Do you ever have those people who you *JUST* don't get along with, no matter how friendly you try to be? Yep, I have two particular ones. One of them, I groan every single time she pops into a group chat I am involved in. She just drives me insane, and really puts me in a bad mood for the rest of the day. Even a simple "Hi!" in the group is enough to ruin my day. I usually love this group, but lately, I find myself thinking about leaving more and more - just because of this person. I've tried to be nice, kind, and even quiet. But, she still annoys me to no end.

The other person.... Well, lets just say - I hold really bad grudges. If someone pisses me off really bad, I will hold it against them until the day they die. I do not forgive and forget. So, this particular designer (quite popular at that) said something in a fashion chat channel I am a member of, and I said something sarcastic back to her - because well, thats just the way I am. She proceeded to IM me, telling me how angry she was, and how pissed off I made her. Whatever. She began to belittle me in the fashion group, which really pissed me off. After a "I'm not dealing with this drama" in the chat from me, I closed it. Who knows what was said after that. I've since deleted every single item I own from her from my inventory, and will never, ever shop from her store, no matter how much cool stuff she has. I will never write a blog entry while wearing anything made by her either - Because I'm just that mean. ^^

Anyway. Because I don't want to leave a post like that, filled with my viciousness - I'll also mention that I am officially addicted to Wordle. You basically put in various words or a blog page, and it will combine all the words into a pretty word collage thing. I love it - its soooooo pretty. This is my favorite one I made so far:

I actually really love this image. I am not entirely sure why - but it makes me oddly calm just looking at it. Perhaps because its pink? I'm not sure, but I really enjoy it. I think Wordle has created a way for normal people like me to create beautiful art like this ^^

Kagic is gone for a few days, but I think I have a pretty good date planned for Sunday when he comes back. :D I think I am probably enjoying the girlfriend role a bit too much, because its been a really long time since I was able to take someone dancing with me, be silly with, or just make my home a little bit more meaningful. My home was a place to for me to change, kill time, fish, and go afk. But now, it actually feels more like a home, with furniture actually being sat on, and spaces being used. ^^ I've recently made my home where people can't make LMs because I've had some freaks come by, and keep coming back. But, Kagic was the only one so far that I've personally gave an actual LM to, so he can come by whenever he wants. I've even considered asking him if he wanted to be added to my Byakuya group, so he can call my house home. XD


But, I have projects this weekend. I've recently purchased the ELCM System (which is supposed to make retexturing extremely easy, and is popular among hair creators. I plan to try some hair making really soon, as soon as I can understand this system. The manual is extremely difficult to understand with words like "prototype" and such, but the creator is very helpful, so I may be contacting him. He has told me that he offers totally free support for it, so - thats good ^^

And, I also contacted Miriel Enfield about her vendor system. I love her system of being able to choose from copy/trans permissions, so the fact that she was offering her scripts to those who asked - I was thrilled and IM'ed her as soon as I read about it. I do have a gift card system in place, but I really don't think anyone really knows they are there. I've tried to promote the system as much as possible (especially considering you get discounts for higher card purchases), but, nothing seems to work. People just don't like gift cards, I guess. Perhaps I should do a gift card sale? Hmm... But, this vendor system should be a great alternative, and I might be trying it out soon.

W00t! I brought my new boyfriend, Kagic, to the Hump Day party last night - and I think he might have been a bit overwhelmed with all the big watermelon butts and tiny skirts.... but he was such a good sport through it all. ^^ He did well with the several girls fawning over him, but of course, they needed to be reminded that - yus - I have several sets of guns, as well as katanas, and once I learn how to operate them, I will have no problems using them. :P


I had a damn silly costume - and it took every ounce of courage I had to leave the house with a super sized ass, boobs, and enough oil to supply McDonald's deep fryer for a week. Kagic and I did leave a little early, before the party ended, but I had fun.

Also, while I was chatting with Siyu last night, she reminded me about her content theft warning sign - which I had wanted to get a picture of. So, as soon as I logged in this morning, I took a trip over there to check it out.


And - It was just so morbidly cute! I love it so much - I love pretty much anything Siyu makes, but this is probably the best thing I've seen in a while. It totally make me LOL in RL. :D

And thanks for all the comments on my last post about Kagic - he read the post, as well as the comments, and I think he was a little embarrassed XD And - omg. It is official: he's not just my love interest anymore - he is my actual boyfriend now~ *squees* I swear, I can be such a girl sometimes XD

I met someone. I was hanging out at Sweetheart's Jazz for a while - it gave me a reason to dress up in my many formals, and sit and organize inventory while I waited for someone to ask me to dance. Kinda mind boggling - because I would sit there for hours on end, watching all the fashion disaster noobs get asked, while I stood there. O.o;;

I met various people, ones who were kind and respectful, others who were convinced I was a "princess", one who told me he wanted a "young girl to ravage", another who constantly gave me music videos on YouTube to play, and one who was determined to make little elfy me his pet.

