tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48234675821629912542011-08-12T05:34:11.567-07:00... My explorations in Second Life ...Malia Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14917270045202538448noreply@blogger.comBlogger711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4823467582162991254.post-68463698699854448212010-03-16T22:25:00.000-07:002010-03-16T22:33:51.485-07:00

Hi everyone. A little update for those of you wondering why I haven't been posting. I am currently living in China, and between my bandwidth limit and my laptop's graphics card, Second Life just does not run well for me here and I can't take lovely exploring screenshots for you. I miss SL and the friends I have there, so you will likely see me on some forum or other.I may get a fix on the

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SLURLOnce again I find myself blogging a sim just before its closure. The creator will still have another sim called Locus, but the Cetus sim will be closed at the end of January.This entire build is a display of amazing visual art created by DB Bailey, and if you play the land music too, the total ambiance is stunning. He is the only SL artist I've seen who actually uses the alpha texture

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SLURLDas Schloss der Koenigin is a castle in a medieval German roleplay sim, which also appears to be Elven. However, visitors to the castle are welcome.I think there may be horses available for riding here, as I saw a hay feeder and a horse was tied up in the courtyard. A peacock was also wandering around the courtyard, screeching at all who came by.This picture doesn't show it, but the

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SLURLThe Parque Nacional Volcan Tenorio is a fantastic place for a tropical escape. The visitor center offers an educational look at Costa Rica's rainforest, and the rest of the sim is lush and beautiful.There is a hovercraft tour, which we did not try today.You can feed the macaws, but be careful of your fingers, they have strong beaks!For the more rugged types, canoes are also available to

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SLURLIsla Menorca is an absolutely gorgeous sim, lushly natural, with a modern house perched at the very top of the island.

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SLURLSyzygy is a set of four sims and is a beautiful place to spend an afternoon... or two... or three...Syzygy has been winterized, and shall be so until approximately March 1, 2010. Most of the lands are open to public exploration, so please feel free to explore beyond even the scope of the locations below.The lands are designed for natural beauty and exploration... as well as romance.The

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SLURLThere is a fabulous holiday build on the HPMD sim at 1000m. This is a must-see! It may take some patience for things to rez, but it is absolutely worth the wait."Secret Party" brings to mind the magic of Christmas in childhood. It is charming and sweet. Can you find the secret party?"Goofy Santa" features a snow santa, apples, and flying piggies. You can fly along with the pigs, too...

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SLURL These lovely winter sims are only available through January. This is a great place to spend a winter day's outing or cuddle up by a warm fire.In their own words:Come share the Holiday Season with us on 3 beautiful country Victorian Sims created for our friends, SL family and all of those who seek peace in the midst of the bustle of Second Life, in the true spirit of Christmas. Some of us

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SLURLThis build is famous for a reason... Not only is it well-made and exquisitely detailed, it's also hilarious. This is absolutely a must-see.On top of that, I got a free Greenie avatar and a free jet-pack, boots and helmet. Yay, toys!

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SLURL(Note: the link from the in world search didn't seem to work, but this one did.)Vegetal Planet is fascinating, with bizarre alien plant life everywhere. I love to see a build like this that is unique, creative and visually interesting. I never tried acid, but I imagine it would look something like this.There is a whole section of the build underwater too, but you have to look for it.

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SLURLAfrica... now that's a region I probably will not have the opportunity to visit in my RL lifetime. But anything's possible in SL!The sim is a project by a nonprofit company called Uthango Social Investments. I've excerpted some quotes from their description of the sim.Visit Virtual Africa - an open savannah wildlife experience inSL, where Uthango Social Investments (a registered nonprofit

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Right after I visited here, I heard a rumor that yet another AM Radio sim is soon to be closed. I'm glad that I got to see this build while it was up. AM Radio's builds are always intriguing, as though one has been dropped unexpectedly in the middle of a story. To add to this feeling, he leaves some objects around to be taken and used, further adding to the sense of something that one should be

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SLURLThis is a really lovely little place to spend some romantic or quiet time with your sweetheart. The owners of this place have gone out of their way to make sure there are lots of pretty spots to dance or cuddle.In their words:Enchanted forest with woodland ballroom where you can dance among the tree tops. Also, find cozy, secluded cuddle areas, or play darts & dance with friends in the pub.

