Lyric Demina

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So Happy Others Understand Things! S O L I D

Support Groups that are just that -- support groups -- and who do not propose to heal or cure or transform a person, are super valuable. Whenever someone is diagnosed with a new condition or has experienced a traumatic event, doctors recommend support groups. This happens a lot in SL and I personally believe SL is a great platform for that kind of thing. So yes, the potential is being realized; there are support groups for almost anything you can think of in here. That said, critical thinking skills are always a must, online. Revealing too much in any support group -- even in face to face outside of SL -- can backfire terribly. Still, online support groups (and especially SL online support groups) can be life savers.

More water-staring. In the absence of "the real thing," this suffices.

See What Happens

Up End

Let's Eat Eggs! Really Yummy. H E N N Y

Chance Encounter

Motiveless Insensitivity Never Ends Sweetly. S T A R K

Once upon a time, in the mid-to-late oughts, I had a romantic male interest and a platonic female friend; and one day I was chatting with both in IMs at the same time, when unfortunately the female answered a question I had posed to the male. Unambiguously and seamlessly. Today, of course, I would realize, "aha, ugh, yikes, they're the same person, wtf." However, back then I thought, "Oh no, a solar flare has crossed the wires, I wonder what words of mine have been crossed and sent to unintended recipients, oh the shame of it all..." This particular creep-out was a triple-whammy, At first I was creeped out by the wrong thing Some time later, it all dawned on me and I got creeped out by the proper thing Then, finally, I was creeped out by how long it took me to be creeped out by the proper thing. I'm proud to say that my creep-out "ping" has vastly improved.

There's Better Hair

Life Insurance

But Remember, Even Ants Kill. P U L P S

Standing at the water's edge, making (the never-ending 17 year old job of) inventory-sorting go faster, less laggy.

Winged Creature

So, adding lime and dashi? B E A N S

We Ordered Roe, Mussles, Starfish. B R I N E

Good Living

Change Room

Fish Lying On Our Deck! W A T E R

Reading Railroad

Even Vargas Arrived, Dancing Effortlessly. M U S I C

Hastur Pierterson, Acoustic Alchemy The last "news" on the website is from 2019, when Hippovend shut down. The inworld store closed, but the goods are still available on the marketplace thank heavens. The soundscapes are wonderful and I require them for a good SL experience as much as I require good skies. Especially the foghorn sounds for that long lost Twin Peaks vibe, when you find a fish in the percolator.

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