For asstachments that is….  You know, you teleport or fly around and then all of the sudden, your hair is where it really does not belong.  And then how annoying it is to fix it.  I think once I recall almost every prim object I was wearing was suddenly attached down there.  How annoying.

Well, help is here.  It looks like my hero, Nicholaz, may have solved the asstachment bug.   The irony of this is that it will probably be months before Linden Labs actually puts the fix into the main line code.  Why?  Well, we have to improve on this voice thing and work on some more shiny objects.  (::sigh::  don’t get me started)

Now, what I do see as good things Linden Labs is working on.  Havok 4 and Mono.  Both should improve sim performance and stability.  Both worthy causes.  Neither are shiny baubles like Windlight or voice.  I would really welcome serious forward movement on Havok 4 and Mono.  Havok looks like it’s moving forward in the next few months, but I hope the mono engine gets going.  That will improve script speed substantially, and thus, make the sims faster.

-Veyron

So, I came across this humorist post about growing up, and yes, it was disturbing.  But rather than dwell on the posting, Veyron though she should answer the posting….

1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them.

My plants are all dead.  They are not even plastic, they made of pixels.  No, you can’t smoke any of them (hmmmm, maybe I need to go shopping…), but some do have alternative uses….

2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.

Where are my cuffs?

3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

I don’t have any food, in fact, well, I don’t really eat.  But I guess I have sort of drunk before.  I do know that Vint had a bender at least once….

4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

Sleep?  I never sleep, except when I logoff.

5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.

Don’t ride elevators, I fly.

6. You watch the Weather Channel.

It’s always sunny, at least until the new sky software is implemented.

7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of “hook up” and “breakup.”

Hmmm…  Might be caught on this one, but they all pretty much do all of the above…  but at a might higher rate of speed.

8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.

I’m on permanent vacation.

9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as “dressed up.”

I have more clothes than Barbie.

10. You’re the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won’t turn down the stereo.

Crank it up baby!

11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.

There was a man from Nantucket….

12. You don’t know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.

Yo quiro!  But then again, I don’t eat – but I do wonder when Taco Bell will be opening up a sim and will it give you indigestion.

13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.

Ohhhh….  I wonder how many tickets I would have by down if I did drive and they did have SLcops.

14. You feed your dog “Science Diet” instead of McDonald’s leftovers.

No dog, but then again, maybe I need a furry.

15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.

I have slept hanging upside with cuffs on….

16. You take naps.

Only when I crash.

17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.

Dinner and a movie?  Gee, that would be something new in SL for moi….

18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at three in the morning would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.

Again, don’t eat, but then if I did, I could probably eat anything.  Well, let me rephrase that.  I don’t eat food.

19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.

I do have some Seclimine….

20. A four dollar bottle of wine is no longer “pretty good shit.”

Hmmm…  Any wine I’d get would probably be less than four dollars at the current exchange rate….

21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.

Cold pizza?

22. “I just can’t drink the way I used to” replaces “I’m never going to drink that much again.”

Gee, where do I find these parties?

23. Ninety percent of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.

I am only fun.  I can’t help it, I was drawn this way….

24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.

Usually the cost is the same, and besides, I can drink as much as I want.

25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking “Oh shit what the hell happened?”

Gawd, just detach that prim….

Bonus:

26: You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that it doesn’t apply to you and can’t find one to save your sorry old ass.

My perfect pixelated ass…. 

 -Veyron

Vint and I finally did some shopping yesterday and this morning (at least in my timezone). From the Dress Vint project, it turned out to be a lot of fun – at least for me. It did become surprising (and I think sort of intentionally) amusing at several points. The dress was pretty easy at Paper Couture. It’s pretty nice, dark, rather short skirt with an interesting poofy collar to it. That went pretty easy. Next went the shoes.

We did try Dark Eden, but Vint appeared to get cold feet with the place in general, except for an outfit she did buy to surprise someone with in the store across the mall…. (How those pasties will ever come off I’m not sure….)

Anyway, we went to my favorite place for stilettos and bought these really nice pair of shoes. Of course, there was some arguing over the shoe color. I suggested black, as that works with just about any outfit, and of course, she wanted purple (at least it wasn’t the yellow). Which I believe was some form of negotiation tactic. Anyway, we settled on the silver pair. I was really impressed though when she had panty hose to get her legs the right. Then I said – time for hair. Which then I knew the wailing would begin – and it did.

I heard about how Dalien bought the hair “style” she’s wearing and then she tried – in vain – to colorize it to fit the outfit to fend me off. TP’ing into Calico to go shopping for hair, there was a stream of protests about how she didn’t need new hair. Then I pointed out a really nice hair style, with hair put up. Then the wailing really cranked up. Something about – “Not hair put up!” I said, don’t worry, it comes with this veil.

Back and forth it went for some time. Vint would get some demo hair that was wrong, and I’d say no. We did finally settle on some hair I like a lot and I actually have myself. Another one down. Then she mentioned that her ears don’t match. I said, you’re right – loose them. Ooohh… Lots of noise. Then resignation must have set in, as she did put on a human skin, much to my pleasure.

