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It's so surreal to me, even after almost 19 years of being in Second Life, how one can meet another who has travelled in similar circles that cross, but never in the same one yet find that that same one is the right track. It's wonderful and a gift really.
Our world keeps spinning.
A gift known as Shesa has been around and near me through various ways and means in Second Life for years. We knew OF each other, never KNEW each other is all..
Then one night, I watched her dance burlesque and things just..changed...suddenly I was in the same track she was and our circles synced up. We were orbiting our world together.
We share so much common history and so much current interest, yet never had ever had had a chance to connect things because we never knew how close we really ran with each other.
She's watched me dance before...we've shared meet ups with other partners together before...but never just...her and I before...
She is so kind, so polite, so mindful, so empathetic and so...careful...with my feelings, my thoughts and...my heart...
She's mature. Caringly so.
Her and I are circling together now and be it as friends or eventually more so...we ARE together and it IS finally just...
Simpatico...
I might have been orbiting on a similar plain to you Ms Quandry, but right now...now that we are in the same circle...the same orbit...together...
Although:
I just want to just stop the world...and melt with you...
"I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
I've seen some changes but it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
… The future's open wide"
I will see you soon Ms Quandry ;-)
With best intention and a future open wide,
- Ms Katherine Marie McAuley
A MOST lovely and creative fellow DJ named Erzsèbet Bàthory took a VERY flattering photo of me spinning tonight at - The Club Paradise - soon after I took over from her sexy tunes on the decks and while I going cray cray on the stage, made this WONDERFUL AI edited image of me up there!
I am FLATTERED! Blushing still now! Erzsèbet ? You made my night with this and REALLY made me smile with what you did! Thank you ever so much!
I can't wait to crush tunes with you again!
Check out her work HERE:
www.flickr.com/photos/195430920@N02/
Lawd it was a fun night!
DJ k8e XOXO
This is from 2018 when I DJ'd at a little lesbian club called "Fab". The club was flooded that day for a mermaid theme, but I didn't have a mermaid ensemble to wear, so did the next best thing I could:
I DJ'd by submarine. A yellow one of course.
Mermaids swam about me as I DJ'd from inside for two hours, coffee in hand. It was delightful :-)
I think I am the only person in SL to ever have DJ'd by submarine. Maybe even RL! ;-)
A sky of blue, a sea of green. Sexy mermaids swam around my musical submarine. :-)
This picture is one of the 124 Flickr's servers up and "ate" out of 142 pictures I had journaled. For reasons unknown, Flickr "ate" the pictures and a team of six of their people took three days to find them again for me. For that I am thankful.
Love you all. Stay creative!
- Cap'n DJ k8e
From the photo pile Flickr's server ate in the spring.
My favourite sim to visit in SL was always one called "Wintermoon". It was a magical place. It would call you to part of it if you listened softly and guide you to another magical part of this unique sim where you tended to find solace and peace.
It truly was a work of love and art and I miss it so for it closed unexpectedly in fall of 2022 catching myself and many others by surprise.
SL is like that though - a giant lego set perhaps and the pieces of Wintermoon will someday lead to some other magical destination.
I found a lot of peace there. I miss you Wintermoon.
Be of peace and solace all
- Katherine xoxo
My favourite Sim in SL was called "Wintermoon". I saw "was". because sadly, like a lot of things in SL, it couldn't retain permanence. On day it was just...gone...
I would go there to find solace for myself when I was hurting or lonely or both. I would take friends or more so to there to experience the beauty of the sims - arguably the best ones in Second Life - and also to "hear the calling".
Each time I went there, despite the hundred plus times I went, I would feel "called" to a particular area that somehow I had never seen and experienced before there. Somehow in the spot, I would find peace and easement of mind. Somehow many of those I cared about did too.
This picture is one of the 124 Flickr's servers up and "ate" out of 142 pictures I had journaled. For reasons unknown, Flickr "ate" the pictures and a team of six of their people took three days to find them again for me.
Every single one.
For that, I was eternally grateful as my health as it is means I can't always trust my brain and documenting my SL for better or worse via Flickr, helped me to preserve the experiences and memories of our digital world.
The catch was all my writing, song links etc, were still gone. the pictures remain and tell a story unto themselves, but the context is vague and cloudy without the journaling. Still, they are here again. In my hard drive and I can share once more a moment from the past - now a glance if you will.
I do know this was Wintermoon. I do know I was troubled looking for answers that day when wandering and I most especially know the sim "showed me" where to be and what do, so I sat, read by the sea and forest and settled my mind.
For that, for Wintermoon, I am forever grateful.
Be of peace all of you.
