I got a pair loons for the cove near where the Grumpus stops on our island. They make that haunting loon sound and they swim and dive in random patterns. I really like them.
119 of 365: Loons
I got a pair loons for the cove near where the Grumpus stops on our island. They make that haunting loon sound and they swim and dive in random patterns. I really like them.
117 of 365: Pros and Cons to everything
I was playing around with the web on a prim and I IMed Zha on gtalk. She came in world and we were plurking and generally playing with the tool. She showed me a way for two people to edit a document inworld at the same time. I should have grabbed a picture of that but I forgot. Trust me, its pretty cool and I can think of so many ways to use that capability.
Of course the pillows on the day bed failed to rez the entire time. I think 2.0 is generally slow to rez but I am hopeful that the Linden overlords will fix that in a subsequent release. And, I really do want the camera controls back. I am learning how to move using the keyboard but I have used the camera controls for close to 3 years. It is hard to learn a new way of moving. My hands don't want to cooperate.
116 of 365
This picture is dark. I could lighten it but I don't want to change a thing.
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My mother in law's funeral was today. No, I was not there. I am here at home in the US with my son. My husband is in the UK with our daughter for the funeral. For many reasons this was the best thing for us but today it was pretty hard not to be there.
Just like on the day she died we are in the middle of a blizzard. The snow is wet and heavy, the sky is the color of cement. I have done very little today and I am exhausted. I have so many things I should have done and yet I accomplished nothing. Perhaps sitting here on the couch with my dog's head in my lap while I watch snowflakes the size of golf balls fall out of the sky is exactly the right thing to do on a day like today.
114 of 365: Second Life 2.0 and Linden Endowment for the Arts
Ok so the Second Life viewer 2.0 came out today in public beta. If you are a SL user you know this by now. I expected people to freak out about the change but what I have read so far has been mostly positive. It took me a while of fumbling around to figure out the new viewer but so far I like it quite a lot.
For really great information about 2.0 go here for highlights about new features and here for a primer and links to Torley videos. There will probably be 50 more post by morning but those two links will take you to the most comprehensive information I found with a quick search.
As I was walking through the viewer and trying to find the features I use routinely my friend SecondLie Scribe dropped his bear on me. Now I wondered -- why another bear? I already have it. Then he told me to look closely.
Would you look at that? SecondLie's actual twitter stream right there on his pixel iphone, updating in real time. I think the creative minds of people in SL will surely put this to great use. This feature alone makes SL 2.0 a giant step forward.
In other SL news Linden Lap announced today they intend to create the Linden Endowment for the Arts. I think this iniative is wonderful and is something I have hoped would happen for some time. It is my fervent hope that people will pull together and work toward shared goals. The comments on the Linden blog started to devolve into nastiness a little today but there are plenty of strong voices too. I believe the Linden Endowment for the Arts is very much needed and I am thrilled the Lab is actually supporting the Arts in a concrete way.
Finally, Linden Lab announced its new policy on third party viewers today. I have not had time to read the new policy much less think about it but I thought I would share the link in case it is helpful.
All in all it was a busy day for people involved with Second Life. We have a lot to absorb and much to learn. I have to say all of these changes have me in a positive and forward thinking mood.
Cheers.
For really great information about 2.0 go here for highlights about new features and here for a primer and links to Torley videos. There will probably be 50 more post by morning but those two links will take you to the most comprehensive information I found with a quick search.
As I was walking through the viewer and trying to find the features I use routinely my friend SecondLie Scribe dropped his bear on me. Now I wondered -- why another bear? I already have it. Then he told me to look closely.
Would you look at that? SecondLie's actual twitter stream right there on his pixel iphone, updating in real time. I think the creative minds of people in SL will surely put this to great use. This feature alone makes SL 2.0 a giant step forward.
In other SL news Linden Lap announced today they intend to create the Linden Endowment for the Arts. I think this iniative is wonderful and is something I have hoped would happen for some time. It is my fervent hope that people will pull together and work toward shared goals. The comments on the Linden blog started to devolve into nastiness a little today but there are plenty of strong voices too. I believe the Linden Endowment for the Arts is very much needed and I am thrilled the Lab is actually supporting the Arts in a concrete way.
