[How does your avatar look today ?]

11 minutes ago, TomWes said:

After receiving mysterious messages saying things about "closing in" and "be prepared", I found it best to lay low for a while and relocate to a different place of the world. At least the sushi is good here!

 

   Oh do be careful. Someone else posted a photo in which I noticed a distant, foreboding figure on the road. Take care of yourself, and don't turn your back to doors.

[How does your avatar look today ?]

   @Scylla Rhiadralent me the use of this backdrop. Initially I just wanted to look at it since she made such a lovely photo with it. It took a bit of time before any inspiration came to me. After playing with some light settings, the place evoked in me a certain mood, reminding me of some past life events. I worked at setting up a couple held props, and took several photos, changing the framing and camera angle.

 

 

   Thank you Scylla.

 

[How does your avatar look today ?]

12 hours ago, Cinnamon Mistwood said:

A failed experiment.  I came to SL for a lot of reasons.  One reason was to try to be someone other than myself.  Wouldn't it be fun to be more confident, say whatever crosses your mind, wear clothes you'd never dare to wear in real life?  I have tried to experiment with different personalities, genders, and species and I make a new alt for each thing I want to try.  I have 5 accounts and none of them are secret.  Zerrine (the blonde) is probably the best known.  I made her to see if I could be mean.  People sit around at home in anonymity and say all kinds of terrible things to each other and never seem to feel badly for doing it.  Why couldn't I?  What would it be like to say anything to anyone with no real repercussions?  It worked.  A few years ago I unleashed Zerrine inworld.  She said things and did things that Cinn would never do, but instead of feeling freedom she/I felt terrible. I ended up coming clean and apologizing to the people I had hurt.  Today Zerrine isn't any different than Cinn is.  She just dresses a bit sexier.  I also discovered that I am so uncomfortable in a male body that I never log my malt Mike in anymore. Anyway, the mirrored poses are on purpose.   I just can't escape myself.

 

   I admire you for talking about this. I'd say the experiment was very successful. You learned a lot about yourself. You learned that you're a decent human being. And for that also, I admire you.

   I have, for the most part, remained true to myself in SL. I have tried a few experiments, exploring myself, in search of a darker side. I couldn't find it either. However, in not trying to change myself, I discovered that SL has changed me. I have changed, not because I tried to, but because I let it happen. In both worlds, I'm much more outgoing today than I used to be. I'll sometimes say the first thing that crosses my mind. I dress in ways I never used to. I feel good, and I'm happy.

[How does your avatar look today ?]

59 minutes ago, Dano Seale said:

So basically....she overslept and missed her boat? *tut tut tut*

   Don't worry, she'll find her way to where she needs to be, somehow. And maybe going by boat isn't such a great idea anyhow. There's a monster somewhere out there, in that water. A monster... whose name... I can't quite recall at the moment.

[How does your avatar look today ?]

15 minutes ago, GoSpeed Racer said:

Trying to put the phone down is hard sometimes.

 

 

 

[(Rant?) I just want a dance.]

1 hour ago, Rhonda Huntress said:

 

God, I can't believe I'm doing this .. I am such an attention whore.  It's like I'll do anything for a LOL.

   And Rhonda, we love you for it.

[What are some of your pet peeves?]

   Two things.

   Thing one: Yes it's very cool how you can use materials to make shiny clothing. But please, If I really like the pattern and the color, but don't happen to want to be wearing vinyl clothing, include a HUD I can use to adjust the materials settings... please.

   Thing two: Guys (or anyone I suppose) who, because my house is on adult land, and I happen to be inside, wearing nothing, and even though all the doors are closed, decide it's ok to pop right in, beside me, wearing nothing and rampant. And then curse me out in an ego-rage when they are ejected, banned, and blacklisted. Seriously? You just asked for all of that.

[FYI - Ebbe being interviewed live by Strawberry]

2 hours ago, Lindal Kidd said:

You just flunked English Grammar, Latin and your Catholic Confirmation class.  It's "In nomine patri, et filii, et spiritus sancti".  "In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost".  It is also "a" Xer, not "an".  Unless you're pronouncing "Xer" as "ex-er", not "Zer".  In that case, it's "an X-er"

...Looks at you through her pince-nez spectacles, taps her ruler in the palm of her hand, and assigns you extra homework.

   /me makes a note to be extra careful with words when Lindal is nearby... which could conceivably be at any time.

[How are you feeling today?]

   Oh Cindy, I’m so sorry to hear. You have my sympathies and my tears. Other people can always say these things better than me. 
 

   “When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”

        -Kahlil Gibran

[Filing an AR (Disclosure)]

   It’s a violation of both the TOS and CS, regardless of whether or not the disclosed information is correct. Intent, acted upon, IS the violation. In any case, AR it, if it’s important to you. 
   In the end though, LL is the final arbiter. 

[Priofile picture issue]

33 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said:

I was at a place yesterday that had a "TV" you clicked and it would display your profile pic.  Mine never ressed at all.  It just turned the image a blank gray.

