tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353014739156716802024-03-18T13:24:34.700-07:00The Train Wreck Love LifeEmilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comBlogger3645125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-4484877245920564982024-03-07T23:43:00.000-08:002024-03-08T01:49:11.957-08:00hide away, they say, 'cos we don't want your broken partsYeah, so...remember that thing I was recovering from? You know, <a href="https://razorblade-cookies.blogspot.com/2023/12/things-arethinkingin-suburb-far-far-away.html" target="_blank">last year</a>?<br />
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Yeah. I did it again.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/YR85jM8"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/yf5zs15/oops-skeleton-collapse.gif" alt="And all the spine bits fall down." height="167" width="245" border="0"></a><br />
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So this is Em Faw Down Go Boom part III: Return of the Back Issues. Or something. I didn't outright fracture anything, nothing in the spine was broken or out of place, no cracks in the skull--just brain sloshy and pain.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/hKwhDZ2"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/rZNT4c5/amy-poehler-everything-hurts.gif" alt="Amy Poehler says everything hurts." height="200" width="298" border="0"></a><br />
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Okay, no actual dying. <strike>Dying would hurt less</strike>--er, I mean...Rephrased, I have a concussion, I'm in a ton of pain, because I fell back and hit nearly full-on (some fun new muscle knots in the left side notwithstanding) to the back and the back of my skull. And while I would adore having the freedom to just get effective painkiller, the US is still reeling from the opiod crisis so everyone's scared to prescribe much beyond a leather belt to bite.<br />
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I didn't even injure myself in a thrilling story-type way--I was on my way out of the apartment, I hit the elevator button, then tried to throw my coat on--and felt myself falling backwards. And failed utterly to stop the fall.<br />
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I remember swearing, loudly, and hearing someone on the second floor say they heard a thump--next thing I know one of the attendants is looking at me, saying "Call 911!"<br />
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Like, don't get me wrong, I like the fact that we live so close to a fire station, I like the men and women who work there--I just don't like looking up at a ring of them, from the floor, <i>for the third gorram time</i>.<br />
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So. <b>WILL</b> do the shoes. Will <i>also</i> work up a thing for the latest tattoo release. But my time at the keys for anything--SL, computer, or straightening out the desk--is limited right now. I <i>will</i> get better, but I think the universe is tired of playing at this point. So yes, I will be more careful and yes, I will rest when I need to (which right now is many hours at a time), and I will do my best not to let this happen again. This month.<br />
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(Because I'd love to promise "until next year", but void stars, it's been three falls already, and I was still recovering from the first two!)<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/9ydg49B"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/KV8hsjB/men-in-black-back-pain.gif" alt="Vincent D'Onofrio from Men in Black, pained in the skin suit." height="266" width="334" border="0"></a><br />
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I'll get there. It's just put even more time between me and recovery than I had before, and I had a <i>lot</i> of time before this trip to the ER!<br />
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Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-60240729158139170642024-02-24T14:24:00.000-08:002024-02-28T16:21:05.938-08:00he cried and said, "She's crazy", and showed off all his burns<a href="https://ibb.co/dDG4GGC"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/bXz5zzw/shattered-past1.png" alt="Drifting ink-drawn gallery by Fiona Fei." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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I may, in fact, have too much color for the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dreams/149/42/2554" target="_blank">ShuǐMò Gallery</a>, but they're very inviting:<i><blockquote>[21:37] Shui Mo Entrance: Welcome to ShuǐMò Gallery! This space is an art installation created in the style of Chinese ink brush (ShuǐMò) painting by FionaFei. Initially designed as a stand-alone art installation is now also used to house Fiona's other artworks. Follow the scrolls to the giant red double doors to head inside! Please feel free to roam around the space and sit on the artwork. :-) Enjoy your visit Emilly Orr!</blockquote></i>
<a href="https://ibb.co/9rpZxSw"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/pL1hH5W/shattered-past3.png" alt="Drifting ink-drawn gallery by Fiona Fei." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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<i>And then six days pass...</i>(Also the above was written six days ago...)<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/0GPnmMX"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/pLC1bzP/shattered-past2.png" alt="Drifting ink-drawn gallery by Fiona Fei." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Four of those days were spent unpacking shoe demos. I wish I was kidding, that's how many I pulled down. (Never let it be said I don't commit fully to the bit.) One day was spent starting to pick the best ones to compare with the geta set, so I wouldn't have to stand around at the gallery forever going through things.<br />
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And yesterday...<a href="https://medium.com/@dantesedmond1844/the-reality-of-second-lifes-ageplay-problem-73de059b4af4" target="_blank">all hell broke loose</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/TBTWN4D"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/zh56tXW/ageplay-under-investigation.png" height="312" width="500" alt="Ageplay on the grid, take two." border="0"></a><br />
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And then today, I find out that essay is under "official review" for violation of the site's rules. Which strikes me as shutting the office after the whistle-blower's gone...<br />
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Unfortunately, the problem's not going to just disappear, and while I fully grant, fracturing a leg--<i>after</i> passing the year mark on the Never-Ending Headache--distracted me enough not to notice last November that this was starting to become known, and folks were scrambling to invent stopgaps to prevent child avatars from accessing their adult sims...<br />
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The mere fact that I <i>have</i> to type that should be enough to give us all pause. Because...why would a child avatar <i>want</i> access to adult sims? But also, at least one of the SL children I know--and for the other three, one's deceased and one's mentioned in that article and one went to Zindra opening day...only spends part of time in SL <i>as</i> a child, and the other part as an adult avatar. So--how do we deal with those cases?<br />
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Plus, the Gearhaven estate comprising sims who want to fully lean in to that adult branding...discussion arose on the essay, and what we, as an estate, wanted to do, and Hiro said--at least for a while--zero tolerance. If it's even slightly iffy, bounce.<br />
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Considering the Duchess of Gearhaven had the habit of running around as a Dinkie, or in the Kemono avatar, to build or landscape...that zero tolerance policy means I can't. Which means we have to give severe side-eye looks to Tinies who wander in, or anyone wearing the Tweenster avatar...it's going to be a mess. It already <i>is</i> a mess, considering the Linden accused was responsible for firing a well-known security specialist...and the optics on that are so, so bad. Because even holding the assumption that that particular Linden is innocent of all charges, he did, essentially, fire a security specialist for asking questions. AKA, you know, <i>doing her job</i>.<br />
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<img src="https://i.ibb.co/zGfnzpH/Snow-White-asylum.gif" alt="Snow White clapping in a padded cell." height="372" width="500" border="0"><br />
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Ooh, yeah. Get ready for forty-seven miles of barbed wire. <i>Soooo</i> much fun.<br />
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Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-42868987977226321962024-02-20T17:02:00.000-08:002024-02-24T13:32:25.869-08:00it's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's meI know. I <i>know,</i> okay? The last...if I'm being honest with myself...month has been...difficult.<br />
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<img src="https://i.ibb.co/80WsmtZ/useless-empty-brain.webp" alt="Headdesking, Big Hero 6 style." height="145" width="367" border="0"><br />
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Well...no. For a variety of reasons, including my brain's not useless, just hobbled, but mainly that if I <i>actually</i> hit my head on the desk, I'd scream and pass out.<br />
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Soooo. Part of the absence was, I got <i>far</i> too focused on finding high heels in SL, to compare them to the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/190569981@N08/52269686922" target="_blank">Daitengu</a> all-but-stilts--(seriously, they pass so far into ridiculous that they circle around again into perversely amusing) and forgot that I didn't actually need to get (or demo) <b>EVERY</b> single fetish-height platform spike on the grid.<br />
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That's on me, I fully own that.<br />
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And there's--slowly, laboriously, I <i>hate</i> that building is so hard right now--rebuilding the Duchess' Garden in Tannhauser Gate--the new "origin" point to work out from being a set of giant redwood trees <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/NESWNGI/152/117/25" target="_blank">LOVE</a> put out last week.<br />
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And last, the physical situation in RL...it <i>is</i> getting better, the upper tibial fracture healed, and at this point the dual hamstring injuries are, if not healed, substantially better...but there are still problems.<br />
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<img src="https://i.ibb.co/jbMpHsT/the-walking-dead-zombies.gif" alt="Zombies lurching forward from Walking Dead." border="0"><br />
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So yeah...lots going on, and I both need and want to get back to regular entries...or, well, entries at all...but it was becoming an overload condition on its own, the more days went by.<br />
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So, I am cutting my losses and will work on covering the stilts this week, and will pick up semi-regular coverage from there.<br />
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Including two AOs which I promised to cover...Yeah.<br />
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<img src="https://i.ibb.co/YB9x9b3/Taylor-Swift-exhausted.gif" alt="Taylor Swift's exhausted" height-"190" width="268" border="0"><br />
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I'll get there. Everything's a process, right? Right.<br />
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Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-88927533457304939472024-01-20T20:27:00.000-08:002024-01-22T16:17:12.777-08:00starting 1st May, no bus will go here anymoreI can't find the thing.<br />
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Let me say that again, as it's vaguely important: <b>I CAN'T FIND A SINGLE ONE OF THE PICTURES OF THE LAST THING I WAS GOING TO REVIEW</b>. Worse? <b>I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IN THE NINE HELLS IT WAS I WAS GOING TO REVIEW</b>.<br />
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Add to that the frustration that I'm not already healed <i>last</i> week, getting a slight cold from the girl, local temps crashing, my own current dissatisfaction with my ability to Em...<br />
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Anyway. If nothing else, I needed to just get away from it all.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/bvFQ72q"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/hdcLCZh/elemiah-1.png" alt="The 'Elemiah Illuminated Glass Halo from Vae Victis." width="500" height="375" border="0"></a><br />
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And tossing out the original review I had been planning entirely, whatever it was, and since I <i>still</i> haven't changed out of the outfit I was wearing two or three days back, I decided, we'll just pick something at random. Which turned out to be the "Elemiah" Illuminated Glass Halo from <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/66/165/1015" target="_blank">/Vae Victis\</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/fDpvVnT"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/phzy6Rk/elemiah-2.png" alt="Close-up of the 'Elemiah Illuminated Glass Halo from Vae Victis." width="500" height="375" border="0"></a><br />
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Also om nom nom broken bits.<br />
