But!  If you accept my apology, hopefully you don’t mind reading about all the awesome that is happening in the “World of Katat0nik!”

Katat0nik haz a new sim!  It is beeeeautiful, with sort of a whimsical and a little otherworldly (think Alice in Wonderland though, not like…Blade Runner, lol).  Not only is Kat’s shop and her fishing hole there, but several other great stores too like Lazy Places, Fat Candy, Juicy, and Rachel Breaker.

And…Katat0nik made a Relay For Life dress!  Yay!  It’s a very special version of her Le Cupcake dress and it is available for a donation of $500L at her main shop.

The Relay for Life version of the Le Cupcake dress!

There are two skirt options, a gorgeously detailed corset (with nom-able cupcakes for bewbs!), stockings, panties, and tons more in the set!  I love how you can wear it many different ways with the skirt options, and the many pretty colors on the pieces work perfectly with Katat0nik’s shoes and accessories.

Le Sexy!

Be sure to snag this limited edition version of the dress before RFL ends this summer, because it will be…le gone! Remember: you can donate more than $500L if you wish, and it all goes for a great cause.

And…get “Ladybugged!”  Ladybugs are symbols of luck and love, and I feel pretty loved and lucky that Katat0nik has recently released this new dress in eight different colors, including pink, light orange, light yellow, light green, light blue, lavender, black, and white!  It’s perfect for spring-into-summer and a fun addition to your wardrobe, and you can pop over to Lazy Places in the very same sim for matching shooz!

Get Ladybugged!

The winning entrants and their photos, in no particular order, are…

Topaz Tomsen is "Ambushed!"

Milli Santos has "Gone Bananas!"

Elliandra Parx Communes with the Zebras

Congrats to Topaz Tomsen, Milli Santos, and Elliandra Parx!  They each received an exclusive color of the “Giraffe” Animals Crackers dress, and the whole collection of Animal Cracker dresses available for sale!

The exclusive color for the winners is so neat, that Kat and I just had to pop on giraffes in her new sim that she’s building to show you.  With an elephant, too.  An elephant named George.  We didn’t catch the giraffes’ names.  It was a drive by ride of giraffes.

Here’s a closeup of the dress, as I realized that this giraffe pic I took with Kat was way more concerned with George the Elephant than me actually showing the dress.  Le sigh.

Animal Crackers Winners' Exclusive Color Giraffe Dress!

Stay tuned for more infoz on Kat’s sim opening and more contests!

A PARTY!!!

Tonight (Saturday) there will be a huge celebration open to all Katat0nik group members from 5-7 PM SL!  Gattina Dumpling will be DJing and the world famous Lala will be singing LIVE.  You will NOT believe your ears, I assure you…so you don’t want to miss this! Katat0nik will be sending the LM through the update group of where the party’s at, so stay tuned to your group notices!

Adaire & Lala are ready to party!

Above, I’m wearing one of the two group gifties that Katat0nik also gave out to her group members.  Hooray for ice cream!  And hooray for anniversaries – congratulations, Kat!!

The Panda Dress at the New Atomic Sim - Just $25L!

I cheesed away in my Atomic panda parts, new Atomic skin in “Black Haze,” Lazy Places “Synth” boots (with retractable claws to make it panda-perfecto), and the new panda dress in front of Kat’s new shop with GG.  We were both guilty of being caught up in a shopping frenzy that comes from anticipating the sim opening for months and months!  But…congrats to Ivy Graves on its opening and thank you, Katat0nik, for this amazing little dress that is so panda chic and cheap!

Style Notes
Adaire ~
Black Haze Skin (Pale): Atomic
Grazia Hair (White): Philotic Energy (on sale for 25% off!)
Padlock Heart Choker (Color Change): Katat0nik (another $25L special!)
Panda Parts: Atomic
Synth Boots (Black): Lazy Places
Pose: Lazy Places
Gecko~
Skin: Atomic
Blaze Hair (Black): HCT
Everyday Hoodie (black): Atomic
Jeans: League
Where Were You in ’77 Necklace/Choker: Rawdolls
Ear Gauges: Aitui
Pose: [Long Awkward Pose]

Congratulations to Katat0nik on her win, and thanks again to everyone who voted for her!  Stay tuned for details about her upcoming 1 year anniversary celebration so you can congratulate her in person!

And why not start with a Shirley Temple song and one of Kat’s latest releases, Animal Crackers?  After Katat0nik got loads of positive feedback about how cute the unicorns on her Making Memories dress were (unicorn smexing aside!), she was inspired to do an animal-themed suite of fun, casual dresses.  The menagerie includes a panda, flamingo, two giraffes, a monkey, and a zebra!

