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The neighborhood where my partner and I have been living is very community oriented, which makes it easy to get to know your neighbors. A lot of folks who live there also have stores in the commercial areas and they're very friendly. The sims are themed and are lovely for walking around and seeing what new things people are doing. We recently got another parcel elsewhere to have in addition, where it's not very neighborly but we feel a little more privacy and quiet. We can also run around nekkid on the beach if we want to. Having both places creates a nice balance.

Parhelion those are stunning images! I have got to go check out those trees at Botanical. I can feel another garden coming on.

I love to listen to, dance to, and talk about music. My musical tastes are varied, I like classic jazz, electronica (mostly downtempo/trip hop kinda stuff), alternative rock, house music, blues. In the right mood, I can enjoy just about anything. I'm always up for having my musical tastes expanded and developing an appreciation for music that I'd previously not given much thought to. There are a couple of places I've been that are sometimes friendly and fun, and I've been to others where the people weren't very friendly, they were probably busy with IMs or other things and the energy seemed pretty flat.  I'm still on the hunt for some fun music venues and I'd love to hear what some of your favorites are.

I asked a question about favorite places to find dresses and got an amazing list of suggestions here: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Fashion/your-favorite-dress-designers-shops/td-p/966009 I already had some of these places landmarked in my favorite clothing stores, but now have been to all the stores mentioned and have added quite a few to my landmarks list. I found a lot more than just dresses. Most of these places are on the MP, and I'd add PixelDolls to the list, plenty of affordable and cute items.

So texturing them as opposed to tinting them could create a perfect match. I never considered doing this, it would save a lot of time in the long run. /me scribbles "must attempt texturing prim feet" down on her to do list.

Such beautiful places you've all created! I couldn't agree more about gardening and lanscaping to feel zen in SL. Unfortunately I didn't get very good snapshots of the couple of gardens I've created, but I'll post what I have. Both of the gardens are no longer there, so I'm glad I at least have these images. You can kind of see the overgrown garden in the background, it had a huge oak tree to sit beneath, an old greenhouse, as well as benches where we could sit and chat, read, or just watch the sunset over the ocean. One night I when I was out looking for a willow tree, I suddenly got a wild hair and wanted to create something with a fantasy theme. So I put this on our skybox patio. I wish I had an image that showed the fun little details sprinkled throughout the garden, but this shows the gist of it. You can see me lying on the hedge couch thingy, completely mesmerized by the twinkling lights.

That looks geat Marianne. I realize I don't even pay attention to others prim feet unless it's glaringly obvious that they're a different color, and even then it's not to be critical. It's usually more a reminder to me of how frustrating it can be to get a good match, and I imagine that they look fine to the person wearing them. Ariel, I'm sure I've seen the guide for popular skins you're talking about, I just can't remember where. It must have come with my N-Core shoes. I'm not sure if my skin is a popular one, I guess I can check the guide and see! Mayalily, I have no idea what "Disappearing sock feet toenail shoes" might be, but this made me smile and if someone ever makes these, I'll give them a try just because I'm curious.

The new skins thing - exactly! I usually forget that I've got a different skin on then the last time I wore a pair of sandals and having to edit the color every time I put them on is, well, time consuming to say the least. My go to solution for that has usually been boots. But it's summer dress time and I've been determined to conquer this prim foot thing. I'm on Firestorm which has a ton of windlight settings and have been using the two you mentioned off and on. I'll be sure to use them when I'm working on color matching. Your attitude of not worrying about how others see you as long as you're satisfied is right on. I mean what else matters, right?

Am I the only one that struggles with prim feet colors? The thing is I don't have too much of a problem getting them the right color until..... I move or TP somewhere. Sometimes I'll get them just right, then head out to go dancing and suddenly there are two marshmallow colored feet attached to my ankles. Or even worse, I'll just move my camera angle - they're perfect from one side and from the other side they're horrible, or great by daylight and completely off at midnight. I got a pair of strappy sandals from N-Core that I love and have had better luck with them, I'm not sure why that is. Also does everyone else see different colors of feet depending on their windlight settings?

Funny, earlier this afternoon I was thinking, isn't it spam time? Then I couldn't remember whether spamday is Friday or Saturday - and it's neither. It's Spamurday! The eighth day of the week! Ok that was scary, I had to google "eighth", it just didn't look right.

