Krissy Lately

Krissy at UrbanARTs

2010-07-21T11:55:00.003-04:00

I almost didn't share my excitement for this little art showing of mine. I'm just a 'wannabe' artist who happens to enjoy digital/gaming hobbies. I think my digital collages are pretty cute. But certainly not on par with Rose Borchovski or four Yip or Bryn Oh. (They are icons, really, and quite expert at creating pieces that tell a story.) No, mine are just nice little postcards - but seeing my completed exhibit really made me so pleased. And because pitsch Parx has been SO kind and generous I really wanted to share my experience in support of his UrbanARTs initiative. Housed in a beautiful two story structure, free space is offered to newly established artists of SL for a period of 12 weeks. His hope is that this will give the artist some exposure and a chance to earn enough income to begin their own shop or gallery. My dear friend Robin Moore has exhibited here in the past, as have many other notable SL artists. Please check out UrbanARTs and show your support. Happy day!

Postcard From Azeroth

2010-07-14T15:40:00.006-04:00

Krissy here! Just sending a postcard from Azeroth, my home away from home. My little vacation to that land of dungeons and monsters has turned into quite the stay. I'm loving it! I have a cute little Blood Elf Mage at level 54 and another Blood Elf Warlock at 8. I just started the Warlock, she's super fun. Second Life is still the place I come back to. But after months of wandering the grid aimlessly, no longer feeling inspired or captivated, my time in-world began to dwindle before I knew it.

It would seem like this is the typical "But I'll be back!" speech, only there's a fun little twist. On my way out of SL, I decided to open a business! Yeah, I work backward like that. Here's how it all went down: Because I wanted a place to call home, without the $L7700 tier (for 30 minutes of SL per week?) I moved to a patch of wildflowers on Ctrl-Shift-H.

Rooting through my inventory, I found digital collages that I had once uploaded, intending to sell. On a whim, I rented a shop on the same sim and threw 'em up. I thought why not? Within eight days I made my shop rent back and received a gallery offer. Woot! It's still in the 'pilot' stage, but as long as it pays for the rent, I'm happy.

Signage is compliments of Arora Zanzibar, who occupies shop space near me. When I asked her about her 3 prim sculpted sign, she generously made one for me! She was super fast and I really appreciate it because the sign is everything, isn't it? If you like it, she'll make you one too! Check them out, here.

Peeping in the window.... It's a funny feeling to see little versions of my pictures.

So there you have it! And if you're curious, come check out my cute little start-up! Happy day!

Krissy The Analyst

2010-05-04T09:08:00.002-04:00

I recently introduced myself to a brand called couverture. I love it. If you had to pick a family of textures that said "This is ME", do you know what you would choose? I do! And they are here! Because I'm knee-deep in measurements for April, and also beginning an implementation and deployment project in rl, I decided (just for fun) to let this spill over a little into my SL and graph my pleasure for my recent purchase. :)

I originally discovered this hooded sweatshirt when I stopped in to grab something else. It stole my attention though, and because it was raining outside I made my choice: The hoody. I love this print but if you aren't into flowers, it's ok - there are others. Unfortunately this adorable texture doesn't lay the same on sculpties and system layers. I don't care.

Here I am lamenting the fact that all six of my bun buns were hibernating. I forgot to rezz more food Thursday night and didn't log back in until Saturday. Poor things.

Krissy Muggleston, the nosy neighbor - checking out Miss Carrie Lexington's pad, across the way. I'm not being obvious, am I?

If I could choose three things from my virtual inventory to have in rl, this sweatshirt is totally on the list.

I made almost NO prim adjustments (except pulling the hood down a smidge), lots of layer options, size script choices, freakin' adorable prints and pretty reasonable price are why I'll be going back for more.

Japan Dream Kenjin

2010-04-22T12:52:00.003-04:00

Do you like authentic, immersive Second Life environments? Man, these are my favorites. I don't really get excited about science fiction or space themes but I dearly love a place like Dream Kenjin. The textures that are plastered all over this place are unreal. And right from the get-go, when you land here it's color-mania. But all the textures have a downside: Slow rezzing. And when you have an aircard like I do, it means even SLOWER rezzing. So I make no apologies for some of the textures in these pics. I simply couldn't stand waiting any longer. Btw, I just found some snaps on Koinup taken at Dream Kenjin that literally look like they were taken in rl with a Canon. (Somebody waited on the textures to load.) Anyway, Enjoy!

2010-04-18T17:49:00.003-04:00

Project complete. Goal reached. I recently decided to create some upheaval in my Second Life, because things had become sort of stale, predictable... vanilla maybe? Well to put it simply, I was bored. So I embarked on a plan to update my living quarters. The journey was fun, expensive and successful. I highly recommend it.

Welcome friends! Just take your shoes off at the door. Just kidding, you don't even have to take your shoes off at my rl door.

I love this chair from Chronokit. If you haven't been there, please go. This guy knows sculpties. The fantastic little lamp is designed by my neighbor Marcopol Oh. I want it in rl.

Well my bedroom is kinda empty. I hardly go in there, except passing through to the side patio. But unlike kitchens and bathrooms, I gotta have a bedroom. Although as I type this, I'm thinking it would make a good office. Who knows?

Waiting on the pizza boy. Hurry pizza boy, I'm hungry.

Ok, I wanted to share this chandelier, because I'm thrilled with it. But I can't remember the store name. :/ I'm so bad! Anyway this little dude is maybe 9 prims? And I like that it has some ice, but not too much - it doesn't look like an 80s brass chandelier.

Sacked. From the pizza. Or whatever was in my coffee... One of my favorite things about Colleen Desmoulin's furniture are the textures. Not necessarily the quality (which is stellar), but the variety. Those two toile pillows are my *favorite*. I'm a toile junkie in rl. I found this great little table for pillow seats at Mudhoney.

The beauty of Costa Rica Sims. Unmatched. (Yes I'm plugging.)

When I read Mia's post on twothreesixfive.com, and saw her mention of Riq Graves I decided to see what he's been up to. Hence, these two super cool Adirondack chairs. Only I'm an idiot and bought two, before I noticed they were COPY. Oh well.

Happy day!

Krissy Misses Her Textures :(

2010-04-15T22:16:00.002-04:00

Anyone know what's wrong with this picture? About a month ago I logged into Second Life and noticed a few random textures here and there where missing. I've Googled and searched but most jira, wiki and blog hits are outdated and really do not describe this issue. Others tell me they can see the white fluffy feathers just fine. Please help! :/

Krissy's Preoccupations

2010-04-14T11:25:00.002-04:00

I've recently slipped into that zone of What-Is-The-Meaning-Of-Slife? (Or, should I stay or should I go, only 'go' isn't really logical since SL is ingrained in me). My answer is always to shake things up a bit. This time? I bought a new prefab. This means weeks of shopping and searching for the "right one", plunking down whatever it costs, because it's the price I pay for escape, right? And then carefully taking all objects from my land, which is pretty much the only time I strive for organization. And this is limited to a grand folder called "Cottage House" because there I can find anything I rezzed in that home. (And cross fingers it doesn't vaporize like a certain jewelry folder I know of.) Then there's the terraforming, which I need assistance for at Costa Rica, and landscape design, furniture, etc. It's a very expensive project since I don't re-use much. And it typically packs a punch in the What-Is-The-Meaning-Of-Slife syndrome and I come out of it ready for normalcy and inexpensive exploring. I'm about 60% of the way through my "shake-up", and then I look forward to catching up on the landmarks that I've collected. It's a good thing I don't mind wearing my outfits for weeks at a time. :) Happy day!

Snakura ART Imaginarium

2010-04-11T22:17:00.003-04:00

Boy, as I write this, I can tell that I'm sort of "out of it". I forgot to record the artist's name of this really amazing sim-turned-art installation. Luckily we have Google! Google is our friend! Cherry Manga and Archael's steampunk forest is very Bryn Oh-inspired. Some of the things that I enjoy the most about Bryn are her smallest details that are likely to be missed without camming in close, and many of the sculptures at Snakura are made in a similar fashion. Another way that I can tell I'm out of the groove is that I forgot to look for a notecard. So without chatting with Manga or reading a notecard, I'm kind of interpreting on my own and that's scary. Ha! But what I can say technically is that the terraforming is beautiful and graceful and the installation is very poetic. There's a story here I just don't know it. Lol!

Empress and Hierophant

2010-03-14T11:47:00.002-04:00

Sharing the names of two cards in the Tarot, the Empress and Hierophant occupied most of my Saturday night. It's been open for awhile, but Saturday was my first visit. I've seen the Welsh countryside, and I totally felt a sense of nostalgia as I looked around. Although I'm not sure it was the Welsh countryside that inspired this terrain and atmosphere, it definitely has a Celtic flavor. It's refreshing to see something different to explore. As Second Life evolves and our builders just get better and better, it becomes harder to find a geographic region that hasn't been emulated.

There's more then meets the eye here. If you wonder when new releases will be announced, and perhaps even the opening of the Bed & Breakfast Experience, check the moon phase. This is an important element in the creative process for Alchemy and Immortalis Cyannis.

They've a mystical approach to life. Instead of being the tortured artists, frustrated by judgement and alienation, they've learned to find harmony by infusing magic into their daily lives.

Apparently it's working. This place is a full featured piece of art. Texture, landscape, design, terraform, vision: It's all here.

I'm using my current favorite Windlight preset. AM Radio's Nostalgia. (I just realized how appropriate that name is.) I love the aqua color of the water that this preset gives, and the blur of the horizon.

This picture is dedicated to my RL sister Emily. She began collecting sheep after she toured the British countryside, and although she has since moved on and no longer really collects them, she's stuck with the legacy. :)

Enjoy!

Minding My Own Business

2010-03-06T20:44:00.002-05:00

Just standing around, minding my own beeswax...

And before you know it, I'm flat on my ass. I swear I wasn't drinking. Er, well I won't swear, but I'm blaming it on the bridge. You see the gap there at my feet? Before you know it, it tried to eat my foot.

I won, but slightly embarrassed, I am. There was only one other shopper on the sim when I bit the dust, and I don't think she paid any attention. I'm just glad I spared my new dress. :)

Happy day, anyway!

Filtercam!

2010-02-19T13:35:00.002-05:00

Fun stuff, this Mechanizedlife.Com filtercam, which is having a Flickr contest as we speak. Below are my three entries, although they may not end up as my final entries. Hopefully I come up with something better and then I'll withdraw one and tag the better one. (If that's allowed?) I think the idea behind the contest is not so much entering a cool picture with a filter on top, but more about entering a cool picture with a filter that is inherently part of the image. That's just my interpretation. But based on that feeling, I don't think I've really nailed it. The fun part is this challenge of continually trying to take a 'winning' picture with angle, pose, setting and filter all coming together in an organic way. Something that is so natural and easy to do for some people, and so illusive for others. (Me.) Whatever it takes to feel stimulated, right? :)

Talking With Pigs will probably go. Although I like the angle, and the piggies who seem to really listen to me, the filter washes them out. Maybe I'll reshoot it. I could choose a new filter and/or maybe a new pose. Perhaps dance for them?

This one should go. I think it's boring. It makes a good profile pic, though. :)

This one is my favorite. It uses a textured filter which sort of reminds me of canvas. It's in the 'TV' section, I believe. I love that canvas texture.

If I get lazy, or if I just don't find the inspiration or the time, these are it. Contest ends on February 28th. Plenty of time.... :)

This Is The Tale...

2010-02-08T12:51:00.006-05:00

My dear friend Robin sent me a teleport to join him at Giardino di Arte Libera, for the opening day of a three week art installation. The artist is Rose Borchovski, and she has left me speechless with this endearing, simple story of one person's struggle within. The installation becomes the nightmare of Susa Bubble. Each picture on display evokes images of Susa's fears.

This is the Tail

of Susa Bubble

Who went to bed single

And woke up double.

Woke up as two

In her single bed.

Who are you? Who are you?

She said, she said,

There was no holding on after that

Some were happy, others sad

They all came in the same tiny size

Had short little fingers

And blue round eyes

All of a sudden, it stopped finally

And they ended up with thirty-three.

Rose says "My SL creation is a sweet but savage telling. About how single Susa doubles up. How she cannot handle to be out of balance, and despite her best willing to be good, Susa does bad and tumbles down, and with her all the other Susas." Your taxi is waiting... Happy day!

Alien Garden of Cosmic Delights

2010-01-29T05:00:00.003-05:00

Last night was a busy one in my house, but I took a break from the mayhem (nightly routine) to check out Scarp Godenot's new sculpture installation at Extropia. It's a depiction of alien plants growing with vigor and sort of taking over. In typical Scarp fashion, there was a lot of movement and shape and swirl. I forgot to ask him if his textures are derived from his rl photography. He usually does that.

It was pretty much a full house when I arrived, I'm guessing 40-50 people were there to support Scarp. He's behind me, sporting a cool look, ala McFly. Nestra is on the far right and Manx is also in this pic, but he's nothing but a brown blob of system hair. :/ That's what he gets for showing up late! Just kidding, I only arrived a few minutes before. :) Visit Alien Garden of Cosmic Delights if you get a chance!

Allie and Virginia

2010-01-27T22:30:00.007-05:00

This is what greets me each time I log in. Allie and Virginia, my little Ozimals bun buns. Of course there's Haiti too, but he's much less social. He's quite anti-social, in fact.

