SL Marketplace Summer Sale

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer in the US. Time for a new summer dress. I just happened to look for a nice new one when the SL Marketplace announced that a new Summer Sale started. Select items from Rebel Hope are a part of it. Yay!

 !Rebel Hope - Staci Mesh Dress Rebel Pack

The pack has 6 awesome color patterns and the current cost is $375

2 Major Aircraft Releases Today

Bancos Milestone released the following statement in a group notice:

"AM RELEASING MY GOTHA G3 FINALLY AFTER my exclusive use contract expired. It is available in two versions a STANDARD, and a GROUP version. They both fly the same, but having group capablility is requested by so many I am trying it out on the Gotha. Features include, TCS, Bombs and articulating control surfaces, RL engine sounds and effects. You can find the Gotha on Display next to my new DH Beaver. As always thanks for your support. Bancos."

SLurl to Balsa Airport: http://slurl.com/secondlife/BALSA%20INC%20AVEOUSA/177/160/29

The Gotha G3....







The de Havilland Beaver Seaplane....

Shopping Day!

Shopping for new aircraft makes me as giddy as when I find new hair or shoes....

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself."

Many thanks to blogger Molly Montale who provided some inspiring Amelia Earhart quotes in a comment...

"After midnight the moon set and I was alone with the stars. I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, and I need no other flight to convince me that the reason flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the esthetic appeal of flying."

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself."

"The most effective way to do it, is to do it."

- Amelia Earhart

Combining Snapshots with my Twitterings

I'm trying something new today. I'm combining my Tweets on Twitter with snapshots from my wanderings...



Investigating UFO sighting over Mayfair :from Caledon Mayfair [185,122,96] in SL.

UFOs Identified....One WhirlyMachine called a helicopter (a Friendly), and one green Dragon (not so friendly)



Checking the Cape Messmer moonscape skybox by Eladrienne Laval :from Caledon Morgaine [253,50,526] in SL






Many new AO HUDs. Yay! :from Kedai [15,211,23] in SL



This worked out very well for me. I was able to piece together my time in SL in a more chronological way than I've done before - using Twitter as a guide for arranging my photographs. The text is already written with just a little editing. Great method of blogging for those of us with very little time. I Twittered inworld using Kos Farina's TwitterHUD, a free extra gadget when you buy his TwitterSCREEN.

My Steampunk Telescope - Part 2

The Insatiable Zoe Connolly: My Steampunk Telescope






Revealed here!

A shocking astronomical discovery!

Are there any candidates for Governor addressing this invasion of the Moon?

My opinions and building projects: island vs land

My opinions and building projects: island vs land:

"Yesterday I posted a notice in the blogger group just to give an update on the situation. (YAY for transparacy! hehe) and i got a few IM about people interested. one of those people was Dalien, as we talked he suggested that if we don't have enough people we could buy half a normal sim. this thought has been running thru my head all night (thank you for keeping me awake all night dalien! ggrrrr! j/k ^^)

but as i think about it, i think buying land has it advantages also. first of all its cheaper. a 65 536 square/meter region is 195$US a month (295$US for an island) and i'm pretty sure we can find a region that the land isn't sold so high as 1 675$US as initial payment.

also the very big advantage i am seeing is with the payment. with an island we'll need to find an organised way for paying the island and to seperate the island equally between paying members (depending on how much they pay for) but with just a normal land each person could buy the piece of land they can afford. so if someone wants 1024 squr meter they can get that and if someone wants half the sim they can get that too. this is an advantage because let's say someone has things happen irl and suddenly has to drop their payment of second life we don't end up with one person short to pay for the island. basically i think..."

My opinions and building projects: island vs land

See also My opinions and building projects: bloggers looking to buy an island

My Steampunk Telescope

A while back I purchased a telescope from the Ginsburg Department Store in New Babbage. I figured it was about time I checked it out and *Holy Nekos!* I wasn't disappointed.

Through the filter of a Victorian Aesthetic: The screen arrives at last!

Through the filter of a Victorian Aesthetic: The screen arrives at last!

At last! You can buy me a great steampunk gift! Please? Oh Please? Operators are standing by to take your donation. Call now...

Through the filter of a Victorian Aesthetic: The screen arrives at last!

A horse is a horse, of course, of course

My friends Silvy and Macey purchased horses a while back and I expressed some interest in getting one myself. I mean why not? I already had 3 cars, 3 motorcycles, a BSG Vipor and Raptor, a bicycle, a skycycle...I obviously needed a horse. So saying goodbye to 2000 Linden dollars, I said hello to my new equine pal. I've decided my horse is male and I've picked out a name for him...Lagabit, aka Sir Lagalot.

Lag and Lagabit aside, I've decided on 2 more RL purchases. A new keyboard and a laptop cooling pad. I've had some embarassing contest losses due to my crappy laptop keyboard, trying to hit the correct keys while my 'puter is propped up at an angle to keep it cool.

I'll need practice, too. Actions like flying aircraft and driving cars are not the same as the more nuanced trotting and jumping in a steeplechase.