Come in with the Rain

That moment you realize you are absolutely exhausted, yet you’re still desperately in love…

I could go back to every laugh
But I don’t wanna go there anymore
And I know all the steps up to your door
But I don’t wanna go there anymore

Talk to the wind, talk to the sky
Talk to the man with the reasons why
And let me know what you find

I’ll leave my window open
‘Cause I’m too tired at night to call your name
Just know I’m right here hoping
That you’ll come in with the rain

Featuring Luna Chelsea “Cherai Eleanor” @Designer Showcase
Shoes: Mesh Agency “MARTIN” Shine boots
Hair: Moon Salon Hair // – Dreamer w/Sad Bxtch Bangs [Unrigged] Left
Jewelry: KUNGLERS “Lais” rings & Real Evil Industries “Passion” Necklace & Yummy “Dreamy” Earrings Thin Gem Moon Hoop & RAWR! Loved Bracelets
Makeup:  CAZIMI Flawless Contour (EvoX) & LeLUTKA.EvoX.Eyeliner.031
Pose: <K & S> “Girl and Umbrella” 6
Location: Empire Omerta
Lyrics: Taylor Swift “Come in with the Rain”

Happy Anniversary Designer Showcase!

To start off 2024 with a bang, Designer Showcase is celebrating its 13th Anniversary! I.M. Collection’s “Gianna” is such a cozy ensemble and it comes with a matching hat and boots! Available in 6 colors, “Gianna” lets you put your best fashion foot forward as you start off the year. Let’s start making some memories!

Featuring I.M. Collection “Gianna” @Designer Showcase
Hair: Moon “Feather”
Nails:  Nylon Outfitters Art Nails – Almond – Glitter Gradient
Jewelry: Yummy Hoop Set Tiny Round; House of Dahlia “Petite Joie” Locket Necklace; and KUNGLERS “Celia” ring
Makeup: LUCCI. Winter Blush
Accessories: Izzie’s Cozy Tights and $RICH FATALE “Dion” Bag
Pose: versuta. olly // 3
Ethereal City – Winter – Always Amazing

Me and Karma Vibe Like THAT…

I’ve been in SL for a little over 14 years. Damn. When I first started I was in my early 20’s and now I’m in my 30’s. Crazy. The lure of SL is still so appealing to me but for very different reasons now that I’m older. In the beginning, I toyed with modeling. I moved on to blogging, but my blogging was sporadic. It depended on my mood and what music I was listening to at the time, which was a LOT of Taylor Swift. Sorry, not sorry dear reader. My goal this year is to blog more often, return to the diary style (with music, duh), and find new designers and pose creators. After all, it’s why I’m still here.

Ask me what I learned from all those years
Ask me what I earned from all those tears
Ask me why so many fade, but I’m still here
(I’m still, I’m still here)

‘Cause karma is the thunder
Rattling your ground
Karma’s on your scent like a bounty hunter
Karma’s gonna track you down
Step by step from town to town
Sweet like justice, karma is a queen
Karma takes all my friends to the summit
Karma is the guy on the screen
Coming straight home to me

‘Cause karma is my boyfriend (karma is my boyfriend)
Karma is a god
Karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend (weekend)
Karma’s a relaxing thought
Aren’t you envious that for you it’s not?
Sweet like honey, karma is a cat
Purring in my lap ’cause it loves me
Flexing like a goddamn acrobat
Me and karma vibe like that

Karma is my boyfriend
Karma is a god

Karma’s a relaxing thought

Dress: I.M.Collection “Cocktail Hour” (Maitreya)
Coat: Baiastice “Veronique”
Shoes: Ohemo – Daisy block heel boots
Hair:  [monso] Natalia Hair
Nails:  Nylon Outfitters Art Nails – Almond – Glitter Gradient
Jewelry:  Yummy Hoop Set – Small Thin Round & Vibing “Lexi Rings” & Dark Mouse “Big Chain Bracelet” (Left) & MINIMAL – Constellation Necklace Sagittarius Gold
Accessories: ChicChica “Last Bottle Is Over Champagne > Glass of Champagne &  Yummy 2024 HAPPY NEW YEAR Shades – Gold
Pose:  Ana Poses “Bordeaux” 10
Location: Backdrop City TROPIX “Private Access Backdrop” by Igor Almeida Blackbart
Post inspired by “Karma” by Taylor Swift

You’re talking shit for the hell of it (TBC)

Addicted to betrayal, but you’re relevant
You’re terrified to look down
‘Cause if you dare, you’ll see the glare
Of everyone you burned just to get there
It’s coming back around

Dress: Sascha’s Designs “Nura Black Dress”
Shoes: GOS Boutique “Charlene” Patent Pumps
Hair: RAMA.SALON “Verity”
Jewelry: Yummy “The Romantic Ring Collection”; Heartsdale JewelleryThe Ice Queen Gold Bracelet; and Shanghai – “Chave” Earrings
Accessories: ChicChica “Fizz Cocktail” (13)
Makeup:  Top1Salon HD “Holiday” Eyeshadow (Lelutka X/Evo) NUDE
Pose: OMY “Everly” 1 + Eye Anim
Location: Fire Ridge
Post inspired by “Karma” by Taylor Swift

Can’t not think of all the cost

And the things that will be lost
Oh, can we just get a pause?
To be certain we’ll be tall again
Whether weather be the frost
Or the violence of the dog days
I’m on waves, out being tossed
Is there a line that I could just go cross?