He's an alien bunneh, sold as a special edition for earthquake relief. He has six green eyes and 18 pupils. I'm actually trying to breed him with Allie, but she'll be in cooldown for seven more days. Thank goodness for the Ozimals Orations group. Those people know so much!

I initially thought I'd let Haiti live at my skybox, so I would have company up there. But he didn't like it. His happiness was in the teens and he refused to eat. Who knew these little guys could be so picky? He's doing much better now that he has friends on the ground. Allie is a half-a-lop, in the foreground. Virginia is a rex, I think.
Happy day!

Krissy Brings You Pandora

2010-01-26T23:20:00.007-05:00

Krissy Muggleston here! On location in beautiful Pandora and prepared to show you some RP that is "out of this world".

Content creators must have kicked it into high gear for the last three weeks, because this two sim, full prim RP community (specifically Pandora Magic and Pandora Hellsgate - there are several unrelated Pandora RP communities) is a stunning replica of James Cameron's vision. While I realize there's a strong debate between IP rights on behalf of Mr. Cameron and fan fun, this post isn't meant to shed light, persuade or impart any opinions. I'm no judge (although one's character speaks for itself). I'm just a patron of the arts and everything beautiful in SL. Moving on.

This is the flower that snapped shut when Jake touched it. In SL, it simulates that. Pretty cool.

The region is full of the Na'vi. I was denied access to the region countless times because the sim was full. The clothing, prim attachments and skins were impressive on these blue guys. I guess I was just taken by surprise at the range of content already available for this role play.

I felt like the tp landing point was a little overwhelming. But it's ok because all the important things like skin, clothing and accessories, landmarks, group memberships and RP huds are easy to grab before jumping in. Btw, the mutant animals below are Hammerhead Titanothere.

Sky Islands with falling water.

Don't be put off by the glow. As night fell in the movie, I sat in my seat in pure amazement. The folliage and flowers did something incredible and these sims do a fairly good job of emulating that.

Enjoy that! Happy day!

Lemondrop's Forest

2010-01-24T16:32:00.004-05:00

This is what I'm talking about! I love that feeling of landing somewhere new, and at first glance losing my breath. Feeling like there is so much to see and thinking 'where do I start?'. It's been so long since I've had that sort of experience. Bettina Tizzy delivered yet again, in the form of a notecard, with some landmark gems.

Lemondrop's Forest is a fairy's wonderland, (except for the Poops of Poopsburgh, but I digress). Lemondrop collaborated with her rl bestie, Photon Pink. The sim is designed with lanes and buildings and canals and waterways. And you just can't ignore that show-stopper tree. And when you think you may have seen everything, don't forget to jump down to water level. It's there you'll find water-ways and paths under the buildings, perfect for the gondola rides that are waiting. But heed this warning: Don't put your hands in the water. What with the pollution from Poopsburgh and the rumors of CHUDs living in there, it's just not worth the risk. But nevertheless, a beautiful way to see the sites.

The shack here holds the haunted piano. Always playing a haunted tune.

This is near the entrance to Poopsburgh, those stinky neighbors of Lemondrop's. According to the intelligence she's gathered, they are manufacturing poops from hydrogenated whale oil solids. They ship the irradiated poop around the meta-verse. No wonder it's so stinky.

A lot of surfaces here are textured with Lemondrop's very own uploaded chocolate foil wrappers. She gets them at a nearby Russian deli, gives the chocolates to Photon, and keeps and presses the foil wrappers. She's gathered a beautiful collection and they make delightful textures.

This picture was taken at 2:30am my time, (I know, right?!), after the most perfect guided tour anyone could ask for. The cutie tiny kitty is Joni, who told us stories of Finland and Tove Jansson. So with waffles, rice crispy treats, clown salami and a spot of tea, we chatted until we couldn't keep our eyes open.

And the next morning, over a rl spot of coffee for each of us, we did it again. Yay for SL!

77/365 - Life Is Good And Other Deep Thoughts

2010-01-18T12:31:00.004-05:00

I've been wondering what the future holds for SL blogs. Mainly the lifestyle blogs.

Is it really a viable medium now that friendships are made and cultivated in Plurk?

It seems the SL BLogosphere is feeling increasingly empty as bloggers become "Plurkers" and share commentary there and not here.

Landmarks, shopping tips, random thoughts and other bits of juicy information are going on someone's timeline instead.

I love to take inworld snapshots and display them here for all to see. I love the comments, tips and encouragement. But I can get that on Flickr.

So then why this? .....Because I've met some really great friends, (some who have crept into RL) and I've met some really cool sim owners.

And my eyes have opened to a lot of SL talent and content.

So I'll just keep on doing what I do. Sharing pictures, places and things. And hopefully more often then not. :)

365 - Missing Mile

2010-01-14T12:28:00.004-05:00

Here I am at Missing Mile again. And as I was standing in front of a tattoo parlor, I got held up at knife point. :/ I know, right? Minding my own business and all? Some dude put a knife to my throat and took me to this huge, abandoned warehouse. Since it was locked, he had to break in. I fully expected (hoped) alarms would sound and the MMPD would swarm in and save me. No such luck. Because I was kinda mouthy to him, he decided to tye my hands together and kick me to the floor. Ouch. Honestly, I was mostly ticked about my new couture shirt. So he finally told me what he wanted: To find the owner of the warehouse and hi-jack his drug cartel... aka, feed me to the wolves. But I agreed to do it, if it meant freedom. Plus he had bad breath.

I forgot how dangerous Missing Mile can be. Be very very careful if you visit. I'm afraid with the increased traffic recently, the crime is bound to increase as well. Take care.

Nala Kurka styled most of this outfit. Too cute! (-0- prim adjustments, woot!)

63/365 - Krissy of Yesteryear

2010-01-10T10:45:00.004-05:00

Because this particular meme fascinates me to see everyone's early days, I've gathered some memories of my own to compare. I even found some vintage Krissy things to try on. Will they still fit?

I recall the first time I saw prim hair on an avi. I immediately went into appearance mode thinking I could "fix" me, too.
I still remember my first linden currency purchase, as I sat at my rl kitchen table. -$L1000, which became a Friday routine.
I also remember when that $L1000 slowly started to escalate.
I spent three days trying to solve the mystery of unpacking a box, just so I could wear the pink Butterly babydoll dress pictured below. It was my very first Second Life purchase.
I spent the first six months living at Luna. I still go back now and then, kinda like driving by your childhood home to see how it's changed.
I spent the first NINE months refusing to get an AO. I preferred the duck walk over the Sexy Walk. AOs, like everything else, have come a long way.

This month marks three rezz years for me. I showed my hubby these two photos and said "Look at the difference!". For him, these were just two different photos of two different avatars. It seems that all the obvious phases of our evolution are mostly lost on outsiders. Btw, I'm so digging this Aoharu jacket.

Happy day!

62/365 - Of Poses and Sizes and Learning New Skillz

2010-01-04T22:59:00.005-05:00

I've been admiring Thema Felix's pictures ever since I met her, she's one of those creative types that make everything look so SIMPLE. So I asked her the other day if she would give me a tutorial, specifically to teach me how to make my blog pictures bigger without losing quality. And within a day she whipped up a notecard for me. I've a long way to go before I achieve my SL photography aspirations, but she took me about 10 paces forward. So now you can stop squinting at my pictures. They're BIG. :)

61/365

2010-01-03T17:54:00.005-05:00

The snap below was taken yesterday just outside of Tres Blah at Tableau. I'm using Annyka's Lavendar something preset. I love how it washes the whites out, but makes the colors pop. The picture to the right is a little number styled by Nina Fessbeinder, which I wore last night to a vaudeville themed shindig held by Casja Lilliehook and Gidge Uriza. I swapped out the stole that Nina chose for one that I already owned by Boom. I love how she chose to wear this dress without the attached flowers. The tiny little flexi ruffles on the short skirt are so sweet. I'm really digging this outfit, although I probably wouldn't have chosen it were it not for the Burlesque party. Blessing in disguise, it is. My hair was probably wrong for this genre. A sleek black bob, like the one I just purchased at Lamb (and whose name I can't remember) would have been better. Take care!

60/365 - Tableau - Village Americana?

2010-01-02T10:46:00.005-05:00

I *finally* ported into this place! It became an act of stubbornness on my part. I could have just decided to try again another day. But noooo, I was determined to see close up what I've been spying for the last week. As earlier observed, the prefabs are darling. The atmosphere is very (for me) small-town Midwest. Someone else mentioned that it was very Vermont-esque. I'm honestly not quite sure what their true inspiration is, but the colors are lovely and it's full of photo ops.

EDIT: Toast Bard: well its a mix of different things but Turnip says it looks most like Indiana.

There you have it! This Indiana Hoosier new her state when she saw it. :)

59/365 - You Can't Enter This Region Because The Server Is Full

2010-01-01T16:14:00.002-05:00

[12:42] Lizzie Lexington: did you get in
[12:43] Krissy Muggleston: not yet
[13:03] Lizzie Lexington: did you get in?
[13:03] Krissy Muggleston: nope
[13:03] Krissy Muggleston: sitting here reading the indy star as I try between paragraphs.

Pfff, I say. It could be my karma for peaking.

58/365 - All In A Day's Work?

2009-12-30T23:17:00.007-05:00

Seems the stress of designing, building and operating a small (but adorable) store in Second Life has taken it's toll on Mr. Tetuma Kawashima. He seems to be double-fisting it as he works on something glow-y that I derendered. I think he was passed out, actually. This dude is the creator behind Napoliy, which is next to +Mocha+ on the Paw Paw sim. Cute stuff.

57/375 - I Changed Clothes!

2009-12-29T11:12:00.008-05:00

My new favorite store happens to be R.icielli. Oh, "this ole place" you say? Talk to the hand. I'm completely fine living my slife five paces behind everyone else. ;) And given the traffic at R.icielli during my visit, this moment is no exception. :) My latest outfit was styled by Azure Electricteeth. (She's so cute.) And let me tell ya, this cardigan is so damn adorable! I'm on a tights kick too, so I look for styles with tights. This one incorporates some wild ones. Reminds me of a college instructor who used to wear some really crazy tights, during a time when they were pretty uncool. I hope she kept them. She's probably rocking them now. Thanks Azure, for featuring this get-up! Yay!

Enjoy!

56/365 - Much Ado About Hair

2009-12-28T02:55:00.003-05:00

My new favorite hair. Something playful. Not my usual style, but my favorite all the same.

Take care! <3

55/365 - Of 50 Linden Fridays and Fun Surprises and Merchants Who Have A Heart

2009-12-26T21:05:00.004-05:00

Here's another week-long outfit that I've been wearing. Although I try and try, I always seem to miss the 50 Linden Fridays sales. I either forget or don't manage to get logged in. And then I see the cute sale items as I scroll through the feeds, kicking myself for missing them. I was lucky this morning because many of the merchants still had their 50 LF vendors still available. Maybe this is common? Anyway, the fun surprise for me today was a store called ***So Many Styles***. This is probably one of those stores that everyone adores, and I've only just discovered. That would be normal for me. ;) The accessories really caught my eye. My introductory purchase at SMS was the L$120 Pearl Necklace in red, which I love. *Create Landmark Here*. Too bad I'm already on day five of this outfit, and about to change. The necklace was made for it.

Take care all!

54/365 - Krissy In Her Very Own Production Of....

2009-12-26T03:00:00.004-05:00

I use a skybox for the following reasons: To try on skins and shapes. Change clothes. And have a place to retreat when the lag seems bad. Therefore, my skybox requirements are minimal: A low prim box with rich textures to enjoy because I reserve about 95% of my prims for ground level. Somehow, and I can't really remember, I found the Shakespearean Theatre Skybox at Sanu. At first glance, it held no interest for me, but then I began to think: At 38 prims, (which can be reduced by removing the spotlights), this was really a low prim option for some eye candy when I'm 1500 meters up. At $L495 lindens, I decided to give it a go. I'm kinda glad I did. The textures are very nice. The curtains are scripted to open, half open, and close. The stage contains a built in pose. (Sometimes I use this instead of my pose stand.) The placard which displays a handful of Shakespearean plays can also display your own pictures. (Mine currently displays Yours Truly.) The backdrop can be changed also, although I'm quite satisfied with the default. Wanna check it out? Go here and be the star of your own show.

Enjoy!

53/365 - Winter Wonderland

2009-12-24T22:37:00.003-05:00

Although I gave advanced warning that I would always align my day of/365 with Chestnut's, I still feel like such a cheater! Ah well. I logged into SL briefly this morning to check some Loft notecards when Ahuva pinged me and said "Come ride a carousel with me!". Ok. Port me. - And I'm so glad she did. I found myself many meters in the sky surrounded by Martini Discovolante's winter escape filled with ice sculpture and snow. We rode around and around on this carousel while friends and friends of friends ported in and out. If you like taking snaps, experimenting with windlight presets, a filtercam or just want to have a look around, this taxi will take you to Winter Wonderland.

As my bum froze on a polar bear, I still managed a "come hither" pose.

The windlight preset I used is called 'Dusty'. It's my favorite. And it really worked well here. It made those blue trees really pop.

Merry Christmas - For unto us a child is born!

