Sunday 31 December 2006

Last Words


It's my last post of the year and I don't know what to write about. Should I talk about men? Shopping? Me? Hey, I've just realised that 'Men' is just 'Me' with an extra letter at the end of it. Hmmmm. And not even a vowel at that :P

Did anyone see that YouTube guy who took a photo of himself everyday for like, 6 years and then comped them together into a video? Now that's commitment. I have been thinking about snapping my outfit everyday for the next year, but that seems like alot of hard work. Anyone in favour say I. Oh, youknowwhatimean!

One last insight for the year: SL is great cos it's just so bloody EASY. Over-indulged over the festive season and can't be arsed to exercise? Hey - just adjust your shape a little. Too lazy to shift the sliders? Just go buy a new one! Perspiration? What's that?!

Ok, clock is ticking - quick, resolutions:
1) STOP eating at my desk, especially crumbly, crackery things that breed ant farms in my keyboard.

2) Prioritise answering the telephone over answering IMs.

3) Do not agree to requests by strange men to to sit on strange poseballs.

4) Stop feeling guilty about appearing offline to annoying twats (but not quite having the heart to kick them off my list completely). And no, I'm not talking about you.

5) Make more of an effort to meet some cool girls because I miss female company.

6) Spend more time with The Sherms because he keeps me sane in a crazy convulated kind of way by being so psychotically insane. Shermie is irony playing Twister.

7) Keep my inventory organised.

8) Make friends with a furry. Like, good friends.

9) And finally, my last resolution is for Fade. But I'm not telling.

*Newsflash: I hear Lionel Richie singing "All Night Long" on the telly. Are we back in the 80s again?? Or is it just cos Nicole is so hot right now?

I wish you all a f*cking fab.u.lous 2007.
It is the dawn of a New Year, my friends.
Who knows what miracles it may hold?

All my love,
xLx

Thursday 28 December 2006

Modelling

I dropped in at a junkyard and picked up this HUGE animation freebie with about 100 model poses, and spent a very entertaining evening trying them out. I can't believe some AVs have to pose like this all day for a living.

I wonder if SL models are like the RL models I know here. Hmmmm. To be a cliche or not to be: that is the question.

This is our two cents' worth.

Ryno, Koi and Luxe are wearing flexi penis in Circumcised.
Mr Roboto refused to participate because he is currently dating a supermodel.


Er, PS: mature content....

Wednesday 27 December 2006

Another Year, Another Yuletide

Christmas is over, and I'm glad.

December is usually such a happy time for me, filled with excitement and anticipation for Santa's stockings and the year ahead. But I am one of the lucky ones.

Maybe I was going to all the wrong parties, but SL was a downer. Many of my friends were sad, or lonely, or depressed, or all of the above. I wish there was so much more I could do than sit and listen, a poseball's width apart while my avi checked her nails and looked around and stretched and yawned.

I had no insights, no experiences, or words of advice to share.

Except, perhaps, to visit Kawaii Ku in Nakama...where you will always find your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

<3 I am here for you always <3


Tuesday 26 December 2006

Gender Wars

Koi is in Death Kitty by Gothica, and Mr Roboto is appearing as himself.

Discouraged by the lack of options in male clothing, Koi has decided to take drastic measures and undergo a complete makeover. Err, did I say makeover? I meant sex change.

I like her much better this way, we're getting on like a house on fire AND she has found her BFF (um, best friend forever for the rest of you). We went shopping all day at The Block!

Today was the best birthday EVER!

Koi wears Gothique Lolita by Canimal, and Scene is fierce in Dice from Artilleri. Mr Roboto is on loan.

Monday 25 December 2006

Ho Ho Ho!

My first Christmas in SL and all I did was shop for skins to match the gorgeous pressies I got from you-kn0w-who. Who? Who!

Merry Crimbo, friends & lovers xoxo

Saturday 23 December 2006

Sibling Rivalry

I had to ask Koi (my alt) to come over to Topaz and help me out with Christmas cards today.

Weirdest. feeling. ever. to be eyeballing myself.

