Last of a series of 3 posts about a pack of CheerNo Venus skins… about time too! The pack got handed to me during the KMADD Skin Fair, which has been over for a while now!
But I must admit, I’ve got a bit of a procrastinative nature, and… well I have nothing more to add to that
*blushes*

But let’s get down to business. This skin is the basic version if a line of 6 Asian Venus skins, most others have Asian inspired make-up styles (theatre play type, also something very Geisha, and others).

Somehow I can’t capture this skin in just a couple words, but I picture a guy from a good home, been to one of the better schools in some suburb of a metropolitan city, and thanks to daddies senior-partner position at some firm, he’s used to the better side of life.

But boys grow up. He’s now 24, but still looks 19 (a trait I noticed many Asian guys can have), and daddy stopped covering his charges so works to pay his rent, the karate membership (which explains the slim but muscular physique of the torso), also feed his obsession with shoes & boots and of course to pay the fuel for his car (and bike). So although he has a decent position at a branch office of daddies firm in a nearby suburb, he still decided to take on an extra weekend job (frankly because he considers his 9-to-5 job being extremely dull). And so, it happens, that from Friday night to Sunday morning he’s your waiter at your nearby Boystown Café!

And he sure is popular there! He’s a guy with a devilish charm… for those of you who aren’t familiar with that (I think originally Japanese) term: any guy he takes a fancy to, be it gay or straight, will instantly become infatuated by him. His hairless body sure does wonders for the cashflow at the club, and the owners often treat him with a bonus to prevent him accepting offers from other bars. Oh that might be a good way to capture this skin in just a few words > of devilish charm!
Yay \o/

For the other 2 skins, please use these links:
* Venus Zanza
* Venus Summer

Now, what can I get you: a glass, or do ya prefer the full bottle?

 

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You can get this Venus Asian [Base] skin, and many others, at Casa CheerNo.

 

Items worn:
Eyes: Poison Ivy from Poetic Colors
Hair: HLHS [Dark-RedBrunette] from :::Fan*Key:::
Earring: Vinyl LP Earring [Pink] from (turnstyle)
Necklace: Soul Necklace/MALE/Purple [C] from [MANDALA]
Gloves: Diamond Dust [Red] from Bare@Rose
Feather parts of gloves: (parts of the) Digital Lamb Gloves [Black] by Digit Darkes
Belt:  Carving leather belt [Purple] (came with the pants) from :SEY
Furry thing on leg: Concho + fur from :SEY
Hotpants: MicroDenimShorts [StrawberryRed] from VITAMEN

Location: Rouge (where else?)

Pose: Male Pelvis Grab from ~Ana-Nations~

You are a…

In this months 15 seconds of light entertainment, there’s nothing better than the most silly combinations of random words.

Just use the link above and click each of the 4 rapidly shifting words and be amused with the results.

Anaface

Ever wondered how pretty your face is in a… uhm… geometrical / mathematical / scientific / whatever way? Upload a picture, place the markers and get it analyzed… but be prepared to accept the result, whatever it may be.
(FYI: skin complexion is not taken into account)

Weebl’s Stuff > Toons

Sooooooo strange but funny you can’t stop watching these clips (that often are looped)! My Personal favorite so far is “Amazing Horse“… I can’t get it out of my head now.

The Brick Testament

The Bible… in Lego©?
YAY!

Eddie Izzard… in Lego©

For more fun with Lego©, check out some of the YouTube clips (made for fragments out of the shows) of stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard! I guarantee you’ll laugh your heart out!

Well Halloween is over once again and the Creatures of the Night are slowly returning to whatever shadowy places they linger in. But I still wanted to share with you all what I had chosen as Halloween outfit for this year

Since i missed out on Halloween 2008, and hold good memories of Halloween 2007, I was sure to try my best at enjoying this years event(s). But for days I had been pondering on what to actually wear. Raul helped me get started by suggesting I go as Red Riding Hood (partially because I think he knows how much a sucker I am for everything that’s red and / or purple). I liked that idea, but most outfits I encountered were female (and mostly “French Maid” style outfits… a style the grid is overdosed in if you ask me).