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I'm currently at the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/66/165/1015" target="_blank">Snowbound hunt</a>, looking for various baubles (in world, there's a glass ballroom with all the keys where you rez, or you can jump to <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/199293433@N02/" target="_blank">Flickr</a> for each maker's bauble color and number of prizes), and--of course and always--mourning my inability to buy Lindens. <i>(Why is this such a constant state, Em? Oh, right, depression.)</i> It ends January 21st, so a bit ouch if I don't get to things in time. Still. It's a pretty (and pretty crowded) build, overall.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/6PJpftR"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/cFXp78c/elemiah-3.png" alt="The little train at the Snowbound hunt." width="500" height="375" border="0"></a><br />
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And there's a train, so you know I'm happy. (Wrote that as "appy" first--and no, no, definitely <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3q7hIqeX5Y" target="_blank">not appy</a>.)<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/xfBWncf"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/CMYgjXM/elemiah-4.png" alt="The 'Elemiah Illuminated Glass Halo from Vae Victis." width="500" height="375" border="0"></a><br />
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But now I'm out of <a href="https://www.deathwishcoffee.com/" target="_blank">gingerdead coffee</a>. Darn. Pepperminthe it is!<br />
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<i>(Oh, by the way, if anyone feels like getting a belated gift card for coffee for yourself or a friend, or buying coffee for </i>future<i> me, even, <a href="https://www.deathwishcoffee.com/" target="_blank">Death Wish Coffee</a> is a good one [I adore their Pumpkin Chai, it's just straight-up good spiced coffee, but their <a href="https://www.deathwishcoffee.com/products/dark-spirits-chocolate-rumball?variant=39983629828151" target="_blank">Dark Spirits Chocolate Rum Ball</a> is also amazing]. If you're more into just good, unflavored coffee, <a href="https://topofthemornincoffee.com/" target="_blank">Top of the Mornin' Coffee</a> has a lot of really good blends--for dark roast lovers, I can't recommend their <a href="https://topofthemornincoffee.com/products/midnight-oil-dark-roast" target="_blank">Midnight Oil</a> blend enough. For fans of lighter roasts, give their <a href="https://topofthemornincoffee.com/products/high-noon-medium-roast-coffee" target="_blank">High Noon</a> a spin--that one's responsibly sourced, and organic! Also <a href="https://dungeonbrewcoffee.com/" target="_blank">Dungeon Brew Coffee</a>. [Looks like they have some of their <a href="https://dungeonbrewcoffee.com/products/minty-magic-madness?variant=42403218063544" target="_blank">Minty Magic</a> blend still in stock.] I have a friend in Chicago [where one year his cat </i><b>froze</b><i> to his apartment window], so that tipped me to <a href="https://www.herocoffeebars.com/" target="_blank">Hero Coffee</a>, which bids to serve really excellent cups and donate to charity at the same time.</a> And <a href="https://manyworldstavern.com/" target="_blank">Many Worlds Tavern</a>--they're not as stellar as Deathwish or Top of the Mornin', but they're good. And they're gamers, so occasionally they throw in dice! And I can't fail to mention <a href="https://www.bonescoffee.com/" target="_blank">Bones Coffee</a>, because OMG, their <a href="https://www.bonescoffee.com/products/white-chocolate-peppermint-bark-by-bones-coffee-company-12oz?_pos=5&_fid=ef4677f97&_ss=c" target="_blank">White Chocolate Peppermint Bark</a> is sooooo good, and I'm dying to try <a href="https://www.bonescoffee.com/products/sweet-tater-swirl-12oz?_pos=15&_fid=ef4677f97&_ss=c" target="_blank">Sweet Tater Swirl</a>, because--sweet potatoes? In </i><b>COFFEE?!?</b>)<br />
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<i>(I'm not sponsored by any coffee company, just FYI. And I am far from a dedicated <a href="https://www.coffeeinstitute.org/certification/people/q-graders#:~:text=Certified%20Q%20Graders%20are%20professionals,coffee%20professionals%20around%20the%20world." target="_blank"> Q Grader</a>. I just like coffee.)</i><br />
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Just for fun, I decided I wanted to see the minimum and maximum sizes in the halo. Here's the min:<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/pJh7YNd"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/m6Njfd4/elemiah-6.png" alt="Ladylike 'Elemiah' halo in pink, from Vae Victis." width="500" height="375" border="0"></a><br />
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And here's the max:<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/kSmM9Zg"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/pLhnRqv/elemiah-5.png" alt="The island-size 'Elemiah' halo, from Vae Victis." width="500" height="375" border="0"></a><br />
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And it was so big I had to cheat a bit and raise my hover height to the absolute maximum, and then pull the camera <i>way</i> back, just to get it all in frame!<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/F48Sync"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/d4kdV7X/elemiah-7.png" alt="Riding the train in the 'Elemiah' halo, from Vae Victis." width="500" height="375" border="0"></a><br />
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At any rate, I think that's about it. Grabbed a cup of hot chocolate from the next coffee shed I found, and have now found all five of the Winter Edition "Marbas" furs put out here. I'll be reviewing those soon, though at this point, with only <i>one day left <b>AAAAAAAH</b></i>--you may have to hope to find the Marbas furs as a group gift later on!<br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-29159776765280967132024-01-17T22:48:00.000-08:002024-01-18T03:05:46.306-08:00made your mistakes and make me hurt<i>yes it's been forever since I've updated and my blog has been broken longer and I <b>GAVE UP</b> finally and went back to the old layout and I'll probably change my mind again and aaaaaaaahhh--</i><br />
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Reviews coming of very many things. No, really.<br />
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Stop laughing.<br />
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In injury news...<br />
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<img src="https://i.ibb.co/mqSnjj4/rhea-ripley-leg-hurt.gif" alt="Gif of Rhea Ripley in the ring after her leg was injured." width="330" height="185" border="0"><br />
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The orthopedist tells me the bone healed clean. Now, I just have to deal with the double hamstring injuries, which...now that we know what's going on...are s l o w l y starting to heal.<br />
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<i>(I, of course, am being my usual relaxed, accepting, fully meditatively serene sort...which means I'm not resting as often as I should, pushing to walk more often than I should, and only elevating the legs at night, so...<b>THAT'S</b> going to work, yeah. Go me.)</i><br />
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So--things are going well! Or horribly. Maybe horribly well! Who knows?<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIeApUtjwVo"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/F6C2yhL/markiplier-puppet.gif" alt="Cranbersher's felt animation sequence of Markiplier's Stranded Deep playthrough." height="278" width="330" border="0"></a><br />
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Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-4871219336541920732023-12-19T18:10:00.000-08:002023-12-19T18:11:28.404-08:00I can't fix you<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/629622232/ghost-heart-halloween-enamel-pin-quote"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/rGTzPnv/ectogasm-demons-pin.png" alt="Pin made by Ectogasm, 'You're never alone if you have demons'." height="512" width="499" border="0"></a><br />
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Drumroll please, the Duchess is <b>BAAAA</b>--<br />
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--wait. What's that word that means "back but only occasionally and Em still has to limp around once an hour and make whimpery sounds until likely January because no one's going to be doing physical therapy visits over the holidays"?<br />
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Oh, English doesn't have a word for that?<br />
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Well, damn.<br />
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In the meantime, let me present to you the horror.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/cDRvCF0"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/t8nhxsg/Harvest-gold-corner.jpg" alt="Harvest gold, the corner" width="500" height="612" border="0"></a><br />
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The two footrests, while I was in residence, at least, never moved. Other footrests did. At one point we had four separate wheelchairs and <i>ten</i> separate footrests in various spots in the room.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/NLRn9cZ"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/8jk4r16/The-Harvest-the-Gold.png" alt="The, Harvest, the Gold" width="500" height="619" border="0"></a><br />
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A better close-up. Several of us swear these have to be the original curtains, because no one <i>makes</i> that shade anymore.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/fHpVKQ8"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/m4qrYSv/The-blanket.png" alt="The blanket" height="619" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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And one night, when it was exceptionally cold due to the big bay windows behind said gold curtains, I asked for a blanket...and they brought me one in avocado green.<br />
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<center><a href="https://ibb.co/f8Xsckn"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/TKwsC4b/they-speak-cursed.gif" alt="The cursed fabrics, they speak to me! I am cursed!" border="0"></a></center><br />
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I rest my case.<br />
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Off for walkies.<br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-20257546936657422812023-12-06T18:42:00.000-08:002023-12-19T17:31:24.833-08:00I am brave, I am bruised, I am who I'm meant to beHey, kids? Wanna know what's better than trying to human with a headache that never leaves? I'll tell you--trying to human with that headache and a fractured tibia!<br />
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It's...something, I guess.<br />
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Right now Em-beyond-the-screen's reality consists of:<br />
<ol><li>Trying to put weight on the leg;</li>
<li>Trying to move and/or walk on the leg;</li>
<li>Trying to put weight on the leg <b>AND</b> walk on the leg.</li>
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Thrilling stuph, lemme tell you.<br />
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The lack of a computer, where all my graphics live, is also starting to make me twitch. Which also makes the leg hurt.<br />
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So...yeah. That's where we are. I am so, so tired of the original 1970s everything here, too. You think I'm kidding, but the curtains are Harvest Gold, the striped wooden seats--one in gold pinstriping with teak-stained wood, the other a wine, gold and black wider-striped affair--that chair looks like cherry wood, and who knows, it might not be staining, but actually teak and cherry wood!<br />
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And I don't remember the pattern name--it was something like Sunshine Meadow or Meadow Gold--but it's covering the floor, authentic sheet linoleum.<br />
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Don't get me wrong--I want to be here. I want to get stronger. I want to do the work. But everything hurts, and walking feels like knives stabbing my feet, and even laying down is a challenge, because at some point, the leg with the fracture will move, or shift, or muscle fibers will pull....just...Argh.<br />
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Or maybe<i> auurrooolllgh...</i> One of those.<br />
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But onward through the frogs, or something.<br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-61665051592631302692023-11-30T13:17:00.000-08:002023-11-30T13:22:39.470-08:00who by high ordeal, who by common trial<i>(Obviously, this is going to be more RL than most blog posts.)</i><br /><div><br /></div><div>You want some solid, white-knuckle action? We're talking high stress, low coping, chewing fingernails to the elbows insanity?<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Break a bone at the end of a holiday month. Extra points for the month following to be December. A <i>savage</i> amount of points additional if you're also an internet addict and nearly everything you like to <i>do</i> online involves the computer you no longer have access to.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Challenge rating impossible if all the advent calendars start tomorrow.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://i.ibb.co/8rwm5gt/goddamn-it-intensifies-Danny.gif" alt="goddamn-it-intensifies-Danny" border="0"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So...<i>obviously</i>...I'm not going to be around in SL until this thing resolves. I'm on official hiatus from Vae Victis until net presence increases. I may have to reschedule a surgery because I'm stuck in physical rehabilitation.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I am just having <i><b>SO MUCH FUN Y'ALL</b></</div><div>I>...<br /></div><div>I'll post updates when I can, but "not a happy bitch" seems to be the steady state.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-64802795024282850012023-11-05T11:33:00.002-08:002023-11-07T13:39:44.802-08:00movers sulk like gravediggers, while you hug at the door<i>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zqoa7E_cz94" target="_blank">Is this AI trying to learn?</a>"</i><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edKo3y2cFUg" target="_blank">This</a> also strikes me as AI work (and there is mild nudity, so potentially NSFW), but the song is moody, and atmospheric, and the animation is at the least fascinating to watch.<br />
