Scream for my Ice Cream

Scream for my Ice Cream

Zombie shirt! Yup. I went there. It's never the wrong time of the year for something zombie related.
Today I was on fb, and after updating the page [which you can find here] I decided why not look through the groups I'm in, and found a few cute outfits. I liked them, so I liked the posts, and while doing that I came across a contest called Besides. And they wanted to know what we do besides blogging. It was then that I realized, I've never told you guys that! So I now I'm posting this outfit for boy tds, or the tomboy tds, and I'm going to tell you guys all about what I'm doing when I'm not blogging! Aren't you excited?
85% of my freetime is spent watching anime, cause I'm just your regualr old, oddly thinking otaku. But when I'm not on crunchyroll, and I'm actually paying attention to my screen I'm doing something. Sometimes flying through my wardrobe trying to pick an outfit, or I'm working, or shopping for something for my sl home. Most of the time I'm standing around with my kid and talking on voice about the weirdest crap. Like what does human taste like, or if he kisses his girlfriend he's gonna end up pregnant. Sometimes I read him bedtime stories and share them with everyone on fb. I'm pretty family oriented even when I'm not exactly filtering my words as they flow through my mind. I've never adopted a kid or been adopted into a family where I wasn't in that family for at least 4 months. Some families I've never left. I have a mom still, she's been my mom for almost 3 years. I have a dad who's been my dad for almost one year, kids who have been with me for over 6 months. I don't have many friends but I have a family that sticks. Lately I've been playing a game called Bulletstorm. I kill stuff, it's fun xD. In fact after I finish this post Imma play it and try to get a little farther. I keep stopping when I die 3 times in the same spot then come back the next day and own that part. Booyah!
Hmm, actually I think I'mma go do that now. Outfit details below, have a great day!
>Iris Menna.<
                                                                    
Shirt: [Nerdalicious] Zombies Are People Too Mesh Shirt-Toddleedoo
Pants: .::Uni::. ZoZo's jeans
Undershirt: [[PunkToTs]] Panda outfit [Toddleedoo]
Shoes: <:*BoOgErS:> Adventure Kid TODDLEEDOO Outfit MP

God is a Girl

God is a Girl

So yesterday I did the Global Domination puzzle hunt, and OMG it was fucking hard. Well done RubyStarlight Writer, I applaud you and everyone else who worked on creating those puzzles. Yet another event excellently executed by the HCE.

Now I can't give answers but google is your freaking best friend xD. It took me about 7 hours to finish. Like legit. 7 hours from the time I tped out to start I tped back home with my prizes. And the prizes are really freaking nice. I wish all hunts had to give prizes as nice as this. This isn't like a normal hunt, you have to completely finish the puzzle before you can go get your prizes from the final point, not only cause you don't know where the final point is, but because it checks your passport to make sure you finished. Yeah, heh heh, for all you little skippers out there this isn't the kinda hunt you can do that on. Ha!
I'm not going to blog all of the gifts cause I don't like them all plus there's already a place where you can see most of the prizes. So I'm just blogging my favorites. This furniture set is one of the prizes, and it's pretty nice don't you think? It's from MudHoney, which always has nice stuff. I've gotten a desk set from her before, form zodiac. The outfit above comes from Auxilary, and comes in two versions; this one and one with the colors reversed. You can see it below. The hair is also one of them prizes, from Alice Project, she gave two hairs. The pose from the picture below is from one of the prizes from Exposure, she gave a pose pack with 3 female and 3 male poses and a group pose for family pictures.
These are one of my favorite outfits, as prizes, there's another one I like too but I have to go to a beach to use it or else it won't look right. The prizes covered so many different themes and cultures which was great, because it matched the theme of which ever country their store represented.
This is another prize that I like, the gems are color change, they can be black, red, turquoise or green. This is definitely one of my favorite prizes from the puzzle. Probably my very favorite prize this round. It's the gift from Maxi Gossamer, and it's very well detailed, which is why it's my one of my favorites. It's not often you come across jewelry in sl that's highly detailed like this, the realism is noticeable even from a distance.
Another one of my favorites from the prizes is this formal dress from Indyra, which comes in different types and colors. Blue and Pink, and regular and shimmer (which is what I'm wearing) and bright and not bright (which is what I'm wearing). It's a very beautiful mesh gown that I do enjoy wearing. The hais is the other gift given out by Alice Project, and it's my favorite of the two, there's a rose in the back of the hair and it's very formal looking.
And those are the gifts that I'm blogging for now from the hunt. If you want the rest of the gifts, take a look at the prize page on the HCE blog here: Global Domination Prizes.
>.Iris Ventris.<

