For The Matrix

The world we are living in right now seems like it's falling apart... I know that we all have our own problems in life but has anyone tried to turn off the world simulation that the minds behind the matrix are currently running and restart it again, because apparently somewhere the code isn't up to scratch?! Someone unplug themselves from the simulator please and check to see what is going on back there?

I know that the Engine Room is a steampunkish magical event and that steampunk outwardly does not look like it could hande something as futuristic as the control of the simulation that runs our daily lives, but you know what they say... Never judge a book by it's cover... Behind the hidden doors of the Engine Room runs some extremely powerful, hidden magic... Magic that could ensure the world runs as it should. I'm sure the mainframe of the Matrix is back there. I NEED to break through and find out if it can be restarted so we can get some peace?!

What is she wearing;
Hair: MIRJA - SIVA in Fatpack
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Glasses: [Duplexity] - Astrium Glasses (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Outfit: ABSENCE - Latex Gear (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Guns: Reve Obscura - Bad Things Pose Prop (No Longer Available!)
Pose: FOXCITY - Racer, Pose 1m
Lamps: Boutique #187 - Funky Lava Lamp (Available until April 15th at DUBAI)
Statue: What's Lost Spirits - CYBER STATUE in BELIEVE 2.1 (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Computers: [Waffle] - Artificial Mastermind (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Pipes: NOMAD -  Neon Cables
Backdrop: The Bearded Guy - The Matrix Backdrop

Only Books have the Answers!

Today has been a busy but lovely day... I got to see my mum for a few hours when her cruise docked in Amsterdam - she said my tour was much nicer than the one offered by the cruise operators - and then after a very hectic morning, I came home to relax... I had a shower, got into something comfortable and promptly took a nap. I'd been planning to read, but I only managed a few pages before I passed out... 

Nothing like curling up with a good book, I LOVE reading under a blanket with a cuppa... I've been reading so much this year, and I realised the other day when I didn't get a chance to read before bed that I had trouble falling asleep... 
Like I said though, being in my jammies, with a good book, a cup of tea or coffee and my darling pussy cats - like the Bat-titude and Arachno Cats from Aardvark at the current round of ACCESS - can make everything better. In this case, I'm sat with a voodoo doll friend of mine whilst I look through the Necronomicon as the mess of my desk wasn't revealling the information I needed it too... Not even my Pendulum Prediction Board - from MadPea, available until November 10th at Kustom9 - wasn't able to find the answers...

What is she wearing:
Hat: Magika - The Spellcasters Hat (Special October 2024 Edition)
Hair: Magika - Abigail in The Cursed (Special October 2024 Edition)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Pyjamas & Eye Mask: Decoy - Final Slumber Pyjamas
Pose: Diversion - Avoidance, Pose 4
Lap Book: Tardfish - Spell Book in  Necronomicon
Cats: Aardvark - Bat-titude Cat & Arachno Cat (Available until November 8th at Access)
Pendulum: MadPea - Pendulum Prediction Board in Gold (Available until November 10th at Kustom9)
Coffee: Dahlia - Ghostly Boo Cappuccino in Peach
Wall Art: LOVE - PETRIFYING PORTRAITS in Freaky Family (Available until October 31st at Trick or Treat Lane)
Cryptex: Static - Cryptex
Doll: What's Lost Spirits - VOODOO KILL YOU (Gift Available until October 31st at Trick or Treat Lane)
Lamp: Candle & Cauldron - Forgotten Lantern (Gift Available until October 31st at Trick or Treat Lane)
Bust: [Merak] - Veiled Lady Bust
Pumpkin: Vae Victis - "Twisted Trio" Pumpkin (Gift Available until October 31st at Trick or Treat Lane)
Cabinet: SPELL - Potions in Dark Wood
Books: Random Matter - A Quiet Place Books
Box: SPELL - Sacred Runes
Blanket Box: dust bunny - Hazel Nook in Blanket Trunk
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Valkyrie Hand in Gold & LuluB! - Magic: Star Spell (No Longer Available!)
Chair: CHEZ MOI - Ghost Armchair
Table: Apple Fall - Hudson Desk in Weathered Oak
Backdrop: Paparazzi - BACKDROP - Ivy Window

Halloween has started, the Funhouse is Open!

YAY it's FINALLY October 1st and YAY I don't think it could have come at any better of a time... Today opens this year's Dark Adventure, although I'll share more about that another time, and there are so many awesome things happening this month... PLUS it's the start of my month of Halloween costumes... I cannot wait, it's the MOST wonderful time of the year!!! 
The monsters are bursting through the doors of Second Life's twisted fun house... The monstrous circus is in town, and there will be so much fun as they haunt their way through Second Life... I cannot wait to see what characters come through those doors... 

