i’ve been waiting, i’ve been holdin’ out

xx You know what’s fun? When you have the guts to take two hairs–hairs that have graciously had modify permissions granted to them–and the patience to play with different ways of combining those two hairs. See, I’ve had these two hair styles that I really like sitting in my inventory for a while, but I wasn’t sure how or when to wear them. One hairstyle was “Amelia” from fri.day, and the other was “Again” from [elikatira]. Both are gorgeous hairs. Yet something about both hairs, probably due to the shape of my avatar’s face, bugged me. So finally, the other day, while I was bored and doing absolutely nothing because absolutely nothing seemed to be going on, I felt inspired to drop several of my short hairstyles on a rezplat in some random sandbox and see what I could do to make the Amelia hairstyle more, well, likeable to wear for me.

xx At first I tried combining another hair from fri.day (due to the same hair colors not needing to be recolored to try to match), but no amount of fussing I had the patience to do could get me to feel pleased by the haphazard result of my prim-moving  / copying / removing / whatever. But then I thought…I really like the bangs from [e]’s Again. So why not?

xx I did it. I removed the bangs from Amelia and stole away the bangs, as well as several hair strands framing the face, from Again and stuck the two then-incomplete hairpiece clusters together to create a now-complete hairdo. With a bit of recoloring on Again‘s part, I daresay the end result is quite likeable. In fact, I really like it, and it’s not even drastically different from the original product.

xx Anyway, story time is over. Don’t hurt me for rambling!

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❀ (modded) hair: fri. – Amelia {L$250} @ fri.day + [e] Again {L$220 for certain browns, blondes, etc; L$250 for essentials collection} @ [elikatira]

❀ shirt: NANUK viggo v-neck salmon {L$50 during 50L Friday (though it’s still up, but probably not for long)} @ NANUK

❀ pants: *L.inc* Tyra Jeans Cover My Furry Butt Edition {L$200 now :C the hunt has been long over} @ Luck Inc.

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( already blogged: skin, glasses, & shoes )

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gunboat by vixtrola
if you think you have the slightest chance of swallowing me
you should have your doubts

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P.S. In case I forget, Akira, I really like the new layout! Simple but nice! o/

hey, ho, let’s go! blitzkrieg bop

I know, I know, it’s the last day of the Independence Day sale at Grixdale, but at least I’m getting this up before it’s over! ..right? Well, you all already know about the sale thanks to Akira, so this is just another look for y’all (HURR I ACTUALLY SAID IT WHEN NOT TRYING TO BE SILLY [Rina is an anti-y’all Texan]) at two other things you can snag at Grixdale before the sale ends for either 100L (red), 75L (white), or 50L (blue)!

….kay, what you’re looking at here is the…

❀ Dress: Grixdale – Sun of a Gun – Vintage Doll – Rose  {L$100}
❀ Hoody: Grixdale. My Sunshiney Hoody – Muted – Robin {L$50}

❤ sincerely, Grixdale

BUT WAIT, THAT’S NOT ALL!

IT’S TIME FOR…. It’s time for…. Well, for some other nonGrixdalerelated things to be noted! Unfortunately, Gryphon Wings doesn’t have an in-world store anymore but you can still find its stuff on the marketplace (thank goodness)! I probably should’ve included a buttshot of the pants, but lazy habits die hard. The pants actually have kind of a high waist, but come on, does that detract from how great they look?! Just throw on a top that isn’t super short unless you like you some kindofhighwaist and wallah. Fixt (yes, I know fixt isn’t a word BUT JUST SAY IT)! …unless you do what I did and put on a belt after editing the pants a bit in obvious ways. Why? Because they’re modifiable. It’s great. :>. Anyway, enough blahdeblah…

Shirt: Izzie’s – Off Shoulder Top pink  {L$150} @ Izzie’s
Pants: ~GW~ Essential Jeans: Chocolate {L$145} @ Gryphon Wings (marketplace)
Boots: Kboots – black {L$450} @ Ju We…shsgretgs! (marketplace)
Watch: Kari – Industrial Watch {group gift AKA free!} @ Kari

