I’ve gone crazy in a maze…

Posted by Fricka on July 11, 2008

Sometimes the weirdest things give me inspiration. I had to deal with a bi… er… let’s just call her a less than savory individual yesterday and it really got my blood boiling. But I’ll spare you the diatribe related to this particular conversation. The weird part came from the fact that I’d put on Wolf Parade’s “Wits or a Dagger” to listen to (on repeat) right before this happened and because the conversation went ON AND FREAKING ON, I wasn’t able to get over to stop the song from repeating itself over and over so the whole while I was reading this individual’s “issues” I kept hearing the same song. I took the song quite literally after a while. I couldn’t find a labyrinth that I liked so I made one. And, as per usual, picture intensive… and looks better large.

“Oh, I know now I should’ve had my wits or a dagger”

Hair – [Goddess by ETD]
Eyes – [Spirit Eyes in Fire by Happa]
Skin by Me
Eyelashes – [Prim Lashes by Deviant Kitties]
Piercing – [The Line by Deviant Kitties] Modified
Faun Legs & Horns – [Female Faun AV by Titania’s Court]
Full Outfit – [Arachne by BareRose]
[Circle Prop Poses by Long Awkward Pose]
[Britney2 by Vain]
[Takin’ it Easy by Long Awkward Pose]

And I <3 BareRose.

Lousy Pictures

Posted by Fricka on July 2, 2008

I find myself pretty much haunting the same handful of my favorite places in SL for screenshot takin’ and would love some recs on new places to go. My few quirky stipulations would be that the place doesn’t have an insane amount of RP rules.. or any RP rules for that matter. I usually get scared off by receiving a billion notecards laying out all the things I’m not allowed to do in a zone. That’s fine, I understand they are trying to create an environment there.. but that kind of thing just freaks me out so I typically leave, never to return. I’m a skittish deer, what can I say… I spook easily. I’m not looking to RP, I’m just wanting to take a few screenies with something other than a plain backdrop. I also would prefer a spot that isn’t crammed to the gills with green dots. That one is there because I’m anti-social and to save myself Photoshop time cropping out newbies that wandered into my screenshot. :P So if you have favorite places you’d like to share, please comment or send me an LM in world! Thanks!! :D

>.<

Posted by Fricka on July 1, 2008

Seams… Oh how I loathe seams. >.>

6-22 and nothing new

Posted by Fricka on June 22, 2008

I’m sick… again, blech. :( Between that and SL still weirding out on me, I’ve been playing a lot more WoW since there’s an event going on right now which is always good fun. I never got around to reinstalling like I had wanted to.. I’m a lazy bum. So hopefully sometime this week I can get everything sorted out and get back into SL. So yeah, since there are no new SL pictures, I’m going to post some screenshots from WoW instead. :D

Rant and then a meme

Posted by Fricka on June 19, 2008

So SL is still giving me fits. I’m just not loading at all, I can’t change clothes. I’m pretty annoyed. I think tomorrow I’ll go scorched earth and reinstall the whole kit and caboodle. I’ve also been having issues in WoW so there might be some low lying computer issue to blame. So yeah, no pictures again today. So instead I’m going to snag this meme from CeN’s Blog to bide my time until I can get this computer fixed.

“The original meme I read said to go to the address bar at the top of your internet browser, type a letter of the alphabet, and write down what website comes up. That didn’t work so well for me. Instead I tried it with Google. I typed a letter and the following is a list of the first word that came up in my auto-populate.”

A – Ad Astra Per Alia Porci
B – Bang your drum
C – cartographer_mining.lua
D – double cutaway hollowbody
E – Exotic Spice Cookies
F – Fender Custom Vibrolux Reverb
G – garfield minus garfield (hilarious)
H – handsome furs
I – i’ll believe in anything
J – japanese empress
K – karazhan
L – lady vashj
M – magistrix
N – neologies
O – of the shattered sun
P – paladin tank spec
Q – queen mary incident
R – raised water dish
S – Spencer Krug
T – TS7 Tubescreamer
U – unseelie
V – vegan bakery
W – wolf parade
X – xavian
Y – yahama keyboard spencer krug
Z – zoomer

Fun!! :D I usually use double quotes around most of my search phrases so somehow these managed to escape that lol. Sure shows what my major interests are! ^^;

Fussy

Posted by Fricka on June 17, 2008

I’m fussing with the blog layout.. so if everything appears all weird and crazy, then I screwed something up. :P No pictures today… I was either gray or my textures never loaded so I was a blurry mess. Hopefully I’ll fare better tomorrow.

On a completely unrelated note my favorite band, Wolf Parade, released their new album today and it’s epic. I’ve had it on repeat all day… it’s goodness. Obviously, I’m a raving fan girl, but it is awesome. Don’t tell me if you didn’t like it because I’ll become defensive. :P Seriously, don’t tell me. >.>

After

Posted by Fricka on June 15, 2008

Second Life affords me the ability to play dress up on a really grand scale. If nothing else, this has by far been the reason why I keep coming back. The ability to morph my avatar into just about anything is very tantalizing.

I started the look with the skin which I basically did just as a way to use some awesome crack brushes I found on Deviant Art… I’ll hunt down a link and try to throw it in later. My husband always tries to throw suggestions at me for things to do and he had said something about Salem Witch Trials. Well, that seemed like it wouldn’t exactly translate to a skin so I went with an “After” theme which can really be translated however you like. I started out with the Minerva Witch’s Hat from Illusions.. another stunning piece of work from Siyu Suen and the catalyst for the whole outfit. I probably spent hours scouring the grid to find an outfit that gave off the air I wanted it to when I went back to BareRose for the umpteenth time and saw this outfit named “Stheno” and knew that was the one. Throw on some accessories and here you are.

