My corset is a cage and my boots are embroidered with beautiful skulls. I’m feeling a surge of thanks for Second Life, because it always provides me a place to hide away and create something. Creation is blood, and having this avenue of creation open to me no matter where I am or how my body feels is a wonderful thing. Happy (US) Thanksgiving. I’m off to celebrate tomorrow in true joy for being where I am, in the 21st century, in this world, in this Second life. (O hey, Cajsa is wearing this neat caged corset from Plastik too!)

Horns: Plastik Arachzis Horns in wraithe
Pants: Sn@tch second skin leather pants in red
Boots: Lassitude & Ennui sugarskull boots in brown
Hair: Clawtooth Dear Heart in Wheat
Corset: Plastik Euthanasia in Metal
Tattoo: vintage
Skin: Plastik LionHeart – poet – story – freckled
Jewelry: G*Field rose lace Imperial set
Bracelet: grasp leather bracelet

This year, I’ve had to work hard to celebrate Halloween. It’s my favorite holiday and I love it for a lot of reasons, but a few things tried to get in the way of my joy. A lot of you know that I was diagnosed with cancer last year. In March, after chemotherapy, the doctors said it was gone, but sadly by September it was back. I’m about to face another month of chemotherapy starting next week, and this week is my last gasp of chemical freedom before I walk down that road.

I’m pretty lucky as far as cancer and chemotherapy goes. My cancer is Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the duodenum, and it’s still Stage 1 in small spots on my duodenum that have apparently not chosen to metastasize throughout my lymph nodes. I’m incredibly relieved about this. The chemotherapy that I will undergo is a gentle one, Rituxan. It targets B-cells instead of ALL the cells. Last time around I didn’t lose my hair. This time, I’m begging the universe that the cancer cells have not become immune, and that they’ll die just as easily as they did last time. I’m in for a lot of maintenance chemotherapy too (every few months for a year or so), but I’m ready for it. If it kills the cancer, great.

So despite this, I’m celebrating my ass off tomorrow. I’m going to wear a costume to my real life job, and I’ll wear all the pretty orange that there is in Second Life. I’m grateful for the full moon and the lack of a storm down here in Florida, for the health and life that I have, and for the medicine that will give me even more. I raise my pumpkin pop to the joy of the season! May you all have even more reason to celebrate than I do!

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These adorable plush crows are from ~silentsparrow~ for FLF. There’s a version that sits upon one’s head, but my little avatar is too small for that today! I’m wearing Katat0nik’s Tiny Nurse Doll avatar. The cool thing about the avatar is that it automatically resizes skin, eyes, hair, and eyelashes, so that you can put on whatever you want, easily! (I styled mine vaguely gothy, of course.)

Plushies: ~silentsparrow~ (Bloo) and (Coal) Corbie Mesh Plush Crows for FLF
Skin: Frick Fall Leaves in apricot
Makeup: Frick Nemesis makeup in black
Outfit, shape, shoes, hat: Katat0nik Tiny Nurse Doll (fatpack/bloody variety)
Eyes: Mutsu Coffee Eyes
Hair: Lamb Whoop Dee Doo – Ink

I adore this set of eyeball jewelry from Schadenfreude. I’m showing the hair bow and necklace, and there’s also a set of earrings and bracelets. The dress is one of the new 49L mesh Halloween dresses from Plastik — there are a ton of cheap things to choose from at Plastik this holiday, and it’s worth a look!

Skin: Frick Fall Leaves – Apricot
Jewelry: Schadenfreude PonPon eye hairbow and necklace
Eyes: Miasnow Eyes – EBIL FIRE
Nails: Mandala takara nails in silver
Cardigan: Honey Kitty cinnamon romantic cardigan
Outfit: Plastik Halloween 2012 49L mesh outfit, Achillea in TrickDark
Hair: Fashionably Dead Classic Killer in Orange 2
Stockings: Honey Kitty brown thin border socks
Shoes: Ingenue Cindy in peachy for Collabor88

Frick has an autumn hunt! You can get that awesome skin, makeup, and outfit there. Adore it all! I admit that this outfit is all about my backside. I mean, look at those eyeballs on my hat! HEY, EYES UP! Oh, that pair of pretty puss-in-boots style boots? Those are Lassitude & Ennui. And the super adorable purse is from Katat0nik.

Purse: Katat0nik Rainbow Purse in dark shade
Hair: Clawtooth Dear Heart in purple rain, not mesh!
Shoes: Lassitude & Ennui Suede Boots in Latte
Hat: Schadenfreude Charlotte’s Sun Hat
Makeup: Frick Nemesis Makeup – Black
Skin: Frick autumn hunt skin – Fall Leaves – Apricot
Outfit: Frick autumn hunt ribbon corset in orange and black cheekies
Tattoos: ~silentsparrow~ raven’s wing belladonna:lepidoptera
Fingertape: Sinistyle

MiaSnow’s zombie skins are getting grosser and closer to decay — that must mean Halloween’s nearer! I do love the cheekbones that a bit of grave dirt gives me. Decay sure does suit my avatar… I’m wearing it with a nice fresh hat from Schadenfreude, a gorgeous medallion from Lassitude & Ennui, and a comfy outfit for lounging around in my sepulchre from MichaMi.

Nails: Mandala short nails
Necklace: Lassitude & Ennui The Queen’s Gambit in gold and green
Skin: MiaSnow Zomba bloody mess
Leggings: MichaMi Bolt leggings in zebra
Jumper: MichaMi Ego sweater in mustard
Hair: Lamb Ruby (mesh) in moss
Eyes: Plastik Jerusalem – candy
Shoes: Schadenfreude Acid Leopard Dreamlander Heels
Hat: Schadenfreude black scratch tophat (tailless version)
Poses: Lolapop

I adore this time of year, not least because Schadenfreude’s totally free Treat Basket appears at the Starlust elephant. I also love the Cinema event (look at those beautiful suede boots!), and this cute dress from Katat0nik. In SL, where we’re costumed all the time, is there a need to dress up further?  Also, you might notice that I’ve got on a lovely monstery necklace — Violet Voltaire is back (yay), and her new necklace is currently at the Starlust Monster Beach Party!

Dress: Katat0nik Rainbow Dollie Dress, mesh, in green
Hair: Clawtooth Dear Heart in screaming yellow
Shoes: Lassitude & Ennui embroidered mesh boots in green for the Cinema event (in the Fantasy genre) – http://hottiecooterati.com/events/cinema-2012/
Skin: Plastik Ataciara elven valah light naked & ears
Eyes: Plastik Jerusalem Candy
Bucket: Schadenfreude Treat Bucket / sucker
Necklace: Violet Voltaire Boogie Monster Necklace (wooo, welcome back!) – at the Monster Beach Party
Poses: Lolapop!
Tattoo: Wicked Redemption Tattoo