“I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here.” ― Lauren Myracle

On April 25, 2013 By AlexaIn HomeLeave a comment

After a few starts and stops I finally finished decorating the New Orleans skybox that I picked up some time ago and I think it was at a previous Collabor88. It’s now at the creators store. I really do suffer the pangs of a short term memory, so anything I purchased more than a week ago I will be really hitting a home run if I can recall if it came from an event, marketplace or in-world at the creators store. I never really had a need to keep track of it either and I probably still won’t – though I’ll be more cognizant if I’m blogging about something recent like my last post — wearing an outfit from the ongoing offerings at My Attic.

The main room. I wanted to create an atmosphere of warmth and a place where you can just hang out — or just my own little world.

From the outside looking in. One of the best things about Second Life is that you meet people from all over the world even if the time zones might make it hard to connect sometimes. The clocks of North America, Australia and Europe, are all locations that people I socialize with are from.

Just another angle to view the main room.

The second room I sort of made it into a bit of a dining and sitting area and the bedroom. I would love to see a version of this skybox as a regular home with a door that opens to the outside and perhaps two more rooms. This is one time that I won’t have a bathroom and a kitchen. I’ll just have to run over to my sisters house as she lives on the same sim and order virtual room service when I’m hungry.

Side view of the bedroom.

While there are many advantages to living in the sky I still like the feeling of living on land… it just makes me feel more grounded.

Credits are not listed due to the amount of items. I have put all the names of the stores under the designer tab. Anyone interested in knowing what a specific item is and where it can be found, please just ask under comments. I will update this list from to time.

Blogging? Is it pure vanity?

On April 23, 2013 By AlexaIn HomeLeave a comment

Every time that I do one of Strawberry’s memes it almost feels like I’m in front of the camera, which explains the picture that I decided to use for this post. However, doing the memes are fun, because you get to know a little more about people that are in Second Life.

The segment of my little show is “Blogging? Is it pure vanity?”

Meme instructions: Copy and paste the following questions and answers to your post, delete my answers and input your own. Try not to swear at Berry in your head for having so many questions this week and don’t forget to leave a comment in this meme’s post so others can come by and read your answers as well!

How long have you been blogging? Since about 2011 for only a few months, then I removed that blog due to not being able to fully commit and recently began blogging about my Second Life in March 2013.
Why did you start blogging? I’ve always enjoyed writing and I felt blogging was a way to explore that interest and blogging on Second Life seemed a good start. I used to journal a lot before, but I haven’t in the last two years. So this is also like an extension of that even if it isn’t about my real life it still serves as being therapeutic.
How many times a week do you post an entry? While I am posting just about daily now, I know that with my schedule it won’t always be possible. Therefore, I’m trying not to be such a perfectionist from the start and so if I skip a day it’s no big deal.
How many different blogs do you read on a regular basis? Quite a bit and they range across the board from politics to cooking. The Second Life blogs I look at tend to be more fashion oriented as I’ve yet to find good blogs where more than credits are provided. If anyone knows of any, please send my way.
Do you comment on other people’s blogs? On a few occasions I have and as I get more familiar with blogging I will probably will do more.
Do you keep track of how many visitors you have? Not really. I have looked at the site stats as I was browsing the dashboard, though I have not taken the time to learn how to utilize the tools to track visitors. I also don’t want to get hung up on those things as this blog is really more for my own amusement than anything else, though it is nice when I get a like or a comment for a post.
Did you ever regret a post that you wrote? None that I’ve done so far and most of my writing content would be non-controversial and would simply be my thoughts of the day or my thoughts in general. I am also very cautious by nature and that will ensure that I don’t cross the line.
Do you think your readers have a true sense of who you are based on your blog? I think to a certain extent as I continue to write that people would gather an idea of who I am as a person. Maybe. I do think part of your personality comes through in your writing — at least you get the idea of the person’s wit and whether they are positive or negative, etc.
Do you blog under your real name? No, I am using my second life name.
Are there topics that you would never blog about? Absolutely. I don’t have any set rules that I developed other than mainly knowing there would be certain topics I would stay away from.
What is the theme/topic of your blog? It’s basically about my Second Life, though will quite often be infused with a bit of realism. The blog is basically a vehicle being used to explore my love of writing and sharing my photography — throwing in a bit of wisdom along the way from my life experiences and a bit of humor mixed in there too. Though I really will focus on it being totally about my Second Life – my fashion style, decor style, places I explore, the fabulous toys I buy (not to be confused with adult toys) and pixelated food of course.
Do you have more than one blog? If so, why? I have another private blog that I created to journal a trip to Europe I made last year that has pictures and the timeline of my trip. I plan to use it as I travel more in the future. I have thoughts of creating another to display some of my real life photography of wildlife I’ve taken over the last couple of years.
What have you found to be the benefits of blogging? It’s too soon to really answer this question; though I find that there is simple joy in doing each blog post. I hope that it also serves the purpose of improving my creative writing. To understand this I need to share that I do a lot of dry writing in my professional life — like writing policies, grants, press releases, etc., so I feel like I’ve lost the edge in writing creatively.
So, why do you continue to blog? I find blogging to be relaxing and entertaining. It also gives my Second Life a bit of boost.

