Silvah

I've been in love with silver lately so threw this look together today - hopefully since the holidays are about over I'll have more time to post as well.

Skin: AL Vulo - Elonar Sons of Flowers (Group Gift)

Hair: Lelutka Vent Hair - Praline Christmas Group Gift

Eyes: Ikon Sunrise Eyes in Light Arabian Blue

Makeup: [Mock] L'eau Red Oxide Lip 2 Gloss, [Mock] Dark Night Nails

Dress: Cynful Combi Dress in Grey (TDR Fusion)

Shoes: Whatever Mika Group Gift ($400 Entry)

Choker: Adoness Snowflake Hunt ($1)

Nose Piercing: Earthstones YingYang - Silver -Nomination Celebration Giftie

Bracelet: DRD Studded Bracelet

Rocker Chick

Skin: Modish - Gia [Crema] Cleavage
Eyes: Ikon Eternal Eyes - Peak
Hair: Tableau Vivant - Loire Hair - Brown 1 (Colabor88!)
Makeup: [Mock] Micare Glipper (Russian Red)
Nails: [Mock] Dark Night Mock Nails
Shirt: Jane Mesh Jacket - Black (Fi*Friday)
Pants: [Sakide] (Part of outfit) Rock Me Out Jeans with Fishnet
Boots: Whatever - Mika - Black [Silver] (Fi*Friday)

Photos taken at Image Essentials Free Photo Studio

This place was great - the equipment requires you to join the group but it's mega fun to work with the stuff and it's totally free.  I also highly encourage everyone to drop some linden into the donation jars, let's help keep this place going!

Love as a Verb

In light of recent events in Connecticut  and all of the tragedies in the past world over. I've seen all kinds of discussions from religious to anti religious, to law enforcement and parenting, everyone has an opinion and everyone has an idea that will work better than what we are doing.

But whose DOING?

An admission here - I've spent years being angry and bitter that the world 'did me wrong'.  I've been hostile and negative and yelled and screamed that something should be done to end abuse, to end poverty, to end the stigma of the mentally ill.. But I was really only part of the problem.  I was mean and hostile and even abusive at times - and I didn't like myself because of it.

I don't want to be part of the problem.  I can say all day that I want peace, that I want the world to revolve on love - but unless I do my part, unless I act - perhaps I'll continue in the same life I've had.

Love is a verb, it's not a noun.  We are each given a limited amount of time and not told how long that gift will last, and for many yesterday morning.. it ended so incredibly early in their lives.

I don't have the answers, I don't know what can be done to prevent it.. but I do know that today I can make the stand and say I choose to not be a part of the problem, to reach out to those that need it.  One person may not make a difference - but as city, a community, an entire world, every big change starts with something small.

P.S. This is a look I mashed together from stuff I have - some of it's somewhat current but a lot of it's not so I'm not sure if it's still available or not!


Skin - Al Vulo - Eleanor Sons of Flowers (Group gift- FREE)
Eyes - A&M Sweet and Sour Eyes in Apple
Hair - Wasabi Pills - Floppy Hat (From the Zombie Popcorn 3 hunt)
Shirt: Bleh (now Barn Owl) -  Pump Fists
Gloves - Razorblade Jacket - plain black gloves (from a hunt item)
Boots - Whatever Military Boots in Black
War Paint: Yayo - War Paint in Black (Full Body) (Store is closed)
Makeup: [Mock] camoflaging phredre eyeshadow

Pixie Gizmo

So I've recently brushed off an alt that I've had for awhile and threw a look together of some random finds.  It was fun to have such a clean slate for an inventory.