The Funhouse - an amazing building by What's Lost Spirits at the current round of the Engine Room - is where all of the nasty crazies that are lurking around me have been hiding are escaping from this year... You never know what craziness can come out of a fun house, just like you never know what can come out of me... First out, someone to check the coast is clear, under the guise of being one of the circus crowd, she's a dancer, a little magical but almost unreal... She's got robotic wings - from RSStore - and her clockwork dress showing signs of her clockwork nature... She wears her doll key on a choker around her neck - part of a set from torment, also at Engine Room - that will not only assist her in energizing herself but will also wind up the galloping gear horses on her dress - the Gears Gallop Dress is amazing in so many colours from moon amore, again at the Engine Room - so she's able to corral the Carousel Courier ponies... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: TRUTH - Void in Candy
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Blue Eyeshadow: Rubedo - monolo in 07 (Available until October 20th at Engine Room)
Black Clown Make-up: Spookshow - Build A Clown
Choker: torment - Navia Choker (Available until October 20th at Engine Room)
Outfit (and Hat): moon amore - Gears Gallop Dress (Available until October 20th at Engine Room)
Wings: RSStore - Victorian Backpack (Available until October 20th at Engine Room) 
Boots: UTOPIA@Design - "KENDRA"
Pose: -Extra- - Bae, Pose 1
Horse: LVL9 - Carousel Courier (Available until October 20th at Engine Room)
Lights: tarte - Boho String Lights
Building: What's Lost Spirits - FUNHOUSE (Available until October 20th at Engine Room)
Tent: Remarkable Oblivion - Circus Rot in Two Top Tent (No Longer Available!)
Trees: Synnergy - Dark Pond Scene

Welcome to Hell...

I want to go on holiday, I want to be able to forget everything and just relax, but for some reason when I was digging through my inventory trying to put a holiday look I somehow stumbled on something a little bonkers... 
It left me wondering what would a holiday for Beetlejuice look like... 

Rudhlejuice - since Beetlejuice is taken - is living the holiday dreams... She's wearing the amazing black and white stripes - in a Casey Shirt and Shorts outfit from AsteroidBox at Collabor88 - and she's packed everything that she might need and then some, she's even brought her Bat in a Cage  from Tardfish at the Warehouse until June 18th. Then it was just a matter of having a ride on the crazy train, with some of the strangest travellers, until the conductor on the intercom said "Welcome Stop Hell"... 

What is she wearing;
Hat & Hair: Beusy - Plume Hair + Hat in Assorted
Glasses: Zombie Suicide - Dae Glasses (No Longer Available!)
Collar: [Krescendo] - Warning Collar (Available until June 25th at Fetish Fair)
Body Paint: [POUT!] - BeetleJuice- Make up & Tattoo
Outfit: AsteroidBox - Casey Shirt & Shorts in White Stripes (Available until July 6th at Collabor88)
Caged Pet: Tardfish - Bat In a Cage (Available until June 18th at The Warehouse)
Pose: Secret Poses - Bea, Pose 5
Mini Demons: HEXtraordinary - Imp Minions
Shadow Figures: MadPea - Shadow Ghosts
Goo: Quills & Curiosities - Sentient Sludge
Drunk Zombie: Hogs & Carts - Zombie Corpse
Cloth Man: Lilith's Den  - Tainted Lover
TV Man: What's Lost Spirits - TV MAN
Green Demon: [Krescendo] - Fun Guy
Cases: Apt B - Old side of London in Luggage
Wall Shadow Figure: Lilith's Den - Gdanagla
Backdrop: [BH9] - Next Stop Hell V1

Strangers in the Junk Yard

It's been raining hard here for the last few days, it's been raining so much it's very torrential and it's bringing with it the cooler air. There's more than the drumming of rain on the ground though, if you listen carefully the drumming is heralding the arrival of a steampunk phenomenon... An Engine Room is coming and the steampunk brigade is coming to town... I had things to do to prepare, I had things o do to make sure I'm ready and able to welcome the new, shiny brass... For right now though, I decided to take my puppy for a walk and enjoy the cool crisp air... 

I decided to take my puppy, Fluffy, for a walk in the Junk Yard - a backdrop, and pose set actually, from Synnergy.Tavis that is available at the Cake Day Event until September 29th - I wanted to pick myself up some pretty decor to welcome the Engine Room guests. 
Whilst wandering through the cars in the dripping rain, I blinked more than once as there was the strangest of men standing there, looking at me with one large eye... The strangest part was that the Eye, was in the middle of a TV screen, he was a TV MAN - from What's Lost Spirits, that will be available at the opening of Engine Room on September 20th. He seemed to be having a little trouble, his cable was sparking in the rain, he looked like he needed to find somewhere to dry off... Fluffy and I decided to take him home. 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Sienna
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Glasses: random.Matter - Axen Glasses in Black
Outfit & Umbrella: Web Dew - Annabelle (Available from September 20th until October 20th at Engine Room)
Shoes: UTOPIA@Design - "COCO"
Pose & Dog Prop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Pose Set 46, Pose 1 (Available until September 29th at Cake Day Event)
Friend: What's Lost Spirits - TV MAN (Available from September 20th until October 20th at Engine Room)
Spark: Moon Rabbit - Party Sparklers
Street Lights: Di'Cor - Street Lamp
Rain: [Dysfunctionality] - Simplest Rain
Clouds: kotte - Cloudy Set
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Junk Yard [360] Backdrop (Available until September 29th at Cake Day Event)