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SLURLThis entry is waaaayyyy overdue; these are some pics from my earliest visits to Raglan Shire. To be honest, most of the time when I visit there I am too busy having silly fun to take screenshots!When we first arrived, we were greeted by friendly tinies, who were very generous in sharing their toys.There is a welcome center where you can get free tiny avatars to get started, along with other

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SLURLThis place for kids was really fun and sweet. There was a neighborhood of small houses, surrounded by a haunted theme: ghosts, witches, Jack-O-Lanterns, and spooky sound effects. Each of the houses contained a "treat" to be collected. (One had a trick, but I won't tell you what it was.)Here we are in our homemade Halloween costumes (yes, we made them ourselves).I saw a really creepy doll...

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SLURLThis one is a tribute to Disneyland's Haunted Mansion ride, and if you have ever been there, this may make you feel a little nostalgic.My friend was looking a little like Frankenstein's monster... maybe he was scared.The thing you ride in is like the one at Disneyland... except for the invisible ghost between us, that part was kinda creepy. O.oMost of the following are things I remember

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SLURLAnother traditional haunted house, which required a bit of pre-rezzing time, but was quite fun.You get to ride in this cute lil pumpkin car...but don't let that fool you into thinking it's safe. Yow! We almost got cut in half!Hey, I think I saw this guy at the last haunted house...I always feel likeSomebody's watching me...The boiler room, oh yeah.A bone-fire? Oh, the pun... the pain...We

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SLURLBentham Manor is from the same creator who brought you Bentham Forest (see my post earlier this month). It is a haunted house and also a shop, but there is very little signage around to detract from the atmosphere.Note: For those like me who are graphically lag-challenged, I would suggest parking your avatar after arriving doing something else for 10 minutes while all the textures load. The

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(update: no longer there)No, I'm not being figurative - "Autumn in SL" is really the name of today's destination. This is a smallish build, yet still manages to combine the mellowness of the fall season with a little halloween spookiness.A little warmth is appreciated on a chilly autumn afternoon.Everyone should have a gargoyle. They guard the house, and hardly eat anyone... re, I mean,

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SLURLWith Halloween coming up, haunted houses and other spooky builds have got to be this week's blog theme.Midnight's Nightmare Haunted House is a traditional style walk-through haunted house, but definitely more gory than the ones I remember when I was a kid. I have omitted the more graphic images to spare any squeamish readers.Hall of the Dead Noob had to be my favorite...In case you missed

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The weirdest feature of Burning Life had to be the port-a-potties everywhere. Need I point out that avatars don't need them? In any case, all of the toilets were strange - some stranger than others.Some of them I've already posted in my previous entries, but when I began to see just how many of the wacky things there were, I decided to drop the rest of them all in the same cesspool.This one

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Now Burning Life is officially over, in terms of its events, but I heard that the sims will remain there for another week, so if the creators leave their builds up, there may still be time to find some of this crazy coolness I've been blogging.This one was entitled "Friends Are Everywhere" by Yoa Ogee."You say you want a revolutionWell, you knowWe all want to change the world"~ The BeatlesBeyond

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The SLC Great Bumble Bear Race was definitely the most fun event I attended at Burning Life this year. The Bumble Bears, graciously provided by Loki Eliot, were totally cute in a grumpy looking sort of way, and they buzzed too. These shots were all taken before the race, as I couldn't race and take pics at the same time.

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Loki Eliot's "Waiting for Pippin" exhibit at Burning Life combines a children's story, a playhouse and a sense of whimsy. The story is told via parcel streaming audio.I will let the pictures tell the story here (click on a picture to see it larger).

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It's Saturday night, which means there is only 1 day left to explore Burning Life... so I had better hurry up and post as many of my pics as I can!----------------------------------------------This magical looking fractal castle called "Filaments of Life" was created by Kerryth Tarantal, and as you can see, looks even lovelier at midnight. She is giving away a beautiful gift.The next 3 pics are

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It's hard to believe that there are only 3 more days left to see Burning Life; there are so many fantastic builds, and it seems such a shame that they can only be seen for such a short time.I feel like I've seen only a small part of it so far. (Of course, that could be due to the fact I have my draw distance so low.)Here are some more pictures at random, because if I try to document every picture

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More exploring of Burning Life, with so much to see and only four more days before it ends, I can hardly keep up. Here are a few more pictures taken at random.Visited Marianne McCann's Inner Child Camp 2009 for a little dancing and a romp in the "Ball Pit".

