1001 Nights Event

As part of Steelhead's activities, there was a 1001 Nights reading over two days. Lunar convinced me to read for the first night and I selected Sir Richard Burton's "Tale of the Lover Who Feigned Himself A Thief". I had a really nice time and those cushions sure were comfortable...
And um...Lunar has a mom. I didn't think he was spawned or from a stork or anything, but seems she has arrived to town out of the blue. One thing's for certain is that the resemblance is pretty strong...

Return to SLeezyWood

Ahhh, SLeezyWood...it's been two years since my last visit...
What started out with Lunar on the lookout for interesting campy junk cheesiness for his new Linden home (or, as he named the land, his "stupid F'ing Linden home"), turned into us finding a "Truth or Dare" game that was so much fun we couldn't stop playing!SLeezyWood is still hilarious and creative as hell. Go visit if you haven't before.

Rubber Duckies...of DOOM!

I can count on my times in Steelhead to bring about some unusual things, and tonight was no exception. Thadicus Caligari asked us in main chat if we wanted "killer rubber duckies" that he had made. Um, YES! I set sail on Steelhead's waters in search of prey...
It seems Lunar and Linus Lacombe were roaming the waters too. I shook my fist in the air as Lunar's "Duck of Destruction" shot me down more times than I was comfortable with and once Linus figured it out, oh boy...it was FUN. Move your duck over Cottontop! MOVE IT!

Dancing at the Blue Mermaid

It has been a long time since I have been half-dressed in Caledon. Probably not since the infamous "shirtless o'clock rave" days in its past. I was somehow convinced by both Capt. Starling Alecto and Lunar to join them in Caledon by the Sea, at the Blue Mermaid. On Wednesdays, Hypatiaa Callisto's freewheeling club and lounge is lively and fun with an anything goes vibe. I came towards the end of DJ Magdalena Kamenev's lovely tribute set to Lena Horne, but the stream afterwards was also nice. I love bossa nova and one of my faves "Corcovado" played. This being me, I somehow ended up on the table...Lunar does not seem to mind!

Bunnying Down

Extrovirtual, which famously specializes in all things tiny, recently built a new shopping area open to other tiny creators in their sim (which is part of the Raglan sims). Here I am setting up my little E.Laval Tinies cart as Noramyr--one of Extrovirtual's founders and creators--helps...
Shady Fox (on the left) told me that Noramyr was super-tired after all of the building she had been doing to create it...And I got Lunar to bunneh down and come with me to the ArtWalk! OK, I love that artist's belt he has on...

Shoes to Nom For...

After the town meeting last night, Lunar and I decided to take a stroll through Seraph City, a dieselpunk-themed sim with a 1920s-30s deco flair to it. As we were walking by the Grim Bros. shop a cheery voice called out to us Steelheaders. It was creator Cutea Benelli...
If you have never met her it's a shame, as her personality could best be described as "ebullient." I love her perky bubbliness. After a great chat about creating and how she has been prepping for a baked goods themed show, she gifted me with an exclusive pair of shoes--the super-cute "Antidepressant Heels." Look at the little yummies all over it!Thank you Cutea! They are so much fun!

Adventures as an Avatar

When Lunar sends me a message saying "Elle, come join me!" I should know better by now. Two nights ago I ended up roaming around with him looking like a certain blue feline-esque alien species...We were looking for RP sims or forests, whichever we found first. We were surprised at how many others there are out there and it's ripe for RP inworld. While in Chakryn Forest, we found a sleeping odalisque that was a marvel of sculpted prims...
Being silly in the Mexico sims...
Don't go afk around us...

An Evening Chat

I had a very nice time chatting with Lunar and fellow Steelhead resident, his friend Redsonja Congrejo. I teased him that I was shocked he had furniture for once.

Just Another Night in Steelhead

There's nothing quite like logging in to presents, and this time a really pretty necklace was awaiting me...Lunar had just put down the new train station in Steelhead, based upon this one, so I went over to check it out...While inside, he asked me "Did you just see a big robot go by?" I said "This is SL. Anything is possible." But sure enough, the large robot peered into the Steelbucks coffee shop in Harborside and continued to explore the town...
Lunar asked me to join him on a quick errand. We both looked down at a deer sprawled out on the ground in Port Harbor. We figured it strayed from someone's property and he returned it to its owner to graze some more. I joked that the evil tiny kitty next door would've been eating venison for days if she found it first...

