It's a Dakk Attack!

Writing Poetry

2011-08-29T12:15:00.001-04:00

Sometimes the mood just strikes me to write --anything. Get that pen/cil moving on that paper and just see what comes out.

The other day I met my friend at a poetry reading and everyone in the circle was sharing. I felt very timid to share what I wrote because it was written very hastily the evening before.

Time: The night before: We were just standing around and Desiree was sharing some of her poetry. (Which is AMAZING) by the way!) Then a couple more friends shared some of their writing. I wanted to share something too so I frantically put pen to paper and wrote a poem. My friends seemed to love it - but they had to say that as they are my friends! End:The night before

Here is said poem:

Rebirth

I met you a long time ago

in my dreams in the dark

you were calling to me...

I saw you and my heart stopped,

There you were

as you appeared in my dreams.

Scared and in awe was I .

How could I know what was in store for me

That fateful night

When you touched me

I could feel your cold skin

send shivers of ice down my spine

and yet it was hot like fire.

Slowly you took me in your arms

Barely a whisper you spoke in my ear,

"You will be mine."

Then your breath on my neck

It was if time stood still then

a bite was all.

I could feel my life slipping away

but yet

I was not scared

To the brink of death you took me

And then a

Taste of blood on my lips

I was reborn into the night.

~Dakk McDunnough

The poetry circle just kind of looked at me funny. I guess I should have told them Dakk is a Vampire. LOL

Time to dust off the pollen off this old blog of mine and catch you all up!

2011-04-27T15:43:00.000-04:00

I get so many things I want to say here then, of course, with my brain, I forget to write them out. One of the bad things about being a Dakk. LOL

One item is that I have become a part time vampire. I know, I know... Sad isn't it. I haven't left my clan or anything, and on Face Book we still play exchange the Vampire Candy (It drives my RL relatives NUTS!) Hey you all can come and visit me there too! LOL I am all over the internet you know! Just look for dakk_mcdunnough or various forms there of.

One really exciting thing is that I have started making fun and fanciful clothes and what nots! The name of the line is ... get this...it is so original you won't believe it... Dakk Attack! LMAO. So I made a group for it call Dakk Attack as well it is free to join I will be working on getting the basics in but when I am done I will be sending out notices for new items, hunts, and group gifts! My current and only location is on a new sim named Moon Rose Cove.

I have been out of SL for a few days. My power cord on the lap top went the way of broken laptop cords where ever that may be. I hope to be in tonight some time. I say hope because while I was using hubs laptop (I could use it for mail and stuff like that - could not install SL) I logged into NetFlix and am absolutely hooked on the 1967 soap opera Dark Shadows. It is that temporary Vampire in me. Oh Barnabas if only you were a GOOD looking Vampire I would be your Josette! OK, off to try to finish the second season. I will try not to start the 1990s revival of the show. giggle

Strike a POSE!

2011-01-21T16:02:00.001-05:00

Greetings Everyone!

Today I write on something very important in my second life. Something that I have come to love with all my heart. That is Poses. I can't help it, I am addicted to them! I have to collect them, the more I have of them the more I want! I especially love poses that come with Props!

This NEED that I have had me running around like a crazy woman, (ok, ok, so I AM a crazy woman), it had me running around like a chicken with my head cut off, looking for pose stores. Do you know it is almost impossible to find all the pose stores out there? How many wonderful pose makers there are that do not get noticed? Oh my goodness!! I had no idea until I found a godsend the day I tripped over this wonderful group called Pro Posers! They have a coalition of pose-makers of the highest caliber all under one roof so to speak.

You really need to join this group if you are a photographer, builder, or like me - are just pose crazy! You can be notified when a pose-maker has a new release, sale or sometimes you receive little gifties! Believe me, you will be very happy joining this group! Even before they gave us more than 25 groups I would always make sure I kept Pro Posers!

Right now, Until February 15, 2011, Proposers Group is holding its 3rd Grid Wide Pose Hunt! There are around 50 pose makers participating! I have started the hunt myself and it is very fun, challenging AND the poses are wonderful!The hunt is sponsored by BOSL, AVENUE, SCULPTZ, MANIERA, ICON, MOOLTO, RADAR, OK, E STYLE & SECONDLIGHTS.

Visit http://proposerssecondlife.blogspot.com/ for the Proposers Hunt Hints List and to join their blog and in SL make sure you join the PRO POSERS Group.

HURRY! HURRY! We only have 25 days to finish the hunt!

Hi everyone! Waves

2010-12-30T17:46:00.000-05:00

I know I have not written in a while, but I promise to write something before January 1.

I have lots to talk about!

I VANT TO ESCAPE

2010-10-22T12:38:00.000-04:00

I wonder just how many celebrities play Second Life as an escape from being famous. Second Life does give everyone a chance to be someone they aren't. I met this guy the other day who is pretty new to SL and is in my Vampire clan - he caught on to SL really fast - and he was really nice - we talked for a long time about life in SL and being Vampires and bringing in new vampires yadda, yadda, yadda - :-)~ I swear to you --- he sounded like Owen Wilson. Well Maxine and I looked Owen up on the net. Owen is from TX and our southern gentleman caller was from NC. oh well he was still nice to to talk to and his voice was really nice. :-) lol but it does set me to wondering

How many famous people escape into the world of MMORPGs as a way of loosing the Fame for just a little while?

Crazy 1st and 2nd lives!

2010-09-29T15:53:00.004-04:00

First Life First! -I missed two very important doctor appointments I thought were on Tuesday that were on Monday but were scheduled for the same time - but one they didn't have my info from the PCP anyway so oh well. Anxiety attack over a notice that the registration on our vehicle was suspended - those of you who know me understand those who don't will have to ponder and wonder and say "wha?" but today I found out it was on a truck we USED to have not the one we have now.