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<i>(Bit on <a href="https://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/meet-kiki-rockwell" target="_blank">Kiki Rockwell in general</a>, because I hadn't heard her before--this article was written in January of this year, so she's relatively new, and from New Zealand.)</i><br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/brbz8vD"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/55KBfjw/vaev-atropos1.png" alt="The Atropa Parasite flower From Vae Victis, shown with tendrils in New Babbage." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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So! The 'Atropa' Parasite Flower, another iteration of an earlier work. It needed to be covered. <i>[[Insert from the Editrix: I am being <b>*very honest*</b> in dating...sort of...in that the <a href="https://aethersalon.home.blog/2023/10/18/necropolis-with-edward-pearse/" target="_blank">Necropolis Aether Salon</a> occurred on 18 October, I started seriously working on this entry ten days later, on 28 October...but it's getting dated November 5th for final publishing.]]</i><br />
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It's a new library site, as well. No idea why, though it could have something to do with the current absence of the Baron, but--overall, it seems a much more warm, comforting space.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/7g9M5cF"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/0Bw4SN3/vaev-atropos8.png" alt="The new Aether Salon library, complete with the Chartes Cathedral labyrinth." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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And yes, that is the <a href="https://www.cathedrale-chartres.org/en/cathedrale/monument/the-labyrinth/" target="_blank">Chartes Cathedral labyrinth</a> in the library. I don't know if it's always there, or if that was an addition for the Salon on the Necropolis, as understood through a few eras. Either way, it's a lovely thing to see in a library.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/KW3kFjr"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/HqksnDH/vaev-atropos7.png" alt="The Atropa Parasite flower From Vae Victis, shown with tendrils in New Babbage." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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And Sir Edward definitely was in his element for this one, comparing various cities of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, how they dealt with body disposal as a whole, as well as side jaunts into places like the <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/catacombes-de-paris" target="_blank">Paris Catacombs</a> and the <a href="https://www.timetravelturtle.com/czech-republic/sedlec-ossuary-kutna-hora" target="_blank">Sedlec Ossuary</a> in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/RhVwZxN"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/FsjTNSX/vaev-atropos3.png" alt="The Atropa Parasite flower From Vae Victis, shown with tendrils in New Babbage." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Basically, I wanted to attend--not only because I wanted to hear the Necropolis Salon, but because I thought it would be a good way to capture some still pics of me wearing the Atropa flower.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/DkmMdtY"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Xp65HbD/vaev-atropos2.png" alt="The Atropa Parasite flower From Vae Victis, shown with tendrils in New Babbage." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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So as seen in the first pic for this entry, there are fourteen different options for the metals, fourteen for the petals, and I think seventeen different options for the vines?<br />
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If I'm counting correctly.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/kSw0T7W"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/G58kD6b/vaev-atropos4.png" alt="The Atropa Parasite flower From Vae Victis, shown with tendrils in New Babbage." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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It was a pretty piece before, without the trailing vines, but there's something...extra...added with that addition.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/sP8cLp3"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/TT9JzDh/vaev-atropos5.png" alt="The Atropa Parasite flower From Vae Victis, shown with tendrils in New Babbage." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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I like it, though. I can easily see this being an oft-used accessory.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/28BWfYs"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/k3F5W69/vaev-atropos6.png" alt="The Atropa Parasite flower From Vae Victis, shown with tendrils in New Babbage." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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This was an exclusive release for <a href="https://slproductions.online/hallow-manor-2023-participants/" target="_blank">Hallow Manor</a>, which opened October 13th and closed November 1st. Now, it's in <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/65/166/1015" target="_blank">the mainstore</a>, and if you want a direct beacon to the accessories wall, then <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/148/186/1017" target="_blank">click this</a>. It's L$400, post-event.<br />
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Also, apparently it's <a href="https://secondlife.fandom.com/wiki/Cleanup_Week" target="_blank">Second Life Annual Cleanup Week</a>. So, uh...go do that, I guess.<br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-53520926358682509242023-10-18T21:32:00.010-07:002023-10-31T01:47:38.873-07:00lock it safe in an urnful of summerWanted to push to get at least <b>ONE</b> post out, and whilst doing that, decided to wander an event I hadn't finished yet, and whilst doing <b>THAT</b>, decided to say hello to a dear friend...<i><blockquote>Three days ago, things were terrible. Two days ago, things were terrible. Yesterday, things were grindingly awful but for a couple bright spots--talking to you being one of them. And today my system is still reeling from the past three days of leading-up-to, and then actually-having, a crushing migraine, to the point that my entire system fought getting out of bed due to ow. I'm hoping it's going to get better from here?</blockquote></i>
...and then backspaced <b>ALL</b> of that to say<i><blockquote>[15:20] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) says hello as she's wandering a random event.</blockquote></i>
I mean...I'm not outright <i>lying,</i>exactly, I'm just not...going into everything?<br />
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<img src="https://i.ibb.co/hX344X6/huge-sigh-aristocats-marie.gif"><br />
<br />
I know. <b>I KNOW</b>. But...it gets tiring answering The Question some days. I'm trying to be accurate while also <i>not</i> dragging everyone's mood down, y'know?<br />
<br />
AKA, Em is Trying to Find the Balance. Or maybe balance in general.<br />
<br />
<i>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSZVIW6zM9I" target="_blank">There's no right way to forgive a person who hurt you</a>."</i> Also known as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Ladyknightthebrave" target="_blank">Ladyknighthebrave</a>'s take on Mike Flanagan's <i>A Haunting of Hill House.</i> And it's a miniseries that has a lot to say, on a lot of topics, but Ladyknight's take on it, I think, is sound for the material. It's an hour of how we, as individual beings, process trauma, but also...how we, as families, process trauma.<br />
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And in the meantime, processing through new realities and new issues and trying to sort everything out. And still only a couple haunts for the year under my belt. Agh.<br />
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Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-72214107754664725612023-10-14T21:03:00.003-07:002023-10-19T23:01:09.629-07:00cómo se puede bailar, es un escándalo<img src="https://i.ibb.co/Vwy0p7f/oh-grow-up.png" alt="The very dramatic no drama note." border="0"><br />
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Received this from someone on Discord, who had originally DMed me out of the blue asking to be "friends"...and then followed that up with constant server invites to his own server, where apparently he's "God". I finally just asked him what he was here for, becoming my friend, or just seeking new fish to swim into his server?<br />
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That's what I got back. The capitals make it extra-important, I guess.<br />
<br />
And two different requests for aid: first, the maker behind <a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cult%20Grounds/224/231/1032" target="_blank">Pirocious</a> recently rescued a Husky, and he has a shattered leg. She'd like to ask for help in getting (the absolutely gorgeous, there are pictures) Ghost back up on his feet. <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ghosty-with-his-medical-fees" target="_blank">Here's how</a> directly, or you could just go to the store--she's having a store-wide sale on <i>everything</i> she's made so far, and if you like things cute and spooky? This is where you need to start.<br />
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And, from the brand <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Maui%20Beach%20Club/127/125/4002" target="_blank">Debauchery</a> comes this:<i><blockquote>
"I have received some medical news that requires me to need to spend a sudden and surprising amount of money.<br />
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So, if you can, please try to come find some things to buy to help support Debauchery and me.<br />
<br />
If you can donate, anything you can give will be greatly appreciated. I've set up donation boxes at the store and around Maui.<br />
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I hate to ask, but I really need help.<br />
<br />
Bandor"</i></blockquote>
For those who don't know, he's one of the makers of adult furniture on the grid that's decided more is definitely better? So most of his pieces are integrated with Lovense, various adult bits brands, I'm not going to say for sure INM, but I wouldn't be surprised to find that locked into any of his showers or hot tubs--and he runs not only the Debauchery store, but the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Maui%20Swingers%20Resort/200/125/26" target="_blank">Maui Swingers' Resort</a> in the next sim over. (I don't attend normally, because most of the days I think I may want to wander in for a Mai Tai I have fur, and it's a human-only place? Store's not, though. Store you can show up as anything, and I've never had a problem shopping as a cat.)<br />
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(I should probably also say that both Debauchery, the store, and the Maui resort, are both strongly adult places, and in both of them you can frequently find folks <i>au naturale</i>, so...I guess they're NSFW, basically.)<br />
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But, above and beyond that, I have had the absolute worst day, so...time to check out an old favorite.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/6Yqq4Vp"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/4W00j9D/haunt-manse-2023-1.png" alt="Pretty spartan set-up for 2023." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
<br />
Wait. Is this the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hundred%20Acre%20Wood/128/84/501" target="_blank">same place</a>?<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/p27RLz7"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/gy2PRT2/haunt-manse-2023-2.png" alt="There's the pumpkin monster, as seen in years past." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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I mean, the big pumpkin guy's here, but...nothing else seems to match...<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/hgz5qzB"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/8mZ3hZr/haunt-manse-2023-3.png" alt="The Haunted Hall of Portraits." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Well, the interior's largely the same.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/S3Y5gGB"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/5RpG3wL/haunt-manse-2023-4.png" alt="Madame Leota, calling the spirits." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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And Madam Leota's there still.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/HX3z8gY"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/qxVsQ19/haunt-manse-2023-5.png" alt="Madame Leota, calling the spirits." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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All in all, the haunt has seen better days, at least on the outside? And some of that's entirely possible SL's current fun party trick of not rezzing things in on sims is to blame. At the end of the day, though, it accomplished what it needed to--calming me down. What more can I really ask for from a haunt?<br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-87334281952967890192023-10-08T17:58:00.003-07:002023-10-08T17:59:50.140-07:00We've been eating Gameraaaaa! (part two)Picking up from <a href="https://razorblade-cookies.blogspot.com/2023/10/dark-adventures-is-really-great-part-one.html" target="_blank">part one</a>...<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/Qk8RC4c"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/LrQWJ3P/dark-adventures5.png" alt="Snowy carnage!" height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Oh, yipe, what happened here? Those poor li'l Yetis...hope they recover.<br />
