We’ve established that I have a somewhat unhealthy love for shoes. This fetish usually take form in drooling over heels, the taller the better. But every once in a while I find myself craving something a bit unusual (for me). This is one of those moments. I happened to glance over these by chance, only because Mic Rocka (aka Kafka Dinzeo) was performing at the sneaker release party.

This is the Pure Sneaker by 2Real. One extremely realistic and highly customizable sneaker. I dare say that once you’ve bought this pair, you won’t have to buy another pair ever again (unless you, like me, buy for the fun of it). Every little detail can be customized, down to the little loopholes and even the inside of the shoes. You can chose between 14 colors to mix and match. If you don’t feel like making your own, it also includes 5 presets, where one is a tribute to formerly mentioned Mic Rocka.

It’s also resizable, but if you don’t want to do that either it comes in two sizes, one small and one large, ready to go. You probably think this wonder of a sneaker will set you back a couple of thousand, right? Wrong! On top of all it’s affordable, retailing at 600L. I mean, seriously, what more can you ask for?

Adelaide Forest is a commercial-free open to the public sim built by the talented Jasper Ashley. It’s a beautiful lush forest in autumn color with some great opportunities for exploration, relaxing or even romance. You can read a book by a waterfall, have a picnic in the grass or meditate by the lake. For the romantically inclined there’s couples dance-balls and cuddle spots all over the forest. Really just an excellent spot to to hang out in.

Tp to Adelaide Forest

Reading Outfit:
Hair; [rQ] – Crush (PitchOnyx)
Skin: Belleza – Jesse (Deep tan 4)
Sweater: Nyte’n'Day – Division (Black)
Top: Fri.day – Basic Cami (Gray)
Belt: Primitive Designs - Studded belt (Dark leather)
Pants: KBL – Decorin Jeans
Boots: [Gos] – Docs 8 Hole (Black)

And I’m not talking the blog-tag kind either. I’m talking about a new nuisance I’ve seen coming up in the SL fashion industry. The tags. Boldly hanging out from skirt and sweater, often in a screaming red color, there they are, the tags.

Unfortunately one of my favorite sweater is tagged and it’s making me a bit cringy when I see it. Now, I usually apply my RL experience to my SL and RL tells me that tags hanging out should be cut off immediately. In SL we don’t have that luxury and are forced to live with it.

In my country it’s even considered bad fashion etiquette to have tags or labels on your clothing (with the exception of jeans for some reason). If the logo is a part of the design (Louis Vitton and Yves Saint Laurent comes to mind) it’s perfectly fine, but a red tag hanging out? Not so much.

I don’t even see the reason for it. The tags are small and hardly readable, so it can’t be about exposure. The designers using this way of tagging is also highly recognizable in their design style already. I bet most of you can name the two designers these items came from without looking at said tag. Is it some odd form of copybot protection? I really don’t understand it and it’s starting to become one of my top Pet Peeve’s.

I haven’t been around on the interwebz much lately and there is a reason for that. The one thing I spend the most time with in this world is dying.

My Razer Death Adder. My mouse. It’s gone completely haywire and it just makes me want to shoot it. Then set it on fire. And throw it out the window. And shoot it again.  It double-click when I single-click, click when  don’t click, aborts drag and drop and is just generally a big fat mess.

Now, I bought this mouse early -07, so it’s been a good run for the money, don’t get me wrong. But I love this mouse, it’s perfect for my hand, got just the right amount of buttons and isn’t overly sensitive, but not slow either. This is a great loss for me. Also, I can’t afford to buy the Re-spawn Death Adder right now. So I’m sad and I don’t want to be on the interwebz anymore. I’ll be back when I’ve robbed a bank or borrowed some mouse-cash from Mom. Mouse-cash. Now that’s a word-combo I thought I’d never use.

On a sim called Creamshop you will find not only a cute store called Creamshop, but also one of the best sim builds I’ve seen to this date. Rainy Town is exactly what it sounds like, a rainy little town. You land in a flooded tunnel where special little creatures awaits you (I’m not going to ruin the surprise, but they’re cute, promise). If you make your way through the tunnel you come out to a little town-square and by the time you get there you’ll be in awe.

