Pleisure

Today is the last day for the Seasons Gacha, which means you have about fifteen hours to top my rare gacha win of epoque’s awesomely named Tamed Flames hairdo. It’s only 50L a play, and I am itching to try again for the blue and greige one. Anyone who wants my extra mint version is welcome to ask me for it. I used to randomly send extra gacha items to bloggers or strangers wearing cute outfits. But sometimes not even your best friend wants a grey sweatband reading “Hammer Time.” Portia’s nose chain is new at TDR from Glow Studio. It’s resizable, and it includes another version with a large earring attached.

I went nuts this week at the Curio sale at Truth District, buying not only Pout 2, with my fave makeup shown here, but also Summer, which I’d never demoed before. Sometimes in order to stop myself buying stuff in SL, I tally up the real-world dollars cost. Sometimes I avoid that little exercise. Those are the naughty fun times. I was going to say it’s like having sex with a stranger, but it’s not. It’s like having sex period. (If I remember correctly.) The lamb necklace that Portia wears here is one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve seen in SL and it’s free, a group gift from Ey:No.

I love the smell of pomanders, which I associate with Christmas, and which take a f*ck of a long time to make. This tray is the latest gg from December. Portia’s fd hair and Sea Hole skirt are available for a few more days at Collabor88. Don’t get so drunk on the smell of oranges pierced with cloves that you neglect to pick up these goodies. Oh, and just in case you think I didn’t struggle to get these shadows, think again. Exodus is now crashing my Mac Crash Logger as well as itself. I guess that’s what passes for a sense of humor.

Credits to creators
The 1%
(epoque hair) Hibernation I – Tamed Flames [RARE nyah! nyah!] (Seasons Gatcha)
{mon tissu} Prudence Cardigan – Orange
[ glow ] studio – Aztec Nose Chain (wo beads) (TDR)
Curio, :GP: Moonbeam [Dark] Summer-Humid 2
- Glam Affair – Stella Eyes n4
Label Motion, Noel pack

The 99%
(fd) Lopsided Lilly – Sweden (comes with freckle tat) (Collabor88)
*Fishy Strawberry* Impromptu Cardigan Tangerine M – Brown Belt (MESH ALERT)
The Sea Hole – Heron Skirt – Dusted (Collabor88)
Curio, :GP: Moonbeam [Dark] Pout 2-Indulged 2 [my fave of the pack]
[EY:NO] Vintage Lamb Necklace (Groupgift)
December, Pomanders Tray (gg)
[LeLutka]-Pow Pumps (Tan)
::Mother Goose’s::. socks-autumn 01 (old gg, probably still available in the shack outside the main store)
::UH::GemStone eye G04
Label Motion, Noel pack (combined with the December gg)

location: the cafe at Warrumbungles
I barley GIMPed.

Seven hours. That’s how much time I spent yesterday commuting to and from the university in order to deliver 75 minutes of content and hold a lonely office hour. I only do this twice a week, so the absurdity is going to get to me before the mileage does. Even if I’m reading on the train, it feels as though I am in a state of near non-existence. Despite what I said the other day about the sexiness of commuter rail, the only way to endure that long a journey is to put one’s desires on hold. Unfortunately, that feels a lot like depression, which I am struggling against, trying to beat so that I can regain my power to write and my confidence in myself. And thus get a better job.

As you can see, I am back today with more dresses from the latest release at Priss. Erin Winterwolf’s palette and textures are lovely as always. In the first picture, Portia wears the Ish Bow-Tie Dress in coal. Here she sports a combo of the Chung Belted Dress in moss with the scarf and sleeves from the Ish dress in red. Portia’s hair is an awesome dip-dye job by fashionably dead, available at Collabor88 with a cool white face tattoo.

Credits to creators
Thanks to Erin Winterwolf of Priss.
Look one
Priss, Ish Bow-Tie dress in Coal (NEW)
Priss, Bow-Side Leather Pumps in Choco (NEW)
Jane, lil piggies tights.fuzzy.pr mahogany (not so old subo gift)
Le Poppycock, Carpet Bag Sky Father (gacha)
Olive Juice, Clever Girl and No Pants Lance pack (store is closing so poses are 25L a piece and packs are half price)
Look two
Priss, Chang Belted Dress in Moss [modded] (NEW)
Priss, Ish Bow-Tie Dress in Red [modded] (NEW)
December, Glasses no.76 for Cafe Hunt (Cafe Hunt item)
Throughout
Mother Goose’s, Sasha shape and Sasha4Teeth (sold together)
Mother Goose’s, pointed lashes 2 (LB)
fd, Michelle Tea Mexico (at Collabor88)
Olive Juice, Hipster Male pack (store is closing so poses are 25L a piece and packs are half price)

location: Boystown subway
I GIMPed. In the second pic I made the dip-dye colours more intense.