Skin: Envious KiKi Pale Smoke (With Love Hunt)
Shape: My own custom shape
Hair: LOQ Cobbler - Black (VIP Group Gift - $150L Join)
Eyes: Exodi - Riven Eyes in Fire
Makeup: [Mock] Pandora Lashes in Noir, [Mock] Licorice Whips Makeover, [Mock] Vitrail Lip
Glass in Black Licorice (size 2)
Jacket & Leg Wraps: (Part of) Barely Legal Little Mischevious ( HYIS Hunt Gift - Partial Mesh )
Body Suit: { BoobieLicious} Your Inner Slut Outfit (Part of) (HYIS Hunt Gift)
Shoes: [Whatever] Georgina Shoes in Black (55 Linden Friday)

Punk as Disco

I had so much fun talking to the very sweet TrinityRaine Jacoby - owner of Trinite, and also instantly fell in love with her cute store called Trinite.  I saw these pants and knew instantly - I had to blog them, and soon.

Skin : Anxiety - Candy Bitch (Group Gift - FREE)

Shape: The Bacon Lady - Elizah

Eyes: Exodi - Riven Eyes (Gold)

Hair: LoQ - Ouzo - Hypnotic Red

Jacket: Maai - Ani Jacket

Tank: Plastik - Kuhra Tank - Thermal Black

Pants: Trinite - Graphic Red (Part Of) (Group Gift - FREE)

Boots: Whatever - Military Boots (Black) (Fi*Friday - $55L)

Necklace: -Attic- Munching Deer Necklace (Fi*Friday - $55L)

Makeup:  [Mock] Miss Vanity Eyeshadow with Lashes [lemony], [Mock] Winged Vashsta Orgueil Rogue Makeover, [Mock] Mizu Thunderbird Lip Gloss, [Mock] Blush - Leather

Winter Kitten

Mostly inspired by the very sad closing of Urban Dare - everything in the store is marked down to $10L so get there while you can - the store closes on December 1st.

Skin : Al Vulo - Eleonor *Son of Flowers* (Group Gift - FREE)

Shape: The Bacon Lady - Elizah

Eyes: Adam and Eve Mesh Eyes - Fawn (Free Wearable Demo)

Hair: Elikatira - Something - Brown 08

Outfit: INNUENDO  Italian Style - *Glitter*  (Monochrome Hunt - Silver Lining - $5L)

Tattoo: Urban Dare - Tiger Strips (Tinted Brown) (Closing Sale: $10L)

Makeup:  [Mock] Peachy Pinky Hypershine, [Mock] Winged Liner in Fade to Gray, [Mock] Winter Rainbow Collection Blush [Terra Rosa], [Mock] Clear Lipgloss, [Mock] Andromeda Lashes [noir]

Pose Taken from : Urban Dare: AO Female - Chill ($10L Closing Sale)

Florida Winter

I'm still getting used to the very different types of weather we have in my new state of Florida.  Let's just put it this way - I can walk out the front door and see not only GREEN but.. FLOWERS, and it's almost December! Woah!  It gets a bit chilly at night - but nothing compared to the northern midwest winters I'm used to.

Skin : Al Vulo - Eleonor *Son of Flowers* (Group Gift - FREE)

Shape: The Bacon Lady - Elizah

Eyes: Adam and Eve Mesh Eyes - Heavenly (Free Wearable Demo)

Hair: Magicka - Secretive (From Pack 01) (Mesh)

Top: Even. Flow -  Artisan Shirt in Brown (Mesh) (Hunt Item - $10L)

Pants: Sakide - Worn Corduroy Pants in White (MM Board?)

Boots: Whatever - Military Boots (Beige) (Fi*Friday - $55L)

Necklace: NuDoLu Voyage - Collier de porte carte Matriochka (Group Gift - Free!)

Makeup:  [Mock] Peachy Pinky Hypershine, [Mock] Demerara Shadow - Khaki, [Mock] Simpatico Eyeliner {Brown Black}, [Mock] Winter Rainbow Collection Blush [Terra Rosa]

First Day Alive

You know when you've been sick for days and days and basically felt like the walking dead - and then suddenly you wake up and it's like life itself was injected into you?  Okay.. so that doesn't happen very often for me, but today I had a bit of energy which has been extremely uncommon recently with my battle with a nasty chest cold.