I love the diversity of animal choices, and being quite the panda enthusiast, I couldn’t help but embrace my inner sad panda and shoot a picture with “Panda Gecko.”

The "Panda" Animal Crackers Dress!

I continued embracing my inner animal (In the artsy avatar sense…not the boom chicka wow wow sense!  I swear!) and eventually tracked down a flamingo in SL to imitate!  (Poor GG trekked with me to about 40 safari-themed sims and we finally stumbled upon this gentleman of a flamingo by accident.  Thanks for the picture taking, GG!  And hopefully I’ll get that Toto song out of my head soon…)

Adaire embraces her inner flamingo!

I love how there is an empire waist style skirt and an adorable miniskirt included, giving two different looks with just one outfit. Check out all the different color options!

This was a fun way for me to explore making my avatar a little “hybrid” without going the usual Neko route.  And…we’d love to see you embrace your inner animal and post your picture to Katat0nik’s Flickr Group!

The “Animal Crackers” Flickr Contest!

Kat and I cooked up a very informal but hopefully fun Katat0nik Flickr Group contest with the Animal Crackers dresses, but with a killer prize!  Embrace your own inner animal with one of Katat0nik’s Animal Crackers dresses and snap a pic!   Monkey around, frolic with zebras…use your own imagination and have fun!  Three winners will receive the entire collection of Animal Crackers dresses…and…

Drum roll, please!!

An EXCLUSIVE color of the Animal Crackers dress that will ONLY be given to the winners! A Katat0nik collectible!!  Le gaspe!!

To get an idea of what we’re looking for, you can check out the pictures I took for this blog entry, but you are in no way limited to having to create a hybrid avatar or coercing your boyfriend to be a panda tiny, rofl.  Get your creative juices flowing – we can’t wait to see what you come up with!

A few details:
* We’re looking for the most creative submissions, not who pwns Photoshop the bestes evaht.  Feel free to edit your pictures and such, but if you’re anything like me and fear the Photoshop, PLEASE still enter!  This is a chance to cut loose and have some fun goofing off without having to worry about being a Photoshop wiz.
* You can submit up to three pictures to the Katat0nik Flickr Group.  The deadline is April 25th at 11:59 PM SL!
* I’m sure it goes without saying, but have fun, be zany…but don’t be yucky with explicit stuffs.  Le horror!
* If you have any questions, im Adaire DeCuir in-world, Plurk here, or e-mail at adaire.decuir@gmail.com.  (Hit me up instead of Kat so she can keep cranking out the pretties!)

Style Notes ~
Picture 1
Panda Skin: Nomine
Liv Hair (White): Kin
Panda Parts: Atomic Kitty
Gryphon Myth Boots (Black): Lazy Places
Dead Disco Pose: Pididdle

Picture 2
Rabid II 3 Hair (Fairy Pink): Curio
April Skin (Freckles): Atomic Kitty (Group Gift for April)
Harpy Myth Boots (Orange): Lazy Places
Pose: [Long Awkward Pose]

Kat’s Animal Crackers Poster Credits
Fern Hair (Jet Black): Philotic Energy
Kiku Skin (part of the Kiku AV set): Minajunk
Ghostfire Boots: Katat0nik

Check out the gift Katat0nik made exclusively for the grand opening celebration party goers!!

GossipGirl Gift ~ The "Sakura Storm" Dress in Purple!

Hope to see you there!  And check out the hair I’m wearing…it’s so awesome I just had to dish about it.  It’s called “Fern” by Philotic Energy and is possibly the most flattering hairstyle I’ve ever gotten.  The rounded shape frames the face perfectly and I haven’t taken it off yet!  My hair whoreishness has been sated!…(for now…!)

Style Notes:
Sylvan Tristessa Butterflies Skin (Latte): Nomine (On sale for $100L till Saturday!)
Fern Hair (Charcoal w/White Tips): Philotic Energy
Heart Container Hair Bows & Necklace (Black/Violet): Violet Voltaire
Hya Cloven Hoof Boots (Axis Mundi Exclusive Color): Lazy Places
Pose: [Long Awkward Pose]

These 27 new Katty Dolls have little hoodies to look like bunnehs, bees, black sheep, and lambs and are just the cutest for Spring!  They each come with a “Priority 4″ pose, which translated into non-posemaker speak, means you won’t be flinging your doll around with your AO if it has lower priority poses.  (I don’t know about you, but I hate looking like a cranky child when I’m holding onto something, so I dig the thoughtfulness with the P4 pose!)

You can pick up these cuties at Katat0nik’s main location in Axis Mundi!  The bunnehs, bees, lambs, and black sheep are available for sale and the clown Katty Dolls are given away by the Prize Orb!

