Woke on The Citadel

I woke up alone on a space station.  I think I was in stasis, or jail.  I have no memory of what happened or how I ended up on the Citadel space station.  I kept hunting for clues, or for anyone who could help me.

Then, I noticed it.  My fingers were stained with blood.  My eye was bloody and swollen shut.  Did I do this to myself?

Am I responsible for what happened at the station?

In any case, I'm prepared for what may come.
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The Citadel is a new sci fi roleplay space station.  Check out the website for more information and the backstory.  It was fun exploring.
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Credits:

Skin: [Atomic] Grace Skin (DB)_Buff - Violent Violet (TDR Exclusive)
Hair: Fashionably Dead - (fd) Daydream Hair - Grayscale 1 (Mesh) for FaMESHed
Eyes: ~SongBird~ Darkness and Light : Lightest
Eye Shadow: - Glam Affair - Make-up Layer 08
Bloody Eye: ~SongBird~: Gouged - will be available soon
Top: :::Sn@tch Skeletank (Black-J):::
Skirt: e! Eclectic Apparel  Defiant Mini Skirt (Graphite) (Mesh)
Stockings: *blowpop* Seamed Fishnet Tights
Boots: Death Row Designs - drd lazy boot regular CA2
Hand tape: SiniStyle Taped Fist (Full Palm -Forearm Gap)
Tattoo: ~Cannibelle~ Efa ~ Fresh Ink 5 (currently unavailable)
Piercing: ~S.N.G~ Triple Dimples (now Zombie Suicide)
Legwrap: moloko  Knife Legwrap R Black
Belt: ::Trixxy's Shop:: - Serial Killer Belt (GIrls)
Nails: [ Love Soul ] Prim nails-Long*vampire*

Caged

Nightshade has just released the Delilah dress.  It's a different kind of cage dress with sculpted swirlies making up the skirt.  Underneath the cage are sculpted bloomers.  The outfit comes with gloves, stockings, and a neck brace.  It's an amazing creation.  I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it.

I'm wearing Tuli's new Jade skin, and *sigh* I love it.  ♥♥♥  House of Ruin eyes, and W&Y hair complete the outfit.  I suppose I'm "back in black" after my short hiatus wearing pink.

Credits:
Outfit - Nightshade - Delilah - Black
Shoes - Nightshade - Carpe Noctem
Hair - W&Y - Model Hair 16
Skin - Tuli - Jade (tone 1/bl) 03
Eyes - House of Ruin - Spectrum: Velvet, hollow
Tattoo - Moloko - Stardust Tattoo
Poses by Everglow

Bellissima - Cool find!

I was just shopping around and found this really sweet outfit from Bellissima for only 10L.  It's upstairs.  Check it out!

Credits:
Outfit, including shirt, skirt, boots, collar, and cuffs from Bellissima - Rock'nRolla - Black Leather - 10L
Fishnets - Blowpop - Seamed Fishnet Tights w/Panty Black Rip
Skin - Plastik - Lionheart[Elven] - Porcelain - Evel
Hair - Ploom - Ellia - Black Out
Peircings - Garage - Piercing set 03
Tattoo - Moloko - Stardust Tattoo Female
Eyes - House of Ruin - Simple Tonic: Deep
Pose by Everglow

Forever Searching

When the evening falls

and the daylight is fading

From within me calls

Could it be I am sleeping?

For a moment I stray

then it holds me completely

Close to home, I cannot say

Close to home, feeling so far away

As I walk the room

there before me a shadow

From another world

where no other can follow

Carry me to my own

To where I can cross over...

Close to home, I cannot say

Close to home, feeling so far away

Forever searching, never right

I am lost in oceans of night

Forever hoping I can find memories

Those memories I left behind

Even though I leave

will I go on believing

that this time is real

- am I lost in this feeling?