Finally, Linden Lab announced its new policy on third party viewers today. I have not had time to read the new policy much less think about it but I thought I would share the link in case it is helpful.
All in all it was a busy day for people involved with Second Life. We have a lot to absorb and much to learn. I have to say all of these changes have me in a positive and forward thinking mood.
Cheers.
112 of 365: My Linden Home
I decided I would try to make my Linden Home into something using only items from my inventory or objects I made myself. I did not want to spend Lindens on a free house. Here is what I did so far.
My dear friend Pan gave me the texture for this house number a while back and it works perfectly here. The truth is all the houses in the suburban Linden neighborhoods look exactly alike. I am seeing most folks personalize the outside of their homes in some way. Like me, they probably could not tell their home apart from the others and could only find their way home via teleport.
If you click on the photo you can seem more clearly that the house number says 15 Chestnut View and has a picture of an actual chestnut. If you have read here for any length of time you know my name came from the street I grew up on in RL. My house number was 51 and if my photoshop skills were better I would flip the numbers and make the sign say 51 Chestnut View.
Why yes that is a giant Buddah in my house, why do you ask? And yes, there is a ball of fire in his hands when it is night on the sim. Is this unusual?
The screen was purchased for me by my first SL partner back in 2007. He is long gone, thank god but the screen stayed with me for all this time. It is pretty and finally is seeing the light of day again. I think it stands up to the test of time. I made the bath for our house back when we lived on Shengri La. I pulled it out of inventory and changed the textures out. et voila.
Some people on my sim are talking about creating a Neighborhood Association. I don't think it will be the kind of group that sends nasty letters when you do something ugly or forget to cut your grass as suggested by Frogg Marlowe at HIPS last night. I did laugh pretty hard at the idea, I admit it.
Instead, I think the idea of the Neighborhood Association is to create a way for people to get to know each other for socializing and possibly some networking. Now, I ask you -- isn't that what the Lindens had in mind when they created these odd little suburban spaces? People finding others and connecting? I am interested to see what happens over time.
One more thing -- Everything you see above is only 71 prims. So it is entirely possible to create a fun space for far less that 117 prims.
My dear friend Pan gave me the texture for this house number a while back and it works perfectly here. The truth is all the houses in the suburban Linden neighborhoods look exactly alike. I am seeing most folks personalize the outside of their homes in some way. Like me, they probably could not tell their home apart from the others and could only find their way home via teleport.
If you click on the photo you can seem more clearly that the house number says 15 Chestnut View and has a picture of an actual chestnut. If you have read here for any length of time you know my name came from the street I grew up on in RL. My house number was 51 and if my photoshop skills were better I would flip the numbers and make the sign say 51 Chestnut View.
Why yes that is a giant Buddah in my house, why do you ask? And yes, there is a ball of fire in his hands when it is night on the sim. Is this unusual?
The screen was purchased for me by my first SL partner back in 2007. He is long gone, thank god but the screen stayed with me for all this time. It is pretty and finally is seeing the light of day again. I think it stands up to the test of time. I made the bath for our house back when we lived on Shengri La. I pulled it out of inventory and changed the textures out. et voila.
Some people on my sim are talking about creating a Neighborhood Association. I don't think it will be the kind of group that sends nasty letters when you do something ugly or forget to cut your grass as suggested by Frogg Marlowe at HIPS last night. I did laugh pretty hard at the idea, I admit it.
Instead, I think the idea of the Neighborhood Association is to create a way for people to get to know each other for socializing and possibly some networking. Now, I ask you -- isn't that what the Lindens had in mind when they created these odd little suburban spaces? People finding others and connecting? I am interested to see what happens over time.
One more thing -- Everything you see above is only 71 prims. So it is entirely possible to create a fun space for far less that 117 prims.
110 of 365: Taking on the Challenge
I had the pleasure of hanging out with DC Antonelli for several hours today talking about art in virtual spaces. DC asked me to write an artists profile about him for a book about the SL art world. I am a bit out of my element but I am flattered to have been asked to take on this challenge.