- Katherine
"Strange and beautiful
Are the stars tonight
That dance around your head
In your eyes I see that perfect world
I hope that doesn't sound too weird
And I want all the world to know
That your love's all I need
All that I need
And if we're lost
Then we are lost together
Yeah if we're lost
We are lost together"
From "Lost Together" by Blue Rodeo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEYdwiVAP9o
Every time I get a chance to be peaceful with Shesa, we end up getting lost with each other...the world as we know it gets left behind and we end up in one of our own - always lost in emotion, but always together.
I love how we are pushing forward softly, respectfully and lovingly bae...
I love getting lost in your arms, eyes and most importantly - your love.
Thank you for being ever caring, empathetic, and oh so very romantic hon.
I look forward to getting lost together with you again soon.
- Your Kitty Katie
xoxo
"I wanna come over
To hell with the consequence
You told me you love me
That's all I believe
I wanna come over
It's a need I can't explain
To see you again
I wanna come over"
From "I Want to Come Over" by Melissa Etheridge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckt0TuK0qv0
Shesa? You always leave your light on for me. Every night, I always just want to touch you once more.
You and I have been left behind by those who filled us with fears, some kind of sins...
We turned and stopped denying the fire. Now lover, I burn and you let me in.
I ALWAYS wanna come over.
:-)
- Katherine Marie
XOXO
"You saw through me all this time
I'd forgotten people are kind
I was hurting and you knew
So you showed me what to do
You said "I will listen, tell it all
When you're finished we'll talk more"
But I didn't know how, so we took it in turns
To my surprise we found my words"
From "Ready Now" by Dodie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee41m9AH58w
I am ready now...we found my words by taking it in turns...
Thank you for understanding me Shesa...
With so much love,
- Katherine Marie
xoxo
"I-I love the colorful clothes she wears
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
I hear the sound of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
She's giving me the excitations
Close my eyes, she's somehow closer now
Softly smile, I know she must be kind
When I look in her eyes
She goes with me to a blossom world
I'm pickin' up good vibrations
She's giving me excitations
Ah, ah, my my, what elation
I don't know where but she sends me there
Oh, my my, what a sensation
Oh, my my, what elation
Oh, my my, what
Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations a-happenin' with her
She's giving me the excitations
I'm pickin' up good vibrations"
Pulled from "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkPyB-g3asI
Shesa and I exploring new places and we take our relationship into new spaces...
Lawd I love the vibrations she exudes. The give me "excitations".
I love and appreciate you and our new time together Ms Shesa Quandry.
I gotta keep those love good vibrations a-happenin' with her...
- Katherine Marie
All Happy With Glee
XOXO
Every Friday I spool up like a top and just unwind like the toy itself and spin, spin, spin!
Cobalt Blue is my Home Club and from 7-8 pm SLT, the Sexiest Bosslady in SL - Idoru - let's me go WILD and story tell through my music, my vibe....
Myself...
I tell stories through the music - ones I hope all who hear it will understand and just...
Smile...
From 7-8pm SLT, I am ALL me, all DJ k8e, locked and loaded and when I am done?
Spent...
Relieved...
Happy...
My flow twists and twirls around through people, making rumps shake and muscles ache as people dance, dance, dance!
I Play...
I play and play all the weeks sadness away...the people there make it all worth it...they and the colours they bring to my stories...
They also let go and listen to the stories I tell...
Cobalt Blue is my home, my center...
I love seeing the colours of the love the people bring to just..dance..I love seeing all the wonderful colours...
The Colour of Your Soul...
For months I had wanted to take my dear friend Panda out ballroom dancing and for reasons unknown to both of us, we never did...
Until tonight :-)
It was her Birthday last week and my 18th Resday, so we celebrated together at Franks Elite which DEFINES "Ballroom" in Second Life truly.
She wore a most princess poofy gown I had gifted her and I put on my finest suit so we could step out properly. Of course we dressed colours to match without knowing we were as we always do ;-)
I dipped and twirled her about. She sashayed, curtsied and moved in perfect time in response to me.
What a wonderful night :-)
I am so lucky and glad we are such good friends.
I am so lucky and glad we got to celebrate things in our lives together tonight.
I love you lots Gingersnaps!
Namaste
- Katherine Marie McAuley
This is one of the 124 of 148 picture that Flickr's servers "Ate" for reasons unknown in spring 2023. It took Flickr 3 days and 6 people to get them all back, but the stories with them..my journals and thoughts...were gone forever...
All I have is these pictures to try to remember it all...
I miss my friend Meghan...I miss being on the water with her...just drifting... we were friends and no one ever believed that...
Now she is gone and all I can remember from this lovely image of her and I is her racing down a dock yelling "BOAT! BOAT! BOAT!" as she insisted on buying me one...
