{what next} Morning Tea for SUYS & Lazy Sunday

I'm late getting this out but when I saw this set I KNEW I had to blog it. This is Winter Thorn's (of {what next}) goodie for Spruce Up Your Space and Lazy Sunday. Grab it quick!

The bed and tray are for Spruce Up Your Space's theme 'Teatime'  (27-28th Aug only)

The shelf & decor, hatbox table and rose are all for Lazy Sunday (27-28th Aug only)


Gorgeous! As with all of Winter's items, these come with a ton of animations - single and couples - and lots of rezzable goodies like a laptop, newpaper, food, drinks, etc. You get the picture.

Cant resist jumping on the bed!

So feminine. So FUN!

[what next} inworld

::AB:: Chloe Bookcase

New Truth Hair - Tasmine & Martina

"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad." ~Aldous Huxley

I'm a bit late blogging these. So here goes....

Tasmine in Champagne - my fave part about this hair is the way it wraps around the neck. Beautiful.

 

Martina in champagne - love the long braid on one side and the long, flowing on the other. Smexy!

 

Truth Hair inworld - Truth Sim
Truth Hair inword - Truth District
(might be less crowded - not sure new releases are here)
Truth Hair - marketplace

 

 

Seal - Secret (Feat. Heidi Klum) (Official Music Video)

Unsaid -The Fray w/lyrics

Not that you're the one
Not to say I'm right
Not to say today
And not to say a thing tonight


But suffice it to say
We're leaving things unsaid
We sing ourselves to sleep
Watching the day lie down instead

And we are leaving some things unsaid
And we are breathing deeper instead

We're both pretty sure
Neither one can tell
We seem difficult
What we got is hard as hell

A hundred thousand words could not quite explain
So I walk you to your car And we can talk it out in the rain

And we are leaving some things unsaid
And we are breathing deeper instead
And we are leaving some things unsaid

I can sing myself to sleep
No more

Not that you're the one
Not to say I'm right
Not to say today
And not to say a thing tonight

New Truth Hair - Trixie, Juliette, Juliana

"The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with caution."

Harry Potter - Albus Dumbledore 

The inimitable Truth Hawks has released 3 new styles this week. All for us girls. yay! I love that they are 3 distinctly different 'dos - Short, Long, and Pigtails. Sooo adorable. Enjoy!


Trixie/Trixie2

Juliette/Juliette2

Juliana/Juliana2

Truth Hair
Truth District
Truth Hair online

Skin - [PF]Pink Fuel - Elly in Honey

MetaStock 2011

Live Music in SL. It's been pretty much my life in SL for the past few years. I'm not involved like I used to be, but when I hear about something cool going on with Live Music in SL, I get all excited!  So when Mankind Tracer told me about MetaStock...I thought it sounded pretty cool. Dets below! =) If you know a live musician who might be interested, let them know about this! Chance to win some US dollars and get noticed. We all love that! lol

ANNOUNCING META STOCK 2011!

Starting: August 13th 2011 at 10AM SLT


Ends: August 14th at 9PM SLT

Location: Meta Stock 2011 Sim
Grand Prize: $500 USD

Join MetaTunes Free at  http://www.metatunes.org


About Meta Stock 2011:

MetaTunes, called "iTunes for the Metaverse", presents 20 of Second Life’s biggest talents for one epic virtual weekend of music, fans and entertainment like you’ve never experienced before! Your favorite performers will battle it out for a Grand Prize of $500 USD and you, the fans will be the ones who decides who wins the Grand Prize! No judges! No jury!

We’ve now added a Second Place Prize: Second Place will be awarded to the performer who comes in, well, Second! The Second Place Prize will be Two Free Cover Song Licenses on the Meta Tunes Store! – Valued at $100 USD!!! This means two songs licensed at the PLATINUM PACKAGE meaning you will have free license for 200 copies of your cover tune for sale on The MetaTunes Store!


Meta Stock will kick off on Saturday morning, August 13th at 10AM SLT, with some of the best live talent in Second Life performing. Then on Sunday morning starting at 10AM SLT, the next 10 artists will battle it out to see who has the most dedicated fans in the Metaverse!


I AM A PERFORMER... WHO DO I CONTACT TO PARTICIPATE?

Current Roster: Cylindrian Rutabaga, Mel Cheeky, Amleth Mccallen, Nance Brody, Celticmaidenwarrior Lancaster, TerryLynn Melody, Lyndon Heart, Frets Nirvana, Strum Diesel.