Stay tuned to the blog for exciting information about an upcoming hunt at Loco Pocos Island that Katat0nik is participating in!

Style Notes for Kat ~
Sakura Skin & Hair: Minajunk (part of the “Sakura” avatar set)
Dollie Dress in White: Katat0nik
Striped Leggings in Pink/Black: Katat0nik
Ghostfire Boots in Pink: Katat0nik

That something?

Unicorns.  And glitter.

Le gaspe!

Starlustland Becomes “Sparkle Village?”

I cautiously traversed the battleground to investigate and seek out one of the Unicorn Warlords (or is it warladies?), Apatia Hammerer.  With a last name like that, I knew she would be fierce.  When I finally found her, I was lucky that she didn’t behead me or make me suffer any similar and quite unfortunate fate.  Strangely enough, she was quite nice!  She recounted the following about how the war began:

“One day, Allegory [Malaprop] and I were like, ‘Hey…you know we love unicorns.  And glitter.  Starlustland needs more unicorns and glitter.  Is that a good idea?  Oh!  And sex.  Let’s make them unicorn sex islands?  Yeah?  Ok…yeah…that’s more “us.” Let’s do it!’”

When the decision was made, Allegory Malaprop, Apatia’s co-Warlord, proceeded to make a decree to all Starlustland, that read as follows:

“The Starlust Motel shall henceforth be known as Sparkle Village.  It is a testament to our love, and our love of unicorns.  In a carnal way.”

The Unicorn Opposition Front Strikes Back

Not everyone was in agreement with Apatia and Allegory’s ideas about redecorating.  As horny unicorns and glitter started to adorn the grounds of newly renamed “Sparkle Village,” Stein Shilova and Melatonin Hax vehemently condemned the changes and became the leaders of the resistance movement against the unicorns.

Apatia’s gave me a rather colorful account of how the battle began by saying, “Holy s**t!  When Allegory and I told Stein and Melatonin…boy did they flip out.  I mean flip out!”  Heated words went flying between the two parties, such as Melatonin (allegedly) shouting, “Jesus f***ing Christ, Appy!  You f***ing know I hate unicorns so f***ing much!”

Woah.

Neither Stein Shilova or Melatonin Hax could be reached for comment at the time this article went to press.  I suspect they were both busy hatching clever schemes against the unicorns.

Hundreds Rush to Join the Fight

Soon, shop owners, customers, and other assorted but equally inflamed hangers around the motel formerly known as “The Starlust” began to join in in the fray, either in support or in opposition to the unicorns and the glitter.  Guerrilla-style warfare now rages between the Pro-Unicorn and Anti-Unicorn factions, complete with incendiary propaganda such as tee-shirts and signs.

The Anti-Unicorn Gecko Gorilla and Katat0nik-clad Adaire DeCuir stand off in front of a propaganda sign decrying the arrival of the unicorns.

Katat0nik Takes a Stand

Katat0nik Pidgeon, the proprietor of a shop that inhabits the war-torn motel, has officially come out in support of the unicorns.  I ran into her while investigating the war and she said, “When I first saw the sex unicorns at the Starlust, I laughed so hard!  I had no idea that Allegory and Apatia liked unicorns…you know…that much!  But then…”

Kat trailed off mid-story for a moment and her cheeks began to flush with what I can only describe as a deep-seated rage.  “…But then I saw the evil ‘SAY NO TO UNICORNS!’ signs!  I heard about the drama that has been going on in Starlustland from a fellow shop owner, and while I don’t want to get caught up in drama…”  She did a twirl in a brightly colored dress that was adorned with unicorns making sweet love before finishing her sentence.  “…I was inspired to make this dress in support of the unicorns, and I’m placing it in my shop for free for all those in favor of the cause!”

When I told Katat0nik that I too supported the unicorns, she graciously handed me a copy of the very same dress she was wearing that she had named “Making Memories.”  I ducked off to change, unable to resist wearing the pro-unicorn couture.  When I came back to continue to talking with Katat0nik, I was suddenly overcome by the surroundings.  Two unicorns in bed in post-coital bliss.  Another unicorn lay close by, seductively looking up at me.  I looked at Kat.  She looked at me.  And then…

Making Memories

Kat and Adaire fell against each other, consumed by unicorn fever!

At first, we just swooned, unable to handle the overwhelming sexual unicorn frolicking while wearing dresses depicting…sexual unicorn frolicking!  But soon, things started to heat up…

Swept up in the unicornyness, Adaire reached for Katat0nik...in a very inappropriate place.

