I haven’t done a Love Thursday post in a while. I think this is the perfect time for it, my Love Thursday today is definitely Kirstens Viewer! <3

For over a year now I have been a strong supporter of Kirstens Viewer, writing many posts about it in the past. Kirstens has been my go to viewer for all my photography. Almost all of the images you see on my blog and flickr in the past year have been taken with Kirstens. It works the best for me for shadows, depth of field and now mesh. I am extremely sad to hear about its discontinuation. But I do understand and I wish them both well. Thank you so much for all the work you put into the viewer, we all greatly appreciate it! <3

I do however hope that someone sets out to create a viewer that is specifically designed for photography as Kirstens was. I will hold on to the last release for as long as I can until I feel I must update. I am so happy I have the latest version S21 build 9 (which supports mesh) downloaded and it works well as I don't see it available for download anywhere now, not even on the Kirstens download page or on this page. Am I missing it?

Since my last post about the SL profiles, there’s been a few changes to them, which I thought I’d talk about. Since yesterday these have been the changes that were implemented:

Follow or Friend: If you go to my SL profile and if you are not on my friend list, you should see a follow or friend button now. This means you are able to follow anyone’s feed that you like, without the need to friend them. As I mentioned in my post before, I don’t mind if you guys wish to friend me at all, in fact I welcome it. But I do understand that some people prefer to keep their friend list inworld small. So now we have the option to just follow those we may be feeling too shy about friending. Yesterday I went on a major follow spree and followed some of my favorite Lindens, bloggers and content creators. Kind of feel like a stalker now, but I think it’s all good! :P

More Privacy Options: This is the part that I love the most! If you go into “settings” and then the “privacy” tab you will see two options for your feed now. First option is the setting for “who can see your profile feed and your posts” there are four different settings for that. I know a lot of people had concerns about having the feed and have completely turned it off by setting it to nobody. However, I think it can be a very useful feature for content creators. If you set it to everyone, every time you do a release you can announce it on your feed just by adding a few words about it and then linking to your blog post or flickr. It’s a great way to let your customers (that may look up your profile for various reasons) know that you have released new items.

The other option for the feed is down at the bottom and this is the important one. You may or may not want to give the ability to people to write on your feed. You can completely turn it off and turn your profile feed into your own personal announcement feed. I think it’s a brilliant idea for content creators who may not want their customers leaving all sorts of comments on their profiles, but could easily still use their feed the way they see fit.

So far I am loving these changes and look forward to seeing more great developments in the SL profiles. Right now I use my feed mainly to announce blog posts but I do occasionally read my friend’s feeds and input my thoughts here and there. I look forward to seeing more and more people using the profiles and interacting more on there. Remember, feel free to friend or follow me if you like!

Can you please vote for me?

Finally I just wanted to end this post off with a big thank you those that have been voting for me for the about.me contest on a daily basis. Also a big thank you to Linden Lab for tweeting my contest post. I believe I am in the top 5% now with 524 votes. The contest runs till September 20th and you can vote once a day. I would love it if you can take some time today to just hit that vote button for me. Thank you! <3

It feels like I haven’t done a Love Thursday post in almost a year, not true though. :P I’ve just been slacking in the blogging department for a few months. But I’m trying to make more time for that now. What an awesome way to start up Love Thursday again! Just today one of my all-time favorite skins was released in an updated version. Dutch Touch Amber is definitely my most favorite, it has everything I’ve always wanted in a skin. It comes in 3 delicious tones and I’m wearing the dark tone which is currently free to all Dutch Touch VIP group members. Check out the new Dutch Touch blog for all the details: http://www.dutch-touch.com

The lingerie I am wearing is the new Intima line from Glam Affair. This stylish new lingerie line consists of eight extremely sexy sets. I am wearing more of the classic style with stockings, check out the other outrageous sets on the Glam Affair flickr.

Happy Love Thursday everyone! <3

Credits:
Skin: Dutch Touch Amber v2 Dark – Basic by Iki Ikarus (Free for Dutch Touch VIP group)
Hair: Exile Darla/min TDR Exclusive by Kavar Cleanslate (Available at The Dressing Room for L$40)
*Eyes: Exodi Soulful Eyes – Pally by Ryker Beck
*Lingerie: Glam Affair Intima line by Aida Ewing
*Earrings: LaGyo Mohawk earrings by Gyorgyna Larnia
*Bracelet: Zaara Vyomi chained bracelet onyx by Zaara Kohime
*Poses: Miamai by Mavi Beck
*Promotional copies

So are y’all as full as I am? Man I am full and there is still ice cream in the freezer waiting to be eaten. My family made tandoori turkey today and it was delish! I hope all the other Americans out there had an awesome Thanksgiving as well.

This love Thursday I want to tell you about a jewelry store that I just adore. Anytime I get a new advertiser on the blog I always go and check them out thoroughly and je suis has so many goodies that I just couldn’t resist. I’m wearing the tente set in this picture and it is one of my favorites in the store. She also has some gorgeous prim nails and many other exquisitely textured jewelry sets. My favorite thing about her jewelry is that most of it is scripted and you can change the colors and resize etc.. with much ease. I will be doing many more pictures in her jewels in the near future.

