Music, straight to the heart?

I think I've been behind the curve lately on some things.  I recently found that Youtube had started to allow longer uploads.  I discovered copies of Beethoven's 9th's symphony, in it's complete form, uploaded as one piece.  If you have never heard it, then go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=DcGQV1hRHJ4 now, do not pass go, do not collect 200 anythings.  It is unarguably one of the greatest, if not the greatest, symphony ever written and recorded.  I cannot listen to it without breaking into tears, repeatedly.  Especially when I consider the fact that the composer was deaf by the time it was first performed.  He never heard it.

Another piece of music that makes me cry is the flower song from Lakme, you can check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4MmatVblDk&feature=related.

If you can listen to these pieces of music, and not feel ...  Some sort of strong emotion, I feel sorry for you.  To me, they define what it means to share emotion through art.  They are the very definition of why I think art, in any form, is a worthy endeavor.

Two months and done.

I have been documenting my daily outfits for two months now, and making a concerted effort not to wear the same thing over.  I could probably continue to do that for another month, at least, and still be very happy with my look.  And probably finish out the year with a different outfit every day, though many would be things I'm not crazy about.  But frankly, making sure I get a daily snapshot and trying not to re-wear some of my favorite things too often, has become a bit of a chore.  So I think it is time to call this particular exercise, complete. I'm sure I'll be showing you various outfits in the future, but I will no longer be documenting every single day. 

Attached are the last two outfits I wore.  The locations were nothing new, and some items are repeats just because I like them very much, like my shorts from Jomo, my hat from Baby Monkey and my spiffy platform boots.

Back to School, A Caledon Visit.

I've been trying to think about how I could put anything about Caledon in my blog without short changing it.  And I figured I should actually showcase many of my favorite spots there each in their own entry.  So, I'll start off with the place I consistently send newcomers to SL.  Caledon Oxbridge.  With first class free avatar kits, excellent instructional displays, a team up with NCI and helpful staff, I can't imagine a better place to begin your second life.  I'm just sorry I didn't find it till I'd been in SL for quite a while.  Below is a shot of me in a Blakopal suit with my favorite hat from Baby Monkey and boots from Grumble.  I'm in the main court yard and you can see various displays around me.  The other shot is the school from a distance, showing the huge size of the place.  This shot was taken from an airship docking tower in the next sim!

Something different all over again.

I ended up wearing an outfit from ADN called Lilu, given its name and look one doesn't have to work hard to come up with the inspiration.  Well, the inspiration put me in the mood for SF so I revisited a couple of Adult SF inspired sims, and I also was thinking about making another purchase from Jomo.  When I visited there, I found they had redecorated and added a dragon.

This image was taken at U.F.O. Abduction the SexXxperience.

The following ones were taken at Skara Brae.  I was trying to recreate something that was evocative of the outfit's inspiration.

 And here we have the the Dragon at Jomo.

Lastly outfits I wore for brief visits on the 5th & 7th.  The blue outfit is mostly SF designs, the black and red one, nearly all Grumble.  The blue outfit snapshot is from an art gallery called Pirats SAS Art Gallery, the other was taken while I was dancing at the Hard Rock Shemale Club.

Purple Passion

Not sure how I end up doing this, I don't try, really.  But when I look back over the daily outfit snapshots, I often see an obvious trend.  Recently I got all purple-ish.  But I got over that today when I woke up in the middle of the night and logged on for a while. 

The emo pants are from ADN, the shirt is a dollarbie I picked up someplace, boots are grumble.  The dress is a from a shop that makes many variations on that theme, as well as some other cute stuff.  And I'm wearing old style prim feet from Slink.  They've come out with some new mesh ones, but I tried the demo and couldn't get them to blend into my avatar any better than these really.  The last outfit is mostly stuff I've worn before, with a strappy number from Hybridz.

All locations for these snapshots are someone on the island at Pair A Dice.

Black & White & Grumble All Over

Been in a Grumble sort of mood I guess.  Most recently wore outfits that are mostly Grumble.  The black and white one posed in front of the fountain at SF Design's formal wear is all Grumble, boots to top.  Except for the jewelry and hair.  The white outfit is nearly all Grumble except for the pendant, hair and top.  The top is from Baby Monkey, the location is back at the vast Rose Theater.

TG Beauty Queen Ousted

It seems a very lovely woman, named Jenna Talackova, who was born male and has gone through reassignment surgery, was expelled from the Miss Universe Canada contest.  You can read about it at Yahoo news.

My thoughts are that if there was no rule requiring that contestants be born female before she entered, then that is wrong.  If there was, then she should not have entered.  I don't condone such a rule, but entering under false pretenses of any kind is not right.  Also, if they did expel her without a pre-existing rule, then these people are the worst kind of bigots, hypocritical ones hiding behind "The Establishment."

I don't really like beauty pageants as they are commonly done.  They epitomize many of the things I think are wrong about how our western society views women.

And if you think guys can't be as beautiful as women, check this out. Google Image Search for Andrej Pejic.

Back in Black.

I wonder if one of the reasons so many submissives in SL approach me about topping them is my wardrobe?  I like black.  In RL and in SL.  And in SL it seems that if you wear black it's sort of visual code for dominant.  Pink seems to be visual code for submissive.  I think too many people rely on those visual queues.  Anyway, I do wear a lot of black.

For example, a leather vest, black mesh shirt and leather pants all from ADN.  Though each is from a different outfit.  BDR hair, jewelry from Grumble and some freebie boots.  The sunglasses are also freebies and I think must be very very old.  No sculpty work in them at all and very few prims.  I tweaked them quite a bit before I liked them enough to wear.

Then there is dress from Nyte'N'Day, fur trimmed leather shrug from ADN and shoes from Baby Monkey with a blond do from Grumble.  Or, a top from Pixiedolls, cords from ADN and boots from Grumble with my favorite Bryce hair.

The first snapshot was taken at Kowloon, a pretty famous "tourist" stop in SL.  The middle one was taken at the new Ladyboy Beach.  And the last, once again at my stopping grounds, Pair A Dice.

Happy Anniversary to Me.

Just hit me after I made my postings for today, that this blog is now one whole year old.

Que the cheering!

Okay, enough of that.

O' Caledon!?

I was recently showing a newcomer to Second Life around and took them to Oxbridge College at Caledon.  I have no idea why I've not mentioned this place before.  Caledon is a great place to visit, something like twenty plus sims full of Steampunk wackiness and friendly creative tolerant people.  There are trains and airships that will carry you about the vast estate and let you see the sights.  There is so much, I don't even know where to start, other than to say, you really should go see it.

Please note that it is not adult, and asks folks to respect "Victorian" sensibilities a bit.  Meaning, please dress, and if practical, dress somewhat formally and in period.  If I can figure out what to highlight, I'll post more on this huge and delightful place where I've spent hours and hours exploring in times past.

Note: 6/2012 - If you would like to wear a nice outfit that fits the steampunk theme, Blakopal always has a free out for both men and women at the main shop.