I love my Second Life. I love everyone in my Second Life. I really do. Honest and for true. I don't really know how to roll play and my first life rolls over into my second life and they get tangled together like threads in a tapestry. I do want to learn how to do more RP. But you will always get the essence of me.

Why? Well, I am kinda home bound due to several things that I may write about in the future. Heck I don't know if anyone even reads this now. lol I may be just writing for the sake of seeing myself on the net. (Hey if you do read can you please at least check one of the quick Reaction boxes on the bottom - Funny, smart, cool or stupid - just to let me know someone is reading? lol thanks)

But yes I am mostly house bound. I get out to go to the doctor or to the grocery store or if hubs feel up to going for a ride in the mountains. My only Adult contact in my Real Life is my husband and my Father In Law (always referred to as FIL) My doctors actually told me TO play SL as much as I want because of this. I try to balance it so I spend good quality time with Hubs and Autumn (My Daughter - she is 6 and in the 1st grade - you would think she is older she is so smart!)

Now on to my Second Life! - It was raining on Monday so that meant relatively no internet so no 2nd life. so I missed a rehearsal for a modeling show that I was to be in yesterday - I had to be replaced - I felt awful not just for myself but for letting down the company I was to do the show with. It was not a small Deelio - they are quite well known. I had a cry over that.

I am also working on some things for a magazine and it is going slow - both because my RL -SL and my brain are trying to fight each other and because I want it to be one of the best things I write.

Also I am busy working on a land project with two of my best friends Desiree Lurra and Eccoelite Swordthian - we are hoping to have it ready to go in time for the Halloween Party we have planned for Saturday October 30th - we are having this WITH our Clan's Club - Embraced - I will be sending out invitations so please drop me a note card if you would like an invite so I can get one out to you.

My Life in Land Marks!

2010-08-26T09:22:00.010-04:00

Did you know that you can tell allot about a person in the real world just by looking at their check book registry? It’s true! Unless you put everything on credit cards!
I will prove it to you. Take a moment to run and get yours out of your wallet or pocket book or where ever you keep yours hidden.

What you mean you don't write everything down in that little paper journal for deposits and withdraws! You don't even save receipts? Oh my, that IS telling, but there is more for those of you who do keep records! Even those who use online banking like Quicken.

Ok, everyone back yet? I will wait a few more seconds for the stragglers then I have to move on. *tapping foot to the music* You can't hear the music? I can't help that. You have to put your radio on to hear music, I can't do everything for you, you know!

Now that everyone is here I want you to open your register and look at what it says - if it anything like my humans it reads something like this:

Mortgage
Wal-mart
Wal-mart
Linden Labs
gas car
Wal-mart
power
phone
movie
Wal-mart
pet store
Linden Labs
Wal-mart

Now that school has started start adding in things like PTA, Fundraiser this and Fundraiser That... Pretty much spot on, am I right?

Applying the same principle to Second Life, if we open our Land Marks folder we see practically every place we have been, have clothes or items from, or searched for. I was amazed at everywhere I had gone in the last couple years. I had been to some pretty strange places by the names!

Unfortunately for me, most of the places, on the other end of the Land Mark, no longer existed. Some of my most favorite clothing stores are gone, one of them being Wrong, and in the art division I miss A Virtual Starry Night - the Van Gogh museum.

The same thing happens in the Real Life too. Favorite stores of my human's were gone when she went on vacation to visit her mom.

I want to peek in and see what is in YOUR Land Marks!

Hello Everyone!

2010-08-22T22:53:00.006-04:00

Does this color make my butt look FAT?

That is one good thing about Second Life is that we don't have to worry about our weight. Thank goodness. As the human frets and worries about numbers on the scale, flying buttons, the sometime sound of "RRRRIIIIIPPPPPP at the most inopportune time, and the dreaded shopping for Bathing Suit season; the SL Avatar is free to bound about trying on demos of what is the newest trend in boots or dresses and, yes, bathing suits!

Have a flat butt - just add a little number on the slider and do not spend the money on the "Booty Pop" panties they advertise on TV! Too much on top, bring it down a notch - too small on top a couple of notches up will do thank you... trying to stay young - 25 forever and nary a plastic surgeon in sight! giggle

Someone asked me how old I was so I said 7'4" there abouts in Second Life. They said no no no, In Real Life. I usually have no problem telling those things to my friends, I am pretty much an open book, but to someone I just met... not so much. I play the age I FEEL I am inside. Dakk's age varies some days I feel young and some days I am very old. I am a Vampire you know. LOL

I am so happy that we are such a diverse bunch of people on the RL side of the screen and that the SL side lets us get to learn about each other from all over the world. We may never get to meet each other in real life, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that we all make that connection of friendship that would NEVER been made with out Second Life. We get a chance to learn from each other, or just have a bunch of laughter and fun.

So, Does this color make my butt look fat?

I am sooo sorry I have been lax on blogging

2010-06-26T13:47:00.003-04:00

my health has kept me from blogging - I WILL make it up to you I promise! I will contact my my contacts and hopefully I will be able to have some items to write about - not just clothing but items as poses and maybe appliances or something. LOL and my Plurk friends I promise to get back over there and post there again. I have been fighting migraine headaches and my usual problems I won't burden you all with. Oh I will also bog about places! really I am ready to have F

Hugs and shimmies Dakk!

I vant to suck your blood--- ha ha ha ha

2010-05-05T09:33:00.006-04:00

For the last three months I had been toying with the idea of becoming a Vampire in Second Life. I mean, why not? I had been a Pirate, Belly Dancer, currently a Model, a blogger, mermaid, why not a Vampire?

I had been talking to different people that had vampire groups in their picks or in their groups and most of them were into all this sex & BDSM stuff that I am not into. The romance of Vampires is ok - you know the flirting the cuddling but no sex.