50/365 - A Sneaky Peak at Tableau

2009-12-21T10:50:00.005-05:00

Krissy is up to her old nosy tricks again. I found a choice spot to watch the Tableau progress, and let me tell ya, I can't WAIT until it's finished! I love this team's keen sense of humor. Remember the Post Secrets forest at the Bazaar? Or the Paris Hilton magazine in the toilet at the Bijou? Few others incorporate such a dry, satirical sense of humor into their sim design. And just a little heads up: The future home of Paper Couture is SO cool! And the new club hang-out is pretty neat, as are the many store builds. I hope they sell a variation of these builds. I'd actually be tempted to leave my Elate! Beach Cottage. I'm really looking forward to all the new secrets and hiding places to discover, too. I should shush now, because I really don't want to spoil the surprise.

But, if you are nosy like me, here's an optimal vantage point for your camming pleasure. Happy day!

49/365 - And Now Back To Your Regularly Scheduled Programming

2009-12-21T09:11:00.004-05:00

If you happened to pass through Krissy Lately in the last day or two, then you fortunately got to see a picture of my nephew. Because my sister Emily, intending to post to her REAL LIFE blog, posted on Krissy Lately instead. And I didn't notice it until this morning. Gah! I was at her house Saturday night and checked my Gmail, and apparently left myself logged in. How she managed to post two times plus one in draft before realizing something was amiss, who knows. *Hi Emily!* (She claims she doesn't read this blog.) Anyhoo...

This picture was taken at the future home of Pinky Leroux at the Trompe Loeil Prefabs. Cute stuff, looks promising. Happy day!

40 Something/365 - A Love/Hate Feeling For My Aircard

2009-12-18T07:57:00.003-05:00

This is a story all about an aircard. And how this picture came to be. You see, (and I know I've whined about this before), I live on 7 acres in the country, with nothing but woods and cornfields all around me. (I live in the state known for corn and basketball, can you guess it?) Anyway, in most ways this is bliss. Except for geeks like me who *depend* on internet access. And let me tell you, the options are very very limited on my road. Which leads me to the aircard. My service provider provisions me 5 gig of data through-put per month (which is common for aircards). My daughter can use this much on Stardolls. The consequence of going over is a capped data through-put for the following month. What does this mean for me? Every other month is a capped month. And when my month is capped, my SL existence is mostly clouds and bald spots. In fact, this picture was taken around December 9th, and it's the last time I've seen my avatar. I still log in and go about my merry way, and surprisingly textures render pretty well, but sculpts - forget it. So instead of having a month without pictures, I decided - what the heck. We've all been clouds and suffered baldness. Oh! One last thing: Coming soon - My new strategy for inventory control, and my new mission to be in control of it. Stay tuned! lol!

This actually was a good day, as most of the trees and furniture indeed rezzed for me. It's been downhill since then. Pay no attention to the Sex and Zen mags.

Songs Of Good Cheer, Christmas Is Here...

2009-12-07T12:47:00.001-05:00

29/365 - She's Baaaack!

2009-11-30T22:21:00.003-05:00

I'm back! Alright, I'm sure you didn't even notice, but the holiday got the best of me. Second Life sort of faded to the bottom of my list last week. It's cool though- lots of food, lots of shopping and lots of napping took it's place. (And chasing a two year old who recently began wearing glasses. Me - "Where are your glasses?!" Her - "I d'know".) Gotta love it.

23/365 - I <3 Socks!

2009-11-24T11:20:00.002-05:00

I'm going to express my thanks and gratitude for new socks at Kenzie&Co. Such a simple pleasure for me, I've spent so much of my SLT looking for the perfect socks. Call it a quest. Then Miss Kenzie plops them out with beautiful and natural shading in 26 yummy colors. Socks! They probably took Kenzie all of 10 minutes to make (because she's so good) and it makes my year. I found a pair of grey socks recently at another clothing store, and after two unanswered IMs to the store manager, I was disappointed and grey sockless. No longer! Thank you Kenzie Craven for making perfect socks! :))

22/365 - A Tour Of Krissy's Homestead

2009-11-23T11:47:00.003-05:00

I don't know where the days have gone, but I'm always on the same day as Chestnut and she says 22, so it's 22.

Because I'm a self-professed voyeur, one of my favorite types of blog posts are pictorial home tours. Even better when personal stories and thoughts accompany each picture. I've thought about offering a tour of my home, but I always gave this idea up because I didn't want the post to seem boastful. I've since gotten past that and decided to take some snaps. Aren't most of us a little proud of what we've put together for our little abode? It's an informal style of art and design, no? Not to mention all the linden coin we invest. ;)

After drifting from one prefab to another this summer, I finally found happiness in the Elate! Summer Beach Cottage. At the time of this purchase, it was the only prefab available. But indeed an excellent one, I look forward to seeing more.

I've recently been choosing some Christmas decorations to display. Because I have to be conscious of my prims, I'm choosing carefully which low prim items make the biggest impact. The lights are my favorite, I'm glad I saw them on Alicia Chenaux's blog. They are from Beloved Custom Designs. Btw, I made this front stoop. The prefab didn't include any type of front porch, so I made steps that coordinate perfectly with the back porch.

Awww I just bought this neko stone today at Mid-night Melody. The purchase includes 5 different versions of this stone, all with varying degrees of moss growth. I plopped some cosmos on his head for good measure. If you have a particular fondness for cats, let me know and I'll transfer one of my stones to you. Or better yet, go check out this store. Cute stuff!

My cottage from the back. I'm also lucky that my neighbor Anika has the most beautiful parcel of wild flowers for my viewing pleasure. :)

So let's go inside now, shall we? The Elate! Summer Cottage has 2 rooms. A large one, and a smaller one. I like big open spaces and I tend not to worry about bathrooms and kitchens so this suits me. I should mention that these walls are texture change too. The cottage is modify, so I've retextured the floors myself.

I love hardwood floors with area rugs, both in rl *and* SL. But I'm thinking, as I look at this picture, why didn't I put a glass of wine at the table with me??

A glass of wine is missing from this picture too. ;)

My favorite thing in this picture is the lamp. It was made by my friend and neighbor, Marcopol Oh of Marcopol Oh Studio. Almost every light or lamp in my home is his because they help me combine modern with shabby chic.

And the lamp deserves it's own attention. This feather lamp is a string of paper mache squares, each topped with a delicate white feather. How chic is that? I love it.

This is the second, smaller room in this cottage. I chose the wall color "red", as it's so muted that it looks like a dark pinkish mauve.

So there you have it. A look at my crib. Let's see yours! I would love the ideas and inspiration. :)

19 Or So/365 - Practice

2009-11-22T09:59:00.003-05:00

Last year I had a lot of fun making my Christmas card, and I'm already scouting locations for this year. These pictures were taken at Callie Cline's winter-y sim Stereo Vogue. I like the whitish washed-out background that contrasts with the dark hair and face. Although if I were to do these shots over again, I would ditch the purse. And btw, this skin is the new Tyrrany skin. I quite like it a lot. Ranks up there for me with Pink Fuel and Lelutka Eclat. Take care!

17/365 - Bend.... And Snap!

2009-11-19T22:56:00.003-05:00

Here is one reason I think Olive Juice is cool: (Any Cosmo girl would know...)

Please do not tell me you don't know the Bend and Snap.

16/365

2009-11-18T22:40:00.002-05:00

Wow. I've made it to day 16! Although I started at.... 5 maybe? Still pretty good for my track record. I saw Slaughter City mentioned by Marleen Vaughan and put it on my list of places to check out. I finally remembered to do so tonight. Looked pretty nifty from what I saw, I plan to go back as I didn't have a lot of time to explore tonight. Looking at the map it seems like the neighboring sims are all related but I'll find out more tomorrow. Also I didn't get anything cool like a slurl, but you can do a map search for Slaughter City and find it that way. More to come on this one. Take care!

P.S. Yes, I like to wear my clothes for several days at a time. When it takes me 45 minutes and 500+ lindens to put it together, I like to get my use out of it before it disappears in the inventory. Ha! *Maybe* I'll have something different on tomorrow. Or not.

15/365 - Let It Snow!

2009-11-17T23:32:00.002-05:00

It's Winter at The Loft! Bethany has been a busy little elf these days. Colleen, too. Be watching for a Subscribo notice soon, she has lots of Christmas goodies to share. (Sneak over there now, you'll see some of it on display already.) Happy day!

14/365 - Two Questions And A Picture

2009-11-16T11:21:00.003-05:00

I'd like to know if anyone has an answer to this: When I right click/edit an object that does NOT belong to me, (to see prim count, creator, etc) the edit window is empty. It never populates. Why oh why? This happened to me some time ago, but rectified itself and now has reemerged. This makes it SO inconvenient when shopping. I'm using the Emerald client. Am I the only one in this boat?

Also, a rl question: If anyone has experience getting a barely two year old to wear prescription glasses will you IM me inworld? I would love to hear your words of wisdom and lessons learned.

Check out Oberon Onmura's Storm Cells at Cetus and get your own cell named for you. The new Cetus makes me crazy with the alpha channel construction, I much preferred the old Cetus. Sigh. Oberon doesn't disappoint, though.

Happy day!

13/365 - Inventory Sorting

2009-11-15T21:53:00.002-05:00

A big THANKS to my awesome Loft customer Naomi, who let me get to a stopping point in my Inventory Abyss. I really hate it when I KNOW I own something, but can't remember it's name. Consider it lost at that point. Because unlike you organized types, I find things in my inventory with keyword searches. All stored in my head. And when a black tutu has neither the word "black" or the word "tutu" in it... how am I supposed to find it?? Pfff. I *did* find countless folders with names like: 'New Outfit 10/10/09' and 'New Outfit 8/5/09' and 'Next Outfit'. Yep, that's my filing system for ya. Because when I see something I love, I'm faced with two possible scenarios: 1) Come back and get it when I'm ready to wear it, but forget where I saw it. Or 2) Buy it and lose it in my inventory. So the logical thing to do is to make a 'New Outfit' folder. See? Although I admit, inventory rummaging can be fun. Several times I said to myself: "What the hell was I thinking?" and "I hope I didn't pay for that". But I also had several pleasant discoveries as well.

Maybe Nina will let me join her team? LOL! (Of course I'm kidding.)

Happy day!

11 and 12/365 - Missing Mile

2009-11-14T21:05:00.003-05:00

This dark rural community is one of my favorite places these days. I like how the RP is very laid back. And since the people make their own stories, you never know what you might find. Let's see... I witnessed a hold-up at Waffle Hut. I must say the manager and the waitress held their ground quite well. While I sat at a booth eating my pumpkin pie, they were facing off with their assailant. He eventually ran away. Then there was the time I walked through the trailer park. A drug deal gone south led to a thug holding a girl at gunpoint. Her two friends were trying to negotiate with him. As I recall he ended up leaving too. He sped off in his car, and then crashed into a building. In OOC chat he blamed it on the lag. Yeah right.

This picture was taken outside of a motel room rented by an old drunk named Clarence. Clarence has a beer belly and a bald head. He also has lines of coke on a table and toilet paper dragging from his shoe. He was quite a show.

Missing Mile isn't only an RP community. It's also residential, where you can live in a motel, trailer park or shack. All within walking distance of the town square.

Unfortunately, the town square has been vandalized. :(

Missing Mile is full of culture and entertainment. This "live entertainment" establishment is a fine choice.

Happy day!

10/365 I <3 My Genius Peepers

2009-11-12T12:17:00.002-05:00

Three weeks ago I spied eyeglasses on someone that caught my interest. They were slightly rock-a-billy but not too vintage. And best of all, they were PRIM lenses. I grabbed the creator profile and minimized, with the intention of checking them out later. Only I crashed. And lost the information. And forgot who the creator was. I spent the last 3 weeks on a quest for these babies. Last night I found them by accident at Miel. It's been one surprise after another, beginning with the price. $L185 for scripted, prim eyeglasses. A menu offers a selection of frame colors and lens colors in gradient or solid. If you feel like checking them out, you can find the them at Miel @ Cupcake.

Look who wanted to be in the picture! Silly bunny! Meet Tennessee. And although you can't really see it, in this picture I'm also wearing the option tape to hold them together. (Which also comes in numerous colors).

I prefer wearing mine as clear eyeglasses, but if you prefer sunglasses you have lots of options. This frame color is 'rose hips'. All colors are subtle metallic.

Happy day!

9/365 And A Trip Down Memory Lane

2009-11-11T12:11:00.003-05:00

To celebrate day nine, I've gone through the picture rchives and dug up some oldies but goodies. I'm so glad I kept these pictures because even though they make me shudder, I also find them nostalgic.

This is my first me after I figured out prim hair and skins. This is the freebie 'cherry-something' skin and I thought it was beautiful. I'm standing outside a club called The Lava Pit. One of the first lessons I learned is that businesses come and go in SL. I remember arriving one day to find The Lava Pit gone. I was so confused, I just *new* I teleported wrong.

This thing was my profile picture for the longest time. By this time I had bought a shape at Alady and a Vogue skin at Celestial Studios when it was nothing more than a kiosk outside of Last Call. I can't even count how many of these LC baby doll dresses I bought. And I have no clue where I am. I did a search for 'beach'. Because I wanted a tropical picture. Logical, right?

This is me from a couple weeks ago. Not so much a tribute to my styling as it is a testament to improvements in skin and hair. I wonder if I will ever look at this picture and shudder? This skin, btw, is the new LeLutka Eclat skin. It's my favorite.

Here's a good one. I was only about a week or two old. I wanted so bad to see "my girl". I didn't know how to move my camera, so the only pictures I could take where from behind. Memories...

Happy day!

8/365 Krissy Welcomes Her Ozimals Bunnies!