P.S. GAW I LOVE THAT SHIRT.
P.P.S. “Ju We…shsgretgs!” is actually…well, the guy’s name is Ju Weissnicht. Just…for the record. :>
P.P.P.S. WATCH PICTUR YAAAY because you have to see how detailed and nice that thing on my wrist is!

blitzkrieg bop – the ramones
because I had to share what was on my mind

hey, look, there’s a butt

Shiri ♥ Immy
(that’s what the bracelet says, yo)

UH, WELL, HEY GUYS, I HOPE Y’ALL ARE DOING WELL AND ARE BEHAVING AND ALL THAT JAZZ and I also hope that you LOVE THE EARTH because if you do, you need to stop by the store Bleh!

Old news? Maybe. …maybe not. But there’s a lot of free (several band-oriented) tees there, and they’re pretty good lookin’. Even if you don’t know a lot of bands or aren’t a HEYIKNOWTHATBAND freakaholic or whatchamacallit, I’ll bet you’ll see a shirt or two that you’ll want to snag cos, well, there’s some cute and funny and cool lookin’ swag up in that there store.

…. I have no idea if I said that right, but we’re going to pretend I did and continue along the post quietly… …. Don’t you make those eyes at me, little missy/mister!  DON’T YOU DO IT. BECAUSE THERE’S NO WAY YOU KNOW THAT I’M LISTENING TO CHRISTMAS MUSIC (even though I am).

*Sniff*

So, uh, yeah, how ’bout a little somethin’ plain and simple? I hope that’s okay, cos, well…I mean…here it is. Also, I’d like for you all to note that the bracelet from [Avoid] has text-changing blocks! SO WOOOOH. Tell the world who you love with one o’ them bracelets!

❀ Hair: Makenzie –  browns {L$250} @ >TRUTH<

❀ T-shirt: Bleh Tees- I <3 Earth {free!} @ Bleh

❀ Shorts: Combat Shorts -Grey- Female Fit {L$345} @ League

❀ Shoes: [ JP ]:dsg. Sneakers / MultiChange / GROUPGIFT @ [ JP ]

❀ Bracelet: Box Bracelet {L$150} @ [Avoid]

before it’s too late

So in case some of you didn’t know, 1st Act currently has a hunt going on for four complete (yes, that includes the skin, shape, hair, and eyes) fan-based avatars, and as the word “hunt” usually denotes, they’re all free! Seriously! When I found out, I stopped whatever the butts I was doing and hauled my hiney over there ’cause, as you can see, 1st Act creates amazing avatars with a lot of attention put into details. Again, seriously. As you can tell by one of the pictures below, the avatars are also modifiable. I spent some–not too much–time modifying the Big Boss avatar to my shape so I could prance around in it pretending to be cool. :>.

I apologize for the slightly lame poses, but I didn’t wanna look for four poses (two or three male ones nonetheless) in my inventory ‘cooooossss, weeeeeeeellll, that place is a nightmare. :>.

SO.

❀ Squall based on his appearance in Final Fantasy VIII
❀ Lightning based on her appearance in Final Fantasy XIII
❀ Big Boss based on his (ahem) appearance in MGS3, Snake Eater.
❀ Solid Snake based on his appearance in Metal Gear Solid 1 and Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes (“…before he grows the beard and mullet, and before his accelerated aging.” – Murgatroyd Zauberflote)

➩  In case you somehow didn’t see it, all of these are completely free from the hunt at 1st Act!