Skin: Glam Affair - Ginny - Brr & Etci 02 BL(Colabor88)

Shape: The Bacon Lady - Elizah Shape (Lightly Edited for Mesh) (Promo Price)

Freckles: My Dear Freckle Layer (Free)

Makeup: M.O.C.K Cosmetics - Back to the Basics eyeshadow [paarl], Luxe Lip Creme [Happily Ever After] (Mock), Victorina Lashes in Noir

Hair: Amacci - Karen Hair Attachment - Wheat Blonde (WomenStuff Hunt Gift)

Eyes: RolyPoly Eyes (Olive) (L)

Top: Sakide - Opened Knitted Tshirt - Sand (MM Board)

Shoes: Cafe Amie Sneakers - Brown (location?)

Garden Girl

The WomanStuff hunt is going full force right now and so worth a check out - the following is just one look I've been able to put together - largely from the hunt itself.  I was completely in love with this very garden - chic look and that the streak in my hair matched my shirt.. (OCD moment)- hope you like!

Skin: Soul - Womenstuff Hunt Noa Skin (Womanstuff Hunt)

Shape: My own personal shape

Hair: Truth - Pia Streaked - Mocha

Eyes: RolyPoly Eyes (Amber) (L)

Outfit: TinRoof Ziggy Mesh Jumper (Womanstuff Hunt)

Shoes: Glad Rags - Ankle Brown Boots 

Snow Chick - Colabor88

So in Florida it's anything but snowy or really all that cold out - and we probably won't have to face any of that the entire 'winter'.  In fact I keep forgetting that it even IS that time of the year - but in SL snow and winter are all over and I grabbed some things at Colabor88 - and put a look together.  I loved the event this month - probably too much.  Your Credits are as follows:

Skin : Glam Affair Roza - Brr & Etci - 02 (Colabor88)
Shape: My own shape
Hair: D!va - Daria - Rhodolite - Type B (Colabor88)
Jacket: Aso Soothe Pop Hoodie Mesh Wearable Demo
Top: [Sakide] Snuggly Love Always Sweater in Black
Jeans: [Aux] Belted Flaires in Grime
Necklace: Pixelbox - Urban Grunge Zodiac Gemini Necklace
Earrings: Sn@tch Ancient Coin Earring (part of past fishing outfit)

Battle of the Bloat - Inventory Deflation

Massive inventory's are fairly common in SL - especially among those of us that love to shop and just can't get enough hair, skin, shoes, jewelry, makeup.. mesh, the list goes on and on.  And unless you've kept on top of it from the start - the inventory can become a massive jungle where you .. might be able to find what you are really looking for.  But there are things you can do to cut down the number (which can help you if you experience issues with the asset server or lag, it can't hurt), and even to work your way into the path of having a sorted inventory - the big key here is to NOT get overwhelmed.

And believe me - it's easy.  I started this mission a while ago with nearly 140k, which rarely if ever actually showed up entirely - now I'm down to 111 k which is still extremely massive.

So, what are a few simple steps you can take to start the sorting process.

Step #1:

Delete anything that is 'clutter'.

• Excess Scripts (hover text, unpacking scripts, etc.)
• Excess Notecards 
• Excess Landmarks (In all honesty - I'm deleting all of my landmarks and starting from scratch, I usually am able to find where I'm going by some casual searching without them and they take up massive space)
• Past Event Invites
• Photos of Items from group notices
• Duplicate Items

This alone will get you a good start - but for me it was rather boring to do this for too long so I switch it up with the following.

Step #2

Inventory Browsing and Deleting

I'm not actually to a stage where I'm 'sorting' - but sometimes it's fun to just dive in and try stuff on and it helps me comb through a bit in advance, while giving me a break from the above tasks.  This is a much slower process of getting rid of things so it's not going to help entirely - but it will help some.

Step #3 

Finally I round this off with the inventory guides from OhMyOhmai which can be found here - the best and most useful I've seen thus far.

