More information on the concept behind these “personality outfit” posts
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Guys can work pink. Yes we can!
Or at least I think we can.
I don’t go pink on a daily basis, but when I do, I’m in for it all the way. It’s fun, it’s sweet and it’s a guarantee to attract attention. Not that I’m an attention seeker, but whenever I put this particular outfit on I feel happy, and make other people put a smile on their face, and if I can manage that in a day, I become ever more happy

Despite not wearing pink stuff often, I do seem to have pretty much of it in my inventory… but this particular outfit is dear to me cuz like I said already: it’s instant “feelgood” appearance, and is actually made with items scrambled together from various hunts, some gifts and a couple impulse purchases.

Now I do have to admit that for some people it remains a weird sight. Just the other night when I was out with Raul shopping in a sculpty shoe store that was doing a 50% sale, a girl IMed Raul to ask if I was a boy or a girl…
It does have some androgynous feel to it, I’m not gonna deny that, but at the end of the day it’s all about what this outfit does to me and the people around me, no matter what other people may think of it.

On a side note, I am aware that I resemble a certain SL®-artist of which I’m a big fan of, but trust me, that resemblance is coincidental… ok 95% coincidental, I’ll totally spill the beans that I explicitly searched pink socks to complete the look. And as a tribute, I took this picture in his gallery

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(picture taken at Arthole)

Hair: Betoki Hair [pink floss] – Curious Kitties (Hair Fair 2008 exclusive)
Shirt: Striped fishnet Top [soft pink] – FORSAKEN (Condom Hunt treasure)
Hotpants: Armidi Classic Brief [Persian Rose] – Intimizzio
Stockings: Pink Knee Sox [pink] - Cipher (freebie & comes in 5 colors!)
Boots: M’z Engineer boots [pink leather] – Studio M’z
Bangle: Lily Bangle [pink] – Creamshop
Bracelets: Jangle Bangle Bracelets [Valentine Red/Pink] – Ephemeral Creations (Kiss Hunt treasure)
Wings: Cyber Vein Wings [pink] – The Stringer Mausoleum (Condom Hunt treasure)
Broom: JASbroom 3000 [pink/yellow] – JAS (I have no idea how I got this one, it’s not for sale at the store, not sure it was part of a Hunt… Anyway I’m still very happy with it)

Ok, at my 100th post I decided to every now and then do a small post with 5 clips or links to stuff that I’ve recently find worth following up or sharing with others… or in some cases just too unusual to forget I ever came across it.
I’ve decided to do this monthly. Here’s what I found interesting in June 2009.

Alice and Kev (About being homeless in The Sims 3)
I don’t have The Sims 3, and never played an actual Sims game. But from what I’ve seen so far from TS3, I’m tempted… intensely. The only thing holding me back is that I already have very limited online time, and I think SL really offers a touch more creativity still, so I should really focus on that, and not get sidetracked.
Besides all that, I still find TS3 intriguing enough to follow a bit about it here and there. The best site I’ve stumbled across with is the site of Alice and Kev, a homeless guy and his daughter, and how their lives unfold.
Even if you’re not a fan of TS3, or any virtual world for that matter, I suggest to still check it out. There’s something so touching about both characters that it reads like a good novel… an occasional touching or totally “emotional rollercoaster moment” included!

Home

I will stop liking you if you do not reserve 93 minutes (of any given day that you wish) to watch this.
Seriously, watch it.

Color Scheme Designer
A really handy too to find out RGB colors codes, and discover which colors are complementary, work in a triade or any ofther type of color combinations.
Have a go with the different preview styles and play with the hues and scheme until you’ve tweaked your color scheme to perfection.

The 7 most horrifying parasites on the planet
If you think that you’ve seen bad parasites in your own back yard, think again.
The common parasites we all know and despise seem like friendly little glow worms compared to these 7. They go from bad to pure evil, and the one deserving enough to get 1st ranking, will make you think “aaww, poor cockroaches”…  well… maybe you will.
(please note that they’re spread out over 2 pages. I don’t get why they did it, but just press the “next” button under the “Elephantitis picture”)

Webcam window Fall
(NSFW)

The guy totally deserved it imho! Pay attention to your pets, otherwise you’re not worthy to have one!
*gives doggy a treat* Good boy!

Since I liked last years Hair Fair, I really was looking forward to the 2009 edition. The fundraiser event for Locks of Love once again spread out over 4 sims (tho now on a different location since Rezzable cut down on a couple of it’s sims), and for the first couple days was constantly packed 24/7.
I only managed to get into the sims on a very early Sunday morning, and decided to try my best to get it all done in one take.

I spent roughly 7,5 hours altogether to visit the entire fair (preparing food and pitstops not included), with all my preference settings set to minimum (even tho I know better, but I’m on WiFi, and with WiFi it’s better to “play safe”, right?).

Alas, not too many hair designers offered male hair, but most ones that did offer male hair had really interesting designs, which might explain why in the end I spent roughly 7000 L$ (ZOMG ).
That’s not too hard if you buy multiple color packs. Also most of the hair I was interested in were the “less mainstream” designs, more edgy or more fantasy then the average styles, which generally are a tad more costly (les excuses sont faites pour s’en servir ).