We walk backwards into the future, our eyes fixed on the past.
—Maori proverb
108 of 365: Linden Homes
I grabbed a Linden Home today. I figure it will be an experiment. I actually got pretty lucky in that my home borders a park area and even though people are all crowded together my place feels fairly open.
I have no clue what will happen at my Linden home, if anything. Anyone who wants to check it out should feel free to visit. The LM is in my profile in world. (It is not like there is anything even remotely like privacy in the Linden Villages.)
107 of 365: I'll Take Wind Chimes and Bunnies FTW Alex
It is true! Windchimes are totally relaxing. This wonderful chime spins softly and plays lovely music that responds to the actual SL wind. I am constantly amazed at what talented scripters such as Zena Juran of Aura Windchimes can do. I am also amazed at the kindness of my friends.
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My bunnys are so so so cute! You can actually pet them! They hop around and add a bit of life to the sim. I just love them. The grey bunny is a boy and the white bunny with the black spots is a girl. So far the name suggestions I have are:
Gogo and Prad
Coco and Loco
Ricky and Lucy
Barfbag and Walt (Anyone want to guess who suggested that? If you guess correctly in the comments there is a prize!)
I need help naming these babies so I am taking suggestions in the comments or IM me inworld please. Thanks!
ETA: This is my boy bunny Rumor!
This is my girl bunny Whisper!
106 of 365: They say pets lower stress levels
In case you had not noticed lately I can't catch a break. My stress levels have been sky high, I can't really eat or sleep. It has been a bad week and the next few are not looking any better. Life can be stressful sometimes and even though I am normally an upbeat person I have been feeling low. A bit of time petting my dog or cat usually help me to chill out and feel a bit better. So, I had the thought maybe a pet in SL would help too.
Now, Zha and I had chickens. We did not love them. The thing is a chicken is not cuddly or cute. They are noisy and smelly. You can't cuddle a chicken. I should know my -- husband raises chickens and has for the past 10 years. They are great if you like eggs but beyond that they are not exactly pets that soothe your rough edges.
On the other hand, bunnies are adorable. They twitch their little noses and they don't make a sound. Cute, cuddly and quiet. That sounds about right.
I will post pictures of my Ozimal bunnies as soon as they are born and I break the news to Zha.
Now, Zha and I had chickens. We did not love them. The thing is a chicken is not cuddly or cute. They are noisy and smelly. You can't cuddle a chicken. I should know my -- husband raises chickens and has for the past 10 years. They are great if you like eggs but beyond that they are not exactly pets that soothe your rough edges.
On the other hand, bunnies are adorable. They twitch their little noses and they don't make a sound. Cute, cuddly and quiet. That sounds about right.
I will post pictures of my Ozimal bunnies as soon as they are born and I break the news to Zha.
Marketing in SL: The One in Which Chestnut Rants About Spam, Again.
(Image courtesy of cookipediachef's photostream)I have ranted about subscribe-o-matic spam in Second Life before. And, yes, I am about to do it again. If you don't care to listen please take your leave and go read something more worthwhile. I really don't blame you.
Ok. Look. People get a lot of input. From personal email, work email and SL email to news sites like the NYT and CNN, to Twitter, FB for our humans and our avatars (gasp the horror) AU, Plurk, Flickr, Koinup, blogs, Amazon, Zappos, ebay, our children's school listserves, church and synagogue list serves, Angie's List and Craig's List, Gofugyourself and Perez Hilton, LOLcats and Fail blog, My Mom is a FOB, and Match.com...and on...and on....and on......and that does not even cover actual books with pages and everything (???), TV, radio, our ipods, phones or...gasp again...people talking to us.
If you want me (or anyone) to pay more than one tenth of a second worth of attention to your message you need to spark our interest. Tell me WHY what you are selling, asking me to attend or offering is worth my time. Be interesting. Be creative. Be thought provoking.
