Persephone Emerald

I don't wear wings often, but as with fantasy skins, sometimes I like to wear moth wings. Butterfly wings symbolize transformation, but moth wings symbolize the darker (not evil) side of the spirit and life. It's kind of like finding beauty and resiliance in the darkness.

I disable collision sounds, since I bump into doorways alot. I also disable interface clicks (which I absolutely hate in YouTube videos) because it destroys my feeling of immersion.

Organizing my inventory (or attempting to) helps me figure out what to get rid of. It's the biggest, most disorganized folders that contribute most to lag. Landmarks? Create a few category folders within your Landmarks folder. Then filter to only show landmarks. Drag all or nearly all your landmarks into your Landmarks folder. Delete all the duplicates and those you know are dead. Filter now for the word "store" and drag all the landmarks with the word "store" in them into a category folder for stores (or stores and shopping events). Now filter for the word "design" and drag those into your Stores category folder. Now do the same for the word "fashion", etc. Eventually you can get rid of dead landmarks by right clicking on them and selecting "About", which will usually show if the landmark is dead without you having to actually teleport there to check. For each major category of items, you'll figure out ways to break the group down into smaller parts and delete items you don't really need or want. Sorting by age can help sometimes. For instance, mesh came to SL around 2014, so items before 2015 are more likely to be sculpts and poorly optimized mesh. (Filter for the word "sculpt" to find and delete more sculpted items.) For clothing sizes, if your avatar is small or thin, filter for "XL" and delete every standard sized item with XL in its name. If your avatar is not small, filter for "XS" and do the same. If you avatar is male, delete all the clothing for female mesh bodies. If your avatar is female, delete the mesh body sizes you don't wear. The more ways you can delete a bunch of stuff at once, the better. Keep the packages clothing comes in though, so you can pull out other sizes later or replace pieces you might accidentally delete. Filter for scripts and delete all the unpacking scripts. Filter for animations and delete all the box holding animations. Filter for notecards and delete all the "Thank you" and contact info notecards. As long as you can find out the creator, you can check their profile for how to contact them. Once you've deleted all the easy to find crap you don't need, you'll feel better about having reduced your overall inventory number. The next step will be creating category subfolders to organize the items you want to keep. Putting a ! or * symbol at the front of folder titles can help you move your favorites to the top of your category subfolders and eventually delete the items you don't really want. They'll be at the bottom with no stars or exclamation points in their folder names.

The LDPW must have released some more 2048 m homes recently. There are 50 Ranch Homes and 50 Mediterranean Homes available now on the Linden Home page. Still no Stilt Homes on water or piers though.

One page of Barbie and Oppenheimer references doesn't even come close to when we post about food or security orbs.

Ken never had a house or car because his only job was Beach.

A properly fitted corset can be just as comfortable as a bra, if not more so.

I bet those people didn't even watch Oppenheimer.

I didn't watch the Oscars, but here's a couple pictures of the dress.

Mesh bodies are cheaper now than they were when they first came out. My first mesh body was from The Mesh Project and was $L 10,000 ($40) I think. Most of the top brands now are between $L 2000 to $L 5000 ($ 8 to $20). A mesh head would be another $L 2000 to $L 4000 ($ 8 to $ 16). You might find a skin for around $L 1000 to $L 500 ($ 4 to $ 2), but I'm not sure as I get most of my skins when they're free or on sale. And yes, mesh clothing is specific for different mesh bodies, but system layer clothing will work on any mesh body that is BOM (Bakes On Mesh) compatible, as well as on the original system avatars.

I don't know who might be doing makeovers as a business, but there is certainly a demand for this. You biggest cost would be for a mesh body and head, then a skin (usually in 2 pieces for a mesh body and head), then whatever hair and clothing you like. The Legacy Male body normally costs $L 5000. The Belleza Jake body now costs about $L 2000. Signature bodies are somewhere between, but their Gianni body is the only one that has much clothing made for it. Lelutka EvoX mesh heads normally cost $L 4000, but EvoX compatible mesh heads from other creators are cheaper. Catwa and Genus also have male mesh heads that are not EvoX compatible and might also be in the $L 4000 or slightly less range. You'll probably have a hard time finding inexpensive male skins that are not made for specific mesh bodies and EvoX heads, unless you find older system skins on Marketplace. If you want simplicity, I'd suggest avoiding the EvoX heads for now. EvoX is a new UV map for avatar heads that gives greater detail than the standard SLUV map, but when worn on a non EvoX head your face would be on the back of your head. 😆

The Virtual Bloke site has this post that suggests a simple male AO for $L 1. Even though you said you don't want to bother with Mesh, I'm going to suggest the DNA male bodies available inworld for $L 1 / body and $L 1 / skin pack. I think these are the simplist mesh bodies to use as the head is part of the body and they don't use a HUD. They are also BOM enabled. (The Senra bodies in the Library of our Inventory also don't use a HUD and are BOM enabled.) The DNA bodies are on a region named Signature and fit Signature Gianni sized mesh clothing pretty well, but they aren't from the creator of the Signature mesh bodies.