Very realistic, very noir-looking is this sim-build that features rain in the most beautiful way possible. The creator seems to have thought of everything, little puddles on the side-walk, rain dropping from the awnings and even a little apartment with rain dribbeling windows. This sim is perfect for taking photographs or just walking around admiring, not to mention the fact that you can shop in it.

TP to Rainy Town.

Rainy Outfit:
Hair; [rQ] – Crush, PitchOnyx
Skin: Belleza – Jesse, Deep tan 4
Trenchcoat: Nyte’N'Day – Moitie Jacket (White)
Sweater: Nyte’N'Day - Cont Sweater (Grey)
Pants: Deviance – Leather pants (black)
Nails: [Mandala] – Takara (Black)
Necklace: *chronokit* – Clock necklace ‘loy’

It’s time for another Plurk of the week (yeah I changed from day to week, so sue me) and this one come from Speaking Truth. They write;

The point of this account is to give people the props they deserve, without worry of puffing yourself up at the same time. No Drama, no negativity allowed. In a virtual world full of too much hatred, we need more positive energy. Any Truth that goes sideways will be edited.

I dare say that this is a spin on the wildly popular SLMatchMaker (who sadly isn’t around anymore) who dedicated a whole timeline to letting people confess their crushes. It’s not the same person behind the two though, I’ve already had this confirmed.

I have to say I’m in love with ideas like these. There are far to many passive-aggressive drama on Plurk and SL, it’s refreshing to see the opposite. Some people wondered why you wouldn’t just tell the person that positive thing. I can see why, maybe this person is a SLebrity and feel unapproachable. Maybe you don’t want to come across as the annoying fanboy/girl. Maybe you just want to tell them how pretty they are without being labeled as “The guy who tried to get in my pants.”

Whatever your reason, if you want to anonymously raises someone to the sky, you can simply PP (private plurk) Speaking Truth and s/he will put it on their timeline for the world to see. Great idea!

When I logged on earlier I got this fantastic invitation from the Gos Collective.
I think it’s the best invitation I’ve ever seen in SL. It’s a taste of what you’ll see if you go over to the new Gos Mainstore. The build itself makes it worth the trip, not to mention the great things that you find in it.

So, tomorrow (Saturday 20th) Gos is having a Launch Party for the new sim and there will be a live act, DJ’s and even a duck race. It’s surely going to be a blast and probably packed full, so get there early. The party starts at 3pm (SLT) with Maximillion Kleene and his live performance. I saw Maximillion a while back and he is truly one of SL’s great talents.

Gospel Voom writes;

Headliner Maximillion Kleene will kick the event off with a bang, followed by DJ BROKEN, and DJ Amy Ferguson, bringing the best music to dance and listen to. Did I mention the DUCK RACES? Duck Racing at Quackerstone. Ride your Rubber Ducky to victory in this timed event. Prizes for the fastest times. Rubbers, er Ducks supplied, galoshes not neccessary. What a riot!

See you there!

Ok, so I know you read blogs (obviously, or you wouldn’t read this one) but how often do you interact with the bloggers? It’s safe to say that the majority of bloggers around depends on feedback to keep going. If what you’re doing produces no visible reaction, you quickly lose the motivation to do it.

I know there’s a lot of people who read insane amount of blogs each and every day but very rarely posts any comments on them. You might feel that you have nothing valuable to say or that what you wanted to say have already been said by someone else. I’m urging you to rid yourself of these thoughts. Even if all you have to say is “Hey, I liked this post”, please do, it’s means so much to the blogger.

So, here’s the challenge. Find three (or more) blog posts to comment on today. If you’re having trouble finding something to comment on, here are some suggestions from around the blogosphere.

Marnix on the subject of voice in SL. – How do you feel about voice? Do you do it or not? Why? Tell him in the comments.