2009-11-10T08:07:00.003-05:00

Ozimals FINALLY opened their beta to the public yesterday. I promptly went to XStreetSL to get my Open Beta Pack for $L0. I've been so excited about these little guys, unlike other breedables. I like what Ozimals intends for them. The breeds, personalities, and colors are all very realistic. I have three little babies hopping through the tall grass and wild flowers of my front garden at the moment. I should mention that, during the beta, one cannot get too attached. When the beta is over, the bunnies will be deleted and new bunnies will need to be purchased.

If you want to learn more about these little guys, check out the following links. They explain it all better than I.

Meet Virginia. She's a happy little one, but very active. It took me forever to catch her so I could hold her for a picture. She has two brothers, CutiePie, a lop-eared, and Pupcake a Rex.

Happy Day!

7/365: 100prim Junk And Radioactive Daisies

2009-11-08T19:45:00.006-05:00

You spend a week wandering through this beautiful sim. You walk through the lush trees, admire the wild flowers, inspecting everything as you go. Buy something here and there and you take lots of pics. Then you find out this is all a facade for what lies beneath. Under the sea is where the real magic happens. Or science fiction rather.

Don't let this pretty place fool you...

Because underneath it all is an evil operation that grows plants in test tubes.

A close-up of the successful germination of radio-active daisies.

I snuck into the control room that oversees the test lab. Once the radio-active daisies become seedlings, they are planted here where they can be monitored for hardiness and vigor. The torpedos are a kind of garden statue.

This poor dog saw me through the window and begged me to rescue him. Poor thing. But they need the animals to simulate a radioactive daisy's life in a park.

I'm a little surprised that they carelessly left evidence of this highly controversial operation on the ground. But as I was telling my friend Thema that I have absolutely NO comprehension of science fiction, she reminded me that bloggers have imaginations. So radioactive daisies it is. :)

Happy day!

110prims Junk and 365 Days, Maybe?

2009-11-08T09:30:00.004-05:00

I've been spending lots of spare time this week at 110prims Junk. And I've realized something about myself: I think I have an obsession with trees. Ha! It's true! Every time I find interesting trees, I buy a batch, then replace the trees on my land. I get excited about buying trees. To each his own, right? I think I'm going to try participating in the 365 Days project. Except I'm modifying the rules just slightly: Whatever day Ches is on, that's what day I'm on. :) It will ensure that I'm not on day 14 when everyone else is on day 109. So, here's day 6 of 365. The first leg of my 110prims Junk tour.

See this amazing pinkish blue yellow orange tree? I had to have it.

Loads of poses are located through-out the sim that make picture-taking fun.

The windmill is for sale here. I almost bought it but decided it's just a little to primmy. 66, I think? On my meager 970 prim parcel, that's a lot.

The wildlife here is very relaxed and friendly.

On further thought, I may have to have that windmill.

This was a very scary bridge. I was brave to walk across it. Blanks were missing and it creeked.

I was pleasantly surprised to discover one of my new favorite clothing stores in this cabin. I just can't remember the name of it. LOL

Yep, I got the tree! It makes me happy. I think the windmill would fit nicely into my piece of country-side on the outskirts of Costa Rica, I just need to figure out where to conserve prims.

Happy day!

Reviewing the Reviewer: A Fashion Consumer's Perspective

2009-10-29T12:10:00.004-04:00

I get compliments constantly inworld about the outfits that I wear. I never hesitate to decline the credit, because my outfits almost always come straight from a fashion review post. I often joke that Nina Becker and Co. are my personal stylists. Who wouldn't love a Rachel Zoe putting together your next outfit in SL? However, there are indeed times that I'm disappointed after I've spent 45 minutes porting all over the grid to piece an ensemble together. We all know that there are simply times when a piece looks better in pictures. Also frustrating are those times that I simply cannot find an item pictured. So I thought it might be fun to show off some of my winners and losers. Having said that, I'm going to start out with a winner.

I found this outfit on SL Fashion DIVA. See the original post here for the fashion details. (I'm not a fashion blogger, just a fashion consumer). I had just purchased the !O Feather Cardigan at the Designer's United event, which has a similar neckline, and already owned the Armidi Tweed pants and Bax boots, which also look similar, so no need to locate Surarin's choices there. What I really needed were the jacket and that scarf! I found the jacket right away at Coco, and I am pleased to say that I needed zilch.zero prim adjustments. Yay for that! The attachment points needed for this jacket include the stomach, chest, forearms and upper arms. Small warning: the chest sculpted attachment misaligns in the very smallest way to the shoulders, but it's only visible at certain camera angles and would be subject to your shape. Wearing the jacket gave me a warm-fuzzy that this was a winning purchase. Next up: The scarf. Switching over to shoparmidi.com, I located the scarf, in that beautiful lavendar. (I couldn't even talk myself into another color). The scarf also used the chest for an attachment point. Although I could have used Chest2 via the Emerald viewer, I decided to attach the scarf to my spine. My last deviation (other than the hair which I seldom include) is the clutch I found in the lucky chair at Bare Rose. How on earth does Bare Rose make such primtastic handbags for so cheap? Anyway. I think this outfit is super versatile - I already had similar pieces of it which gave me a head-start. It's also very wearable. My AO likes it, and that's important! If I were to rate this outfit on a How-Many-Days-I'll-Wear-It scale, it gets a full week. Gives me time to scope out my next look. :) Happy Day!

Burn On!

2009-10-23T12:09:00.005-04:00

Have you checked out Burning Life yet? Please do. The builders have outdone themselves. Seriously. They've raised the bar of excellence toward creativity. And the best part is that I've experienced almost NO lag! And sim crossings have been so smooth sometimes I don't even know when I've crossed one. I love events like this because as much as I love seeing the creativity, I'm also a voyeur at heart. LOL! I admit, I like to people-watch... to see what they look at and where they go next. I literally followed a group of avatars who were all wearing the tag 'Art110' and were all recently rezzed. Nosy me, I spoke to one of them, who explained they were all participants in a college course. They were studying virtual art. This was their class. How cool is that?

This is part of Scarp Godenot's Man Versus Woman campsite. 749 prims, this is. (Scarp loves his prims) Like a strand of DNA, the prims wind their way to 150 meters (I'm guessing, I can't actually remember) with stations along the way that share notable quotes from famous men and women. Very tongue-in-cheek, and very Scarp. I think he's even using his photography for the textures. In RL he's a commercial artist and also sells some of his photography in SL.

Misprint Thursday never ever disappoints me. Even if she hadn't invited me to her shin-dig and even if I weren't already a fan, this build would have still made my short list. Candlemania has all the qualities that appeal to me: movement, interaction, and depth.

Oh gosh, don't shoot me. I forgot to get the artist's information for this one, I don't even remember his name! I loved this little campsite though, it reminded me of Mudshake. (Who knows, maybe it's Iso's alt?) Anyway... it's a good one and happens to be near Scarp.

This build is my FAVORITE, so far. Call me what you will, but I am enthralled by these creatures. They are whimsical, colorful, BIG and technically the primwork is tops. It may not be intellectually stimulating for some, but it's very fascinating. The artist, Yoa Ogee, used 1320 prims to make 'Friends Are Everywhere!'. This is just one of two campsites Yoa has at BL. I also plan to visit his shop in the very near future. I heart him.

Happy day!

Have You Checked Out Bentham?

2009-10-14T12:22:00.003-04:00

Have you checked out the Bentham Haunted Forest yet? Many have described it as spooky, although I am more inclined to call it 'enchanted'. Windlight lovers will be in Heaven here. The creator of this forest is Andrek Lowell, who is also responsible for Chakryn Forest. There are four different quests to complete with completion prizes at the end, plus a few hidden crates that contain gifties. Andrek says on the NPIRL blog that he intended for these quests to be a little more difficult then those at Chakryn. I remember being so proud that I finished those. I'm hoping this time I can at least finish ONE. The problem I've discovered is that because I pick up anything that looks like a quest item I can't tell which item goes to which quest. Just a little tip: Create folders for each quest, or only work on one quest at a time. If you haven't checked this place out GO NOW. :) Happy day!

Bentham Haunted Forest

2009-10-12T12:20:00.002-04:00

A couple pics of my first visit to the Bentham Haunted Forest. I'll post more detail tomorrow or so...I only popped in just now for quick look around. I'm so excited to explore this place!

The Rose Theatre

2009-10-03T21:42:00.002-04:00

Having been a Second Life resident now for almost three years, sometimes I think I’ve seen it all. But each new place has something unique, and The Rose Theatre is no different. This is a sim-wide venue for live performances, productions and exhibitions. Every square inch of this sim is meticulously, flawlessly pleasing to the eye. The landing point is situated just in front of the theatre. From here one can meander through the gardens or proceed with entry to the theatre. The gardens are full of serene vistas overlooking the ocean, beautifully-kept flower beds, exotic animals and lovely areas to sit and chat over wine or coffee or whatever drink you choose. Photographers will especially love the stunning Windlight possibilities. With gardens like this, what can one expect from within the theatre? Pixel grandeur on the largest scale, that’s what! The owner, Kaya Angel, has quite a talent for building, texturing, terraforming, etc. This man basically designed, created and rezzed this massive project almost entirely himself. He created nearly everything, including the trees. It was a ‘wow’ moment for me to realize this was a place he built from scratch. His real life skills for event and performance planning have served him well in Second Life. The Ball Room and the Opera House both have massive stages with beautiful lighting. The Ball Room contains table and chair seating around the perimeter at both the lower and upper levels, with room for dancing near the center. The Opera house provides theatre seating both at the lower level and balcony for those live performances. On the main floor, Kaya Furniture occupies a wing, and also sponsors The Rose Theatre. At Kaya Furniture you will find many of the fine furniture found throughout the build. Upstairs, the Grand Hall can be rented for private parties, weddings and other functions as well as artist exhibitions. The Rose Theatre can also be used by theatrical SL groups and artists for free. There is so much to see and do at The Rose Theatre. Be prepared to spend some quality time for picture taking, inventory sorting and right clicking; because you will not want to leave after you arrive. You’ll pick out a lovely bistro seat over-looking the ocean, and then perhaps get lost in IMs. Check out The Rose Theatre’s website for numerous teleport points as well as dates and times of scheduled performances and functions.

A Day At The Giant Snail Races

2009-08-29T21:38:00.005-04:00

I tried for two weeks to visit the Giant Snail Races. They only take place on Saturdays and last Saturday I blew it. (Forgot, even after looking forward to it all week, arriving early to get familiar with the sim layout, and then warning my family that I had to be on the laptop at 2pm my time.) I would have forgotten again this past Saturday too, but my hubby reminded me. "Don't forget your snail races at 2" I swear he did. How funny is that? Anyway, thank goodness because I made it just at the end of the first heat, which is the beginner race. The second heat is for the intermediate snail racers, and the third heat is the advanced racers. So after I arrived and rezzed, I picked up my fan gear and picked out a seat. It was time to choose a snail to cheer for. Each snail is a different color, and has been modded slightly by it's avatar - all in the spirit of cheer and competition. My personal favorite was a rainbow-shelled snail with a salt shaker on his back. It shook out salt as he moved. Continuous good luck, I think. The snails must complete an obstacle course in record time. Sitting on the color coordinating observation bench allows you to move around the course with your snail. A white stationary bench which remains at the start/finish line is provided for those people who prefer it or need it due to computer limitations. The lag made the snails appear to do some crazy things, and also made picture-taking a challenge. Of course all picture-taking is challenging for me so you can imagine. The race course is really clever. The first obstacle includes a bridge with falling pieces... and if the snail falls through the bridge, sharks and Spongebob await. The maze and village are next, followed by wooden spoons that flip the snails through the air toward the finish line. Fireworks and particles celebrate the finish. Soon you will be able to turn your winning snail picks into profit as the bookie window will be opening soon. What a fun time! All told, it was about an hour from start of the first heat to the end of the last. You can view past Giant Snail Races from SLCN here. Or, you can view the weekly standings here. But don't let that stop you from watching it live. I encourage you to mark it on your calendar: Every Saturday, at 11:00am SLT. Happy day!

Here the Giant Snails are taking position behind their gates.

Just after shotgun, the snails are clammering to cross the tile bridge first. As each snail passes over it, tiles fall.

Having crossed the bridge and gone through the maze, they are headed for the mountain village. See me waving my flag? The the penants were scripted with several "fan" animations. Cheering, jumping, yelling...

The pink snail is preparing to land in a wooden spoon, which will toss him through the atmosphere toward the finish. (I think that's the blue snail just about to land)

And the race is over... the snails gather in relief. This particular finish was the second race. See the salt coming out of Kumi's salt shaker? Cute.

The Grand Odalisque

2009-08-27T13:09:00.002-04:00

By now you've probably heard or seen the amazing wonder that is the Grand Odalisque. It's the most unbelievably real sculpted human I think SL has ever seen. Not only that, but the artist is a mystery too. 3D Soup is the creator, and their profile says that the account is no longer used. Rumor has it that Light Waves could very well be the actual creator. It makes me wonder if our skin creators in SL have begun to experiment with photo-realistic texture. The Grand Odalisque is extraordinarily seemless. Looking at her closely, she has stretch marks, freckles and calluses on her elbows. Her hair could be improved though, but that's not the artist's focus, I guess. As my friend Yohann and I were studying her, we began to make general observations. For example, I think she's approximately 50 years of age. She has crows feet, and thin eyelids. (I'm kind of observant like that). I mentioned that I felt sorry for her, because she gets an audience while she tries to take a nap. But in all honesty, and Yohann says this is a very odd idea, I really feel like she's more of a science experiment on display. She's dead, preserved and we are at the Science and Industry Museum in Chicago looking at the wonders of preservation. I'm not normally so morbid, but napping people don't leave a crowd speechless and in awe. Napping people generally don't attract a crowd to begin with. If you have a chance to visit the Grand Odalisque (an odalisque is sort of a slave or chambermaid to the wives of a sultan), I would love to hear your perceptions of her. Enjoy!

