Cowboy Hats and Bowties

If I think cowboy hats and bow ties are cool, what does that make me? Strawberry Singh made geeks, nerds, and dorks her challenge this week. It ties in nicely to my over the top excitement over the release of the Matt and David outfits from FATEplay introduced at the just opened Geeks'n'Nerds fair.

Clay really liked the David outfit best but since I liked the Karen outfit (also at the FATEplay booth) and his cowboy hat, I got bossy and we took this picture (as an aside, I switched the denim skirt in the Karen outfit with a leather one from Maitreya just for fun). Clay is back in the David outfit and I'll never get him out of it unless I can find a Spider Man costume somewhere.

My computer got overheated and I kept crashing or we'd have a decent picture of the 10th Doctor and Amy fighting zombies His pose and sonic screwdriver is from Hopscotch, the door and my pose is Tea.s  &  elephante poses  Dead Door. Both are available at Geeks'n'Nerds. I'm not sure that makes us nerds or geeks or maybe dorks, but it makes us something weird. OK, here's my not quite perfect Doctor-fights-zombies picture before I crashed.

Meme Instructions: Create an image depicting what you consider to be geeky/nerdy/dorky and/or answer the following questions! Don’t forget to leave a link to your post in Berry's comments and if you do a picture for this meme, feel free to share it in the blog memes flickr group.

1. What do you consider yourself to be? Geek? Nerd? Dork? None of the above? All of the above? –I have a little of all three. I can get my geek on just by logging into Second Life!
2. What was the first computer you ever owned? – The first one I ever owned was a Gateway. Horrid machine.
3. When and how did you first get on the internet? – It was work related. I had to get up to speed very quickly when I was put in charge of my company's investor relations department. The finance people were early adopters because we could check stock prices in (almost) real time.
4. Which geek fandom do you subscribe to? – Harry Potter. Fabulous books. And I recently caught up in Doctor Who. I still can't decide which is my favorite Doctor, but for companion it's Donna. Don't watch the video if you're not past Donna in the Doctor Who series. Spoilers!
5. Star Trek or Star Wars? – Star Trek because it made splitting infinitives cool.
6. How Geeky Are You? – I got 16%. Apparently geeks know another meaning for Ajax than a cleanser for the bathroom or a Trojan War hero in the Iliad.

Credits:

On Clay First Picture

HopScotch It doesn't do wood -Sonic Screwdriver (at Geeks'n'Nerds)
FATEplay - Matt Blazer, Pants - Original (at Geeks'n'Nerds)
TRUTH HAIR Jack - LightBrowns01

Belleza Ashton Medium GG Bald (chest hair)
  

On Clay Second Picture

  

Dura Boy 31(Mocha)
DECO - MESH Classic Sneaks medium (red)
FATEplay - David Blazer, Coat and Pants - Original (at Geeks'n'Nerds)

On Dolly

JANE - lil piggies tights.fuzzy.bk charcoal

Belleza Leila Freckles 2 MED

Yummy Faceted Solitaire Ring - Diamond
::BB:: Mesh Lashes V.01 (Dainty brown)
FATEplay - Karen Jacket, Shirt - Crimson
Maitreya Mini Skirt * Dark Leather Eternity
Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eye (Deep Honey Hazel, w3)
Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands
Slink Vanity Boot Black
[LeLutka]-POCAHONTAS hair - IrishRed
Belleza- Leila Med R 3

Through the Snowy Woods

My first snow picture of the season! I was inspired to take it by the perfect DCNY jacket at the sale event My Attic at the Deck, and the beautiful snowy sim, Lucky Paradise. My home sim is still in the Autumn season but I'm getting excited for snow!

Credits:

 DCNY Warm-Up Jacket BlackRed (at My Attic)

Erratic / basics - racerback / dark black
coldLogic jeggings - seyfried.black
Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eye (Deep Honey Hazel, w3)
Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands
TRUTH HAIR Katya
-Belleza- Leila Med R 3

Walk on Clouds

The other day I went to Shoetopia, a charity event featuring shoes and more shoes. I made the rounds of the first sim, snatching up shoes to drool over until I was sated and my linden balance was pitifully low. So I went back yesterday to make the rounds of the second sim (landing point here). I've been looking for a loafer to work with my SLink feet and I fell in love with this pair from Gang/Cold. It's a 100% donation item to the charity Soles4Soles.

Credits:

[Gang/Cold] Walk on Clouds Loafers
coldLogic pants - wharton.khaki
Slink Female Feet (AvEnhance)

Introspection

This week for her meme, Strawberry Singh has challenged us to look inward. I'm kind of pouty about it because with Shoetopia going on right now I really want to look at my feet not my soul. Nevertheless, it's a good challenge and I'll give it a go.

Meme instructions: Answer the following questions and don’t forget to leave a link to your post in (Berry's) comments.