Meta Stock has only 20 slots for artists to participate and perform at this event. If you are interested in performing, you must be booked into a slot prior to August 10th. Please contact Mankind Tracer ASAP at VP@metatunes.org for more details - please see the event listing on MetaTunes here first: http://www.metatunes.org/meta-stock-2011.

All performers will be paid for their one hour of performing and MetaTunes will provide the audio stream for all artists to use during their sets.

Peformers at Meta Stock can start gaining fans right NOW in fact to get an edge up on the competition! Just create your profile on MetaTunes, pass its URL out to your friends and fans, get them to join and Friend you! But make sure you accept all those friend requests that are pouring in. Your MetaTunes Group URL will look something like this: http://www.metatunes.org/groups/metastock

It is strongly suggested that all artists performing at Meta Stock list their performance event in Second Life Events wit hthe Date and Time of your performance slot. Get your fans to the show and have them click the MetaTunes banner at the stage to join and then friend you.


Remember... the Grand Prize winner will be determined by who HAS the most friends, not who has the most friend REQUESTS!


HOW DO I VOTE FOR MY FAVORITE ARTIST?


We have made it very easy to vote for your favorite performer! Simply sign up for an account on MetaTunes http://www.metatunes.org and request to add your favorite performer as a friend. The artists who performed in Meta Stock who ends up with the most friends at the end of the concert series will be awarded the Grand Prize of $500 USD! So make sure your favorite artist is signed up a a Meta Stock performer before the deadline on August 11 8PM SLT.

ONLY THOSE WHO PERFORM AT META STOCK 2011 ARE ELIGIBLE TO WIN THE GRAND PRIZE!


Where can I find the schedule of performances?


http://www.metatunes.org/mstocklisting


WHEN WILL THE WINNER BE ANNOUNCED?

Following the final performance on August 14th, we will announce the winner at 9PM SLT.


Cast your vote by joining MetaTunes Free at http://www.metatunes.org

Sounds like fun!

Cliff Eberhardt - The Long Road

When Death Comes - Mary Oliver

I love this poem. It reminds me to live life with courage and passion.

JJ

Priscilla - Vibe So Hot

Cadenza

I've been going to SL every day for almost 5 yrs. Something happened...i'm not sure what...but I just don't go there much anymore. The place depresses me. I think I've been there too long as Joonie. I would love to just drop back into obscurity. There just isn't anything there for me any more.

So now what? It's been a habit for 5 yrs to walk into the "study" and turn on my laptop, sit down, go to SL and just stay for hours. Or chat on yahoo. Or lately, play cityville and surf and youtube. It's been SO hot here for weeks. Maybe that's just an excuse. Even the live music scene is boring me.

The last few days I've tried to stay away from this room altogether. Try to find something to do, you know, that doesn't involve this laptop. But before I know it, I just look up and here I am again. Like I'm looking for something in here. Like a lost part of me. I think I know what it is, but I'm only going to find it inside me. Not out there somewhere. I know that and yet, here I am....

As much as I hate to admit it, I think I've used SL and fb and all this online stuff to avoid....my life. Not that my life is terrible. It sooooo isn't. I have a relationship with someone who loves me unconditionally. I have everything materially a person needs to survive and thrive. But for whatever reason, I've turned to SL to make my life better. To fb for fun. To whatever for whatever. And in the process, I think I lost me.

My rl used to be rich and have meaning. It still does to an extent. But not like it did before SL. I no longer go to AA meetings or church. I don't work out. I have no outside social life really. I'm not sure how all this happened. I have my art studio kind of setup the way I want it, but I never go in there. I've become a shell of who I once was. I wonder if this has happened to anyone else. I never hear anyone own up to it.

I'm on so many social networking sites I can't even remember them all. And I don't care about any of them! Why do I join them? Is it pressure to be part of the "in" ppl of SL? If so, that pressure is coming from me. I never used to care about that. I relish in being my own person.

I wonder what ppl share about online. Weight gain and lose? I wish anyone with that issue the best of luck. But I don't know you. Their fights with their bf/gf? Again, I know that can be difficult. I wish you the best. But...I don't know you. What you ate? What you think is funny? Your fave tv show, movie, clothing line, haircut, toilet bowl cleaner? Don't care.

Maybe it's me. Maybe I just don't want to share...myself...with ppl I don't know. Maybe I'm just shy or something. I never have really fit in. Why would I think I could start now? Bah!