Still, the amount of hairs I liked, and purchased, can be counted on 2 hands. What really made my experience at the Hair Fair pleasant however were the builds.
The BUILDS!!! Man did I love those

The theme was “Candy Land“, and that it sure was!
Pies, cupcakes, lollipops, candy canes, licorice, cherries, strawberries, candy drops, pancakes, ice cream, gingerbread, whipped cream, gummy bears, jelly, overfilled oozing honeypots and quite a bit more sweet stuff was what made up all the builds!
If I can be brutally honest: I had more fun checking out those builds then I had checking out the hair.

Below is a selection of my favourite builds. I figured this post would become too long if I also entered the hairs I came home with, so I’ll place those in a next post.

Personal Top 10 of Hair Fair 2009 Builds

#1:  Hair Solutions

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A ”Pie to die for”
This one was the most deliciously looking in my opinion. I doubt I’m the only one, cuz there appears to already have been taken a slice or 2 of it.
If it were a RL pie, I’ld keep asking for extras till there wouldn’t be a crumb left of it.

#2: The Stringer Mausoleum

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It’s “Spoiled Gingerbread”!
Brilliant twist to the theme and well executed! The gingerbread has gone mouldy and mushrooms have started to sprout. The sugar shape man is sitting all alone on the top mushroom, poor him…

#3: Mirada

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The cutest executed “Gingerbread Castle”.
Cornered by soft-serve ice cream towers and a chocolate-vanilla muffin as a centre dome, this is a gingerbread house fit for a sugarplum fairy.

#4: Argrace

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Pretty much the most exquisitely designed ”Pie Palace”.
The roof is sprinkled with chocolate chips topped off with blueberries, mandarin orange slices, cherries and plenty of chocolate whipped cream.

#5: Here comes Trouble

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I’ld call this a “Getaway Cottage Pie”.
I know what a RL cottage pie looks like, don’t get me wrong, but if you’ld imagine this build with a door and some extra windows, it would be an ideal getaway cottage for any sugar treat fanatic (like myself).

#6: Tekeli-li

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The “Dark Chapel Pie”
A pie with a subtle Goth-like touch. I really liked those chapel-style “windows”.
If you’ld imagine this with an apsis and a small bell tower at the back it would be the perfect wedding chapel for any “Child of the Night” into sugar-sweet stuff.

#7: Dernier Cri

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“Bijoux Pie”
I know what you’re thinking, I focus on the pies a lot, true, but I’m not ashamed to admit I love pies
This one was sweet and cute, with soft colors and a smaller appearance then most other “pie builds”, it looked to me like the kind of pie you would buy for an intimate afternoon coffee with your sweetheart on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

#8: Exile

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“Licorice Treats!”
This one stood out a lot thanks to the ultimate bold color combination of red, black and white (and vibrant pink).

#9: (fashionably dead)

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A gingerbread clock tower.
Compact but still very well thought out and with a good proportional amount of decorations.
With it’s thin design this is the only build that could be described as a classic “home baked” type gingerbread house on the Fair grounds, most others could be classified as a “patisserie” type gingerbread houses. 

 #10: MAD Designs

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“Picnic for ants!”
A slice of pie may seem an ideal dessert, or even afternoon snack, for any picnic, but so often you encounter unwelcome guests who crash your party. I thought the ants were a nice touch.
Positioned right next to Hair Solutions, and sharing a very similar milk and chocolate appearance, these 2 looked (with some imaginative thinking) as if they once made up a whole pie.

More information on the concept behind these “personality outfit” posts
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A touch of fantasy and myth always seems to catch my interest. The base of this faun outfit may be a bit old for SL terms (it came out almost 2 years ago), but there’s nothing that comes as close as this to what I see as the Creature of Myth that lurks inside the depths of my soul.

It started with the complete avatar from Titania’s Court, but along the road I replaced a couple of it’s items to make it more suitable to my own preferences. On top of that, I’ve created a Summer and a Winter version for it, because I imagined fauns aren’t restricted to their native woods, and journey quite a bit, even to the harsher climates of the north. There’s not much difference between the Summer and Winter versions though, and I wear the Summer version more often anyway.

Occasionally I wear some other hair, mixing between shorter haircuts in Summer and longer in Winter, and I have a large collection of green eyes from Poetic Colors that I often play with, but besides that this outfit does the job of showing my affection for Fantasy and Mythology perfectly.

Summer:

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(picture taken at Drowsy)

Faun fur & digi legs: Faun (Male) [Autumn Red] Titania’s Court
Necklace: Leaf Necklace [Red] G Field
Horns: Deprivation Horns – [Dark Red] Material Squirrel
Silks: Min Silks [red] Haven Designs
Tattoo: Hathor Garden 2.0 Garden of Ku
Ears: Elven ears w/leaves Caverna Obscura [needed tweaking to get skintone right]
Skin: Ichiro [ocher] Den-Dou
Eyes: Ocean [Sea Weeds] Poetic Colors
Hair: POETA [coral] a.C. STD

Winter:

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(picture taken at Spellbound Woods)

(I’m only listing the different items here, because most items are already listed in the Summer version)

Cloak: Sultan Cloak [Red/Silver] Solange
Cloak jacket: Tight Cloak Red [vintage item form Clan Rose Designs, now closed]
Faun legs: Myth Boots Satyr – Winter [Black] Lazy Places
Silks: Union Silks [vintage item from Divisadero Creations, now closed]
Hair: Aerandir [Flame] Wasabi Pills