Ajay McDowwll

Most of my pictures here start out "So I got bored..." I love setting up new places, so that's what I do. This is my latest rental, and included the house and ground-level landscaping, then I attacked the house with all sorts of add-ons and parts pillaged from a rezzed-out version of my own copy of this build, as well as some additional wood trim. It kept me busy for hours, and kept my linden balance safe for that period of time

Oh I have found my people!! I like HUDs where I can actually see what's on the buttons anymore, but screen real estate is precious. I think my favorite HUDds are the ones from Semller, because they're resizable. I pump those suckers up until they take up half my screen. It's kind of annoying, but at least I can see what I'm doing and once I have my shoes colored the way I want them, the HUD never has to come out again. And yes, my head HUD is cranked up to max size, and I use the embiggened Legacy edit HUD when I'm wearing that body. Maitreya's HUD is an easy read; my only complaint is somehow the way I have attached it makes any time I try to cam directly onto my avatar, the hud obscures her and I have to wiggle my camera around and pan slightly to the side to be able to view her whole body. Fortunately, though, those adjustments are pretty brief (for setting alphas, materials, or adjusting foot position generally) so my grumpy face doesn't last too long.

I was working on this outfit nearly all day yesterday and it was not quite right (the self-imposed Fantasy Faire burden of "How do I outdo myself now" is huge), but once I changed out the hair and added the wings, aura, and staff, yeah. Done

I can relate! I've tried so many Lelutka heads, and frankly my inventory is an embarrassment with regard to how many full-priced heads I've got in there, the lion's share of which are Evo/EvoX (I may need an intervention ), but I keep coming back to Avalon. Outside of her, I'd say my favorite is Sugar. Her jaw/chin aren't quite right regardless of how much I tweak the sliders, though, so Avalon it is.

I'm signing on with everyone else. The scar is fine, no scar is fine; it all boils down to what you prefer.

I don't believe so. The explanation she gave me made sense, but the initial post was really vague regarding intent, and frankly her (somewhat acerbic) response to me was the first time I saw a clear answer. I think a lot of us use SL as a tool to cope with situations: it's a creative outlet, it can be meditative, and it can serve as a means of distraction/ redirection, among many other options. It's nothing we can't ultimately do RL, but sometimes SL brings more distant options closer.

Luna, the question was unclear, as shown by the mass confusion about what you were requesting by many parties outside of my posts, hence my "baffled mind" Judging from the others who were expressing same, I was not in bad company. Thank you for the clarification. And this forum relates to Second Life? I am shocked, shocked, I tell you!

ChrisTwo has some cool stuff, including ramen that you actually put into your mouth and, my personal favorite, the french fries https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/127914 Sorry I don't have a picture (I'm unable to access SL for a few hours), but check the marketplace or run to the mainstore. It's worth a look

Please note the word "fun" Running from a large RL bear would be decidedly UNfun, and it would be done with alacrity in every sense of the word.

I am not entirely sure that is possible. This may be a case of irresistible force and immovable object

I'm still baffled. I mean, I'd deal with it the same way I deal with it RL, so I don't know why we have to have a special, SL-specific way of dealing with them. Interpersonal stress or tech stress or just garden-variety frustration are standard issues across the board, be they in the virtual or physical world. Granted, if running were a way I dealt with stress RL then of course that would not be a technique for dealing with SL stress in SL... but I still could log out and go for a run. That said, the running bit is academic. My very RL right knee loathes me with the fire of a thousand suns, and running is not on my list of fun stuff to do.

I've run into some difficult situations inworld, and generally I analyze my actions/ reactions, remind myself that I am limited to my own understanding of the situation (at least to an extent), generally land on the most charitable interpretation of the issue, and move on. Then again, that's what I do RL as well. Extending grace to others is my standard practice; goodness knows I've benefited from that enough myself. I think my only issue with this thread is... why is this a thing? Why is developing resiliency in SL any different from RL? It's all just life.

Seconding this. I have a friend... well, a friends? I've known them by a few names in SL, and they play each part to a T. They don't know the others (their other alts), they've never met my husband, different job, marital status, number of children, etc... ... but the tells are there. I used to be insulted that they thought so little of my intelligence. Now I figure whatever; it's their SL, they can do what they want with it.

I've been doing some landscaping for one of my friends. I'm not a pro by any means, but I think this turned out nicely, and most importantly, he and his boyfriend are happy (note that all structures and statuary are his; the bridge and other stuff are what I threw in )

I have not been on point lately lol -- sorry! And thank you