Looking back... And looking forward.

Its that time again, another World Goth Fair is going on here, with a lot of really awesome things, and some stuff from Atomic Faery, too.  I've been in every World Goth Fair now, and its a very special event for me; it was the first event I was in with Faerycat Designs.  Besides, goth.  And this year I'll be DJing from 8 am until 10 am at the Gothika Mobile Unit, getting my own version of goth on with my usual twists and turns.

But last year was a bad one for me.  I'd switched from Faerycat designs to Atomic Faery last January to go into a partnership with someone very close to me in real life, someone I'd known for over 20 years.  World Goth Fair 2014 was going to be our first one working together, and we were all set up and ready to go when I was awakened the morning of May 15 by a sick cat, to one dead partner.  Luckily, we were set up. 

This year, well, its still bittersweet.  I still love the event, I mean, what's not to love, but its also a marker for something that's sad too.  Today would have been his 46th borthday, and part of this post is about memory, and rebuilding.

I forgot to switch out my wings when I took this picture.  But, for World Goth Fair this year, there are some techno-gear wings, a pair of boots based on some I got last fall [which I am wearing], and a special release for tomorrow, Roses have Thorns necklace [which I'm also wearing].

The rest of what I'm wearing: Slink Physique, Visage, Hands and Feet with a custom skin.  Sidhe ears I made that I need to update for a re-release, hair by Magika [Meadow], NV Fluffy tail, jeans and cropped tee that I made forever ago.

Sim is Fox Meadows and the portion is Tempus Fugit and Atomic Faery.  There are other places in the background.  If folks want to use it to take pictures, feel free to drop by.

A break of sorts

While my store alt[s] get the burden of doing the work as far as uploads and ad pictures, in the end it is still me doing the work.  With Lovecraft's Wake behind me and this round of A Tattered Page about to end, I feel I can take a short break before getting myself into working on gothy things and also getting the store finished [Its built, just need to restock things, including a lot of event items].

A long time ago, I hurt the muscles in my right shoulder in a car wreck.  While most of the time they work just fine, recently I had a flare up.  To say its painful is something of an understatement, so I spend a lot of time with a heating pad and ice packs.  But, I did offer to make something for a friend's RLF team to sell, and I did get it finished.  And sometime soon I'll be making the hud for the normal version [the RLF version is an exclusive].

I suppose I should post this over on the shop blog, but since this is rambling and not a simple announcement, I figured it fit here.

I have a lot of things I want to do.  And not all of it is Atomic Faery sorts of things, or might not be.  Right now I've technically got two shops; Atomic Faery and Facade Noir.  With my shoulder still acting out, I expect more items to come out from the latter.  I also need to get Tempus Fugit open properly.

And I'll be trying to blog a bit more regularly again, as well.

Lions and Tigers and.... plush Cthulus? oh my.

A picture post!  I know I promised a picture post, and since next week I'll be out of town and unable to take as nice of an image, it has to be this week.

A few weeks ago, our landlord for the club [Tempus Fugit] and the store [Atomic Faery] said he was moving to estate instead of mainland and asked us to come with.  Since he's an awesome landlord, we said yes! and for the last week or so, I've been in the process of a complete rebuild/redesign of the whole mess.

I'd asked for some constructive criticism from some of my friends, and I got it, and hopefully this is a more cohesive look.  Also, in the redesign, the club got pared down from two buildings and a stone circle to one building that's designed to be a cozy-ish hangout.  The standing stones will come back, and the garden, but that's something I can do as the mood strikes.






See, I've got other things to do as well, important things.  Somehow I found myself running an event with some other awesome folks.  I really want to talk about this, and encourage folks to apply.  It is a Lovecraft Event, and we do want themed items, however, I really am afraid most folks automatically think 'Cthulu' and don't go any further.  Although this little guy sitting on the dock of the bay [lake] looks positively cuddly, doesn't he?

See, HP was a writer, and while his stuff about scary things that lurk beyond the ken of mortal men is the best known, he did do other stuff.  My partner even found out he'd done a romantic comedy story yesterday, while doing more research.  And...  you can do stuff inspired by his life (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937), too.

Anyway, this is my update, as it were.  You can find out more information about the event over at 
http://lovecraftswakesl.blogspot.com/ and we do still have spaces open.

And hopefully the club and store will be reopened soon.
  Until next time...