Repetition works if you are selling dish soap on TV. Marketing your SL business takes more than your message over and over and over and over until people like me want to flick your nose before removing ourselves from your subscribo and deleting you from every social network we frequent.
We get it. We heard you. We are still not buying it.
Maybe it is not just your message -- maybe what you are hawking is unappealing? Perhaps a little self reflection is in order?
104 of 365: Things I love
One of my very favorite blogs is Pioneer Woman, which is a RL blog written by Ree Drummond who is smart, sassy and a fantastically entertaining writer. She writes about her life on a cattle ranch where she homeschools her brood of 4 adorable kids, cooks amazing meals and takes lovely photographs of everything around her.
Today The Pioneer Woman listed things she loves, in no particular order. I thought I would follow her lead and create a list of my own. The list below is incomplete and random. I may add other things as I think of them. Or not. Who can say.
I love:
My husband and kids. They are always first.
My partner Zha. We are about to hit our 2 year anniversary, which is pretty incredible.
Writing this blog
Notecards from Bettina Tizzy with cool NPIRL places to visit
My job at New World Notes
Meeting interesting and creative people in SL
Events that take full advantage of virtual space such as SkyDancers, Metropolis and Musimmersion
NMC and UWA
The artists of Caerleon
Grace McDunnough's voice
Interactive 3D virtual art
People who read this silly blog (thank you!)
Crap Mariner and my neighbors on five islands
Building in SL
A list of about 100 live musicians in SL
Friends who get that I am lazy and introverted and who reach out to me even when I suck at doing the same
Shopping and dressing my avatar, which is odd since in RL I just don't care too much about such things
Reading SL blogs - my blog reader has 246 blogs on it and about 200 are SL related.
Taking pictures in both lives
Messing about in Photoshop
New releases by my favorite designers
Hunts! I love the challenge
Hey Girlfriends
Thursday at The Slip on the rare occasion when there is a show
HIPs
Finding offbeat shops and crazy sims that defy logic and make me laugh
Sailing
Lately, Friday evenings at TriBeCa Blues Club
Interesting discussion shows such as Metanomics and The Copper Robot
Emerald Viewer
My 365 Project and the people who are doing their own 365
Avatar by James Cameron
Our build on Harbour
The process of building with Zha
Friends like Delinda and Jura who tell me about great events for NWN
SL Blogger parties
Plurk!
Friends who have left SL but touched me when they were around
Linden Lab because no matter how many times they make me angry or surprise me by being less than clever, without Second Life so many things I love would not be possible.
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I am resisting the urge to name friends who mean the world to me. I don't want to embarrass or surprise anyone, but I do love you all.
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What do you love? Tell me in the comments or if you are a blogger why not write your own Pioneer Woman love list on your blog?
Cheers and happy Saturday dear friends.
101 of 365: Sometimes Zen is a Struggle
Last night at 2:30 am the phone rang. It is never good when the phone rings at that time of night. My brother in law was on the phone and he told us my mother in law died. Her death was unexpected and sudden. We are all a bit stunned. There will be traveling and a funeral and arrangements. It feels a bit surreal.
The blizzard that canceled our trip to Paris was no joke. We got a ton of snow as you can see in the picture of my back yard. The snow is pretty but shoveling out our very long driveway was no fun. I feel pretty low but I am going to maintain a smile anyway. There is always a sunny day after a storm.
Winter Storm Warning in Effect, Chestnut Maintains Zen Attitude
There are a few things in life that are not worth worrying about and the weather is high on that list. I never complain because it is hot or cold or raining. I love the snow so I never complain about that either. Weather just.....is...we can't control it so complaining is a waste of time and energy as far as I am concerned.
Having said that..............DAMN. I was supposed to leave for Paris tomorrow with my husband. We never had a honeymoon when we got married in 1992. Then we had kids and life got in the way. He surprised me by booking a 5 day getaway to Paris and making arrangements for our kids to stay with my brother. How sweet and romantic is that? The fact that the trip was over Valentine's Day too was just an added cherry on the icing of this romantic cake. But a massive blizzard is supposed to hit us tomorrow. Right around the time when our plane is scheduled to take off. DAMN.