I keep swearing to myself that I'll quit feeling whiny about this, but it hasn't happened yet. "Your username is not meant to be displayed as a name, it is the name of your account not your avatar." This is exactly how I understood it when I signed up with some random first name that I didn't even bother to capitaliize. I rarely capitalize names that aren't going to be seen by others and are only used for signing in: I also didn't understand that I wouldn't have a last name. All the information I'd read (and I read a lot before finally signing up) stated that I would be choosing a last name. I wouldn't have imagined that the information I'd read was outdated, as I read it in so many places. I didn't quite understand how choosing a last name mattered since my username wasn't going to be seen by anyone, but I realized that I wasn't going to have it all figured out until I actually went through the process. So I created my display name, also having no idea that there were people who wouldn't see it. I'm okay with people calling me leyna, but have never felt it suited me. Get over it already leyna. I'm glad I had the forethought to snag a couple of the "babygirl with numbers" names before the numbers got too out of hand. I'm kidding.

Thanks JoJo, I certainly will check that out! I almost always go inworld to purchase items I find on the MP, but I got click happy last week and bought a few items from the Sea Hole, it will be good to visit the store as I'd intended to do in the first place. I've had some good luck with places people have posted, thanks so much! It's always fun to discover new stores I didn't know existed. Melita, I visited the Twinkle Night Bazaar last night, and really enjoyed it! Lots of fun and tempting things on display there, and I liked how it was set up. I went in looking for dresses, and TPd away having purchased, of all things, a set of lanterns, and.... *drum roll please*..... a flowered eyepatch. A girl's got to be prepared, right?

Thanks so much everyone! I've made a list of all the places here that I'm not familiar with and have enough to shop myself silly in the next couple of days. If you happen to trip over something that turns out to be me loaded down with packages lying flat on my face, no need for concern, I'm probaby just napping. :smileytongue:

My partner and I joined to have a place to hang out and keep in touch since we have extended distance between us, and the "strange" is what's made it so much more fun than we'd anticipated. I don't know that strange is what's wrong with SL, it sounds more like SL isn't the ideal platform for keeping in touch with some folks. The learning curve alone can be daunting, I don't know that I'd have stuck it out if I hadn't been so highly motivated to be able to hang out with the guy I love. Strange is a relative term. I don't even use the word much, I think of things more in terms of being curious, interesting, and fascinating, though what I consider merely interesting might be another person's scarypsychofreakzone. And I totally agree with what Ceka said about closet cases, that subject can get extremely fascinating.

It looks like my name is leyna, but it's really TInker. I'll still answer to leyna though.

Oh that's a good idea, hadn't thought of using them as landmarks for myself. Thanks Pussycat!

I've been looking for cute summerish short dresses, could be casual or dressy. My problem is that I'm not sure what "cute" means to me, all I know is that I haven't found them. It's one of those "I'll know it when I see it." kinda things. (and usually I see it on everyone else, maybe I need to start clicking on people :)) So I thought I'd ask who some of your favorite dress designers are, I'm hoping I'll be able to break my dress shopping stuckness.

I'm not sure what others do, but I definitely will buy stuff from the places I visit when hunting. Not from everyone, but from the places that I really like, yes. Sometimes I'm so focused on the hunt I may not buy at that moment, but I keep my landmarks organized in a folder of places to go back to when I'm finished, and I do go back and buy. Some of my favorite spots to shop that I now purchase from regularly I discovered while doing hunts. I've often wondered if a lot of people are just about the grabby hands and I've hoped that wasn't the case.