Vint was starting to look pretty killer now. Next stop – Miriel’s. Eyes and Jewelry. Eyes started more moaning, but now the volume was down. She got this nice pair of blue eyes and a nice set of attractive earrings.

We did make a stop at Solange to see if anything else would fit in. I might want to go back there. I think we should also stop in at Insolence for some underthings – just in case…. We both ran out of time this morning, but I’m pretty pleased with the results so far.

I am tempted to get a really nice human skin for Vint. It would be the coup de grace to get a Naughty or at least a X3 skin on her. The skin she has on now, is good, but we could do better. But skins are expensive, and if she’s not going to wear it hardly at all, who knows if it’s worth the investment. Perhaps.

Last thing we need to setup is a photo shoot for our Vint model. We will need a photographer. Maybe Looker is available….

-Veyron

This sounds like one of those cheaply produced reality TV shows, but Veyron is going to be going shopping with Vint and dressing her up as Veyron sees fit, or I think that’s the ground rules of this little game.  So, the rules as I see it so far are:

1. Vint keeps her shape – that’s pretty obvious.
2. Vint keeps her monochromaticly pale skin.  Are the tattoos part of the skin or separate clothing layers?  If they are separate layers that may cause problems….
3. Vint stay Neko which appears to be ears on her head.

Everything else is up for grabs?  Any suggestions from the peanut gallery on what theme Veyron should be going for?

-Veyron

I find myself getting more and more kinky since the Dark Eden party in my clothing choices. I had a fun time dancing with Zoe, but there was no way the two of us could keep up with Etain…. This is an interesting phenomenon. We’ll have to see how long it lasts. I blame it all on Tiessa….. Eloria took a picture of me in the latest black incarnation. The lacetex is from Kayliwulf Kingdom, the boots are from Dark Eden (of course), the hair is from Calico, the collar (which has a working digital clock) is from Bitter Thorns, and the cuffs are from Lulu’s.

What’s worse is the pink version of this…. dinee caught me last night in it….

-Veyron

The Ginko Bank insolvency has actually hit someone I know. Saur Holt seems to have taken a real financial hit on the events. She’s upset about it, and alas I’m sure there’s nothing to be done about it. To try to help her financially recover, she is running buy two outfits over 250L and get one FREE of same or close to same price. After you buy two outfit send Saur Holt a notecard with your name and the name of outfit, at the end of the day she will look over her records and send the outfit to you.

Vint Falken took this great picture of me dancing in one of Saur’s really cool dollie outfits. It comes complete with a pull string (but the AO is not completed yet).

So – if you feel the need to expend some Lindens on some cool outfits, head over to Saur’s store at Forsaken Enterprises (148, 223, 501).

-Veyron

One of my favorite clothing designers finally started a blog – after much prodding…. Eloria LeShelle promises to update it frequently and to show us all of her hot new clothing on her blog….

-Veyron

I was searching around for some additional pirate accessories for the upcoming party, I remembered this really cool pirate car from this blog entry in Motorati.

Wow! Very cool…. So, I decided to teleport over to the Pontiac sims and start searching for the car, perchance to see if it is for sale. Not much luck finding anything. Well, while I’m here, I might as well check out the bikini car wash.

Very nice build – complete with some freebies and some other interesting things. Too bad I missed the grand opening.

Then I noticed a large group of avatars, so I decided to investigate.

It turns out it was caLLie cLine giving a tour of Motorati with two of the Motorati girls. The tour was just ending, and I was about to leave when Amanda Shinji popped in to see Callie. She’s the builder of the car I was looking for! After swapping some fashion information and she told me where the car is on display – out in front of the Pontiac sim. She is quite amusing – having built several of the cars in on display.

She is also the first girl I think who knew what a Veyron is. In fact, when I asked her if she saw the video of the Veyron doing 250 mph, she said she did. Described it as “like watching a porn video.” LMAO.

Amanda has a blog but not a lot of traffic – and I’ve invited her to the party this weekend and the blogger group. Maybe if we’re lucky she’ll bring the Pirate car to at least display.

Yo ho ho!

-Veyron

I got irritated last night. Then I got upset. It bugged me all morning. It gave me an upset stomach. So, I have a rant here. I’m ranting here to make sure that I can at least read it again in the future. Learning can sometimes be painful.

I joined up into Second Life fully planning to “ride under the radar” and have some fun. My situation has obviously devolved into something more (or less) than that. And I’ve been reasonably comfortable with that so far.

I have had a few bad experiences in the past with online relationships, so I’ve essentially sworn them off. No, I have definitely sworn them off. And that means what it means. And what I mean by a relationship is something beyond an acquaintance. I like meeting people, having fun with people online, but that’s as far as it is ever going to go. I have learned my lessons. In fact, I wrote down a memo to myself about a week into Second Life detailing what I will not ever do. It’s my contract with myself. When I feel I get close to violating it, I read it again. It’s good to remind myself of what I have learned.