Featured prizes:
(in order of appearance)
MudHoney: MudHoney Madagascar Entry (Global Domination)
Auxilary: [Aux]Long T-shirt & leggings
Alice Project: Alice Project Hair - Victoria
Exposeur: {.:exposeur:.} Modella e Modello - Exposeur - Modella 1
Maxi Gossamer: MG - Necklace - Jewelled Hand Of Fatima
Alice Project: Alice Project Hair - Tyr
Indyra Originals: Indyra Originals: Global Domination Prize <3

We Can Sail and Sail as One

We Can Sail and Sail as One

..You've been gone on your crystal ship..

Tomorrow is the big day! The Global Domination hunt starts... and it's Valentine's day. And for all those lonely hearts that are so sorry they don't have a valentine for Valentine's Day, I have a quote for you.
Madea says: "You don't have a valentine on Valentine's Day? Some people don't have mothers on Mother's Day, or a father on Father's Day, so shut up."
Being single isn't the worst thing in the world, and if your priority is having someone to give you something on a V-day, you need to rethink the purpose of being in a relationship. Did you know in Japan it's only women who give chocolates to men as a sign of adoration? And most of them handmake their chocolates. So when you're complaining cause you don't have a man to give you flowers girls over seas are working their asses off to make candy for a guy that they adore. But not always. They also give "obligation chocolates", or Giri-choko, to their male friends, bosses, coworkers and what not. Instead of it being a day for men to show their affection to women it's the women's day to show appreciation for men. Men give gifts (normally not chocolates) to the women that gave them gifts on White Day which is march 14th, one month after Valentine's Day. Of course not all of them make their own chocolate, it's mostly the high school girls, but don't you think that's something really romantic rather than giving store bought boxes of chocolate? Homemade always tastes better (unless bitch can't cook).

Little culture lesson for you. Anyways, this outfit is still using the boots and socks from the last outfit cause they just look so damn good together. The jacket is form Ducknipple, and the undershirt is from journey. It's actually a shirt for men but that doesn't matter. I've also done the shorts before, but like I say, you can always recycle stuff. You can make awesome outfits by mixing and matching. 
I always try to buy stuff that I can use sperately, cause blogging gets expensive always having to buy new stuff. No way just mix it up, I promise there's something cute in your inventory you just have to figure out how to put it together.
>.Iris Ventris.<
                                                
Hair: >TRUTH< Hollana w/Roots - cupcake
Jacket: DN Mesh: Buttoned Cropped Top w HUD
Shirt: Journey :: Men's Henleys V1 - Black
Shorts: -Fade Arcade- Mesh Shorts Light Blue
Socks: WWI Army Girl Black Garters Lights Boxed
Boots: :.Envious.: Carter Boots Black*

Gratifying Experience

Gratifying Experience

Being a blogger isn't usually a very gratifying thing. Sure we have our readers and we love them, but it's not very personal. And something that makes bloggers happy as nothing else? When someone compliments their work, and I'm not saying saying, oh you look pretty. But when a reader IMs a blogger or like sees them in world and goes, "Hey! I love your blog!" it's a freaking really satisfying feeling. Especially when the bloggers do try to talk to their readers through their posts, not really the ones where the people post a picture with just what they are wearing. I mean, I'm sure they love to be aknowledged too, but bloggers really feel connected when a reader talks to them. Even the ones that may look less than friendly would love to just hear, "OMG your blog's the shiz!" It shows us we're doing something right.
And I know this may seem like a random topic, but it's not. I've had 3 or 4 people in the last week tell me they liked my blog, or it's interesting. That has made me feel awesome, and it makes me want to blog more because I know people are reading it and I know they're enjoying it. Yeah there's the number of total views, but that doesn't give me feedback. It tells me statistics. But I don't care about if I get 1k views or 2, as long as I know my readers are gaining something from my posts. And if you don't feel comfortable talking to people or you're a socially awkward person, follow their blog. It shows them that you support their work and you like it. 
Today I was approached by a store owner, she told me she liked my blog, and that was awesome cause I like her store. She asked me if I would blog her outfits if I liked them, and I was like sure I'll get them up tonight. Cause I love helping people, and getting requests is also a very gratifying thing. For a store owner to acknowledge a blog is a big deal, even if you don't get free clothes just to have one be like That's awesome! You get this big old smile on your face and go, ":D:D:D:D Thanks!" And I actually do like one of the outfits she wanted me to blog. I mean I'm not crazy for them both, cause I've never been one for animal print but I'll do it cause you put a pair of jeans with that and you've got actually got something trendy looking.

