MY SECRET CRUSH

There were those boys in school that you could giggle about with your friends. And then there was that boy that you watched when no one was looking. He was nerdy, sweet and shy and mostly overlooked. That was just fine with me.

Because secretly I was a nerd myself.

Let out your inner nerd for the next couple of weeks on the Geekgasm Hunt. It doesn't have to be your secret anymore!

Shirt: TGIS “Nerd is the New Sexy” (Geekgasm Hunt Prize)
Shorts: The Sea Hole “DNA Summersuit Shorts” (Geekgasm Hunt Prize)
Socks: Pig “Argyle Sock Mit Suspender”
Gloves Pig “Gloves Mit Suspenders” (only at Fungus store)
Shoes: House of Curios “Sneaker Wedges”
Earrings: Undefined Lilies “Nerding You” (Geekgasm Hunt Prize)
Necklace: Yellow Berry “Lunatic Lanyards” (Geekgasm Hunt Prize)
Book: Boof “D&D Player Handbook” (Geekgasm Hunt Prize)
Tied Sweater: Beatnik “ShockedNerdSweater” (Geekgasm Hunt Prize)
Hair: LeLutka “Rykiel”
Skin: Natural Beauty “Tulip”
Eyes: Fashism “Sunrise”
Eyelashes: Glow Studio “Innocent.eyelashes – pure”
Poses: by Animazoo (altered by book animation)

Love,
Serene

SUMMERTIME

Summertime
Summertime

Sum-sum-summertime ... ooOOoo!

I'm loving the Berries "Headfreezer" Animation Override. For a long time I've mostly avoided very long hairstyles because many mocap poses and dances put my hair into my shoulders and clothes. The headfreezer fixes that! Thank you.

Top: The Sea Hole “Shiarra Tank”
Pants: The Secret Store “Embroidered Flared Pants”
Shoes: Treads “77 Loafers”
Hair: Exile “Lucia” (at the Dressing Room)
Skin: Your Skin and Your Shape “Penelope” (at the Dressing Room)
Eyes: Fashism “Sunrise”
Eyelashes: Glow Studio “Innocent.eyelashes – pure”
AO: Berries “Headfreezer”
Poses: by Don’t Freak Out

Love,
Serene

OUT OF UNIFORM

What a mess. Disarranged jacket, sloppy tie, whose shirt is that? ... And to top it off, a shiner.

A disgrace to the service.

Hat: Deco “Officer’s Cap”
Jacket: Lelutka “Charlie”
Tie: Aitui “Skinny Tie” (includes tucked and full neckbands)
Shirt: Indi Designs “Shirt Checked” (from the Dan outfit)
Leather Pants: The Abyss “Chaos Leather Pants” (also includes belt not shown)
Boots: Edge Grafica “31 Engineer Boots” (L$1 on Second Life Marketplace)
Hairbase: Aitui “Standard Hairbase – 004” (no sideburns)
Skin: Curio “:GP: Acorn [Dark] Battle Royale-Shiner 1”
Eyes: Fashism “Sunrise Eyes”
Eyelashes: Glow Studio “Innocent.eyelashes – pure”
Poses: by Long Awkward Pose

Love,
Serene

QUEEN OF THE UNDEAD

They bring the caught to be judged, and the weak to be eaten.

They come to worship, or to ask for favors.

They hope I am in a good mood.

Today's post was motivated by the lovely and macabre Succubus Skins that I purchased at Ugly Duck's Summer Sale. Several multipacks of skin marked down to L$250, including this horror themed skin, and several others more normal. Don't miss! After the sale ends these skins will be retired.

Outfit: Bare Rose “Ghol Lady”
Skin: Ugly Duck “Lilith – Succubus” (4-pack for L$250 at the Summer Sale)
Eyes: Ugly Duck “Lily Black”
Eyelashes: by Exodi
Facial Snarl: House of Curios “HOC – expresso HUD” (free)
Animations: by Long Awkward Pose
Location: Omega Point

Love,
Serene

TRUE COLORS

I wanted to do another post inspired by the 1980s. Perhaps I should apologize in advance?

... nah, it could be worse. The hair is bleached blonde with colored streaks a la Cyndi Lauper, and pretty big on top, but not too big. Yes the jewel-toned collar is turned up, and the shoulder padding is quite large. My earrings dangle and my bangles jangle. Large brightly colored lips in honor of Kelly LeBrock. (If you never heard of her, she was the one with the pillowy lips when Angelina Jolie and Liv Tyler were in diapers.)