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Cthulu is the AB Cthulu - Curdled Steampunk

At the end of the day ...

Sometimes, it seems like at the end of the day, we've really accomplished nothing at all, and sometimes it feels like we blinked and it sped past.  Sometimes it feels like we've been running in circles, or even, rarely, like we actually managed to accomplish our goals.

I'm trying to be good about blogging, and while I wanted to try and do 'fashion' blogging, I'm not sure if I'm good at that.  Today's shot isn't at all a fashion or a story type picture.  Its just sort of an end of the day picture, even if for me its still morning.  Today has been a little frustrating for me so far, and I -feel- like its the end of a day, even if its not.  I was working on stuff for events I'm in for next month, and trying to think of things no one else will think of, and was working on some snowflake stuff [yeah, right - no one will ever think of doing snowflakes for december events /sarcasm], and ran into issues.

See, I use Blender for modeling.  Its free, but more importantly for me, I've been working with it since 03 or 04? since I used it for Sims 2 modding.  So, I already know its quirks, or at least the ones that are going to effect modeling.  So, I'm very excited with all the features they have been adding in the last few years, except...

I'm still not really sure -how- to make what I see in a render -bake- that way.  And it isn't working that way, so wanted to take a break.  This is beyond the break I took because I share computer space with someone who works from home who was on a skype call with a boss - which means no video tutorials for me.  At least I got a marketpoop listing done.

So, off to take a break, and right now, break time means some World of Warcraft, which is very popular with the new expansion [even with the release day issues yesterday], and its down.  Considering the time this morning was 9 am PST, and its now 9 am SLT, I'm figuring that this means some play time.  Except right at 9, the message now reads that its extended, with no time given.  Joy.

The good news is, that since I haven't blogged this week, I can blog!  So I did.

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Basics, since this isn't a fashiony sort of pose.  Elwood is wearing Avatar Bizarre stuff with a custom Frankenfaery skin from Atomic Faery, Sirius is wearing a First Act wolf avie and jeans, and I'm wearing some Facade Noir, :{MV}: and 8f8 along with my usual slink, magika and atomic faery stuff.  The pub we're in is Tempus Fugit's Rose and Thorn, which is decorated with a mix of Trompe Loeil, Faerycat Designs and 22769 stuffs. [not all of which is shown, but its there.]

Anyways - this rambling mess is brought to you by the letters W and R, and the number 3.

Sometimes, it takes some trial and error to find where you belong, no matter where you are.  And when friendships are involved it can and usually does get more complicated.  When I first came to SL, I was actively Roleplaying or RPing.  First one place, than another, until getting into running my first RP sim.  Technically, I wasn't supposed to run it OOCly.  Building is my strong suit, working with people, not so much.  I've never been good at shmoozing.  So it didn't last more than a month after opening, because the person who was going to handle all that stuff wasn't up to dealing with it.

After that, I looked a bit more, couldn't find a place that would allow my particular history and just threw myself into my shop, teaching and DJing, this year.  My business partner and one of my two best friends decided that instead of trying to continue with the radio station in The Secret World, that we'd try running a club in SL.  Meanwhile, there was a spate of posts where folks were losing their RP homes because of finances.  The two ideas; club and place for folks to continue to RP, combined into Tempus Fugit.  More importantly, it was designed so that you don't have to be an RPer.  So what if your some normal person ooc, while the neko next to you is from the far future, and the troll siting at the bar is from the past and sideways?  When the place is outside of time and space, anything really should be possible.

So what does this have to do with today's post?  A friend recently has been trying to get me to RP where she is an admin.  Okay, fine, I'll give it try.  But its hard for me to get integrated and I don't think I'll fit there.  I'll probably keep trying in my copious spare time (Ha!), but I'm not sure how well it will work.

Meanwhile, I've got the club to run.  This time the person who was suppose to handle all the schmoozing is really gone.  I've got to do it myself with remaining family.  And seriously?  If I need some place to roleplay?  I already have it; with elements of fantasy, sci fi, and things completely outside of time itself.

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Credits - Hair, Magika - dreamy with harmony head braid, modified.  Hands and feet, Slink with Atomic Faery Faerycog polish.  Skin, custom. Outfit, Facade Noir Boho Tunic and Skirt.

Decor is a combination of personal, Kalopsia, Cerridwen's Cauldron, and Dysfunctional Designs.