Don’t know who these people are but totally digging the avatars and want them? That’s totally cool. If you’re curious and don’t want to search the Internet, Murg has included notecards in the folders of each respective avatar explaining who they are! And to shed a little light on the hunt itself, here’s what you do:

When you go to the store, there are cutouts of the four characters I’ve mentioned. Click the cutout of whichever avatar you want to hunt for (all of them IMO!!) and he or she will give you a HUD, explaining that you have to find a certain number of crystals (not too many! six in total for each avatar, I think). Attach the HUD first. You will see a little circle thing with the molds of crystals in it, and guess what? Clicking the places where the crystals are gives you a hint! The first crystal for each avatar is hidden somewhere inside the store, which isn’t big at all. If you have the Phoenix viewer, I suggest you “add” each HUD (so that nothing already attached will get replaced) and move them around on your…screen because I’m a booger like that. You have to find a particular object in the area and click it, because that’s how you get the crystal to pop out! Click the crystal again and you can pick it up (within a certain [but not insanely close, thank goodness] distance to do so).

For example, the first crystal for the Lightning avatar is inside a spotlight somewhere in the store (look up!). Find the spotlight? Is it clickable? Good, click it. You’ll see a pink crystal appear near it. Click it again, and it’ll go fwoosh onto your HUD for Lightning! Click the empty crystal spots for more hints. :>. Everything after the first one is in Edge City/Edge Wastelands. It’s a pretty fun hunt, actually; not too hard, not too easy. It’ll be alright! So GO FOR IT! Get ’em while they’re available!

derpaderp here i go

Hey guys! It has been a while since I popped in, so I decided it’s about time I contributed again. Besides some random blahdeblahs about whatever the post is about, a (surprised) me would like to welcome Leila to the blog! Hey, girl! (wavewavewave) nyurhur because I’m a lazy and also want to make you feel SPECIAL. :3

 

SO. RIGHT. GUESS WHAT. Insanya is participating in the Zombie Popcorn hunt, but while I was there helping Akira out I saw a…well, the shirt I’m wearing. As soon as I saw it I thought, “ohmygeezthisissupercute” and showed Akira. She agreed with me, but she wasn’t sure if it was her thing… Me, though? Well, I ended up loving it. A lot. I had a hard time deciding which color to get, but I eventually settled with “wine”…aaand I think it works well with the pants I’d gotten that same day from Silenced, so I was a happy bur! 8D (raoroaroar bear noises) Anyway… You guys ought to know about Silenced! It’s closing soon, and just about errything is like L$50 so hurry up and get over there if you need some new cute pants or maybe a shirt or possibly a skin or… Well, you get the idea! I hope.

 

❀ Hair: >TRUTH< Lucia –  browns {L$250} @ {TRUTH in-world / marketplace}

❀ Shirt: :::insanya::: Night Out Shirt – Wine {L$140} @ insanya

❀ Pants: {S} Portal Jeans Flowers {L$50} @ Silenced

❀ Belt: MIEL CALI CORDS – belt {L$125} @ miel

✩ — – blogged before but here it is again:

❀ Skin: Suntan -Taylor- Natural {L$1195} @ *League*:

❀ Glasses: -NALA-*Gabriella* {L$300} @ -NALA-

❀ Boots: Suede Fringe Boots / ash {L$300} @ {KAO in-world / marketplace}

 

P.S.  Not to be a booger and brag about Akira, but the awesome pose is the second pose of the set The Innocent One from .Thump—and it’s only L$20 for that one pose? Say whaaat? L$100 for the whole set, too! I’M DOWN. … Obviously, since I’m already using it, right? ;>

RINA IS SOOOOOOOO LAZY

So I know this outfit probably looks a bit tacky to some of ya, or maybe even a lot of ya, or possibly a lot less of ya than I’m thinkin’, but something about it charmed me as I was going through my inventory and I needed to make another post for Miss Akira anyway, so I thought why not? I kind of like it. :>. But anyway, maybe you like the shirt or maybe you like the pants, or maybe y’like both of ’em, so I’m just gonna get to the details y’people look at blogs like this for. 8D. I’ve posted the hair before, but it’s been a while so whooo~

❀ Hair: Deena – Browns {L$250}
— ➩ from fri.day

❀ Shirt & Scarf: Dot neckerchief and Pink shirts {L$1 for the J sim ichigo hunt}
— ➩ from Mr. Poet