Needless to say, we started to disagree with each other almost immediately and it wasn't long before that old chestnut:
"I HATE you," screams Koi, slamming the door.
"FINE!" yells Luxe, spit flying in fury.
"I didn't ask to be born!!" Koi's muffled shouts reverberate through the door.

Yeah, whatever. At least I got my Christmas cards sorted out.

Luxe is fuming in Santa's Little Ho by Solange, and Koi is sulking in Gritty Kitty.

Friday 22 December 2006

2 Favourite Places

I've decided they should have a post of their own :)


Randy's Little Kyoto in Juho, and my new friend Accord's skins at Neko's shop. Fabulous, glowing, luminous. Don't forget to visit the exquisite sento (or Japanese communal bath) for a bit of skinship. They have even thoughtfully provided towels and yukata for post-bath lounging. Here I am in one of Accord's skin Chihiro Skin Bihada (medium) in Mai make-up.


Pop's Greasy Spoon at Vampire Empire. Best hotcakes and poptarts this side of the metaverse. Remember to be kind to Grendel, the sweetest pixie you'll ever meet and say Hi from me.

Sunday 17 December 2006

SL Otaku

Luxe is wearing a beige off-shouldered sweater by Iki,
a jade choker by Shiny Things, and aviators from FNKY!

William Gibson described an otaku as a 'pathological techno-fetishist with social deficit' in his cult classic Idoru. It's not particularly complimentary, especially in Japan, and more often than not refers to a 30 year-old living in his parent's basement, swaddled in grey, saggy y-fronts, subsisting on instant ramen and only leaving their cracksweat infused computer chair to eat, shit or sleep.


I arrived in beautiful sun-drenched Sydney today and am staying in a gorgeous modern hotel under the Harbour Bridge overlooking that old postcard favourite, the Opera House. Summer is here, and the sun is reflecting brilliant jewels off the aquamarine of Sydney Harbour.


And where am I? Holed up in my hotel room, hunched over my laptop with room service (Coffin Bay oysters, not instant ramen, thank you very much) scouring SL for new, cool places and hoping Babs will login soon.


"It's a slippery slope, my friends, a very slippery slope indeed," I mutter, squirming in my seat thinking that thongs are so uncomfortable for sitting any extended length of time, and wondering if I've thrown those old granny pants away...

Thursday 7 December 2006

Newbie Nostalgia / SK8

I have been feeling nostalgic for the excitement I felt as a brand new newbie.

Everything has felt so limited of late - frustration at poseballs that never work, a hunger like a dirty claw that is never truly satisfied. Conversations that duplicate themselves. Recognizing patterns like too many repeats on a prim.

It makes me want to turn my head away.

Ugh. I need a drink.

*Shakes herself to clear the doom & gloom*
*Takes a long and lingering sip of Kim Crawford's State Highway 63 Sauvignon Blanc*
*Says MMMMMMMMM in her head, in SL, on her blog and out loud*

OKAY. Now that's out of my system!

Has anyone been to the skate park at Blacktail Ridge? It's wicked fun, but first - sort yourself out with a skateboard. I reckon Stizzy's at Zephyr Heights have the best decks. I bought Eduardo Falken's board with 31 tricks and 9 jumps bla bla bla but it felt a bit too clunky. Who wants to be pressing all those buttons when you're carving up the bowls?

That reminds me of the katana I bought from Tiger Armour. Beautiful to look at. Cost a FAIR penny. But in the middle of a battle, who can be arsed to type "/5 slash"? Surely speed and accuracy are key? I could well be missing a trick here - someone enlighten me.

Perhaps I should change the name of this blog to "Notes from an Impulsive Shopper"....

My favourite cameo is practising his kickflips on a Stizzy board

Oh, and PS:
J.Lo has just released a new perfume called Live Luxe! I saw it on the plane back from Hong Kong and may I just say......it reeks like an old lady that has tried to disguise her incontinence with too much Windex. Sorry J.Lo.

I want to change my name, my blog and my whole second life now.

Poo.

Wednesday 29 November 2006

Nexus Prime


I have seen the birth of Coruscant, and it was a city called Nexus Prime.

I can't get over how varied the landscapes are in SL. One moment I'm in Sanrio Land, the next, in an underground sewer exploring the warren-like tunnels that trail beneath a steel giant.

