I also discovered what I'd found gaming back on genie... Women and girls were a minority... suggesting you were a woman made the men scurry for cover or hit on you... The attention sometimes was way to bad... 20 or 30 guys to each woman... Ugh... So I hid... I played at being a guy online... I think alot of women did when they found out the same thing I had... I then found BBS's and more importantly MUD's, MUX's, MUCKS and all the other MU*'s, virtual worlds where you could create objects, interact with other people, make things... But it was all in text... I'd had an exposure to virtual sex with IRC and after wading into various MU*'s I discovered adult ones... Ones for people to live out virtual fantasies... The first I visited made me understand BDSM and most of it's concepts and flavors... As it was a master/slave world... you had to pick a role between the two and they required you to be 'trained' before being 'sold' to an owner... I moved on to another MU* that was more a general free for all of sexual ideas soon after....

I then spent the next 5 years playing off and on in those worlds between other things... In the end though I got tired of the drama and feeling like an outsider as I didn't 'live the life' in the Real World... I did however meet the first person I ever kissed or had sex with RL online during this time... Though that was one day... And she was a crazy nymphomaniac... I won't delve into that unless someone asks, but all she wanted was a one time thing and that ended up hurting me... As it was my first time...

I however took a vacation from virtual sex... I didn't enjoy it nearly as much one a forum or some such and even IM was hard... I did however have a best friend who I only knew online from the MU*'s that I'd still play with occasionally until I lost her contact info... It's been nearly 4 years now since I last talked to her... I've been in and out of virtual worlds before this point... All sorts of beta testing of online games... But those really were just games... I even saw the beginning of Second Life... But I tried it for a day back in it's early days and the need to create everything you wanted held me back from joining in... I didn't want to have to create clothes so I'm not ugly, or build all the objects in the world I wanted to interact with... Not then at least... Not until a few months ago when I was between things to do online and saw another mention of Second Life... And decided to give it another look in the five years it's been since the first look I'd given it... Second Life has that adult presence that bored me with MMO's... Well that and being stuck in 'set' articles of clothing as you leveled... I always felt I looked like everyone else and hated it... Not so in SL as I pour way to much money into looking different all the time...! ^_-

No update for you...

I had one more pic from the last set of pics I took which I was going to post up today... But I decided instead to wait a bit and post up some pics on tattoos... That's what the pic was of, but just having one tat review up seemed such a waste... Much like why I haven't done my swimsuit review yet... But I do have a number of tats, so I'll try to get some pics tonight and then I can have a host of pics for everyone to see tomorrow all with reviews!

See you then... ^_^

Edit:
Well I did take the pics, but then I realized I'd left my thumb drive at work last night and couldn't take them in... So you'll have to wait til Saturday morning.

Odds & Ends

Yes, I'm really really far behind now... But I have a good excuse! ... Ok, Well I have an excuse anyways...

I've wanted to try my hand at building things since I seem fairly adept at editing shapes and such... So I ended up trying to create something interesting this last weekend... And I think I succeeded... I created an entire line of jewelry! More than 20 pieces in a weekend, because I went on a bit of a binge... Ok 'a bit' is way understating it...

I also decided to take a look into the role-play community on SL and went exploring the basics of the Midian Sim... You know me, I'm all dark and neko-ish, so It seems like a prime fit... However things have settled down at work & I figure I can actually work on my blog again from work... So expect some more updates soon!

Site News & Updates

Hello everyone!

I've gotten swamped at work the last couple of days so no shopping for me... I did however get a system in at work that can run SL... Though at a whole whoppin' 1.5 fps, so it's nearly useless... But I can at least check in on occasion and maybe sort through my inventory when I forget a name while I'm writing my reviews... So that should be an improvement.

I've also been looking at buying a house RL-wise because I'm way past tired of renting and roommates... So that's taken up some time over the last couple days as well. I'm awfully tempted to over spend when it comes to getting a house... I want a pool, A/C, jacuzzi bath, patio/deck, nice yard... Which is kinda bad... ^_^

Now onto fashion news... Canimal was nice enough to send me some things to review this morning before I left for work... So I'll be taking a look later tonight and should have a review up tomorrow or Sunday. I'm also working on that really really big Pixel Dolls finale with all the other bits I picked up from there. I'm hoping to finish that this weekend... I'm also trying to get in touch with more places about taking a look at some of their designs.

Well Now I should get back to my crazy day at work. Cya!