These are two new outfits from Zoobatos. Which I think is spanish or something, I'm really not sure, but her stuff is cute so I shop there sometimes.  And while I'm not a huge fan of the one to the left, I do like the one on the right. But then again I love everything that's kinda tombyish. Not to mention that it's got candy on the pants (too cute). I saw her notice in the TD group and it didn't really hit me until I read the shirt when she said put the candy in the bag and no one gets hurt. I thought she was just commenting on the outfit, but that is indeed the quote from the shirt. xD The Cheetah print dress (left) comes with an umbrella which went well with the outfit when Imo hadn't yet taken off the jeans, but alas it wasn't part of the outfit so she had to remove them. But it was cute. And the Candy outfit (right) looks cute and sporty when you take off the cardigan. It's girly and feminine but the pants have a workouty type feel to them cause of the stripe going down the side. It'll also be a great valentine's day outfit for tomboys!
>.Iris Menna.<
Outfit (Left): Zoobatos - Pink Cheetah Dress Jacket outfit
Outfit (Right): Zoobatos - Candy Fun Outfit
Hair (Left): -LaViere- Miki Blonde
Hair (Right): .Ploom. Bria


バレンタイン means Valentine

バレンタイン means Valentine

Valentine's Day is coming up soon; and every girl's hoping for that romantic date from their beloved. Or in the case that you don't have a beloved, hoping that someone will ask you out or do something sweet or romantic. Either way you gotta have red, pink, white and or/black. Cause those are the unofficial official colors of V-Day. For That day I want to try to surprise my baby with something special. Dinner, a movie and lots of snuggling and affection. Which may not seem like a big deal to you but I'm not a very physical person. I'm not big on kissing or any of that kinda stuff; which he likes, so it'll be a big deal. Not that you care.
Well, Global Domination starts in 4 days and there's 4 days left before the price goes from 300$L to 400$L for the hud. So excited. And there's a HUGE sale going on at Elikatira right now until the 23rd where everything is 75% off, so all of her hairs (minus the fatpacks) are only 75$L. If you haven't been there yet here's your taxi.
This outfit is made of parts from different stores but they all come together pretty nicely in a semi-formal kind of way. The top is made up of two different pieces, a bralett and nigh wasted panties. I love this skirt, it's soooo cute! And my favorite part about the tutu, is it's got fluff under it, so it's not just a big empty hole underneath the bottom of the skirt. It's got actual layers. The shoes aren't mesh, but they are cute and they match the ensemble perfectly. The hair is a newer release from  [e]. I got it from the sale and I thought it added a nicely formal look to the outfit, but this outfit doesn't only work with formal hair, if you want it to look more casual, put your hair down or even wear a ponytail. This outfit works in more ways than one.
>.Iris Ventris.<
Hair: [e] Only - Rich Browns
Choker: < Yabusaka >  Alphabet Changer Belt Choker (5 Letters) Box
Red top: ISON - silk bralette (red)
Black top: Gawk! Black Ultra High Waist Panties
Skirt: **DECO - MESH Tutu (cherry)**
Heels: "Ruffled Heart" Leg Warmer Mary Janes 3 versions (RED)

Soft and Quiet

Soft and Quiet

I'm sure you've noticed by now the new layout for the blog. And if you've never read my blog before well... it's a new layout. I've been so ready to blog this month it's ridiculous. I just can't afford to blog as much as I want. Dang you freetime, you're bad for my budget!
This was the gift from Turducken, it came out in december or last month but I never blogged it cause I was too lazy. Sorry D: the group costs 350$L to join, and gives out the occasional group gift, which I wish was a little more frequent but it's not and even though that's saddening I love the store so I won't hold it against Alka.
>.Iris Menna.<
Hair: -LaViere- Miki Blondes
Dress: Turducken ToddleeDoo - Marzia Dress - Foam GG (box)

After visiting many sims, the savior was found!

