Eight Things

Okay okay, I got tagged. I think the whole world has been tagged at this point, so I’m just going to answer and fail to pass it on. If you think an SL blogger has been missed somehow, feel free to tag them in my name!

  1. Many of you may know I have a tattoo, but did you all know I got it while I was in Chicago for SLCC? (Some of you knew that too. So just don’t answer.) I did. The tattoo is of heart shaped cherries on my lower abdomen by my right hip. Now you know.
  2. I never learned how to ride a bike. Every time I tell people this, they become determined to teach me. No thanks. I have survived 30 years on this planet without knowing how, and I think I’m going to be just fine now.
  3. As a little girl, I loved He Man. I had a crazy little girl crush on him. I used to run around my back yard and call myself She Woman, but only in my head. I was crestfallen when they brought out She Ra. I’d been using the wrong name all those years! Plus, she stole my cartoon man.
  4. I am a horrible procrastinator. I will put off anything and everything until the very last second possible, without fail.
  5. I played the violin for 12 years, starting in elementary school and ending when I graduated from college. This may come as a shock, but I was actually good. I still have the violin under my bed, but I haven’t touched it since I left college. I’m guessing the result if I did now would be painful at best.
  6. I used to have a very typical and very destructive need to chase after bad boys. Long hair, sports cars, biker jackets, and bad grades would attract me in a heart beat. It was probably mildly amusing to others as I was (and still am) a giant geek. That never stopped me from dating them though. Thankfully I outgrew it and now find a wicked sense of humor to be the sexiest thing a man can have.
  7. I majored in Spanish in college with the intent to become a high school teacher. I got as far as actually doing my student teaching when I realized I am a terrible no good very bad teacher. I dropped out before even completing the certification program and never looked back. Now I work in IT and sit in a cubicle. It doesn’t make me happy, but I’m much better at it, at least.
  8. I have never in my life rented an apartment on my own. I have rented apartments with other people. I have owned a house on my own. But never rented by myself. I am now doing things completely backwards as I have sold my house and am moving into my very first apartment that is all mine. It feels like a giant step forwards and backwards all at once.

Ok, that’s my 8 things. I kind of ran out of juice halfway through, so don’t laugh at what you got. (Or do laugh, just don’t be mean to me ok?)

Also, while I have you attention, please note that the above mentioned move is very much messing with my available time. I may not be in world or writing here very much until sometime next year. I do my best, but priorities get me every time. So fear not, I’m fine. Just insanely and prohibitively busy.

December 4, 2007. journal, me, social. 3 comments.

Weekend Roundup

Glam World openingSo this was a weekend of openings, parties, and fashion for me. First was the Adam n Eve opening I already to ya’ll about. Then I was seriously glad that I put on an appropriately fabulous outfit on Saturday morning, because I got invited to the Glam World opening. Okay okay, so lots of people got invited. But let me feel special for just a sec, will ya? Seriously though, saw a lot of old friends and familiar places and got to bump and grind with some of the best of them.

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September 24, 2007. Shopping, fashion, party, social. 1 comment.

Grand Opening

City Hot!Okay, so I’m a little vain. But when I put on this outfit, I just felt like going out and doing something fabulous. It all started with the jacket from Mimikri Hot Couture. The City Cat jacket in red called to me with it’s fantastic quilted pattern. I wish I could mod the arm prims, but that wasn’t enough to stop me from wearing this jacket all over the grid. But the jacket begged for a sleek pencil skirt, and luckily for me Ingenue just released tons of pencil skirts as part of their Vintage Basics line. So I snagged a black one and kept going. Then I popped over to Shiny Things and grabbed a black snakeskin belt to polish it up. From there I added fishnet tights from Mimikri’s City Cat outfit, and the s111 Urban Black boots from Cre@ction. Top it off with the Diamond Starry Nights set from 7 Deadly Prims, and I was ready to go out on the town!

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September 22, 2007. Shopping, adam n eve, fashion, party, social. 1 comment.

Is that a…. ?

What an interesting night I had! Believe it or not, I had logged on last night with a list of places to go and new shops to check out, but I ended up getting totally sidetracked from my shopping mission. (Okay, well not totally. But mostly.)

Tai ChiFirst I answered a call for help to the SL Bloggers group. Someone is attempting to develop a new HUD that will store animation permissions so that interacting with other avatars is more like interacting with people. In real life, there’s no blue box to click “yes” on to animate your avatar, so this HUD would eliminate that in Second Life too. After a while though, we just started playing ad even did Tai Chi together for a while!

Is that a....?Then Daphne and Tamara were free so I hopped back over to Nowhereville to visit with my friends. When I got there, I saw they had some company too. So Daph, Tam, and I all hung out and joked around with Haver Cole for a while. We talked about fashion, and shapes, and avatars, and monkeys, and poop. Yes, I said poop. And so it was that I ended up sitting on a giant turd with Haver Cole.

After the turd, I really just needed to take a shower and get some sleep, so that was the end of my adventure for the evening. But never let it be said that my Second Life is predictable or boring!

September 21, 2007. journal, social. 1 comment.

Arrrrr!

I partied so hard last night that I just pooped right out before I could properly pirate at ya’ll here. So you get it today instead. Besides, everyone loves pirates so a little more piratey goodness won’t hurt!

Partying like Pirates!Every Wednesday is traditionally Black Tie Martini Club night, when my friends and I all dress in our formals and dance to well, whatever Caleb is moved to play. But since yesterday was also Talk Like a Pirate Day, we all donned our piratey gear and yo-ho-hoed merrily throughout the night. One of us even took to wearing and firing cannons, but I’ll let Crap Mariner remain nameless. (Ooooops.)

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September 20, 2007. adam n eve, boots, costume, lost shaker of salt, party, pirate, sf designs, social. 1 comment.

Awww… group hug

Just as I was getting ready for bed last night, Tam says she’s being summoned to a group hug and asks if I want to come along. Of course I do!

Group Hug

Now, I remember talking about the group hug while we were at SLCC, seeing a presentation where it was mentioned even. But I just couldn’t remember where or why. Until I got there and saw so many familiar faces! It was part of the iWoot case study of course. Tam and I managed to goad someone itno creating a group just for group hugs which we promptly joined. And between being on voice with so many friends at once and all the hugging, I went to bed one happy avatar girl.

Now, if only iWoot would ship those flying monkeys to the US, I’d actually shop there too!

September 18, 2007. social. Leave a comment.

Partying with Jewelry!

So we were hanging out at Cake checking out their new hair releases, when TheDiva Rockin’ said there was a party that needed warm bodies and started TPing everyone over. And being the people we are, we of course went right away. After all, what could be finer than partying with jewelry?

Partying

So over we went and party we did. Nexeus Fatale was DJing and tons of familiar faces were there. Lostmedia Ares was smoking up the joint a a bit *coughcough* but we all had a great time. (Okay, maybe it wasn’t Lostmedia’s fault…. but he’s fun to blame.)

I also visited the expo and bought lots of pretty shiny things this weekend. I will try to write about some of those later.

September 17, 2007. party, social. Leave a comment.