Fluffy Friday Fantastical Frolics

Fluffy Friday Fantastical Frolics

It's Friday and I'm in cute mode! I don't do super cute often but I have my moments and I had been wanting a reason to go back and take a photo in this particular room at Fantastical Dreams. As I mentioned on a previous post the large LAQ windmill on the sim has some [...]

Oasis Dreamer

Oasis Dreamer

I've never been very good at getting things 'off my chest'. I've often kept thoughts and feelings bottled up inside me because I didn't want to encumber anyone else with my negativity or because I've been worried about the reaction. I'm very capable of letting my mind think of the very worst case scenario and [...]

Look for the Bare Necessities

Look for the Bare Necessities

Everyone's a critic! I've noticed it a lot this week in Second Life particularly. Now, I believe constructive criticism is important. To self-critique ourselves and our work is vital if we want to improve either as people or to create better products or services. But there is a chasm of difference between feedback and just [...]

Twistin By the Pool

Twistin By the Pool

This look was perfect for me as the past made quite an impact on my thoughts. We often hear these days how we've become a far more disposable society. My Dad would tell me about how when he was younger his Mum just had a few items of clothes and they were made to last [...]

Table for Two

Table for Two

The weather in my tiny part of the UK is glorious as I write this post...sipping on a G&T while I get ready for an early dinner and cocktails with friends in real life. Just like my real life, my Second Life isn't always relaxing. Sometimes it's pretty stressful with late nights working to complete [...]

Look Who’s Coming to Dinner

Look Who’s Coming to Dinner

The beauty of SL for me has always been about people. I have met people from countries that I will probably never get the opportunity to visit. Even the team I work with at MadPea is made up of people from several nationalities...Finnish, Italian, American, Estonian, British, Dutch...the list goes on. And all those people [...]

What Happens if I Click This? Updating my Blogroll

What Happens if I Click This? Updating my Blogroll

I spent a good couple of hours on Spotify last night all because of one song. I heard the song at a club and looked up the artist on spotify and after deciding to download the whole album I started to click through on the related artists links. Several downloads and hours later I had [...]

You Can’t Make Greed Look Pretty – The Flickr Bump Row Continues

You Can’t Make Greed Look Pretty – The Flickr Bump Row Continues

There are a number of traits I find particularly unattractive and greed is right up there at the top of the list. It manifests itself in a number of ways within Second Life like clubs that 'game' traffic by using bots and alts to stores who put the most popular colours of an item unavailable [...]

Everything Feels Better with Fresh Air and A Clear Mind

Everything Feels Better with Fresh Air and A Clear Mind

I woke up. I have clothes to wear. I have running water. I have food to eat. Life is good. I am thankful. That was the first thing I read on facebook yesterday morning and I thought back on them this morning as I took this photograph. In a morning where i have been distracted [...]

Looking at the Stars to Save Me

Looking at the Stars to Save Me

SL is often an escape for people. Over the last year it's become less so for me and more a place for collaborative working on projects. Sometimes though I need SL to just be pure escapism. When real life stresses are at the point where a switch needs to turn off and I can immerse [...]