Pants: DearTee –  Mix & Match Hunt {FREE! Part of the Mix & Match Hunt}
— ➩ from Poised

Shoes: L Kucks – cream pink {L$25 from the gatchas :>}
— ➩ from Larnia Kids

HOUSE: so idk if you people know about Modest House or not, but you should. Go HERE and do yourself a favor by subscribing and gettin’ yourself a real cute group gift. :>. Unfortunately the skyboxhousething I’m in isn’t the current gift, but fortunately the current gift is a super cute decorated table that I’m too lazy to take pictures of  BUT THE POINT IS, AWESOME FREEBIES ARE AWESOME. GOGOGO.

hey pretty lady with the high heels on ♪

…wait, high heels? This gal ain’t wearin’ high heels, she’s wearin’ boots! … OH WELL, DOESN’T STOP ME FROM SINGING MICHAEL JACKSON SONGS. Aaanyway… Because Miss Rina doesn’t wanna get drop kicked, she thought she would post again for Miss Akira-Without-Interwebs. :>. Also, I apologize about the stockings… I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH AHHHH even though I don’t know where they can be obtained anymore ;____;.

❀ Hair: .ploom. Browns 1 – Vin {L$200}
– ➩ from ploom

❀ Glasses: -NALA-*Gabriella* {L$300}
– ➩ from -NALA-

❀ Shirt: fri. – Ruched Button.Down (Teal) {L$80  during sale until the 17th!}
— ➩ from fri.day

❀ Shorts: fri. – Denim Shorts (Black Wash) {L$45 during sale until the 17th!}
– ➩ from fri.day

❀ Boots: Kboots- black {L$450}
— ➩ from Treads

boom cars and more kyoot

…wait, what? Boom Cars? Heck yeahhhh.
But wait, what’s this! A new post, SO SOON? Welllll. Miss Akira and Shirina had a mini shopping spree yesterday, so yes. :>… Skin & hair have been blogged already (…and in one post below), so I’ll leave them out. 8D

 

❀ –  -Femme- Drape Vest *Gray* {L$280}
– – ➩ from [pivaaca]

 

❀ – Knitted Tunic Mini Dress (Gray) {L$50 until April 10th! Hurry, hurry!}
– – – ➩ from Kyoot

 

❀ – Suede Fringe Boots / ash {L$300}
– – ➩ from KAO {marketplace / in-world store}

hellooo, pretty lady. you buy cat?

❀ – *Linc* Open buttoned Dress Charcoal {L$250}
– – ➩ from Luck Inc.

❀ – [e] Secret Boots {L$200}
– – – ➩ from [elikatira]

❀ – :SEY Rider Chaps {L$400}
– – ➩ from :SEY:

❀ – Addicted to Dopamine Posture Collar {L$50 right now until April 10th! After that, I think it’s like…L$200ish. I don’t remember :<}
– – – ➩ from Kyoot

❀ – PR!TTY: Bow Headband :Grey Recolorable {FREE!}
– – ➩ from Tea Soup + PR!TTY
☆ ☆ ☆ there are two other free gifts here, too!

❀ – jane.intrinsic.tank.wh fawn [hi] {FREE!}
– – – ➩ from JANE

❀ – [e] Mood – Brown 04 {L$250 for essentials pack; L$220 for a regular color pack}
– – ➩ from [elikatira]

❀ – Suntan -Taylor- Natural {L$1195}
– – – ➩ from *League*:

❀ – xbordeaux – Hungry Hearts Stockings
– – ➩ I’m so sorry! It was an old hunt gift, but I’m not even sure where the store it was from is anymore! ;o;

Mass Effect Avatar!

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW:

★ It cost L$600
★ It is here on the Marketplace
★ And this is the SLURL for the in-world store

Everything you see. YEP. :3. If you are a fan of the Mass Effect series, I berieve you will be quite pleased by this avatar. It’s called “=[Arbalest]= Quarian Machinist (Tintable)”, and as you can see with some color editing IT’S PRETTY MUCH TALI. AHHH. TALI. WOOOH.