Welcome back, Steve. Your old system layer clothes will still work on either a standard body or most mesh bodies (those that are BOM enabled). Prim, sculpt and flexi pieces aren't used much now. What was the last year you were in SL, so we have an idea of how much you need to catch up and what you're working with in your inventory? The website "Virtual Bloke - Queer Eye from the pixel guy" is good for explaining avatars and clothing from system layers to mesh. Ignore the parts about using appliers on mesh bodies, because those are not used much now except for hair, clothing and makeup. Boston Blaisedale and the Second Life channels on YouTube are good for explaining mesh avatars too. You can use one of the starter avatars for sure, but only the Senra Blake one is made for its own line of free mesh clothing. If you want to get used to using a mesh body and head, this is a good one to start with. If you're happy using a system avatar instead, it shouldn't cause lag, unless you're also using flexi or sculpted attachments such as hair, shoes and jewelry. With a system avatar you can wear Standard size mesh clothing that comes with alpha layers to hide your body under the mesh clothes. Sometimes you can use other sizes of mesh clothing too, but only when you can hide your system body under them with alpha layers. Gabriel has a section of older free mesh clothing for men, if you want to try those. The worst looking parts for system avatars are the feet and hands. (The breasts are not good on the female avatars either.) If you use a system avatar with pants and shoes, you'll look ok for the most part. Or just wear one of the starter avatars and don't worry about changing clothes on it. Animation comes from an AO (Animation Overrider). There are some free or cheap ones you can get inworld or on SL Marketplace. Someone else will have to suggest those for you, since I mostly use the ones from Body Language, which are pretty expensive.

Try putting in a support ticket. I don't know if it's possible to get a group back, but if it is, you'll have to act quickly. This was your group, right? Groups need 2 people in them, or else they will disappear. If this is your group, you'll need to add an alt to it.

In the top mesh bodies we now have Reborn at the top for curvy. Maitreya and Legacy are at the top for Mid-shape bodies. What are the top bodies for slim or athletic shapes? It seems to me that this is a niche that hasn't been filled with a top body yet. I think Erika might be the best for a Trans body, though Maitreya Flat fills part of that niche too. I like the slightly curvy shape I can get with Erika, but it lacks clothing support. I like Freya and LaraX best for this shape. I don't love GenX Classic enough to buy new clothes for that body. Reborn lost me because I don't like the hands on it.

The Garbage thread or bin category is just where that particular pink elephant belongs.

I bet it's large enough for a sea monster. I'm feeling inclined now to pull out some of my more unusual avatars and go exploring. I think I have a pleisosaur from Grendel's Children, a large tree avatar, a giantess, and an Asian dragon. I'm sorely in need of interesting mer tails that will fit Freya and LaraX though, especially an octo-mer or split-tail Melusine mermaid.

I think the Moles have been focused on creating more 2048 m regions, since these are more profitable for Linden Lab, but new Stilt homes on water and piers have been MIA for over a year now. The new ones on the north coast of Logland are in a really good location for sailing and riding the rails. (It's a lovely ride from the Victorian end to around Briar Hill in the Ranch regions. Then it will eventually go through the Mediterraneans and into Sakura, which also promises to be gorgeous.) Check the Linden Home webpage at least once/ day from Monday through Friday. This will show you when new homes in the most sought after themes become available. Looking on the World Map inworld will also show when those red squares over the new Stilt Homes disappear.

Do some like those bumper stickers that say "If you can read this, you're too close". "Derendering my clothes? Naughty boy!" "Nothing to see here. Move along." "These are not the boobs you're looking for." "Carpet is overrated"

This would be a great way to try on those clothes that look good in catalogs, but we can't try on before buying them. The only downside is that we'd have to make an avatar that really looks like we do in RL, in all our ample or saggy glory.

Here's a lingerie set from Glitz that has ample coverage panties.

Definitely. Who of us with a larger cup size hasn't used that natural pocket space at some time? Why don't bra makers take advantage of it and put a pocket there for keys or tissue? I'd probably use that at the gym, since my T-shirt and leggings don't have pockets. Why doesn't gym wear have more pockets anyway? Are people afraid that if we have pockets in leggings someone might think that bulge of tissues and a locker key is actually a lump of fat? Come on, pockets can't look any worse than a fanny pack worn on the stomach.

If you remember how the other bridge was done, it started with a rougher version before being shaped with wider spaces between the columns and nicer details.

@InnerCity Elf Immersive RP services are a geat idea. I knew a lady who had a taxi service, complete with an office, on Santori. There are also flights that can be booked from the airports and a Firefly-type Companion (courtesan) group.

A hairbase (tattoo layer) can add realism under mesh hair. I like how they add those few strands of hair on the forehead or at the base of the neck.