I miss my friend so much. I hate those who got jealous of something that never was...so wrecked what was there...
I miss you Megs...very much...
boat...boat...boat.. :-(
- Your Katie Kat
XOXO
I've not been well in that pesky "Real Life" place lately. A combination of fibro pain and "bad brain" have left me sore, exhausted and at times exasperated.
I haven't been able to be with my in world friends as often as I would like.
Luckily I was able to make "Scary Story Time" at the BBK Library and Panda was more then happy to let me cuddle up with her so I could let go of the RL worries for a few hours as we listened to Cinder weave her tales of spooky, scary times in the funnest of ways.
Panda is a dear friend who seems to understand when my body/brain in RL let me down. She is more then happy to hang out when I am feeling able enough to come in world and I treasure that so much.
She is a wonderful confident, sage in advice, quick with a wry sense of humour and most important of all:
A Red Panda
Thank you my friend for being so patient with me as the storms of stressors past batter me about at times. I love you very much and am so thankful to have you as my friend in both realms with a shoulder to lean on always at the ready.
Tuesdays are the BEST days. :-)
With Love,
Madame Katie "The Unsinkable" McAuley
Ginger at Large
in spring 2023, the Flickr servers ATE 124 of the 148 photos I had up for unknown reasons...Flickr took three days with six people to find them..and they found them all, but the journaling with them - the context at times - is missing..this is one of them.
In the Blake Sea is "Siren's Cove" where many gather to hang out, dance,fish and be merfolk. What many don't realize is that down below is a wonderful world made by LL with some amazing reef work.
I took my little yellow submarine there one night and just...hovered...as the jellies and other fish swam around me and smiled as no one in a boat above realized that beauty they were missing - I had it to myself. :-)
- Katie XOXO
Ms. Quandry is one of THE best people to lay upon in ALL of Second Life and I will Fight On That Hill!!
For reals though, the best part of my days lately are the ends of them as I am with Shesa in world, in her arms or her in mine and we just "are".
She is a loving "comfort" that I know is there always for me to lean on as I am for her.
The title should read "Shesa: Nice Comfort" perhaps instead, but when will I ever waste a chance to lay down a good pun? ;-)
I love you to the stars and and back hon as I know...just know...that the stars are where you fell from.
Je t'aime BBG...je t'aime
- Your Katie
Panda is a wonderful soul...an old soul...a caring soul...also a dear friend. She and I have built up a wonderful and true friendship over the last several months, but when we meet and talk, it feels like we are "Like Old Friends".
Almost every Sunday and sometimes more often, we meet up and explore SL, dance, sail or just...sit...and talk...
You wont find a better Red Panda to talk to in SL I can guarantee it...or a kinder one.
Panda is smart, silly, serious, salty, sultry, sexy and most importantly: someone special.
I love you to the moon and back Panda. Thank you for being a lighthouse and safe harbour to shelter and confide in after my crossings across storm tossed seas.
Be of peace my friend. Namaste.
With Love and Caring,
- Katherine
youtu.be/k07cflKCl-Y?si=gpWv7PJY5qtsKlx_
Halcyon On and On by Orbital - the album cut
"Things could be stranger but I don't know how
I'm going through changes now
I've spent a lifetime trying to figure it out
I'm going through changes now
And I've just begun
Under a purple sun
There's many reasons we are what we become
I'm going through changes, ripping out pages
I'm going through changes now
I knew it once, but I forgot
I'm going through changes now
We want everything but what we got
I'm going through changes now
Maybe it's too soon
Under a purple moon
But I'd ride off with you in a big balloon
I'm going through changes, rattling cages
I'm going through changes now
Things could be different but I don't know how
I'm going through changes, through all of the strangeness
I'm going through changes now"
"Changes" by Langhorne Slim
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK-Tbcy66jY
We'll figure it out. We've had lifetimes to figure it out. We'll rip out pages, through all the strangeness. We're ready - together - to go through changes now even if we don;t know how :-)
- Katherine Marie to Ms. Quandry
Sooooooooooooo my girlfriend, the forever cute Ms Katie Parx, is BACK in the grid again after a brief absence and I am so H A P P Y about that!
Also, fortunately, my OTHER girlfriend, the ever gorgeous Ms Shesa Quandry, popped in to meet Katie for the first time with me, Katie present.
So it was a "quandry" with a Quandry, a Katie and a Katie! ;-)
WE had a wonderful visit on my back patio surrounded by the trees on the big, comfy couch.
I consider myself rather lucky to be loved by both of these remarkable women.
I feel even luckier that I get to LOVE both of these remarkable women!! :-)
No, it's not a "throuple", it's me as the person who dates both separately. They just happen to get along and are friends :-)
I have been in polyamorous situations before, but not quite in this way with me as the "link pin", but love is love and I know whom I love...
