Summoned from the waters of the sacred spring, the Guardian watches over the Glade of the Goddess, fending off those who would profane the holy shrine with their violence ….
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Guardian of the Glade Leave a comment
Thank Heaven for Paris Leave a comment
Each time I see a little girl
Of five or six or seven
I can’t resist a joyous urge
To smile and say
Thank heaven for little girls
For little girls get
Bigger every day
Competition 4 comments
One of the women on the “evening shift” at a local House of Scarlet Happiness ….
… discovers that she has someone new on the shift with her ….
And it does not make her happy, as “co-workers” cut into her profit margin ….
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I’m wearing:
- Head: Akeruka Monika 2.5 Bento
- Body and feet: Maitreya Lara 4.1
- Eyes IKON Sovereign (Passion)
- Hair: Amacci Nami (blue)
- Hands: Vista ProHands
- Nails: Absolut Vendetta Elisa nails
- Outfit (including boots): r2 seiga (blue) (available at current round of Collabor88) (other outfit also by r2, available at main store)
- Accessories: Mandala Tensei ear cuffs, ring and collar; kunst Diva cigarette holder
- Eyeshadow and lipstick: Lilith in Chains Neo-N (Akeruka, slot 4)
Photographed at Tiramisu, Cocoon role-playing region (Japan Rose)
Movie Night 2 comments
Jem and Diana arrived on board the starbase at my invitation for a girls’ night yesterday, full of questions over my call to them. In reply, I showed them up to the station’s upper level in the “quarters” sector, and through a roundel door into the answer. “Behold, mesdames.”
Both my friends glanced around, until they lit on the screen and control panel. “A holodeck?” Jem asked.
Traditions Leave a comment
4754 C. E.
Among the traditions that had held on in show business, the Green Room was one of the most persistent. Nobody knew for sure why the room set aside as an actors’ lounge was called “the Green Room,” and Ariel Sherman had heard of many rooms that weren’t painted or otherwise decorated in green, but there the name was. And when they had built the original Land of Fantasy Theatre out of the old pleasure house, Ariel had included a Green Room — though it was a touch more open to other people than just the performers in the revue — and insisted it be “correctly” decorated with green walls. Though she doubted few theatres had ever gone in for expensive draped green satin wallpaper; but, with the seed credit the cyborgs of Videra had to start with, why not splurge a little?
She did the same thing some ten years later, when The Land of Fantasy added a supper club to the front of the theatre building. Again, walls hung in green satin, gentle holo-abstracts and other artwork, and comfortable furniture provided relaxation for performers preparing to go on before the club’s patrons. And, as the club’s first performer — a change from starring in the main revue for so long — there Ariel was, breaking in the room … with a nasty case of stage nerves. Why in hell do I put myself through this? she wondered in her mind as she dragged hard on her cigarette holder. Years of performing six nights a week, multiple interview appearances on the ‘screen, even two virt-vids to my credit by now, and I still get stage fright before an opening.
A Journey Leave a comment
It’s a journey … that I propose … I am not the guide … nor
technical assistant … I will be your fellow passenger …
Though the rail has been ridden … winter clouds cover …
autumn’s exuberant quilt … we must provide our own guide-posts …
I have heard … from previous visitors … the road washes out
sometimes … and passengers are compelled … to continue
groping … or turn back … I am not afraid …
I am not afraid … of rough spots … or lonely times … I don’t
fear … the success of this endeavor … I am Ra … in a space …
not to be discovered … but invented …
I promise you nothing … I accept your promise … of the same
we are simply riding … a wave … that may carry … or crash …
It’s a journey … and I want … to go …
Nikki Giovanni, “A Journey” (written 1943)
From The Collected Poems of Nikki Giovanni, ©2003 by Nikki Giovanni; published by HarperCollins
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The details:
- Head: Akeruka Camille 2.5 Bento
- Body and feet: Maitreya Lara 4.1
- Hands: Vista ProHands 2
- Eyes: IKON Hope eyes (Royal)
- Hair: D!va Hair Scarlett
- Outfit: Indyra Alais Halter (Saffron) and pants (Espresso Dark)
- Shoes: KC Couture Leya
- Jewelry: Indyra Chablis ring (Gold/Black); EarthStones Ruffle Around earrings (Emerald/Gold); Indyra Sylph bangles (Gold)
- Makeup:
- Eyeshadow: Livia Nella (Omega, slot 5)
- Lipstick: alaskametro Mage (Omega, slot 6)
- Nails: ZOZ Soft Flowers Tips (Omega, slot 8)
Photographed in SSOC region (Tokyo WindHill City)
The Royal Ladies of the Universe Leave a comment
It’s been a busy time for all four of us, between our various RL jobs, activities and families; but especially for me. You see, I just semi-retired … I’ve taken up new, easier occupations, but retired completely from my retail job. Another Christmas shopping season like the last would have been soul-crunching, if not crushing. And I’m not really up to the physical demands of retail in many ways, what with my RL age. (We won’t go into details!)
But also, the last child will be leaving the nest to enter college in the fall — he graduates from high school next week — and that would mean, if I were scheduled for a night shift, that the husband would come home to a dark house after a long shift at the office. After over 12 years of going through this, that’s not any good. Last year, I asked if there were a chance of getting placed permanently on morning (opening) shift at all, and informed that wasn’t possible. That, plus various changes at several levels in the company, made me feel it was time to “turn in my papers.”
And so, with that, it’s time to celebrate! A change of clothes, a change of skin … hell, even a change of hair … and then sweet-talking the other ladies to do it with me.