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SLURLThe Prometheus Project is an exhibit at Burning Life. It was created by Djuna Denja, Zedra Benoir and Dichromus Miles, and is dedicated to fire, in a sort of tongue-in-cheek SL fashion.I had to go do some homework and look up the story of Prometheus, since that Greek mythology class in high school has long since receded from my memory.Some of the fire-gods just might surprise you...Zedra,

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SLURLThis is a build at Burning Life entitled "Musical Evolution". The audio was created and scripted by NomadMolly Nostrom, and the visuals were created by DB Bailey. It is an immersive, interactive exhibit with sound. Highly recommend for music lovers!Here is a portrait of NomadMolly in her element:I would suggest that if you are traveling with friends, you go through the exhibit one at a

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Bill Cosby used to say "I started out as a child", but in SL it's more like "I ended up as a child". I joined some of the SL Kids for a bike ride at Burning Life.Only in SL can you meet up at the giant clockwork elephant and ride your bike to the space alien rock concert...I could do a couple of tricks on this bike! Yay!Unfortunately, after the alien rock concert, the bike riders crossed into

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No SL blog is complete this time of year without some entry about Burning Life. On the weekend it was so laggy I quickly gave up on it, but on a Monday afternoon, I was able to do a little bit of exploring, albeit with all settings as low as possible.We just teleported to a couple of places in Burning Life and then started wandering around at random, with my draw distance set extremely low, so I

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SLURLThis place, created by Alicia Stella Designs, Gran Lighting and BlueSean Yiyuan, calls itself "The Greatest HALLOWEEN RIDE in the world ever!" It is open until November 5.A group of friends and I went on this ride and it was really fun, well built and very creative, with elements of traditional haunted houses, horror films and other surprises (a few of them gory).I had to wait a long time

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SLURLThanks to fellow SL resident Dmitro Lewis for sharing his short film of Bentham Forest; here is a link to his film, for your lag-free sim previewing pleasure: ClickyThis is a truly great haunted forest build, created by Lauren Bentham and Andrek Lowell. I don't know whether it is available year round or only for the Halloween season, so I'd suggest visiting it soon. In addition to just

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SLURLI am excited to announce that we now have a shop name and an in world shop space. OK, it's actually a wall space inside someone else's shop, but everyone has to start somewhere, right?I've been selling things on XStreet SL for a while now, but this will be my first foray into in world commerce.OM Designs consists of creations by Oberon and Malia. We have a selection of stained glass lamps

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Brenda asked for pics wearing her "Accidental Avatar" T-shirt... so I got to messing around with skins and Windlight and whatnot... here's the result.

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I saw this plus-size avatar makeover challenge and couldn't resist. After all, I have plenty of RL practice for this one...Hybie's Blogger Challenge: I challenge you to find or make a big girl/big guy shape (and I'm not talking chunky..I mean big) and style it so its super cute!Soooo... here's my big girl shape. I rather like her! :)To my surprise, when I changed back to my usual avatar shape

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Japanglish is so darn funny and cute, it always cheers me up, and yesterday I found this to be true in SL as well.I found this in a shop which shall remain nameless...

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SLURL Mindgardens was a lovely and intriguing place, with a little bit of everything... dragons, drowning, drizzle, drum circle... but NO drama! When we visited it was very peaceful.I used Search to find it, and I must warn you that the teleport link from Search left me falling 200m from the sky. However, once I landed and collected my bearings, the arrival point is full of waterfalls,

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SLURLThis sim is fantastic, and well worth the strain on my antique graphics card to run the "high" settings and wait for textures to load.Wales Harbour has it all. Dancing, romance, exploring, scenery, art, and maybe even a little piracy. The place is large enough to actually keep us busy exploring for more than one day to see it all.The Paradise Falls are beautiful in a fae sort of way,

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SLURLEnscharys is a sim with a story, which you discover by means of notecards, and a quest to find the Obelisk. The castle and grounds are really beautiful, and there are some lovely places to just relax and enjoy some quiet time, for those who are not quest-minded.An excerpt from their welcoming information:"The castle is the ancient home of the Enscharys elven race who held a secret obelisk

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SLURL Note: The parcels change names, but all seem to be part of Free Shells and open to the public, according to the notecard I received there.At Free Shells Tide Pools, the first thing you see is tide pools with an assortment of - you guessed it - free sculpty shells lying around to be collected. Free, my favorite kind!Just beyond the tide pools is a dock where you can borrow a motorboat,