Like a child passing through

Never knowing the reason

I am home, I know the way

I am home, feeling oh, so far away

From Enya, Watermark, "Evening Falls"

Credits:

Hair - VIXEN - Jasmine - EspressoCurls (group gift)

Skin - Gala Pheonix - :GP: Moonbeam [Dark]Cupid-Allure 2

Lashes - Glow Studio - Innocent. eyelashes - soft

Tattoo - moloko - Stardust Tattoo Female

Top - Sn@tch - Sister Velvet Top - Blood

Skirt - Sn@tch - Nightmare Skirt - Red

Dance the Ghost with Me

Ghost dancing is what we used to call the slow, introspective, fluid dance you might see at the goth clubs many years ago.  It was a stark contrast to the angry tempo of the music and reflected the spirit of the movement.  This picture reminded me of that groove.

Credits:

Hair - Analog dog - Noel in Red 

Skin - :GP: Moonbeam Frex [Light] Cupid-Allure 2

Tattoo - Moloko - Stardust Tattoo

Dress - A Netherworld - Black Romance Dress

Necklace - Lolapop - Blood vial

Stockings - Blowpop Seamed Fishnet Tights

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Fly Through the Air like a Silent Sparrow

In the Silent Sparrow lucky chair is a sweet little red and black outfit, the Sanguine set.  It is red, of course, but it also leaves one hopeful and optimistic, as it's name would suggest.

I'm also wearing the prize for pics top - the Sanguine Gutter Glitter top.  It was something I couldn't do without.  

Gutter Glitter is also a song by one of my favorite bands, Switchblade Symphony.  It's even my ringtone on my cell phone.  I'm such a geek (hence the wonderful necklace from Lolapop spelling out G33K with computer keys).

Credits:

Hair - !lamb. The Glow - Ink

Skin - :GP: Moonbeam Frex [Light] Cupid-Allure 2

Eyelashes - [ glow ] studio - Innocent. eyelashes - soft

Piercings - Virtual Insanity - IPEENCH PS (MM Prize)

Tattoo - Moloko - Stardust Tattoo

Necklace - Lolapop! G33k Keys Choker

Bra - ~silentsparrow~ (sanguine) gutter glitter half-top 03 (Prize for picks)

Outfit - ~silentsparrow~ Sanguine Lucky Bird Set (group only - 250L to join)

Shoes - *Fukmi* Looking Glass Flats (former hunt prize - may no longer be available)

Pose Prop - ~Scribble~ Pearl Trapeze 11 Poses DU3 Exclusive (no longer available)

I remember

I remember a poem I read long ago:

Beloved, lay your hands on my heart in it's gloom.

Do you hear that? Like tapping inside of a room?

A carpenter lives there with malice and glee.

He's building a coffin - a coffin for me.

He hammers and pounds with such fiendish delight,

I can never sleep, neither daytime or night.

Oh, carpenter, hurry the hours that creep;

Come, finish your labor - and then I can sleep.

                                             ~ Heine

Credits:

Eyelashes - Glow - Innocent, eyelashes - soft

Eyes - House of Ruin - Spectrum: Velvet, hollow
Necklace - Grim Bros - neckproteck (Midnight Mania Prize)
Shoes - N-core - 3" Ankle multicolor (Group Gift)
Tattoo - Moloko - Stardust Tattoo
Skin - Gala Pheonix - Moonbeam Frex [light] Cupid - Allure 1
Hair - Analog Dog - Delora Jet
Lip Piercing - Dreams - Pentagram Lip Rings Set (R)
Dress - Kissed by Lithium - Lorcet Black & Pink (R)

A Sn@tch Girl on a Scooter

I rode a scooter all through college and never had an outfit this cool!  Now, I ride a Harley Sportster, a bike befitting of an outfit like this.  This is newness from Sn@tch - Girl on a Scooter.  I chose the red version - to match my bike (which is black with red blood spatter painted on).

I'm also really enjoying my new N-Core boots - a group gift from the shop - they come with color changing leg warmers which you turn off or on.  I also love these nice long, sharp, fingernails, which can also be used as weapons (not really), from Mandala.  They come with some nice chunky bracelets which I'm not wearing, mostly because I forgot when I was doing these pics.