Site News, Nocturnal Threads, and Mischief by RPD

Well I've lined up contacts with a few more places to review some of their designs. One of which I'll cover in this post (Nocturnal Threads), though I'm also talking with Canimal. This pretty kitty can't afford to buy out stores on her dancers budget! Well I could if you all come and tip me everyday, but I don't expect that! I also had the club owner at Castle Hornet take a few of us dancing girls out shopping and we ended up in Mischief (a Rising Phoenix Designs line). Where he gave us some $L and let us play... It was awfully nice of him. ^_^

Now for the clothes (Lingerie first!):

First up is (fill in the name here, yes, yes, I forgot it!) from Mischief. This design is hot... It's semi-sheer so it looks like your showing off all your assets, but you don't... I love that the top isn't just some sort of bra, but a wrap around section of fabric ala a tube top with nice red lace trim. The panties are more traditional in design, if not look, and duplicates the top for it's detailing and fabric. This also comes with the stockings to complete the look, though they aren't semi-sheer like the top and panties are. They do however have the same detailing.


Next up is (yep, forgot again!) from Mischief. This is awfully sexy with what looks like black velvet and with red and black lace. The top is a corset design which uses a jacket layer to add the lace corset fishnet part, so this can be converted to just a velvet bra look. The panties of course match the top and the red and black work deliciously together. Now this design has sheer black stockings with a red and black lace band along the top. In fact I was tempted to use those with the first outfit, but it didn't quite look right...


The last lingerie piece is this attractive number called (of course I forgot!). It's made of leather done to a shine to look like PVC with cut out slits under your bust and a zipper down the middle of the top! Who can resist showing off the underside of your breasts and zippers?! It comes with matching leather panties which look like they have a zipper on the front, but when you look closely it's more of a metal design rather than an actual zipper... I was kinda disappointed in that... I mean zippers are handy... Anyways... the extra for this set is the wrist cuffs made with the same styling as the rest of the outfit. It did not come with stocking, I just decided to keep wearing the ones from the previous design because they were nice and this design didn't come with any...

Now for something a bit different we have a 'club' outfit from Mischief called "Call of the Wild". Oh and what a call it makes! I just had to toss my spots back on for this one... It has a leopard spotted fabric under-layer for the top with a 'bra' type design in black over top of it, which is just all animal sexy... It comes with leopard spotted panties to, which are hard to see as a separate item in the picture because they are meant to stick out from the low cut black pants, which has it's own sexy leopard spotted trim. My only wish is that I could have the pattern texture match my red and black neko colors... That would look incredible on me...


Now onto some Nocturnal Threads Loving! Since I wondered into the Nocturnal Threads store I've loved their stuff... But I always seem to run out of cash before I manage to buy much of anything from their store... Such is the life of a neko clotheswhore... Well Kaia was nice enough to solve this problem for me by tossing a few outfits my way! She also included a few men's outfits, so I had the owner of Castle Hornet do a bit of modeling for me! Show Louis some love for lending a hand. ^_^

First up is a sexy design called 'RAWR' if I remember correctly. I love the concept and this comes with several parts to play with. Black leather textured gloves that come down to mid forearm lead into a sweet fishnet accented top with a interesting black and white spot patterned banding making up the edges. Their is also a second top which does away with the fishnet for when you want something more revealing! This is designed as a 'one piece' that ties into the panties included with the set whether you wear the fishnet or non-fishnet tops. It also has lovely black stockings with a fabric band above the actual top of the stockings themselves, which I thought was a sexy touch! ^_^ My only issue with the outfit is the 'skirt' which looks like not much of anything... Sorry Kaia, but I just didn't like that part... Luckily their is no need with this outfit to wear any part you don't like.


Next up is a new outfit from them called Salmonelle Which is a lovely design, though much to pinkish for my usual taste. I still think it looks good on me, but a bit more red would be awesome! ^_^ Hehe I love the reds and blacks a bit to much I think... Kaia if you ever do this in red base with black let me try it on! Anyways... It's a cute pink bodice style top that links directly to a prim skirt, the bodice has black stripes leading down the front and a nice 'black star burst' effect leads into the pink on the skirt. It also comes with the pink stockings/thigh-high socks that you see in the picture. The black velvet looking jacket tops off the design with it's nice riveted buttons and pink lacing on the arms. It also includes that pink 'neck scrunchie' prim that is very sweet... If not for the jacket, and way short skirt for that time, I'd almost think I was back in the 60's or performing in 'Grease'...


