I know we’re not even close to Halloween, but I have jumped the gun to talk about my favorite characters of the darkside, Vampires!
Back in the 70’s living without electricity in my Swamp House, in Costa Rica, someone from the USA, came to visit me and among other fantastic gifts, like peanut butter, and canned cranberries and other delights not available in my town (population about 60 adults) or even the country, they handed me a book with the intriguing title, “Interview With The Vampire” by Ann Rice.
As one reviewer put it:
“Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly sensual, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force—a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses. It is a novel only Anne Rice could write.”
I had never read anything like it and it gave me a whole other way of seeing these creatures of the night as I devoured the book by candle light. This is where my love affair with vampires took root in my mind and then maybe 30+ years later in 2007, they glided back into my life when I joined Second Life and realized I could become one!! I did not let that chance go by, but snatched it up and voilá, I was a Vampire:)
As I say in another post referring to this time:
Giving a Poetry Reading as a Vampire
“That first time I looked
at my glowing white skin,
a vampire smile,
two filed fangs
and oh my god…
how gorgeous!
as I hovered off the ground
I am that sad Goth Girl
from way back when
growing up in front of a mirror
and I finally see myself!!”
We made our own rules as to what kind of vampires we would be… Some ran around biting people, I just walked the walk and dressed the part…a more fun loving vampire who took her nourishment from plasma packs (sometimes concealed in wine glasses) and not human juglar veins:)
Wore gloves for formal dinners:)
Smoked strange pipes of indeterminate substances
Always very kind to my kitties 
Played out some amazing scenes
Hung Out With my Fish Sissies
And even had a Family:):)
This brings me to Dale’s Birthday which was yesterday, September 22!
Last year on this date we were at the beach of Costa Rica, in The Real!!! mesmerized by a sunset:)
This year I sent him a special little Birthday Card while I was traveling through the trees
And…since Dale was not in Costa Rica and I was not in New York, I gifted him a new vampire look and a lovely sailboart ride around the lake. “Happy Birthday Dale!!” 🎂🎁🎉🌹✨
Vampires ROCK in Second Life!!
Digital Rabbit Hole 
beautifully shared!🥳🥰😘💥glad to know some of the backstory!🙋🏻♀️🙏🏼❤️
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Thank you soulkin…so glad you enjoyed knowing how this all began:)
🖤🧛🏻♀️🖤🍷
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Beautiful artwork and amazing song dear Karima. I do like the vampires.
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Aww thank you John…so nice to know vampires have quite a following….everywhere. Glad you liked my birthday song, sung in my quasi
Transylvannian accent:)
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Thank you for sharing Karima 😘
The vampires are beautiful !
I love them xox 🤗💕🤗
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Ohhh goody, I am glad you love them too Maggie:) Anne Rice made them romantic, seductive and hypnotically powerful.. After I became one, I really appreciated the beauty and the lightness of being one of the “undead”:)
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Yes, they are stunning Karima 💕
Lol I think I would too !🤗
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Oh I have no doubt hehe you would, Maggie! 🍷
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🤭You know me well Karima 💕
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Tanto Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt y Antonio Banderas, de haberte conocido como en la foto, te hubiesen elegido para ser la protagonista de “Entrevista con el Vampiro.” Toda tu belleza resaltaba con esa mirada matadora y ese rostro tan subyugante, que haría perder toda la sangre con tal de disfrutar un mordisco tuyo en cualquier época del año. Me dejaste sin aliento Karima. Ahora sí me gustan las vampiresas, si van a ser como tú.
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Muchas gracias mi amigo, quien ha visto la película, Entrevista on el Vampiro. Para mí me gustó mucho más el libro de Anne Rice y nunca podia imaginarme a Tom Cruise como el gran Lestat!! Aiy que favor que me haces por decir que yo te dejé sin aliento:) Me alegro que ahora te gustan a las vampiresas como yo:):)) Por lo meno no te voy a morder, tal vez tomar una copa de vino tinto contigo:):) Qué me dices? 🍷🧛🏻♀️
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Tengo la madrugada como compañera y de repente el universo volvió a cobrar un valor infinito a mis ojos cuando leo tu invitación de una copa de vino. Con tan solo imaginar ese momento, tocó mi paladar y me estremecí. Algo extraordinario ocurría en mi interior. Un placer delicioso me invadió y ahora sí, perdí la noción si esa invitación era parte de mi imaginación.