Nexus Prime made my heart pound in a violent melody. Raw, unfinished construction. Shadows that dance in dark corners. The oily metal stink of silent buildings lying in wait. Here, we are standing within the exoskeleton of a structure on the verge of creation, or at the brink of death - I cannot tell.

Throughout the journey, Chris Cunningham's Bjork video All is Full of Love plays over and over in my head like a siren song.

Tuesday 28 November 2006

Sunset


Sunset by Rainer Maria Rilke
Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors
which it passes to a row of ancient trees.
You look, and soon these two worlds both leave you
one part climbs toward heaven, one sinks to earth.

leaving you, not really belonging to either,
not so hopelessly dark as that house that is silent,
not so unswervingly given to the eternal as that thing
that turns to a star each night and climbs--

leaving you (it is impossible to untangle the threads)
your own life, timid and standing high and growing,
so that, sometimes blocked in, sometimes reaching out,
one moment your life is a stone in you, and the next, a star.

Es Ach Oh Pee Pee Ai En Gee

What a fabulous day! I finally got to meet Scene and we went SHOPPING!!!!!!! Totally wicked chick, and soooooo much fun...even if it was a little disarming because I had to refrain from gossipping about boys we both know.

Because I like lists, here's the Top Three of the day:


#3: Rugged Leather boots from Shiny Things (Hotei)
THANK YOU Anya, whom I boot-stalked at Naughty, for the heads up on where she got hers. They make the best clomping sound and have a great weight to them. I feel 'ard as nails.

#2: Electric blue stiletto boots - Prim Seductions(Octopia)
I've got real thing for electric blue and stripes at the moment. Here I have indulged in both.


But caveat emptor if I may - at Prim Seductions, one is never enough.

#1 : Everything in Laundry (Nakama)
Beautifully style, hand-drawn pieces with a Japanese monchromatic aesthetic. Simple, chic, uncomplicated, necessary. Scene and I bought everything, and then Fade came to polish off the rest.

Oh, and I love the visual merchadising display!

And then finally, a tram ride to nowhere...and everywhere.

Luxe is wearing a Laundry Mini Cheongsam in white, with dark wash Iki skinny jeans.
Fade is in Laundry Long Shirt/Pants 005.

Saturday 25 November 2006

Anorexia in SL

Luxe is in Solange's Shimmer in red and pumps from Minx.

I have definitely dropped a couple of pounds since I've been here - where does everyone go for a meal? I've never seen anyone eat! In fact, I often forget to eat myself and please note: I haven't missed a meal since that 12-hour interval when I was being born. Don't worry, as soon as I remember I sit down and have about a dozen plates of food to make up for lost time.

In my pre-SL days, if I had been on Miss Universe and asked what was my greatest hope for mankind, the answer would not have been World Peace but a world where gluttony is of no consequence.

Now that I have found it, there's nothing to bloody glut on!

However, I hear The Rose is pretty good so I'm going to check it out tomorrow.....now who can I ask to come with me? I know! Where are you little Shermie....

More tomorrow xLx

UPDATE*** Shermie and I went to The Rose last night at about 8pm? There was no-one there. But it was great to reacquaint myself with the tunes of Miami Sound Machine....how I've missed you, Gloria. Not. What about the food, you ask? Put it this way - I'm still hungry.

Friday 24 November 2006

Falling in SLove


Ahhh that wonderful thing called Love. When I first got here, a friend took me exploring and later on revealed that he was heartbroken at a marriage that had ended. He'd caught "that bitch fucking a bunch of goths in their bedroom".

I was horrified. And when I found out that all of this had happened in SL, I was amazed. How could anyone form such an emotional attachment to an avatar? I was sceptical, and admittedly, judgmental.

Sure, I was there when chatrooms exploded, hurried home from dinner to make dates on ICQ....and yes, the friends on the other side were more that marching ASCII characters across a screen....but love? REAL love? Physical pain?

But now, after talking to so many people, watching the genuine warmth between two AVs in love, observing souls communicate... I get it.