There. Now I have said it and I am done. We will go to Paris another time. And, I will have a fun snow day with my kids. We will build a snow fort and have a snowball fight. Then we will come inside and sit by the fire while we drink hot cocoa. It will be wonderful. It wont be Paris though.
Luckily there is always Paris in SL, where I took this photo some months back.
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Issued by The National Weather Service
New York City, NY
3:18 am EST, Tue., Feb. 9, 2010
... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY... BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND LONG ISLAND.
AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES... EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY... AND THESE WINDS CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Having said that..............DAMN. I was supposed to leave for Paris tomorrow with my husband. We never had a honeymoon when we got married in 1992. Then we had kids and life got in the way. He surprised me by booking a 5 day getaway to Paris and making arrangements for our kids to stay with my brother. How sweet and romantic is that? The fact that the trip was over Valentine's Day too was just an added cherry on the icing of this romantic cake. But a massive blizzard is supposed to hit us tomorrow. Right around the time when our plane is scheduled to take off. DAMN.
There. Now I have said it and I am done. We will go to Paris another time. And, I will have a fun snow day with my kids. We will build a snow fort and have a snowball fight. Then we will come inside and sit by the fire while we drink hot cocoa. It will be wonderful. It wont be Paris though.
Luckily there is always Paris in SL, where I took this photo some months back.
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Issued by The National Weather Service
New York City, NY
3:18 am EST, Tue., Feb. 9, 2010
... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY... BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. AT THIS TIME THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND LONG ISLAND.
AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES... EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY... AND THESE WINDS CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
99 of 365: "The Impact of Windlight"
The only thing that changed in the following images is the windlight preset. I think the ability to flip through Windlight presets is my favorite feature of the Emerald Viewer. I have a very hard time using any other viewer at this point primarily because I am totally hooked on the ease of flipping through presets. I suppose I am just lazy like that. I can't be bothered to fuss with lighting when it is so easy to use the wonderful variety of presents available.
98 of 365: Other People's Pictures
Yes. I missed yesterday. Day 97 was the first day I missed in my 365 and I am totally not going to beat myself up about it either.
I was in Boston for the weekend visiting my sister and her family. My brother in law became a US citizen last week after many, many years so we had a big party. Between a visit to the Boston Fine Arts Museum in the morning and the celebration which lasted well into the night, honestly SL was the farthest thing from my mind.
I do have some lovely pictures from the museum which I could post, including one of the RL me with my daughter. I am still contemplating the idea of posting a picture of me here. Since last year, Hamlet has been asking me to create a mixed reality photo of myself for New World Notes. I don't have anything to hide and plenty of people in SL know who I am in the atomic world. I have body image issues like most women I know so maybe that is part of my reluctance to post a RL picture. I think at the heart of my thinking is this -- it really does not matter what my RL name is or what my human body looks like. If you read this blog you are "seeing" me. And, yes, I do mean that in the Na'vi sense.
Here is my photo for the day. Zha was building under the water and I stopped in to get a hug. I sort of needed it.
(click to enlarge)
I was in Boston for the weekend visiting my sister and her family. My brother in law became a US citizen last week after many, many years so we had a big party. Between a visit to the Boston Fine Arts Museum in the morning and the celebration which lasted well into the night, honestly SL was the farthest thing from my mind.
I do have some lovely pictures from the museum which I could post, including one of the RL me with my daughter. I am still contemplating the idea of posting a picture of me here. Since last year, Hamlet has been asking me to create a mixed reality photo of myself for New World Notes. I don't have anything to hide and plenty of people in SL know who I am in the atomic world. I have body image issues like most women I know so maybe that is part of my reluctance to post a RL picture. I think at the heart of my thinking is this -- it really does not matter what my RL name is or what my human body looks like. If you read this blog you are "seeing" me. And, yes, I do mean that in the Na'vi sense.
Here is my photo for the day. Zha was building under the water and I stopped in to get a hug. I sort of needed it.
