Some people are skin whores, others are hair sluts. Me, I’m a full blown raving lunatic shoe addict. It’s the number one post in my expenses after tier and it’s responsible for a lot of squee’s in my daily life. I’ve been complimented on my eye for good shoes and it’s a type of compliment I just eat up.

Anyway, here’s today’s squee. Redgrave Biker Boots Reloaded. I saw a sneak preview of these a few weeks ago and was heartbroken when I learned I couldn’t get my hands on them yet. Now they’re here and they are fucking ace.

I have the earlier version of the Biker Boots, but something about them didn’t quite seem right, so I haven’t used them a lot. They made my ankle look tiny and the shoe was just weirdly proportioned.

The Reloaded version fixes all that and adds a metalheads dream to; studs and chains. I was so excited I actually fatpacked them and I never do that. They will probably be plastered to my feet for a good while (or at least until the next squee).

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Today I did something totally random that panned out very well. Stacey plurked that she was at a live show in SL and I went to join her without knowing what it was. When I had already accepted the TP, she mentioned it was Hip Hop and I have to admit I facepalmed. I’m a metalhead, I very rarely listen to Hip Hop and when I do, I’m very selective. But you know, you don’t want to be rude and all, so I stayed, hit play and… was totally impressed.

The guy in question calls his SL avatar Kafka Dinzeo and he’s the virtual alter ego of Mic Rocka. He’s a rapper with a sense of humor. He performs live shows in Second Life and you really should keep your eyes out for his gigs, they are totally win. His freestyle rapping was so funny in a awesomely talented sort of way. Basically he asked the audience to type out topics at random during a beat and he would rap about it.

You’d think that would make for some awkward silences or total fail, but no, this guy is good. I can’t really explain it to you, you have to hear it to believe it. He performs at the FireFly (which was a pretty cool build) once or twice a month if I understood correctly. Keep your eyes peeled for the next show, I promise you won’t be disappointed.

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Me and my SL alter ego is a frequent user of plurk. Infact I find it so fun I spend more time there than I do actually InWorld. I have a bunch of interesting people on my plurkline and every so often a plurk full of potential comes along. So I thought I’d do a category where I each week (yeah, don’t hold me to that, each week means every-so-often) take a plurk and run with it in the blog.

Today’s plurk comes from Stacey and reads;

Your mission if you choose to accept it today is to take a picture of a random person you see today and post it on Plurk!

I thought I could have some great fun with this as I every day bump into at least one person I’d like to snap. But today was a virtual desert and I was just about to give up when I ran into this guy.

Isn’t he just full of awesome? Take special notice to the hotdog he’s holding in his hand. He actually made me laugh out loud for real. The fact that he was doing some sort of hump dance normally performed by busty strippers made it even better. Not to mention the outfit! Total Win.

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Today it’s been exactly three years since I read about Second Life in the newspaper. Being the nerd that I am I signed up instantly and logged in to explore this new world and all it’s said possibilities (and porn). I didn’t like it at all. I couldn’t figure out the controls, I couldn’t make my avatar look nicer and I couldn’t find any people anywhere. So I actually logged out and didn’t come back for several months.

Next time I logged on it was because I had heard that the Swedish Institute was opening the first ever Virtual Embassy inside Second Life. I logged on with the goal to work at said embassy. Having a goal and a bit more nerd-meat on my bones I actually started navigating through Second Life, customized my avatar, found a club with people. First ever taken picture of me is from August 2007, some months after my rez-day.

I may have a slight case of head-desk when I look at this picture today, but when I look closer she isn’t much different form the avie I have today.
I wore leather pants, I had black hair and I was obviously very metal.

I actually did end up working for the Swedish Embassy, with real-life pay and everything, which is probably one of the biggest reasons as to why I ended up staying so long. I made great friendships that still stand strong today. Second Life also allowed me to explore other sides of my creativity, I’ve been (and in some cases still are) a DJ, dancer, club-owner, photographer and designer.

So all in all I’ve had a good three years and here’s to three more even better.

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