The only thing I personally adjust is rather than take photos for my computer - I'm using the CTS Wardrobe which I admit has a bit more setup - and does have a cost, but also has a ton more features and I find it to be more useful in the end.  You can scoop that up for $699 @ https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/CTS-Wardrobe-Organize-your-outfits-with-style-A-visual-inventory-organizer/935078

I personally am going to be following this plan for the next.. uh.. however long it takes, and will make some posts on my progress along the way.  I may even share some of the weird items I find in my inventory.. like say the "Whose Your Daddy DNA test", the swaddled prim baby, or the sperm mobile.. wait.. uh.. is that a theme of some kind? Oh .. dear.

An Isodo Review - Traffic Cones

Recently in SL I adopted a newbie - which isn't something I do very often since I'm usually fairly busy.  But this one felt different (and it was - she's now a great friend!).  In order to get some linden in her pocket, we explored some options.

We wanted something that would help her explore, help her practice camming (for hunts later on!), but not be overly difficult - and that's when we stumbled on Traffic Cones.

Traffic Cones are something I'd heard of before but generally brushed off as "noob fodder", why spend all that time for such a small amount?  When compared to RL money it's next to nothing.. literally.  But then I changed my perspective.. what if it's not about just earning money.. what if it's just explore and have a good time while getting used to SL?

Traffic cones work like this: You find a cone (you can get to one through the main HQ), you click the base, enter the captcha code which is always 3 numbers and 2 upper case letters - and then wait anywhere from 6-9 minutes in a given location.  You can wander the area, or even go afk briefly - but be sure to come back since once your time is up- you are given a 3 minute time limit to come back and touch your cone again to claim your $2-$4L.

About every minute something like this comes up in local :

[12:28] Traffic Cone Gold 4.01, Chicago City: 3 minutes left. Remember: the owner of this place pays the money that you can earn at this Cone. Please walk around and take a look at the things this place offers!

And when you are done waiting:


[12:31] Traffic Cone Gold 4.01, Chicago City: FINISHED! Please touch the Cone within the next 3 minutes to receive your money.

Click your cone!

[12:31] Traffic Cone Gold 4.01, Chicago City: Please wait...
[12:31] Traffic Cone Gold 4.01, Chicago City: Congratulations! You will receive L$2! ◆ Touch the cone again to earn more Linden Dollars! ◆ Report cone: http://bletaverse.com/report/11134-46767 ◆ Donate coins to our tree program! Help to renature the rainforrests with your coin donation! ☛ http://bletaverse.com/69
[12:31] Silas Gabardini paid you L$2.
[12:31] Traffic Cone Gold 4.01, Chicago City whispers: Katy Isodo earned L$2 by using the Bletaverse Traffic Cone. Visit our homepage: http://bletaverse.com


Then you can click it again and get a slurl to another cone, and keep going for however long you like.

So in the end it earned a little bit but nothing earth shattering.  It's fun for what it is - but not something that is going to be able to really support anyone in SL for long.  It does however offer true newbies a way to get used to SL and earn a few linden along the way.

More information can be found @ http://bletaverse.com/free-lindens-dollars-second-life-money

001 - Blogger Start

Pixelgasm has been so much fun but I admit I've been super relaxed with it, and while I don't intend to work on it 24/7 - I do hope to pick up the pace a lot more.  And now that Fall is officially rolling in I think there will be plenty of stuff going on to post and blog about.

I pieced this outfit together through some random freebies I found - the artistic background is my own Photoshop tinkerings - on to the credits!

Skin - Belleza - Shyla Med Energy Gift (Free Group Gift!)
(Group : secondlife:///app/group/e0d55796-ee27-7cc4-2ebd-574f63809c2a/about )
Shape - My own personal custom shape
Eyes - Insufferable Dastard Thank You Gift (Free)
Hair - Elikatira - Spark ($250 per Color Pack)
Outfit - Whipped Cream - BugJuice (October Group Gift)
(Group: secondlife:///app/group/8bba527b-d462-fa9e-b4dc-a9d45ce11666/about )
Boots - DRD Lazy Boots Reg - Black Razors (Past MM Prize)
Bracelets - DRD Studded Bracelets (Past Game Prize)
Hand Tats - La Malvada Mujer - La Mano - Black
Nails - [mock] Dark Knight Mock Nails