It's too cold in RL to go for a ride, but as soon as the weather warms up, I'll be back - the little goth girl on the Harley - riding around town smiling at small children with my vampire fangs. LOL

Credits:

Hair - Zero Style - * 0 Style *Maya*(Raven)_M
Skin - Ugly Duck - Bella - Redlips - cateye
Outfit - Sn@tch - Girl on a Scooter Single (Red)
Shoes - N-Core - 3" Ankle Multicolor (Group Gift)
Nails & Rings - Mandala - Takara Nail/Black
Necklace - *Dreams* - Heart Locked Buckle Collar
Tattoo - >>> moloko <<< - Stardust Tattoo

ps - I had to use Emerald's extra attachment points to wear both the pant cuffs and the boots at the same time.  We need more attachment points in SL!

Out on a Ledge

In the words of the famous Rodney King, "Can we all get along?"  He was speaking in the midst of the LA riots.  And, Reginald Denny, the severely beaten truck driver, said he held no grudge against his assailants.  The experiences of these two men should remind us that even in the midst of horror, it is still possible to move on from the past.

The anonymity of the internet seems to make it easier to attack others, but I would like to appeal to the rational side of those in the midst of conflict.  Nothing can be accomplished by name calling, rumor milling, and mud slinging.  We all have similar goals, hopes, and dreams.  We're more alike than different.   When our emotions are at their height, it is difficult to think rationally.  We say and do things that we regret later.  It's at that moment when you should take a step back, breathe deeply, and leave your computer screen.  Go out and do something nice for yourself, enjoy your RL friends and family, pet a puppy.  But most of all, resist the urge to lash out.

Scarlett O'Hara provided us all with a good tool for dealing with conflict when she said, "I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow."  And so should we all.  Responding to conflict with a clear mind in a rational way will always be more effective and productive than lashing out in the midst of an emotional reaction.  Make peace within yourself, then you will be free to make peace with others.

Good luck, take, care, and stay safe.

~Isa J

Credits:
Hair - CriCri - Bon09-B
Skin - [42] - skin embellished_02 pale (42L)
Collar - *Dreams* - Heart Locked buckle Collar
Shoes - A-BOMB - Dolly pumps
Tattoo - >>> moloko <<< - Stardust Tattoo Female
Top - DYN - Britnee Top - Black (R)
Jeans - DYN - Pattern Jeans - Sparkles (R)

Scene - Kabi's cafe&bar - skybox***city02*** (free)

LOTD 1/16/10

Skin - Ugly Duck - Bella - Redlips - cateye
Hair - Clawtooth - Velvet Moon - Softest Black
Jacket - Aoharu - BT RollupRidersJK_withShirt_Leopard/Black (50% off sale)
Shirt - Nightshade - Dark Star Heart Aflame (Gift for the Thrifty Goth Group)
Pants - Sn@tch - Road to Hell Cheetah Jeans
Boots - Anexx - LaceupBoots_Black  (50% off sale)

Tattoo - >>> moloko <<< Stardust Tattoo Female

Blogger Challenge - Then and Now

Here is my answer to yet another Blogger Challenge, this one from Sophia Harlow via Plurk.  She asked bloggers to post a picture of themselves in the past and now.

Here's me about 3 weeks into SL waiting for a concert to begin at Rhapsody Isle:

Hair - <TheAbyss> Hair - Aeon - Full Moon

Shirt - Ducknipple - Snabble Knit Top

Necklace - *AD* free love medaillon

Cat - *AD* black shoulder cat

Skin - *~{Frick} Retro Pinup: Peach Betty (I think)

And me now:

Hair - !lamb. Bang Bang Bob - Ink

Skin - L.Fauna {Lapine . Pale 1} [Eve-FR]

Dress - Jillybean's Black Sparkle Dress

Tattoo - >>> moloko <<< Stardust Tattoo Female

Piercings - [Miasma] Locked

Photo taken with FilterCam from Mechanized Life