No Dirndl Dry Cleaning

As we sat on the wall talking in Steeltopia, I joked with Lunar that I could "accidentally" knock him backwards into the bay. He said that if that happened he would be taking me with him. The suspicious look on his face is priceless. After all, tiny ferret me did bite the emperor of Steeltopia earlier.

But mess up my dirndl (I'm dressed for Steelhead's Oktoberfest celebration)? No way!

Steelhead Shanghai's Landed

The spanking brand new "Asian Steampunk"-inspired sim of Steelhead Shanghai landed while I was away. It is still in the terraforming and construction phase. I love when sims are fresh out of the LL oven like this. It's so extremely interesting to me to see how they evolve and what builds end up there. There are only a very few lots left, so if you're interested, please contact TotalLunar Eclipse...

Fix the Moon PLEASE

Lunar's being human seems to come with a elven to human age regression it seems. What human age could that be? Let's just say that I was wondering why I was overprim and I came inworld to this:My cry of "LUUUUNAAAAR!!!!" could probably be heard all over the sim--if everyone wasn't fleeing from the rolling restarts going on throughout the Grid:

Lunar's "Experiment"

Lunar thought he would try being a human, which means no ears or moon marking, average height, and *gasp* dark hair. "Uncomfortable" is how he described it. I'm a shapeshifter, so I constantly change and it's no big deal for me. I believe he is trying to prove a point of sorts. For him, it is a bit radical to look as he does.

No wonder he has that look on his face...

Tinies Dogfighting in Steelhead Port Harbor

Lunar has been making changes to the beautiful steampunk port sim of Steelhead Port Harbor. He created a great floating runway for an the upcoming tinies dogfight in conjunction with the "Summer of Flight" aviation exhibit at the Steelhead Public Library organized by Miss Riven Homewood and Mr Nichus Bermann. Planes of all eras from the collection of Hotspur O'Toole and myself are out on display at the Hotel & Ballroom in Steelhead Capital City.

The Tinies Dogfight itself will be in Steelhead Port Harbor on Wednesday, July 1 at 7 pm SLT, but there will be an overseas-friendly one at 1pm SLT as well. Free tiny aircraft by Cornelius Fanshaw will be provided and everyone is welcome. Just bring your bravery and your tiny self! And feel free to come to Steelhead and practice your flying beforehand. After all...you wouldn't want this to happen to you ("Oh, the huge manatees!")...

Lunar's Tensai in Wonderland

While away in Toronto at a history symposium, I missed a big Steelhead event celebrating Tensai's birthday. For his wife, Lunar created a spectacular Escher-like "Tensai in Wonderland" build for the dance...
The blocks spell out the word "aishiteru", which means "I love you"...And you should have known the steelhead fishies would be there!

Walpurgisnacht: Steelhead

It being a 2-day celebration by the Consulate, the Walpurgisnacht cavorting continued the next evening in Steelhead Boomtown under an exploding volcano. I had a great time twirling around the fire in my demoness form, hooves and all...Fuzz looked pretty werewolfy...
Now there is the demon Lunar that I danced with last year. I really like the horns that he has now! It was a lot of fun...
Sometimes we get new visitors to Steelhead at our events, and tonight a new resident to SL visited us. She told us we were the first folks to be so nice to her and we all gave her pointers about adjusting to life inworld. She stayed the rest of the time and told us she had a great time. I wish her good luck in her experiences in here. Sometimes it is finding nice folks and that kind first impression can set the stage for our lives in SL to come.

Walpurgisnacht: Caledon

Headed over to Caledon Kittiwick for the Europan Consulate's 2nd Walpurgisnacht celebration...
And like last year I had a great time dancing with and talking to Lunar. He is one of my truly best friends in SL now thanks to last year's dance. If anything, I was just trying not to accidentally gore him with my horns...

An Elf & A Steampunk Neko Walk Into A Church...

So what in the world would an elf have to repent for?
Probably this...Marshmallow peeps cage dancing. Yup, I'd say so. *chuckles*

A Bit of Catching Up...

I've been on a RL art exhibit deadline, so here's a bit of a round-up of things I've been up to, such as a fitting for the Baron Wulfenbach...whose lapels just refuse...to...cooperate...
Kheph took me on a ride at the "Space Mountain" attraction he scripted...And Lunar? Well...after wearing Edward Pearse's holiday shoes and cap at the Steelhead ice skating party, his resemblance to his Keebler cousins was just stronger than ever...

"It's a Steelhead Life"

Hotspur O'Toole made this hilarious video featuring some of Steelhead's citizens. I almost fell out of my chair laughing...