{"id":4506,"date":"2014-12-20T19:41:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T19:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4506"},"modified":"2014-12-20T19:41:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T19:41:19","slug":"happy-gothmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4506","title":{"rendered":"Happy Gothmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Begin Second Life Destination Link --><\/p>\n<div id=\"sl-dg-widget\" style=\"border: 1px solid #2c2e30; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: auto; width: 450px; display: block; background-image: none; background-color: #2c2e30;\"><a style=\"border: none; color: #5cb192; display: block; margin: 0; padding: 5px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/destination\/gothmas-by-gaslight?sourceid=dgw1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 440px; display: inline; border: initial none initial;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lecs-destinations-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com\/img\/12221\/548f75eb50307528420273.jpg?w=525\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #5cb192; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; padding: 6px 0px 3px 2px; margin: 3px 0px 0px 0px; border: initial none initial;\">Gothmas by Gaslight<\/h1>\n<p style=\"border: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 7px 5px 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px 3px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: #bbbbbb;\">Gothmas by Gaslight follows a darker, more beautiful holiday season. The night air is cold and crystal, it is a time of velvet and lace, of jewels and silver. Gothmas runs through January 5th, for more information be sure to visit https:\/\/gothmasbygaslight.wordpress.com\/.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"sl-dg-widget-btn\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 0px 1px 3px 0px; background-color: #ff5c00; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#FFB23F), to(#FF9A03)); border-bottom-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.246094); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; cursor: pointer; color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: none; outline-color: white; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding: 3px 0 5px 0; position: relative; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.246094) 0px -1px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100%; border-width: 0px;\">Visit in Second Life<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"dgw-pix\"><\/span><!-- End Second Life Destination Link --><\/p>\n<p>If you want a darker holiday theme, with stores, a really good music stream (I may be biased here) then you should pay Gothmas By Gaslight a visit. We&#8217;re talking\u00a0steam\/dieselgoth and dark Victoriana here.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Time For Gothmas? by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/16062679461\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7562\/16062679461_3f84baeff8.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Time For Gothmas?\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gothmas By Gaslight is now in its fifth year and by running the event in December they produce a more low key affair because Second Life concurrency in December isn&#8217;t great. This is obviously due to the fact that many of use are embroiled in holiday season mode outside the virtual world, which is a good thing, no really, it is!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Happy Gothmas by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/16064618655\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8591\/16064618655_8bf50e5167.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Happy Gothmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, just because the event is low key, don&#8217;t be fooled into thinking nothing is really going on here. Well over sixty merchants have a presence here, including, but not limited to;\u00a0Avatar Bizarre,\u00a0House of Rain,\u00a0The Dark Fae,\u00a0Deadpool Fashion,\u00a0Cherry Blossom Designs,\u00a0DemotiK,\u00a0Get Frocked and\u00a0NSP Florals &amp; [MUSE].<\/p>\n<p>Some of those with a merchant presence are also sponsors of the event. The sponsors are :\u00a0Beautiful Freak Cosmetics,\u00a0Black Tulip,\u00a0drbc \u2013 deathrocker bettie crocker,\u00a0Eclectica,<br \/>\nFallen Gods Inc.,\u00a0Gothika *,\u00a0:{MV}:,\u00a0Roawenwood,\u00a0-{ZOZ}-,\u00a0Atomic Faery,\u00a0Bliensen + Mai Tai,\u00a0Chaos, Panic and Disorder,\u00a0Couture Rock,\u00a0Dark Passions,\u00a0Pin Me Down,<br \/>\n~*Souzou Eien*~ and\u00a0Spyralle<\/p>\n<p>For a full list of merchants and to view maps of where the stores are go to <a title=\"Merchant List Page\" href=\"https:\/\/gothmasbygaslight.wordpress.com\/gxg-2014-merchant-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">this Merchant List page<\/a> on the Gothmas By Gaslight website.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Gothika by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/16064617865\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7531\/16064617865_0cd5320bdb.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gothika\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I said this is a low key event, but there will be DJ&#8217;s, as\u00a0The Gothika Mobile Unit will be running its regular schedule during the run of the event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday 8-10pmSLT (Lokii Violet)<\/li>\n<li>Monday 10-midnight SLT (Bronxelf)<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday 8-10pm SLT (Pie Zipper)<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 8-10pmSLT (Lokii Violet)<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 10-midnight SLT (Bronxelf)<\/li>\n<li>Thursday 1-3pm SLT (Cruel Britannia)<\/li>\n<li>Thursday 10-midnight SLT (Bronxelf)<\/li>\n<li>Sunday 8-10pmSLT (Pie Zipper)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Gothmas By Gaslight by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/16032296466\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8600\/16032296466_1b02307375.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gothmas By Gaslight\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The spirit of Gothmas is described by Axi Kurmin :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Gothmas is a darker, more beautiful holiday season.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It is the time of year when darkness fully takes hold, keeping daylight at bay as long as possible. The night air is cold and crystal, and the smell of cloves is in the air, though you aren\u2019t sure if that\u2019s someone\u2019s cookies or the clove cigarettes you passed a moment ago.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Weather is unpredictable \u2013 snow dashes the ground in drifts, making the contrast between light and shadow ever more vast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It is a time of velvet and lace, of jewels and silver. The time of fireplaces and mournful melodies to be shared amongst those that understand the beauty of the almost silent.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Please note that the event spans two sims and one of the sims is adult. Whereas I did not see any overtly adult content whilst visitng, there may well be some.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the event, visit the website :\u00a0<a title=\"Gothmas By Gaslight\" href=\"https:\/\/gothmasbygaslight.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/gothmasbygaslight.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SLURL To Gothmas By Gaslight :\u00a0<a title=\"SLURL To Gothmas By Gaslight\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Cursed\/169\/128\/1001\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Cursed\/169\/128\/1001\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4506\" data-via=\"Ciaran_Laval\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gothmas by Gaslight Gothmas by Gaslight follows a darker, more beautiful holiday season. The night air is cold and crystal, it is a time of velvet and lace, of jewels and silver. Gothmas runs through January 5th, for more information be sure to visit https:\/\/gothmasbygaslight.wordpress.com\/. 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