Road Trip, Stop One: San Diego Comic Con

 I had planned to start my road trip in New England, Susan's stomping grounds, in honor of her help in choosing the next theme.

When I get a call from Mei Lin, it turns out to be a good thing I didn't make my travel arrangements yet.

"Tarra, I need help! I wanted to do a C-Drama cosplay at San Diego Comic Con, but the friend who was going with me got sick and had to cancel at the last minute!" she says.

"That's awful, I'm so sorry," I tell her. "But how can I help? I'm no doctor - don't even play one on TV."

"Noooo, but you are almost exactly the same size as Valerie, who was going to wear the other costume. Any chance I can talk you into coming out to model it?" Mei wheedles. "You won't even need to wear a wig!"

...which is how I find myself in California, dressed as a nine-tailed fox spirit and loyal companion to Mei's young goddess going through her tribulation.

 "Are you sure it's okay to wear this here?" I ask. "It's not really comics related."

"Neither are Forrest Gump or the Phantom of the Opera, and they've both made appearances," she says with a laugh. "Anyway, if anybody complains, just tell them we're from a Shang Chi AU." 

I'm not sure exactly what that means, but I guess I'll just have to trust my young goddess!

Dance the Night

When the night's here, I don't do tears
Baby, no chance
I could dance, I could dance, I could dance

 (Thank you to friends P, X, M & D for helping out with the dance party vibes!)

Happy Belated Hallowe'en

 What happens when the rest of the "meddling kids" forget and leave you behind? Well, I guess you take a solo pic instead.

(I had this costume well before Hallowe'en; even had it on for over a week ahead of time. But life and yes that cozy game still got in the way of finding a good location, taking the photo and editing it. (No, Scooby-Doo was never a favorite cartoon, but the costume is just too good for a redhead.)

Head: LOGO "Christina"
Skin: Gloom - Veruska Skin (Rosekiss)
Hair: Stealthic - Beam

Clothes: Mug - Dallene Costume

Pose: STUN - Belinda 4

Location: Frogmore

 

February Fugue

 The second half of February kind of went by in both a rush and a daze for me; the anniversary of an emotionally fraught event falls in there, some RL stuff (helping a friend move, being even more short-staffed at work due to co-worker medical issues, etc,, and The Typist getting hooked on a new video game. possibly in reaction to some of that stuff). 

There's no location for this shot, as it's a set put together on a friend's bit of private land, with items from the February Shop & Hop, and items from a couple of weeks' worth of weekend sales.

What I Didn't Do Before

 

Got this tank top from the Shop & Hop event - and honestly? I think this is what was wrong in my previous turns in SL: I came in seeking external validation and not respecting and loving myself enough. (To be honest, that's still a big work in progress - but I'm trying.)

Just for the record, though, you can love yourself dressed up, too!