1. Regardless of your current number, how old do you actually feel? – Without telling my actual age, I'd say I feel mid-thirties. I don't think we truly hit our strides until then.
2. Which is worse, failing or never trying? – Never trying, definitely. Unless it's parachuting out of an airplane.
3. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently? – I'd sing more.
4. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things? – I guess I try to do the right thing though sometimes it's difficult to know what that is.
5. Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton? – I can't imagine being joyful as a simpleton, so I guess I'll stick with worried slightly above average.
6. Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend? –You'd have to ask my friends about that. I try to be.
7. Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Does it really matter now? – Uh...yeah.
8. At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive? – Anytime I laugh with a friend.
9. If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job? – I never thought I would, but if you give me the money we'll test that theory.
10. If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today? – I'd gather my family together and feed them all their favorite foods.
11. What do you feel is the difference between being alive and truly living? – Being alive is getting through the tough times by putting one foot in front of another. Truly living is jumping off the cliff and trusting yourself to find your footing.
12. If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake? – I don't think I'm afraid to make small mistakes. But mistakes aren't all equal. Some are damn hard to come back from.
13. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you? – I'd sing and dance a lot more.
14. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be? – A newborn? That seems to be a little soon to start offering advice. Maybe "Sleeping through the night is a GOOD thing."

Credits:

22769 ~ [femme] Forest Elves Queensdress Green (at The Fantasy Collective)

Clawtooth: Windswept - Strawberry cream

Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eye (Deep Honey Hazel, w3)

Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands

-Belleza- Leila Med R 3

In Heaven There Are Shoes Galore

All I can think of today is SHOES! Well, I may be able to stretch that to include BOOTS! Shoetopia is a shoe fair consisting of two sims full of the latest shoes and boots supporting the charity Soles4Souls. It has been packed with fashionistas from the moment it opened on November 15th and runs through the 30th. I managed to get into the first sim last night and the lag was not bad at all!

I'm showing new releases from SLink. She has introduced a new mesh foot especially for those high HIGH heels. Our appliers work just fine on the new feet. Siddean Munro, SLink's brilliant creator, also released new shoes and boots for our highest arched tootsies. The pink boots in the top photo is a 100% donation item to the worthy charity. I'm sure other creators are busy making sexy new releases to fit these feet, so invest and support a cause to boot! (see what I did there?)

Credits:

top

Slink AvEnhance Feet High (at Shoetopia)
Slink Demi Boots Blush (at Shoetopia)
Fashionably Dead Swept Away Dress - Cream
Fashionably Dead Swept Away Hair - Roots 4
Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eye (Deep Honey Hazel, w3)
Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands 

Belleza Leila Med R 3
Pose and props: !bang - tossed boxes (Gacha item at Shoetopia)
Cheeky Pea Cobblers Room Shine Chair RARE (Gacha item at Shoetopia)
Cheeky Pea Cobblers Room Foot Measure (Gacha item at Shoetopia)

bottom

Slink AvEnhance Feet High (at Shoetopia)
Slink Priscilla Plateau Heels Black (at Shoetopia)
coldLogic dress - jones.crimson
Exile Hair Falling For You Natural Fusion 2
Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands
Pose by oOo Studio

 

BoHo HoBo

I ran into a friend while I was making the rounds of an event. She liked the scarf I was wearing (the Fatewear one from my last post) and looked all over the store trying to find it. That's when I realized it was a gacha item from last winter's Arcade and not in the store. Luckily it came in several sizes and I was able to pass her one. In return, she introduced me to a new store. I lucked out!

BoHo HoBo is the name of the store. There aren't many mesh items there, but what's there is GREAT! I picked up several versions of this scarf. The colors were just too tempting to pass up. The handbag is to die for, a realistic depiction of Afghan folk art. Even the sweater and jeans were available in unusual color combinations, but I went for a slightly understated color scheme to make the scarf and purse pop.

If everyone knows about this store, please pardon my gushing. If not, I urge you to go pick up some casually fun items for your wardrobe.

Credits:

BoHo HoBo  Black w/ plain T CARDIGAN
BoHo HoBo  mesh Afghanistani shoulder bag 1
BoHo HoBo Mesh Skinny Jeans Patched
BoHo HoBo Scarf Ladie's Large (candystripes)
[LeLutka]-SEIKO hair - IrishRed
Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eye (Deep Honey Hazel, w3) R
Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands
-Belleza- Leila Med R 3
-Belleza- Leila Freckles 2 MED

For the Chill - New Coats from coldLogic

I dress Dolly pretty much for the real life seasons. In the middle of a hot summer I can't bear to see her in a cozy sweater, for instance. And when the temperature drops I like to bundle up my virtual self as well. Luckily for me, coldLogic feels the same way and released two new styles of winter coats for the chilly days ahead. The Tilton coat I'm wearing has optional skirt and shirt layers to fit under the coat for the fashionista in me, but I could just as easily wear it over leggings or jeans.

Credits:

coldLogic coat and optional skirt - tilton.garnet (New Release)
FATEwear Scarf - Granger - Houndstooth (K)(M)
fri. - Allison.Boots (Regular) - Sock.tops
fri. - Allison.Boots (Regular) - Soot
Maitreya Calgary Clutch (Alt) * Coal

League Merino Leggings -Long -Black

Belleza- Leila Freckles 2 MED

Mayfly - Luminous - Mesh Eye (Deep Honey Hazel, w3)
Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands 

Belleza - Leila Med R 3