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Back into the bathtub, and the next room is a village of...heart trees??<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/txL98g1"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/TbWsm6N/dark-adventures6.png" alt="Heart-shaped carnage in the Valentine village." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Oh my. Site of another massacre. All those dead cherubs...poor things.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/qxh4ZtQ"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/yVKM3wj/dark-adventures8.png" alt="Like Soilfiends with an hourglass, so go the days of our lives..." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Another sploshy, curvy trip into the tunnel...and we've reached the sands of time? Now with added <a href="https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Clover-Soilfiend-box-Add-or-Rez/19112748" target="_blank">Soilfiends</a>!<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/R7LgwQ3"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Bw8fMTy/dark-adventures9.png" alt="Welcome to Eggland! How many chocolate eggs can you eat?" height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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I fit right in with the rest of Eggland. (Though I will note, if you stand in certain places for too long, the sky rains chocolate eggs down by the...ah...dozen.)<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/CB053ng"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Q9mF36L/dark-adventures10.png" alt="Eggland's bunny looks HUNGRY." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Nope, I don't fit in after all--I better scamper before the bunny eats me!<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/Qrqrd2y"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Gc1cTKz/dark-adventures11.png" alt="Instructions for the haunt." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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And <i>if</i> you find all the jars, you can get prizes at the end stop. (And if you don't, there's a room between the last one, and the end coffins, where you can return to any zone you missed.)<br />
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All in all, this is a very enjoyable haunt. The hunt aspect isn't super difficult, the concept is sound, and I adore the whimsy of the bathtub rides from land to land. Five out of five skulls, do go if you can.<br />
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Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-66664683706421514612023-10-07T15:19:00.003-07:002023-10-08T17:59:28.911-07:00Gamera is really neat, Gamera is made of meat... (part one)It's five pm, do I know where my children are?<br />
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No, actually, they're scattered through several timestreams at the moment. Working for the restoration of something, most likely.<br />
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In the meantime, I was in a profoundly weird mood, so--<br />
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Hmm? My moods are always weird, you say?<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/Nnd75ms"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/XkrV13b/dark-adventures1.png" alt="Clutching a teddy bear, descending into the dark." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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No, I'm serious. Even for me, carrying a teddy bear is just odd.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/HdsRmz1"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/vYGf2Pg/dark-adventures2.png" alt="Instructions for the haunt." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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So I read through the instructions, and I'm following all but one of them--my sound settings aren't at the dead-low-tide point they were when all this started, but I doubt if they're even up to 30%.<br />
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But here we go anyway! On a jar hunt at <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/terres%20dombre/121/117/1502">Dark Adventures</a>!<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/kch2XhV"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/zfSVZSW/dark-adventures3.png" alt="Pale hands lead the way." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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I kind of dig their pathway markers, the creepy tilted hand things. (And, checking, they seem to be something <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Motherland/165/63/4000" target="_blank">NOMAD</a> came up with.)<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/pKvyp6Q"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/jwvRF9z/dark-adventures4.png" alt="Webs, webs, and oh hey--more webs." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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So first off, and lemme drop my view so it's on a hopefully <b>NON</b>-arachnid containing frame...the start of the haunt is through a cobwebbed hallway. Just FYI.<br />
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...and <i><b>GYAAAAH</b></i>, arachnophobes <i>definitely</i> stay out, there was a trap in the tunnel that got even me! Not saying more than that.<br />
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Though, plus side, you could wander around in the upper level for quite some time, there is a great deal of seasonal pretty.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/p2xpZfp"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/CBzFvbF/dark-adventures12.png" alt="The bathtub run." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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There is a short--and I do mean short--bathtub ride to get to the next section, so short I thought I'd looped in a circle to return to where I started!<br />
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<i>[[Insert from the Editrix: I had actually gone to the first room, but thought I hadn't, so went back to the start, I thought--only ended up in the second room. Wups. This entry has been revised.]]</i><br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/RBFnTxx"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/KLPZxMM/dark-adventures7.png" alt="Tooth fairies. Gyaaah." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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There is something deeply disturbing about these things. And it <i>completely</i> doesn't help that the pop-up monster for this room holds a toothbrush.<br />
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<i>[[Another insert from the Editrix: in the (now three) days since I started putting this entry together, I <i>have</i> figured out what bugged me so much about the "tooth fairies" in this room. And it makes everything <i>worse</i>. Apparently part of my brain is deeply disturbed by the idea of a soft, squishy thing connected to a hard, chewing thing.<br />
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[[In other words. It's the eyes. It's always the eyes.<br />
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[[But that makes a good dividing line between part one and part two, so--off we go to the <a href="https://razorblade-cookies.blogspot.com/2023/10/dark-adventures-is-really-great-part-two.html" target="_blank">second</a>!]]</i><br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-67218747490815736432023-10-01T19:48:00.003-07:002023-10-01T19:49:38.188-07:00they ask her why she did it, she said, "honey, you would too"<B>OKAY. OKAY YOU KNOW WHAT? NO. NO HAUNT FOR OCTOBER. <I>NO.</I> DONE.</B><br />
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Primarily because...<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/n7mwJpY"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/jyf8XtQ/the-loss-of-October.png" alt="The loss of October--no new haunt." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
<br />
...this is as far as I'd gotten.<br />
<br />
Yeah.<br />
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<img src="https://i.ibb.co/HXpGFX0/Monica-glitch-blood-tears.gif" alt="Monica glitching, with blood tears." height="450" width="365" border="0"><br />
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<i><b>AND</b></i> I'm hopelessly behind blogging. <i><b>AND</b></i> I'm hopelessly behind on haunt coverage. <i><b>AND AND AND</b></i> I'm hopelessly behind on hunts.<br />
<br />
Oh, and somewhere in that, hee hoo ha, I was planning on teaching myself how to make Dinkie clothes because...reasons...and...<br />
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<b>NOTHING IS GOING WELL.</b><br />
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And I'm both tired of complaining and haven't even <i>started</i> complaining yet. (Make <i>that</i> one make sense.) Plus, the entire household is sick, <i>and</i> tired, and...and...and...<br />
<br />
Yeah. So, no haunt. I did buy the gorgeous hunk of now-useless Octember building from What's Lost Spirits, because I saw it at the event...can't even remember which one, the last Engine Room? Something...and I <i>had</i> to own it. And I was coming up with a way to do the pathing properly and make a rest-of hunt beyond that one room, but...just...everything takes energy.<br />
<br />
And I have the energy of a small yellow plastic soap dish right now.<br />
<br />
So yeah. No haunt. Eventually there will be <i>some</i> haunt coverage. No guarantee when. Check out <a href="https://razorblade-cookies.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-hierophant-ao-and-staff-from-vae.html" target="_blank">the last entry</a> if you care to, there's a video there that I was tickled about actually getting done. It's not perfect--I am not a videographer on the same level as I am not a photographer, I do both badly--but hey, perfection is no longer the goal.<br />
<br />
Or something.<br />
<br />
So...expect more content...but no longer giving whens. I'm not good at them at the moment.<br />
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Right, off to meatspace to see if there's chocolate.<br />
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Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-15198907350024162162023-09-30T23:36:00.001-07:002023-10-01T19:49:26.699-07:00she reapplies her lipstick, lights are flashin' red and blueOkay, I really think this is kind of cheating--I mean, yes, I review things, but good gods, this is going for L$1,350 at the event--and knowing him, this is discounted from its full price, if and/or once it returns to the store. And while <b>YES YES YES</b> I do believe it is <b>WORTH</b> that price...I feel like I'm doing something underhanded for just having it delivered to review.<br />
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<i>[[Insert from the Editrix, day of posting: I'm gonna go on with saying underhanded, because I totally missed the event window, by...a few weeks, I think. Dis bad, dis very bad. Em bad? Yiss, Em bad.]]</i><br />
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<b>THAT HAVING BEEN SAID</b>, I <b><i>ALSO</i></b> planned to do a whole big shebang with a (all right, <i>for me,</i> not necessarily for the ethereal beings that are Grim and Mesmer) properly divine avatar--and I may still, and post anything good from that run on my Flickr--but right now, I'm here, and this is what we get.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/L6FQJ7y"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/pZ7WRFT/saint-lisa-vae1.png" alt="Saint Lisa Frank holding the Hierophant staff, included with purchase of the Hierophant AO." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Saint Lisa Frank meets <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/66/165/1015" target="_blank">/Vae Victis\</a>.<br />
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The other item at the booth is from Mosscore, and it's the Shepherd's Beacon staff. Which, I am told, works quite well with the AO. And I <i>did</i> pay full price for that one because we wanted it, oh yes we did, my <i>preciousss...</i><br />
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Ah. Where were we?<br />
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There are some other things I want from this event before it closes, if I can manage that--like the Diviner's Drape from <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nefekalum/173/139/23" target="_blank">Nefekalum</a> at <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bedos/198/46/3001" target="_blank">the event</a>--however, one thing at a time.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/0Zfq5SL"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/tcbBRt6/saint-lisa-vae2.png" alt="Saint Lisa Frank holding the Hierophant staff, included with purchase of the Hierophant AO." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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There are <i>so</i> many different options to tint the staff. I also added some chibi wings I've had since the Fifty Linden Fridays' Birthday Bash this last February--they're from <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/ploom/145/119/25" target="_blank">Doe</a>, so no idea if the Pemi wings are still available), and a body light from <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/69/165/1015" target="_blank">Krature</a>.<br />
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And I can already tell I can't go into all the colors without going into a separate post.<br />
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There may be a separate post anyway, because I need to figure out capturing the best part--the stand that makes the staff slowly circle your avatar.<br />