Crap Mariner on the subject of SLT. – Do you like the current time format in SL? Why/Why not? What do you think would be the best solution? Leave a comment with your opinion.

Alicia on Linden Homes. – Wonder what it’s all about? Have some thoughts on the project itself? Or maybe just compliment her on the pictures? It’s up to you.

Fayne on fashion for dancers. – How do you like the pictures? The items? Is there something in particular that stand out for you? Give her some feedback.

Here are some things that might make it more fun to comment. Go to Gravatar and set up your avatar picture. It will show up next to your comment on most wordpress blogs and some other sites as well. If you’re commenting on a blogspot site, you can set up a Google ID with your picture that works the same way.

Bloggers, here’s your challenge. Take a few minutes out of your life to reply to (at least) three of the comments you’ve received. Commenters also need feedback and it encourages them to check your site again.

If you accept this challenge, please comment (or trackback a post) and let me know how it went.

Gossip Outfits
On Marja:
Hair: Cake – Harlow
Skin: Belleza – Alyson Pale (Group gift)
Outfit: KBL – Fioricet

On Kissowa:
Hair: Kin – Mairi (Black)
Skin: Belleza – Jesse (Deep tan 4)
Shirt: KBL – Fedrin Turtleneck (Black
Belt: Primitive Designs - Studded belt (Dark leather)
Pants: KBL – Decorin Jeans
Nails: [Mandala] – Takara (Black)

I’m one of those people that will buy a skin and live in it for months. While others change daily (or even hourly) I like to have something that stays constant, that feels “me”. I’ve been wearing my Belleza Jesse skin since the day I got it and it felt so right when I picked it up. While I still adore it, I feel like I need an update. Most people directed me to Belleza Alyson, their newest skin, but when I tried it on I looked so cute. There’s nothing wrong with being cute.. If you’re someone other than me, that is. I’m a metalhead, I have an image to protect here…

So, I’ve been running around the grid picking up a total of 40 different skin lines from 36 stores, most of them including multiple tones and makeups. It’s taken me all day to look through every single one and let me tell you, I am so sick of seeing my own face I could barf. I’ve managed to cut it down to 6 final candidates, but now I need your help. Have a look at the pictures below and then click for your favorite.

I’ve gotten a lot of feedback on my last post, mostly from plurkers but also some inworld and in the comments. I didn’t realize it would be such a controversial topic and I’ve enjoyed hearing peoples thoughts on it.

There does seem to be a cultural difference between Sweden and America regarding this. My friends inform me that is in fact common to hear these terms from customer reps and the likes in America. The south seems especially good at this, I was informed. In Sweden however, you would be seriously reprimanded, maybe even lose your job if you called a customer “Hun”.

I really do enjoy a good discussion and I’m always ready to hear people out and change my opinion if I feel it needs revising. But then someone comes along that just proves my point. I got IM’d inworld by someone with no profile information what so ever, obviously an alt account.

Alt Person: Just a thought… today you bitched about someone calling you “honey” and how inappropriate and rude it was. Ever stop to think that flipping people off of a community blog and using the F word all the time is a little inappropriate?
Alt Person: Grow up, little girl.

First of all, yes, you’re right, it is rude to flip people off. It was kind of the point. Secondly, “F word all the time” is a bit of an exaggeration, don’t you think? This blog has one (1) count of “F-word” in it, and it’s in the context of “Effing Ace”, meaning positive context. If you’re that sensitive, I’m sorry, but I really can’t help you.

Third and last. Don’t IM me from an alt account and tell me to “grow up” and call me “little girl”. It just makes you look stupid and proves my point.

Rude Outfit:
Hair; [rQ] – Crush, PitchOnyx
Skin: Belleza – Jesse, Deep tan 4
Eyes: [CDD] – CyberTron Eyes (Open Portal)
Tee: + blacklisted + – i herd  Diva-T (yale)
Belt: Primitive Design – Studded belt (dark leather)
Pants: Deviance – Leather pants (black)

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