Yesterday I was at La Galleria, owned by my friend Pam Galleria (who, by the way makes the most amazing houses and kitchens and dining room sets I have ever seen in my LIFE), when I met a woman who had a Vampire clan in her groups - I started to ask her questions and she told me to wait for a second and she brought her Clan Liege over... Girls let me tell you - he was cute cute cute!

He explained that his clan was not about the sex. All that flirting and romance part of the vampire scene was usually as far as they go. It was funny, he said our spouses must have been talking and made the same rules for us. LOL Alas and alak, dear readers - he is partnered. Dang!

Ok back to the Vampire stuff... I asked him If I could do other things, cause you know some RP groups want you to be in character no matter what or where you are. I know that they must be the minority, but heavens to mergatroid (I bet you haven't heard that one lately) I have seen a lot of NO VAMPIRE BITING signs in some stores. Maybe I just read the sign wrong.

Since I had been thinking about this for months and they were so nice, and nice is very important, I let them turn me. now I have a some very sharp chompers (it will make eating a select grade steak a lot easier to eat.) lol

I have a lot to learn about the Blood Lines RP game but I can go at my own pace. If I don't want to bite people - he has this big wooden barrel full of blood that we can drink from... Oak aged blood. Hmmmm Vintage????

So that is what Dakk did yesterday. My human is still trying to rid herself of the migraine she has had for 2 days now. she even took out her contact lenses. Good thing she is near sighted so she can do close up work. LOL

Ok my dears - I guess that is all for now. If anything else interesting crosses my path I will be sure to let you know.

/mmmmuuuuuaaaaahhhhh big kiss to you lol

Today's Day

2010-04-29T19:03:00.002-04:00

Today was a pretty good day. I am starting to do things on my own. I was just popping in and out of stores looking at clothes and poses Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh and SHOES! Cherry is having a 50% off sale to make room for their new styles- Fat Packs are not on sale though. I scooped up a few pairs of those bad boys for sure!

It is funny - I never really cared about shoes in SL until I went to meet Fia Bonetto for the first time. It was my interview for her agency-the first words out of her mouth were "I don't like your shoes. Make sure you get rid of those before I see you again." LOL

Since then I am very conscious of my shoes. LOL Funny.

So that was my day. Not very interesting but it was mine. :-)

Dakk

A Promise Kept!

2010-04-27T22:21:00.002-04:00

Today, as promised yesterday, I have for you two outfits from Kissed by Lithium. I also threw in some poses from Adorkable Poses! These designers keep amazing me every time I see something from them.

First from Kissed By Lithium (KBL) we have Diazapam. A cute little number with a body suit, flexi skirt and tutu skirt. I am wearing purple but it also comes in brown, black and blue. I just loved the tutu skirt so I wore that one in the shots. . I really loved the delicate open lace between the bra top and the bikini bottom on the body suit. You will probably see me running around SL in this number a LOT this spring now I need to find me a really cute pair of flops that are NOT the kind the foam kind I usually end up getting. (Hey I am still pretty new to this Fashionista thing)

This second offering from KBL is Oxycontin, a cute little pair of short shorts and a bandeau top available in blue, green, brown, and purple. It is great for those hot summer nights for going out to the clubs or even just staying home. The satin is a beautiful material for this outfit because it shows off the curves nicely.

The pose screens are from Adorkable Poses. (See Ms Peapod! I actually was able to get one done!) Any way these screens are AMAZING! She has put several poses in them so more than
one person can have fun! Imagine one person hanging upside down while another is trying to tip it over! it is menu driven so it makes it easy to change poses too. This is super for Photograhers as well as anyone who just likes to have fun with poses. :-)

Okies I have to give my old fingers a rest. The fibromyalgia is cramping my fingers and making it a bit hard to type and if I am in SL I am going to need to use voice chat! LOL

See ya in my Second Life!

Fantasy Faire is now Over

2010-04-26T16:58:00.002-04:00

I am sad it is. I got to sneak in today whilst the vendors started packing up. It was very sad seeing the empty booths, but I did get to see a lot of things the vendors did have as wares AND I gathered a lot of Land Marks so I can visit their shops at my leisure.

I did find this one place - totally by accident as there wasn't a sign to it - it was behind the Mer Market. There was a pirate ship back there in a lagoon. I wanted to see what was over there and into the water I jumped- and it was not a shallow lagoon either. Good thing SL we don't really breathe!

As I plummeted to the bottom of the deep lagoon I landed with a semi hard thud. (well water does slow you down a bit). When I stood up and was able to look around I was amazed! Had I known what I had seen was there guess where I would have taken ALL my photos for my blog! Yep you got it! It was actually a booth for Garden of Da Vinci, a wonderus place on Kalepa Sim created by Felixx Sheppard.

I found myself in some ruins looking directly into the eye of an octopus! He was as curious about me as I was about him!

I found the coral and got on a ride-able sea horse and took a ride around his display. I had hoped it was larger than what it was but I got the landmark to the sim and I plan on going back. His sim has more than just what is under water! There is a castle and oh so much more.

I have not been having luck with putting SLURLs in here so all you have to do is search for Gardens of Da Vinci and there it is!

now I am taking a short break my fingers are tired - tomorrow I have some outfits from Kissed by Lithium to tell you all about... giggle... I am such a tease!

Mermaid's Tale / Tail

2010-04-23T15:51:00.005-04:00

Morgana Price has a beautiful tail for Relay for life it is called the Tulip Marrow. It is in a gorgeous color of blue with a beautiful tulip

petal design on all the fins, fin skirt and dainty faerie wings! I had to give you a back view so you could see it! This tail would be

wonderful for participating in a mermaid ballet! I can see the mermaid ballerinas dancing across the stage! Beautiful!

CelestialRay Serpente owner of Rose Princess has a very regal mermaid tail. It is actually part of a three piece set that includes the tail a gown and a bridal dress - I only have time to write about the mermaid tail. And what a tail it is. I imagine this tail is that of a queen or a princess or a good farie mermaid or someone like Glenda the Good Witch of the North.