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So expect a second post, and maybe even a third to go into <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bedos/202/40/3003" target="_blank">Mosscore</a>'s staff!<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/sQ6xL38"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/k09bYcN/saint-lisa-vae3.png" alt="Saint Lisa Frank holding the Hierophant staff, included with purchase of the Hierophant AO, with included tinting HUD." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Said HUD, so I can show you that at least.<br />
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Admittedly I may have fallen full-tilt into the bizarre, but there's a costume set <a href="**CAITRIONA%20FEBAL%20PINK%20FELINE%20FANTASY%20COMPLET%20OUTFIT**" target="_blank">BRII Fashions/V8 Underground</a> has, called--with her usual, slightly glitchy titles in English, her second language--the "<b>**CAITRIONA FEBAL PINK FELINE FANTASY COMPLET OUTFIT**</b>". Pretty sure she meant Feral, there, but it includes the animesh tail and ears, the lace-up suit I'm not wearing, the BOM layer fishnet stockings (which I'm also not wearing) <i>and</i> the boots--for L$298.<br />
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<i>[[Cue eyerolling from the Editrix--the boots seen here are <b>NOT</b> included in this outfit, but the boots seen when I mention Mosscore's staff for the first time <b>ARE</b>.]]</i><br />
<a href="https://ibb.co/JBgw98M"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Pm0vdJf/saint-lisa-vae4.png" alt="Saint Lisa Frank holding the Hierophant staff, included with purchase of the Hierophant AO, in a close-up, details shot." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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<i>[[Insert from the Editrix again: This shot also includes the HUD, because I think otherwise this entry doesn't mention it. And dear gods, drunk on the details again.]]</i><br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/DKrVPTR"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/gg4jbhR/saint-lisa-vae5.png" alt="Saint Lisa Frank holding the Hierophant staff, included with purchase of the Hierophant AO, with included halo." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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<i>[[<b>ANOTHER</b> Editrix insert, because I didn't mention this at <b>ALL</b> writing this up--the kneel is not included in the AO package. The back halo, however, <i>is</i>, and while the kneel is something I had in inventory, I still wanted to capture the green sparkles at the top of the event tower.]]</i><br />
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So, where were we? Right, <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bedos/202/40/3003" target="_blank">Mosscore</a>'s Shepherd's Beacon staff, because it's been designed to work with the Hierophant AO.<br />
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<a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/ploom/145/119/25" target="_blank">Doe</a> made the halo I decided on, the "Saturna" metal in twinkle--no idea where I got it, when I got it, as per my usual.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/TcpcgNB"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/b1q1KGg/saint-lisa-vae6.png" alt="Saint Lisa Frank holding Mosscore's Shepherd's Beacon staff, now with the *actual* boots included with the outfit." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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First, this is <b>NOT</b> the tall version. Yeah. Let that sink in. I know I'm short, but even so, damn.<br />
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So, I, uh...did a thing to show off a couple of the AO's bests moves, using the Mosscore staff. I'm at <a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/equal10/210/128/89" target="_blank">Equal10</a> now...well, <i>under</i> Equal10...and the music's from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZhKUkJ6k1A" target="_blank">MC Quattro</a> on <a href="https://pixabay.com/" target="_blank">Pixabay</a>, royalty-free (but we'll see how that goes.)<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/GVqqMx9"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Jz99pBq/saint-lisa-vae7.png" alt="Saint Lisa Frank holding Mosscore's Shepherd's Beacon staff, now with the *actual* boots included with the outfit." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Now, what I found out when I went home--the Shepherd's Beacon <i>can</i> be resized, but it's a delicate thing. If you're used to resizing, the best bet seems to be to click "Stretch both sides" on the menu boxes, and then edge it closer to where you want it. But then you'll have to realign how it fits within the hand.<br />
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So--not simple, <i>per se,</i> but possible.<br />
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Here's to October featuring more posts (and more shopping events, and oh gods, Shop 'n Hop opens on the fifth, and <b>ALL THE HUNTS</b>...*sobs*...<br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-68278730816169373962023-09-15T00:27:00.002-07:002023-09-15T03:35:16.792-07:00the headline read in black and white, "An angel falls from grace"Oh! Hi there! It seems to be September.<br />
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And (who's surprised, really?) I'm still counting, so--welcome to Day 378!<br />
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Caught on a random profile:<i><blockquote>Single. Poly. Don't want a relationship but I do want a bunch of friends I'm in love with.
We can all live on a commune, take care of each other, and watch horror movies every night.</blockquote></i>That's so sweet.<br />
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(Also, <b>OMG OMG</b> <a href="https://www.clownillustration.com/welcomehomeyou" target="_blank">Wally Darling</a> has a <a href="https://www.makeship.com/products/wally-darling-plush" target="_blank">Makeship plush</a> out <b>AAAAAAH</b>--)<br />
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Excuse me. What I meant to say is...the not-me aspect of the mesh head business? Is even more not-me than usual, because I forgot this planned EvoX-based avatar had a different base shape (Why? No idea. No, I'm serious, I didn't leave me notes explaining things), so apologies for that.<br />
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However. I needed to post about some new/revised items from <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/66/165/1015" target="_blank">/Vae Victis\</a>! And <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Gunda/174/160/77" target="_blank">Sonder</a> called, in the meantime, so to Sonder I went.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/SDgFPrS"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/KcgTXwn/sanguis-cultist1.png" alt="Vae Victis Sanguis Hemophage set for EvoX, and the Veritas Cultist set." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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The "Sanguis" Hemophage collar you can see in the above picture, but not really sure how the rest of it is coming across...<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/rxhG2C8"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/X7PZxh0/sanguis-cultist2.png" alt="Vae Victis Sanguis Hemophage set for EvoX, and the Veritas Cultist set." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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...and the other tattoo work may interfere, as well. Argh.<br />
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<i>[[Ahem. Insert from the Editrix before publishing, <b>WHY IS IT FIVE DAYS LATER</b>, but also, fairly sure I had another tattoo under the Cultist wristlets? Go me. I <b>THINK</b> it's also Vae Victis, from the Zealot set of things, but...coming back to this later, no idea.]]</i><br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/0DJvvdB"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Qbmtt18/sanguis-cultist3.png" alt="Vae Victis Sanguis Hemophage set for EvoX, and the Veritas Cultist set." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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...okay. So those are the tears from the "Veritas" Cultist set along with the crest (which, I, um, forgot to put on before starting to take pics). Let's see if I can get a good pic of the "Veritas" Cultist cuffs.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/6XkCB0y"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/TWs3LMw/sanguis-cultist4.png" alt="Vae Victis Sanguis Hemophage set for EvoX, and the Veritas Cultist set." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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There we go. Everything's in Old Gold, by the way, if I forgot to mention that.<br />
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<i>[[Insert from the Editrix, again--see what I mean? I'm fairly sure the eyes belong to the Cultist set, but the hatching, not as confident. Or maybe it's the other way around...]]</i><br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/jwMHTtr"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/c8Fx1qr/sanguis-cultist5.png" alt="Vae Victis Sanguis Hemophage set for EvoX, and the Veritas Cultist set." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Okay, best picture I can get of everything. Let's run it down, there's a lot:<br />
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<ul><li>the "Sanguis" Hemophage collar, BOM layer, in "Blood" on the LeLutka EvoX "Kaya" head</li>
<li>the bonus 'shadow' cover for the lower body, on Maitreya</li>
<li>the "Veritas" Cultist crest and tears, BOM layer, in "Blood" on the Lelutka EvoX "Kaya" head</li>
<li>the "Veritas" Cultist cuffs, BOM layer, in "Blood" on Maitreya</li></ul>
...and I've just now remembered the wrist cuffs were a gift for the event which I think I missed by a handful of days...<br />
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<i>[[Great, I mentioned it in the blog. So much argh. Malfunction am me.]]</i><br />
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Onward through the frogs, I guess.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/CwvwCrp"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/XWpW0wf/sanguis-cultist6.png" alt="Vae Victis Sanguis Hemophage set for EvoX, and the Veritas Cultist set." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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And this is everything listed above, only in "Void".<br />
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There are <i>fifteen</i> colors total in the "Sanguis" Hemophage collar, which also comes with the bonus 'shadow' layer for the lower body; fifteen combination crest-and-tears for the "Veritas" Cultist set, <i>with</i> an <i>additional</i> fifteen layers for the crest alone, the tears alone, and <i>another fifteen</i> SLUV layers in all the shades; and fifteen shades, BOM, for the "Veritas" Cultist wrist cuffs.<br />
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That is...a lot. Incredible.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/BZ98sQL"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Ykxvj12/sanguis-cultist7.png" alt="sanguis-cultist7" alt="Vae Victis Sanguis Hemophage set for EvoX, and the Veritas Cultist set." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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<i>(And, since I've done all </i>that,<i> let's do the rest of the rundown<img src="https://i.ibb.co/0VsMQC7/blue-planar-heart.png" alt="blue-planar-heart" height="16" width="14" border="0">. I'm wearing:
<ul><li>the "Sanguis" Hemophage collar in "Rosedust"</li>
<li>the "Veritas" Cultist Tears and Crest in "Rosedust"</li>
<li>the "Veritas" Cultist Tears and Crest in "Rosedust"</li>
<li>the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New/9/165/22" target="_blank">Wicca's Wardrobe</a> "Laerlorn" tiara in "Black/Gold" [it was a gift from something, but damned if I remember where]</li>
<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Meringue/132/204/23" target="_blank">Olive</a>'s "High Priestess" hair, Split 4 RARE variation [from a gacha, so maybe still available on Marketplace?]</li>
<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/deviousMind/98/26/30" target="_blank">!deviantMind</a>'s "Falena" set [just Bra/Skirt] in "Blood"</li>
<li><a href="https://marketplace.secondlife.com/fr-FR/stores/212222" target="_blank">IDEALIA</a>'s "RAINA" ankle wraps [linking the Marketplace because the in-world store appears absent]</li>
<li>the Lelutka EvoX skin in "Porcelain" from <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Blueberry%20Media/193/122/19" target="_blank">Enfer Sombre</a> [with additional BOM layering for the elf ears]</li>
<li>the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LeLutka/128/127/37" target="_blank">Lelutka</a> EvoX "Kaya" head</li>
<li><a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hastings%20Manor/185/194/1012" target="_blank">TREND</a>'s Witch Eyeshadow [BOM 10] and Witch Lip [the orange one] from the Halloween Collection 2020 [purchased both on their recent half-off-the-things sale, but honestly, I would have been comfortable paying full price. Lovely set of lip tints and 'witchy' shadows]</i></li>
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...and pretty sure the eyes come with the "Kaya" head.<br />
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<i>[[Last insert, I promise--somehow it's <b>EVEN LATER STILL</b>, so going with the 15th as the publish date and <b>AAAAAAAGH</b> and <b>WHY DOES MY BRAIN HATE ME</b>???</i><br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/3YLzd95"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/n85CmNq/stickupboys-brainfreeze.gif" alt="sFreeze, brain!" height="350" width="312" border="0"></a><br />
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<i>[[Past five days. Gah, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqd_Bex8BzI" target="_blank">six days now</a>. Whyyyyy.]]</i><br />