I should mention these photos are not retouched.

Today I returned to get the slurl, and took another photo of the specimen girl and all her observers.

How Do I Love Thee?

2009-08-11T11:58:00.003-04:00

Let me count the ways in which I love Costa Rica Sims!

I love my parcel. This has been my home for the entire 10 months of my CRS residency. No sand for me thanks, I want green grass and trees. Gian found something for me right next to a rainforest, which for this Midwestern girl, is NPIRL! Most of my sim neighbors have been around longer than I. (Hi Anika, Alex and Ruffie!) Other sim neighbors have come and gone, but remain friends. (Hi to you too, Stokely and Maurice!) Anika and I have actually connected our parcels with a winding stone walkway. I think we share the same sentiment: We enjoy showing off our labors of love. So visitors and non-residents: Feel free to use my pixel pool! I don’t care! I won’t ban you! J (Now my skybox, on the other hand, is equipped with a lovely security orb – I’m not 100% free-will.)
Why did 57 NEW residents called CRS home in July? Could it be the immersive beauty everywhere you look? From rainforest, shopping, beaches, boating, scuba, YOU NAME IT, the standard for realism is unsurpassed. There’s a reason residents don’t terraform at CRS.You can’t maintain such a high standard for design when you let residents like ME use the terraform tools. (Right Pippi?) And what would Rawly do without my bi-weekly ping? “Hi Rawly – Don’t shoot but…” I’m quite sure I make his day.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height. And you will love it too, if you attend the 1^stAnnual Costa Rica Sims Regatta on September 12^th. The marina is breathtaking. Wear something sailor-ish – you’ll want to take snaps.

Five national parks?! Are you serious? That would be a yes. CRS offers five different national parks, based on the rl counterparts in Costa Rica. Volcan Tenorio National Park is my neighbor, and also my favorite park at CRS. Numerous rivers, waterfalls and wildlife abound, making this a great place for pictures, quiet time or simply exploring and listening to nature.

I love being just a few sims away from an amazing shopping district, (over 40 stores). And I love the atmosphere of this marketplace. It’s eye candy.

In the real life Costa Rica, Las Baulas National Park is a nesting site for the Leatherback turtle. Here the Leatherbacks are protected from poaching. And in SL, Las Baulas also supports the Leatherback. In July, $L4,590 was collected for the rl Leatherback Turtle Campaign.

How can a 60 sim estate maintain 98.7% occupancy during a global recession? How can they continue to add sims, residents and stores each month during this suffering economy?It’s about having the real-life entrepreneurial and management skills that our estate owner can translate into this virtual world. Having impeccable bookkeeping is another reason. No $L1 parcels for sale here, and that’s ok. Because we know that’s a sign of a house of cards – one wrong move and the whole structure collapses. An Executive Team that is always looking for opportunities and always at the beck-and-call of CRS residents… Yep, that’s part of it, too.Not to mention community-building events hosted by the Costa Rica Ladies’ Society as well as group chat that’s not too chatty, but always helpful and always entertaining. Pictured below in the background is the Estate Mansion.

And finally, (I’m such a simple girl to please), I love this darn Taxi hud! I permanently wear this hud and use it all the time. The Taxi hud offers teleports to 35 different map points across CRS. It’s copy/transfer so ping me inworld if you want one.

Check out the website for more pictures, Resident Resources, Land For Sale, and the monthly status report. Because there are 100s of reasons to love Costa Rica Sims not mentioned here: horseback riding, Club E-Co, the cattle farm, Estate Mansion, white water rafting, and whale watching just to name a few. Happy day!

SLon des Refusés 2009

2009-08-05T12:30:00.004-04:00

Opening tomorrow is a great exhibit hosted by Brooklyn Is Watching, for the salon des refusés, those artists nominated for the Brooklyn Is Watching Year One 30 Best, but did not pass the voting process. (ie, the brilliant rejects). See here for opening and closing reception details which include a performance by Tuna Oddfellow. I've been a fan of BiW for a very long time, as they've blogged and pobcasted my good friend Robin's work numerous times. If you aren't familiar, they are the SL presence for the RL museum Jack The Pelican Presents, in Brooklyn NY. Their sim in SL is a place for artists to rezz their works in the hopes of attracting the eye of the museum panelists, many of which are curators at RL museums, including MOMA. It always fascinates me that they seem to really *get* the artists. Robin always has to explain to me the messages and inspirations of his pieces. BiW knows. They see it immediately. It's a show of art appreciation that they want to honor somehow those artists that did not make it through the voting process. The final five artists for Brooklyn Is Watching Best of Year One are: Dancoyote Antonelli, Glyph Graves, Bryn Oh, Selavy Oh, and Nebulosus Severine. Legends. I'm really really proud of Robin, he's humble and quiet and turns out these amazing pieces and gets so much joy when others appreciate his work. I'm lucky that he has transitioned into a RL friend.

The exhibit is set up to showcase the artist's work in shadow boxes. So clever. Robin's box is in the far upper right corner. Many boxes were still empty as of last night, as the exhibit doesn't open until the 6th of August.

I just had to take a picture of Soror Nishi's tree. She's so cute.. her trees are adorable.

Le Club De Copain

2009-08-03T14:29:00.003-04:00

I'm really excited to share my experience with this new club, Le Club De Copain. It's just what the doctor ordered, in my opinion. It all began for me as I was hanging out with my good friend Nick at his home in Dans les Montagnes. (Remember the little French village filled with unique shops and residential parcels tucked away in the mountains?) Walking over to the club while it was empty, Nick and I looked around, inspected, and generally checked the place out. Owned by Jonas Lunasea and Charley Trenchcoat, it's inspired by a combination of the places at which Jonas has performed IRL. New Orleans and Speak Easy NYC meets industrial....basically his dream club. Jonas shops, Charley decorates. As you enter, be sure to click on the subscribo at the entrance for DJ dance parties and live show announcements, as well as awesome gifties from SL designers - "only good shit" as Jonas says. This is where they host parties all the time, and where Jonas headlines. He's a dancer/singer IRL, currently performing in the Rocky Horror Picture Show which runs until mid September. He's happy, he's talented, he engages everyone in the audience... listen carefully he may slip your name into his lyrics. Hands down, my favorite performer in SL.

Check out that crystal cut-glass decanter set...

Krissy, Nicky, Jonas /dies! Charley looks kinda guilty.

The upstairs loft area began as their apartment, but has been converted into an art gallery.

A launch party for Emil Junge's exhibit at Le Club De Copain, and the club was absolutely PACKED. I didn't get pictures though, didn't want to push my luck with the lag....

Enjoy! Happy day!

More Prim Wonders by Bryn

2009-07-12T21:02:00.003-04:00

I couldn't help myself. As I went through Rabbicorn *again*, with my friend Robin, I noticed yet more details that I had to take pictures of.

This is a dead fly. If you look closely at it's body, you'll see a white fan shape. This was a moving prim. Also on the body are the images of a roboboy and an angel figure.

And that dead fly was located in this TV tube. I wonder if anyone else noticed it...

See the steampunk glasses on the table?

Each hinge of the glasses had 2 spinning black gears. How do people work with prims that small?? lol Enjoy!

Rabbicorn: My experience

2009-07-11T22:03:00.002-04:00

I'm always hesitant to write about an event as big as Bryn Oh's opening of Rabbicorn. In fact, I usually don't. I know the blogosphere is already saturated with reviews, most of which is articulated better than I can do. So I'll just post some pictures and try to describe how the Rabbicorn story and exhibit made me feel.

In each tableau (as I heard them called), there is a fairy tail, 3D experience. I've heard it said many times, it's like a 3D picture book. So true. But let me say, if you go, be sure to cam close into every detail. One of Bryn's trademarks is her teeny tiny prim work and how they are incorporated into the overall build. (As opposed to jewelry, where the entire ensemble is tiny.) This is definitely a place that should rezz entirely for best experience. Bryn loves her prims. ;)

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This is the cutie Bryn waiting at the beginning of the story to great her guests. Imagine my frustration when I looked at my images later only to discover my stupid interface! Ah well. I'll live.

The star of the show is behind Bryn on the table. Btw, it seems obvious, but a rabbicorn is a cross between a rabbit and a unicorn. :) The particles above the table are the teleport to the next part of the story. Also near is the page containing Part 1. You can cam to read, or click and receive a texture. (Again, stupid interface)

"what are you?"

The boy said to her

The rabbicorn thought

Then replied "i am not sure"

"Can I ride you

Like my bike?"

"I bet you could

If that's what you'd like"

This is a super close up of the Robogirl. If you look at the Robofly's head, he has a teeny tiny little moving prim. Also moving is the music box, which whirls.

And here is the Robogirl, almost my size.

This would be a great exhibit to check out, if you are typically no interested in Sl art. And this would be a great exhibit to check out, if you live for this stuff. Just a tip: This slurl takes you to the introduction. While facing the book, go right to proceed. That will help. ;) Enjoy!

Of Freakshows and Circuses... and Pornosophy?

2009-07-06T12:18:00.004-04:00

As much as I love art, and get excited when I'm invited to previews of new installations (usually via NPIRL), I must say the most recent installation that was before me left me speechless. It's debut was April 6th, and because I knew it had a pornographic theme, I debated about going. I envisioned a fetish atmosphere with images of things I wouldn't imagine in my worst nightmares. Kinda like the time I walked around the Deviant shopping village and couldn't believe my eyes. Well anyway, I went yesterday. And it was just as I imagined, the images were very very graphic. But I don't know I can't really explain it, there was something also very provocative about them. Something artistic maybe? Loglady Loon has captured something in these images and I don't know if it's irony, or what, but I found myself looking at each of the images trying to understand what ironic message it was sending. Of course at first glance it's just plain porn. But I dunno, there's something beyond that that Loglady Loon has managed to evoke. The "sister" installation is called Freakshow, and it contains images of some freaky stuff. And yet again, provocative in some way. I would encourage you to check it out, if you dare. Be warned, it is very very adult in nature. I only tell you this: If you do choose to go, be prepared to spend some time looking at the pictures individually. If you can't do this, then there's no point in going really, at a glance it will just be a bunch of SL porn. And you can find that on Flickr.

This carnival, which I *think* is part of the Freakshow exhibit was rather fun. And these are pictures I can actually publish. :)

PreFabulous by Forni and Amo: Go look!

2009-07-03T10:22:00.003-04:00

You know how sometimes you go to a store you've never seen before, and the quality is stellar, and the traffic is 4000+ so you figure you must be the only one who didn't know the place existed? Well I had one of those times last week, and I'm still excited. Long story short, I decided to make some changes on my parcel. I've lived in the same Botha for six months now, and we all know how many rl years that equates to. So I cleared my parcel and started new. I grew trees and wildflowers all over, and hid the adorable Shoe Shiner's House near the back. I also wanted a new skybox so I hit Xstreetsl. Somehow I came upon The Newport beach house by PreFabulous. Although this wasn't on my list, I decided to check it out in-world. It intrigued me. And this is when my utter shock and excitement began. I couldn't run around this place fast enough looking at all the designs. The textures are just so rich! Shadoes and light and detail... it's really beautiful work. So now I'm totally in love with this Newport beach house, which is really annoying because I just dropped 3500L on the cottage. Grrrr... So my idea of a little cottage in the forest probably won't last long. I'm counting the days until I no longer feel guilty for moving on to the next idea.Click here for a taxi to PreFabulous. Enjoy!

This is the adorable Newport beach house. Check out those hurricane shutters! Reminds me of my favorite Destin restaurant, The Lucky Snapper.

This is skybox heaven for anyone who loves skyboxes. There's one for every style, I assure you.

Krissy's Drama

2009-07-02T12:36:00.003-04:00

Ok, well the title is misleading. I don't have drama. But, upon the recommendations of Ahuva and Chestnut, I dropped by the opening celebration for Honour McMillen's Drama Dolls. These dolls are sooo dang cute! It was hard to decide which one to buy, they are all so fun. And she has made a ton of them to choose from. In the end, I bought a Drow.. because I liked her ears. Although I'm not exactly sure what a Drow is really.

[9:17] You Know Who You Are: Hello, what's on your mind?

[9:17] Krissy Muggleston: You made me think we were friends. But in the end, you were only testing me.

[9:17] You Know Who You Are: asks You mean me?

[9:17] Krissy Muggleston: Yes!

[9:17] You Know Who You Are: says What?

[9:17] Krissy Muggleston: pfff

[9:17] You Know Who You Are: asks Me?

[9:17]Krissy Muggleston: Yes!

[9:17] You Know Who You Are: says I'm shocked!

[9:17] Krissy Muggleston: You shouldn't be!

[9:17] You Know Who You Are: says No!

[9:17] Krissy Muggleston: Yes!

[9:17] You Know Who You Are: hopes that you're talking to somebody else!

[9:17] Krissy Muggleston: pfff

[9:17] You Know Who You Are: hates this!

[9:18] Krissy Muggleston: whateva

[9:18] You Know Who You Are: cries You must be mistaken!

