fluffing.. I mean fluffy clouds!

Friday night, we spent a fair amount of time at the Paradise Blanket store. Ghilt bought me the gift certificates for the blanket and *five* modules to go with it for my birthday many moons ago, and every time we visit, we can't quite pick five we want. October Brotherhood recently agreed to our request to cash in the certificate on three modules and to hold the other two to pick at a future date.

Now SL was having issues. Before I met up with him, I attempted to change my outfit. My inventory list said that I had, but on screen I was still wearing my previous day's outfit, no matter what I tried on. I grumbled about it in our IM, then headed over to the store anyway. However, he did not see my outfit. He did not see me. He saw a cloud.

This is what I looked like to him - and he kissed me anyway! (yes, that is a regular PG kiss, thankyouverymuch)...



SL being the pain in the buttocks it was that night, we were too nervous to try a relog. So I stayed a cloud to him all night - even as we tested some of the poses in the PB modules we viewed...





We ended our evening with a fishing excursion. I'd been battling a headache all day/night, so it was nice to do something quiet together. Normally, when we fish together, the rule is you attach the fish you catch and keep it on until the next fish you catch and wear replaces it. However, as a cloud, Ghilt could not see anything I 'wore'. So instead, as build was allowed on the parcel (yay for getting to use Sai's fishing pose!), I rezzed each fish I caught so he could see them. And I didn't bother picking any up. After 50 casts, I had caught a ton of fish (perhaps the fish don't suspect clouds and bite a bit more often...). Here's how I looked after 50 casts. All but two or three of the fish that he was wearing, were my catches. And yes, that is a shark in the foreground :)




well, at least to me we did. To him, I was still a cloud...



He said he liked me in anything I wore, and no matter how I looked... and I think this confirmed it :)

Psychic?

So I read Cen & Dyami's news tonight and laughed. Not at them, but because this is what I picked up last night in my travels, and an honest account (to my recollection as I don't have a chatlog) of my conversation with with Ghilt about it...



Me: Too bad it's no mod.. if we could take out the pews, it would be a nice place to hang out, maybe throw a party.

Ghilt: It is too bad. Very pretty.

Me: Maybe we can set it up and offer it for wedding ceremonies for Ali & Levi and Cen & Dyami.

Ghilt: Oh, are they getting married?

Me: Well Ali and Levi just got partnered, out of the blue - though I don't think they're doing a big traditional ceremony. And Cen and Dyami are a couple, but I haven't heard anything about the possibility of partnering - don't know that they're thinking that way at this time. They're just the only ones I know right now in relationships that could go that way.

So it was just me being silly. Cause the place *does* look like an outdoor wedding chapel (it was *called* "fire and water garden", so the pews were a surprise when I rezzed it)!

Then tonight, I read Dyami's post.

Congrats guys! And no, I don't expect you to get hitched at my cheapie no-mod prefab lol

better late than never!

My love snapped a few pictures for me at the Viper Pit party on Wednesday night. Thursday night was a special date night for us, so we finally got the pictures up tonight. Here's a couple - proof we were there!



Our hosts for the night, plus one for the last ten mins of the party (teasing! glad you're ok Ali!)



After the party we headed back to my place to change, but not before I snapped a couple pics.

My disco cowboy, complete with brand new chest hair... lol



And me, in my disco make up for the night (I never change my makeup, but it seemed to fit the theme and I otherwise didn't have too much for a costume)



And that was Wednesday night :)

Pretty Presents

A few posts ago, Cen wished me a happy one week bloggerversary. So I laughed and said I was ready for the party and the cake and the presents.

Well I didn't get any cake - but the presents DBF bought me earlier in the evening, I suppose could be called bloggerversary presents (or not.. I do tend to get presents.. umm, well let's just say I'm a bit spoiled *smiles*)

After a visit to the shops recommended by Meara, we ended up at the Purple Rose to check out their color changing sets, as one of the sets they had at Shiny Things reminded us of a set that had sort of a similar look to one at Purple Rose (I said a similar *look*, not the same as each other! no accusations here, sorry, move along drama train!)

So I ended up with the platinum set - here it is with the color changing gems changed to black:



As I'm admiring it... I somehow end up with the gold set too :)



I know everyone says this about their significant others, but...