Followed by this male/unisex outfit, which I felt was so sexy with all it's straps and zippers that Louis couldn't have it! ^_^ It's ok Louis I'm sure she'd love it if you bought your own! It only has two parts, a jacket and a set of pants... But you don't need more! The jacket is a sweet leather texture with all sorts of highlight pieces in the way of buckles, straps, and zippers. The pants match, though they have these nice giant ring buckles with zippers... I wish I had a real outfit that looked like this... Oh and before I forget there is also a nice collar built into the jacket that is a different texture, much like real jackets, but sometimes lacking in SL...


Now this next one is the latest from Nocturnal Threads called 'Whisper' and it includes a ton of options... First it's a wonderful dark black... Second it has skull images on the shirt and the backs of the gloves, though it's subtle in design since it's a darker grey color, so it mixes in fairly well with the dark black of the normal texture. As for pieces, it includes a jacket, a matching dress (shirt and skirt), a pair of pants, and thigh high socks/stockings. The jacket is a little black single button shrug/crop top style, perfect for showing off what your wearing under it... The gloves are nice open finger types and the pants look like a nice pleated design, though they are fairly plain. The dress though is sweet and can easily be worn with nothing else from this set. Besides the skull emblem top the skirt is a sort of black and grey plaid pattern that is lovely...


Next up we switch to men's fashions with Louis Modeling for us! He was mildly unwilling even for free clothing, so the pictures look a tad dark... This is the 'Mael Rouge' which is a nice goth look for men. It includes a nicely detailed jacket (and shirt underneath) with elbow patches and lovely red button tabs. This jacket also uses the 'skirt' layer to make coat trails... It was so hard to convince Louis to wear anything with the word 'skirt' attached to it., but in the end I won and he put it on! It also includes red gloves to match the jacket. The outfit is finished off by a pair of black pants.


Finally we have the male version of 'Whsiper'. For men it's a long Tee with the skull emblem much like the women's version and a pair of long pants. It also has a pair of gloves almost identical to the female version... In fact most of what I said about the female version applies here. I just love the female version more, since I can wear it... ;)

Well I think that's it for now... Kaia feel free to give me more stuff any time! Like maybe... Summer Plum (which if I can ever find some spare $L I'm buying anyways), Black Parade, Bad Gretel, Leeloo Noir, Star Studded, DEATHrock grrl, GDC Ven Bowler, Petal, Whimsical.... Uh well just anything you feel like... ^_^

I did find a bunch more of the Pixel Dolls outfit pictures (that I thought I'd lost) and will post those soon as well in a part 3 to my mega update series... So expect those soon...

Site News, New ventures, and even more shopping!

Hi everyone!

Things didn't go quite as planned this weekend, because I have been looking for a reliable way of uploading pictures to the blog (hence the fill-in spots for pictures I've taken, but can't stick on the page). I think I've found a solution however, so once I get home tonight I'll try uploading all my existing pics and linking them back in on here. Once that's done I'll start snapping more pics of myself in the different outfits I've bought...

I'll mention from within SL that their is now a 'Neko Clotheswhores and those that love them' group you can join! A group of us realized that we are just crazy for clothes shopping and so were most of the other neko shoujo we knew... So we made a group! Feel free to join up! Also I submitted my first poetry writings to a bookstore in SL. I can't remember the name of the store at work here, but I'll edit this to include it once I get home. So far the people that have seen my work like it, so I'm happy... ^_^

I did however go shopping this weekend, but it was for neko gear... In fact I spent all day Sunday hopping from neko place to neko place... I would hope most people already know about Jungle Voodoo, but their is also the elusive **Hybrid** that has a ton of stuff... Including a ball of yarn! You don't understand the kitteny goodness of a ball of yarn until you've seen it in action! I've searched for about a week now to find a ball of yarn and I finally did at **Hybrid**. Hehe my club now has a ball of yarn on the floor for neko's to play with! If I only had a house I'd have a cute little neko bed (for up to 3 neko!), but I have no place to put it so it will stay in the store til I buy it... It's cute though as it looks like a laundry basket... Stick in 3 half-naked kitty girls and you have a scene at once cute and sexy!

I also picked up a pack of Neko spot tats at **Hybrid**, so when I'm in the mood for it I can look even more neko in a tiny bikini and a bunch of spots... Or this set of leather straps and spots... ;)