[9:18] Krissy Muggleston: you make me mad. >|

[9:18] You Know Who You Are: I am no better than a slug! I should have behaved better. [9:18] You Know Who You Are: I don't deserve anybody as wonderful as you!

[9:18] You Know Who You Are: I am entirely to blame.

[9:18] You Know Who You Are: I'm ashamed of my behaviour.

[9:18] You Know Who You Are: I realize now that being inconsiderate is a stupid way to behave. [9:18] You Know Who You Are: I sincerely regret my actions and I will always feel bad for hurting you.

[9:18] You Know Who You Are: Thank you for giving me the chance to apologize!

[9:19] You Know Who You Are: I deserve to suffer for causing you pain! I am a failure as a drow! [9:19] You Know Who You Are: Please accept my apology!

Weeeell... ok. I accept. Because I'm nice like that. :)) I won't show you what You Know Who You Are's final fate was... I'll let that be a surprise for you to discover with your own Drama Doll. Enjoy!

Sassy Girl!

2009-06-18T20:55:00.005-04:00

I've mentioned several times on this blog and also on What The Fug! my opinion that child avatars can look good. I've actually seen some really beautiful child avatars that made me wish they could all look that way. And so there I was at Curio, picking up a skin, totally engrossed in my choice. As I look down and to my left, there she was. A little girl standing just near me, blowing raspberries at me! I'm sorry but it was cute. Her avatar was very well put together. The picture isn't great but I had to hurry before she stopped. LOL

Happy Birthday To You, You Live In A Zoo...

2009-06-17T12:02:00.002-04:00

Well it's birthday time again for Second Life. The big 6! The artists/creators/exhibitors are feverishly setting up their installations at SL6B as we speak. My dear friend Robin Moore procured an exhibitor's group invite for me, since I'm "on his build team". ;)) It's been really fun for me to wander the sims looking at progress. Sometimes wondering where something is going conceptually, and sometimes asking myself 'are they done with that?'. /me looks at Manx Wharton.. ;) I would never critique an artist, at least out loud, because I'm not so art-savvy that I can always see the vision or the message. I tend to interpret art at face-value, which probably shows that I'm a novice in this way. Robin's parcel is in good company, Manx is his neighbor, as is Misprint Thursday. My good friend Kolor is near another buddy, Scarp Godenot. It's fun to check out what my friends are doing and also see the artists that I admire from afar.

Robin's install contains a hand dropping down his diaramas onto the ground. Robin's diaramas have been featured many times at Brooklyn Is Watching, Chakryn Forest and Tonight Live. He shares a gallery, Mirage In My Mind, with Kean Kelly, both of whom have great items for free. (Actually, all of Kean's items are free.)

Kolor's install is so cool. Standing near the silver dots, you can draw shapes by left clicking. The dots form your drawing.

And when the dots form your drawing, so do the corresponding prims which are way larger than life. Kolor and I had fun exploring the SL6B, we agreed it was more fun when it's almost empty... kind of like being at the circus before it opens.

And Mr. Scarp Godenot's crazy sculpture is a fun one. I tried to illustrate how it radiates light from within, but we all know my photog skills.

This is an install by Rusalka Writer. I don't know this person, but I really really like SL scultpures that include people, and this one is a shining example.

Bryn Oh has a small installation at SL6B, which seems to be a preview of an installation that will be starting on IBM 3 in July.

That's it for my SL6B wanderings for now... Enjoy! :)

The Dorian Day Spa: A Perfect Day In SL

2009-06-15T20:21:00.002-04:00

What is my perfect day in Second Life? Well funny you should ask Miss Alicia, organizer of the Big Bad Blogger Challenge 2009! I only just enjoyed a weekend of pampering and relaxation at the wonderful and beautiful Dorian Day Spa and highly recommend it! My weekend started out with a mani/pedi, at the hands of the skillful Gertie Packbiers. From the moment I arrived, she made me feel welcome and comfy. My appointment began as I chose my nail color, and Gertie washed her hands, before showing me to my seat. The mani/pedi took about 45 minutes and included a wonderful hand massage and foot massage. Gertie stayed in RP the entire time despite our chats about furniture (Dorian is largely furnished by The Loft), and whatever else popped up in conversation.

Here I am, wearing the complimentary pedicure slippers while my toenails dried.

Admiring my new pedicure. Actually, the funny story about these shoes is that I purchased them not knowing they had prim toes, which I had never owned. As they rezzed on my feet I was shocked and surprised to see them, and immediately fell in love. :) These are from COCO.

On Sunday I returned for a back and shoulder massage. Gertie again was my attendant/massage therapist. We walked to a nearby cabin where I was offered a robe to change into. After taking my position on the massage table, Gertie went to work.

[13:15] Gertie Packbiers notices knots in your right shoulder and lower left back.. I'll work on these two areas specifically today, Krissy.

[13:15] Krissy Muggleston: thank you ツ

[13:16] Gertie Packbiers begins to work her thumbs deep into the right lateral shoulder muscles, creating waves of breaking tension.

During this relaxing appointment, we had an unexpected visitor. The security system that Gertie had enabled didn't quite work as expected and a visiting avatar approached our little cabin, and then walked on in. I must say, Gertie did her best to mitigate this situation.

[13:21] Mavors Dryke has entered chat range.

[13:21] Gertie Packbiers: Sir this is a private massage

[13:21] Krissy Muggleston: omg!

[13:21] Krissy Muggleston: I only have a robe on!

[13:21] Gertie Packbiers: please return to the reception area

[13:21] Mavors Dryke has left chat range.

[13:21] Krissy Muggleston: lol

[13:21] Gertie Packbiers throws a large towel over Ms. Muggleston

Toward the end of this 45 minute massage, I found myself in an IM. Gertie was kind enough to assume that I was sooo relaxed that I fell asleep. :) After gently "waking me up", she showed me to the outdoor shower, where I took a post-massage shower to wash away the toxins that this amazing massage released. The Dorian mainly works by appointment only but they've been more than accomodating with rl/sl scheduling. Check them out soon!

Polyvore: My New Addiction

2009-06-14T13:19:00.003-04:00

Thanks to my great friend Emerald, I've a new addiction, and one that has been keeping me away from this blog. And what better time to share this addiction then the kick-off to Alicia's BBB Challenge. Polyvore is a totally unique creative outlet that illustrates one's creativity and yet keeps the methods and techiques simple. No Photoshop skills needed! One can create the most amazing, complex sets (collages) using all of about 6 tools. Go here to read Em's description of this site. Polyvore uses the same framework as Flickr and Koinup, whereby your sets and collections are published for others to vote on and comment on. You can collect favorites and contacts and enter your sets in groups and contests. With each new set that I create, I improve. I prefer the artistic expression category, but if fashion or interior design is your thing, there's a place for you too.

This is my personal favorite, although it's received fewer views or favorites then any others... Ah well.

This one is a little homage to my girls, who love Mamma Mia as much as their mom.

I would be remiss if I didn't share some of my rl sister's sets also. She's WAY more artistic then I am.

Her SL self:

So there you go... my latest obsession. And to answer Ali's BBBC question, I've been blogging just over a year, as it was last year's BBBC that helped me dive in and get started. I've met some great people through blogging, and some of my favorite SL friends have come about that way. So YAY Gahum, Ahuva, Perion, Meara, Lizzie, Emerald, Kristian and still numerous others that I've had the pleasure to meet and call friend! Woot!

The Cyber Trekker

2009-05-20T13:02:00.004-04:00

Some how I found The Second Life Great Expedition, a great off-beat blog, and wanted to share. I just find it really amusing to see Second Life through the eyes of this self-titled cyber trekker by the name of Robert1236 Jua. He captures mundane places, people and moments in SL as an explorer in a foreign land. His trademark screenshots of each moment in time make me see SL almost as an oddity but yet they always remind me why I became fascinated in the beginning. He makes short but thought-provoking observances about things that I often take with a grain of salt. I like that. I especially like his series of posts whereby he captures common moments in Second Life such as applause, opera and folk music. Enjoy... :)

Update: I just tried looking up Robert1236 Jua inworld and that name doesn't exist! I then checked out his snapshots for his name and guess what?! He's hiding his identity! Well that annoys nosy Miss Muggleston. I had a secret experiment to carry out: To transfer L$40 lindens to him to see when his $L60 balance would finally change.... See what you missed cyber-trekker?? :))

Creve Coeur

2009-05-20T12:46:00.002-04:00

I took a stroll through Creve Coeur recently and took some pics. This relatively newer shopping district was built by Babyhoney Bailey and Waverly Kline. They've got a really good sense of what makes a shopping village quaint, sophisticated and believable - all at the same time. They also know that glow can be fabulous in moderation, and they know exactly where to use it. I like.

Embryo (But Not A Single One In Sight)

2009-05-09T10:13:00.003-04:00

Once upon a time there was a sweet little sim called Creamshop. Where rain fell, lights glowed and ambiance permeated my little avatar self. I spent many hours there taking pictures for this here blog. Oh, and it had a store too. (A very cute one). Fast forward to yesterday. I originally ported into this little store, Embryo - Un Jour, in search of a hat for Lizzie. Rain fell, lights glowed and ambiance permeated, again, my little avatar self.

Eventually we ported several others in, and had a great time. I sent a taxi for my dear friends Cate and Gerry who are stellar photographers and artists. I was surrounded by all these amazing talents and it was great! We spent about an hour at Embryo, some of which was spent in quiet as we were all snapping away. It's a place that captures inspiration from even the most amateur of photographers like me.

By the way, I'm so annoyed with Blogger, for some reason I can't copy and past my text. So here it is at the bottom. Mah!

The Irony: It's Really Not An Error

2009-05-01T11:50:00.002-04:00

Yes, I found it ironic that this sim name is Error. But I can tell you, this sim is no error. GutterBlood Spoonhammer is the creator of this amazing place, and he built everything. Every last tree is his creation. Here's another candidate for "Best of SL Sculpty Artist". (If there's even such a thing as "Best of".) Anyway. My initial visit made me think that GutterBlood's message was an environmental one. I saw the abandoned oil barrels and 5 gallon paint buckets strown about and imagined that this was once a beautiful paradise marred by the existance of hazardous waste. But it seems the true message is much more simple. He wanted to create a place that was a resource-friendly environment with very little script time and low lag, despite building everything almost entirely of sculpted prims. And because he loves the cold european oceanic areas he wanted to recreate this atmosphere on Error. He explained to me that the oil barrels are a statement of industrialization, and no matter how we develop as a race, everything is still from earth. I was so stuck on my own "environmental" interpretation of his message that I had a difficult time letting it go and just accepting the simplicity of his vision. After chatting with my friend Elizabeth about it, who (like me) studied art in college, I was able to let go of my own conceptions and realize that, in the words of GutterBlood, its "not too deep of a concept I don't think". In the end, it's really not.

And if none of that interests you, go to Error to play with your Windlight settings. It's great.

Happy day!

Drag Queen Celebrity

2009-04-12T23:30:00.003-04:00

Well, ok... maybe "celebrity" is a small diva-style exaggeration. But Allegory Malaprop *did* refer to herself as a member of the paparazzi and she *did* feature my hot drag queen self on The Starlust Motel blog. :)) What it reminded me is that I never mentioned in my previous post, her amazing new store-in-a-giant-bra, appropriately titled ZsaZsa's House of Beauty. (Click this link for a direct hit to ZsaZsa's own blog). Walking in that store inspired me to transform Alayna into a Divine-inspired drag queen and search Second Life from grid edge to grid edge looking for a location that reminded me of the 801 Cabaret in Key West, Florida. I ultimately ended up at the Lunar Lounge in Tableau. During my transformation, I stopped at Paper Couture for some bawbles where I met Mikah Kanto, the talanted designer/creater behind Modern Gypsy. It's not often that someone's first introduction is: "May I take your picture for my Flickr?". My first thought was: "What target practice will this be used for?" Ha! Do check out ZsaZsa's House of Beauty because, in the words of ZsaZsa herself, Second Life's a Drag... ;)

Willowdale Estates!

2009-04-12T22:53:00.004-04:00

One day I hit up xstreetsl.com, and the first listing I saw was a vacant parcel at this place called Willowdale Estates. The picture was great, it was pre-terraformed and landscaped. Usually a good sign of a quality residential community. So I logged into SL and took the slurl-taxi to check this place out. Needless to say I was quite impressed and decided to write about it at City Zen. I had a great chat with the owner, Imagin Illyars, and she made quite an impression on me. She's one of those does-it-all kind of gals who can do-it-all in a multi-tasking kind of way. She rocks!

Shake It Up - Featuring Alayna

2009-04-11T22:57:00.001-04:00

Alayna wanted to know if life really was a cabaret. So without further ado, let the show begin.

Your loving drives me crazy -
Shake it up
So don't you be lazy -
Shake it up.

I want to love you all night -

Shake it up

I want to love you love you right -

shake it up.

I want to give you what I know you need so let's -
shake it up.

I'm going to give you that love in me so let's -
shake it up.

We can have a love explosion - shake it up
That's full of love emotion - shake it up
This is the consummate attraction - shake it up
Let's cause a nuclear reaction - shake it up.

Your loving drives me crazy - shake it up
So dont' you get lazy - shake it up.
We can have a love explosion - shake it up
That's full of love emotion - shake it up.
Shake it up - shake it up - shake it up . . .

Ah well... Alayna was so engrossed in her own cover of Divine's Shake It Up, she didn't notice the house was empty.

