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• 30 Mar

  

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  • TP to

  TP to – Acanthus Jungle

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  Acanthus Jungle is another build by the very talanted builder Jasper Ashley, who I’ve told you about before. Just as the Adelaide Forest, the Acanthus Jungle is a commercial-free sim open to the public.

  Acanthus Jungle is another  fantastic place for exploring. Hidden behind the thick nature you can find temples, little cabins, swings hanging from the tree’s and cuddle spots. Great spot to hang out with your friends or that special someone, or take some pictures with a great backdrop.

  

  TP to – Acanthus Jungle

  
  

  Meditation Outfit:
  Hair: Kin – Mairi (Black)
  Skin: Belleza – Jesse (Deep Tan 4)
  Dress: Nyte’n'Day – Trek (Sand)
  Boots: The Abyss – NAU Combat Boots

• 27 Mar

  

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  • SL Talent

  SL Talent – Stella Stapleton

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  Few photographers can capture ambiance in such a way as Stella Stapleton can. First time I saw her work, it’s what hit me first. She makes all her photos look dreamy without losing detail. She can even make a metalhead like me look like a million bucks, still preserving what makes me unique.

  It’s a difficult art and Stella Stapleton has mastered it.

  

  My photoshoot with Stella was the first ever I did as someone elses subject. All throughout my Second Life I’ve always taken my own picture. It was a bit of an eyeopening experience for me. Suddenly I have to trust this other person to make me look my best. Stella made it easy to trust her. She’s easy going, full of cheerful banter and most of all fast. I couldn’t believe how quick it went by and the outcome was still fantastic.

  

  Stella Stapleton is also the owner of Stella Isle, home to her studio, a mall and live music venue called the Cave. She also runs her own high fashion blog. A woman of many talents as they say.

  

• 26 Mar

  

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  • Shoe Addiction

  OMG!

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  The silly little things that can make me happy. Just look.

  

  I’ve been hating on the weird ankle/foot thing that happens in certain stands, it makes beautiful shoes look ugly and it’s just not right!

  So when Neva pointed me to the Boot Fixer, I literally went “OMG OMG OMG OMG”! It’s the fix I needed. No more ugly cut off ankles! YAY!

  50L is a fucking STEAL for this.

• 23 Mar

  

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  • TP to

  TP to – Quackastone

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  Now here’s a real treat; Duck Racing! Gospel Voom is just full of awesome, because on his sim Gos you can not only find his mainstore but also Quackastone. It is insanely fun and very addicting this thing, let me warn you.

  The concept is pretty straight forward. You ride a duck through a course with evil gates and obstacles. The best times get a place on the board.

  When I went there just now I ran in to Gos himself and here’s the scoop.
  He has a duck-whistle! You’d think a duck-whistle would make ducks go faster or something? Nope, his duck-whistle makes the opponents ducks whack out. Which explains my crappy time against him.

  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

  

  TP to Quackastone

• 21 Mar

  

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  • Challenge Yourself

  7 Days of Truth – #7

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  Previous Truths; #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6

  My last Truth; I have an Army of Alts.

  

• 20 Mar

  

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  • Challenge Yourself

  7 Days of Truth – #6

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  Previous Truths; #1, #2, #3, #4, #5

  Truth #6; I’m really bad at math.

  In school I’ve always been the person who gets good grades without really trying. It’s made me lazy, I’ll admit. So when something takes a lot of effort, I tend to panic and shut down. Math is one of those things. I’ve never been a friend with math, I’ve struggled with it for as long as I can remember.

  Now, unfortunately almost all of the professions I find interesting need a certain amount of math. So it’s become like my Achilles’ Heel. I have this one class that is a must-do on nearly all degrees I’d like to take. I’ve done it twice and failed both times.

  It doesn’t help that I live together with someone who’s taken every math course known to man. “This course is so easy, you’re smart, you’ll get it.” Drives me insane! Yes, I am smart, except when it comes to math.

  Leave me alone already!

  Math Outfit:
  Hair: Kin – Mairi (Black)
  Skin: Belleza – Jesse (Deep Tan 4)
  T-shirt Dress: KBL – Stilnoct (Red)
  Belt: Primitive Design – Studded Belt (Dark Leather)
  Nails: [Mandala] – Takara (Black)
  Pants: Deviance – Leather Pants (Red)
  Shoes: SLink – Sydney Stilettos (Black)

• 19 Mar

  

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  Kissowa

  
  

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  • Challenge Yourself

  7 Days of Truth – #5

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  Previous Truths: #1, #2, #3, #4

  Truth #5; I don’t like children.

  And I’m not talking about just kid-avies in SL. I’m talking actual RL breathing and living children. I mean really. The first few years is just a big mess of slobbering, screaming, pooping and sleeping. What’s to like? You know, I don’t even think they’re that cute. A kid has to be exceptionally fluffy for me to think they’re cute.

  You’d think it’d get better as they grow too. But no, I can’t even understand a kid under the age of 7. A lot of incoherent babbel is what I hear. How someone can find this adorable is beyond me. And go figure, as soon as they are understandable, they also start demanding things. And then they’re just a few years away from puberty. We all know what a big nuisance a teenager can be.

  Anyway, this seems to be a truth that is very provoking to many people. But really, it’s not like I go around screaming “I hate you” to every child I meet. I give them the same initial respect as I do with any other person. I’m polite, I was raised well.

