Osa Engawa

Now I remember why I never visit these forums, thanks

If someone actually asks for suggestions, “try all of them” is not a helpful reply.

You might try a Tonic head. They tend not to have the prominent cheek bones and sharp jawlines that you see on a lot of others. I just got the Tonic Pixie for an alt and I’ve been very pleased with it so far. I don’t think it would be hard to shape it for a plumper look.

I would guess Lelutka May but it’s hard with Bento heads. It might even be the default skin, it’s got that waaaaay too much makeup look.

The community I live in, Duskwood Junction, has a large portion of beautiful, scenic land that's open to anyone and includes lots of secluded cuddle spots and nice areas to walk together. It's infrequently visited so it could make for a nice bit of quiet time. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Duskwood Junction/151/132/22 I have no stake in it other than living here and wanting to share it with others.

Why live on the mainland if you’re just going to live in an isolated fort? I’m not saying you’re wrong, I just don’t understand the kind of individualism that drives a lot of SL landowners. One of the main things keeping me from buying land is the odds I’d have a neighbor like this.

How about no ban lines or <30 second orbs on parcels adjacent to protected land (especially roads and waterways)? If you want to lock out the public, get off the public infrastructure.

I don’t understand how exclusive access to Premium content is supposed to be a selling point for anyone. Obviously I, as a free user, have never seen this content, so how do I know if I’ll like it? And there’s plenty of user created content that I can (and do) pay a premium (in lindens) for that does not require a fancy special account. Also every bit of LL created content I have seen has not really impressed me so I don’t know why this should be any different.

First of all, I think no matter how you slice it, Premium is about land. Gifts, stipends, more groups, and so forth aren’t anything you can’t manage without. If you want land and you don’t want a landlord middleman, you’re gonna need Premium and that’s really the only reason to get it. So if you want Premium to be more attractive, you need to make land more attractive. I’ve seen a lot of talk about more land, cheaper land, more LI, etc., but none of that matters if the land sucks and let’s be really clear that by almost any standard most of the mainland absolutely sucks. More of what sucks? It sucks, but at least it’s cheaper and you can put more stuff on it? No thanks. I’d go Premium for better land. Bellisseria is nice if you want that particular experience but if you want to do your own thing you’re going to have to be patient for something decent to come along (or pay extortionate prices), otherwise you’re likely to be stuck with some landlocked patch of moonscape surrounded by ban lines and badly textured privacy walls. I don’t think you need a lot of draconian rules to improve this situation. There are very good and desirable mainland areas. The Heterocera continent, for example, has very little abandoned land. There are parts of Satori, Jeogeot, and the Nautilus/Blake Sea area that are also very nice. What they all have in common are lots of protected land to reduce the number of landlocked parcels so you have less of other people’s stuff in your face, and (as a result) good access to roads and waterways which are what make the mainland interesting compared to private islands. Also, since people do move around more in these areas, I think land owners have more of a sense that their builds are in the public eye. Others may feel differently but I’ve been on the verge of going Premium for a while and the prospect of a better mainland is what would do it for me. Otherwise, there’s no reason not to stay with Basic and pay rent on someone’s private island.

I don't know Bee Nexen outside of renting from her for the past month or so, but I want to post here that I could not ask for a better landlady. Bee is extremely helpful, friendly, and responsive, and she has tremendous integrity. If what she has available isn't quite what you're looking for, she will work with you to come up with something that is, even if not a lot of money is involved for her. She was very helpful for a very minor problem that I had, and is just overall pleasant to work with.

While I agree with the previous posters that you should dress to please yourself, sometimes a critical eye or some good advice can help you achieve the look that you're seeking. And quite honestly, there are some people in SL who really could use that. I don't have any suggestions for a group, but I do recommend looking at real life fashion blogs, Pinterest, or just using Google image search for things like "shoes with cobalt blue dress" to get ideas and to get you headed in the right direction. Sometimes the fashion rules are arbitrary social conventions, and sometimes they're useful guidelines for creating the impression that you're trying to create.

Thank you, Bee! Those worked just fine. Also, I want to thank you for providing some inexpensive rentals that don't look like skeevy love pads. SL needs more of those.

The landmark leads to empty space in the sky.

I know nobody uses it very much, but the feed to which you can post status updates or whatever on my.secondlife.com regularly deletes things I put there, usually a while after I post them (I always check to see if they're there a minute or two after I click the Share button). It's happened at least a half dozen times in the past few weeks; before then I never really used it so I don't know how long the problem has existed. These weren't photos or anything, either, just text. I only use it for dumb jokes so I don't really care very much, but LL might want to decide whether to fix it or just kill it. Having broken things out there with links from the dashboard encouraging people to use it seems like a bad practice. I'm aware that almost nobody uses it anyway.