Well with these last two Mermaids we come to the end of my Fantasy Faire Journey. It has been fun writing about these beautiful tails but I couldn't end my journey with out telling you about the beginning - the way I found out about Mer People in Second Life. And that all begins with one Photo shoot two years ago for a wonderful designer named Alice Biondi.

She is not just a mer designer - in fact this year her booth is set up in Elven Court but she let me in on two of her current tails and her RLF bracelet. I fell in love with mermaids that day 2 years ago! Alice and I have kept in touch regularly, but I had no idea mer people were this popular until this Fantasy Faire! Thank you, Alice, for that first glimpse of the wonderful world of Mermaids. If it weren't for you I would not have visited, let along blogging for, the Fantasy Fair!

This first mermaid is called the Fisherman's Wife. I need to ask her about why it is named that. I bet she has a grand story to tell. It is a brilliant shade of green with long flowing fins as well as some feather is looking fins around the bottom of the tail. Around the waist is a satchel/belt/scarf I wasn't able to tell but it was very pretty.

The Second Mer tail I tried on was even more amazing than the first. It is called Icelanta and the mer really shows the Ice part off in shades of blue and white! This one came with a skin and eyes. The hair I had in my inventory (I am not sure of the designer so if anyone out there can give me info on that I would love to have it) The tail fins move gracefully and the arm cuffs and the hip fins add a beautiful touch.

The RFL Bracelet is very beautiful. It is simple, cute, and amazing all at the same time. I really looked at it and was amazed at the detail that went into this piece. From the braided silver to the glass flower charm that lets the color behind it through (look at it - it shows my skin tone with both skins shine through!) it looks so real. I want one for my First Life!

Once Upon a Time..

2010-04-21T14:47:00.015-04:00

... A MerVillage had been destroyed. Everyone had moved to deeper waters for their safety. It was very cold in the deeper waters. There was one mermaid who did not like it at all. Her family told her to stay away from the ruins. When she asked why she had to stay away from the ruins where the warm waters were, they explained that it was destroyed by man and they did not want to risk having her hurt or even worse, murdered! She contemplated this for a while.
She hated disobeying her family, but she was so cold the thought of warmer waters was too compelling she couldn't help it. She had to go back. Something was drawing her there. Was it just the warm water or something else? "Man? What is man?," she thought to herself, "Man cannot be all bad. We have Mermen and they are a type of man, aren't they?" Before she knew it she was at the ruins.

The warm water felt so good! She was home. She was warm!

In fact she was having such a good time that she did not see the man on the bank of the water above her. He had thought he had heard splashing and thought someone may be in trouble so he took off his boots, armor and shirt and jumped in to try to save who ever he had thought was drowning.
He was completely startled as she swam over to him to get a closer look. They stared into each others eyes for what seemed like an eternity, but was only a few moments, as humans cannot breathe under water.

She swam away as he broke the surface of the water. Did he see what he thought he saw? Did she just see a human? "too bad he cannot breathe under water," she thought at the same time he was thinking, "too bad she is a fish."

I hope you liked that little story - below are the items from that Story:

The Purple Mermaid Sleved Tail, & Ruins are from Mermaid Reef - Suki Hawker
The tail is different from any others that I have seen so far. For one it shows more skin on the legs and thighs than most tails do. it also comes with three different arm cuffs that you can wear if you want to. crab claw, star fish or plain. if you touch the fins you will get a menu with things that you (or anyone) can do to the mermaid - in words -- like hug, lick, play, etc.
The Ruins are beautiful! Much larger than I expected which is always nice! the realistic stone texture was amazing. If I were creating any kind of undersea habitat I definitely would want to use the ruins.

Pose Balls - Falling into you - Kit Jefes- Kindred Souls
This is a great pose not only for mer people but for anyone who wants a cute couple pose. I really liked it.

The following tail is by Suki Hawker - Mermaid Reef

This Mer tail is a bit more for the bad girl in most of us that wants to get out. (many of you already let her out!) It is called The Sheer Latex Tail.

It has a really flowing tail that is indeed sheer. There are two sizes of scales in the front. High and Low. Low is really low... it shows everything in the nether regions so make sure you have had your waxing done.

Arm Bands, Collar, Chains, Chain Belt - you could be a Mermaid Biker! OK, I know, driving the bike is awkward side saddle. It was just a thought.

Close up of the chains on the belt - this one has the menu driven fins as well.

Oh did I forget to mention it comes with this ball gag?
Dang I hoped you wouldn't have reminded me, Suki.

The Fantasy Faire is running until April 25th! Come out and get your Fantasy On!

A big Thank you to my friend Kevin Fielding for letting me use him in my story! :-)

Things are Going Swimmingly!

2010-04-19T19:34:00.008-04:00

Today, April 19, 2010, marks the first day of the Fantasy Faire here in Second Life! Here you will find eight full SIMs, each with its own theme: Mer Market, Wings, Wands & Wonders, Elven Court, Dark Realms, Avatopia, Neko Industrial, Via Obscura and Sector Sci-Fi. There is something for everyone here, and I know to see the whole thing you will need more than one day!

I stopped by the Fantasy Faire early this morning. I did not even make it past the first couple of booths! I was in Mer Heaven! But, alas, I had to leave to start my blogging on the beautiful items from the Mer Market vendors that I had been assigned to. Do you get the connection with the title of the entry? Sometimes my wit scares me.

The best part of this event, besides the 8 FULL SIMs of Fantasy items, is that proceeds from the sale of certain items will go to Relay for Life! How can you beat buying your Fantasy clothes, wands, wings, tails and other items while helping Relay for Life at the same time?

Today I am focusing on Pacific Sunrise
~ Jade Wolfenhaut.