At some point during the search I received a product update from Wasabi Pills, they had a new hair out, and as a true fan of their more fantasy hairstyles I decided to check their store out while I was already hopping around the grid. Once there I noticed another recently added product that I had forgotten about : Werewolf hair! (I really deserve to be brutally tortured for not remembering that one) It was made to match a skin from Fallen Gods Inc., and at that point all pieces of the puzzle started falling in to place.

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What if I wouldn’t go as Red Riding Hood, but as Red Werewolf Riding Hood? Think about it: in her his youth, Riding Hood got bitten on his way to grandmother and has to spend every full moon of the rest of his life as a werewolf! A twist ideal for a more manly Halloween outfit if you ask me!

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So I TPd to Fallen Gods Inc., chose two skin types in the red colored version (these skin come in 4 color options which each have 12 styles) and decided to go all the way by purchasing the matching ears and claws by Rebel -X-. I had some new red pants from :SEY with furry bits which worked perfectly with this type of creature, went to buy the red version of the Kurotsubaki cloak (already owning the black version I figured the red version would work great) and finished the total look with a pair of boots from Lapointe and cuffs from Retox.

* Skin: Fur XY [RED Wrath] from Fallen Gods Inc.
* Hair: Werewolf Hair from Wasabi Pills
* Ears: Werewolf Ears from Rebel -X-
* Eyes: Liquid Amber from Poetic Colors (a freebie I helped naming!)
* Pants: Carving leather pants [Red] from :SEY
* Furry thing on leg: Concho + fur from :SEY
* Claws: Werewolf Claws from Rebel -X-
* Hooded Cloak: Little Red Riding Hood [Hood & Cloak] from Kurotsubaki
* Boots: Black Lace Up Boots from Lapointe
* Cuffs: Wrapped Cuffs in Red from Retox (hunt prize)
* Basket: Doku Ringo basket from Kurotsubaki (it’s part from the cape set and is included in both Red and Black versions, this basket is from the black version, called Witch Hood, because the one from the red version was simply too cute)

Location: Dark Night

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Pose Pic 1: Outrider-Male-Stand16 from Outrider Animations
Pose Pic 2: *Luth* Rockabilly 09 Mens from REEL
Pose Pic 3: [LA] FUNKY *Male* CouchSit #1 from LostAngel Poses

(and now, I’m gonna watch Hocus Pocus and Harry Potter 3! laters!)

Ok, last day. Finally posting this, I’m so lame to procrastinate everything!
If you want to read the 1st and 2nd day, just follow their links

For this day, I didn’t have much planned, because I had taken in mind the previous ones were already intensive enough. The only change in my original planning was the Musée d’Orsay in the afternoon instead of the Cité, because the previous day d’Orsay had proven to be overcrowded at the ticket line. 
So after breakfast, packing, checking out and dropping our luggage in the car, we took the metro towards our first of (only) three destinations of the day.

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For those who might not know it (though I hope most will): Père Lachaise cemetery is pretty much Western Europe’s most popular burial ground for the rich and famous of the past (and present to some level, there’s not much room left). It’s got Balzac, J.-L. David, Max Ernst, Ingres, Lalique, Modigliani, Molière, Jim Morrison, Édith Piaf, Oscar Wilde and many, many more.
Of course, those last 3 names are with ease the most popular of the place: Wilde’s monument has lipstick kisses all over it, Piaf’s simple tombstone always has flowers (expensive ones > roses and I also spotted some orchids) and Morrison’s stone is even fenced off!