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(<img src="https://i.ibb.co/0VsMQC7/blue-planar-heart.png" alt="blue-planar-heart" height="16" width="14" border="0">And you've seen the pic that this was directing you down here to explain, but nonetheless: the little insert was doing as much as I could to highlight the Rosedust tone. It's like frosted, melted, then refrozen rose gold. Very subtle. Perfect for the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0wey7FSgUAk" target="_blank">Biblically accurate angel</a> in your life. So--hope that worked!)</i><br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-42826141718140823882023-08-31T23:27:00.001-07:002023-09-01T01:40:41.633-07:00and you better start swimmin', or you'll sink like a stone<i><blockquote>for the times they are a-changin'...</blockquote></i>
<a href="https://ibb.co/zZ0k00b"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/cQ7m77t/dinner-on-the-anniversary.png" alt="Dinner on the anniversary, August 28th, 2023." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Yeah. Sometimes it do be like that.<i><blockquote>come gather ’round, people<br />
wherever you roam<br />
and admit that the waters<br />
around you have grown...</blockquote></i>
August 28th, 2023, fell on a Monday, at least in the northern hemisphere. Monday was also family dinner at the mansion. The family knew it was the anniversary. It was...an uneven night, not unsurprisingly. How does one celebrate having an unending tension headache for a full solar year?<br />
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I'm the one on the end with the moths.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/b6jSqH8"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/x2KpPmR/dinner-on-the-anniversary-bah.png" alt="Dinner on the anniversary featured wine." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><i><blockquote>and accept it that soon<br />
you’ll be drenched to the bone<br />
if your time to you is worth savin’...</i></blockquote>
Dinner also featured a spritely vintage from Darkmere, and I was grateful for it.<br />
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I think even virtual wine goes to my head occasionally. I wasn't exactly effervescent, but I did seem more...open is not the word? Fluid, mayhap. Confessional. Something.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/X3114zw"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/yYttR83/dinner-on-the-anniversary-reflecting.png" alt="Reflecting on August, and everything after." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><i><blockquote>the line, it is drawn<br />
the curse, it is cast<br />
the slow one now<br />
will later be fast</blockquote></i>
So, it's been a year, and what have we learned? I beyond the glass may have Celiac's, and if not, then a fairly unstable version of gluten intolerance. No one knows why the headache persists. Half my doctors are treating me as if I am diabetic, and the other half aren't--and meanwhile, my pursuit for a diagnosis of <b>SOME</b> kind keeps driving off the cliff, the latest being my (new resident) doctor's confidence in the latest A1C being "fine" (even with some other symptoms and readings in other tests).<br />
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Let's not forget that in the course of one month (with blood tests at either end) I went from some issues we needed to work on to <b><i>HOLY FARKING DUCKLINGS YOU HAVE THIRD-STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE</i></b>...which, by the way, disappeared with the next blood test...<br />
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<center><a href="https://ibb.co/vwkQQpB"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/NVKmm53/white-cat-confused-question-mark.gif" alt="White cat confusion?!?!!?" height="300" width="300" border="0"></a></center><br />
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Oh, and my neurologist's officially thrown me away, because there's "nothing neurological" she can fix. But if I develop something...something that's not migraines, headache, nerve pain, and a kicky little tremor, apparently...she says I should feel free to call her.<br />
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Sure. Let me just make a note about that....how does the 32nd of February next year work for you?<br />
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But that...admittedly, adapting to that led to some very dark days.<br />
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Witness this was supposed to be shot, and framed, and written, and posted, <i>on</i> the 28th...and I slipped a couple days due to sudden depression slogging through the mire.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/C2PRcjh"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Hdh5Scn/anniversary-eyes.png" alt="Contemplation in purple and teal." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><i>
<blockquote>as the present now<br />
will later be past<br />
the order is rapidly fadin'...</blockquote></i>
Stone-home truth, here: I started wondering what was the point. Now, no one call in wellness checks, guys, I am not in danger, believe me. But there was some staring into the abyss, namely...<i>Should I still keep counting? Should I stop? If I stop, what do I replace it with? If I keep counting, when does it become another obsession? When do I get to pick up the threads of my life and get back to reality, fractured as it was?</i><br />
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And the deep, midnight-in-sealed-crypts dark question: <i>is this the new baseline, and I just have to suck it up from here?</i><br />
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So, yeah. Took a couple days to catch up with everything.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/47z39LP"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/G0yNBDc/we-still-have-the-garden.png" alt="We still have the garden." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><i><blockquote>and the first one now<br />
will later be last<br />
for the times they are a-changin'...</i></blockquote>
If nothing else, I have the garden. It keeps me occupied when I have spare non-hurty time. I stay in touch with friends and loves as I can. It's not a terrible life. I may have to ask Aiko where she gets her running-in-circles animation from, because I bet it would be mad frenetic on a Dinkie.<br />
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I will admit, it is a struggle some days <b>NOT</b> to go huge (like, giant thorn vines huge, mysterious earth portals that fling folks in a random direction huge), but so far I'm constraining things. I'm working on changing out all the no-copy flora (and the non-seasonal flora), so it will be easier to change from season to season...<br />
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...because <b>WHY YES</b> I have noticed the lack of seasons on the land and I miss it, and that, at least, I can start pushing out in Tannhauser and Gearhaven.<br />
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For the rest of it...well, I am a very stubborn muffin. I may be bruised, battered, staggering and broken, and it may take me <i>longer</i> to stand up...but I intend to keep standing up for some time yet. This weekend I may spend more time with the offworld partners, and idly make new things out of old things while we watch the next episode of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9riE94Kkwq4" target="_blank">Mentopolis</a> on Dropout. (I am still convinced that Hank Green is just playing himself in that season...or, at least, Hank Green if he was bright red, in a weird 40s noir mystery, and of his hands were bigger than his head...but otherwise, yeah, that's my working theory.)<br />
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And life will move on, as is the way of such things. And I'll get back to product reviews soon, because I do like them, first, and second, for baffling reasons they haven't slapped my wrist for going past some event times, so if nothing else, they're building up unswerving brand loyalty from me. It helps that I adore Grim and Mesmer to death, too, it must be said.<br />
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But now it's late, and it's been a long day, some of it spent dashing between transport and clinic doors with ice-cold rain in between, so I suppose this is as 'done' as it gets, right now. G'night.<br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-70480012119374341882023-08-10T14:37:00.002-07:002023-08-10T14:37:49.330-07:00guess he finally found the straw that broke the camel's backThe Awilda hat is the current Fifty Linden Friday offer at <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Poison%20Rouge/109/152/24" target="_blank">Poison Rouge</a>. As stated, it's going for L$50. But as is tradition, I failed to actually POST this on the 14th, so...go me, I guess.<br />
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<i>[[Note from the Editrix: and then failed to post it for several days after. Not only that, but I managed to lose the picture of me <b>IN</b> the damned thing.]]</i><br />
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Did I mention the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Zen%20Soul/48/243/3201" target="_blank">Darkness event</a> is open now? (Though I'm not sure why I would, Vae.V isn't at that one...it just occurred to me, I guess, because I'm covering the Aza'Telos Monolith set, which <i>was</i> at July's Darkness event...<br />
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I am hopelessly behind.)<br />
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Oh, and there's a new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_z6s2W0S4Qc" target="_blank">Merkins vid</a> out, I just realized...but anyway.<br />
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So, the Duchess' Garden has evolved <i>substantially</i> since I took these pics, and that's primarily because I took a random port from someone in the Contraption group and found myself in front of the booth there for the Wizarding Faire (which I had been avoiding, because, you know, the transphobia has kind of poisoned the property for me)...and promptly bought the Fournier Conservatory. I think it's still open, though, and if you want a Conservatory of your very own, go <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunny%20Seaside/146/116/3318" target="_blank">here</a> with L$600 and it can be yours.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/smDRYsQ"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/8KRsZP2/azat-vae1.png" alt="The Aza'Telos Monolith from Vae Victis." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Meanwhile, we're talking about the Monolith set. At the last Darkness event, it ran L$450; now, I'm not even sure if it's in the mainstore (but you're <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/66/165/1016" target="_blank">welcome to check</a>). Pretty sure the L$450 was a discount, though.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/H7gpswZ"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/dBKJqCZ/azat-vae2.png" alt="The Aza'Telos Monolith from Vae Victis." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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So I took out the medium and plonked it down in front of the altar for the Duchess' <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tannhauser%20Gate/176/85/86" target="_blank">new garden</a>, AKA, "Em thinks she can build things right now".<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/mSwQJBK"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/cxHzJv9/azat-vae3.png" alt="The Aza'Telos Monolith from Vae Victis." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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It's a pretty set, adaptable, just choose your height and your prim count and the tint, and go.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/Sy0yKtD"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/vqmqJ3C/azat-vae4.png" alt="The Aza'Telos Monolith from Vae Victis." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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And it's a lovely glow effect on the runes.<br />
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The entire Monolith set compromises about six different options, from small to huge, and glowing and non, and high prim and low prim versions. It am comprehensive, is what I'm saying. It also comes with a tinting HUD. The ones you see in the pics I took (about...halfway to August, I think they were...) have largely been some shade of gold and purple.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/SRpMJ7J"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/KFHfmzm/azat-vae5.png" alt="The Aza'Telos Monolith from Vae Victis." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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This one, one of the huge ones, I rezzed out just behind the Conservatory, for a size comparison...<br />
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...and it's absolutely unresponsive, that's odd...Wait...<br />
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Did I push the big one over the sim border?!<br />
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Turns out, I did--all I had to do was fly over to the far side, and it tinted like a dream (which with my usual fine attention to detail, I forgot to capture in a photo).<br />
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If you want to see the Conservatory, the (free, btw) mossy snake statues (also from Contraption), or the Monolith that remains, you're welcome to drop by. The Duchess' Garden will likely be in flux for some time...similar to the Duchess, really.<br />
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And if you tire, there's sangria and sweet tea to be had inside the Conservatory. Enjoy.<br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-1570546789517883472023-08-05T22:29:00.001-07:002023-08-06T23:23:36.620-07:00The Ezekiel Nighthunter's hat from Vae VictisAnd I quote:<i><blockquote>
[12:14 PM]♰ 𝓛𝔞𝔡ყ 𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 ♰: @everyone Hey guys! Been drooling over the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/66/165/1015" target="_blank">/Vae Victis\</a> - "Ezekiel" - Nighthunter's Hat but you're on a budget? Well now it is available at the "<a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MoonLand/188/33/23" target="_blank">Sales Room</a>" event for only 75L! This hat is one of the sexiest hats ever made in my opinion. Certainly a must have to be dashing on any occasion!</i></blockquote>