But, I think this one is a keeper. He's gone shopping with me (and seems to enjoy it), is respectful of my prudishness, and quite amusing to be around. I have been spending the majority of my evenings with this particular person, whether it be going out to Jazz clubs, or hanging out on my deck dancing. My couple's animation poseballs have remained in my inventory, collecting dust, since even before Bats left SL. But, for the first time in 2 months, I was able to bring them back out again last night, and found them each a place in my home. I find myself growing more comfortable with this guy ^^


I even went out on a limb a few days ago, and asked him to attend the Fashion Disaster Hump Day party with me, not as a friend, but as my love interest. Shockingly, he agreed. So, those who attend the party tonight, will most likely be able to see him :D

I got in a HUGE blowout with some asshole on the road this morning, so I figure I'd make a blog post, to try to calm down. Its been like 3 hours, and I'm still seething. -.- I really wish people would stop being such jerks. -.- So, I apologies if I seem negative today; I'm not in a good mood XD

Anyway, I took this picture a while ago - after I purchased additional makeups for my favorite skin. I was playing with windlight settings, trying to get the sky and environment to match my makeup. I failed, considering the sky is more purple than my makeup, but I was ultimately pleased with the outcome.

My boat is a fantastic place to take pictures - There are just so many different ways to pose around it, that it makes it really fun. I've also taken a liking to fishing on it - its fun. :D


And, I took this picture right after fishing. I've been wondering why my water doesn't sparkle with my windlight settings - but after playing with the sun position, I've finally fixed it. I get really fantastic sparkly water now - so this was made to show that ^^

It always amazes me to see people using my products. I squee when I see my poses used on the fashion feed, and squee even more when I see people using my pictures for their own fun purposes. (The paparazzi pose set was great to see how people used them!). So, I've been working on furniture, because I was really bored with what current things were out there. When I sent out the Americana gift to my group - I had no idea just how much people would use it. Because it was so weird and bright, I had no idea how anyone would use it. I honestly thought it would be rezzed to see WTH it was, then deleted.

But for some reason, people did like it. I was shocked - I received several IMs, telling me that the set is something they were looking for, for their Fourth of July SL festivities, and what not. Maybe they were just being nice? Perhaps, but I felt like the gift served its purpose, and I was happy. I also felt more confident about releasing them this week - because if people have a use for the funky red, white and blue striped ones - people will most likely have more of a use for normal ones. :D

However, it really didn't hit me that people were actually using it - until Alicia told me in the Ch'Know group, that she had seen it sitting out in a particular store. I immediately TP'ed to the store, because I was curious how it was used.

And omg. There it sat. It was placed right in the middle of the store, right in front of the doorway. Ok, ok. So the store was empty - it had apparently been closed right after a massive sale, but hey! The set I made is still there! :D I felt proud, because I had marveled at how beautiful this store build was a few weeks ago, and now - my silly living room set was plopped right in the middle of it. ^^

But no - thats not all. I tp'ed home, and Merrick was offering a party at his beach place. (Ok, not a party, exactly - but yeah) So, Alicia, Bettye and I tp'ed there. I had some problems in the beginning, because it looked like Merrick's prims were outside the door, after everyone had gone inside. I kid you not - I saw his hair and shoes freakishly standing outside the front door. I even hovered my mouse over them, and they had his name as a hovertip. XD


But, once I went in, I was shocked once again! Omg - he was using my dorky living room set too! O.o;;; The strange part was - It fit perfectly in his cute little house. It took up the entire downstairs - but it worked well. :D


And... the next thing I knew, there were sit and spins on the coffee table, and the four of us were spinning. XD OMG, those things were soooooo funny :D

Ah - a bit of RL for a minute. I'm still having really annoying connection issues. I've done what AT&T has told me to do (including buying a new modem that didn't fix my issue), so I am now looking at other internet options. I've priced cable internet in my area, and they are about $29.99, while I'm paying AT&T around $80 a month for my internet. Not to mention the phone service with the cable place is $19.99 a month, where I'm paying out the ass with AT&T.

So, until I get the cable set up - I will continue to apologize to all those people I disconnect mid-conversation with. I really didn't leave on purpose! XD

So, after I played with sparklers IRL, I came inside and set off fireworks on my land. They were very pretty, and probably the most realistic fireworks I've seen in SL. I took a machinima of them! :D



I experimented with adding firework sound effects (Fraps refuses to capture sound from SL -.-), with additional music for a more interesting video - and I think it turned out pretty nice. :D I think I am getting better at the machinima thing - its very fun ^^

So, right after buying sparklers for my July 4th entertainment tonight, I come home to find a notice on my door saying all fireworks are banned in my city. WTF. Thanks for telling me before the day of, stupid Placer County. -.- However. I will get my $7 entertainment I paid for, and I'll be lighting them off in my driveway anyway. Not sure what happened to that notice you supposeably put on my door, policeman - the wind must have blew it away. :P Thats what sucks about living in California this year, I guess - tons of wildfires burning are forcing cities to take drastic measures and protect their homes.

