I’ll admit it, for grins and giggles, several times I’ve camped out.  Why?  I’m not sure, perhaps the thought of getting something for nothing.  Which really is not true since I am sure I consumed more in electricity than I gained in Linden dollars.  A few times it was almost a social event.  Sitting in a silly chair with some other strangers making odd conversation.

One thing that does annoy me is the whine from various n00bs and even some veteran Second Lifer’s that they have no money to buy Linden dollars to get things.  Somehow this stretches the believable.  The fact you could get online with a computer makes me think you’re exaggerating.

You know and I know that a few dollars in Second Life, if spent wisely, will go a long long way.  The price of a Starbuck’s latte and scone will do you well.  I think these cheapies probably fall into a few groups:

1. The underaged.  Sneaking into the main grid.  They don’t have PayPal or a Credit Card.
2. The lazy.  This goes without explanation - because that would take a lot of work to explain.
3. The sneakers.  Afraid of producing a money trail to their Second Life account.  Get over it, we know where you live, it’s just we don’t really care about your little life (although it makes you feel better that we might)….
4. The true idiots.  See the Second Life Fashion Police for the evidence file on this one. 

But I do offer a small solution for the rest of you lindenless who don’t fall into the above, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.  You can be paid slightly more than camping for using the grey matter between your ears that computers don’t have.  As part of this, you can play around with a new service called TagCow.  For a bit less than a penny you can tag a picture with who and what it is.  Arrington thinks that you could make a $1.20 US an hour at this….  Which is around L$350 - better than camping - except you’ll have to work at it.

Moo!

-Veyron

Yes, it’s true….  For a very limited time, you can win Veyron at auction.  mmmm, no, and it’s not just a picture this time.  Veyron is going to be up on the auction block for umm a charity auction in the City of Lost Angels this Friday night at 5pm SLT.  It’s part of She Juniper’s Zodiac Lounge Slave auction. 

So, what do you have to do to bid on Veyron?  Well, the you probably should know a bit about the City of Lost Angels and role playing.  Pickup a CCS hud in the Lost Angel’s sim and read a bit more about it on the web site.  Then when the time comes, head down to the auction block and bid to win!  Half of the proceeds go to support the City operations.  Then the lucky winner gets to - ahem - play with Veyron for 24 hours of role playing.  And Veyron will just have to play along with the winner.

Lucky for the winner, I’m going to be confined to a hotel room ALL weekend and probably bored with nothing else to do….   Oh, and you don’t have to take your 24 hours right away, but this weekend would be an opportune time.

Play can be in the CoLA sim or the South Gate sim.  Veyron and Tiessa have some land in the South Gate sim.

I wonder who’s going to bid….

-Veyron

Blogged with Flock

Apparently, I’m behind the times on this, but Tiana Meriman is gone, and her blog is gone too. Makes me sad that she left us all. I didn’t talk that much to Tiana, but I did find her an interesting person in more than one way. I’m sorry to see her go. Maybe she’s still around. Her last blog post maybe left a clue.

i guess i’m just not made to be a social person, i dont feel comfortable in the spot light. i feel good in the shadows, i feel good helping from the back scene. i want to go back to my spot of comfort, i want to go back to the shadows.

I can sympathize with how she thought here. But I still sort of miss her. I wish I had more time to spend with interesting avies like Tiana. Peace be with you Tiana.

-Veyron

Yes you can now own Veyron.  Well, at least a photo of Veyron from that uber photographer, Vint Falken.  It’s a real life high quality photo Vint took of yours truly.  But that’s not all, I’ll sweeten the pot by offering an in world shot of me with the winner of the auction.  But that’s not all!  I’ll wear whatever you want in my inventory, or if you have something in mind, whatever you want to supply….  Think of the possibilities here….   Hmmm….

Check out Vint’s blog page for the rules and how to bid on the photo.

-Veyron

Well, the Virtual Thirst Contest is over, and the winner video is out. Some people you might know made it into the video. Gideon, TheDiva, and a well known Neko made it into the video (she’s at the end). Another lesser known Neko also made it in into the video for a brief moment. See if you can spot the lightning.

It’s a pretty good video.

-Veyron

Well, here’s an interesting and amusing little thing to play with….  I wonder who Vint, Zoe, Tiessa and maybe even Wrath look alike?  I also wonder who I’m related to in Second Life? And can you be related to someone in Second Life? Is that someone with the Supercharge surname? hmmm….

-Veyron

So, I was dancing away at the Dark Eden party last a little while back and low and behold, a famous celebrity shows up…  Aimee Weber.  Slightly amused and then suddenly I think - “hmm, this might be time to snap a few pictures….”  Then after taking a few shots and seeing she was still around, maybe it was kind of amusing…  the Dark Eden party is a rather wild party and here’s Aimee partying away.  But then the chatting seemed to move on to more mundane Second Life things and less risque activities than this party usually has.  Anyway, the party ended and then I though, maybe this would be some good public relations for Dark Eden and Devil Made Me Do It and the rest of the Dark Eden mall owners to get into the … Avastar … and Aimee is for sure of interest to them.

