Lori Novo: January 2012

EXPLORING SL: Porto

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DESTINATION:

Delicatessen Petrified

owned by mello Minotaur

Location: Porto (128, 128, 0)

Maturity: Moderate

Description:

Floating islands, like a Roger Dean Album Cover, idle over the sparse landscape each containing

diorama of hunting and unsettling sculptures. Your fight-or-flight reflex will kick in as your brain

struggles to make sense of the bizarre scenes.

Wear your Flight Feather

for you will have to fly high and low

for the floating islands that invade the sky.

The first one I encountered

is what I call the Island of the Bees

where their angry buzzing will leave deafness to your ears.

My own representation of some humans...

Death or barely existing

Evil or not very kind.

Haven't they realized

that there is a better way of being ALIVE?

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How many faces do you have?

Are you the same with every person you meet?

This island seems to me

to represent all the sides of the human being.

Sweet and kind

and yet sometimes a bit cruel and evil.

But if you are like this phantom floating island

Keep in mind that people will at one point see right through you.

So stay good.

Sometimes sweetness can be deceiving

and what seems to be gentle has a harsh side.

These type of people feed on the trusting hearts

of those who give them their love.

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Holding all the weight of the past

that many people seem not to be able to let go of,

they spend a whole life stuck in that hurtful time

as they drown themselves with the tears...

tears of bad memories and heartbreaks and broken dreams.

And these tears seem not to have an end...

Open your eyes for goodness sake!

Look around and you will see there is a whole wide world of hope

with beautiful blue oceans and golden sunsets

just for you <3

Island of the sweet babies

that for some reason have gotten stuck in the clouds.

Are these the spirits of the infants,

that couldn't reach the heavens above?

What has caused such a tragedy?

Why can't they break free and fly?

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As soon as my feet touched the land below these six floating islands

I have shown you so far,

I came across three little spirits.

Each carrying a bunch of fresh white flowers

in such hurry to notice of my existence.

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Is this where those little spirits are heading?

Is this their mom that is calling to them?

By playing sweet lullabies on her violin

to guide her little-lost ones her way.

Blues Legendary Singer

Etta James

dies today at the age of 73.

Remembering her with one of my favorites songs...

AT LAST

~ Etta James ~

♪

At last

My love has come along

My lonely days are over

And life is like a song

Oh yeah yeah, at last

The skies above are blue

My heart was wrapped up in clover

The night I looked at you

And I found a dream that I could speak to

A dream that I can call my own

I found a thrill to press my cheek to

A thrill that I have never known

Oh yeah yeah, and you smile, you smile

Oh, and then the spell was cast

And here we are in Heaven

For you are mine at last.

RIP

PHOTO: Yahoo Image Search

PROFILES: Don't Rock My Boat

Lately, clicking on people's profiles for fun has become a new thing for me.

I have come upon some very serious ones, others don't just make any sense to me,

many have made me laugh and laugh.

Then, there are the scary ones or the ones that are just plain brutally blunt.

Here I have one for you that a friend of mine sent to me some time ago...

ANONYMOUS PROFILE

Will usually help if I can. I don't appreciate time wasters or fakers.

Please don't just friend me, I need to know you 1st.

I want to enjoy myself, build, solve problems, hang around & explore.

Not interested in cybersex or being bitten by vampires.

Will never be a chance of meeting in real life so please don't ask.

Age verified. Can be just about anything in SL.

Thank you for reading this.

I'm usually patient & polite, but I can't stand time wasters,

fakers, vampires, pixel sex addicts or drama queens.

Will help if I can but keep your requests civil & descent.

One mention of wanting to jump my pixels and your history,

I'm not here for romance or to meet people for RL romance,

we will NEVER meet. Adult verified.

Have fun in this magical world & please don't rock my boat.

EXPLORING SL: Bubblez's Garden

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Destination

BUBBLEZ DESIGNS- MAIN STORE

owned by Milo Bubble

Location:

Bubblez (177, 81, 34)

Maturity:

Moderate

Seven arches make the way,

standing tall above the heavenly blue ocean water

with delicate lilac Bloom Morning Glories tangled up on them

in a beautifying and loving hug.

