Forget Tallying Bananas....

The "Chiquita" Costume from Total Betty

I swore that I wouldn't buy a Halloween costume--after all, so many people have made great free items for the holiday that it just seemed silly to spend money. And then I saw the Chiquita costume from Total Betty. Forget just wearing it for Halloween--this is something to wear over and over. Best of all, it comes with a little dance and plays the Banana Boat Song while I hula. Too cute!

Are You Pregnant? Part Six

Arguing with Chartreuse at the SL Hermit Guild Halloween Party
God I hate that skinny bitch!*

Don't You Look Away From Me!

Are You Listening To Anything I'm Saying?

It's On!

So Halloween is in a few days, which meant that this weekend has been filled with costumes and parties and general mayhem. I attended the SL Hermit Guild party in Selby at the invitation of my friend Kit, who looked lovely dressed as a wind-up ballerina. My costume? Pregnant Dot aka Britney Spears, in honor of all those people who have asked if I am pregnant. See what a pregnant AV looks like? I love the "Mommy to Be" t-shirt almost as much as I love cramming myself into those skinny jeans. Just be thankful I didn't wear a short skirt and no panties in order to give you the "Full Britney". Despite being fully clothed, I still won the best costume contest. I guess guys like pregnant lesbians or something. I usually don't argue with people like that but I polished off the bottle of vodka Kit gave me and well, I just got sooooo angry! How drunk was I? Well, I joined Tuber on the "sex hippo" (see below) which was the most satisfying ten seconds I've had with a man in years.

Photo by Kit Maitland

* No friendships were harmed in the taking of these photos

Box(es) of Hair

Calla Eupatorium Black Pumpkin Seed Tip

Calla Tuber Rose Pumpkin Shell Black Tip

Calla Sweet Violet Black Pumpkin Shell Tip

Calla Phlox Pumpkin Seed

Calla Meadowsweet Pumpkin Seed

Calla Marigold Pumpkin Seed

Calla Lichen Pumpkin Shell

Calla Eupatorium Black Pumpkin Shell Tip

Calla Cinquefoil Pumpkin Seed

Calla Candytuft Black Pumpkin Seed Tip

Calla Bluebell Pumpkin Seed Black Tip

Calla Begonia Pumpkin Shell Black Tip

(all photos taken in the photo booth at Imogen, click to enlarge them)

My default hair in SL has long been a freebie from Calla--when I was looking for a good short hair style I stumbled across their "Im So Preddy v2" style and immediately fell in love with it--I couldn't believe I had found something which suited me perfectly for free! So when I heard that Calla was giving out fall flavored hairstyles to their group members I headed over to Callatropia where I found what seemed to be thousands of people with hair on their minds. There were something like 24 different styles being given out, all in the pumpkin seed/pumpkin shell/black color family, with various permutations of each in the boxes. After collecting a few, I decided to take some pictures and share the results. What I saw confirmed my suspicions: round-faced girls like me should stick to short hair--I think the "Lichen" style is perfect for me. Thanks to everyone at Calla for the lovely hair! You can visit the Calla blog as well.

Oh, the sweater above is the "Annabel" model which is part of Kit Maitland's awesome Poe Collection available at CKS Designs. The collar is from Eat Rice.

"Box of Hair" is an excellent CD by the band Cub.

The Craze That's Sweeping The Nation

Watching A Hobo Soccer Match in Selby

Kit Gets Hung Up

So I was at home last night, doing my nails and eating ice cream, when Kit IMed to tell me a hobo soccer match was about to start. "Hobo soccer?" I said to myself, picturing disheveled men kicking around a tin can, and then hurried to put on something which would be suitable for such a sporting event. As it turns out, hobo soccer involves forklifts and a 55 gallon oil drum, the point of which is to drive the oil drum into your opponents goal. While the dynamics of the game are the equivalent of elephants dancing ballet, the crowd was fun and I got in my share of heckling which, after all, is the point of spectator sports since the fork lifts didn't actually crash and catch fire, which would have been pretty cool.

Aggravated note of the day: while trying to get dressed last night, I noticed that I had somehow deleted my favorite hoodie from Maitreya. Gah! Always look inside a folder you're deleting is the advice I give out and yet somehow forgot to follow this myself. You can see the hoodie in the pic with this post.

One Of These Things Is Not LIke The Others

Kets, Anessa, "Tinna", Dot, and Trixi Pose at Pin Ups

While at Pin Ups tonight, one of the regulars, whose name I will leave unwritten, came in dressed in drag. Apparently this was a fraternity pledge week requirement and "Tinna" was looking for dates. As I informed him, I might be a lesbian, but I'm not blind, so there was no date forthcoming. Several of us did agree to pose with him so he could show his fraternity buddies that he does have actual female friends. Now if we could just get him to do something about that dress.....

Are You Pregnant? Part Five

You Ask The Question and Dot Lane Has Five Answers For You....

(photo taken on the "argue" poseballs at the Bermuda Playground in Selby click to enlarge)

From an IM exchange:

[16:44] Anonymous: oh god. is Dot Lane pregnant?
[16:45] Anonymous: She's one for you tho. Look at her profile :)
[16:45] Friend of Dot: no, [she is] just round
[16:45] Friend of Dot: we are lovers, Anonymous
[16:45] Friend of Dot: have been for months
[16:46] Anonymous blinks
[16:46] Anonymous: errr...
[16:46] Anonymous: eeps.
[16:46] Anonymous: can i start over?
[16:46] Friend of Dot: yes... go ahead
[16:47] Anonymous: hello, who is that cute figure dancing next to you? somebody you know?

p.s. the hair was a gift from the Calla Apple Bob....pretty cool, eh?

3 Feet High and Rising

Waiting for the Elevator

Going Up With Mel

Getting Ready To Go Back Down

There is so much to see in Second Life that often times you don't realize what exactly is missing so when my friend Mel asked if I wanted to see an elevator she had made, I suddenly realized that I haven't actually seen one before in SL. Teleports are nice, but for verismilitude, especially in commercial architecture, one really needs a working elevator. If you want to see more, by all means visit elevate!