I have no idea if it's still at the Sales Room, honestly.<br />
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<i>[[Note from the Editrix before publishing: yep, blew right past the deadline, the next round has designers filling booths as I speak. Bah.]]</i><br />
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So off we go to the main store to find out the price there!<br />
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And it turns out to be L$400, and can be found <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/66/165/1015" target="_blank">at the main store</a>. It's still a great deal, considering the customization options, but yes.<br />
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<i>[[Another insert: I should also say, the original date on this post was July 14th. Why the delay? Well, it's been...a bad couple of weeks, let's say. And it's also Day 333 of the Eternal Headache. We are so close to living a full year of this. Which is not what I wanted, ideally...]]</i><br />
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Anyway! Onward!<BR />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/ThM7xFS"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/VBYzcPZ/Ezekiel1.png" alt="The Ezekiel Nighthunter's hat from Vae Victis" height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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I won't lie, I'm getting serious <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Py660M_wu7o" target="_blank">Valentine vibes</a> with this hat on this look. All I need is heart-shaped glasses...which...I may have in the inventory <i>some</i>where...<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/JzcD4D9"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/p31Y8YS/Ezekiel2.png" alt="The Ezekiel Nighthunter's hat from Vae Victis" height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Shoulder cat does not like. He keeps aggressively sweeping my shoulders to knock the hat's feather's away.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/TKMBHtX"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/s59vFqS/Ezekiel3.png" alt="The Ezekiel Nighthunter's hat from Vae Victis" height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Of course, part of that is it occasionally clips through <i>his</i> little hat, so that could be part of it, too. He's touchy.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/Ldwbzvv"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/nM2ZsRR/Ezekiel4.png" alt="The Ezekiel Nighthunter's hat from Vae Victis" height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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The very close, in-person (or in-kitten?) <i>tete-a-tete</i> wherein he gave me ten minutes to ditch the hat or else.<br />
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Flying around me until I've ceded to his tiny demands. But while we're here, just <i>look</i> at the patterns. And I adore how the hat pattern is also part of the hat band.<br />
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Pretty sure he's preparing to cast a fireball.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/PWnJBCd"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/ZgPvyT0/Ezekiel6.png" alt="The Ezekiel Nighthunter's hat from Vae Victis" height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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So I went back home--or, at least, back to the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/66/165/1015" target="_blank">Duchess' Garden</a>, AKA, 'Em thinks she can build things right now"<br />that I'm setting up--whereupon I realized I hadn't included the HUD. So here it is.<br />
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Look at all those options! And, as shown, the feather colors I chose to (more or less) go with the outfit and the skin, being black, pink, and purple. Gold for all the metals, purple for the hat.<br />
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<i>[[Another insert from the Editrix before publishing--I had this dated July 30th, so...yeah. It's been....boy, how it's been.<br />
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[[Something I'll just drop off here, from a Patreon I'm in, wherein the artist asked all of us how we were.]]</i><br />
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<center><a href="https://ibb.co/rm8gqsx"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/jT0dqRy/the-state-of-things-August-2023.png" height="195" width="500" alt="The state of things, August 2023." border="0"></a></center><br />
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That was my answer. And...yeah. Not playing the pity card, just...things are starting to get substantially delayed, as further degradation occurs. I'm doin' my best, y'all.<br />
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<center><a href="https://ibb.co/3yYjWPx"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/jvZQGjC/exhausted-carousel.gif" alt="Ready to get off anytime." height="400" width="500" border="0"></a></center><br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-16884518937235153272023-07-02T16:56:00.017-07:002023-07-05T14:47:25.497-07:00she's dressed up to the nine and all the cops are on their way<a href="https://hairfair.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Hair Fair</a> closes at some point today--I'm nearly at the end of a solid all-stores run to check on things, and already, at 4:55 pm SLT on July 2nd, many booths have cleared out already.<br />
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If you still want to go and grab some gifts, Fab Free put together <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fnNnhOG-3Lo_kTUuuuufZ9vT6G7fzynhJgRh-vcL7iE/edit?pli=1#gid=0" target="_blank">a targeted spreadsheet</a> that will take you exactly to which store you want to find. Enjoy!<br />
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Elsewise, everything is going everywhere today, but I wanted to blog about one thing, because it is <b>AWESOME</b>--<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/jDyQWtC"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/SBtMdSk/MONOLITH.png" alt="The Aza-Telos monolith set, coming at the Darkness in three days." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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The deets:<i><blockquote>Vae Victis' first proper decor item - planning to do more in the future. It come in gold, silver, black, and crimson. What does it say? Only the ones who came before know. Available at The Darkness event, July 5th. <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Zen%20Soul/47/244/3201" target="_blank">http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Zen Soul/47/244/3201</a></blockquote></i>
And yes, me for size reference, because I rezzed out the largest one.<br />
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So there you go! I'll tell you how much it is when the event opens, and in the meantime--I think I have a garden that needs a monolith!<br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-29453898236102312722023-06-23T18:19:00.003-07:002023-06-26T09:40:32.493-07:00thought she was fragile like a flower, but she's fragile like a bomb (part three)Dang, skipped right past 300 days for the Eternal Headache, and we're now at 302!<br />
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Not a number I ever wanted to reach...but here we are.<br />
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So! Getting back to Hair Fair coverage, because the clock is running down. Also, I am in no condition to muck about trying on Evo-X layers and hoping they work.<br />
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Next one's a set of photographic hair by<a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/shin%20zushi/150/161/26" target="_blank"> Argrace</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/41T1y40"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/PDhDp1V/argrace2023-1.png" alt="Argrace 'KANNA' hair for Hair Fair 2023." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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This is their "KANNA", in the second to last shade from the B and W color HUD.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/GTghLq7"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/SrqL8zN/argrace2023-2.png" alt="Argrace 'REIKA' hair for Hair Fair 2023." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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And this is "REIKA". Both styles feature four different 'set' styles, to allow for more lifelike wind in photos. You can find them on the <a href="https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hair%20Fair%20-%20Brunette/23/9/24" target="_blank">Brunette</a> sim, and each color pack goes for L$300, with the fatpack of all the shades for L$1000.<br />
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Next, Monso Hair with a mid-level confusing selection of sizes:<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/PYQCHfZ"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/W3tKJYW/monso-2023-2.png" alt="Monso's 'Kuromi' hair and the size menu." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
I sort of just made my best guess.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/VJK0350"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/jbp9Hs9/monso-2023-1.png" alt="Monso's 'Kuromi' hair for Hair Fair 2023." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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But the style itself, "Kuromi", is very pretty.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/S7NQ21N"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/sJj5hDj/analog-d-1.png" alt="Analog Dog's 'Aki' hair for Hair Fair 2023." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Next is <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hair%20Fair%20-%20Redhead/232/247/24" target="_blank">Analog Dog</a>. This is "Aki", and while I do like the style, the demo basically just shows what colors can be altered; it doesn't allow changing <i>of</i> the hair colors.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/tX9tPXz"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/L53Wh5r/analog-d-2.png" alt="Analog Dog's 'Mer' hair for Hair Fair 2023." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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"Mer", on the other hand, <i>does</i> work--I picked the 'Mix' hair color hud, and changed it to the last option on the 'blondes' section.<br />
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You can find both of these styles on the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hair%20Fair%20-%20Redhead/232/247/24" target="_blank">Redhead</a> sim. Each shade will set you back L$300, the Mix pack is L$400, and the fatpack of everything is L$1200.<br />
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Next up: well, more? More is good.<br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-71413107262819840292023-06-21T20:49:00.001-07:002023-06-22T00:24:11.257-07:00she was the last one in this town we would've thought would snapWait, <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/GASET/65/234/23" target="_blank">SABBATH</a> is open today? So the horns set from <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/66/165/1016" target="_blank">/Vae Victis\</a> is live?<br />
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And the two-day migraine having (with any luck) not surfaced for day three...it might be a good time for some honkin' heavy horns.<br />
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So, I'm currently standing in the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Emerald%20Bay/160/215/26" target="_blank">Ancient Ruins of Emerald Bay</a>...where it seems to be raining.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/Qjyx7Xr"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/tPV1w38/vaev-Siannah1.png" alt="The 'Siannah' Cuffed Horns from Vae Victis, on the marble girl." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Straight out of the box, these are quite <a href="https://slang.net/meaning/lorge#:~:text=Large,a%20lorge%20boi%20right%20there.%22" target="_blank">lorge</a> (at least on me). Perfect minotaur horns, otherwise.<br />
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So let's muck with them a bit.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/cQqqfSn"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/qp66q3Q/vaev-Siannah2.png" alt="The 'Siannah' Cuffed Horns from Vae Victis, on the marble girl, adjusted forward and resized." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Hit the wrong thing first--<b>MIN SIZE</b>--don't do that, btw, it was <b>HELL</b> prying them out of my hair--but we're now at my favored forward tilt and about -30 on the size. That's better.<br />
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Basic color-tone reversal--pewter instead of gold cuffs, gold instead of black horns, still goes with the outfit and the avatar.<br />