But! I can light big, giant fireworks off on my SL land! I am excited, and can't wait to light off my Rumination fireworks tonight. If anyone has no other plans, and want to come watch them with me - feel free to let me know. We can have a 0704 Firework Party at meh house. :D

But anyway. I have finished re-texturing and linking my living room set! OMG, I am so relieved and excited to be done with it. Now all that's left is setting permissions, separating them in folders and thinking of a name for them.

I was feeling silly last night, and found this red, white and blue striped texture in my inventory, so I stuck it on the couch. Looked reasonably interesting (though, I could not get the stripes to line up perfectly on the sectional no matter how much I tried), and I sent a whole no mod linked set to my group members for as a preview for next week's release and a July 4th gift from me. I hope someone can get some use out of it XD

I've also been dealing with annoying internet connection issues lately, which is driving me nuts. I called my DSL provider once, and they ran a test, saying it was fine. Well, it wasn't. It went out again that night, and I called back the next day. They sent a woman out yesterday to do more tests, and she told me that the lines are fine - its most likely the modem going out. She explained that they intermittently loose connection before completely dying, and I should get a new modem. So, last night, I went to Fry's and got a whole new modem/router contraption, set it up, and 5 minutes later - I lost connection again. wtf. So now, on Monday - I have to call them once again. *annoyed*


Wednesday's Hump Day party was fun, but I think I was totally overdressed. The theme was like, medieval, and I wore the only thing I had. XD I had originally bought it for a Tiny Empires formal ball, but never went to one - so this has been sitting in my inventory for ages. I am glad I got to bring it out and wear it once though :D


Everyone else looked amazing and well dressed. My PeeCee was having spaz attacks when I zoomed in to everyone, so I didn't get much pictures. But, I posted what I was able to get on the flickr set here.

This is a load of crap. I pay $10USD a month for Second Life, I expect to be able to log in whenever the hell I want. Get rid of the freaking bots and idiots only in SL for sex, so I can log in, please.

kthxbai.

5 tries, and I'm still unable to log in. -.-

I finished my couch set! Well.. kind of. I became obsessed with making a coffee table - then needed a end table - then a flower vase - lamps.... and now I have a complete living room set. O.o;; Though, omg - this is a nightmare changing fabric textures and linking it .... omg T_T I really wish there was an easier way to do it. Its taking *FOREVER* XD But, still, I think the set looks pretty cute. I am getting tired of looking at it quickly though. Blah.

Hump day party is tonight! I have one medieval outfit... and well. Its a massive ball gown. And I'm going to wear it anyway :D

I have been trying to work on a couch for months. I originally wanted it for my Vancouver home because I couldn't find one I liked - but got frustrated and ended up buying one from The Loft. Its been sitting in my workspace skybox for months, just taking up space. With the new build down, I thought I'd try the furniture thing again to make my own personalized sitting area for it.

I originally started out with this, but I feared it was... well... to big. I asked in the Ch'Know group if anyone wanted to check it out for me, and tell me what they thought, and sent a copy to them. And, well.. yeah, it was too big. So, I made it smaller, went to pillow talk to grab a few full perm animations, and finished the couch. I asked if anyone of the Ch'Know group wanted the finished version, and sent it out to those who asked ^^


However, I came across a serious problem: once I started making them, I had so much fun, and couldn't stop! O.O;;; I found some really amazing textures for these, and I think they really make the couch look great. I am actually really impressed with myself for making these :D They look sooo cute! ^^


I even made a sofa, a chair, a table and a rug to match :D I think I will be selling these in sets - for like $500L or so. I bought a furniture rezzer/vendor thing a while ago, which I need to figure out how to use.

Oh. and best of all: this has *NO* ugly poseballs! I managed to find a free sitting helper script at the Rez-Faux place that is absolutely amazing. You put a script in the cushion you want to be the sit target, rezz a ball and put your animation in it, position the ball to the place you want to sit, click the cushion, copy and paste script, put in cushion and you are done. :D Sounds complicated - but omg, its totally not. I think more people should use this script to get rid of the poseball things, to make their furniture look cleaner. (and why not? Its FREE!)

Of course - since it has no poseballs - I will most likely be making these no mod, because you really don't need to edit and position poses. And, because I hate transfer furniture - these will be copy. :D

I'm extremely excited about them, and hope to do more furniture in the future. (The lack of quality furniture stores in SL makes a decorating Sai very sad. -.-) I also think that I will be making matching lamps, end tables, and a vase with roses for the coffee table ^^ It looks like an overwhelming mess right now, but I think it will turn out well in the end.