Someone insinuated I was not who I said I was. So, being stubborn and bull headed, I couldn’t take it any longer. I charged right in to prove them wrong around noon today. Taking a cue from the old show, The Spot, I changed into a swimsuit and setup my camera in my living room on a tripod. I wrote up a small sign to hold and took a few pictures.

I shoot RAW, so I need to then process the shots in my computer. Since I do have some vanity, I though I would clean up a few “minor” (ahem) issues in Photoshop – I mean, why not while I’m at it? I was all smug thinking how I was going to prove them all wrong and I was going to show them up. I tinkered with the best shot for a while and then I realized that someone could obviously accuse me of Photoshopping the shot together, and this would be insufficient. More would be required. Visions of audio, and then video being required as proof…. Then I remembered my contract with my self…. I deleted the photos and seethed for a while at my computer. I felt I had let myself manipulate myself and that was the ultimate form of stupidity.

I play in Second Life for my entertainment and no other reason. Not for money, life or liberty. Only entertainment. And to be frank, my entertainment – not someone else’s. Letting myself get manipulated into doing something I did not want to do in the beginning was now not fun. It was drama way outside of what I needed or wanted, and I let myself get pulled into it rather than blowing it off like I usually do.

Lillie Yifu has an excellent post on what Second Life virtual sex revolves around, presence. I let some other people push their presence into my space without thinking about it. I have seen this happen to friends of mine inside Second Life. People get overwhelmed and consumed with Second Life without thinking about it. I let myself get consumed with it for a few hours, and I am grateful I was able to pull back.

My first two weeks or so inside Second Life I was obsessed with who was behind the keyboard. I’ve meet people like this – I was one of them. Then I had an epiphany. I have either no intention, desire, or real ability of ever meeting anyone in Second Life in Real Life. Therefore, who or what they are in Real Life actually is more of a fantasy than what they are in Second Life. Think about it. Inside a fantasy world, reality is the fantasy.

I take everyone in Second Life at face value. What does that mean? You are what you look like and who you say you are. Why not? While it’s obviously cute if two guys are doing a ridiculous job at cybersex with each other as girls – I really could care less otherwise. I feel for someone who is mislead about the other person who they are if it caused hurt feelings, last thing I want to do is see hurt feelings. There’s enough pain in the world.

But for me, I don’t necessary need to know about their Real Life lives. Again, that’s a fantasy here. If I wanted more Real Life – Life – I might be on IRC or something similar, but I’m not. I’m in the current ultimate fantasy land.

The annoying part about this whole drama is that it is no fun. Which goes back to the point of why I play in Second Life – to have fun. And then we circle back to why Real Life has to or needs to intrude in Second Life. The day Second Life is not fun anymore is the day I am done with Second Life. Today was a close call. I have too many people inside of Second Life I would miss to leave.

What does this mean? I had set my terms with myself up front. My terms were good terms and terms I need to and wanted to live with. I control my destiny. I am in control of who I am and what personal information I want to give out of any kind. It’s not a angry statement or loud statement, it’s just a firm stance. I don’t think it’s unreasonable either.

I think a lot of people in Second Life start out with the “I am going to be anonymous” position and let it erode over time. There is no recall button for information once it is given out. Just say no and walk away. It’s that simple. If the other person can’t live with that, then there are at least 5 million other people in Second Life to play with.

I just wanna have fun….

-Veyron

Last Sunday, I made a comment about having a flags of the world on Bikini ’s while we were having a good time and I had put on a USA bikini. Vint has taken that idea and is really running with it – she has started the Second Life Bikini Project. In case you don’t have a Bikini for your country, she has a Photoshop template for making your own.

After much internal debate, I’ve also decided to try to Photoshop up – improve upon – the pictures I have been taking in world. I have never worked with a purely computer generated image. I’m used to working with Real Life photographs I take, so this should be an interesting experience.

I’ll be seeing if I can produce a few good shots myself.

-Veyron

Lounging by the beach, this bikini is from one of my favorite stores, Chic Boutique. Maybe I should try some surfing next. I have a surf board I received as a gift from a nice guy….

-Veyron

Vint, Zoe, Wrath and I were out the other night and had a pretty good time. Vint and Wrath have some good shots of the adventure on their blogs, including some that I took of Queen Vint on the throne on Snapzilla.

All and all a pretty good time, even more fun when Wrath went into the sauna in the castle while we were in the hot tub. There’s even another bikini to be seen….

-Veyron

Found an interesting book for Veyron to read on the beach, the Kama Sutra. Then suddenly this killer whale started jumping out of the water near me. Must have been a boy whale or something….

I don’t know… Maybe he was try to read the book too? He seemed awfully excited.

-Veyron

Here’s a picture I took for a contest a while back…. Now that Summer is nearing, this might help to warm things up and it will make Supernovas happy….

-Veyron