My friend Fade clarified it for me - he said that when you have to emote your actions, describe what you're doing and what you're feeling, it becomes hyper-real.
It's the security that comes with knowing exactly how the other person feels and what their intentions are....then layering your own desires and fantasies over that. It's intoxicating. How often does that kind of connection happen in RL?

I'm not talking about cyber....that is, for me anyway, just creative copywriting. How many people in this world really have the ability to accurately type one-handed?

No, I'm talking about a genuine emotional bond. People who make you smile in the darkness. Curling up in sadness when they don't show up. Missing them and looking forward to the future.

I can't say that I've encountered full-blown OMG it's Love....I haven't felt the desire to say I love you. I haven't even really made love*.

But I have yearned. I've glimpsed that slash of technicolour when someone arrives next to me. I am aware of the torrent of emotions that threaten beneath the surface.
Do I understand now? Yes.

And when it comes to love, what's better? 2-dimensional passion in a 3d world.....or the other way around?

So here's to you, magnificent SLovers - may your unions virtually last a lifetime.

xLx

*Cyber doesn't count. OKAY???

Homebody.

I know I should be out exploring but all I want to do is stay at home. Is that so bad?

You're always welcome to visit.......

Thursday 23 November 2006

Random thought # 486

I use too many exclamation marks. I must stop!!! I must stop.

'Avin a a dance


Dancing in SL is bizarre. You're at a club playing some dope beats.....but you're doing the salsa.

I dont know about you, but I don't even do the salsa in my bedroom when no-one is watching. Apart from being a dance that requires sequins and a rigid smile, it is also EXTREMELY GAY!

Leave it to the Latinos (Spanish? Mexican?), they're the only ones who can pull it off.

But today I discovered Space: SL. Wicked tunes AND a great dance anim. Loved it! I was rocking the backspins, poppin away.....Now if only they'd play some breaks or hip hop to go with it......

It's just one big blank

The involuntary retching has stopped long enough for me to walk you through my morning.

I wake my computer up to find a new blog on the screen. Lovely - boring my mates in RL isn't enough, I need another medium. Read my posting. Cringe. Backpedal with a new post but I dont think I'm fooling anyone (least of all myself).

Arrive at Topaz and wander upstairs to get dressed for the day and find a big black behemoth perched on my wall. Did I bloody go out and buy a plasma TV last night????? WTF? Click it a couple of times nothing happens, look through my inventory for a remote control (or Binkler as my mate Marius would say).....nope. It's a big freakin mystery.

Much later in the day. And I mean muuuuuuuucccchhhhh later in the day it occurs to me that there might ..... get ready for this.....there might actually be something ON THE OTHER SIDE????? Er, like, duh.

Zip back home, flip it over...Wait. Allow me to elaborate on 'flip it over'. What I mean is that I had to try about 6 times before I got it right. First I turned it upside down, blank side out. Then perpendicular to the wall. Then right side up but upside down. Then it was perpendicular the other way. Hello, Mistress Retardo!!!!!!!

But the wait was worth it. Gorgeous. Big shout out to Fade at Cult Modern! xLx


PS: I also have 3 pairs of new shoes, a set of completely slutty lingerie that I would NEVAH normally buy and yet another pair of aviators. Someone lock that credit card up!

Wednesday 22 November 2006

Misty Drunken Memories

My God what a load of bollocks one writes whilst under the influence of several beautifully rounded, vintage glasses of wine. Did I say glasses?

I meant bottles.

Now why can't a glass of wine in SL cyber you whilst drinking?
"Ummm my melon-sweet fruitiness envelopes your tastebuds."
"My spicy undertones prickle the roof of your mouth as you swallow."
"Ahhhhh the hints of warm oak as you inhale my sensuous aroma."

I could go on and on and on.....
But I'll stop now because my head is hurting from last night.

xLx

PS: Do you ever get brain stutters when you're hungover?

PPS: Yes I love a drink. And a nice fresh fag straight from a new pack while I'm at it. Don't judge me just because you're American. At least I don't eat the whole goddamned bucket.

Jaded UnJaded

So. A newbie and cynical about the promises that SL has to offer.

The thrill of meeting someone that carries over into RL.
Conversations that linger when your head is on the pillow.

Been there, done that, produced it. I would never have believed the pixel dreams.