The first tail I tried was the Snowflake Eel Tail.

This is a really simple but unique tail that comes in two lengths, has nice petals to please even the most modest of Mermaids. The tail has a unique pattern and is a very nice color of white that will look good on any skin tone. And there is no fashion rule about not wearing a white mermaid tail after Labor Day!

The second mermaid tail I reveled in was the Beta Tail. This tail is a beautiful shade of blue and blue green. It comes with two different tops instead of petals. It has full fins on the feet, thighs, arms and ears! It moves so gracefully when you swim.

Here I have it paired with the Atlantis Necklace of Light – created by Tithis String, one of the designers in Jade Wolfenhaut’s store.

Close up of the Atlantis Necklace of Light.

Pacific Sunrise is one of the first booths you will see when you enter the Mer Market. Make a left onto the first street you come to and the booth is on your left side.

Since the Fantasy Faire is only running until the 25^th, here is the SLURL to her main store http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pangaia/197/248/2001

Oh that human of mine

2010-04-12T17:17:00.002-04:00

She is at it again!

I just don't know what I am going to do with her.

Spilling secrets that are really funny but do nothing to help ME with my life.

Here I need to gain some respectability and be able to do some writing on fashion reviews or reviews on other items like the one Carter gave me that I still have to write... and she is out there using MY time to write about HER life.

It isn't fair, I mean really, she takes time not only to write but also spend time with her husband and daughter but writing about them too.

She is so demanding of ME can you believe it? She said I had to give all of you the link to HER entry! It is a conspiracy I tells ya! Where is the justice in these worlds....

Ok, I better do it or she will not let me come out to play for a long time and I will miss all my friends. I may miss other opportunities I missed the last time I made her angry.

OK here is the stupid link

Grumble grumble

News Flash

2010-04-08T00:24:00.006-04:00

There is a news flash written about the HUMAN behind Dakk (she uses the same name though sorta) by the human -- it is an article about her falling off the mountain chasing flying pork chops.

This is her Diary/Blog she has been writing in for over 6 years.

It is the first entry on the list named Ditzy Dakk Does Dumb Dive

Most of this diary is open for everyone to read so feel free to go all the way back to 2003 and read some of what she wrote about. Some of it is pretty funny, some is very sad, and some is about becoming a mom.

Oh and some of it is about ME! Dakk the SL Avatar! GO ME!

April Fool's Day

2010-04-01T16:41:00.002-04:00

Well, today is April 1st. I am NOT an April Fool. By no means.

I am, however, a depressed bipolar human behind the lovely and vivacious and GROOVY avatar.

The human is working so hard to get the above in control. Mind you, she adores the up swing days on the bipolar spectrum - as her manic highs are around everyone's normal happy - just a little above that maybe - when she is on her manic side - she tends to talk a lot more - make jokes a lot more and is very giddy and she feels very artistic and has blasts of artistic creativity so she starts projects - is able to leave the confines of her room and get things done.

When she is on the low end of the bipolar she is really low. I mean LOW. If you have not dealt with depression, especially bipolar depression, you may not understand. Crying is a standard every few minutes for no reason and the not wanting to leave the safe area of the bedroom or what ever room is the safe zone.

The human here in question has bipolar mixed which is hard because both sides of the spectrum has parts of the other end mixed in. Like the racing thoughts of the high end is still present in the low end, etc.

So the human behind the hip and groovy Dakk is going through the down side right now - but it will pass. She will be in SL, as she has to pay tier on her lot and has other stuff to do - and hopefully seeing all her friends will help her hourglass turn around again to the up side.

But if you don't see her - just know she is still there - Her Human just needs to pick up her basket. :-)

Inventory Clearance Sale?

2010-03-15T13:18:00.002-04:00

Well I am not sure about the sale part - but the inventory clearance has to take place. And I am dreading it!

I have over 30K things in my inventory to go through. I almost had everything all sorted out and in nice and neat folders and folders inside folders and I made boxes and put things in boxes to save inventory space.

But then something happened and it was like in one of those old comedy shows in black and white - the ones that show people going on vacation and they have so much in their suitcase they have to sit on it to get it closed... but they fall off and the suitcase opens and everything comes flying out.... well that is what happened to my inventory.

I can't find anything. I don't know what is the pretty dress or the one that has a pretty name but is super ugly. Do I really need 20 copies of the TV remote control? I have 7 copies of the medieval canopy bed that has the sleep script on it... On it- they made two clear prims and put a scrip to make you lay on your back. your head doesn't even touch the pillows. and I have 7 beds like that. all because i pull one out and one stays in inventory. I pick the bed back up because we are doing something to the building then I pull the bed out but this time I now have one bed in the room and two in my inventory... Same thing with fireflies.

I need to clear all that stuff out of my inventory - I need to then go through my poses folder and organize that - I have poses all over my inventory - scattered hither, tither and yon. I need them in ONE place. I need to go through my clothes. OMG my clothes. I have to go through what I have and get rid of over half of what I have. maybe save a piece or two like gloves, stockings or hats. Go through my shoes and jewelry.

I wonder - Can you have a yard sale in Second Life? I know I can't hold one at my house - it is listed in my covenant - I wonder if it would be worth it to rent a booth somewhere - are there flea markets in Second Life?

Now that I am thinking on this - I have so much in my inventory --(even a kitchen sink!) Someone may want to buy some of it (the stuff that can be transferred that is). Would you pay 5L for an outfit that may have never been worn - just taken out of the box?

I am not looking forward to the task at hand. I would rather be out shopping, dancing or hanging out with my friends. I guess I need to actually set aside time on my calendar to work on this - make myself busy and just work on it for a couple of days. Other wise this inventory is going to be too heavy to carry around soon.

Happy Monday Everyone!

~Dakk

PS. Tomorrow is my RezDay!

Crazy is as Crazy does.