But I could be wearing an izod polo, a plaid shirt with gold threads in it, or an aerobics outfit with a headband, belt, stirrup leggings and striped knit legwarmers, a la Jane Fonda. I could have a giant spiral perm. Or ... hammerpants *shiver*

Even the deities of fashion know better than to recycle old fashion fads without alteration. They are modified and toned down to make them more palatable. Still, I cringed the other day when I saw the cork and hemp wedge heels at the shoe store. I can tolerate a lot of things in Second Life that I can't stand in real life.

Jacket: The Secret Store “Mrs. Jones’ Jacket”
Leggings: Leaks “Zombie Got Me” (unavailable I think)
Earring: Je Suis “Africain Earhoops” (Texture Change)(Accessories Fair)
Bracelets: Erratic “Twisted Bracelets” (Texture Change)(Accessories Fair)
Shoes: Purrfect 10 “Serenity Lazy Sunday Rose”
Hair: Exile “Voodoo” (Texture Change Streaks)(Chic Birthday Event)
Skin: Glam Affair “Layla” (Zombie Popcorn Hunt Prize)
Lipstick: Glam Affair “Layla Lipstick – risque” (a zillion colors available L$50 each)
Eyeshadow: Natural Beauty “Makeup Set 14 – makeup 5”
Eyelashes: by Exodi
Eyes: Fashism “Sunrise”
Nail Polish: Tres Blah “Nail Color (Eggplant)” (from multipack)
Poses: Dismorph and ImpEle

Love,
Serene

PIU TRISTE

I must, must show you this lovely mask from La Gyo's Mademoiselle collection. For some reason I was especially loving the one orange flower, so I wore burnt golden orange.

Believe it or not, this delicious mask is La Gyo's gift on the Zombie Popcorn Hunt. It's amazing. And ladies, I bet you can't go there without buying other pieces from this collection. I bought another floral headpiece and some pretty shoes, that I'll show you as soon as I can find just the right dress to wear with them.

Mask: La Gyo “Floral blind mask”
Bolero: G Field “Ruffle Bolero”
Lace Collar: PixelDolls “Bella.Gold.Lace Collar”
Hairpiece: booN “DARE82”
Hairbase: booN “gathered raised hairbase”
Skin: Natural Beauty “Monica”

Love,
Serene

THE ZOMBIES RETURN

Once again it is time for all of us blood-spatter and Crazy-Dave-lovin nutters to scour the grid for the Zombie-themed hunt goodies. This season's Zombie Popcorn Hunt is on until June 15th, so if you haven't gone, you still have a few days. I love this hunt! This year's offerings are particularly generous in the area of skins and tattoos. So here are a few ...

Skin: Sorry.Asia "Tokio"
Bloody Face: “V.E.L #61 – busted”
Stomach Wound: Repulse “Zombie Stomach Wound” (at #1 Zombie Popcorn HQ)
Tattoo: arnadi “Hell Mex”
Bag: Deco “Fingersnatcher Bag” (This bag is top-shelf fab and nauseating simultaneously!)
Shorts: Kosh “Linen Shorts”
Eyes: Repulse “Noxious”

Skin: Glam Affair “Layla Light” (You can buy yum lipstick layers for this skin for only L$50!)
Safetypins/Bloodies: Razorblade Jacket “Safetypin Face”
Eyes: Repulse “Lacerated”
Hair: Mina “Tinke”

Skin: Filthy “ZombiePopcorn Hunt.Skin”
Face Injury Tattoo: Damned “Survival Face AddOn”
Eyes: Damned “Survival Eyes”
Hair: Mina “Tinke”

Love,
Serene

p.s. If you don't know Crazy Dave, go online and try out the game "Plants vs. Zombies." Yeah.

AIRY FAIRY

A light comfortable outfit for the first really warm day I've had.

So comfy I ran around in it to do errands. And shopping.

Jacket: love me “girlie cape jacket”
Undershirt: Whippet and Buck “Hykova Buttoned Tank”
Leggings: choramimi “leggings lace”
Bag: rcbg “bohindian bag”
Shoes: Duh! “Floral Linen Flats”
Hair: Lamb “Isolation”
Hairbase: booN “gathered raised hairbase”
Skin: Mynerva “Bianca Latte” (at the Chic Birthday Event)
Eyebrows: Mynerva “Bianca Eyebrows Black”
Eyes: Fashism “Sunrise”
Poses: by Animazoo (and included in Handbag)

Love,
Serene