I am the luckiest girl in SL.

small addendum

Two posts ago, I said I took the black outfit picture for two reasons. Then I didn't give the second reason LOL

The second reason for posting the picture is to show off how ugly my water is compared to the pretty water all you with the nice graphics cards get. Look at the water in the post below (taken by DBF and his higher graphics card), then compare to mine.

Then weep for me.

(documented so that I can look back and appreciate my new graphics card even more - whenever I finally get one!!)

Once in a while...

I'm impressed that a shop owner makes an effort to amend their "mistakes".

I participated in a 'hunt' at a store - one of their regular priced items was marked down to 100L, and another was marked down to only 1L. Their post represented the value of these two items combined to be 1000L.

So, first, they give out this stunning dress for 100L (the 1L items are some darned cute shoes you can't see under the dress lol):



but then, it seems that the two items together were not a 1000L value. I believe they were really closer to 800L - oooh scandalous! The store then sent a note with an apology for the mistake, and that to 'make amends' they were putting out one more item for only 1L, with the image blown up huge, so no one could miss it.

This is how they apologized:



I love love love these dresses. This store is involved in some controversy right now, so I'm not naming names - though I'm sure most of you know it already. I wasn't in a big rush to step foot inside either shop involved for a while, but I'm so glad I did. I'm guess I'm a bit shallow that way - but at least I look good for it :P

Not a bad haul for $L102 :)

styling with a.. ummm... smile

Well, well over 24 hours later, here's something to throw out...

I took these pictures for two reasons. One, cause I think I mixed and matched a rockin' outfit.



but then... I turned around - to see *this*



butt cleavage!!!

why do designers do this? And has anyone found a solution... I can't even wear undies without it showing (covers the "smile" - but hardly a classy solution!).

/end rant

but... I'm not a blogger... remember?

OMG - Cen has deemed me blogger'ish enough to put on her blog roll. And I notice Dyami has had me on his update list for a while now. I've been blogging for what.. less than a week (14 hours away from my one week anniversary of posting!).

Oh, and I figured out how to linky to other people's pages. So of course I had to go back and edit my previous posts.

I admit, I got further than my original estimation of three posts. And I am enjoying myself. But, my stuff is pretty random, and I still suspect my postings will taper off. I'm mainly throwing stuff out there cause I know that it's more fun to go back to someone's page who's been commenting on posts if they update their own. So if people track back from one of my comments on someone else's blog, at least there's something here. Even if it's junk blogging LOL. I still stand by my original warning that this 'blog' will be boring though.

Accessories

I won this little guy in a lucky chair and let him nap on my head as I tried on a few new things. Then I tried on my new gown from the LeeZu Baxter group, and as I searched for the right accessories, I realized he was already parked on my head.

Any suggestions for good places with nice dark/black accessories? I have a ton of gold and platinum, but some classy dark necklaces or black pearls have alluded me thus far.

In the meantime, I have Kitten.

Silliness abounds at 3:00 a.m.

Goodnight all!

After the Party

Thanks to Terri for allowing me to copy her picture of us as "before" and "after" pictures. I hope to very soon be able to take pictures of my own at the parties to share with everyone.

So - here's us during the party...




After the party I met up with DBF and we hit Sai's store for her pose sale - I scooped a bunch of great poses. We were practically falling asleep by the time we were done, so we had to say our goodnights.

So, last night we headed for my place, where I modeled a few poses for him while he snapped a few pictures with his superior graphics card. Oh, after a few pictures I modeled my fetish outfit for him too ;)



Then he decided he liked it so much, he wanted to model the pose set *he* got.



Two very good nights in a row *smiles*

George Takai - Awesomeness

I laughed so hard. Good for George for being such a good sport, this is the perfect comeback to such ignorance and ugliness spouted from Tim Hardaway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AScqvJb9UsQ

My First Meme!

Ok, ripped from Cen's blog cause that's the way I understand these things work... I do all my searching through Google, so I'm playing that way too.