(click to enlarge)
96 of 365: Elizabeth and Lizzie
Elizabeth Halstrom was on my friends list back in 2007. In fact, she was one of the very first people who offered me friendship. I met Elizabeth at a place called Video Ranch, which streamed live blues into SL from a club in Austin, Texas. Elizabeth was a hostess there and she was friendly and we got to chatting. After that she invited me to hang out with her friends once or twice. I was still at the walking into walls clueless stage so I was completely terrified to be there. I remember asking typical noob questions like "what do you do here?" and getting hipster answers like "build purple dinosaurs and ride them while dancing to electronica at our club." Or something like that any way.
Over time we lost touch mostly because when Elizabeth would IM me I was busy being an introvert and did not go to whatever it was she invited me to do. Eventually I deleted her off my friends list in one of those clean ups where I attempt to delete bad memories or embarrassing moments. It wasn't you Elizabeth it was me. Really.
One day I saw a blog by this quirky lady -- Lizzie Lexington. I loved her photos and her humor. Her heart on the sleeve posts made me grimace, mostly because I think her honesty was too much for me. I try to keep my pain private although it has spilled out on this blog and on plurk once or twice. In any case, Lizzie's blog was and remains a must read for me because I adore her heart and her ability to be her real, genuine flawed self. Lizzie's blog shines in a sea of self indulgent, plastic A list blogs by people who get joy out of being the cool kids. Have at it girls, I will take the honest nerd any day of the week.
So, as every one knows Lizzie is my old friend Elizabeth. We have history but we don't have day to day. We chat now and then but my introverted nature means I just tend to let friendships float. Either people can deal with that or they drift away from me before I even realize it has happened.
In any case, this photo and my 365 today is for Lizzie and for Elizabeth the kind woman who took a dorky noob under her wing. I tried to capture the essence of Lizzie's look at one of her favorite places, Tableau. Happy blog-oversary Lizzie!
Over time we lost touch mostly because when Elizabeth would IM me I was busy being an introvert and did not go to whatever it was she invited me to do. Eventually I deleted her off my friends list in one of those clean ups where I attempt to delete bad memories or embarrassing moments. It wasn't you Elizabeth it was me. Really.
One day I saw a blog by this quirky lady -- Lizzie Lexington. I loved her photos and her humor. Her heart on the sleeve posts made me grimace, mostly because I think her honesty was too much for me. I try to keep my pain private although it has spilled out on this blog and on plurk once or twice. In any case, Lizzie's blog was and remains a must read for me because I adore her heart and her ability to be her real, genuine flawed self. Lizzie's blog shines in a sea of self indulgent, plastic A list blogs by people who get joy out of being the cool kids. Have at it girls, I will take the honest nerd any day of the week.
So, as every one knows Lizzie is my old friend Elizabeth. We have history but we don't have day to day. We chat now and then but my introverted nature means I just tend to let friendships float. Either people can deal with that or they drift away from me before I even realize it has happened.
In any case, this photo and my 365 today is for Lizzie and for Elizabeth the kind woman who took a dorky noob under her wing. I tried to capture the essence of Lizzie's look at one of her favorite places, Tableau. Happy blog-oversary Lizzie!
95 of 365: The Downside of Hunts
The deal I make with myself is if I am going to do a hunt, I have to unpack and sort the gifties right away. If I don't I end up with inventory bloat and I never even know what is in half the boxes. So, today I rezed all the items I picked up the other day and dutifully sorted through throwing out, trying on and attempting to keep my inventory organized. It is a losing battle, of course, but I do try to keep my inventory to a manageable level. Right now I have about 15,300 which is not too bad.
Now that I have shared this lame post with you I have to get back to sorting the boxes.
93 of 365: Sometimes you don't get what you want, you get what you need
Today I was doing the Cupid Heart Hunt. I actually really like hunts sometimes. I find moving from place to place and exploring new sims relaxing and fun. I like to hunt alone so its a quiet meditative way to spend some time. Usually I get bored after a bit or get distracted by something other than the hunt and that is what happened today.
If you are looking for a beautiful place to explore go here to embryo. I never did find the heart or the hunt gift but the sim itself is really lovely.
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