OMG. I've been sooooo busy since yesterday. Right after I finished the new ad template, I set to work on actually making the ads. I am totally excited because - I finished the ads for the mega-release on Wednesday! :D And, I think I want to share a few preview ads with you guys. ^^

Sorry, I branded both images with a giant "Preview" word across them, because I don't really want people to skim through and get confused that I'm releasing them, when I'm really not ready yet. XD

I am very happy with how this AO turned out. As I've said before, my goal with this was to create something natural, and I created this, based on how I stand IRL. I had actually gotten up out of my desk chair several times while making these, and copied how I stood. O.o; They might be boring to some people, but its really not dramatic at all. ^^ I hope this will help a few newbies out, in the long run.


The long awaited sword poses! I know several people have been waiting for these, and I apologize to them. TT_TT This was actually the last ad I completed, because I had no clue what to wear for the pictures! I wanted to wear a hakama, or some kind of kimono, but because they all had system skirts, that wasn't an option for me (I hate all system skirts!). So, I settled on this funky harem outfit thing I bought at an Analise sale a while ago. It looks more like a warrior outfit to me, than a harem thing. XD

Also, I have to say: I am extremely happy with my new template. I love the updated look, the background, the letters, the colored permissions, the gray scale look... its really the look I've been going for :D When I created the last template, my theme was to be "Silly", but as IE grew, I wanted a more, serious, elegant feel to it. This template, I think, says a lot to me. ^^

I felt utterly drained from making templates, ads, and finishing pose sets all night/morning - I kinda needed to do a little bit of exploring. I actually became fond of this outfit while taking sword pictures with it, so I wanted to go take pictures in the environment in was meant for. Which, I believe would be a Gor sim. However, I really didn't want to go into a random RP sim, and end up being collared against my will.

With the help of Cen, I was able to find a great no-RP Gor sim to tour around in, and snap a few pictures. And, I also learned a bit about Gor, as I hounded her with silly questions. XD


I was happy to have found this place - it was fun to tour around, and look at the Gor lifestyle, without having to worry about becoming someone's slave... or something. They have a few beautiful things, like bridges... but my favorite was this area here. Its pretty, with whirlpools and really nice looking waves. :D


Shipwrecks seem to be common in this Gor sim. It seems everywhere I turned, there was a shipwreck. XD I think it adds to the photo opportunities as well. :D Curious in checking out some Gor-themed scenery without the RP? Check it out here: Thassa (249, 128, 23).

BTW - Since when did Deviant Kitties retexture their hairs? I loooooved their black color, now it seems really light. I had to darken the one I wore to the Gor sim and in the katana ad by A LOT to get it to look black. I'm really depressed about this, because they used to have my favorite black hair texture.

I need some non-ad making relaxation, and I just bought Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly, so I'm off for some terrifying PS2 playing! T_T

Ok, so I stayed up most of the night last night, obsessed with finishing the ad template. I actually think I'm quite proud of it. :D

I wanted something similar, but updated. I think the font on this one really makes it look much better to me. I also wanted to color code the permissions checkmarks and x, after someone told me she thought she was buying something full permissions, when it wasn't. Now, there really shouldn't be and doubt. I mean, how much more obvious can I make it? O.o; Now, all I have to do is retake all pictures, and log in Nuai, so I can get some of the couple's poses done as well.

Since I don't want to bore you with only IE things, I also want to post about something I've been meaning to write about for a while. Tiny Empires :D


I started playing a loooooong time ago, stopped for several months, then came back to it. There are several bloggers who are into it, I noticed as well. But, I'll write a little more on it. What it is: its a game that attaches to the HUD, which you play while doing other things. There is a turn every 3 minutes or so, where you get options of things you can do, such as: buy land, sell land, change leiges, etc. The goal of the game is to work your way up the ranks to Queen or King, and manage your own kingdom. You have trials throughout the way, like other players sabotaging your land, and you also have help with things like loyalty rewards and trader deals.

It sounds weird and not fun, but it really is addicting. :D If you want more information on it, you can go to the website here, or IM me in-world for a free trial copy. ^^

Hiiiiii all! Thank you all for your kind words to me while I was going through PeeCee issues - the whole situation really sucked, and hearing people cared made things a little easier. And to QueenKellee, who offered the best assistance one could over blog comments. :P

The update: PeeCee is up and running again, with the sacrifice of Windows Vista, and all my files. I decided not to get professional help with my computer for a few reasons, actually.

1. I really don't trust my PC with strangers. PeeCee is my life, and having people go through and violate it is a very strange feeling to me.
2. With Fall semester coming up, I really don't have the finances to afford a $140USD computer repair bill.
3. Once it got down to it, the only REAL reason I wanted that hard drive saved was because of those Ad templates. That was the only thing of real value on there to me. But, after thinking about it - those templates were old, outdated, and just not my style anymore.