I also know I AM loved! For that I am humbled and thankful.
Katie? Shesa? Know how lucky I feel to be so cared for. Know how much knowing both of you in the way I do makes me feel so fortunate.
Thank you for loving me...both of you...
Feeling Lucky in Love,
- Ms Katherine Marie McAuley
DJ k8e got to flex her remix might at "Fortitude II" which was a recap by the Rooftops Series of festivals of who's who in the Second Life DJ scene - up and coming and established.
I was so proud and honoured to be asked to let fly with my fave mixes from 2024 there!
We danced, we laughed and we let the flow go through us...making our digital world a better place.
Am I the best DJ in Second Life? Awww hell no! But I might be one of the funnest! ;-)
Thank you for the invite Ray Ray! You truly flattered me! Lawd that was fun....
I am gonna "Bass in the Face" my way into 2025 loud and proud!
- DJ k8e xoxo
Very kind, very smart and oh so very cuddly...a Chance encounter :-)
I'd say Chance is with me ;-)
She's a very good Chance to take...
"Penso che un sogno così non ritorni mai più
Mi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di blu
Poi d'improvviso venivo dal vento rapito
E incominciavo a volare nel cielo infinito
Volare, oh oh…
Cantare, ohohoho…
Nel blu dipinto di blu
Felice di stare lassù
E volavo, volavo felice
Più in alto del sole ed ancora più su
Mentre il mondo pian piano spariva, lontano laggiù
Una musica dolce suonava soltanto per me"
From for "Blue Painted in The Blue (Flying)" ie "Volare" as sung by Domenico Modugno.
How my heart flies now...A wonderful "quandry" entered my life and it is one I will gleefully dwell and ponder on as I thought such a dream would never come back...
I had painted my hands and my face blue...
Then suddenly I was ravished by the wind and I started flying in the infinite sky. I was flying.
Flying, oh oh…
Singing, ohohoho…
Blue painted in the blue
Happy to be up there
I was flying, flying happily, higher than the sun and even higher whilst the world was slowly disappearing, far beneath.
A soft music was playing just for me.
Shesa was orchestrating it..
Innamorato di te...
Shesa? Sei davvero un bellissimo dilemma.
Con tanto amore mio caro,
- La signora Katherine Marie McAuley XOXO
I had a wonderful German Shepard/BorderCollie/Sure? cross named "Winnie" in Real Life...I say "had" because she passed away on Saturday, February 1st...
She had a seizure Friday night which was known to happen with her, but it didn't stop and got worse through the night. All throughout, there was a bad blizzard blowing outside which didn't help things at all. My other dog Jester and I stayed with her all night, comforting her as her body shook and she stayed so confused..
I didn't sleep a wink so I could call the vet when they opened.
Something was very wrong with my little girl...
Sadly, a rain tumour was what was wrong and it wasn't going to get better...so Jester and I were with her when she crossed over. She needed the confusion to stop and the pain.
Winnie had saved my life many times over 10 years and loved Jester and I honestly and truly as we did her...
I miss her very, very much as does Jester. She helped him overcome past trauma so much when I took him in. I've never seen a stronger pair bond...
Jester and I are having to adapt to a rather large hole in our lives where the love of Winnie was. We're trying our best, but we both still grieve very much. We will for some time...
In Second Life, Winnie is there still..also still purple and still painted like a Day of the Dead character - ironic now. She enjoyed being purple though tbh...
She will roam the beach in front of my SL home forever with Jester and play play play by the water's edge as she loved to do in Real Life.
This photo I took a few years ago of her and I at sunset in Second Life. The look of her here matched how she was in real life - looking at you with love and caring always. Intelligence and imagination always working with her.
It is one of the photos the Flickr servers "ate" for unknown reasons that Flickr found again for me with 123 others, but all their stories, their journaling...gone...
Now I will use it as a fitting photo of Winifred and I on the beach just being together like we were in Real Life.
I love you very much Winnie wherever you are now. I hope Dad and Auntie have found you. I know they loved you dearly too.
Take care Little Girl..
- With all the love and Walks
Mom...xoxo
I have a wonderful friend who I treasure more then my own self. I say that because despite all odds against them they have fought a helluva demon that still likes to taunt and try to drag them back into Hell. The same demon took my Dad from me...
Each time I see or talk to them, I feel blessed for I never know if I might not see them again...or used to...they fight harder now and the Demon's taunts and seductions get quieter for them...I don't worry as much as I used to.
They aren't who they were now. They are much better. They are stronger.
They will win.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKnTjYu4c44
Somehow though, when I talk to them, they give me the vibe that listening to Janis Joplin does. They come from the same part of the world, so you never know - maybe Janis came back.