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Amusingly, I've only worn this form twice before--once when I was following my errant daughter through a rift in reality, and once when I got shunted through the hull of a spaceship when we hit a patch of drifting aetherium meteorites. Marble not needing to breathe much, you ken. Or at all...<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/XV0H7Bm"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/x39Z1vV/vaev-Siannah3.png" alt="The 'Siannah' Cuffed Horns from Vae Victis, red horns, white cuffs." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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There are ten shades for the horns--this is showing the red--and ten shades for the cuffs (which can also be removed with a click), this one being the white.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/K5gkH8L"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/WHXw1RP/vaev-Siannah4.png" alt="The 'Siannah' Cuffed Horns from Vae Victis, green horns, blue cuffs." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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There's a very interesting green on this set--it's not the usual bright lime or dark-toned forest shade. This is more of a gentle fern. I'm showing it with the blue-turqoise cuffs.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/N6zg82V"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/4Zxw6Rm/vaev-Siannah5.png" alt="The 'Siannah' Cuffed Horns from Vae Victis in orange and purple." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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There's a heathered pumpkin orange on the HUD, too. I paired it with the purple for the cuffs here.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/cyVDJTg"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/hgwDs87/vaev-Siannah6.png" alt="The 'Siannah' Cuffed Horns from Vae Victis, from the back, in blue and pink." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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What's visible from the front matches from the back--but it's still some lovely texture work. This time it's blue horns to match pink metal cuffs.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/fpDTmt9"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/MVBJqpf/vaev-Siannah7.png" alt="The 'Siannah' Cuffed Horns from Vae Victis with included HUD." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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For the last shot I couldn't really fit both HUD and horns in the lotus frame...which, honestly, is fine, because that thing was bugging me trying to carve out the petals. So, HUD with the color options, and cuffs on or off, included with the price of purchase!<br />
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You'll find these at the newly opened <b>SABBATH</b>, at /Vae Victis\' booth (linked above), for L$400. If nothing else, it's a lovely layout to wander.<br />
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A bit of housekeeping. From here, things are going to get briefly uneven. Not that they haven't been, to date, but our beloved Void Mother Mesmer has decided to fold her brand up, and work with her partner Grim. Which is good, because we were keeping her either way.<br />
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But it does mean that my brand dealing with Arkivet has come to an end. And, much as I want to support some of the friend brands that have set up shop on Eldritch, it...honestly may be better for me to pace to one brand's releases. At least until we figure out the medical whys beyond the screen.<br />
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Then it's Vae loveliness all the way!<br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-45035902761235157362023-06-19T15:52:00.004-07:002023-06-19T16:18:56.528-07:00thought she was fragile like a flower, but she's fragile like a bomb (part two)<a href="https://ibb.co/WFDc6c1"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Y8Dt3tG/vanity-hair1.png" alt="Vanity Hair 56, front profile." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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This is the goddess braids style from <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Azures%20Echo/152/52/1050" target="_blank">Vanity Hair</a>, "56". I might actually pick up this one, at least in the Happy color pack or the Must Have color pack shades. You can find them on the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hair%20Fair%20-%20Blonde/234/246/24" target="_blank">Blonde region</a>, and a note enclosed with the demo said that BOM baby-hair layers are included with purchase.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/XkNrTGh"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/0V8R3zg/vanity-hair2.png" alt="Vanity Hair 56, side profile and clipping." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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How'ver, I had to take two pictures for two reasons. First, yes, this style will clip through your boobages, as shown. It's not constant, it's just something to be aware of for the bustier set.<br />
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Second is more irritating. The sole reason to have a five minute demo is because the designer wants someone to have an unedited look at the end product. But if a designer is doing a five minute demo, <b>WITH</b> a huge demo wheel behind the hair? There's no reason for that.<br />
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Plus my personal issue of having to pull down the demo box for this style <i>three times</i> from the Hair Fair group because I was trying to get proper angles on the pictures and the five minutes of the demo kept expiring. I finally just gave up.<br />
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Moving on.<br />
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...or--not. This is awkward.<br />
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In the midst of an incipient migraine off the screen, Em still wanted to get another blog entry out, because Em is very, very bad at self-care. (I'm working on it. It's a process.)<br />
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But on a whim, I decided to go pick up style "56". I hadn't yet decided if I wanted the Candy pack or the Must Haves pack. Ported to Blonde, tracked down Vanity's booth, and...<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/ZLGvgcP"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/FxmcY8M/vanity-oddity1.png" alt="The packs on Vanity Hair's table at Hair Fair." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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So, each pack is going for L$390, with the fatpack of all colors for L$1,399. First problem: in the demo pack, the HUDs are listed as Music Lovers, Must Haves, Ombres Naturals, Rainbows, Basics-All Black and Whites, Basics-All Blonds, Basics-All Browns, Basics-All Reds, and Basics-Happy. The two I was most interested in were the Must Haves and the Happy, remember.<br />
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On the table at Hair Fair? (Barring the grey demo pack box.) The fatpack, the Must Haves, Rainbows, Ombres Naturals, and the last box simply labeled Basics.<br />
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I could have bought the Must Haves, but I wanted more color to play with, so reluctantly, bought the Rainbows, because the Happy pack is <i>not there.</i><br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/QNSMbk0"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Z84xLS9/vanity-oddity2.png" alt="The Rainbow hair i ended up with." height="375" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Second problem: The BOM baby-hair layer. Second problem part one: the actual curls of baby hair do <i>not</i> change color. At. All. Second problem part two: It's tintable via the HUD, but it's going to be a damned picky process picking one color to try to match one of the braids (as seen above), and then ignore the colors on the rest.<br />
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Not thrilled with this, honestly.<br />
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More demos to come.<br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-85746879542517175352023-06-18T15:52:00.007-07:002023-06-18T15:54:19.401-07:00thought she was fragile like a flower, but she's fragile like a bomb (part one)It has become painfully clear, if that's not too on the nose, that I am not as effective in a great many things as I used to be. 295 days into the Eternal Headache, with no end in sight--with it never getting better, but it occasionally getting worse. And it's starting to feel like that set off a chain reaction effect of cascade failures, which I get a front-row seat at experiencing.<br />
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Lucky me.<br />
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So, this year is going to be...different. I'm still going to cover (some of) the styles, but unless I really like the brand, if the brand didn't include a picture first, I'm not going to cover them. Jury's still out whether I'll track down the links for anything I do decide to cover, when they're not already in the demo box.<br />
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Am I resentful about this? At times, incredibly. Do I hate the fact that energy runs out completely in a strange, draining rush, at wholly random times? Absolutely. Have we reached the shaking-fists-at-the-uncaring-sky stage? Yeah, probably two hundred days ago, even.<br />
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So. Hair stuph.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/BC7d1Gz"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/1mphSMv/k-MH-hair-23.png" alt="KMH Hair F231" height="377" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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We're starting with <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Columbia/87/205/30" target="_blank">KMH</a>, on the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hair%20Fair%20-%20Streaks/24/10/24">Streaks region</a>. Their F231 take on the razor bob is fairly standard from the front, but it's interesting from the back--a series of leveled chops from crown to ends. I'm showing it in a shade from the Colorful Color Pack, because the two-tone shading made the razor work pop.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/Qf1wNm0"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/s2MYw37/ONE-Creations-hair-23.png" alt="ONE Creations Kiana hair" height="377" width="500" border="0"></a><br />
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Next up is <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Silver%20Shores/189/210/23" target="_blank">ONE Creations</a>, with Kiana, a styled combination of scarf wrap and dreadlocs. There's a nice amount of wrap options--I chose the red--and twelve hair shades total on the HUD--I picked the bottom row left, the mid-grey. Seemed to go well with the dead-girl look.<br />
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You can find ONE on the <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hair%20Fair%20-%20Brunette/86/28/24" target="_blank">Brunette region</a>.<br />
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And I was going to do a third, but...that's all for my energy levels just now, so...I'll get back to that later.<br />
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<i><small><center><img src="https://i.ibb.co/N63X2GR/birthday-bah.png" alt="Bah humbirthday." border="0"></center></small></i><br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-1463546992924952522023-06-03T16:47:00.005-07:002023-06-03T16:50:27.873-07:00like puzzle pieces, and now we're here at a standstill Additional Revenant explanation! Because why not?<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/8z7Zpcf"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Q8KwRdT/quoi1-003.png" alt="The 'Invisible' disintegrating head statue." height="300" width="530" border="0"></a><br />
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First, someone's made art of my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/incognitadelmistero/15027799667/in/dateposted/" target="_blank">current state</a>. <a href="http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Retrospect/112/81/22" target="_blank">Fantastic</a>. And such a deal at two thousand Lindens.<br />
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Second, I really tried to make a pretty frame and turn these images out proper, and...the head is not having it at this point. I'm currently huddled around the jar of candied ginger eating rice cakes with cream cheese, because it has the best chance of staying down. Love this for me.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/W22nSnC"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/2kkqXqJ/quoi1-001.png" alt="The standard ZHAO II animation drop-down controls." height="300" width="530" border="0"></a><br />
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So, something I only noticed when I logged in today--as I mentioned in the <a href="https://razorblade-cookies.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-revenant-animation-override-from.html" target="_blank">previous entry</a>, I changed zero settings, just captured it as is. It uses the standard ZHAO II framework, so you can edit the notecard inside and add in new poses, <i>et cetera</i>.<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/FzSJt5q"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/x6pGQ18/quoi1-002.png" alt="The pose length settings notecard." height="300" width="530" border="0"></a><br />
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But this is the one I really wanted to track down. So, when I'm feeling better, I'm going to look at changing some of the times, but it's a very straightforward notecard. I would definitely make a copy if you're not used to working with interior scripting, but there is a handy help button on the HUD that will toss you a general ZHAO II help card.<br />
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Hope that clears up some things!<br />
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Have a shot of adorable Xiu blep:<br />
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<a href="https://ibb.co/mJMZ3BJ"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/SN9YzxN/Xiu-blep.png" alt="Xiu looking cute" height="300" width="530" border="0"></a><br />
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And to tie this up, I can't even get the kids to behave when it's just trace shadows of their adult selves:<br />
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They are exceptionally stubborn. I blame the parents, really.<br />
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And that's all for this! Seeya!<br />
<br />Emilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.com0