So, that said, I took the courage and restored PeeCee to the way it was when I brought it home. I am now running Windows XP Media Center, as I did before Christmas (which was when I upgraded to Vista, and my various problems started). My PC is running fast, smooth, and problem free again. :D

Gah. The templates. It killed me to reformat my drive, just because of them. I put so much work into them, and they were the whole thing Imperial Elegance ran off of. I enjoy the concept of them, but there were a few things that were bothering me. I wanted the permissions color-coded, for example, and the font drove me nuts. So, I'll be redoing the pose ads over the next few weeks - once I get the templates ready and pretty. Because of this - the big pose release I had planned will need to be pushed back a bit. TT_TT

The other items? I think I'm going to send them all off to retirement, and having a $1L sale on all random items (other than the furnitures - I'm still proud of them) I've created through the months. I want to focus on poses, because that seems to be what I do best.


Anyway - when I logged in on my computer - the first thing I did was take pictures! I Love taking pictures, and it killed me when I couldn't on the spare. *huggles PeeCee* ohhhh, how I missed yooooous!


I had actually completed the Bare Rose Scarlet Yarn hunt on the spare PC - through much client lag and slideshow viewing, but I reeeeealllllly wanted this outfit! XD Its a bit weird, and probably nothing I'd wear outside of my land... but, I find it amusing :D I love hunts, I love Bare Rose - and, I was able to meet June Dion again during the hunt. So, it was a great way to spend the morning. Also, the story that came with this outfit is soooo cute :D I totally can't wait for the next hunt June is putting on next month!

My PC took a crap on me yesterday afternoon. I turned it on in the morning, and it took like 30 minutes to start up, and was freezing all throughout the day. I ran SpyBot, and restarted. Well, then - PeeCee said "Windows failed to start." Told me that a system config file was missing, and to run my windows installation CD and repair it. Did that, didn't work. T_T

My PC is totally unusable right now, and I have no clue what I can do. Right now, I am on my crappy laptop I use for classes, and I can log in to SL, and view it as a slideshow.

I'm extremely pissed off, for several reasons. First, I was planning a huge release tomorrow with my free AO, and 3 pose sets. Can't do that. Second, if my PC is doomed, I have lost all my ad templates, and all my backup poses, and EVERYTHING. I'm totally ticked, and I can't do anything about it.

I will probably be spending lot of time logged into RL, and I'm sure me and Final Fantasy: Crisis Core will become best friends again. I can't move around in SL on this laptop, so I really can't do anything. I can't build, can't walk, can't shop... really, what is there to do? I can probably try to organize inventory, but... blech.

I will still be logging in in the evenings, to see Kagic - but I think that really might be it. I felt so bad for Kagic last night, I can't go anywhere, so he had to stay home with me. XD *Sigh* Sorry Kagic, we might be staying home quite often for the near future T_T

BTW. If anyone wants the free AO I was going to release, send me an IM or notecard, or something, and Ill send it to you... since I can't release it like I wanted to. TT_TT

oooo! Zomg. I've finished handbag poses and the sword poses! I watched Shutter last night, and was totally freaked out. And of course, unable to sleep. So, I worked on a few AO poses. Yay for teaser previews!

I am actually pleased with the way they are turning out. I have a few things I don't want this AO to do, for example: look un-natural, stand on tip toes, look newbish, and look absolutely retarded. I don't plan on animating them, but I did make the heads movable, and a lower priority, so the typing animation and such will still show. I've also made the Ease In/Out easier too, so unlike the modeling poses, these should not be choppy going from one pose to another. They should like, ease into each other. ^^

I am extremely pleased with how this is turning out - its so much easier than I expected. I've also made a sitting pose, along with my two stands. I really hope these stands and sit is somewhat natural, considering they are how I stand in RL. XD I think I do plan on adding a total of 5 stands, a sit, and a ground sit. I don't think I'll be including swimming or flying animations. I hate flying and swimming in SL, so I think making those poses would make me want to rip my hair out. :D

First, let me say: I've been a busy little Sai these past couple days! I have finished my handbag poses, and am almost done with the sword poses! Here's a small preview of two I just finished:

I have 11 poses, and need 1 more pose idea (if anyone has any ideas for the last pose, shoot them at me, and you'll get the entire set for free if I use the idea!). Gah~ posing with a sword is a lot more difficult to find pictures for than I originally thought it would be! Oh, I'm also working on my Despair pose set, and I should definitely finish them all by the end of the weekend. :D

I also decided to make a free AO. I don't really plan on making it anything fancy, but just a few stands and maybe a freebie walk. I also don't really think I will animate the stands, it will probably be just a few static stands (low priority and loose head movement), until I can get better at animating. :D