2010-03-14T22:39:00.002-04:00

And I have been told I am crazy. Have I done crazy things? Answer would be Yes.

Like flying as high as I could with a flight feather with my parachute on then putting the feather away and falling. it was fun. but more fun was falling WITH OUT the parachute!

I love just finding strange and unusual things in Second Life. I did not know you could cliff dive or para sail. those really aren't crazy. Now doing the chocobo gesture and running around IS crazy. and getting dressed up as a huge crab and doing the chocobo gesture is even crazier!

hmmm I know I did a lot of crazy things in SL - I did sit on dinosaur eggs waiting for them to hatch. - they didn't. oh I ran on a giant hamster wheel once. that was odd

I guess I haven't done as many crazy things as I thought I did. I better get busy. there are a lot of crazy things to do out there and I want to do them. LOL

Dakk

What to write when you don't know what to write

2010-03-06T21:02:00.003-05:00

Honestly I have no idea what to write about! OK I will just start to ramble and see where it takes us... these are the fun posts because my brain is very good at wandering!

I have discovered Plurking. For those of you who have never heard of Plurking it is like Tweeting but better. I have a Twitter account too - but since Plurk - I rarely go there anymore - plus I have my Plurk update my Twitter account! Honestly I am so happy I joined Plurk. I have met so many wonderful Plurkers - and we have wonderful conversations. Almost all my Plurkie Plurk Friends are from Second Life so there is a lot of talk about our Second Lives and some about our Real or First Lives. Some of my friends in Plurk have become friends of mine in the Second Life Universe, I have brought some of my Second Life friends over to Plurk (I wonder how many times I can say Plurk in this one paragraph.....) and some Plurk Friends were already on my friends list and my friends list at Flickr. So, if you are reading this and you are wondering just what a Plurk looks like here is the link.

So did you count how many times I said it? I haven't the vision I used to have so I didn't count. LOL

Well I don't remember if I wrote about the wonderful property I purchased that is just beautiful. I love it. I bought a house.. a house. I have bought them before. In fact I had a beach house. I loved it too but when I moved and became a wanderer for the few months I took off - before I bought this land - it is in my inventory. and with this land it doesn't go with my new property so in the inventory it stays. So I went house hunting. I wanted just a small house - not a 1 room job though. I looked and looked. My pixelated feet and RL hands were very sore from wandering all the house selling companies. I needed a house to match the land, a cottage, I had seen a few that I liked but for some reason I went for the biggest one out of the ones I liked. Darn it... the house is huge. It takes up almost the whole lot! what do I need two bedrooms for? I mean I have beds but I never use them! right now the only things in the house is my TV-DVD player and radio and a sofa. that is all in one room on the first floor - the other side of the house and the whole upstairs is empty. EMPTY. I am debating if I want to go back and get that cute little white cottage with the red doors and windows. I don't know. I am just not sure. My brain hurts from trying to make this decision. Bleh.

Well, speaking of brain hurts - I am really meaning it. I have one of those Migraines I get a few times a week. So until next time -

Be good........

.............But not too good!

Hasta Pasta!
Dakk

I'm Back

2010-03-03T11:48:00.004-05:00

Hey everyone!
Well I am back, for honest & for true! I have been in Second Life almost every day and it felt great! I am making new friends and I am still modeling. I am with two agencies, one is is active and I love everyone there. Yes, it is Look Elite. :-)

My friend and photographer, Divine, is currently taking some time for RL. Oh, Don't worry, I happen to know another photography studio that is THE BEST,Black Label Productions, and I am not just saying that because it owned by two of my friends, Laura18 Streeter & Bourbon Zenakova, You can find their studio on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter.
Well for now I have to sign off - I have a lot to do both on Plurk and in the SL Universe and the human has a few things to do IRL.

Hasta Pasta!
Dakk

Real life strikes again

2009-07-28T16:22:00.003-04:00

Many of you know that IRL my dad had both heart bypass then esophageal cancer. He beat them both - but the toll on his body was too much. He had a blood clot in his lung, infection in his heart, and we thought he was getting better and would be released from the hospital. No such luck.

On June 29, 2009, my daddy, my hero - died. I tried to get to see him but he died 4 min before I reached the hospital. I have not been around in SL or anywhere. They held a memorial service for him in FL but the weather was bad and my friend who is a pilot could not leave the airport so I missed that as well.

Needless to say - I have been feeling like a horrible daughter.

So that is it - tomorrow will be one month. I have not left the first stage of Grief... Denial. I keep expecting to have him call me. I know mom turned off his cell phone with their carrier but I cannot delete his number. I just can't. Everyone says it will get better. I know he is in a better place and no longer in pain. I know that. I just wish I had the opportunity to tell him he was still my hero and how much I loved him.

Dakk

SHOPPING

2009-03-20T00:22:00.000-04:00

There is nothing better for this girl to do when not working the runway or in front of the camera and that is shopping. Just a few minutes ago one of my BFFs Divine Nightly took me to the new Minnu store and I bought some new skins. I love them. And I don't have to adjust my face for them. They are like they were made for me. I am not telling you what set I bought. I don't want everyone running around like me, now do I?

Tomorrow we are going to hit the fashion fair, if it is still going on. If is not, then there a few places I have been dying to go to but never have seemed to have time to go to. Well I am going to make time. What good is living in a virtual world if you cannot enjoy it. Museums, gardens, cities, continents, Stores, So much to see and do.

And clothing stores and shoe stores, hair stores, and skin stores, you name it I want to see it....

I may not have money but a girl can look and wish can't she?

To be on the runway again....

2009-03-17T14:46:00.003-04:00

...is a rush like no other!

I was blessed to be able to walk for Look Elite Models in such an important show! The debut of MEB's spring collection!

