Weapon

This week's prompt for Single Frame Stories was "weapon".
Please go check the other entries, and consider entering some time! Next week's prompt is "reaction".

I wasn't sure what to expect from this week's photos, but I had an idea when I saw the prompt last weekend. After the terrible week that Boston has had, I wondered if I'd be better off dropping the idea, or changing it. In the end, the image in my head is what I went with. Enjoy!

"Weapon" by Matthew Good

Careful, be careful

Careful, be careful

This is where the world drops off

Where the world drops off

Careful, be careful

You breathe in and you breathe out

For it ain't so weird

How it makes you a weapon

Wearing:

Skin .. Birth - Reese (light)
Shape .. WaxworX - Winter
Hair .. Ispachi - Hunter
Glasses .. Kal Rau - Sports Sunglasses
Cyborg Arms .. Xeno - Augmented Arms
Jeans .. Redgrave - LQMesh Classic Cut

White Rabbit

April has been a tough month, so I haven't been able to blog much. Luckily, I had an idea for the "Watch" prompt for Single Frame Stories that worked well with The Challenge.

The Challenge is a a small group of Home & Garden creators, who all make new items based on a prompt word each month. I have L&K Prefab's California bungalow to show off.

Maci played Alice, while I played the White Rabbit, but I'll let you just enjoy my Single Frame Story!

"White Rabbit" by Egypt Central

You can't offer your poison to me

In your kingdom of filth

White Rabbit

Straight jacket

Your magic white rabbit

Has left it's writing on the wall

We follow like Alice

And just keep diving down the hole

We're falling and we're losing control

Your pulling us and dragging us down this dead end road

We follow like Alice

And just keep diving down the hole

The House:

L&K Prefabs - Blue Bungalow (100% mesh, 75 LI, footprint 12x15)

Billy

Suit > !Singed Moth - White Rabbit Costume

Freak Like Me - BOYB Challenge

Constellations Blog has a challenge called Bust Out Of Your Bubble. I asked Millie Gloom from Demented Dollie if she'd like to collaborate for the challenge.

We got together and had a great time putting together a rock show scene, and afterwards we kicked back for a little Q&A to get to know a little bit about each other, since the objective of the challenge was to meet new people and learn about how they blog.

I asked the questions first. For Milli'e questions to me, visit Demented Dollie.


1) What inspired you to start blogging?

My love of goth/ alternative fashion and seeing that it was often not well represented on the fashion feeds!
(you're representing well!)

2) What do you do to prepare for a new blog post?

I take hours to prepare for any blog post. But it usually starts with an idea/ concept, then I move onto select my outfit and finally choose a location/ build the scene.
(I switch the last two, I'm usually more interested in the scene than I am my clothing.)

3) What tips would you give to a new blogger?

Preparation is key! Make sure you are well prepared beforehand. Also, enjoy yourself! If you enjoy the blogging process it shows in your photos!
(If you're not having fun, it's really not worth doing!)

4) What are five brands in SL that you love?

Only 5? There really are soooooo many that I love! I am a total shopaholic!! I could probably pick 5 brands per item- hair/ skins/ eyes/ clothes/ shoes/ jewelry/ tattoos/ make-ups!
(Cheater!  Just kidding.)

5) Do you rent or own land, and if yes, what kind of home do you have?

I currently do not own or rent land, I have done previously, but right now I am simply squatting in my skybox on a friends' land!!
(I've always had somewhere to call "home", and it sounds like squatting in a skybox is the same as having a home. At least you're not living on the pier at hobo village.)

6) How often do you work with other people?

Not very! This was only the third time, that I can remember, that I have worked with someone else!

(Collaborating is fun, isn't it?)

"Freak Like Me" by Halestorm

We’re underground but we will not surrender,

We’re gonna give them something to remember, yeah,

So write your name in gasoline,

And set that shit on fire

If you’re a freak like me,

Wave your flag!

If you’re a freak like me,

Get off your ass!

It’s our time now,

To let it all hang out

Millie is wearing;

check her card at Demented Dollie

Billy is wearing:

Skin .. Birth - Reese (light)

Shape .. WaxworX - Winter

Hair .. Ispachi - Hunter

Pants .. FATEwear - Brad Pants

Boots .. Gos - Triumph Boot

Vest .. Lavarock - True Metallian Vest

Necklace .. Lavarock - Inverted Cross Necklace

Wristbands .. 22769 - Leather Bracelets

Props

Letters .. Riders Mesh Fonts

Drums .. Vandenbrande3design - Drum kit mesh

Billy's Pose & Guitar .. Purple Poses - Guitar Poses mesh

Stage Truss .. DATS - Sculpted Truss Kit

Speaker Array .. Leet's Sound & Light - Stage Speaker Array

Marshalls .. Studio-2k .. Marshall AMP 2k

Lights .. GCD Stage Spotlights

The Border

I don't consider myself a writer, but I love doing the weekly 100 Word Story challenge. This week's prompt is "Border".