(sorry this is so long!) I don't have suggestions of ways to use SL for recovering from an illness, but I wanted to share a few things from my own experience. The first thing I have to share is that there was a period of time (about two years) when I was unable to leave my house due to illness. I remember that one of the most difficult things for me was that I didn't need to *be* anywhere. No one was waiting for me to show up anywhere, no one missed me when I wasn't there, wherever "there" was. I almost felt invisible for a period of time. Had SL been around then, it would have been amazing to be able to have the experience of connection with community and responsibilities. It would have helped me in my need to be able to show up and be counted on, to be a part of something that mattered. The second thing is that my partner is disabled with a yet undetermined neuromuscular illness and is unable to drive or leave his house very often. We initially joined SL as a way to bridge the miles between us when we're not able to be together. We had no idea what we were getting into, didn't know that he'd be able to do things like row his boat, take me dancing, go exploring, build, and even open a store to share the RL images that show his perspective of the world he sees around him. I can't speak for him, but I can share a few of the things I've observed: He's had things to look forward to that he otherwise wouldn't have, like some of the parties we've attended, shopping for just the right outfits, picking me up for our dates, and taking snapshots to remember wonderful evenings by. It's been a place for him to express his creativity in any way he wishes. He's been building and terraforming and has had a blast doing it. Having a creative outlet is so important and is always a positive thing in my opinion. He's had some of the loveliest interactions with people that he'd otherwise not have had, experienced the exchange of heart felt kindness of the real people shining through their avatars. He's been able to use some of the skills he enjoyed using in his RL work before he became disabled, and been able to be part of a bigger picture, one that really does make a difference in people's lives. So I'd say that SL definitely can help in a lot of ways. Having things to look forward to, connecting with people and having an opportunity to take on responsibility or help others if one so desires are all things that can improve peoples quality of life and expand their horizons.

"Aww this all looks like some of you people are threatening me. All that I have said was that I lost the feeling of FUN in Second Life and I am very grateful to some other peopel who gave me genuine advices unlike 1st people that are threatening me something because of my banner which is allowed." Hmmm, I haven't seen that you're a victim of any threats in this thread at all. Sounds like maybe you're working too hard? Maybe spending so much time focused on scripting and Wili and Amy Show doesn't leave you much time to do the things you enjoy the most. "Is it because I have a business in Second Life that some of you are so jellous about? Is this a business discrimination? I already know that some people in SL don't like business oriented people. But guess what because of entrepreneural people Second Life evolves. Well you can have your own business and help Second Life economy." I doubt very much that anyone is objecting to anyone else being business oriented. Business is about relationships, and having respect for people's intelligence is a great quality to posess, particularly because business depends on relationships. I'm not seeing a lot of this quality being exhibited by you on the forums. So maybe it's that you're working too much.... or maybe it's immaturity. Hopefully it's that you're working too many hours because that's a much more streamlined fix. . There's nothing wrong at all with being business oriented. I have my own business in RL, and I keep things fun for myself and my clients. If I want to enjoy myself then I've got to make it fun, there's no one else going to do it for me.

Thanks Willow, I was indeed making it more difficult than it needed to be.

I usually search the MP then go inworld to buy. Some of the best places I've found through doing hunts and 50L Friday type groups. I've run into some real hidden gems that way. One of my favorite ways to learn about cool places to shop is through word of mouth and hearing what others have to say about them. I finally found some great looking jeans after searching for months when I read about a couple of places in the fashion forum here. Coming across a name of a store over and over again, (like in the MP, forums, and blogs) is something that will get me to eventually go check it out even if I'm not necessarily looking for that store's product.

I'm wanting to add a couple of things to the picks section of my profile that aren't actually places, but don't want to set it to my home location. There isn't an infohub on the sim where my partner and I live or I'd just use that. What do folks do when they create a pick but don't want the location set to their home? Do they go to a random location to create it? I'm sure there's a simple answer, I seem to be overthinking this.

Well I'm thanking you Griffin, I did not know about the Character Test. Apparently when the OP said she tried everything and nothing worked, she really meant EVERYthing, the only exception of course being the unspecified thing that didn't work. Everyone knows the thing that eventually works falls under the "other stuff" category and has nothing to do with everything. :matte-motes-bored:

Hi Patricia, I so understand how you're feeling. The learning curve for SL is steep, though I know that some pick things up quicker than others. I think I fall into the "others" category. Just when I think I've got a decent understanding of things, I go around the corner and feel l'm running smack into a brick wall. Okay maybe that's a little dramatic, but I've always been one to pick things up quickly, and in SL....not so much. Ask questions here! The folks are really helpful, and you can be sure there are others reading who are having similar questions to yours. The links that were posted are very helpful and worth reading. Builder's Brewery has classes that are supposed to be really good, and that's a great way to meet other people too. Builder's Brewery Classes and Events Calendar