And when I was shipwrecked (can’t think of all the cost)
I thought of you (all the things that will be lost now)
In the cracks of light (can we just get a pause?)
I dreamed of you (to be certain we’ll be tall again)
(If you think of all the costs)
It was real enough (whether weather be the frost)
To get me through (or the violence of the dog days)
(Out on waves being tossed)
But I swear (is there a line that we could just go cross?)
You were there

Taco is wearing:
Top: MACA. “Duran Hoodie” (Gray)
Bottom: Deadwool “Kojima jeans” (regal)
Shoes: COLD-ASH Men’s “Valkrie Sneakers”
Hair: Modulus “Felipe Hair”
Pose: Ana Poses “Wellington 3”

Laylah is wearing:
Dress: Versois et Mailloux St. Dominique Dress PLAID (Lara)
Bottoms: C’est la vie! Suri Tights (#3) – (Maitreya Appliers)
Shoes: MA “MARTIN” Shine boots
Hair: Ayashi “Yuki” Exclusive
Jewelry: Yummy Dreamy Earrings “Minimalist Moon” and Meva “Jolly Necklace” 3 Gold xmas RARE @The Arcade 
Location: Luanes World – Le Monde Perdu


Now that we don’t talk

You went to a party
I heard from everybody
You part the crowd like the Red Sea
Don’t even get me started
Did you get anxious though
On the way home?
I guess I’ll never, ever know
Now that we don’t talk

You grew your hair long
You got new icons
And from the outside, it looks like you’re trying lives on
I miss the old ways
You didn’t have to change
But I guess I don’t have a say
Now that we don’t talk

I call my mom, she said that it was for the best
Remind myself the more I gave, you’d want me less
I cannot be your friend
So I pay the price of what I lost
And what it cost
Now that we don’t talk

What do you tell your friends, we
Shared dinners, long weekends with
Truth is I can’t pretend it’s
Platonic, it’s just ended

So I call my mom, she said to get it off my chest
Remind myself the way you faded ’til I left
I cannot be your friend
So I pay the price of what I lost
And what it cost
Now that we don’t talk

I don’t have to pretend I like acid rock
Or that I’d like to be on a mega yacht
With important men who think important thoughts
Guess maybe I am better off
Now that we don’t talk
And the only way back to my dignity
Was to turn into a shrouded mystery
Just like I had been when you were chasing me
Guess this is how it was to be
Now that we don’t talk

Top: True Damage-COCO Sweater (Cat) former Uber item
Bottom: LB – Piri Skirt (Black) Maitreya @Designer Showcase
Shoes: Lindy Myfi Maitreya (Leopard) @Designer Showcase
Hair: [monso] Ruya
Jewelry: Vibing Akira rings (onyx) &  Yummy Hoop Set Thick Flat Medium
Nails: Nylon Outfitters Art Nails – Chipped Polish – Almond Shape
Makeup: Dernier “Face” Contour (Lelutka Evo X BoM) – 60%
Accessories:  ChicChica Bourbon with cig
Pose: Secret Poses – Caotica 2
Location: Red Mood
Lyrics by Taylor Swift “Now that we don’t talk”

Calamity

Happy Halloween! Or not.

Outfit: Sascha’s Designs – Calamity Black Snake Gown
Hair: MINA Hair Eefje
Jewelry:  Yummy Demon Queen Ring Collection; Heartsdale Jewellery Girls Best Friend Earrings & Necklace (Gold) and The Ice Queen Collection Bracelets (Gold)
Pose: OMY Gwen 4
Location: Pendle Hill

Scarlett Witch

“You break the rules and you become the hero. I do it and I become the enemy. That doesn’t seem fair.”

Featuring Pink&Love “Scarlett” and Le Mew “Mae” Lipstick Halloween EvoX@Designer Showcase
Hair:  [monso] “Lofa”
Jewelry:  Yummy Enchantress
Accessories: Nylon Outfitters Art Nails Chipped Polish Almond Shape and [Mow] Karin Panty
Makeup: CAZIMI “Bewitched Eyeshadow” (Metallics 4)
Pose: Ana Poses “Porto 4”
Location: Sacred Hills

Think about the place where you first met me…

Featuring Sascha’s Designs “Elleisse Blue Outfit” @Designer Showcase
Shoes: Sascha’s Designs “Yoppy” (Gold)
Hair: TRUTH VIP “Bliss” (group gift)
Jewelry: Yummy “Layered Drop Necklace” (Gold) & Yummy “Dreamy Earring Set”
Makeup: Dernier “Face” Contour (Lelutka Evo X BoM) & TREND “Slayer Eyeliners”
Accessories: Revienne: “The Aina Handbag” (Gold)
Pose: Ana Poses “Winchester F4” (former Arcade item)
Location: One Park Tower Hotel & Restaurant

Magick

Need a little magick in your life? According to Ye Olde Shoppe of Magick, they are created by REAL LIFE witches, so that means it’s not a roleplay place, but a real shop of magick in SL. They sell authentically charmed items, novelty items, and witch tools. In addition, they offer RL legitimate rune, tarot, divination reading, and also manifestation coaching. Their walk-in reading schedule is tomorrow from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. You can also contact Jennifer Steele Wilder for an appointment. Click here to stop by their booth at Rock Your Rack 2023!

The table has animations from studying, which I’m in the middle of, to preparing, so if you’re ready to invest in your future, check it out! Featuring Charmed by RL Witches – Ye Olde Shoppe Of Magick Alter Table @Rock Your Rack
Outfit: Violent Seduction – Astral – Black (Maitreya)
Shoes: [Dazzling] Mimi platforms – noir
Hair: Magika Marigold
Jewelry: Yummy Enchantress Earrings/Necklace and Yummy Y2K Galaxy Ring Set
Accessories: 1. Meva Halloween Hat Black RARE (September Arcade Item)
Avatar: LeLUTKA.Avalon 3.1 and Maitreya Lara
Skin: [the Skinnery] Jeanne (LeLutkaEVOX)
Backdrop: FOXCITY. Photo Booth – Crescent Room