I have spent the past week battling both a sinus infection and one of those “viruses that’s going around” that decided my lungs were a peachy place to set up housekeeping. This has given me loads more time to spend inworld than I usually have. It has also led to my making the acquaintance of one Mikalis Karas, who appears to be another in the odd world of SL bloggers who don’t focus on fashion so much as the SLife-as-we-see-it approach. I thought I was going to do a fashion blog here, but I’m more of a writer than a photographer. If nothing else, it’s good to see I’m not the only one. And we share a love of playing with words, which makes chatting fun. I opined to him the other day that while most of us are “hot” for sufficient definitions of same in SL, I’m regularly reminded that I am a Jane Russell in a sea of Reese Witherspoons and Victoria Beckhams. One of the ironies of looking like her inworld body-wise is that the designers who do clothing from her top period are designing for Reese and Victoria. I’m not suffering for clothes. I’m just underimpressed with how the “vintage” designers look on me. They look great otherwise.
I’ve also acquired a new habit, which led to my meeting Mikalis. Midnight Mania board trawling. It’s a sickness, really. Click a board, beg other people to do the same, and get a freebie at midnight. My inventory’s exploding in a way hunting hasn’t accomplished. Which means I’m probably going to stop paying attention to the group chat closer to midnight. Eventually. At least on weekdays.
The hunt front’s been its own insanity. I’m working my way through the Go Fly a Kite hunt a few at a time, and I’m glad I have the time to do it that way. I’m loving the HUD JustOneMore Loon put together for it and was sad to find out people were being such twits that he found it necessary to stop selling it. The HUD has reduced my need to go clue-begging. Interacting in a group chat’s fun, but sometimes I like to hunt by myself. No chat, just me and the target of my quest. Or else I can chat one-on-one with some of my inworld friends while hunting, giving me focused interaction instead of splayed group chat. I’m looking at the new gridwide that just started and twitching at the thought. I need to swear off the gridwides. Greatest Love to Twisted to GFAK with the FallnAngel multisim hunt wedged within those is too much hopping and too little anything else.
I am going to try to spend more time focusing on the entertainment side of SL. Like last night, when I went to the Drunken Drow in Elvenshire and spent time dancing with a handsome half-elven gent while listening to some sweet live acts. Granted, I also DJ there and said half-elf is my boss, but there are perks to that job you don’t get in First Life. Going back to check out the entertainment on my nights off isn’t like a busman’s holiday. And dancing with the boss isn’t what you’d call violating proper workplace protocols. Or I’ll go fishing. Mellow, can keep up on group chats that aren’t clue-begging parades, and I can chuck the fish afterward. And I have enough outfits in my inventory to last me a couple of months assuming I change twice a day.
Sure, I’ll still shop. But wouldn’t you?