Pouring crystal clear ocean water onto the land,

Aquarius Water Bearer Wishing

stands at the foot of the pathway mighty and immense

while the mermaid watches her with fascination.

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Cello, me and the sunset

playing to the singing of the birds.

Mermaids make their way

daring to come close to the land

as they all move to the music of the oceans wave

in a synchronizing and mesmerizing dance.

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What is that, that she pours?

Not a plain ocean water,

but she baptizes the earth

with the love of the Greek Gods.

The Bald Eagle's cry can be heard in the distance

when suddenly approaching the land,

she descends smoothly

resting for a brief moment

before she continues with her journey.

Majestic waterfalls

compliment the land serving as walls.

All dressed in Climbing Roses...

Oh, what a beautiful sight!

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What better to end this beautiful Bubblez journey

than by flying away with the birds

into the blue sky.

I love uu...

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Dress by Boudoir

Bubblez

Searching for the next hidden prize during our "Cafe Hunt" adventure,

ChEo and I came upon one of the most beautiful places in Second Life...

Bubblez Design Main Store owned by Milo Bubble.

You will find Lolita, Doll, Hippie, Gothic

and many other great high quality-styled clothing at great prices.

There is a total of eleven group gifts at the front of the store

and you can join the group for free.

With an addition of six more his/ her group gifts just a few steps away

from the entrance.

HIS:
BB- JJ Hood Outfit
in Red, Green and Blue
Hers:
BB- JJ Outfit
in Purple, Brown and Olive

Eight "Lucky Letter" boards with the letters changing every two to four minutes

with incredibly cool prices are located outside the store

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Within an hour, I had collected a total of thirteen "Lucky Letter" prizes,

from dresses, whole outfits, jewelry to a Vampire skin.

Here I am wearing one of those prizes,
it is the BB- Martika Outfit that comes with the boots.

GROUP GIFT: Asteria Four

Four Group Gifts For You

ASTERIA & CLARITY * GROUP DESIGNERS

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The

X-Mas Gown

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Pure Love

Mini Dress (Includes Necklace)

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Aila Outfit

(Panta & Top)

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From

*Bliss Couture*

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2012 Chinese New Year

Free

Blessings Dress

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Groups Exclusive

PHOTO CREDIT: *Bliss Couture*

~Also~

A Members Exclusive

The Blessings Scarf

PHOTOS LOCATION: Japan Project Garden II

Nothing Else Matters

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My favorite song

NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

~ Metalica ~

♪

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

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Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
and nothing else matters

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Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know

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So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know

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Location

Vita's Boudoir

Vita's Boudoir no longer does it only have my heart for the

beautiful designs that are being created for us by two of the most

amazing Second Life Designers, Vitabela Dubrovna, and Precious

Restless, but now also for the breath-taking garden that is at the

entrance of the store.

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The Falling In Love..., Butterfly Cage

by Vitabela Dubrovna

L$400

Resting at the feet of a pink winter tree on the white winter snow

and surrounded by blue dandelions, the butterflies dance around in

a cage of love, gently caressing each other with their fragile

wings.

The Onion Tree

by Vitabela Dubrovna

L$200

Don't let the name fool you, just as a Cotton-Candy, the Onion

Tree looks and smells mighty sweet as well.

The Dragonfly Tree

by Vitabela Dubrovna

L$200

Blending in with the blue sky, the Dragontree tree all pretty with

its blooming light bulbs, serve as a cheerful playground to the

yellow butterflies.

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Lilic Grass

by Vitabela Dubrovna

L$200

What is it that captured my heart the most and had to take with me

back to my Palace in the Sky?

It is the lilac grass with its purple and pink roses, where purple

birds stop to rest.

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CREDITS:
Gown; SPARKLE MONIQUE by Vita's Boudoir
Hair; W&Y Model Hair 29 Pack A by W&Y Hair Main Shop
(Hair includes The Crown)
Jewelry; Exquisite Victorian Pink Pearl Gold Gift Set by Exquisite Jewelry
(Set includes Earrings - Necklace - Ring)
Heels; Endless Lovely Diamond Brown Color Change by Diana Devevec
Eye Shadow; 2.0 Make-Up Tattoo Black by Neko Yo/Mystique Mainstore
Dusk Wings from Wishbone