It’s the day before Christmas… I haven’t been a good blogger at all this year, and to be quite honest I can’t say if that will improve in the next… but just like the Ghost of Christmas Past, right now my thoughts dwell on what was, not on what is or shall be.

So for now, here’s little old me in several of MiaMai’s latest creations, wishing you all the best for 2012, and a very enjoyable Holiday Season!

BODY
SKIN: CheerNo ~ Dallas Blond [light hair]
HAIR: CheerNo ~ Dias [Blond 9.1]
MAKE-UP: MiaMai ~ InMutation Eyeshadow 03
MAKE-UP: MiaMai ~ InMutation Eyeshadow 01
MAKE-UP: YS&YS ~ Wet MakeUp Ici
LIPS: sYs ~ Fatal Make Up – lipstick [black]
EYES: Little Pricks ~ Spooky Eyes

OUTFIT
JACKET: MiaMai ~ Valur Jacket
PANTS: Paper Couture ~ Leather Scale Pants
BOOTS: Orange Creations ~ TOP Dirty Guy Boots
HAT: MiaMai ~ Gauri (part of a female dress used as hat)
BAG: Null ~ Gainsbourg Bag

OTHER
POSE: PDA ~ Maybe after he’s gone
LOCATION: The North Pole Sleigh Ride Adventure

Yikes, it’s almost halfway October, I almost forgot about Burning Man!
Not to mention I haven’t blogged at all for over 2 months!

(any) Life has been rather busy lately, but now that summer is no longer around (we had a pretty awesome transition from September to October over here) I better pick up where I left off.
So, back to Burning Man!

For those who are regulars to this event (and I’m bold enough to count myself amongst those) this event was undoubtedly the smallest edition yet. Last year I already commented on the downsized grounds. This year, with a mere 4 sims, 1 of which being the usual “welcome road”, I managed to visit the entire event in just 1 morning…
In all fairness:  it hasn’t lost its spark, but I feared it might have at first. Luckily the level of creativity is still being held high by some regular creative minds and the occasional interesting new name.

I’m not entirely sure how much longer it’ll be around, but it’s already been there for a week so I doubt it’ll be there much longer.
As usual, you’ll find a selection of my personal 5 favourite installations below.
As for now: catch ya soon, and grab a taxi to the Burning Man grounds!

POPSCAPE

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It’s back! Mikati Slade, who’s behind various creations from 8-bit land, presents us a dance floor that oozes with cuteness!

The Hot Stilt Bitches

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From a circus to an Oriental theatre! Complete with entry lane, banners and surrounding “cubic hills”.

Party AtmoSphere

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The only party I (briefly) attended during this year’s edition was inside this ginormous cage-like sphere. It’s effects may have been a twist on a set of classic SL®-club lasers and alike, but I still digged it! And the Eye was crazy!

The Sacrifice

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This was one of the teasers I saw about Burning Man, and it proved to be an exceptionally well-made piece in-world! Even offers 2 framed pictures of it to put up in your studio!

Burning Man Temple

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Ok, not an installation, but I digged the way they updated the Temple enough to post it here.

Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs!
Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs!
Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs! Spectrespecs!

SPECTRESPECS!!!

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Ok, down to the outfit now. Bout a month ago I stumbled on JuicyBomb, which was doing this Bubblegum Weekends challenge, where you have to parade your alternatively colored hairs! Having done a dark cyan last week I went for pink, as that is the most bubblegum-ish color imaginable.
Anyhoo, the pink hair aside, I wanted a look that was cute but sturdy… I know those two don’t exactly mix well, but I think I managed it.

Did I mention I LOVE the Spectrespecs? They’re totally awesomesauce!!!

SKIN: CheerNo ~ Dallas Ginger [Sunny]
BEARD: CheerNo ~ Beard [Ginger 08]
LIPGLOSS: A:S:S: ~ Glitter Star [bubblegum lipstick]
HAIR: Vocoder ~ Vanity Angel [Pink]
TATTOO: Arnadi ~ Hell Mex
SPECTRESPECS: Intrigue Co. ~ Looney Specs (for Fashionably Late)
WATCH: Kari ~ Industrial Watch (group gift)
T-SHIRT: RobBish ~ Metalpink V-neck
PANTS: Nomine ~ Painkiller pants
SHOES: MiaMai ~ DecO Cami Man [Pink]
WINGS: Terho (formerly Lazy Places) ~ Elda Wings (PCF special edition)
EAR STUDS: QC Designs ~ Dark Pink Diamond stud (old hunt prize – store closed) 

DONUT: Akeyo [Sugar]
RUG: LISP Bazaar (part of a full SUYS set from a few months ago)
POSTER: North West ~ Abruzzo poster (gacha prize at Albero Gacha Festival)
CROSS STITCH PANEL: Kari (group gift)

It would appear I’m going to have to cut my budget for SL® during August… cuz RL brought an unexpected bill that I’ll pay soon as I get my wages coming Thursday.

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So, I decided re-open the yard sale I held almost a year ago, with plenty of new items. I had planned to do one anyway but was more thinking of doing it during Fall, but it’s happening now.
Any money made is gonna be used as rent money to pay my plot at Ursa Major.

In all fairness: there’s quite a bit of gatcha items out. Most of those are generally small things, which might not rez for you right away, but give it a few more seconds and they’ll pop in to view. Below is a quick screenshot of the smallest items.

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Aside from those there’s some fun things, some discontinued items that are still great, and other stuff… mostly home or garden decorations, and I tried my best to rez it all so you can try it out!
I have some sneakers and clothing waiting, but as always I’m trying to do it with whatever prims I can score, so as soon as a couple of items are gone I can place out new ones.
And trust me, I’ve got quite a bit more that I’m ready to part with.

There’s also 1 gatcha machine filled with quite a bit of ice cream cones and popsicles that all came from a gatcha at Miel *I really wanted the rare one and kept going for it* which was a very temporary gatcha so you probably won’t easily find those around.

Anyhoo, here’s a taxi, feel free to go have a looksie and bring your friends over!