*breathes* …Ahhhhhhh, a workshop.
All of us have had the experience of a sudden joy that came when nothing in the world had forewarned us of its coming–a joy so thrilling that if it was born of misery we remembered even the misery with tenderness. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupary, Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939 As temporary as it is, I’m [...]
Life in a sandbox.
I was determined that today was going to be the day to try out a sandbox to build. I have been itching to get re-started on a project I had been working on before the sim fiasco and I dragged my feet all morning just psyching up to get inworld and get going on it. [...]
Blessin’s
As I contemplate my future second life as a *gypsy* (nice one, Doctor H!), I can only smile imagining the journey ahead. And I thought *I* had a positive attitude. Some days, even in his most stressed out world of screaming babies and sickly peoples, Doc has me beat. There is nothing like knowing and [...]
Continuing on “The Path”
I am getting so much out of this “game” it’s unbelievable, really. The art, the music, the characters, the story … it truly is beautifully done. It really is much more of an interesting and unique experience than a game… and I’m not even close to being “done” with it. Great work on this one [...]
The waxing and waning of a second life
You know? I am no longer as enamored by my second life as I once was. Well, not in quite the same way, anyway… *laughs* … It astounds me that in just a few short days, I could lose so much passion for it, but I have. It really has been somewhat of a roller [...]
memories/inspirations
Reading Phoenix’s bit of whimsical prose tonight made me think of one of my favorite Longfellow poems. Another one of so many many many that I read my boys when they were little ones …I hadn’t thought about that in awhile. The Castle-Builder A gentle boy, with soft and silken locks, A dreamy boy, with [...]
Oh man, the emo.
I am such an emotional being. I swear sometimes way too much. *laughs* I am still catching up with my reading of blogs and articles I have been saving. Many from months ago! Well, during this break, I am finally getting caught up. One of the best pieces I have read to-date is from Sara [...]
The Path. Oh, yes.
Heaven is so far of the Mind That were the Mind dissolved The Site of it by Architect Could not again be proved ‘Tis vast as our Capacity As fair as our idea To Him of adequate desire No further ’tis, than Here ~Emily Dickinson I do believe there is more to virtual life then [...]
The Endless Forest
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden I stole away tonight to another world [...]
My sentiments, exactly.
In my continuing exploration into machinima, I ran across this Osprey Therian vid at blip.tv this morning. I can entirely relate to this right now. I am really all of a sudden feeling the shock of losing the sim and have absolutely no heart whatsoever to create anything, or to even be inworld. Likely just [...]
So, what happened?
How does one lose her sim overnight? Simply put? Because the estate owner did not pay his bills. And, because he had absolutely no conscience, he gave none of the Homesteaders in his estate prior warning. None, whatsoever. And he knew for a very long time this was coming down the pipeline. Had we had [...]
That was quick!
Haha. When I logged in this morning the sim was already gone. I had waited to send my tenant’s things back thinking I had until 11 AM SLT. Well, I didn’t. So now I will reimburse them for any no copy losses they may have had. It’s over, though, and I will move on later [...]
“One door swings shut…
so another will open,” I think is how that saying goes. And, that couldn’t be more true of today. I spent the entire day and most of the night taking up all my own work, and all of the one copy items I had on the sim. It is scheduled for deletion tomorrow at 11 [...]
Imagine that. hmmm hmmm hmmmmmmm
Imagine logging into your “dream” one morning and having it be gone … gone. No longer on the map … three months of your passion, your love, your ideas … hours upon hours of work … vanished. As Homestead sim owners we put our trust, our faith, and our cash in the hands of estate [...]
CG Society’s Steampunk Design Winners
The possibilities in 3D design are truly endless. This coming from someone who saw “Watchmen” in IMAX last night (Incredible CG among other things!) But, last October the CG Society held a competition for design in the Steampunk genre. I watched many of the artists as they developed their concepts over the months, but one [...]
Irish Heartbeat
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Okay. I have to add the lyrics to this song here so I can sing it when I watch this video. Well, you can too, if you want to. Such a great song. I have a thing for Van Morrison, as you may come to find out … [...]
Slainte … ;=)
For the past few days I have been fidgeting around Afterwards, expanding and redesigning my shop in Provence, building really pretty new furniture … and making sweaters for Spring. *laughs* And, I think I have Spring Fever in both lifes because I can’t seem to sit still for very long in either world right now. [...]
Tin hearts, suck.
Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable. ~The Tin Man …just sayin’ … the “real” ones are not always better. You know? Thinking about you today, and miss you. Miss you, terribly. (Love you.)
Color, color, colourrr me, Sprinnng!
Now that Spring is on its way, and one can really feel it in the air (well, feel it in the first life air, that is), I like adjusting my Windlight settings a little bright and crazified for effect. I thought the above image quite indicative of my mood this weekend … OMG! I am [...]
79K (not including me)
Friday the Thirteenth … oooooooOOoooooo! …and I had planned to spend the entire day cleaning and organizing my inventory. Haha. Seriously. I had a dream last night that my inventory was organized and that I could actually find everything. I know. Who dreams about that kind of stuff? Well, I do! ;=) I’ll take this [...]
Use words like ‘opinion,’ ‘feel,’ and ‘think.’
Harrrrr! LOL! I hope everyone who reads my blog takes a few minutes to read McSweeney’s to get a feel of the kinds of things I really like. In my own little world it’s still cool somehow to aspire to the level of cleverness many of the writers there have. However, I’ll keep aspiring while [...]
To Do: A Dynasty worth seeing (and saving)
I am a member of the SL Museums group inworld, a somewhat active group that offers leads to some interesting venues relating to art history and design culture (two of my both-life passions). Yesterday morning I received a notice from Sekhmet Vita that they were experiencing some financial difficulties and may lose their sim (AKA [...]
Egyptology, Bowie, and the meaning of sLife …
I went somewhere really cool today (“Are you an Egyptologist?” she asked. “No, not really, but I really love design culture,” she answered.) and will write about it in the morning. I’m zonked from all the dancing (and handstands I like to do to old Bowie videos …! ) Oh! Thank goodness for those “glitch” [...]
Pets made with passion
I swear it. As long as there are creators like Carrie Tatsu in SL, I will never leave. *grins* The above picture is of a gray and white tabby that Carrie created and who we call “Hairry” after a beloved kitty of Doc’s iFL. Hairry kept Doc company throughout the torrents of medical school and [...]