  But, when asked one of the most moronic question in the world “Why don’t you have kids yet?” I’ll tell the truth. I don’t like them. Not even a little. Can’t think of myself as a Mother. And boy do people get their knickers in a knot.

  And no, I’m not going to change my mind “when I grow up”.
  I’m 25, I’m pretty damn grown, ok?

  Euw Outfit:
  Hair: Red Queen – Crush (Pith Onyx)
  Skin: Belleza – Jesse (Deep Tan 4)
  Necklace: Lolapop – Caffeine Molecule
  T-shirt: KBL – Pure Fucking Metal
  Undershirt: Fri.day – Henley Hoodie (Black)
  Belt: Primitive Design – Studded Belt (Dark Leather)
  Bangles: Sn@tch – Leather Spiked Bangles
  Jeans: KBL – Decorin Jeans
  Shoes: [Gos] – Docs 8 hole (Black)

• 19 Mar

  

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  • TP to

  TP to – Fat Tuesday

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  Fat Tuesday is the SL adaptation of the city New Orleans. It is the brainchild of creator Gospel Voom and quite a magnificent one at that. Now, I’ve personally never been to New Orleans, so I can’t really vouch for it’s accuracy. I can however tell you that this build is great looking, full of stuff to explore and a great place to just hang out.

  Now, if you want to go check it out, you better do it quick, because sadly, it’s closing it’s doors on March 25th. But, New Orleans being New Orleans they won’t go down without a proper bang.

  The 21st of March at 5pm is the start of
  the Grande Finale. The invitation reads;

  “Come join us at the last ever Fat Tuesday event to celebrate the life and times of this unforgettable New Orleans sim. Enjoy four hours of great live acts as we say Goodbye – N’awlins Style.”

  How can one possibly pass that up?

  

  TP to Fat Tuesday.

  New Orleans Outfit:
  Hair: Fri.day – Jasmine 2 (Cynical Black)
  Skin: Belleza – Jesse (Deep Tan 4)
  Shirt: League – Garage Shirt (White)
  Tube top: Nyte’n'nDay – Mete (Red)
  Jeans: KBL – Atarax (White)
  Shoes: SLink – Sydney Stiletto(Black)
  

• 18 Mar

  

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  • Challenge Yourself

  7 Days of Truth – #4

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  Previous truths; #1 #2 #3

  Truth #4; I’m a compulsive Lister.

  I have somewhere around 10-15 notebooks all filled with one thing. Lists. It all started a few years back when I was getting more and more frustrated about not remembering things. You know, old age and all. So I started to make lists. It started innocently with just the most important things and quickly spiraled in to listing… everything.

  

  I have lists for blogposts, home-work, design ideas, alts, websites, stuff to buy (irl & sl), stuff to wish for… Well you get the idea. I have 2 notebooks by the bed and about 5 or 6 by the desk, all of which I use. It’s comes to a point where if I would lose one I’d probably go nutters. It’s also caused me to have a unhealthy habit of buying fancy notebooks all the time.

  But hey, I rarely forget anything these days.

  Lister Outfit:
  Hair: Fri.day – Jasmine 2 (Cynical Black)
  Skin: Belleza – Jesse (Deep Tan 4)
  Shirt: Nyte’n'Day – Sat Night (Blue)
  Jeans: Twisted & Spoiled – T&S Jeans (Charcoal)
  Shoes: J’s – Long Boots Round (Black)

• 18 Mar

  

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  • On Blogging

  SL vs RL Blogosphere

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  I’ve been a real-life blogger for almost 6 years and a SL blogger for little over a month. In this time I’ve already seen big differences in the two, the main thing being that the SL blogosphere seems so quiet. People blog a lot, don’t get me wrong. But not many comment.

  

  There are a few who’s considered to be the “big” bloggers, those who’ve made themselves a name (a SLebrity if you will) blogging. Yet these blog are strangely empty of comments. (I’m not counting the official blogs nor do I count employees of LL  or community/joint blogs, they have an obvious advantage.) Latest three blogposts by two of the biggest names in SL was 0,3,1 and 3,4,1. This is very odd to me. The top two bloggers (again, under the same premises as SL blogs) in Sweden have 87, 63, 62 and 118, 48, 83.

  I know, you’re thinking “Well, you can’t compare the two, that’s RL this is SL”. Actually, I think I can and here’s why.

  Second Life, according to Linden Labs, has roughly around 18,5 million users. We all know about the alts and the people who leave to never come back, so let’s say for arguments sake it’s roughly around half, 9 million. That’s the population of Sweden. Not all 9 million SL users blog or read blogs, but then again, neither does all 9 million Swedish residents. Even if my comparison is off, you get the picture, there’s potential here.

  So, it seems to me that here we have a vast and mostly untapped resource. Where do we go from here? Is there a want/need for more active readers in the SL Blogosphere? If so, how do we engage people, how do we push them to be active? Think to yourself, how often do you comment? Are you happy with that or would you like to do it more/less? Why? When you do comment, why? I find this subject really interesting and I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

  Blogging Outfit:
  Hair: Fri.day – Deena (Cynical Black)
  Skin: Belleza – Jesse (Deep Tan 4)
  Sweater: Hucci – Wrap Sweater (Red)
  Skirt: KBL – Fluoxetin (Black)
  Necklace: KBL – Mobic (Red & Gold)
  Nails: Love Soul – Charmed (Red)
  Boots: J’s – Long Boots Round (Black)
  Laptop: LED – CogBook