I had one mishap on my last run due to lag. On my way back up to make my turn to go down the middle walkway, I got stuck inside one of the poles. LOL OOPS! Laura came to my rescue and saved my life with a tp to the back of the stage. I love lag --- I am one with the lag--- :-)

You can read about the show at the Look Elite Models Blog and learn more about this fantastic agency. I have been with them since the beginning, through rough times and let me tell you, I am very proud to be a Look Elite Model.

I love you guys... now I am all teary eyes cause I love you. LOL Laura or Bourbon you need to smack me upside my head! LMAO!

Dakk

New blog added to this one

2009-01-27T17:30:00.002-05:00

I just added a blog for my human so I can try to separate my two halves a little better. There will still be cross overs as I am basically myself in SL anyway, but my personal posts will be in the other blog.

Here is the link to it while I try to see if there is a way to put a visual link on the front page here. I am not sure I will be able to figure it out as I am still learning about blogger. Give me time. :-)

Well, That is all for now. I may come in to SL for a bit tonight. Depends on how the human feels.

Hugs and Shimmies!
Dakk

I have been MIA again

2008-12-08T22:18:00.002-05:00

RL has taken over again. First last weekend it was my RL sister came to town with a whole gaggle of guests. My anxiety was through the roof and it has not come down yet since it is the Holiday Season.

Things will get better -- they have to, Right?

I think I will be back in a day or two - still trying to get things cleaned up and straitened after their departure and get the tree decorated.

OMG I Have not even started to purchase Christmas and Hanukkah Gifts yet. Anxiety up again time to go to bed.....

My Modeling Work History

2008-11-21T14:25:00.003-05:00

I was just sitting here thinking about what I have done so far in the world of SL Fashion - This is what I have come up with so far:

Portfolios photos by Focus By Divine and Ro8 Avro

Agencies I am currently with:
Arai (closing its doors)-
Several runway shows for them that included several designers in each show such as CD Benelli.
BlackOwl Factory-
Three runway shows for designer Acedia Albion. I am featured in her monthly magazine issue #9, November & will be on the cover of issue #10, December!
Divine Angels -
Print work for Alice Biondi & Divine Nitely
Look Elite Models-
Print jobs forI-Doll & Bax Boots as well as three runway shows two for Lemania Indigo & one for Malt Fashions.
Gypsy Wave:
One runway show and preparing for the next one.

I have just signed with Diversity Models & VooDoo Vogue.

I guess I have done more than I thought I have. I still have a long way to go!

Happy Friday!

2008-11-21T13:06:00.002-05:00

Well, today is Friday - the human side of me had her doctor visit and all is OK so far. I got my referrals to the Neurologist and Rhumatologist so I can set those appointments up now. I am trying to set up another blog set up through this one just for the human side of me instead of boring you all with my RL junk here.

I need to come in soon and start doing my holiday preparations. I am thinking I want to hold a Christmas/Hanukkah party! I can't do one in 1st life so why not in SL?

Maybe I can find a few friends to help me.

Ok, I need to run to get some stuff in 1st life done so I can come in and have fun in my fun world!

Things are brighter in the morning sun

2008-11-18T11:37:00.006-05:00

Well, I guess I had another anxiety attack for no reason what so ever. I called the attorney and, yes, my hearing was removed from the docket. She said that they forgot to unprogram my info from their appointment auto-dialer. Whew.

So now all I should have to worry about is my 1st life doctor appointment tomorrow and the fact it is my Father In Law's Birthday then, in 2nd life, practice for Diversity. EEP don't forget 1st life Doc appointment on Friday for me, hubby and my 4 year old Autumn.

Before I come in to my fantasy world - my meds are making me really sleepy. So I am off to take a RL nap.

Toodles for now.

Ups....No Wait....Downs. Or the Good, the Bad & The Ugly

2008-11-17T18:59:00.002-05:00

Should I start with Good or Bad? I will just let it come out of my fingers and so it will be a mixed up jumble.

Some of you know some of my RL history - This is the bad otherwise known as the UGLY. I am not writing this for pity or sympathy - this is written so you may know more about me and what is going on today... Actually I think I will start with Good & Bad in 2nd life.

Today I found out I was not chosen in the casting call at VooDoo Vogue for the Winter Showcase. I was sad for about half an hour, did my little pity party and I was fine. There will be other shots. I was very very happy my friend Wen made it in, so that was GREAT! I love everyone there. OMG we get together and we laugh and laugh and laugh!

Another good was hanging out for a bit with my Friend and Boss Laura18 Streeter. This woman is extraordinary. And I am not just saying that because she is my boss and practically the only person following me on here. :-) She is one busy gal I get worn out litening to every thing she is up to. This weekend alone I think she said she had 5 events she is participating in! Please read her blog too. You can find it at http://laura18streeter.blogspot.com/. Not only does she model FULL TIME but she is also COO of Look Elite Modles.

Ok next on my ramblings I had my second practice today with Diversity, I think it went well. I learned a new walk. My group leader changed to Dunia and that is great! I love her even though we haven't really had a chance to talk to each other. She was in Arai with me and is in Diversity AND VooDoo Vogue. We were laughing today she thought I was folling her around!

All agencies I am in have been so terrific and the members fun to be around.

OK now back to the RL stuff. I have some hard times. I was in an Auto Accident in 1st life in the year 2000 and I have a ton of health problems from that. I have been trying to get disability from that as I cannot work. I was told by my attorney a month ago that he was over booked and had to reschedule my appt time from November 19 to another day. He said I did not have to respond to the letter from the court and that they would take care of everything. Well today- I had a voice mail from the court reminding me of my appt on Wednesday the 19th. OMG what am I going to do? I am so freakin gout. I have taken my anxiety meds hoping they calm me down. Anyone have ideas on ways to calm down? I tried breathing and I have taken two Klonipin .05mg.

I think if I don't sleep tonight I will be in SL just to try to get my mind off things. So if anyone wants to hang out and do something,,,, I am going to be purchasing more L$ I want to shop when I get this depressed.