I know my compadre came back again...
My avatar sits and ponders if she will return in this picture as at the time, she had left...quickly...
To the pretty ginger who crinkles her nose so cutely and tells me of travels far and wide...I love you in ways that words can't describe...and I hope..so hope..you heard Janis for that song the way I do and never ever will be the "Little Girl Blue" anymore...
This was part of the 124 of 148 pics Flickr ate on me...luckily I remembered the song and who it was for...
Love you all...especially Crinkle Nose;-)
- Your Katie Kat, For Always
For those who ever visited the now closed Wintermoon sim, my soul and heart grieves for you. It was the most unique place in SL.
Often, when visiting, I would feel "guided" to a special spot I had never experienced there before. Each spot held relevance for something requiring resolution in my life at that time. Always I would find resolution and never ever experienced the same spot twice.
I was devastated when it closed. There are no other sims as magical like it in SL and nor should there. It was Wintermoon..
Chance stopped in for the night to stay with me in my cabin at Turtle Mountain. A warm duvet and a hot Chance make for a rather cozy and safe place for the night that makes the snow storm outside seem miles away :-)
- Katherine
Hazel, My Katie (Ms Katie Parx) and I ("Other Katie") gathered to warm by the fire...that was over the fire.
Some fiery fire on fire action!
SO HAWT!!! ;-)
"[00:46] Ҡątίҽ ℳςȺυŁℯƴ (Katie Darlandes): have I told you today I love you yet?
[00:48] Chance Hazelnut: no. but you did try to frnech kiss me :P
[00:48] Ҡątίҽ ℳςȺυŁℯƴ (Katie Darlandes): I DID?!?!?!
[00:48] Chance Hazelnut: yesterday!
[00:48] Ҡątίҽ ℳςȺυŁℯƴ (Katie Darlandes): beats German Kissing
[00:48] Ҡątίҽ ℳςȺυŁℯƴ (Katie Darlandes): I did?
[00:48] Ҡątίҽ ℳςȺυŁℯƴ (Katie Darlandes): when did this happen?
[00:49] Ҡątίҽ ℳςȺυŁℯƴ (Katie Darlandes): in the caravan?
[00:49] Ҡątίҽ ℳςȺυŁℯƴ (Katie Darlandes): was I any good at it?"
Grins and giggles...I love you Ms Chance!
- O'Katie XOXO
Two years ago I met a girl named Becca and we fell deeply in love.
Loved.
A year ago she ghosted me and took my real life bestie of ten plus years with her who ghosted me as well too. Until then, Becca and I had had the next thirty years of our lives planned.
Together.
Suddenly everything came apart including me. This picture is from our first date and when we both fell hard for each other. This pic was one of the 124 of 148 that Flickr's servers ate, but was rescued - just without the journal I tend to write with the pictures.
Alone.
She stole my heart and then my life...nearly ending it in the process, but at least, for awhile, I felt truly loved and was able to love another fully myself...at least, for awhile...
Fallen.
I'll never ever forgive you Becca Bae for what you did to me, but I have good memories of who you USED to be...Those I will cherish. Those I can almost smile at now. The tears still come freely though...
Broken
You broke me. You broke me without saying why or goodbye...
Goodbye...
- Katie...
I know there's a lot of pics of Chance and I together in bed lately, but that's important - we are protecting each other.
Our Katie is away for reasons she beyond her control, so Chance and I take care of each other and wait for Our Katie to return.
It's taken both of us to fill in the roles for each other that one Katie Parx did.
We also keep each other grounded and feel loved because we do love each other.
Hobbes is of course being a "Very Brave and Handsome Tiger" between us. He makes sure we both are safe...he's also a cuddle slut ;-)
We are protected from the storm. We shelter in place until Our Katie returns...
When her sunshine comes back into our lives.
The cabin is our safe sanctuary and we need it so we can be close and caring in safety until that time.
- Katherine
Every Tuesday at 4pm SLT, the ever lovely Cinder hosts a spooky story time at Bun Bun Noodle House. It's 3 hours of modern spooky and intriguing tales and a wonderful time with warm people sitting by the fire in the BBK Library.
It's nice to be cozy with friends and share the tales together.
Yes, Hobbes is ok there as he is a very brave and Handsome Tiger after all! ;-)
- Katie "Unsinkable" McAuley
Chance and I have become amazing friends. For AGES I have wanted to step out on friend date with her and FINALLY we got to!
We went to Fogbound because the music is good, the dance machines always updated and the place crowded enough that nobody knows us.
She wore the sweetest dress, so I wore the swankiest slacks and we just danced the night away.