"The original meme I read said to go to the address bar at the top of your internet browser, type a letter of the alphabet, and write down what website comes up. That didn't work so well for me. Instead I tried it with Google. I typed a letter and the following is a list of the first word that came up in my auto-populate. "

My (Nikki's) answers:

A - avast
B - bone marrow donation
C - cowgirl stilettos (!)
D - dilbert gets man fired
E - engagement parties
F - feeding tubes for cats (thankfully I don't need this info anymore)
G - george takia homophobia (omg - you must see the youtube video!)
H - hewlett packard
I - itchy ears (?)
J - jeep canada rock me gently (another must see!)
K - kitty kompany (local kitty sitters I saw advertised)
L - london drugs canada (a store, not a "dealer"!)
M - malalarm virus
N - nividea geforce 9500 performance
O - (no results - strange)
P - pacific blue cross group insurance policy
Q - (no results..)
R - revenue canada C21
S - slexchange
T - translink
U - (nothing on google search - but my address bar includes an "uncensored/slexchange.com" stuff)
V - vancouver sun (newspaper)
W - west broadway explosion (busy intersection in Vancouver went boom!)
X - (no results..)
Y - youtube (nerd!)
Z - zero gravity simulator

Party time... Yikes!

I told my love that I'm going to a party... guess I hafta go now!

Mind you, I haven't hit "teleport" yet... and he doesn't know where the party is.....


........ and..... I survived! Thanks Cen and Ali, and everyone I met there tonight. I had a fabulous time (though I do wonder what you were saying about me as I was arriving LOL).

Why would a non-blogger... blog?

The reason is simple.

I have a bazillion friends who don't know I even exist.

I started out my blog-reading days with the freebie blogs. One day, a new one arrived on the scene. Alicia's blog started out with her showing us how she survived in SL on only 5L per day. Ergo, more freebie posts - yay! I added her blog as one I read regularly, and watched her progress to the place where she was blogging more about her life in SL, and the fun things and people she encountered there. Soon, she had a ton of other blogs she was linking to, and friends commenting on her blog which lead me to blogs of their own.

So, now I'm reading everyone's blog, but they don't know that I am. I started feeling like a peeping Tom, as I got to "know" these people, while they had no idea I was "watching" them.

A week or so ago, I ran into CeNedra at the Surfline sim. I recognized her at the time I wandered in, but stayed silent until she wondered aloud about at item we were both looking for. So, now.. I have to answer, or ignore. I can't ignore - not in my nature - and I "knew" Cen from her blog and some of her thoughtful comments I've seen on other blogs, and knew she was cool. We struck up a very nice conversation, and she slid me the landmark to the Viper Pit for their Get Humped parties. The next one was to be her birthday party. I thought long and hard about going. Not that she was expecting me, but everyone's blog posts all seemed to be full of how much fun the parties are - and I don't doubt it, cause I *know* the people who attend, right?

But... these people don't know *me*. They don't know I exist. And as I noted every blogger in their social circle talk about the upcoming party.. I realized, I'm not one of them, and these parties have become "blogger" parties. People even commented several times about looking forward to meeting another blogger LOL. They knew each other - it was a two way knowledge. How the heck do I show up at such a party and have everyone go... "who?". At some point during the evening of Cen's birthday party, I took a peek at the map. 36 people on the sim, only two of which were *not* in that giant grouping in the far corner of the sim. Yeah, no way was I wandering into that group when I wasn't just a stranger, I was a lurker.. a voyeur *shudder*. And by showing up, I'd be outing myself as such.

So, I'm outing myself now. I have no idea if I'll ever show at one of those parties, but that's not the point. The point is, I need to stop feeling like I'm peeking in windows without people's knowledge. So, I may leave comments in some people's blogs from time to time, and if they want, they can track back here, and know that I exist. I might still be peeking in their windows, but at least they have fair warning now and I can stop feeling so pervy :D.

And that is why this non-blogger.. blogged.

* footynote time.. I know that I do not "know" any of the people who's blogs I read. But after a while, one feels kinda like you do. And, really, I do know some of you a lil bit. Your personalities, likes, dislikes, interests and heart show in your posts, and in your comments on other people's blogs. So, sorry.. I do, kinda, know you, just a lil bit. But, to assured, I'm not delusional about it :P

ZOMG another blog!!

*giggles* Ok, this is not for anyone to read. really. I *know* I will suck as a blogger. I predict about three posts and then I'll never make another post.

I don't know *how* to blog. Never done it before. It's just past 4:00 a.m. and while I'm a night owl, this really isn't the best time to try to learn such trickery.

And I'm not pointing anyone my way to read this thing. Trust me, it'll be boring anyway. Really.

So why blog??? (omg.. I'm NOT a blogger... ) I'll address that in my 2nd post I guess. That way I'll only have one more to do and I'll be done with my blogging career.

If for some reason you've stumbled into this place... I apologize. You *real* bloggers have my utmost respect.

/me stumbles off in the general direction of her bed, wondering what the heck she's gotten herself into...