 

   I think it felt shy about displaying such beauty. It may even have been blushing.

[How are you feeling today?]

6 minutes ago, BelindaN said:

I went zit crazy at puberty, and still get an occasional one now...…..

   I once asked my dad, when I was 24, "Dad... when do we stop getting zits?"

   "Well it's not when we're forty eight, I'll tell you that much."

[How are you feeling today?]

   Today I am feeling happy, accomplished, conscientious, capable, and loved. And the sun is shining!

[(Rant?) I just want a dance.]

57 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said:

 

BTW, while I am up on the soapbox ... if you know of any places that play 90's alternative (Foo Fighters, Jane's Addiction, Eve 6, Tonic ... that sort of stuff) PLEASE let me know.

   I'll keep an ear up against the wall.

[Do you do it for the likes?]

2 hours ago, Rhonda Huntress said:

Wait, we are supposed to keep up with who doesn't click the like button on our posts?

 

   Oh wow! I've not clicked a bunch of your stuff. You better send me some old dead fish or lumps of coal or something.

[How does your avatar look today ?]

15 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said:

Well, I got tempted by a skin made just for BOM which was also fitted for LeLutka's new Nova head and down the rabbit hole I went.

New head needs new shape and BOM leaves me open to all kinds of new and possibly tintable lipstick, eyebrows, eye shadow, and ya-da ya-da.  

I'm still tweaking the shape but this is the rough start.

 

When it's all done I will be 100% BOM.

Probably ....

I do like the blend ability of makeup layers but I don't think I should have to resort to that if I can edit the tattoo layers correctly

   Um... yum!

[(Rant?) I just want a dance.]

   I'm not sure. What you experience might be just a general combination of all of the above, tall vs. short, partner vs. no partner, A confident look vs. a more submissive demeanor. And a bit of it might just be a perception thing. I also consider the possibility that your expectations might influence your demeanor and thus, at least partially, drive the results... maybe.

   The two different names, as well, can influence someone's perception of you. /me growls "Rhonda Huntress."  /me purrs, fluttering her eyelashes ".....mmmaybie."

   However, as I know you, I may not actually be qualified to make any of this postulation.

   I'm no help, no help at all.

 

[Do you do it for the likes?]

4 minutes ago, Rhonda Huntress said:

I don't pay much attention to likes.  I do get a warm fuzzy when someone quotes me, tho.

Once you assign a number to anything it becomes a game and I am sure there are competitive people that will play to win that game.  That is neither a good thing nor a bad thing.  It is just a thing.

   /me gives Rhonda a warm fuzzy feeling.

________________________

   I post to share myself, with anyone who might be interested. I comment to show appreciation to others who post. I post to be helpful or answer questions when I feel I have something of value to add to a conversation. If my goal were the likes, I'd probably post a lot more than I do.
   While I do look at likes from time to time, I much more rarely look at my reputation number. I don't feel I am in competition with anyone, and to be honest, if all the likes and/or reactions and total reputation numbers were removed from these forums, I'm not sure how I'd feel.

[Let's talk accounts!]

   Iva's a keeper, for sure.

[Mesh heads remind me of Deep Fakes]

   I remember a paid service within SL where you could submit a photo of your real face and have it mapped onto the system avatar head. The location might have been called Avatar Island or something like that. I didn't really have a lot of faith in how well that process would work.

[What are you doing today!? :D]

   Such a fun day, when work was done, and I saw a three day weekend stretched out before me.

 

[So, how ARE people finding SL?]

   Wired magazine, 2006. Even then I didn't really know what it was. I didn't create an account until a year later. I'm still here!

[The Anti-Valentine's Day Thread]

4 minutes ago, Marigold Devin said:

The rose looks like one of those with the light in it, I used to sell them when I worked on a holiday camp in the 1980s. 

   I think it was around that time when I began seeing artificial floral arrangements which had fiber optics embedded in the petals and leaves. 

[The Anti-Valentine's Day Thread]

   Yay! I got a rose! 

   /me is a happy collection of protons, neutrons and electrons.

[I need to understand buying land]

   Region and SIM are used interchangeably by some. Region is more correct. SIM, short for Simulator, is the computer and/or computer core on which a region is running (being simulated).

   A parcel is a plot of land in a region. The best deals depend on what kind of land you want, which can be dictated by your intended use of it. Land has different ratings; General, Moderate, and Adult. Differently rated land will have different scales of value. More information about these ratings can be found here. The best way to find out what a good deal is, is to look around for land that is for sale in regions containing your desired maturity rating. Then you can see what high and low sale prices are, and try to find a parcel size and price that is right for you. Land sales by residents can be done in two ways, direct sale to anyone, or to a specific individual; or by auction, as desired by the land owner.

   Buying land directly from LL, in my experience, will always involve an auction, which usually results from Governor Linden reclaiming land that has been abandoned and auctioning it. But sometimes, new areas of land created by LL, such as the Horizons regions, will also be sold by auction. When you look on the map to see land for sale, normal sales will be highlighted in yellow, and auctions in purple.