I'm 537. What's Your Number?

2009-04-06T21:45:00.007-04:00

537 is the number of Second Life resident accounts with the last name Muggleston. Nope, it doesn't take much to amuse me... the smallest shiny thing can amuse me for 30 minutes or more. And so when I found www.slnamewatch.com on Dale Innis' blog roll, well there I go. This site uses algorithms and bots and whatever else to report statistics on the Second Life last name database. They claim to be the authority on the total number of resident accounts in Second Life. (15,023,765 accounts found in search as of April 7th). I had fun querying various last names. It doesn't surprise me that there are so few Mugglestons. I've only seen it once and that was early in my second life. Compare it to GossipGirl at 160,098! Heck, even Lexington (aka my friend Lizzie) has only been available since January of 2009, and has already been used by 2,275 resident accounts. Sungsoo is another older name, only 1,087 people have chosen this name since December of 2006. Bonetto, on the contrary has been chosen 23,211 times since mid-2007. I chose my name because of it's lack of spelling ambiguity, that is, I knew I wouldn't forget how to spell it. Ha! Pretty clever, this site. Lots of good statistics. Check it out!

Meet Alayna

2009-04-05T09:08:00.009-04:00

Krissy has been doing some very interesting project work lately. Meet Alayna. She is my alt. I created her back in early 2007, just four months after I entered SL. I was still very confused about skins and shapes and had a lot of fear that I would jack mine up, so I created her as my "test alt" for demos. After I figured out what I was doing, she went dormant. Fast forward to 2009. I'm writing for my own blog, and was also writing for What The Fug? And consistantly WTF? features those hootchie-mama types with body oil and barely-there clothes. And it occurred to me that, not only do I have no idea where they shop, but I have no sense of hootchie wardrobe styling. *light bulb moment* What would it be like to just let go of my inhibitions and BE A HOOTCH? There began a fun adventure as I woke up Alayna. Who would have guessed that WTF? would inspire me to BE MORE LIKE the featured targets? Ha! It's interesting too, that there was an unintended but positive consequence to this whole mission. I recaptured that sense of challenge, confusion and wonder that we go through as new residents. As established residents, we know which skin designers, hair makers, clothing designers and clubs we like and don't like. We know which AO's we prefer, where to get the best dances and prefabs. But when we reinvent ourselves, those likes/dislikes lose their justification. We begin to look for new likes/dislikes/favorites based on our new incarnation. And herein lies the challenging, confused "new resident" feeling all over again. In my case, Twisted & Spoiled became a favorite store for Alayna. The style is over-the-top hootch, but with super good quality. And the prim belts and necklaces are Too. Die. For. Alayna also discovered *League*. Wow! What a find! But every friend I shared my new discovery with said "Oh I go there a lot". Pfff. Ok then.

Hailing a taxi at Rainy Town. This fringe skirt from *League* is really cute, Krissy actually bought it as well. The boots are also from *League*. The shirt is from Twisted & Spoiled and I can't remember where the Peg Bundy hair is from. (I don't care if it looks like Peg Bundy as I've been told on two occasions, I quite like it).

Can't see it well in this picture, but the Hello Kitty necklace and Cheshire belt from Twisted & Spoiled are soooo cute.

The fur bolero is from CoCo, sequined swimsuit top is Armidi as are the Jordyn shorts. I can't remember where this hair is from either.

I'm being very ornery here. This couple stood near each other the entire time I adjusted my prims, my windlight settings and took some pics. Sooo... I decided to walk up to the guy. I stood about as close as I could. Then started going through inventory. I could only imagine what their IM convo must have been like.
Girl: Is she IMing you??
Guy: No
Girl: Are you sure? Why is she just standing there? What's she saying??
Guy: Nothing I swear! I don't know why she's standing here!
Ha! Alayna is SUCH an instigator! Shame on her, Krissy would never do that! ;)

I don't plan to let Alayna go dormant this time. I'm having a lot of fun with her, exploring new styles and generally being nosy. Because there's no way in the world I could stifle that, no matter what incarnation I take. :) If you decided to reinvent yourself in SL, what direction would you take?

Why Krissy Doesn't Do Hunts:

2009-04-02T15:41:00.003-04:00

I saw some great hair on one of my favorite blogs, SL-a-Porter. There was just one problem: It's in an easter egg. No biggie, I'll go find it and get the hair. Unfortunately, it wasn't as simple as it should have been.

I must be blind. But whatever happened to the tiny little pink and blue eggs hidden behind objects? Well anyway, another chance for me to laugh at myself. :) Happy day!

Salome Says This And That...

2009-03-27T23:16:00.003-04:00

I've another blog to be excited about these days. Salome Strangelove kicked off her own blog, Salome Says. I'm happy to see that her posts still have the sarcasm, opinions and humor that we loved at Linden Lifestyles. And today's skin review is killer. Although she didn't make me a fan of Laqroki, when it comes to SL product reviews, she leads the pack. The other half of Linden Lifestyles, Sabrina Doolittle, has a rl blog which is on my blog roll. I've *heard* that she has been giving up her land holdings in SL so I'm afraid we've lost Sabrina for good. But yay for Salome! It's a happy day!

City Zen: Fashion And Culture In Second Life

2009-03-26T22:17:00.005-04:00

I have some fun news! If you haven't found it yet, there's a new blog in town. City Zen promises to showcase fashion and culture in Second Life, and I'm *really* excited about the culture part. I love Second Life fashion, I've a weakness for the fashion blogs, I spend money relentlessly on clothes and skins but I'm not a fashionista. What really appeals to me is the culture in Second Life, from art to music to living and home/land ownership. These are some areas that you will read about at City Zen, along with great fashion. But the BEST part of this news is that I've joined this project and am in GOOD company, we have a stellar team! It will be a fantastic ride... Happy day!!

Check out my first post, I wrote about an amazing residential sim I found. I had a few issues with WordPress that I need to work out. Just a few little learning opportunities for me. WordPress has a hip interface, makes me wish Blogger would take notes.

A New (or New-To-Me) Trick for Clouds

2009-03-05T12:49:00.002-05:00

Until recently, whenever I would find myself talking to a cloud instead of an avatar, I would nicely ask them to Edit > Appearance so that their avatar would rezz for me. But! Did you know that if you change your own group tag, their avatar will rezz? And if you know this, can you explain the logic to me please? Ha! Well I don't know why, but it works. Happy day!

A New Tableau! (exclamation added after I decided I liked it)

2009-03-02T16:52:00.009-05:00

With bittersweet excitement I worked my RL schedule around the new sim launch of Tableau. As you probably already know, about three weeks ago Tableau was destroyed by a herd of hamsters. And so I, and many others, waited for the announcement that it would re-open, which it did this past Saturday. I've said it before, Tableau has always been Number One on my list of favorite things about Second Life. And well... I guess I'm a little resistant to change and had fear that the reincarnation wouldn't live up. And I admit, the first couple visits left me mildly impressed. But after about the third visit, I began to notice the fun and quirky details that I had known and loved. So much of the fun is hidden behind dark corners and off the beaten path. I laughed out loud when I found a "Post Secrets" forest. And the well-hidden underground cafe and store reminded me of the underground hang-out in the old cemetery. But can I say one thing? What's up with the Rootbeer store? It looks like something from the mainland if you ask me. Like when sim neighbors fight because they destroy each other's vista. A gift wrapped house hanging over the cliff by balloons? Bleh. Anyway. Tableau still reflects the quality that we expect from Toast Bard, Nylon Pinkney and the others. I can now say that I love the new Tableau like I loved the old one. Happy day. :)

The Nylon Outfitters store is *beautiful* on every side. Those textures are amazing. My favorite structure at Tableau.

The wonky steeple in the background belongs to Paper Couture.

My desktop wallpaper. 6

I can *hear (thanks Monique) it now: This is for all you Krissy Mugglestons out there who will miss Cafe du Croc: Tableau presents the Lunar Lounge...

Tobias Novi Is A Genius!

2009-03-02T16:08:00.006-05:00

He's an innovator and a visionary. And very talented. Exploring his sim on Mycenae will probably give you a new standard for scultpy work. He has some of the most elaborate and amazing treehouses in all of SL. Seriously. If you've ever thought about living in a treehouse, you will be searching for parcels and prim allowances after you see these. And then there are his off-sim reefs and mountains. I helped him with his English translation notecards for these. They are objects that are actually positioned off-world because they are attached to a main prim at the sim's edge. They use oversized prims but not the overkill mega-prims. They are great if you live at the edge of a sim, and want a scenic view and not an endless sea of blue. Nevermind all of this clever stuff though... it's not what I love best about Mycenae. I like something much simpler. My favorite thing of all are Tobias' plants and flowers. Yes, he is giving Heart a run for their money. Go here for a free tree that includes falling leaves. It's 1 prim and copy! Or here for a huge planter that includes 6 plants for $L590. It's 8 prims and copy! His prices are *very* affordable and everything is COPY. :) How cool is that?

Sandbox Fun

2009-02-25T12:32:00.003-05:00

While visiting my friend Christian, who was building in the IBM 6 Public Sandbox, I got a little nosy. Christian mentioned some pretty cool stuff in the sky so off we flew. After a few moments our heads bonked on something that stopped us in our path: a maze, where the center goal is the Eiffel Tower. Along the path to the tower are some nice prizes for $0. I'm not usually a fan of mazes because I'm too impatient; which also happened to be true in this case. So yeah, I used my cam mostly. But I'm impressed because it's a time-consuming little build (and not so little, really) 625 meters above a sandbox. I hope you can check it out and grab some prizes before it's gone... :)

Standing at the beginning... (or so I think anyway)

Looking at one of the many free items. This is a painting by french impressionist Gustave Caillebotte.

Cheating...

Bird's eye view.

Here and There

2009-02-23T12:29:00.004-05:00

I've collected quite a few little locations that are fun to check out and which make for great photo opportunities. Not a whole lot to say about them.. just fun places to visit. :)

Principality of Picklefish
This is a fun place with lots of surprises. These little chicks use that cute script which allows them to be fascinated by me so they circle around me and check me out.

I couldn't believe I was looking at the sweetest little window flower box (I inspected it) and an old-fashioned urinal side by side.

Well I know I have a lot to learn about life but bondage?? I'm rated PG! Hooboy...

Zero Style
Here's a lovely sim with some clever builds that surround the hair store. Not so much a fan of the hair, but still is worth a trip if only to see the sim.

I confess I really want to go back and investigate some more. This is a clock tower.

The only sewing you'll ever see me doing...

This house is super cute. Again, I need to go back. Not sure what the story is behind it. Oh gosh.. I hope I wasn't trespassing. I just thought that. Pfff. No, I think it's public. See I go back and forth. Anyway. It's cute.

Sitting on the front terrace of said house.

Digging in SL

2009-02-21T16:07:00.002-05:00

Last night I was googling an avatar name, (yes I'm one of those googlers), when I happened to find Digging in SL. You can search an avatar name, and as long as they show up in search you'll see their profile, and any reference to them in other profiles. Pretty interesting stuff for those of us who are nosy or who, according to the Insights Personality test, push blue energy and need all the details. :)

Lollygaggers

2009-02-18T07:57:00.005-05:00

Here's a fun one for you: Lollygaggers: the slums of Second Life. The grand opening was a couple weeks ago, and I've been intending to post some pictures ever since. These guys have such a fun, quirky sense of humor. Rats and pigs that roam the dirt streets, a youtube tv that sits surrounded by old, beat-up furniture and an easel on which to paint this lovely landscape. That's only the beginning... lots of fun and quirky shopping here, too.

Las Islas Republic

2009-02-15T16:49:00.003-05:00

I've been having fun recently strolling through Las Islas Republic, which spans 5 sims. This is a place that really matches Costa Rica Sims in it's overall beauty. The builder, Naiman Broome, is one of those rare gems that I consider to be the complete package. He has the combination of being A+ at everything: Building, design, terraforming, and texture. He also happens to be the original creater of new hyperrealistic waves, which can be seen not only throughout Las Islas Republic, but also Costa Rica Sims. In fact, one of the sims at Las Islas Republic is nothing but ocean and these beautiful waves. It's this sim that seperates Las Lagunas which contains rentals and many common areas, and Las Arenas Rosadas, a nature preserve/forest. Las Arenas Rosadas is a great place to take another one for some romance and privacy. The mini map showed me a dozen green balls, but they were so carefully hidden I didn't see many of them. Points for privacy. Naiman had given me an invitation to the grand opening party, which turned out to be a menu driven kiosk. When clicked, it offers the choice of many different landing points. I love it, it's an invitation that I'll keep using. These kiosks are also located throughout Las Islas Republic. If you visit, you will want to wear something tropical or perhaps a swimsuit, as I really doubt you can resist the opportunity for pictures. Enjoy it!

Rooms were available for rent in this structure... great for parties or receptions.

Behind me is the fashion runway.

Gerry, Cate and I taking a break.
Now where is Gerry?

He found a place for us to wet our whistle, and so we proceeded to belly up. Cate is mixing my Sex-on-the-Beach.
After that, I wander around until I discover a place to sit and meditate. And ignoring the fact that it's Valentine's Day and the chair beside me is empty. ;)
And feed the swans.

Sitting at the end of the pier on Las Arenas Rosadas.
Las Arenas Rosadas is a beautiful "undeveloped" piece of nature. This was just after the grand opening party where the attire was swimwear. But check out the amazing shading on that skin. Nobody beats Obscene skins at cleavage, imo.