Credits:

Hair – {fd} – Sunday Grayscale 3
Top – C’est la vie – Pocket Tank (Heather Oatmeal) @ Stuff in Stock
Shorts – Diram – Janelle Shorts White @ The Dressing Room Fusion
Lips – BlackLiquid – African Dream Gloss
Feet – N-Core – Barefeet Flat with sandal option on
Glasses – HOC Industries – Rectangle Framed Glasses

Location: One of my homes.

Tax Break

On April 15, 2013 By AlexaIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

According to the Internal Revenue Service 25% of people wait until the last two weeks to file their tax return. Normally I’m not in that percentile, though this year I just couldn’t get motivated to get started even if I had all my paperwork in a stack sitting near my computer.

Now the clock is ticking with only hours before the big day. I settled into this comfortable chair to get mine completed. It didn’t take me that long, an hour if that. Though it’s one of those things that you really don’t want to do, especially if you’re in that percentile that has to mail in a check.

Up until now I have not put any credits on the items that I show in my pictures. Though after a bit of a chat with my sister this morning, she made a good point about not knowing where an item came from that you saw on a blog.

So here are the credits to what is shown on my avatar and decor:

Tank – Tee*fy –Skyla Ruffle Sleeve Tank Chilli (Fifty Linden Fridays)
Pants – Tres Blah – Juju Jeans Light Wash (three in one – wearing the rolled up)
Jewelry – Finesmith – Mango Set (April group gift)
Hair – Dura – Boys&Girls*42 Black
Nails – Pulcino – Prim Nail “Granite” White
Eyelashes – Redgrave – 39 Luscious
Lipstick – BlackLiquid– African Dream Gloss
Eyeliner – BlackLiquid – Needle Black Liner
Shoes – Leverocci – Cadenza Wedge Flash (store currently closed for construction)

Chair – We’re CLOSED – Flower Power
Flowers – Lilith Heart – Meadow Flowers Fairy Wands Pink
Background Trees Etc. – 3D Trees – Forest Accessories Packs I & II

Picture location is my private home

Musing on a puzzle

On April 7, 2013 By AlexaIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Amidst all the beauty of cocktail dresses and fashionable gowns I am most comfortable in my jeans and boots.

Last night I went to a formal and was faced with what several people wrote about being their pet peeves. I’m referring to face lights and bling. The room had a nice warm atmosphere that went well with the decor and the ambiance of the evening events. I was busy tinkering in my inventory like I normally do when suddenly I noticed out of the corner of my eye the room had brightened up considerably. I thought please someone turn the lights back off! Though my head went back into the inventory box and I forgot about it.

Then while casually glancing around the room a little more into the evening, a woman rezzed in close to me and yes, I was momentarily blinded by the bling radiating form her jewels and her matching shoes. I giggled of course as I thought of the comments made in regards to this very thing. It has to be kind of funny for those who have been here a long time. With so much of it going around it had to be the most fashionable thing during its time. I could have moved or even gone as far as derending though it wasn’t like I was taking pictures. Out of curiosity I did read her profile and I must confess that I am not a big profile reader. While it can serve many purposes my experience has always been that you usually know a person by what comes out of their mouth not necessarily what they put in their profile. So I’m always open to people who say hello.

The woman has been here for three years and had no payment information on file. I pondered on this for a while and searched in my tired brain for some words in which I could use to ask her some questions without offending her. Finding none I went back to my inventory. Is it really a puzzle of why people who have been here longer than a year or more don’t make an effort to improve their avatar? Some of the most interesting people I’ve met have not sported the best looking fashions or changed their appearance even knowing about group items or hunts. They simply find those things immaterial to meeting and getting to know people who are real and not so caught up in themselves. I sit somewhere in the middle as my avatar likes to look great and buying things makes me feel I am contributing to the growth of the world we play in.

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