Sería una exquisita velada poder compartir contigo una copa de vino, querida y apreciada Karima.
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Aiy Manuel, favor que me haces…sería mi gran honor a verme un día en este escenario:) Tu respuesta, también es poesía..mi gran poeta amigo!!
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Solo tú eres capaz de iluminar mi inspiración con tu voz, tu poesía y tu belleza inconfundible. Que tengas una tarde feliz, querida . Karima
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Awww..me desmayo..veo estrellas en pleno día..Manuel:) Muchas gracias 🌹
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Con tu flor es suficiente para aplacar mi corazón. Mi sueño será placentero. Un beso belleza.
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Ah, SL and the Vampire Aesthetic! There was that period when the contagious-biting game was so popular and so unpopular, because people would get in some way brought into it against their will; Vampires got a bit of a bad rap in that. But the style rises above any petty grid drama. 🙂 And these are great images of it.
And thank you so much for all the birthday things, last year and this year. Time keeps passing!
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Yes Time keeps passing and we are getting older, wiser, and paler lol:)
The iony of really not being able to go out into the sunlight, to only walk outside after sunset does strike a parallel vampiric chord. More than ever, this life style is suiting me. So much fun to celebrate your birthday in any world Dale. You are the greatest of sports and one good looking vampire too….I might add:)
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Happy birthday to Dale!
And – you’re my favorite vampire, Karima ❤
~David
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🍷 Awww thank you David….smiles broadly, fangs exposed.🧛🏻♀️
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How interesting. I’ve only read one vampire series, that was made into movies too but it really failed to impress me.
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Thanks so much Sadje for reading and commenting…Anne Rice showed me the beauty of these creatures, as well as their destructive feeding habits:) In Second Life…we just love to look at our exotic selves:)🧛🏻♀️
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Awesome 👏🏼
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Love your Vampire pics and song ready for the spooky season, Karima, m creative vampire friend. best ever😘💕.
Happy birthday, Dale..
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Awww thank you mortal Cindy and just know you don’t need to fear my company…hehe you might even enjoy playing dress up with me and strolling the streets of New Orleans at night sometime:) Glad you enjoyed the post and pics. Big hugs and my best wishes always to you💖🤗🧛🏻♀️🍷🖤
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Now you’re talking! We would be quite a pair the two of us!! We would dance 💃 💃the night away 🩷🩷
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Oh you know it…Vampires really love dancing more than biting people..Bachatas, Salsas, Tangos…we’d be Fabulous!!! (Get an avatar Mortal Cindy..not the ugly fb kind, the glorious SL kind:) and meet you at the docks:)
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I am so in and I’ll meet you there! Yes they do.. oh my but I’ll need my creative to make me one and beam me up.. no FB ugly for me 😂💕🫶🏽🙌🏽
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No way I will make you an SL Queen of the Vampires..Get an account in SL and I will dress you up:):)
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oh I love it.. in my spare time.. you’re joshing with me right or are you serious?🥺😉💗
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Dead serious…the accounts are free…and we can meet at a day and time and I will give you a makeover…You would love it….I know yoiu have no time, so not much chance you’ll ever get addicted…but try it..just to see how it feels from the inside:)
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Perfect time for the season! 🧛♂️
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Thank you and yes it’s coming to be that time:) Such a lovely time of the year 🧛🏻♀️🍷
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lol vampires and birthdays, have a good one Dale! Keep on creating 🙂
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Ohh they really aren’t so incompatible..hehe if the birthday boy is a vampire too:):) Smiles..thanks Kate!
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lol my poor imagination can’t stretch that far, but what ever you say 🙂
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An interesting read, Karima! I have no experience with Halloween, but loved your beautiful vampire pics and the birthday song with a lovely ascent.:)
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Thank you Kaushal haha was fun to share a bit of my vampire side (in Second Life) Oh yes that birthday song…I practiced quite a bit but..well that accent comes naturally, just from being a vampire!! :):) So glad you enjoyed!
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You’re more than welcome, Karima!
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I agree that “Interview with the Vampire” is an inspiring read!
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Yes, so beautifully written…the lines just glide over the page.
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