Sunday, January 30, 2011

My New Company - The Bilasimo Group!

I have recently created a full "parent" company to encompass the many projects that have come my way and those that i orginated with (like my baby DDesigns!). The Bilasimo Group (search groups for an in-world group, its open enrollement now!) covers all businesses I own or partner with others on as of this blog posting they are:

Somersley Animal Training Academy (coming soon!)
DDesigns
Kidville (introduction date March 2011)
My Boyfriends Closet (introduction date February 2011)
The Jersey Chick Label (introduction date March 2011)

The BIlasimo Group will also be the landholder for all label in-world land, additionally the main group for all renters of prims/space from Dmari Bilasimo or any affiliate vendors for any associated companies.

Please note: although "Th BIlasimo Group" is for all projects and businesses i am associated with, for FASHION specific products from me please join the group "DDesigns & Company" these include the following as of this blog posting:

DDesigns
Kidville (introduction date March 2011)
My Boyfriends Closet (introduction date February 2011)
The Jersey Chick Label (introduction date March 2011)


IMPORTANT: Please note that the blog at http://ddesignsbydmari.blogspot.com/ will receive no new posts after the 31st of January 2011. For all future posts please consult http://thebilasimogroup.blogspot.com/.

We have a facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bilasimo-Group/139701676079637 and a group at http://www.facebook.com/#!/home.php?sk=group_158622034174961&ap=1 .

Twitter is @dmaribilasimo ... don't forget to join the groups, like the pages and follow me on twitter... plans for tons of fun promotions in the works!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Maybe Pi Delta Pi is my place in SL? Pledge Week Starting 1/24 8am SLT!!!

Second life is a lot like real life - you strive to find your place, a group you can feel like you have a second family and also feel like a special individual.

When i first came to second life i wandered around a lot and after talking with a few friends i tried the vampire/lycan RP "game" called "bloodlines". Now i hold no grudges against any of my former lieges, minions or clan members - but after awhile i no longer found the RP fulfilling and decided to leave.

Recently i came across information on Pi Delta Pi Sorority (http://pideltapi.yolasite.com/). I spoke with Celeste Barkley one of the sisters - she gave me the website link and some information. I took my time reading all this - gave it a great deal of thought and decided to pledge!


I can't wait for pledge week that starts tomorrow, i have to spend a week at the pledge house getting to know my sisters - i have talked to them a few already and i feel like i have found the SL "second family" i am looking for! Here are some pics of the pledge house - be sure to check back for my "pledge diary" blog posts!


Caption: The outside of the pledge house - including the totally slamming pool!




Caption: the Kitchen!

Caption: chill area off the kitchen/living room area!


Caption: The living room, including some totally fabuluous wall hangings of the sisters!

Making Gestures and Notices - links and BASIC information!

Okay okay so i know gestures can be a bit annoying - but i feel that as long as they are not that annoying either the length of the text or the audio (if there is a song or vocal included) i think they add a great deal of fun to the second life experience!

I have included some basic information, links and matetrials you can cut and paste in this blog - if you have any questions hit me up with an email or feel free to comment on this blog post! (I will create more detailed step by step gesture guide soon!).

To create the movements, probably the most difficult part of a full gesture you should download the program "QAvimator" it is a program version that is specifically tailored for creating body movements to be uploaded into second life (either stand-still or active such as dancing), "QAvimator" can be found at (its a totally free download/program!!!):

http://www.qavimator.org/

To create the audio clips that are sometimes included in gestures, "Audacity" (please note audio clips that you upload into second life can't be more than 10 seconds!) - this like "QAvimator" is a completely free program download which you can grab at the following link:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Here are some helpful youtube videos:
QAvimator (video by Torley Linden): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_-3c_aC-O4
Audacity (video by animeamy85): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmC_LtZqXNY

The following "cut and paste" information including a instructional video for the information is included at the following link:
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Help:Gestures

