May Contain Nuts

What I do like, however, is dressing extremely out of context occasionally. Like the other night, when I was at a dance. All the girls (women?) were wearing next-to-nothing; just enough to be decent, in fact. The dancefloor was awash with skin, thigh-high latex boots, fans, boobs… you get the picture.

I was there, dancing along with the skinniest and sexiest, in my usual small, slightly-too-much-bum shape, with Nora’s “Ice Contemporary” outfit, which said schoolmarm or old-school librarian to me when I first put it on – so, I wore a bun hairstyle, my horn-rimmed glasses, and pearl drop earrings (no bling), black stockings, and Mary Jane’s.

I definitely stood out in the crowd. And for some reason, seeing myself in that outfit, dancing, I felt as though I was the sexiest person there – because scantily-clad dancers are a dime a dozen, while a teacher doing the boogie is something you don’t see every day. In my opinion, it’s the unusual, the slightly surreal and absurd, that is interesting.

There’s a reason why I rarely wear much in the way of jewelry. Not because I can’t afford any – hey, there are always freebies and cheapies around – but because so many of the nice things have bling, and I don’t want to run around sparkling like a Christmas tree.

Other people don’t seem to have that restraint, and I’ve seen them run around with blinging earrings, armbands, watches, shoes, and whatnot. Not at parties or concerts or other events, mind you, but in usual living. Now, there’s tasteful bling, of course – slight sparkles, just a hint of thar be jewels, and they fit with the rest of the appearance. Some, however, flash in your eyes like car headlights.

Yeah, I admit, I’m a trousers-and-tshirt-gal who also likes to dress for the occasion occasionally, but I don’t want to look cheap – and I think that’s what too much, too bright bling does. Not my cup of tea.

SLvolution of an avatar.

This is me, a couple of days after I came into SL, and still proud of my looks. Then, I was told that skin, eyes and hair make me look newbie-ish (well, I was a Newbie then), and Ravishal pointed me in the direction of good-looking eyes and skins. Add some freebie hair and clothes and you get this:

Some iterations later, and last Monday, I looked like this:

I love those expressive eyes, but the face still looks flat to me, now that my eyes have become accustomed to SL and skins. Enter skin shopping – but more about that later.

I laughed and laughed. It’s probably old, but who cares, right?

So many things to talk about, so I think I’ll better start blogging for myself.

Hello SL.