Yep, thats what I've been doing lately :D I'll definitely be making a 3 pose set release (and probably free AO) for Imperial Elegance this week ^^

Ah! I will also be switching my lucky chair out for one of those funky lucky board things. It has less prims, looks better to me, and all you have to do it click it to receive your prize. And, I have taken away the Extra gunslinger Poses and the fight pose that has been up in the store for far too long, and have put them up as prizes. That should be landing in the store this week too ^^

I love Gala skins. I bought one at the skin fair a few months ago, and have been wearing them ever since. I've recently bought skins direct from her, when I wanted new makeups. She's opened a new sim, and have now put her beautiful skins back up for sale. I do plan on writing a post about it on my fashion blog tomorrow, but something happened tonight, and I'm so excited - I can't hold it in :D

Well... I received a package from Rita that included the freebies that was sent to the Gala/Rita group, asking if I would blog them. And, of course, I did, because omg - group Gala Phoenix skin. It's just THAT awesome. So, I was totally excited that I can finally see the newness that Gala was working on tomorrow, when the sim opened for members.

I received an IM from Rita, inviting me to come check out the sim tonight, before it was opened to the group members tomorrow at noon - and offered review copies for anything I wanted. Of course... I *HAD* to go check it out.

The build is freaking beautiful. OMG, I have never seen anything like this in a while. I'm not really sure exactly why it appeals to me though - perhaps it looks like a fairy tale castle that I always dreamed about living in, when I was a little girl? Or it has a mysterious aura around it? Or it kinda looks like it could be old and haunted?


I looooooooooved walking around the build, marveling at everything. I swear, when I become rich... I'm going to build me a house, JUST like this one! :D

So, I looked around a bit, and fell absolutely in love with 2 skins from Gala, and a hair from Rita. I get soooooo nervious in asking for review copies - which is why I rarely do it. I've only done it once before, because I feel soooooo weird about it. I'm extremely anti-social and was always raised to NEVER ask for anything at all... so, asking for review items has always been difficult to me. But, tonight, I did the unthinkable: I asked for review items not once - but TWICE. First, I requested hair... and Rita was totally sweet *huggles*

But then... I was in a crisis on whether or not to send a review copy request to Gala. In the few times I've talked to her, she was totally sweet.... but, omg. I wanted the Scene makeup and Nocturnal makeups in the Luster tone, and I had right clicked them and hovered over the Buy choice soooooo many times.


I decided to go walk the grounds one last time, before deciding - and I came to a decision. Just do it. Really, the worst that could happen was that she would think I'm some kind of greedy bitch, boycott my blog, and tell all the blogosphere how horrible I am, right? O.o; Well, ok - that might be an overstatement. But still, it could happen... no?

Well. I wrote out a notecard (I swear I reread that thing enough times to memorize it word for word, looking for imperfections), listing the two particular skins I was interested in, that I planned on blogging them tomorrow, and how much I lubbbbed her. :P I have never, ever, ever, been so nervous about sending a notecard as I was then XD But, immediately, the folders started coming in. OMG. She gave me all 12 of her newest makeups in all tones. I freaked out, and almost fell out of my chair.


I'm sooooo excited to blog these, can't you tell? :D AND! I have to say: the freckles on the new skins - are sooooo cute! Like, they don't just cover the face... no, they have freckles covering the ENTIRE body! :D

Side note - as I was photographing my these skins for my blog pictures, I noticed someone on my radar. My photosphere is 600 meters in the sky above my store, and its almost annoying to have a nosy person wandering around. And - it just so happens that this person was the people who rented the store next to mine - a Adimu side store, I guess. Shouldn't these people have respect for my private room in the sky? So, I hunted down a security orb. Found one for $25L. :D We will see it if works ^^

I can't sleep. At all. So, I think I am going to do a post of a few things I've been hoarding. :D First Onigokko videos!

I swear, onigokko NEVER gets old, no matter how much I see it. Fraps won't let me record sound from SL, so I had to come up with music from my own collection. I tried to find the goofiest songs to go with these videos XD But anyway, a few of us from the Ch'Know group TP'ed in to grab the Onigokko V.2 from the store - and before we knew it, we were running in circles. XD


And, it wasn't long before it looked like this. The highlight was when Meara pulled out the big, giant puffy avatar. And - it was freaking hilarious when she did onigokko in that. OMG, I laughed so hard. ^^


Moi doing onigokko on meh beach! I do this quite often - just running around, being stupid... heh. :D It just cracks me up every single time I do it. XD


My Kagic is going away again for a few days~ He logged in a bit late last night, but I gave him a tour of my store (because he's never seen it before), and took him to Africa. It's a really neat sim there, but I love these particular poseballs and I think they would look perfect on our beach. I'll have to go pick them up sometime this weekend :D


