best birthday ever.
Old age ain’t no place for sissies. ~Bette Davis *laughs* (I love that quote.) Best birthday ever. I recall I’ve said that for every single one I can remember, but for some odd reason they really do get better and better. Amazing family, great friends, and now ~two~ pretty incredible lifes may have something to [...]
Happy FL B’Day to the Queen of Everything!
That’s what my family calls me. It may be true. *blushes* Or at least they let me think I am. What an absolutely fantastically fun and productive week in all lifes! *laughs* I am giddy from all the adventures, beautiful pictures, learning experiences, and lengthy conversations I’ve had with Doc (GOD … he’s one smart [...]
Future Now: Only $350
‘SixthSense’ is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information. By using a camera and a tiny projector mounted in a pendant like wearable device, ‘SixthSense’ sees what you see and visually augments any surfaces or objects [...]
drunken puppets.
first in the “Drunken Puppets” series I thought I would try sculpting one of my dolls from first life for presents this year. He actually came out better than expected, which is kind of nice. *laughs* Just a few little trimmy things, and I think he’ll be good to go. I made a cute holding [...]
Slowww down, peoples, “underachievement” is really okay. ;=)
This is our holiday tree this year. Of course the one I have in first life is a tad prettier. *grins* It is really just a symbol of some of the things Doc and I talk about in our second life … simplicity, mindfulness, and finding right balance between virtual and first life. Not always [...]
Tell them, “It’s been REAL.”
Goodbye to Bluewave. I have such wonderful memories to recount of Dr. Leslie Jarmon. Her humor, her intelligence, her charm, and her faith in me. I will leave that for later.
today’s search “suggestions”
lol Now I forgot what I was searching for … o.O.O.o.o … “average”-something … dammit. haha.
“Overheard”
Overheard while driving in heavy stoopid people traffic today. Him: I bet the Dalai Lama doesn’t drive. Her: He wouldn’t be a Dalai Lama for long if he did.
Gaze (and Helen Fisher on Love)
I’ve been reading several fascinating books and articles by anthropologist Helen Fisher for a project I am working on in first life. If you haven’t seen her vids at TED, take a look. Helen Fisher at TED
Texture gathering with Emily Dickinson
I saw this beautiful cloud formation this morning in the first life texture gathering walk I do now on Wednesday mornings. Since I know this poem by heart, I actually got to gaze up to the sky and whisper it to myself. If anyone was looking out the window and watching, I am sure they [...]
Desiderata (desired things)
Every once in awhile … *laughs* Okay, a little more than once in awhile, I like to remind myself to slow down. I have this little “reminder” by Max Ehrmann written in 1927, tacked to the work board in my studio. I thought I’d share it this morning as I start what looks to be [...]
Counting my blessings, all one million of them. ;=)
Nothing really to say yet today other than just to remark how very good life is all the way around if you want it to be. After dreading a weekend host(essing) 20 guests, (I am relatively an introvert, you know?), I realized just how truly amazing it is once again to love and be loved. [...]
NYT Crossword = DONE!
wooooooooohooooo! UPDATE 4/8: Done! HA! I was not going to give up … got a wee stuck on the yacht/time share … but oh no … friggin’ got it! (I really like wordage-y things!) Oh yeah. My friggin’ life is so not mundane! *laughs* My FL partner and I do the New York Times crossword [...]
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 [...]
…someone asked about: Thai Mayo
Someone IM’d me to ask if I made my own Thai Mayonnaise for the skinny wraps, or if I used a commercial brand. I buy it two jars at a time here at a local Asian market because I (and they!) run out of it so fast. I did see it on Amazon, here, however, [...]
sweet irony (or the joys of grocery shopping at 3am)
Damn. I love first life. I have a tendency to shop in the wee hours of the morning, first, because I can’t sleep, and second, so that I don’t have to stand in line. I *did* have to stand in line this morning, and I wish I had had my camera in my pocket if [...]
V’Day Best “Love” Quote
A quote applicable fairly well across lifes: “I love you so much, it’s retarded.” ~from “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” (which I viewed today, and loved it. Rife with the silliness of young love! Who couldn’t like that?) Craziness abounds in both lifes at the moment. Keeping busy building the new SIM, making some new [...]
The SL “Diet” *laughs*
I must admit I was a little bit chubby when I started a second life back in 2006; going from a getting-tight-on-me size 14 to a svelte, feel-really-good-and-cute size 8, and maintaining it fairly easily. Losing weight has definitely been one of the most positive direct benefits of my second life. When I started grad [...]