Both of us have had experiences there with people who later didn't do right by either of us, so us, together there, rewrote over allll the bad as we made some good memories together.
Also I got to dip her. A lot ;-)
Je t'aime ma ami belle!
- O'Katie xoxo
I love that I have my special pixel world back. I love even more that I have amazing people to share it with me.
When I get to DJ, time flies as we are all having fun, but in the end, time here is eternal. We never age, we get to be as our Mindseye shows us to be.
Tonight my Mindseye took my friends on a wild ride through some wonderful olde skool hip hop and dance music. My friends held on tight and all just rode in the flow together.
I missed being myself and being free in this world...
"Down with the crew crew
Talking 'bout the Mu Mu
Justified Ancient Liberation Zulu
Got to teach and everything you learn
Will point to the fact that time is eternal"
- From 3AM Eternal by KLF
youtu.be/A57P8hjdYcY?si=7UolXslWZj2VtVky
Love you all..very, very much...I'm Doctrin' up the Tardis...
- DJ k8e xoxo
I have DJ'd in Second Life for over a decade.
Am I good? Yes.
Am I great? *shrugs* Maybe?
People like what I play and I play what I like and I AM one of FUNNEST DJs on the grid.
I know there are a lot of DJ's out there who are much more skilled then I, who DO blow people's minds musically. Second Life is an AMAZING treasure trove of talent and opportunity for them to light audio fires in.
Tonight I took an aspiring one sailing...
I love to explore the Blake in one of my floaty boatys and let loose, with musica always going and tonight the lovely Asaria Obscure graced me with her personal stream for THREE WHOLE HOURS!!!
She hadn't spun "on the fly" for anyone before tonight and I had thought her MixCloud was amazing, as it is...but LIVE?!?!
I was BLESSED y'all!
Lawd peeps... let me tell you wut, the 411:
I have been lucky to have been around some amazing names in SL in the DJ world who just suddenly sparked and rocket off bright like fireworks, being lifted quickly by clubs, festivals through their talent and hard work. I can count on one hand how many though over the last decade.
Good thing I have another hand as there will be one more number to count soon...
DJ Asaria Obscure played right through my soul last night. She worked her butt off even though it was just us and I haven't LITERALLY shaked it like that since *smiles*...well... awhile :-)
The icing on the cake is she is an AMAZING PERSON as well and when I anchored so we could just float as she played? We got to talk. :-)
I like this girl a lot.
I am glad she is my friend.
When she is ready for it, watch out Grid as "MOVE!" will be making a special club dance just for HER once she let's loose I SWEAR!
Ms Asaria? When YOU are ready, YOU are going places and all of them UP!
I will help you light those rocket engines as much as I can for good music should always be shared and shared often.
Thank you for letting me go along for the ride with you tonight. I feel honoured and blessed for it. I hope the rest of the Grid will feel that way soon too.
Thank you for re-lighting this DJ's engines up too for I know I gotta get back in the "pool" more.
Thank you for becoming my friend :-)
Now, go light 'em up girl! ;-)
Sincerely and like Rocket Fuel,
DJ k8e
Here is her MixCloud:
I have been spending time with Chance - my dearest Katie's eldest daughter - while our lovely Katie is away. Chance herself has a lovely daughter of her own - Charlotte.
I am not a member of the Parx family, but they sure go out of their way to take care of me as I push to take care of them until Katie Parx gets back.
Charlotte is an extremely dear girl so devoted to her mother and Nan. She's very polite, charming and sweet - a very good girl in the best of ways.
As you know, Chance often crashes over with me and it has been lovely. We care for each other as loving friends and now? Now I love that Charlotte feels welcome and comfortable enough around me to do the same.
Sont-ils ma famille ?
Non, Toni et Felina le sont – bel et bien. Mais Chance et Charlotte sont comme une famille POUR moi et pour la première fois depuis si longtemps, je me sens en sécurité et aimée...
We miss you Ms Katie Parx. We try to stay close as you want us to and we will all be here when you come back. Amy and Elsa included of course.
I love to love and love being loved. That simple.
Being able to me maternal is something I dearly missed.
Je t'aime famille Hazelnut. Je t'aime famille Parx. Madame McAuley est avec vous cœur et âme..
- Katherine Marie McAuley
xoxo
P.S. Hobbes REALLY likes young Charlotte and snugs whenever he can with Chance. Tigers are always Brave and Handsome and Smart, so must be right things to do.
"She says I smell like safety and home
I named both of her eyes forever and please-don't-go
I could be a morning sunrise all the time, all the time, yeah
This could be good, this could be good
I can't change, even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change, even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love, my love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm"
From "She Keeps Me Warm" by Mary Lambert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG4nRI9Wmzk
Our Katie came back. She has had real life hit her like a tsunami and she can feel like she is drowning in it, but she swam back and we all threw ourselves into the water after her - all of her loves to lift our girl out of the turbulent waters and to the safety of our embrace, pulling to safe shores - to home.