If you want to visit it, please keep the following in mind:

• the cemetery is on sloping terrain and has plenty of different height levels + it’s almost completely paved with old-fashioned cobble stones, meaning they’re large, uneven and over the years have developed large gaps between them (sloping terrain + rain = soil erosion) > so ditch the heels / formal shoes and pack decent walking shoes!
• metro station “Père Lachaise” is located across a small side entrance, once there all you get is a large sign board with the names of the “important” graves and their position; only the cabin at the actual main entrance hands out small maps (but it’s not a very practical map one if you ask me, back home I Googled this map, it looks a million times better, so download and print either the PDF or JPEG file)
• go off the main roads, it’s so worth it for the views (however that day it had rained during the morning and sometimes the narrow paths and stairs were still slippery > good walking shoes will help here!)
• keep on going all the way to the back, the monuments at the far eastern end of the cemetery (close to where Piaf lies) are from various countries to remember their war heroes, and some are real works of art!
• it’s a big place, you’ll easily spend 2 or 3 hours there even if you’re focused on checking a selection of graves, but if you only want to check out Morrison’s stone it’s roughly 30 minutes (still a long time because his stone is at the other side of the cemetery if you take the side entrance across the metro station)

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Taking the metro back towards Montmartre was easy: Metro 2 is a direct line! We got off at the famous Blanche station, and first took a moment to gaze at the Moulin Rouge! Well beyond our budget, we only checked out the exterior, and not too long after that went to search the Café des Deux Moulins. It’s quite close to the Moulin Rouge, just keep walking uphill in the Rue Lepic and you’ll spot it soon enough.
Sadly, it’s popularity made it quite expensive for this neighbourhood, and the interior has been changed a bit (no ”Tabac” stand, more and different tables). We decided to do our wallets a favour and with a bit of sadness kept on looking for a more budget friendly place to have lunch. We found one, but we all left the place with still unsatisfied stomachs.

Since we were close to it, we went to check out the notorious Place Pigalle, and after a while gave in to our urges and dove into one of the many sex toy shops (urges created by almost being bullied into checking out strip clubs by promoters).

Time was making fools of us again and we had to rush towards the metro if we wanted to enjoy our visit to the Musée d’Orsay, which I really wanted to do because it was something I still hadn’t done on my previous trips. One of my friends wasn’t all too keen on coming along to another museum and decided to chill in the Tuileries Gardens before his 3 hour drive back home after the museum visit.

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All I’m going to say about the Musée d’Orsay is that it’s absolutely fabulous!!! It holds plenty of masterpieces it’ll leave you wondering what’s left to display at the Louvre, and it’s situated in an architectural gem.
We arrived at 4 PM, and for the next 2 hours it was one visual orgasm feast after an other.

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The Impressionists section on the top floor is divine! The small halls devoted to decorative pieces like glass work, curvy Art Nouveau furniture and alike are gorgeous. There are also many sculptures, Chat Noir cutouts, architectural concept art, stage design maquettes for the Opéra de Garnier (and this way we still got to see some sort of its interior without visiting it) and so much more, all scattered over smaller halls as you make your way up to the Impressionists section on the top floor.
Also the reception foyer and the old 1st class restaurant of this former railway station will take your breath away.

… As a teaser, I’ll give in and spill 3 of the permanent pieces of this museum, three you all know (or should have heard of at least) and might not forgive yourselves if you didn’t go see them:

• Coquelicots (“Poppies Blooming” by Monet)
• Le déjeuner sur l’herbe (“Luncheon on the Grass” by Manet) 
• Porte de l’Enfer (“The Gates of Hell” by Rodin).

We reluctantly had to rush trough and even skip some halls as at 5.30 PM they start closing the halls one by one… so if you plan to visit this museum, please make sure you’re there around 3 or 3:30 PM as you’ll need all the time from that point till the place closes (at 6 PM all halls actually were empty, gift shop stays open a bit longer though).

We hurried to meet our friend at the Place de La Concorde, where we quickly grabbed a hot pancake and soon enough, we had payed the parking fee and were struggling our way out of the City of Lights…

~fin~