After our trip to Africa, we came home for some more... personal time in front of the fire before he logged off. I am not really sure why Kagic puts up with me. I'm constantly like: "Oh! Lets go [insert weird sim here]" and then 2 seconds later "Ah! Lets go [insert weirder place here]". And every time... he always says: "Ok, sure." O.o; Perhaps because I'm cute, that he's putting up with my freakish ADD? :P

And yes. I am STILL wearing that tiny skirt. I absolutely LOVE it. However, when I went to go buy more skirts like this, I found that they are only sold with complete outfits. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but I'm super cheap lately, and I have issues with paying over $250L for an outfit I only want the skirt for. I REALLY wish Stellar Designs would sell their skirts in separate packs TT_TT

I've been working on finishing up some pose sets I have going, and I think I'm pretty happy with how the Handbag poses are coming. I never, ever wear purses of any kind IRL, so I have no idea how to hold them or anything. So, I've had to rely on pictures from websites to make these. But, it seems to be working :D

Here are three of my favorite poses from this set. I've made 10 poses total so far, and I am determined to finish the last 2 today. Then, I can finish up some other sets I've been hoarding. I also hope to have the sword poses finished by tomorrow night, and the despair poses done by the end of the weekend. ^^

And, I just have to say: I love that skirt. OMG. I picked it up in a freebie box from Stellar Designs during the fashion expo, and just put it on this morning. I *HAVE* to run down to her store later today and see if she makes other patterned skirts as separates. Its just so short, flexi, and adorable. :D

I'm going to make a house! I'm really excited about the idea - its really something I've wanted to do ever since I got my own land for my store. I just never had the skill to tackle it. But, now I have more skill in prims and dealing with textures, so I think I have the courage to attempt it. :D

I found some really cute textures for floors, walls, railings, and even found a neat little script that controls locking doors, lighting and even window tint. I'm excited to finally be making the first steps to creating houses. I think it would be incredibly rewarding to have made the place that a person lives in. I know that my SL home is my sanctuary, a place to escape from things, and if someone purchases a house I make, I would feel incredibly honored to have created their sanctuary.

... Or perhaps I am just thinking about it to much. But, I did work on it a bit today - and I have... the stairway entrance. XD

My idea here is to just do the entire house in white prims, texture, and align positioning and textures with Prim.Docker. This home probably won't be small enough for like, a 1024 plot, but something more like my store area.

So far though, its coming along pretty well. :D

OMG - I bought a SL car. My original intentions with it was to run over Laleeta when I seen her again, as payback for running me over with her Aston Martin, but I found myself quite amused with it. I don't really have enough land space on my island to really play with this vehicle, so I took it to my most favorite sandbox to play with it. :D And you guessed it - machinima happened. XD

Ok, yeah, I am a crazy driver. But - it was my first time EVER driving a SL car, in my year I've been here. XD Oh. and, its also good to note that this was only in FIRST gear, before I realized I could go faster. And omg. When I switched gears, the car went soooooooo out of control, I had suddenly found myself in the middle of the next sim over. O.o; Oops.


Seems its better just to look at than drive it. I took it to a racetrack so I could get a picture of it, and was suddenly hit with an inspiration. This picture just *screams* "I need a sexah woman to pose next to me!" So, poses with cars will be coming. This pose idea should be extremely easy to do for me. I have been to more car shows than I can count, and have several years worth of Import Tuner and Hot Rod magazines. Most of which - feature beautiful women posing provocatively near a tricked out car. XD


After I wrecked my pretty Chevy Corvette, Kagic logged on, and I went to give him a tour of some beautiful ballrooms. I love getting dressed up in pretty formals, so I took this opportunity to dress in my favorite gown. ^^ We visited the beautiful Paradise Falls, the elegant Avilion Grove ballroom, and the very golden Tempura Island ballroom. All of which are my favorite places to dance now (aside from my own home), for some quiet dancing time with him :D I gave him a fashion show of my newest lingerie that I purchased from the Beachwear/Lingerie Expo, and he logged off shortly after ^^


Then, a few Ch'Know girls met up at the Viper Pit. What started off as anger and tension (I won't go into anything other than that, in respect to those involved), we ended it being our total, goofy selves. XD Someone passed around this weird thing called an onigokko_shippo - and once you wore it, you ran around in circles with arms failing around and all. OMG, with a bunch of us doing it together, it was absolutely hilarious. This was probably the first time in SL that I actually laughed until I cried. Next time we all get together and do this, I'm totally grabbing a machinima of it. You really have to watch it to really laugh XD

Though, I have to admit, I was extremely depressed when I got home and tried it out by myself for some extra laughs, I couldn't get it to work. I have no idea how to work the thing XD