And at the end of the day, fireworks were visible from the marina. I'm not sure if this is a nightly ritual for Las Islas Republic, or just in celebration of the grand opening. Myself and Alec, whose last name I can't remember, and who rescued me out of a phantom/bad prim via teleport, watched as they lit up the sky.

Empire of Nod

2009-02-09T12:41:00.003-05:00

Where has Krissy been lately? Other than being nosy, wondering around Costa Rica seeing which neighbors have gone, which neighbors are new... I found a place called Empire of Nod. I had fun here, Dreamsmen Romano has a really good imagination. It's a very interactive place, plenty of hidden surprises such as caves, doorways and paths. It's still a work in progress though, which might explain the phantom prims I found here and there. Dreamsmen said that Empire of Nod is intended for fantasy RP, but as of yet there are no notecards or signs with any explanation. Although it's new, I've already seen several Flickr groups and Koinup activity with really good pics. My pics just keep getting worse... I don't know why but hopefully they are good enough to inspire a visit. Have a good Monday!

Within the first 5 minutes of my visit, I found myself on a bridge, where it seemed to drop off. I thought "Ah. He's not finished with it. Or maybe it hasn't rezzed." But clicking around resulted in the suspension bridge dropping for me. I got really happy about that, as I love interaction and surprises, and my entire visit was filled with them.

A hidden cavern. It really pays to try to walk through mountains... Just sayin'.

Empire of Nod's cemetery.

Another hidden cavern. This one was home to a dragon which I could hear breathing before I got there. The descending stairs are behind me.

A hidden cave lined with candles.

The two castles on Empire of Nod.

I feel like a winner!

2009-01-22T07:59:00.002-05:00

Runner-up is good enough for me! Check it out here. /me doing a happy dance....

Your New Hang-Out: Ethereality

2009-01-19T17:07:00.007-05:00

Ok, maybe not your new hang-out, but I bet you'll love this new sim as much as I do. Ethereality is Second Life's newest combination entertainment/shopping/residential sim where people can live, shop and play. At first it reminded me of Mill Pond but there are some distinct differences. Ethereality has an artsy atmosphere, and indeed uses SoHo for it's inspiration. The hub of this neighborhood is Starbrook's Coffeehouse. Remember those little games that used to be so easy to find? Hang-man, chess, trivia questions... As a new resident I loved finding those and so I was pleasantly surprised to see plenty of them here at the coffee shop. Next door is a great little art installation gallery called Artpounce!, with interactive installations by Misprint Thursday, four Yip, Oberon Onmura and others. The shopping village caters to indie retailers, those off-the-beaten-path kind of designers we might not consider mainstream. Something we might actually find in a neighborhood like SoHo. The textures here are stellar, the builder Kitty Umarov really gave Ethereality an immersive quality. If you are looking for a townhome you might be out of luck here, at least for the short-term. There are no vacancies, all townhomes are rented. Pretty good since their grand opening was just this past Saturday. In fact, Jenda Starbrook told me that they may add more townhomes since they have a demand for them. I kind of want to rent one with an alt... or maybe have a "vacation home". I can have that in SL, right? :)

The blue window to the right of this picture is the facade of Artpounce. This tree branch and swing are available for purchase just inside.

I really love this interactive piece by Oberon Onmura. The blocks attempt to stack themselves nicely into a cube, until someone (Pippi) walks through them and they all scatter. The cool part for us is that we found this out by accident which made the experience all the more fun.

Parachuting down from the Hole in the Sky, by Misprint Thursday.
Checking out the coffee shop. Each table has an interactive game. I love this!
QuietStar Records is a cool shop where you can "browse the vinyl and buy a poster". Posters are priced at L$35.
Pippi, Ahuva and I checking out the townhomes. I just noticed as I posted this picture, Misprint's Hole in the Sky behind us.
Pippi's biggest fan. :) Starbrook's Coffehouse plans to host live performers on a regular basis.

I decided it would be more fun to be a back-up dancer. :)

After a long day of exploring and shopping, we stopped for a rest.

Kowloon Kittens

2009-01-12T07:59:00.004-05:00

Typical Krissy Muggleston... I'm on a mission, this time exploring Mao and the Virgin Islands, when I spy an adorable litter of black kittens. Yes, I often get side-tracked and this time it was for good reason. These kittens were watching me! As I walked past them, and cammed around them, their little eyes followed me! I'm sure there is a name for this optical illusion, I wish I knew the name. Inspecting the kittens led me to the creator, which led me to the creator's profile which lead me to what? An address that looked like this: KOWLOON, kowloon (220, 133, 30). It wasn't hard to find though, the coordinates were spot-on, I only ported from the map search and waited for everything to rezz. And there they were. Kittens everywhere. These little black kitties only come in 2 varieties which are very similar: slight differences in the tail and the eyes. They are only 2 prims but because of the optical illusion it's not an issue. And they are modifiable, so you can make a momma cat if you are so inclined. $L30 each. I made a slurl but forgot to grab it from inventory. I'll update later. Meanwhile, you can use the old-fashioned Map Search method. :)

Island Hopping: The Asian Way

2009-01-04T17:47:00.006-05:00

If you have an Asian bent, I've got just the place for you. This cluster of 6 sims is an interesting blend of China and Japan. The Great Wall of China takes up the entire sim of Mao, and can be yours for a cool $L59,500. Yes, you read that right. You too can own The Great Wall for nearly $150USD. Would it help if I said how beautiful it is? Just before I left Mao, I noticed a sign calling out to all RPers: This group is looking for an okasan, (okiya mother) and those wishing to RP as maiko (geisha apprentice). Flying east, my tour took me through the geisha village, country side and shopping village. A lot of thought went into the planning and design of these sims. With streams, waterfalls, bridges, dirt paths, and brick roads all carefully laid out it was really easy for me to feel immersed in the little district of Gion. Having read 'Memoirs of a Geisha' and the even better 'Geisha, A Life', I found myself recalling small details from the books, as I looked at the landscape. The shopping village is a mecca for all things Asian. Very much worth an hour of your time. For even more fun, go get the free kimono at Aoharu. (If you don't already have one). Check it out here.

I've just arrived. The Great Wall of China is behind me.

As I'm looking around, I thought: Why not put my kimono on? I recently went to a Japanese themed party, invested in the gear, here's my chance to wear it all again. :)

I'm thinking how impressive and realistic the irrigation system looks. (And wearing another kimono)

Pippi and I talking about who-knows-what, while standing on a bridge.

Yes, I seem to be the only one who captured the spirit with my kimono.... ;)

This is a mediocre view of the shopping district.

Emvee's Cuba

2008-12-28T13:37:00.003-05:00

I've recently made several trips to Emvee's Cuba Island. It's really a lovely place and makes it easy to find photo ops with little disposable cameras for each pose location. Check out the Flickr group for some *amazing* snapshots taken at Emvee Cuba by some amazing photographers. I think I need to watch more tutorials. ;)

No Paparazzi Allowed?

2008-12-23T13:49:00.004-05:00

Nosy me, I *just happened* to see that my neighbor has a new sign. Maybe he saw this post. He claims not, but I wonder... Du bist lustig, Maurice! :)

Merry Christmas to All!

2008-12-22T10:58:00.002-05:00

Let There Always Be Quiet

2008-12-20T08:43:00.002-05:00

"Let there always be quiet, dark churches in which people can take refuge....Houses of God filled with his silent presence. There, even when they do not know how to pray, at least they can be still and breathe easily." -Thomas Merton

My Wabbit :)

2008-12-18T13:33:00.008-05:00

While shopping at Boing Fromage recently I saw a sweet little bunny in a cage. Forget what I came for this is the thing I wanted to buy. Only it wasn't for sale! Must have only been there for the decor. Anyway, I pinged the creater, Loftvoker Vella. She was super nice and offered to sell it to me from her inventory, having already closed her store in SL. She even honored my request to have them transfer so that I could give them as gifts. $L50!! The cage is scripted so that the rabbit's movements can be turned on or off with a click. It's my favorite thing right now. If you are interested, send Loftvoker an IM inworld. She's awesome.

Update: [17:19] Loftvoker Vella: hey, that's so cool! Thanks! =D Only one thing... i'm a guy hahaha.

Omg....

Paparazzo in a Hot Scarf...

2008-12-15T13:47:00.006-05:00

I just got probably the best scarf in all of SL (thanks Pip) and I want to share! From the first moment I put this scarf on from Massimo it was a happy day. These pics are taken with NO ADJUSTMENTS. No alpha channel, either. I can't believe how well they are made to fit an avatar. $L90 each, I believe. While at Massimo, I found this fun camera with built-in animations. It's transfer so I bought some for Christmas gifts. I just got some new neighbors nearby and I had fun spying on them.... (Did I just say that?)

Horst von Starlustinberg

2008-11-30T09:43:00.006-05:00

There are some creative minds behind the Starlust Motel shopping sims. The Horst von Starlustinberg is the latest creative endeavor found next to the Starlust Motel and Polly Jean sims. I love to go there just to sight-see. I think the build rule for Starlustinberg might be to go as far left of normal as possible. I like it. :)

I can't remember the store names of most of these pics. This desk was home to a clothing store.
Striking Poses occupies this pay phone and phone book.

Zaara is located in this safari truck.

Here is a shoe store.
And a sweet jewelry store inside the jewelry box.

Night Flower

2008-11-24T15:42:00.003-05:00

The Nightflower Artist's Cooperative designed by Night Morrisey, celebrated it's grand opening on November 22nd. An art installation in and of itself, this is a place dedicated to art and architecture and houses a beautiful art gallery. It's a show-stopping, eye-catching HUGE build. Many times when sim builds or art installations become this large, they tend to lose their structure or sense of order. They end up looking like a mash-up of lots of ideas. (To my eye, anyway) Not so with Night Flower. When you cam out, and look at the structure as a whole, it blends together, and has symmetry. I suggest maxing your draw distance, if only for this visit so that you can take in the massive size.

Trying to snap pics, despite the glow. Unfortunately the glow spots look like burn-in.

I like the flowers and landscaping. It brings a splash of color, and I'm always attracted to flowers.

Where do I go next? The possibilities are endless...

Trying my hand at 7Seas fishing.

Resting before resuming the hike.

There are flights of stairs everywhere and somehow I managed to find myself in Night's residence. (At least I think anyway, I was lost). I noticed her feline Christmas tree and remembered that all genius' like cats, at least according to me. ;)

Krissy Lately

Krissy at UrbanARTs

Postcard From Azeroth

Krissy The Analyst

Japan Dream Kenjin

Krissy Misses Her Textures :(

Krissy's Preoccupations

Snakura *ART* Imaginarium

Empress and Hierophant

Minding My Own Business

Filtercam!

This Is The Tale...

Alien Garden of Cosmic Delights

Allie and Virginia

Krissy Brings You Pandora

Lemondrop's Forest

77/365 - Life Is Good And Other Deep Thoughts

365 - Missing Mile

63/365 - Krissy of Yesteryear

62/365 - Of Poses and Sizes and Learning New Skillz

61/365

60/365 - Tableau - Village Americana?

59/365 - You Can't Enter This Region Because The Server Is Full

58/365 - All In A Day's Work?

57/375 - I Changed Clothes!

56/365 - Much Ado About Hair

55/365 - Of 50 Linden Fridays and Fun Surprises and Merchants Who Have A Heart

54/365 - Krissy In Her Very Own Production Of....

53/365 - Winter Wonderland

50/365 - A Sneaky Peak at Tableau

49/365 - And Now Back To Your Regularly Scheduled Programming

40 Something/365 - A Love/Hate Feeling For My Aircard

Songs Of Good Cheer, Christmas Is Here...

29/365 - She's Baaaack!

23/365 - I <3 Socks!

22/365 - A Tour Of Krissy's Homestead

19 Or So/365 - Practice

17/365 - Bend.... And Snap!

16/365

15/365 - Let It Snow!

14/365 - Two Questions And A Picture

13/365 - Inventory Sorting

11 and 12/365 - Missing Mile

10/365 I <3 My Genius Peepers

9/365 And A Trip Down Memory Lane

8/365 Krissy Welcomes Her Ozimals Bunnies!

7/365: 100prim Junk And Radioactive Daisies

110prims Junk and 365 Days, Maybe?

Reviewing the Reviewer: A Fashion Consumer's Perspective

Burn On!

Have You Checked Out Bentham?

Bentham Haunted Forest

The Rose Theatre

A Day At The Giant Snail Races

The Grand Odalisque

How Do I Love Thee?

SLon des Refusés 2009

Le Club De Copain

More Prim Wonders by Bryn

Rabbicorn: My experience

Of Freakshows and Circuses... and Pornosophy?

PreFabulous by Forni and Amo: Go look!

Krissy's Drama

Sassy Girl!

Happy Birthday To You, You Live In A Zoo...

The Dorian Day Spa: A Perfect Day In SL

Polyvore: My New Addiction

The Cyber Trekker

Creve Coeur

Embryo (But Not A Single One In Sight)

The Irony: It's Really Not An Error

Drag Queen Celebrity

Willowdale Estates!

Shake It Up - Featuring Alayna

I'm 537. What's Your Number?

Meet Alayna

Why Krissy Doesn't Do Hunts:

Salome Says This And That...

City Zen: Fashion And Culture In Second Life

A New (or New-To-Me) Trick for Clouds

Snakura ART Imaginarium