So that last part is the UGLY.

Ok hubby said get off the computer for a bit and watch Chuck on NBC.

Mortified

2008-11-16T09:06:00.003-05:00

OMG - Ok my DSL has been acting up and so has my video card. Leave it to Murphy to add a daughter who would not go to sleep into the mix and you have a recipe for major disaster.

Here is what happened: I logged into SL just to pay my tier yesterday as I did not want to loose my land. My internet had been down for three days for the most part. Well up and down... Not on long enough to play SL. I was only going to be in for just long enough to pay that bill - when Acedia IMed me and asked me to be in her fashion show, (This was at 6pm SLT - show at 7:30pm SLT--9pm and 10:30 my time) I had IMed her about my internet and my kidlet... but she still wanted me in the show... So I tped over there - bought the two outfits and put on my Ice Skates - Oh did I forget to mention that part?? Yes the show was Ice Divas - and skating was involved - I did not have the hang of the skates I Had so she had me pick up the ones the other girls were using... if it had been real ice I would have been on my ass.

So I practice a bit and learn how to do the skating - sorta - and now it is 10pm EST 7pm SLT time for my kidlet to go to bed and she is fighting me tooth and nail. I finaly get her into my bed and she falls alseep at 10:30 on the dot. I thought I was right on time for the show - I was having Video card issues with it overheating earlier but thought I had it fixed but NO!

My computer froze up I could not move - no one was moving on my screen - oh crap - Though I, not now - please not now. So I ended closed SL and when I went to open it again - turns out the DSL went out again. Evidently Windstream did NOT come out to fix it like they told me. I had no internet.

When I got internet back on it was like 1am. My email I recived IMs from BlackOwl and Acedia telling me to GO GO GO they were about to announce my name as the cover winner. I am so bummed. I hope she doesn't take the cover away from me and that she will forgive me.

Sometimes it SUX to be Dakk.

Dakk in Acedia Albion Magazine Issue 9 - November

2008-11-15T06:23:00.005-05:00

Dakk in Acedia Albion Magazine Issue 9 - November
Originally uploaded by Dakk McDunnough

Well here it is! My first Magazine photos! It is a PDF magazine put out by Acedia Albion. I am not on the cover of this issue - I just wanted you to see the cover :-) There was a modeling contest and I won the cover of the December Issue - of Super Models Super Stars - A Black Owl Factory publication. I am really excited (article corrected 12/15)

I am on the lower left side of the middle page and the last page in this set is ALL ME! giggle. I cannot wait for Super Models Super Stars to come out!

I love her clothes. She has a new one out that I am dying to purchase! Maybe when I get my monthly allotment for SL spending I will just have to pick it up. :-D

Acedia's website is acediaalbion.com you can read all the issues of her magazine from her blog section and the Super Models Super Stars there as well.

I cannot BELIVE it!

2008-11-11T11:17:00.001-05:00

I have been accepted to Diversity Models! YEA! Arai is closing its doors and they asked everyone to leave the group so I guess I will do that today. It will free up a group space.

Rant time:

I am so frustrated with the fact LL will only give us 25 group spots. They should increase it to 50. Oh, I know, once everyone fills it up to 50 they will complain for more. I know 50 would be plenty for me. When I was really heavy into using Yahoo groups - I never really got above 37. Then it got a bit hard to follow.

OK, Rant over.

I need to go update my calander with what is going on over the next two months. I am going to be a really busy chick in 2nd life as well as 1st life!

I may write more - but for now this is it. I have a lot to do today in both my worlds so I better get moving or nothing will get done!

First Post to Introduce Myself

2008-11-10T10:37:00.000-05:00

Greetings to all you out there!

My name is Dakk McDunnough and this is my SL blog. Here I will talk about anything and everything that I want to about SL be it fashion, Modeling, relationships, great places I have seen, Runways I have done, new things in my Flickr, or just strange things that pop into my head! Well I may post RL stuff if my friends need to know otherwise it is SL and only SL.

First a bit about me:

My SL rezday is March 16, 2006. Of course I only hung out two days in the welcome center and when no one would talk to me - I left. A friend of mine convinced me to come back and try again so in Feb of 2008 I did just that and I haven't stopped since!

With me, what you see is what you get. It is a game, social interaction, and fun, and it is my real self you see, even if you don't know my real name or details about my real life. Yes I really am that crazy. I am very true to my friends. Even if I get hurt by you - I still love you and treasure friendship above all.

Next back to talking about Modeling:

I have been a Pirate and Belly Dancer. But now I am working hard to be a Model. Oh I know what you are thinking - she is trying to be DIVA... Nope not at all. To me being a model is not about me... It is about making the designers clothes look good so they sell more and ask me to model for them again. Anything above that is just the Cherry on the top. :-)

I am currently signed with:

Look Elite Models
VooDoo Vogue
Black Owl Factory
Look International
Gypsy Wave
Arai Models
and I do Freelance work

I have had most of my training on the job. For me it has worked out the best because I have learned Every Agency and Every Designer wants things their own way. You will be learning new walks all the time and if the agency you are with offers free training or training for a show I take it. I am of the thought that each show and each agency will to mold me into what they want me to be. I do pick up things quick - I keep notes on everything :-).

For Fun:

Well I have been working hard and really haven't spent time on fun. Once my SL BF left (that is a LONG story best saved for sometime when I have been into the Asti) I no longer go dancing as I found it quite difficult to waltz by myslef. I literally just end up standing in the middle of the floor with everyone else just staring at me. Quite embarrassing.

Now the other day when I went to the runway at VooDoo Vogue - a bunch of models and the owners showed up and we had fun along with an impromptu pillow fight. That was fun. :-)

That is about all for today. My RL brain is shutting down. LOL Time for a short nap before I come into SL so I make sense to everyone! Huggles and Poses!