The Border

Billy had tickets to see Velvet Crush, the rock band he’d waited to see for years. The car was loaded up for the drive to the club, a couple hours away near the border. The smartphone was running GPS for the trip, which Billy was following closely.

His excitement grew when the GPS spoke in a robotic voice, “Concert Club one mile away”, but his heart dropped when it continued, “200 yards beyond the border”. Billy drove up to the crossing and parked on the side of the road, fearful.

He’d heard too many stories about nausea and crashes at borders, and was afraid to cross.

Stay tuned to this blog for a Velvet Crush appearance!

"Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne

I've listened to preachers,

I've listened to fools

I've watched all the dropouts

Who make their own rules

One person conditioned to rule and control

The media sells it and you live the role

What you see:
Car .. Intense Creations - 1967 Fastback
Hair .. Argrace - Glide
Shirt .. FATEwear - Nathan Shirt

Vanilla

My favourite photo to take every week has become my Single Frame Story, which I think about all week and then work on Friday afternoon. Some weeks I know by Monday exactly what I want to do, or I suddenly change my plan halfway through framing it, like today. Either way, I usually spend a couple hours getting props and location set up, which keeps me out of trouble.
I won't explain this, have fun with your own interpretation! But the title is Her Dating Profile Said "No Vanilla"

"Vanilla Sex" by Rancid

So stay in your missionary position

I hope that you get bored to death

There's no way in hell I'm going through life havin' vanilla sex

The government is tryin' to get in your bedroom

Better lock your door and close your shades

Because there could be someone watching you today

What I'm Wearing

Hat & Hair .. Argrace - Baseball Cap/Back "Curly"
Skin .. Birth - Thor Light
Shape .. WaxworX - Winter
Shoes .. Gizza - Sport Shoes Mesh
Shirt .. FATEwear - Nathan Shirt
Jeans .. Ladies Who Lunch - Henninger Jeans
Ring .. Noodles - Gentleman Ring
Location .. It All Starts With A Smile

Into The Mystic

Way back in time, when this blog was nothing but a reserved name at Google, I asked a few close friends for a few song suggestions. It took me a few months to get into a habit to make my posts on a more regular basis, and over that time I've forgotten all but a couple of the original requests.
Tigist Sapphire requested "into The Mystic" by Van Morrison, and the idea I had for this photo hasn't changed since the day we talked about it.
Enjoy the music and photo!
Thanks to Maci Restless for helping me!

"Into The Mystic" by Van Morrison

We were born before the wind

Also younger than the sun

Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic

Hark, now hear the sailors cry

Smell the sea and feel the sky

Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic

And when that fog horn blows I will be coming home

And when the fog horn blows I want to hear it

I don't have to fear it

And I want to rock your gypsy soul

Just like way back in the days of old

And magnificently we will flow into the mystic

What Maci is wearing:

Tattoo .. AITUI TATTOO - Notes

Hair .. *Alice Project* Willow [Low] - Infinity

Boots .. .evolve.wellies.

Raincoat .. Baiastice -Edy Mesh Coat

Ring .. Noodles - The Gentleman Ring Hematite

Hands .. Slink Mesh Hands

Skin .. Izzie's - Asia Skin Ginger Edition pale freckles

Glasses .. Kumaki - Theia Glasses

Photo Frame .. L&K Prefabs - Organic Frame  *(Billy photo not included!)

Procrastination

Strawberry Singh has a new meme! She calls it the Procrastination Meme, and since i was not really wanting to work hard yesterday afternoon, I couldn't resist giving this week's meme another go.

What is the rez date for your current SL Avatar that you use most often?
May 25, 2007 (I'm almost six!)

Where was the first place you made friends as a newb and got to know people in Second Life?
There is a place that I think was called Platinum, where people went to sit for long periods of time hoping to win a few lindens. I'd spend some time there and chat. One person who became a good friend threw pants at me as an icebreaker. (Apparently I was not a well-dressed newb!)

Where do you spend most of your SL time now?
In one of three buildings, or on a platform, at the two parcels I rent or own.

Who is your closest friend in Second Life?
Maci Restless

What is the most favorite thing in your inventory?
My purple '65 Pontiac GTO convertible from a creator no longer in the game.

The last thing you purchased in Second Life?
A missile. Seriously.

What color clothing does your avatar wear most often?
Blue (as in jeans)

Do you prefer to walk, run or fly?
I usually run if I'm at a massive place, or I cam at a smaller build.

What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done in SL?
....

Who would you like to play YOU, in the movie of your SLife?
Robert Downey Jr, or David Spade

"Secrets" by The Cure

One look relives the memories

Remember me

The way I used to be

What I Am Wearing

Hat & Hair .. Argrace - Military Cap *Sexy Curly*
Skin .. Birth - Thor Light
Necklace .. Maxi Gossamer - Engraved Love Tags (short)
Pose .. HISpose - Model II_9