I got to hold my pretty neko babygirl as she spoke of what had transpired. I squeezed tight as she rested on my soft shoulder and told me of the dark storms she has had to navigate...
She sailed through darkness with little light as the sights and sounds of fury as she was forced to navigate through hurt, through grief and through real pain, they hurt her...
I wish I could take all of her pain away so much...I wouldn't hesitate a second. No one in her family would.
All of her in world family...the one that now accepts me in as me and loves to love and be loved - just like Our Katie - came home or tuned in to tell her how they loved her, how they missed her, how glad they were she was with us...
Friends of the family came too as her influence with love is so very wide.
We all reassured her that she should never fear losing us for we know she can't change the weather she passed through, even if we all wanted it too.
We always want to sail with her. We wanted her to know we are safe harbour for her.
She meant to stay but briefly, but briefly turned to hours as we all cuddled close to her, sharing our love, expressing our joy and making sure she knows we are all there for her.
Now, in the quiet of the night, the pretty Neko and the Fae cuddle and embrace so that Katie keeps Katie warm.
My love, my love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm...
I love you so very much Katie..so much...I want to always keep you warm...
- Katherine xoxo
The Calas sims continue to produce amazing experiences for myself and my GF's!
Tonight Cynthia and I took a hiking date around them and found the cutest cabin by the water...with free wine ;-)
We don't get to go out often, but when we do, it's very special for both of us. She is beautiful, charming, kind, funny, intelligent and I love her so very, very much. She is a friend, girlfriend and lover...
I love it...love her...
I am lucky I have two understanding women in my life who just like seeing love for love's sake. I am so happy in SL now :-)
See you soon Ms Cynthia and let's sip again please. :-)
There's been some changes at the Red Rum Revue over the summer and to kick the new season of dancing off as we dive into fall, we held our first Formal Soiree!
Much fun was had as we invited our Red Rum Family - patrons and staff alike - to put on their best gowns and tuxedos to dance the night away!
Music used in the Red Rum's history of over 200 shows was played during the event. It led to smiles at the memories of the many shows held in Second Life's oldest and longest running Burlesque Theater!
We (the dancers) get back to the business of practising "The Art of The Tease" in our unique Vaudeville "Rough and Tumble" style on Saturday, October 5th at 7pm SLT. Doors open at 6:30!
The Formal was a nice and welcome change up for an evening of all involved in the frolicking and fun! We'll do it again sooner rather then later!
Sincerely,
- Madame Katie
Owner of the Red Rum Revue
Home of Glam Girl Burlesque
The Katies got together again at last after a burlesque show at The Red Rum Revue. I had DJ'd a festival earlier in the day before dancing at my burlesque club. I was so happy, but oh so drained.
Ms Katie Parx was there for me to perform for her, and after the show by my side to chit chat with patrons and staff before we whisked away to my patio for some much needed quiet time together.
Lawd I love and adore her...
That pretty blonde Neko cuddled and cared for this tired ginger haired Fae in the best way - her way. :-)
We don;t get to see each other much, but when we do, the time we are apart disappears.
I love you very much Ms Parx :-)
- Madame Katherine McAuley
xoxo
This is one of the 124 photos of 148 I had posted before that Flickr's servers ate for some unknown reason. A team of 6 took three days at Flickr to get them all back for me. I got the pictures which captured moments in my life, but sadly not the journal with them. At least I have the pictures and can try to put context back.
This was taken at the sadly now gone "Wintermoon" sim. It was my favourite by far in SL and was where I went to escape. Each time, I went there, I felt "pulled" to an area I hadn't seen before and always, always felt peaceful once there.
This spot was found by my friend Meghan. It was where Wintermoon had pulled her and after logged, I snapped this.
She is sadly gone from SL just like Wintermoon is now, but I still have her warm memories in that warm sim to make me smile and shed some tears.
Wherever you are Ms Meghan, I miss you dearly. Je t'aime ma ami...je t'aime...
- Katie Kat
"Hitched to the back of my Cadillac
Everyone was there just a waiting for me
There were plenty of Stingrays and XKEs
Spring little Cobra getting ready to strike
(Shut 'em down) Spring little Cobra now with all of your might
(Shut 'em down) Spring little Cobra getting ready to strike
(Shut 'em down) Spring little Cobra now with all of your might
Hey little Cobra don't you know you're gonna shut 'em down"
From "Hey Litte Cobra" by The Rip Chords
www.youtube.com/watch?v=97pHhjIE6jI
I married two drag racers in SL. Never marry a girl who will chose her car over you. Both did. Narcissism personified with them both.