Letters:
Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ Ⓕ Ⓖ Ⓗ Ⓘ Ⓙ Ⓚ Ⓛ Ⓜ Ⓝ Ⓞ Ⓟ Ⓠ Ⓡ Ⓢ Ⓣ Ⓤ Ⓥ Ⓦ Ⓧ Ⓨ Ⓩ
ⓐⓑⓒⓓⓔⓕⓖⓗⓘⓙⓚⓛⓜⓝⓞⓟⓠⓡⓢⓣⓤⓥⓦⓧⓨ
α в ¢ ∂ є ƒ g н ι נ к ℓ м η σ ρ q я ѕ т υ ν ω χ у z
ム 乃 מ ﮮ 乇 キ g ん ノ フ ズ レ ᄊ 刀 o ア q 尺 丂 イ u √ w メ リ 乙
α вß ς đ∂ ℮εзє€ ƒ н ί!ι נ к ℓ м иη σø ρ гя ş ţт ω × ч
ค ๒ ς ๔ є Ŧ ﻮ ђ เ ן к l ๓ ภ ๏ ק ợ г ร t ย ש ฬ ץ א z
℘ ℑ ℜ ℵ ♏ η α
z ʎ x ʍ ʌ n ʇ s ɹ b d o u ɯ l ʞ ɾ ı ɥ ƃ ɟ ǝ p ɔ q ɐ
Numbers:
➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ ➅ ➆ ➇ ➈ ➉ ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ ➎ ➏ ➐ ➑ ➒ ➓
Symbols/Some Smileys: (May Have Some Repeats. I just gathered these):
♬ ♩ ♭ ♪ ☎ ☏ ♨ ♠ ♣ ♧ ♥ ♡ ஓ ﻬ ஐ ღ ☆ ★ o(‧'''‧)o ๑•ิ.•ั๑ ₪ ¡ Þ ௫ μ ๑۩۞۩๑ ๑۩ﺴ۩๑ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ εїз ண
♥♣♠•♂♀♪↕‼¶§↑↓→←∟↔▲▼
♧ ღ ♂ ♀ ♥ ♡ ☜ ☞ ☎☏⊙ ◎ ▨ ♨ ◐ ◑ ↔ ↕ ☏℡™№◈⊙◈♨§ξ∮¥£◐◑。๑∞•◦♀◎♨ ◊ ♬ ♪♩♭♧∏۩۞ юЮ ღㄨ※Ψ彡乀∑ ⌒⌒@↑↓←→↘↙↔↕ω Ω жべあぃ∈
◊→♡๑۩۞۩๑ ﹏
[[]] «----»◈¯`•.☆__)ҳ̸Ҳ̸ҳ۞۩๑[sՖศДקקツ|
▶ ▷ ◀ ◁ ☀ ☁ ☂ ☃ ☄ ★ ☆ ☇ ☈ ☉ ☊ ☋ ☌ ☍ ☑ ☒ ☢ ☸ ☹
☻ ☼ ☽ ☾ ♠ ♡ ♢ ♣ ♤ ♥ ♦ ♧ ♨ ♩ ✙ ✈ ✉ ✌ ✁ ✎ ✐ ❀ ✰ ❁
❤ ❥ ❦ ❧ ➳ ➽ 〠 〄 ㍿ ♝ ♞ ¥ ☸ ❁ ❀ ✿ ✾ ❃ ✺ ❇ ❈
❊ ❉ ✲ ✩ ✫ ✬ ✭ ★ ✪ ¤ ☼ ☀ ღ ❂ ◕ ⊕ Θ o O ♋ ☯ ㊝ ⊙ ◎
๑ ☜ ☞ ♨ ☎ ☏ ۩ ۞ ♬ ✖ ஐﻬ ► ◄ ▧ ▨ ♨ ↔ ↕ ▪ ▫ ☼ ♦ ◊ ◦ ☼
▣ ▤ ▥ ▦ ▩ ◘ ◙ ◈ ♫ ♬ ♪ ♩ ♭ ♪ の ☆ → ₪ ¤ 큐 « » ™ ♂✿ ♥ の ㊣