Portia hadn’t realized that her passion for art was mutual. Today, Portia wears Artemis, a hunt gift available this week only from Hugo’s Designs. You need to find 13 small red and black boxes scattered throughout the spacious store. *cough Phoenix Area Search cough* There are exposed and clothed versions of the top and bottom. Whereas one bottom option gives you a bikini, another features only a strategically placed white chain. Yeah, I kinda wish I’d shot a picture of that too. The artworks by Chase Sinclare of Paparazzi are available for purchase at The Gallery Gift Shop. They sit on the floor of your loft, leaning against the wall, demonstrating that you own so much art that you’re casual about its display. Or you are too depressed to hammer a nail into the wall.

Credits to creators
artworks by Paparazzi (Chase Sinclare) at The Gallery Gift Shop
*HD* Artemis (free: hunt for 13 small red and black boxes to get the complete outfit)
(Paper Couture) Parted Hair Updo – Black
BAX, Booties Appaloosa
Curio, :GP: Petal [Dark] Pout 2-Big Baby 2
pose: shopo.O_5KneelPosePack1
I had to GIMP like a maniac to straighten out the stark white lines of this outfit. In the process, some things got distorted. Not just the size of Portia’s posterior.

Kinda grueling, kinda sexy. That’s commuting two-plus hours, not the pretty new offerings from Priss. The grueling I don’t have to explain. The sexy…well, there’s nothing like a train full of strangers to set the mind to fantasizing. That a hot one will get on at the next stop. Any minute now.

Among the new items at Priss are these ingenious leather pumps with a curved heel and bows on the sides. They are available in black and in a light chocolate shade, shown here.

The Chung Belted Dress comes in a range of muted colours including a tart moss and a mellow blue. Priss clothing fits small and isn’t resizable, so you’ll want to fish out one of your girly shapes for the girly dresses. I reached for Sienna from Mother Goose’s for both the shape and the skin.

So you know that everything at LaGyo and LaGyo Mademoiselle is 50% off, right?

Credits to creators
Priss, Bow-Side Leather Pumps in Choco (NEW; ty Erin Winterwolf!)
Priss, Chung Belted Dress in Choco (NEW; ty Erin Winterwolf!)
Mother Goose’s, Sienna shape and Sienna 1 makeup
fd, Sweden Set tattoo freckles (from Collabor88)
LaGyo, Lobster turbant oranges (50% off this week)
North West, Ruba Tights A pink
Maitreya, Leather Satchel Mustard (MESH ALERT) (former 50L Friday item)
R.icielli, Iris Skull Ring Gold goldgems (50L; everything in store is 50L)
ID. Colors of Fall Orange (old Seasons Hunt item)
Olive Juice, Hipster Guy (sale) and Olive Juice, Great Lengths for Long Hair (sale)
location: Boystown
GIMPage minimal

I tried to stop myself buying Blah’s Peek-a-Boo dress in black. I joined the VIP group to get the gift version, a striking emerald green, but to no avail. There’s something about cleavage that calls out for black. I also tried to stop myself buying these shoes from Debrah’s, on account of them being for strippers. But I couldn’t resist the extreme look. There’s no demo for these babies, and I am not at all happy with the limits of the HUD when it comes to skin tones. There are also ugly grey lines on the feet, which I’ve seen on other shoes with this type of HUD. What’s that about? If I’d been more daring, I’d have bought the version with long toe-nails curling over the edge of the shoe. Eew but cool. [UPDATE: Debrah Windlow was kind enough to contact me to make sure there was nothing wrong with the shoes. And there isn't. I just don't like the grey shading. Will it keep me from wearing the shoes again? No. 'Cause they're hot. Do I want to be able to demo shoes with sculpty feet and HUDs? Yes!]

There’s a sale at some of the shops at Truth District this week. The recent Truth releases are half price, so I bought Loica a black Helena to balance Portia’s blonde. Curio skins are also marked 50% off. I don’t know if 750L is half off for individual skins, but 1500L for a mega pack sounds like a deal. The provocatively sexy Pout is one of the discounted skins.

Yes, well, I wasn’t about to let winning the most boring colour gacha necklace get me down. Undefined Lilies’ Fur Ball Face is too cute to consign to my “gutted by gacha” file.

Credits to creators
Blah. (My Peek-a-Boo Dress / Sexy Black)
undefined lilies, fur ball faces (creme/gold) (Seasons Gatcha)
>TRUTH< Helena – espresso (half price this week at Truth District location only)
Debrah’s, “Coty” HighHeels Black Snake
Curio, :GP: Petal Frex [Light] Pout-Whine 1 (half price this week at Truth District location only)
Irezumi-ya tattoo251 thigh
.ID. Colors of Fall / Orange (old Seasons Hunt item)
(amper) ka-pow! : lashes (not available)
pose one: Olive Juice, Avedon Pose Pack (sale)
pose two/three: Olive Juice, Defying Gravity Pack (sale)