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SLURL (Note: you can also walk there from Empress and Hierophant.)Alchemy Immortalis is a dark, rainy valley that is home to a shop. Even with the surrounding hills mostly barren, it was worth visiting just for the weather! The cold and rain is actually a nice change since most SL places are always perfectly sunny. On the neighboring Empress and Hierophant sim (see yesterday's post), you can

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SLURLThis gorgeous sim is the neighbor to the Alchemy Immortalis sim, which is also on my list of sims to explore. It's a like a piece of the Old Country, only the sheep seem to be more adventuresome here.The arrival point is on a central island, from which one can explore outward. We began by exploring the outer loop, which is mostly along the ocean. The single lane dirt road is a bit muddy,

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SLURLThanks to Lexxi for bringing this sim to my attention. My companion told me that Lummerland is the name of a children's story, around which the sim seems to be based. Since I had never read it, I wasn't sure what to make of it all, but there are some really neat things here.We started out with a train ride around the ground part of the sim.Then a little sim exploring led me to this giant

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SLURLCarnival of Doom is another Rezzable sim soon to leave SL. I had heard this name a million times and figured I had better visit it fast. Turns out it takes a little more time than that, what with trips to Hell and all...Upon arrival at Carnival of Doom, you have to get and wear a special ticket HUD that allows you to interact with the sim. This keeps track of your Life Points, because

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Another Rezzable sim that will soon be leaving SL is the Tunnel of Light. This sim is best viewed under the influence of... whatever your poison of choice is.SLURLFirst we went to the so-called "main ride", the Tunnel of Light. A sign at the landing point for the sim advises how to set the graphics to see the trippy visual effects.In a strangely Disneyesque fashion, we were seated in a flying

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Having heard that three of the Rezzables sims will be leaving SL (only Greenies will remain), my mission for this weekend is to visit all of them. Here's a look at the first one I visited.SLURL Crimson Shadow is a vampiric themed sim. Much of it is taken up by the store, which has some really good stuff. Not so sure about the freaky dripping eyeballs... ugh. No pic of those, you will have to

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SLURLThe Bora Bora Isles sim is small but very nice for a quick relaxing afternoon in the tropics. The landing point is in a shop selling water toys such as surfboards, windsurfers and rafts. I like this raft, it's easy to steer and you can flip over and relax. Yawn...Exploring around the sim, we found a treasure chest that when opened, gives you some kind of "treasure" and then vanishes, to

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Here's a new thing for me... prim eyelashes!I would never wear false eyelashes in RL, but in SL it's a different story, and these are so cute.4th of July lashes by Amaranthim Talon: (blog) (XStreet)Purple star eyelashes by 3Ring Binder: (XStreet)Oh, and the eyes in the 4th of July picture were made by me, my first ones! :)

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SLURLThis is a beautiful sim with a vampire roleplay theme. Fortunately (or unfortunately?) I was not bitten while exploring there.Because it is a dedicated RP sim, visitors must wear a guest pass in order to get access to the sim; information and guest passes are obtained by clicking on the skulls right at the point where you teleport into the sim.If you don't have anything gothic enough to

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SLURL Inspired by pictures posted by Lexxi, I went to visit the Blue Galaxy sim. This is a truly unique and creative build, which drew my mind back to the million sci-fi worlds I visited in my reading over the years. It really did feel like visiting another planet. Upon landing, the air surrounding me was filled with slowly falling yellow spores that reminded me of one of my favorite Ages in

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SLURLIn general, I don't like "shopping" as a pastime, except when the sim has other interesting or beautiful places to explore. This is one of those exceptions.Rustica is a themed sim, built around a castle in which the owner sells some very well made furniture and other items.The neighborhood looks quiet enough, despite all the smoke.A nice spot to relax with wine and poetry.OMG, help meeeeeee!

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SLURLThis is a skin shop, but the entire sim, including the shop itself, is a fantastic sci-fi themed build!Futuristic city:Hmmm, an atmospheric dome...What's in here? Me!I attempted to communicate with the Matrix, but it said my limited form of communication was insufficient.Yiiii.... They have banana peels in space???Ouch... anyone know of a good Second Chiropractor?