⊕ △ ▲ ☆ ★ ◇ ◆ ■ □ ▽ ▼ § ¥ 〒 ¢ £ ※ ♀ ♂ © ® ⁂ ℡
♧ ღ ♂ ♀ ♥ ♡ ☜ ☞ ☎☏⊙ ◎ ▨ ♨ ◐ ◑ ↔ ↕ ☏℡™№◈⊙◈♨§ξ∮¥£♠ ♣♥ ●•۰•♡•۰•● ◐◑。๑∞•◦♀◎♨ ◊ ▣▤▥▦▩▧▨♬ ♪♩♭♧∏۩۞ юЮ ღㄨ※Ψ彡乀∑ ⌒⌒@▓↑↓←→↘↙↔↕ω‰ Ω ж べあぃ∈
۰•● ●•۰✚✪✣✤✥✦✧✩✫✬✭✮✯✰✱✲✳❃❂❁❀ ✿ ✶ ✴❄ ❉❋❖❥↖ ↗ ↙ ↘◎○●⊕⊙○△▲■□▽▼✎
┣┓┏┫▄ █ ▌▒『』〖〗◢ ◣◥ ◤ △ ▲▄ █ ▌▒◊→♡๑۩۞۩๑ ♠▲▼↑↓→←◊→♡๑۩۞●☆★〓۩๑ ⊙▽⊙ ◑▂◐ ◑0◐ ◑︿◐◑ω◐ ◑
° •ิ . • ஐ இ * × ○ ▫ ♦♂ • ♀ ◊ © ¤ ▲ ↔ ™ ® ◊ ♥ ╠ ═ ╝▫ ■ □ ۩ ۞ ๑ » « ¶ ஐ † εïз  ღ ♣ ♠ • ± җ ۝♥ิ.•ัﻬஐ ■ ▓ 回 □ 〓≡ ╝╚ ♪๑Θ ●○♠« ° •
•.★*... ...*★.• •*.:【】ψ▓ ► ◄ ▒ ░ ♀♂ √ ╮╭ ╯╰ ァ♧ ღ ♂
㊈㊉㊊㊋㊌㊍㊎㊏ ㊐㊑㊒㊓㊔㊕㊖㊗⑪ ⑫ ⑬ ⑭ ⑮ ⑯ ⑰ ⑱ ⑲ ⑳ ㊀ ㊁ ㊂ ㊃㊄ ㊅ ㊆ ㊇ ㊈ ㊉ ㊊ の♈ ➸ ✓ ✔ ✕ ✖ ㊚ ㊛≈≌ﺴ۩๑๑۩۞۩๑ ๑۩۞۩๑๑۩ﺴ ≌≈
✿*゚¨゚゚(◕‿-。)๑۩۞۩๑♂ ♀⊹⊱✿ ✿⊰⊹ ♥ ♡ ☜ ☞ 。◕‿◕。 ☎ ☏ ⊙◎ ☺✿ ☻♧ ► ◄ ▧ ▨ ♨ ◐ ◑ ↔ ↕ ▪ ▫ ☼ ♦ ▀ ▄ █▌ ▐ ░ ▒ ▬♦ ◊ ◦ εïз♠♣ ▣ ▤ ▥ ▦ ▩ ◘ ◙ ◈ ♫
。◕‿◕。 ° ஐ ✿ © ● •.• ◦ εïз ♥ ♡ ღ ❤ ♂ ♀ ๑ ♦ ◊ ░ ▒ ☺ ☻ ♠ ♣ ※ → ← ∴ △ ∞ ☆ ★ ≈ ¤ ♫ ♬ ♪ ❀ ◎ •ิ . • ® ™ † » « ₪ ☼ ◘
♫ ♬ ♪ ♩ ♭ ♪ の ☆ → ๑۩ﺴ£ ❤ 。◕‿◕。 ๑۩△ ▲ γ ⊙ ◎┋ ︻ ︼ ¤ ▽ ㄒ ∵ ∴ ∷ ω ㊣ ღ ↘↙ 〓 × 卍 ◇ ◆ × ◎ 〖 〗 ▓ √ ¤ ∞ ≡ ۞ 灬 ˇ ● ﹌ ﹎ ゅ ☀ ψ Ψ
ⓛⓞⓥⓔ♡♀♂♪●◦○◊▼▲▫╰☆╮▓▒▌♥ ♡ ☜ ☞ ☎ ☏ ⊙ ◎╬╫∫∞∙∑∆• ۣ۞ ۝˚˜̃΅Ш ◊ ◦ ♠ ♣ ۞ ▪ ▫ □ ˇ и »«۰•●۩ ஐღ ® © εïз •ิ « ₪ ☼ ◘ ╠ ═ ╝▫ † җ ۝ இ * ツ ○ ↔♬
εïз * æ ♂ ♀ ♥ ♠ ♣ ♪ ♫ ﻬ ♬ ♡ ☆ ★ † ۞ ➈ ❤ ✈ ↔ ↕ • ● ° ¤ ๑ ღ « » ™ ® © † ▓ ↑ ↓ ← → ↘ ↙↔↕ω‰ Ω ж べあぃ∈
┣┓┏┫▄ █ ▌▒『』〖〗◢ ◣◥ ◤ △ ▲▄ █ ▌▒◊→♡๑۩۞۩๑ ♠▲▼↑↓→←◊→♡๑۩۞●☆★〓۩๑ ⊙▽⊙ ◑▂◐ ◑0◐ ◑︿◐◑ω◐ ◑