After visiting many sims, the savior was found!


Finding props with the poses you have in mind are freaking hard! But after about 2 or 3 hours of searching marketplace and going through stores I found this prop, which wasn't exactly the prop I wanted but the poses worked better than anything else I had found. Once again I am reusing these boots because they are currently my favorite pair of shoes.
I visited a few places today. Okay I went to a lot of places. I went to The Sugar garden, Collabor88, Exposure, Zodiac, back to Collabor88, Marketplace, Pulse Skins, Exile, Collabor88, and on and on and on.  I did a lot of window shopping because when I put these boots on with these garter-ed socks, I knew exactly what I wanted to blog today. Finding it all was not easy. I'd forgotten the name of the dress I wanted and I didn't know what kind of hair I wanted to pair with it, and I was tired of my skin and I didn't want to use a regular pose, and it just took a lot to pull the look for these pics together properly. 
Thankfully, the huds for the Global Domination hunt came out today, and if they hadn't I probably would have taken even longer to find the dress, and this post would have never happened. So, I thank you staff of HCE for releasing your huds today so that I could look at the list of who gave out what gifts at the kiosks for the huds. How did this help me, you're wondering? Well my dears, under the gifts I happened to see the exact dress I was looking for. So I typed in the name of the shop and low and behold; there it was on marketplace! Just waiting for me to pick a vest color and buy it. Which I did. Snicker Snicker.
Like I said, they released the huds for Global Domination which is only 300$L if you buy it before the 14th, if you buy it on the 14th or after it'll cost 400$L. And I know what you're thinking. 400$L for a fucking hud for a hunt? You're just paying for everything. Not quite. This hunt as three grand prizes for the first 3 to finish. So it's kinda like a contest, a battle of wits, a riddle to puzzle your thinker. In other words, it's gonna be a challenge, and if you're willing to pay the price you may just be handsomely rewarded for your brilliance.
The dress comes from Cracked Mirror and comes in different colors. I chose the pink because when it's winter pink is like my favorite color. I'm not sure why during the winter I love it but when it comes summer time I'm ready for that color to die. The pillows are from Glitterati, and yeah I know I could have looked there as one of the first shops, but I don't typically like their stuff and to be honest I'd completely forgotten about that store's existence >.>. Oops.
The hair is by truth, it's at Collabor88 right now. And I kept looking around cause I wasn't sure if I wanted this kind of hair, I really thought I wanted something down and long and curly, but I thought this side ponytail worked better. I really like it outfit, I think it came together really well. Reusing things you find in your inventory helps you save money, and even helps you look more creative. When you mix and match you're less likely to come across someone wearing the same thing as you.
>.Iris Ventris.<
Hair: >TRUTH< Hollana -  browns
Skin: .::Mother Goose's::.Loa(B)
Dress: (CM) Woolsworth Dress MESH (argyle/magenta)
Socks: WWI Army Girl Black Garters Lights Boxed
Boots: :.Envious.: Carter Boots Black*
Prop: GLITTERATI - Pillow pile

Shan't We Dance?

Shan't We Dance?

I haven't really blogged any stuff just for toddleedoo boys. Well not exactly just for boys, cause anyting a boy can wear so can a girl, but I mean directed more towards the boys of the family world. So I stole my bf's child alt and decided I shall publicize his wardrobe for all of the TD boys of SL! You're very welcome ^_^.
So the first thing I have is a shirt he got for Christmas. It's a sweater, and it's got a squif on the back, it's cute, and I would say definitely stayled just for boys. I couldn't see myself wearing this, even as a tomboy.

The jeans are a freebie gift thing from Zozo. She sent out a test sample of a new thing she wants to try on her jeans and it's so nifty! I loved it and loved how it was just jeans. I works great for when you love a shirt from one place and hate the bottom or for those things that are just shirts. It comes with leg prims and it automatically attatches to you when you touch the prims after rezzing it out. I can really see that becoming really popular, really fast. I hope it does, cause it's awesome.