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SLURLI've found several cool sims in the latest freebie hunt.The pics below are from a sim called Hellraiser. The sim is for motorcycles only, no cars allowed, and features a biker bar, roads to ride on, and a shop that sells roadsters. You can pick up a free demo bike in the shop and ride it around the sim.No cars allowed here!I'm a VERY good driver... dad lets me drive slow in the driveway on

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This blog will be dedicated solely to my experiences in Second Life.I am just starting this blog today, but will bring in old posts from other blogs, and hopefully chronicle some of the thousands of screenshots I have on my computer from 2 years in SL.I want to acknowledge and thank Natalia Zelmanov, whose Mermaid Diaries blog was my inspiration to get started.

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UPDATE: As of June 07, 2009 the sims are gone. However, this resident has several other sims that are worth visiting, search for the profile of "AM Radio" and look in the Picks tab.I heard a heads-up that these sims are going to be taken offline in the next few days, so I raced over to have a look. This is a fantastic build, kind of a 1950's Midwest meets Steampunk meets Salvador Dali. The

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Well, I finally finished my first building, the little teahouse I have been working on. Last night I took the plunge and put it up for sale on SL Exchange, I sure hope nothing weird happens when it sells to someone... Teahouse on XStreet SLMy Other Stuff on XStreet SLNOTE: SL Exchange is now XStreet SL.

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Last night's Halloween party in 2L Relto was great, people were wearing all kinds of very creative costumes and/or avatars, everything from Darth Vader to giant spiders to teddybears to gelatin molds. Seeing them dancing and hugging each other was quite strange and amusing.Above is a pic of me, Sumi, Horatio and Oberon dancing together at Raven & Foxie's Halloween party on Sunday. Move over

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Thanks to this wonderful tip on Natalia Zelmanov's Second Life Diary, I went to visit the fantasy sim called Avaria. Part of it is in the sky and part is on the ground, and there is at least one maze. I saw some amazing avatars there - dragons, demons, werewolves, dinosaurs, and some things I couldn't identify at all.Oberon and I each bought an egg from the nest (ignore all of the displays and

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Poor Jubie, all dressed up in newsprint... we need to take her shopping or something...

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Hmmmm... he looks a little like Horatio 3.x, doesn't he...?

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I think somebody is trying to tell me something....

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My new little place... I am sitting on top of the awesome TARDIS that Vixey gave me. Note the CONE in the background!

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Yes, I couldn't resist... the first thing I did when I saw this fountain was jump in and run around in it! Need to catch up a little here. Last weekend was a busy one, with me still learning how to get around in SL, and 3 more Uru friends joining us (I am no longer the newest of the noobs).Went shopping for clothing and hairstyles. I finally found a hairstyle that feels more like the real me (a

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Wow, I wish I could dance like this in RL... sigh...

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Relaxed in the pool and hot tub with Cella and Gran this evening, just us girls, it was so nice... And I have to mention that swimming backward is also very amusing!

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More dancing last night with my Uru friends in 2L...Hey, what is that island in the background, doesn't it look familiar?

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Getting a lot of big fat nothing done at work this week, so glad it's Friday. I hope next week I will be more focused. Back to 2L again last night, to visit with Uru friends at Zed & Peachy's house. That was cool, pretty mellow. We hung out and chatted and made bad jokes and danced and listened to music... (hmmmm.... sounds like Bevin to me... only we can dance a lot better!)Callie and Cella

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Dear sweet Gran.... she would not give up until she found something in 2L that I would enjoy. Last night she took me to some places that were beautiful and peaceful. It started out just she and I, and we went to the Botanical Gardens, which was absolutely beautiful and had music I really liked. When I went out over the ocean and saw this huge moon in the sky with its reflection on the water,

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Well, I gave it another try last night. There were a few people I actually recognized, and they greeted me, which was nice.Once again I found myself at some kind of dance party, surrounded by people who seemed more sophisticated than myself and not knowing what to say or do. I am extremely uncomfortable in this kind of situation in RL, so doing the same thing in 2L is just torture for me.(This

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After seeing all of your pics from Second Life, I was drawn by curiosity and, I admit it, a feeling of being left behind, to try it out for myself. In my head I envisioned a gentle place where you can hang out with friends and be silly and so on. (With that thing that is missing in Uru, FURNITURE. I do get tired of sitting on rocks or my poor foot...)The first time you play you are dropped naked

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