Things started happening in a rush, both of us powerless to stop it!  A touch.  A kiss.  A caress.  A…

Unable to resist the power of the Unicorns, Katat0nik and Adaire engage in sexual debauchery!

The rest of the story?  Well…it’s too sordid for print.  But in my defense, I blame Stein and Melatonin for the above-documented (and probably of blackmail quality) “frolicking.”  They must have put something in the water.  Yeah….!

Joining the Movement with the “Making Memories” Dress

You too can stop by the lobby of the Starlust Motel for your complimentary dress that supports the Pro-Unicorn faction within Starlustland.  But when you arrive, be on the upmost alert for crazed Anti-Unicorn fighters.  And, be careful…you just might start making your own memories like Katat0nik and I did!

Style Notes:

Adaire ~
Sakura Skin: Minajunk
Hezza Hair (White/Green Tips): Deviant Kitties
Unicorn Horn (White): Illusions
Ruffled Panties (Purple): Katat0nik
Hya Cloven Boots (Axis Mundi Exclusive Color): Lazy Places
Lucky Star Bracelet: Violet Voltaire
Soulful Eyes (Purple): Sn@tch
Raptor Gun (Black/Purple): TalTECH (lucky chair gift)

Katat0nik ~
Sakura Skin & Hair (Part of the “Sakura” Avatar): Minajunk
Kawaii Star Necklace: Violet Voltaire
Make Me A Pretty Unicorn Playset: Beloved (Available in the Starlust Motel Lobby!)
Hya Cloven Boots (Axis Mundi Exclusive Color): Lazy Places
Tattoos: Numen

Gecko ~
Redeemer Skin: Aitui
Blaze Hair: HCT
Anti-Unicorn T-Shirt: I (heart) Starlust (group gift)
Riot (Dirty Harry) Jeans: Primitive Design
Studded Belt: ReToX
Pornstars Shoes: Urban Bomb Unit
Leather Strap Cuff: Alphamale
Proto Time Watch: Hoorenbeek
Where Were You in ’77 Necklace: Rawdolls
Ear Gauges: Aitui
Desert Eagle Guns: Breach

Group gifts! Are you a member of the Katat0nik update group?  If not, check out the end of this post to learn how to become one.  If you are a member and you haven’t checked your notices recently, be sure to!  While the group giftie currently in the notices is St. Patrick’s Day-themed, I think you’ll agree that such a bold and beautiful green can be rocked any day of the year.

Katat0nik Group Gifties!

Did you hear that Katat0nik is now making dresses and accessories for Loco Pocos avatars?  Get the details here!  Stop by the little boutique on Loco Pocos Island (next to the big store that sells the Loco Pocos avatars) to snag these cute little dresses and a matching pair of eyes for FREE!  No longer will you have to run about as a nekked bunneh or other Loco Pocos animal – you can be a loca fashionista!

Le Cupcake is out!  Yuss!  The dress I had shamelessly spied Katat0nik making has hit the store with quite a…well, le splash!  There’s a ton of colors – pink, red, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, purple, and gray!  With two skirt options, gorgeously detailed corsets (with cupcakes for bewbs!), and the new Charisma scripts, it’s a must have!

Have you gone to Katat0nik’s Psychotic Neko store yet to get the brand new color of the “Rina” dress as a part of the Easter Egg hunt there?  It’s a gorgy seafoam color and it’s only available as a part of this hunt!  Just amble on into the store to search for the egg to snag it!

The Psychotic Neko Katat0nik Store!

The Prize ~ Seafoam "Rina" Dress!

PSSSSST!!! Coming soon…a VERY EXCITING announcement from Katat0nik…AND!  There’s a gift that comes with it that will rock your socks!  Stay tuned to the blog for the scoop as soon as I’m allowed to dish about it!  o.O

Style Notes:

Picture 1 ~ St. Patrick’s Day Dresses
Hair ~ Kin
Shamrock (Pale) Skin ~ Atomic Kitty (Group Gift)
Standar Eyes (Quiet Green) ~ Miriel
Shamrock Dolls (Limited Edition) Shoes ~ Lazy Places
Blogger Poses ~ [Long Awkward Pose]

Picture 5 & 6 ~ Seafoam “Rina” Dress
Teagan (Charcoal) Hair ~ Philotic Energy
Neko Ears & Tail ~ Katat0nik
Swallow Queen Chest Tattoo & Bold Bird Leg Tattoos ~ Numen
Moonbeam Vixen (Merlot) Skin ~ Curio
Locked Heart Choker (Color Changeable) ~ Katat0nik
Gryphon Myth Boots (Black) ~ Lazy Places
Poses ~ On The Cover