Being rash, and more than willing to of course get into trouble, I fired off some pictures to the Avastar.   Well, about two and half minutes later, I was have a mild case of regret, but of course it was too late now….  Cover and page 14, as you can see.  Rather amusing text, which *I* didn’t write (but certainly looks like I could have….)  And she did keep her wings on the whole time. 

So Aimee, if you’re mad at me, I’m sorry.  But I think they say, there’s no such thing as bad PR…. 

-Veyron

Second Life is a lot of things, good and bad.  For me, Second Life is all about entertainment and some social activity - as it seems to be designed for.  The dark side of Second Life is when it becomes a force for dragging yourself down.  Whenever I feel Second Life is being more of a negative than a positive to myself, I just remember what I am here for, having a good time.

I see and talk to a lot of people who get dragged down into the abyss of some sort of negative drama.  It usually comes up subtly, creeping up slowly, engulfing their thinking and consuming their Second Life and eventually their Real Life.  This is a “bad thing” - something to be avoided.  Maybe it is impossible to avoid if you have anything beyond a casual relationship with anyone in Second Life.  I would like to think it does not happen to me, but of course it does now and then.

I have met a lot of really interesting and neat people in Second Life.  To be honest, there’s no one I have found I dislike.  I feel worse that there is not enough of “me” to go around to pay attention to all of the friends I have met.  I have been in Second Life now for close to a year, and upon reflection of that last year, I find that from a close relationship side it has not been all that positive for myself.  Maybe that’s a good thing, maybe not.

Second Life experiences in general are a bit lonely and detached.  I think that’s a reason why people partner up in Second Life, to have someone to do things with, rather than alone.  Typically, you are lone while you are at your computer in Second Life, and it seems less alone while doing something with another avatar.  My personal experience with doing that with someone else has been alas, very poor.  Maybe I’m too much like a Neko, I like doing my own thing.

I have also noticed a distinct evolution of personal habits and behaviors within Second Life.  Starting with typically n00b wonderment, then on to shopaholic, avatar tweaking, clubbing, dancing, flirting, etc.  Then on to more semi-serious things like blogging, group activities and socializing.  But still problems with serious relationships.  My FAQ probably does a lot to explain it.   A combination of flirtiness and stand-off-ishness is never good for relationships.

Another bad habit I have is willingness to try just about anything, at least once.  Experiences are something to be tried in life, after all, you might not get to try them again.  I’ve tried a lot of things in Second Life, some have been good, some have been flops.  In the last month or so, I have been struggling with Second Life.  It’s a common theme with most of you other bloggers I think.  Some of my closest Second Life friends have been off grid for sometime and I am struggling with a failing Second Life relationship.

The funk has been bad enough I have considering retiring or going off grid for a while.  The last time I had this sort of problem in Second Life was back in January and then I decided that I was not going to allow myself to be chased off the grid by myself, so I stayed.  I’ll probably stay at least this time.

Where I’m going with this is I am struggling to find a purpose inside Second Life.  I am somewhat depressed about the relationship failures.  I somewhat feel I should take the majority of the fault for their failure.  Maybe I am looking for too much or unwilling to give enough.  Maybe the real route for me in Second Life is friendships rather than something like a “marriage”.

I’m still just trying to figure it out….

-Veyron

Party on tomorrow, September 26th from 1300 to 1900 SL Time in the Cannery Sim.  Stella Errans will be spinning tracks live from Paris.

We’re showing appreciation to Vint and SHo for the help with the Cannery show.

-Veyron

Hmmm…  I think last night Wrath Paine volunteered to get the makeover treatment by Veyron.  And I have the perfect outfit for Wrath.  It fits Wrath vs the World perfectly…..

Wrath!

When are you volunteering to go out shopping?  I know you boys just love to shop….

-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

Vint has done a real favor to me with my new blog layout. I’m fairly incompetent with PC graphics design and Vint is far above excellent with it. She volunteered at the chance to help me out, even with the SLart show at the Cannery about to start. I’ve already taken a sneak peak at it, and it is something you should all see. Great stuff.

Anyhow, as promised…. I give to Vint Falken, one gift certificate of appreciation. Lifelong modeling slave for whatever the bearer needs, wearing whatever (or less) the photographer needs. I can’t thank her enough. When I have the new blog up, I think you’ll all like the look of it.

-Veyron

It seems Gideon Television (Superstar) has escaped from the asylum - and explains his long absence. I suppose the asylum was better than being locked up in Big Brother. It seems Gideon is going to be going through the Seven Deadly sins for his next blogging season, - Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Lust, Anger, Envy and Pride. I wonder if I’m in one of these…. Hmmm….

-Veyron

Okay, I am behind the curve, I’m giving another time addicting thing a whirl, Twitter. Zoe is doing it, I kinda looked at BlogHUD as more of a SL Twitter, but maybe this is something else to play with.

Anyone else Twittering?

-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