The Big Fish : She Finally Returns!

Been a long hot summer...

Which reminds me of that Gold Frapp Song (link coming up later). I'm back! and finally able to settle down to doing some blogging beginning with the things you see in this recent image I created. I love most things fishy on SL and with no exception are these amazing heels from the fertile imagination of Shaleene Kenin from Pure Poison. This creator is breathtaking with just the sheer range of products and scope of their creations!

These Pirana Shoes are available at an event called The Showroom
In this image :
Aphorism Brazilian Bikini 1 (Top + Bottom in S)
Azoury* Bottled Message. 
Pure Poison** - Pirana Sandals (Black) for Slink (flat. med. and high)
* This item part of event -Every month on the 24th, 1 new exclusive item %50 off sale for 24 hours @ Azoury Main Store.
** This item is part of The Showroom (a new one on me so there'll be more on my blog)
Au Reste :
Arcade Goodies (Chic Fish Mango + Miamai Floaty Bear)

The Flying Fish : It's very nice to go trav'lin but it's so much nicer to come home...

Jet lagged - but home!

... And go mad at the Arcade Gacha (as per usual! More on that later!) ; Meanwhile...

20hr flights later sees me back in my little nest and it's so good to be home as much as I adore travel. Old blue-eyes sings it best with : 

It's very nice to go trav'ling

To Paris, London and Rome

It's oh, so nice to go trav'ling

But it's so much nicer

Yes, it's so much nicer to come home


It's very nice to just wander

The camel route to Iraq

It's oh, so nice to just wander

But it's so much nicer

Yes, it's oh so nice to wander back


The mam'selles and frauleins and the senoritas are sweet

But they can't compete 'cause they just don't have

What the models have on Madison Ave


It's very nice to be footloose

With just a toothbrush and comb

It's oh so nice to be footloose

But your heart starts singin'

When you're homeward wingin' across the foam


And you know your fate is

Where the Empire State is

All you contemplate is

The view from Miss Liberty's dome



It's very nice to go trav'ling

But it's oh so nice to come home
You will find the madchen and the gay muchachas are rare

But they can't compare with that sexy line

That parades each day at Sunset and Vine

It's quite the life to play gypsy

And roam as gypsies will roam

It's quite the life to play gypsy

But your heart starts singin'

When you're homeward wingin' across the foam


And the Hudson River

Makes you start to quiver

Like the latest flivver
That's simply drippin' with chrome

It's very nice to go trav'ling

But it's oh so nice to come home

No more customs

Burn the passport

No more packing and unpacking

Light the home fires

Get my slippers

Make a pizza

The Fish Market : Gatcha Madness

"Alice In Gatcha Land"

"I say Alice, fancy a spot of tea luv?"
These images are part of a series I created from things I got in the DEC round of The Arcade

The Arcade in second life is a seasonal event themed around those salty old seaside games machine halls. In this virtual one, the hall is filled with gatcha machines dispensing all sorts of goodies that seem to get better with each round.

D spent a ridiculous amount feeding these machines for the goodies they cough up in the hopes to stumble upon the one payout of a rare or a model type you'd like. There's a whole trade around Gatcha goodies with yard sales full of other people's Gatcha collection addiction.
D managed to swap out other gatcha things in order to make the above photos. Although D secretly still hopes to chance upon a sleepy eddy UK gatcha bag, her Brit haul this round wasn't too bad too as in the following captures for LOTD London :

"Taxi!"
Photos taken in Mayfair : SLURL : Mayfair
http://secondlife.com/destination/mayfair
Dita wears : Classic Blow-up mini skirt ' Zipped Blue Denim',  Anymore - Sex Pistols Top (White)
*GF* Short Lace Boots [V2], EC Katia Black Nylon, Peppermint Blue Casual Lingerie, MI  Mesh Socks

Dita wears : Standby retro headphones 'London', Teefy cassette radio 'British'
LouLou&Co Bracelet - French Kiss KOSH infinity bracelet
 Page 3 - Heart belly piercing, GB two strand necklace, B&B spirit simple hoop earrings
Sissy Crown (platinum), Pekka crystal lipstick 4, cheLLe (eyeshadow) Sparkle Capt America.

There's an ugly side to this Gatcha madness and that is the increasing number of Gatcha scams going around. What happens is people pretend they have a rare Gatcha by naming an empty box with the rare object title so that it appears to be the article in your inventory. Only when you rez it , it neither contains the rare nor is the object you desire. In exchange you might have already paid the person for it or swapped out a rare of your own.

This business is quite miserable and unfortunately there is not much that can be done about such fraud. So best practice is to trade on rezzable land so you can see what the product is. Get the other person to set it to "buy original"and swap that way. If you think you might give The Arcade a go, here's every wish of good luck to you!