So here is my dilemma. I have spent 5 yrs in a place that brought me many things, but also took a lot from me. Recovery has taught me that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity. And yet, I return to SL, Plurk, Google+....et al...expecting it to be fun. And it just isn't anymore for me.

So how to assimilate back into RL? That is perplexing me most of all. This lappy has become like a drug to me. Maybe it's not the lappy, but the promises it tells me can be had within. Love, friendship, a life I can't really have. But is it real? Or is it just another diversion that keeps me from living my RL?

CADENZA

- Let him fly

Second Life Does Something Good

We've all heard or been the victim of fb and google+ deleting accounts, mostly those of us from SL, due to "fake names."  LL came up with what I think looks like a cool option.

Check it out over on Ali's blog.....   http://aliciachenaux.blogspot.com/2011/07/hello-new-profiles.html

Girlyman at the AllGood Cafe

The Shape I Found You In


by Ty Greenstein

You were spoken for

I spent twenty lifetimes at your door

But your heart was busy within

Building bomb shelters under your skin

That's the shape I found you in

That's the shape I found you in



I was calling to you

It was one thing I knew how to do

But my heart tried to cheat

Building safety nets under my feet

So if I fell I would fall right in

That's the shape you found me in



You were delivered to me

We were closed as the stores on Christmas Eve

So I felt around in the dark

Building rope ladders into your heart

Climbing hand over hand to get in

That's the shape I found you in

That's the shape I found you in

Thank you all so much!

It's time for my blog to go on hiatus. It might be back and it might not. But I wanted to thank everyone who read it and hopefully enjoyed it. There are some amazing blogs out there. I've listed some on the sidebar and will keep the blog active for those of you who might use it to access other blogs.

Again, thank you all so much. It's been a lot of fun.  *hugs*

Hair Fair 2011

Hair Fair opens up to the public @ midnight tonight! Join the Hair Fair Demo Group and get all the demos free! Then go to the Hair Fair 2011 blog and tp right to the vendor and buy, buy, buy!! Could it be any easier? o.m.g. I think NOT!

Um...what are you waiting for? GO!

All your fave hair creators are there. ;) Have fun! All proceeds go to Wigs for Kids.

New Truth Hair & Truth District Opens @ 9am Friday, July 1

Truth is a great flirt. ~Franz Liszt

There are 4 new styles to choose from this time. Might as well just buy them all! Plus, Truth District will open at 9am in the morning, Friday, July 1st. More about that below. First, the new releases. All styles are shown in Chanpagne.


Summer - color change scarf, ties in the back. Absolutely love love love this style.

Pandora - soft and smexy

Darcey and Darcey 2 - on is longer and fuller than the other. Both are nom nom nom - able.

Jean - simple, full - grazing the shoulders and neck

So get thee to a Truthery and shop! Speaking of Truthery and shopping, Truth Hawks has opened a new shopping sim called Truth District. Below is the press release my friend, Emerald Wynn, put together. She says it much better than I could:


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 30, 2011 — After more than six months in the making, the highly anticipated Truth District will open at 9am July 1, 2011.

Conceptualized by Truth Hawks and designed by Cory Edo, the new shopping sim will house some of the most talented content creators on the grid. Resident designers include:

AddiCt
Curio
DCNY
Ducknipple
Earthstones
Erratic
Glitterati
GOS
Grixdale
INDI Designs
Je Suis
League
Leezu!
MiaMai
MichaMi
Miel
Mudhoney
Nardcotix
NSD
PXL
The Sea Hole
Trompe Loeil Prefabs
Truth Hair
Whippet & Buck

Many of these creators will offer special grand-opening gifts for members of the Truth District Update Group. Gifts will be available through July 5, and shoppers are encouraged to stay in the group for future updates on new releases, sales, news and member gifts.

Truth District is located at   http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Truth%20District/128/128/22.

For more information, please visit the Website at http://www.truthdistrict.com/

The build is amazing (kudos to Cory Edo) and provides some great places for photo ops.

Best of all...opening gift from Truth Hair:  Becky in Champange - color change band

Also good news for us rabid Truth Hair fans...you can now pick up all future releases of Truth Hair at both his current location AND at his store at Truth District. YAY! Less lag!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Truth%20District/105/219/33

So be sure to join the group, Truth District Update Group, and be there at 9am slt Friday, July 1! See you there!

Truth District - Opening July 1st

Be sure to join the inworld group for updates!