The skin I’m wearing is the latest female from LeLutka which was released last week. I love the softness the skin has but my most favorite part about the skin is its “lack of cleavage.” Don’t get me wrong, I do love my cleavage at times (especially since I have none in RL *sadface*) but sometimes (and contrary to what Mr. Revolution says) I just don’t want my hooters all up in everyone’s face. So yeah, this is a great skin to look at if you are looking to have less cleavage. Check out more non-photoshopped pictures of this skin in my post on the Skin Addiction blog for a more detailed look.

Since it’s Thanksgiving, I just want to say that I am thankful for the opportunity to express my thoughts and feelings with pictures and words on this blog and also to be able to share it with all of you. Thank you for all the love, encouragement and support. Happy Turkey Love Thursday! <3

Credits:
*Skin: [LeLutka]-Mila/ESPRESSO-Makeup4/Hairbase by Minnu Palen
*Hair: [LeLutka]-Hair Attachment – Dark/Espresso by Thora Charron
*Jewelry: ::je::suis::tente::sky:: by Julia Merosi
*Promotional copies

At times I feel very privileged to have such wonderful friends, even if I feel I don’t deserve them. I’m quite anti-social and a hermit so not the most engaging friend at times. But I still appreciate the few that have stuck around and learned to deal with my mood swings and encourage me to be a better person.

Mr. Chaddi Masala is also one of those friends that has been there for me even when I threaten him and call him names. Well can you blame me? Do you know what his name is? In my language, chaddi means underwear and masala means spice. When I first read his name I was like ewwwwww. I remember the first day I was telling him about the cool indian club I hung out at when I was a newb. He asked me where it was so I gave him the lm and said, “Ok, but don’t you DARE tell people you know me! I don’t want to be associated with someone named SPICY UNDERWEAR!!” And of course the brat that he is, the first thing he did was go to the club when it was packed with all my friends and announce, “Hey guys, I’m Berry’s friend.”

So I was hanging out with Mr. Spicy a few days ago and I really liked what he was wearing. He always brings out these really cool avatars and outfits that totally blow me away. I am still in love with his samurai outfit. This outfit is called “Death’s Master” and I thought it was very well textured and would be great for rping. I had to take a shot of him in it with his emo eyeliner on. LOL Totally loved the whole look and of course he happily obliged.

That’s what friends are for. They’re there for you when you need them and put up with all your crazy mood swings and crankiness. This love Thursday I am thankful for all my friends – Zaara, Cat, Sean, Chad, Sawyer, Winter, Elu, bishes (you know who you are) and everyone I chat with on plurk. Although I don’t get the chance to read all your plurks or respond to them, you guys always manage to make me laugh and smile, even when I’m being cranky and ranty. <3

Happy Love Thursday everyone! <3

Mr. Chaddi Masala is wearing:
OUTFIT: Mystic Sky – Death’s Master in Black by Skyler John
SKIN: Belleza – Shawn Tan 4-E
HAIR: Novocaine – Flynn
EYES: Poetic Eyes – Quicksilver
BRACELETS: Mandala – Reiki Black
PIERCINGS/EARINGS: Mandala – Soul Jewelry Black
BOOTS: Duh! – Men’s Grey Buckled Boots

“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”

It’s rare that you find a person who’s so kind, considerate and giving that they completely offset the bad you’ve seen in humanity. I’ve known Berry for nearly two years, and every day I am still in awe of what a wonderful person she is. Through good times and bad, she’s always been there for me. I simply lack the words to truly describe how much I love and appreciate her. It is an honor to call her my friend. Happy Love Thursday, Berry. <3

Credits

Berry:

Body:

• Skin ~ ::JoLiE:: V2 Cocoa by Iki Ikarus @ ::Dutch Touch::
• Hair ~ Uma – Cacao by Onyx LeShelle @ Maitreya

Clothing:

• Jacket ~ Anton Trench by Jin Elfan @ Leverocci
• Pants ~ Pioner Jeans -DarkBlue- by Jin Elfan @ Leverocci

Sean:

Body:

• Skin ~ Daniel LT Face00 Dark by Hart Larsson @ PXL
• Hair ~ Smith – Silver Tones III by Maddox DuPont @ MADesigns
• Hair Base ~ Hairbases :: Army White by Aeon Jiminy @ No.07 (currently unreleased)
• Eyes ~ Elfin Eyes – Paprika by DurtTrashDurt Zipper @ <<< negaposi >>>
• Ears ~ ElvenEar – Tease by Jasper Potez @ [ JP ] Design
• Horns ~ Modified from Demon Lord by Lucia Cyr @ LostHaven

Clothing:

• Sweater ~ Cashmere Turtleneck – Black by machang Pichot @ Aoharu
• Jeans ~ Classic Jeans – Indigo by Zaara Kohime @ Zaara
• Jacket ~ Traveler Coat – Dark Olive by AIR Winx @ Argrace
• Piercings ~ Bolted – Razor by Aydan Darcy @ .HoD.

*Poses by Dove Swanson @ Long Awkward Pose