The first picture is probably my favorite shot ever. I did minimal processing to it because it just came out really neat straight up from the game. And yeah, I got a pretty big kick out of using two “Cute” poses for this set. ^.~ As always, click the pictures to get to my Flickr page where you can view them larger where they look much better. :D

“It’s cold
It’s dark
It’s not for people with uneasy hearts”

Hat – [Minerva Witch’s Hat by Illusions]
Hair – [Sally by Truth]
Lashes – [Vamp Lashes by Cake]
Skin & Eyes by Me
Choker & Earrings – [ToRiCo by Kiki’s Closet]
Nails – [Nails & Melee Claws by Gianetti]
Outfit (Dress, Straps, Stockings) – [Stheno Set by BareRose]
Shoes – [Succubus Pumps by ::69::]
Pose – [Fantasy-Puppet from Faery Goodness Set by Long Awkward Pose]
Pose – [Kyoot AO from :ANA_Mations:]
Pose – [Cute 1 from Cute Modeling Poses by Imperial Elegance]
Pose – [Ground Sit 11 from GroundSit Modeling Poses by Imperial Elegance]

BBBC Wrap Up

Posted by Fricka on June 13, 2008

BBBC Final Question: What did you get out of this whole experience? Do you think this will change how you blog in the future?

I really had a good time with this challenge. While I wasn’t exactly slacking on posts prior to the challenge it was fun to try and post everyday… which I failed, but I was sick. :P The best part of the challenge for me was definitely discovering new people and their awesomesauce blogs! I love seeing all those new blogs in my reader! I also got a chance to admit my blog stalkerness to the world.

Will the challenge change the way I blog? That’s likely. I’m very quiet and super shy so I rarely throw myself into situations that require me to communicate with people so my blog has always been a way for me to throw some random thoughts into one semi cohesive mass to communicate for me and overcome my social awkwardness. And of course, I throw in pictures to really glue the whole mess together. I probably will post a little bit more often but the main difference in blogging will be a slight shift from the fashion-centric blog I had before. I enjoyed doing a few more “personalized” posts during the challenge. Sure, the outfits and pictures in previous posts are definitely personal to me because they reflect little aspects of myself in some way or another… but I’d like to do things that kinda light up my creative side more and maybe share a few little tidbits about myself in the process.

Keep in touch everyone! :D

Kitties – [Neko Ladder by ::69::]
Hair – [Latha by Deviant Kitties]
Eyes – [Transparency Shine Eyes by Glanz]
Piercings – [Face Piercing by Electro Kitty]
Gloves – [Grey Knit Arm Warmers by Argyle]
Dress & Stockings – [pUk Dress by Dutch Touch]
Straps – [Leather Body Straps by Atomic Kitty]
Shoes – [Chucks by Akeyo]
Pose from Imperial Elegance]

BBBC Day 7

Posted by Fricka on June 12, 2008

Day 7: Blogger’s Choice. You pick something that’s important to you to talk about!

Well.. that’s a broad topic. :P Something that’s been on my mind lately.. thus making it important is the impending release of Wolf Parade’s new album. They are my most favorite band ever ever. I’m definitely a crazed fan girl when it comes to them. And since I was listening to some of the new tracks today I decided to make a Wolf Parade shirt for my avatar to wear in SL. Yus, I’m a geek.

So alongside the Wolf Parade tee I thought I’d lump some of my favorite things all into one picture. I have a thing for goggles and these new goggles I grabbed from ::69:: are my new favorites. I also <3 facial piercings. If you’ve seen my previous pictures, I’m rarely without them. So I saw that Electro Kitty had a new piercing available and it had so many options so I had to get it. I played around with them and kinda set up my favorite pairings together. I also love jeans and these are my favorite pair of jeans in SL, they are from League. And of course, my beloved chucks from Akeyo. This might be the closest I’m able to get my avatar to looking like my actual self… down to the hair actually which is that shade of pinky black right now. :D So now you know way too much about me. O.o

Hair by Truth
Goggles by ::69::
Piercings by Electro Kitty
Necklace from Curious Kitties
Tee by Me
Undershirt by BareRose
Cuffs by Atomic Kitty
Belt by First Flower
Jeans by League
Chucks by Akeyo

I know, I’m slacking on slurls >.< I’ll try to go back and fix them later. Promise!

BBBC Day 5 & 6

Posted by Fricka on June 11, 2008

I had to take a day off yesterday… I had so much junk to catch up on that I didn’t have any time to blog. :( But I’m all caught up and ready to get back into the groove. And thanks to everyone who wished me well, I’m feeling tons better today and I think I’m out of the sickie woods now! Yay!

Day 5 – How hard do you think it is to find a relationship in SL? Where are people meeting each other?
Well, I’m married IRL so I’m off the market. But considering how infrequently I just run into random players it seems like unless you know where to look for real people, it’s a bit hard to find them. Or maybe I just like going places that aren’t overrun by green dots because I’m anti-social. Who knows? :P

Day 6 – Do you think it would be fun if we had random weather hit us in SL, like thunderstorms or blizzards?
I’d love to see weather effects. Maybe it’s my longing to see a real thunderstorm since I live in Sunnyville, USA and haven’t seen rain in months. I hate to compare World of Warcraft to SL because they are so different…. but… WoW has awesome weather effects and I love seeing fog roll into Feralas and then turn to sprinkles and then all out rain. It really is so much fun. At least Windlight gives the option of changing the feel of the sky with all of it’s options… so that’s something. (Of course, I logged into WoW to try and snap a pic of some of the random weather effects and well, emphasis on the random, it wasn’t raining anywhere! So here’s just a random pic of Feralas instead.)