I visited a mythical place today. It's a place I have heard hush whispers about. Avie's from days of old have often told stories of the dreaded Corn Field. A place where the Lindens once sent unruly avie's to wander through endless corn rows to think about the deeds they have done. I wasn't sent here to be punished. Actually, I visited on my own free will. The Lindens long ago closed down this sim only reopening for Halloween. They have now reopened once again to celebrate the 10th Birthday!
The cornfield is eerie, desolate and yet beautiful at the same time. Open your map, type in The Corn Field and these co ordinates 128/128/2.
I've been reading a few blogs lately and found that most bloggers are doing meme's or blog challenges. I have no idea what a meme is, to be honest, I thought it was slang for a mammogram ( seriously ladies, go get one, it could save your life). One blog in particular that I watch is Strawberry Singhs. I am so in awe of what she does. Her photographs are immaculate and I could only wish and hope I could do what she does.
I saw that she had posted a recent blog challenge for creating a movie poster, and I decided to give it a shot. It's not perfect, heck, it's not even great by any means, but I had fun doing it with Drach.
This is my take on the Sandra Bullock Rom/Com, While You Were Sleeping. Notice my totally lame SL twist on it???
So, there is my first go at a blog challenge and or meme. Maybe I'll do more soon!
Sometimes through Facebook I update on how I am feeling in Real Life. I consider everyone to be family and friends even though most I have never met face to face. Regardless, we care about each other, so I feel it necessary to keep them informed about how I am.
Although I do this, I never release extremely personal information through my posts. This post is no exception, however, it is a topic that is extremely important to me given the recent storms in Oklahoma.
June 9th 2010 was a typical summer day for me, A friend from England was visiting. my kids were being, well, kids, and all was ok in our little corner of the world. Night came, and we all went to bed.
I knew it had been raining this night, I could hear it pinging off of my window. Brief flashes of lightening shone through and the distant rumbling of thunder could be heard. I started to doze off again thinking it must be pretty late or really bloody early. That's when I started to get the feeling that something wasn't right. I didn't hear anything, but in my gut I knew. Something was telling me to look out my window. I pulled it back to see the tree across lit up by the street light. It was swaying back and forth slowly. I squinted still half asleep to watch the tree suddenly and violently begin to whip back and forth. I jumped out of bed and ran into the hall where my mother also woken by the wind burst was standing. We both flung my kids door open and grabbed them to head into the basement.
By this time, the wind had already settled down and we all went back to bed. After all, we've had high winds before, and since the house was still standing and we were tired why not sleep?? I happened to look at the clock before shutting my door. For crying out loud, it's 3 AM.
As I was slowly starting to drift off to sleep again, there was a loud banging on our door. We opened to find a neighbour dressed in pajama's and slippers standing there with a flashlight. Squinting again I noticed it seemed unusually dark. The neighbour asked if we were all ok, and sort of laughing I replied "of course, why wouldn't we be?". The neighbour looked at me confused, "Don't you know?" they asked. This is when my focus decided to kick in. Again I realised that it seemed unusually dark. I was looking for that street lamp that lit up the whomping willow and discovered it wasn't there! I stepped out and looked around. Our street only lit by people wandering with flashlights. Oh My God! Trees were littering the road. No, not branches, but fully mature trees! This is when I realised we had been hit by a tornado.
When dawn broke, I quickly got dressed to asses the damage. It was worse than I thought. The beautiful park was destroyed. All the trees that once stood were now either snapped or completely uprooted. Powerlines were flung across the road as if a giant had used them for jump ropes.
Everywhere I walked all I saw was destruction. It wasn't just by my home. I walked for blocks to see nothing but trees and powerlines and lamp posts scattered across the roads, houses and cars. This car used to be my friends mothers. Now it was nothing more than a tin can.
This guy was lucky! He managed to stop just before the tree fell infront of him.
I was later told they think the storm was an F2, although storm chasers that came through felt that the damage more indicated an F3. Either way, it in no way compares to the destruction in Oklahama. I now have a better understanding as to how they feel. For years to come there will be fear. Every time the rain falls, the lightening strikes, the thunder rolls and the wind picks up they will be afraid. This is what we all face in the wake of destruction.
Giselle
Rock Me Amadeus has an AWESOME thing goin' on right now. Go to the shop and you'll find a TON of boxes sitting on the table for 50L each. Inside are oodles of goodies for you to sort through and fill your invy on a budget. I'm wearing the blue Maddie Dress from one of the boxes. I paired it with the Gold Moscou jewelry set from Alienbear. Here's a better look.
Lily
Azul has always been one of my favourite places to shop. I love the details on their gowns, and the group gifts are always top quality! Thank you to a Facebook friend for the heads up that Azul released their June group gift! This lacey white dress is adorable, and I love the fact that it is none mesh. Mesh never seems to fit me, plus, I like the way most none mesh gowns flow.
I decided to pair this dress with a black pearl jewelry set from Alienbear. You will see this better in the image below.
Giselle
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