I myself like to drive, fly (also in RL! - test pilot in SL with an airspeed record!), sail (also in RL!) and DJ from a Submarine in SL (it's true!), but I NEVER let any of that take precedence over my loved ones. Family and Friends over Fuel and Fire.
I love vintage. I love being able to dress how I want here, own what I wish and explore where I will. I love the freedom that SL can give me.
I love being able to take on RL and "Shut 'em down".
"Katie now with all of your might
(Shut 'em Down) Spring little Katie getting ready to strike
Hey Little Katie don't you know you're gonna shut 'em down."
I always race for pinks...
I always though...shut 'em down ;-)
This was a lost pic eaten by Flickr's servers last year. One of 124 that took a team of six Flickr techs 3 days to get back - minus the journaling. At least I remember the song on this one ;-)
With love for you all,
- Katie XOXO
Cynthia and I haven't been able to get out in WEEKS - all my fault. So I went full intention to make amends!
She hadn't been to Calas Galadhon Park before. Our BESt gowns were the order of the day and we had one of the pavilions to ourselves in the gorgeous sims
We met, we danced, we talked...we loved. I love how our friendship has blossomed into something more. I love spending time with her so very much.
I need to get healthier so I can love on her more often in world ;-)
Love you Cynthia!
- Katie xoxo
Lost when Flickr ate 124 of my 148 photos last year...they found them after three days and a team of 6 searching...but all the text...the journaling was gone...
All I have left is the images, but for this one I was thinking of a special friend who I love very much. For this one "Little Girl", I remembered the song that was in my head for you...it speaks enough for me through it's lyrics and they are as true now as they were in fall of 2022. If I told you.....oh how I want to tell you...the saddest part is you will never see this post...or know how I feel...I hope you are ok wherever you are...
I love you Little One....
- Your Katie Kat
"It's a full moon, L.A
And we're alone for the first time
On Venice beach under the palm trees
Tell me your dreams and I'll tell you mine
What would you say if I told you
You're my last thought at the end of each night?
Would you believe me
Or would you even reply?
Would you?
Would you?
Would you?
Would you?
I am a loner, I am stubborn
Can you handle this world I live in?
I know I can't change, but for you I'd compromise
I'd be on your side if you'd be on mine
Yes, you're anxious and you're stubborn too
But I'd learn to love the worst parts of you
Could be the full moon or this cheap wine
But I'm hoping you'll reply
Would you?
Would you?
Would you?
Would you?
Is it in the stars or some age old truth?
Why did the universe draw me to you?
You're so magnetic, I am hypnotized
Feels like I've known you since before this life
I hope I always see you this way
Here's to wondering if you feel the same
But I can tell when your eyes meet mine
That the truth isn't your reply
You do
You do
You do
You do"
"If I Told You" by Courtney Marie Andrews
We had a BRILLIANT show at the Red Rum tonight with a nice crowd, good acts and I got to see Cynthia again...after the crowds left, we were both tired, but still stood on my stage and slow danced for awhile...
Talked...kissed..loved
We don't get to see each other as much as we want, but when we do, it's always wonderfully peaceful and perfectly romantic.
She makes me feel like the centre of everything and tries hard when we can't meet to be there to talk in other ways.
Her yellow gown tonight was the talk of the club...I just buried myself in it and sighed happily as we danced and talked.
I love you very much Cynthia. thank you for just..."being"...
With So Much Pent Up Love,
- Ms Katie "lil fae" McAuley
"And I never thought I'd feel this way
And as far as I'm concerned
I'm glad I got the chance to say
That I do believe I love you
And if I should ever go away
Well, then close your eyes
And try to feel the way we do today
And then if you can remember
Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for
Well, you came and opened me
And now there's so much more I see
And so by the way I thank you
Whoa and then for the times when we're apart
Well then close your eyes
And know these words are comin' from my heart
And then if you can remember, oh"
- From "that's What Friends Are For" by Dionne Warwick
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyTpu6BmE88
Ms Isa Rae? We've in a short time been through some extreme good times, but also some extreme times.
We've come out the other side as the BEST of friends and we each bring out what is best about each of us.
We know what made things go wrong and that it all was never right, so we talked like adults and made it right.
You are a wonderful friend, amazing confident.
Although we are fresh in this life, we both know what friends are for from knowing we "met before we ever met up".
I love you forever Isa.
I will like you for always.
As long as we can talk and hold each other tight through the maelstroms, my friend you will always be.
I love you very much Ms Isa. I will always lift you and never tear you down. You have my word.
THAT'S what friends are for...
- Your Katherine xoxo