The shoes are from the Boogers adventure kid outfit. They work with lots of outfits because they are so plain. You'll see a few more ways to make these jeans and shoes work with other outfits to come.
>.Iris Menna.<
Hair: *Dura-Boys&Girls*36 Light 7 color Fat
Skin: ![Lee] JaeHo Lee skin 001
Shirt: ZoobatosSquid (tran/nocopy)
Pants: Jeans test ( rp ) from ZoZo's
Shoes: <:*BoOgErS:> Adventure Kid TODDLEEDOO Outfit MP

Soooo tired!

Soooo tired!


I've been checking out photogenic spots listed under the photogenic spots on the destination guide; because I have nothing better to do. And there's a few places there that's actually really great to take pictures at. I took a few pictures and put them on my flickr yesterday. I took them using just regular windlight settings, and if you notice yeah, I had my huds showing >.> sorry about that xD.
This outfit is so cute, it's just something I put together as I just looked through marketplace trying to find inspiration. Then I found this! And I was surprised that it went together so well. Everything is completely rigged mesh, and you know what I love about rigged mesh? It's usually so low script. You can be dressed, look awesome as fuck and have a script count of like 5.
The top does have scripts in it, it's texture change, but it's nothing massive, even with that and my AO on I'm only running 7 scripts. It hails from Razorblade jacket. The skirt comes from corvus, which is a really nice, fairly cheap store. They have cute stuff for like 50$L, and yes, it's mesh. The boots are from Envious, and comes in white for those who has the purity dominating their wardrobe. We all know you're not suppose to wear white after labor day though lol.
This picture was taken at The Looking Glass, a joint creation of Marcus Inkpen and Sharni Azalee. It's a ful ism with beautiful decorations and unique styling. I would recommend checking it out.
>.Iris Ventris.<
                                                             
Hair: Magika [01] Early
Shirt: =Razorblade Jacket= Ballistic Nylon 1/2 Coat /// SOLIDS w/ HUD
Skirt: Corvus : Cross Skirt
Boots: :.Envious.: Carter Boots Black*

Flawed Logic.

Flawed Logic.

I've been really bored lately. All I do is cook, clean and stand around in world. So I did a bit of exploring. And I decided to take a look into the world of Gor. And shit is looooong. Like just to find out about it they wanted me to read like 99 notecards that summarized all the books. I was like what the hell? But anyways. So I decided to be lazy and talk to people, and a few of them were kinda useless. Okay all of them were useless. 

You're probably thinking, Ew. gor. Yeah yeah, Gor is full of pervs. But I had a mom who was into gor. And she liked the combat side to it. Apparently Gor is based on this long ass book series about this male dominated planet. And there's slaves, and free people, and it's like medieval rp except even more sexist. Honestly, I was way too lazy to have to read all of that crap just for a simple rp. It was by far too complicated for me to get into. Not really the kind of thing you can decide to do on a whim. 
But that's beside the point. I got this outfit. and it's got the combat thing going on kinda. A high waisted skirt, arm warmers, pants, boots and a shirt, this outfit was only 100$l. It also comes with a hat and shoulder spikes, but those aren't really my thing so I vetoed them. 
But the outfit is really cute, and works really well for foresty, type pictures.
>Iris Ventris.<                                  
                                                                                                
Hair: Magika [01] Early
Outfit: ! Cellar Door Espen

Another HCE event this month

Another HCE event this month

Yesterday, I found about about another event being held this month by the Hottie Cooterati. It's called global domination and it's a hunt. I'm so excited because lately I've had waaaaay too much time on my hands and not enough money to shop with. It starts on the 7th and you do have to buy a hud to be able to do it, but there will be some awesome prizes at the end because their events never have crappy stuff in them. It's always really good quality. Read more about it at the HCE website. That link will take you directly to the page. Take a look and read about it, there's 3 special prizes for I'm guessing the first 3 to finish it.
Now here's another outfit, that's not too terribly expensive. The top is part of a full outfit on promo on marketplace right now for only 45$L It comes with shoes, and a skirt, along with garter-ed stockings, and even pasties, though the shirt doesn't expose your nipples. The shorts are mesh, are reasonably priced for mesh shorts.
>.Iris Ventris.<
                                                
Hair: >TRUTH< Hilary -  light browns
Shirt: EVALE Look 03 - Complete Outfit
Shorts: -Fade Arcade- Mesh Shorts Light Blue