° •ิ . • ஐ இ * × ○ ▫ ♦♂ • ♀ ◊ © ¤ ▲ ↔ ™ ® ◊ ♥ ╠ ═ ╝▫ ■ □ ۩ ۞ ๑ » « ¶ ஐ † εïз ♪ ღ ♣ ♠ • ± җ ۝♥ิ.•ัﻬஐ ■ ▓ 回 □ 〓≡ ╝╚ ♪๑Θ ●○♠« ° •
•.★*... ...*★.• •*.:【】ψ▓ ► ◄ ▒ ░ ♀♂ √ ╮╭ ╯╰ ァ♧ ღ ♂ ♀ ♥ ♡ ☜ ☞ ☎☏⊙ ◎ ▨ ♨ ◐ ◑ ↔ ↕ ♣ ★ じ ▒ ...¤¸¸.•´¯`•.¸•..>>--» [[]] «----»◈¯`•.☆__)             ҳ̸Ҳ̸ҳ۞               ۩๑[sՖศДקקツ|\
Oº°‘¨ ¨‘°ºO ▬♦ஜ ஒ ண இ ஆ ௰
♥ • ¤ € ۵ † ٭ ‡ • ♫ « » § ¿ ® © ¡
♦ ♣ ♠ ♣ ♠ ◊ ♦ ○ ● ◘ ■ ☻ ☺☼ ♪ ♫
▶ ▷ ◀ ◁ ☀ ☁ ☂ ☃ ☄ ★ ☆ ☇ ☈ ☉ ☊ ☋ ☌ ☍ ☑ ☒ ☢ ☸ ☹
☻ ☼ ☽ ☾ ♠ ♡ ♢ ♣ ♤ ♥ ♦ ♧ ♨ ♩ ✙ ✈ ✉ ✌ ✁ ✎ ✐ ❀ ✰ ❁
❤ ❥ ❦ ❧ ➳ ➽ 〠 〄 ㍿ ♝ ♞ ¥ ☸ ❁ ❀ ✿ ✾ ❃ ✺ ❇ ❈
❊ ❉ ✲ ✩ ✫ ✬ ✭ ★ ✪ ¤ ☼ ☀ ღ ❂ ◕ ⊕ Θ o O ♋ ☯ ㊝ ⊙ ◎
๑ ☜ ☞ ♨ ☎ ☏ ۩ ۞ ♬ ✖ ஐﻬ ► ◄ ▧ ▨ ♨ ↔ ↕ ▪ ▫ ☼ ♦ ◊ ◦ ☼
▣ ▤ ▥ ▦ ▩ ◘ ◙ ◈ ♫ ♬ ♪ ♩ ♭ ♪ の ☆ → ₪ ¤ 큐 « » ™ ♂✿ ♥ の ㊣
⊕ △ ▲ ☆ ★ ◇ ◆ ■ □ ▽ ▼ § ¥ 〒 ¢ £ ※ ♀ ♂ © ® ⁂ ℡
♧ ღ ♂ ♀ ♥ ♡ ☜ ☞ ☎☏⊙ ◎ ▨ ♨ ◐ ◑ ↔ ↕ ☏℡™№◈⊙◈♨§ξ∮¥£♠ ♣♥ ●•۰•♡•۰•● ◐◑。๑∞•◦♀◎♨ ◊ ▣▤▥▦▩▧▨♬ ♪♩♭♧∏۩۞ юЮ ღㄨ※Ψ彡乀∑ ⌒⌒@
♂ ∑ ∩ ∂ ║╗═╔ ๑ ๒ ๓
๔ ๕ ๖ ๗ ๘ ๙ ๚ ๛
☮☯☢ ♬ ♩ ♭ ♪ ☎ ☏ ♨ ♠ ♣ ♧ ♥ ♡ ஓ ﻬ ஐ ღ ☆ ★ o(‧'''‧)o ๑•ิ.•ั๑ ₪ ¡ Þ ௫ μ ๑۩۞۩๑ ๑۩ﺴ۩๑ εїз ண卍 →←¤█▄ß±¨
♥♣♠•♂♀♪↕‼¶§↑↓→←∟↔▲▼
♧ ღ ♂ ♀ ♥ ♡ ☜ ☞ ☎☏⊙ ◎ ▨ ♨ ◐ ◑ ↔ ↕ ☏℡™№◈⊙◈♨§ξ∮¥£◐◑。๑∞•◦♀◎♨ ◊ ♬ ♪♩♭♧∏۩۞ юЮ ღㄨ※Ψ彡乀∑ ⌒⌒@↑↓←→↘↙↔↕ω Ω жべあぃ∈
◊→♡๑۩۞۩๑ ﹏
[[]] «----»◈¯`•.☆__)ҳ̸Ҳ̸ҳ۞۩๑[sՖศДקקツ|
✖ ✗ ✘ ♒♬ ✄ ✂ ✆ ✦ ✧ ♱ ♰ ☿ ❤ ❥ ❦ ❧ ♡ ♦ ♢ ♕ ♚ ♛
✮ ✯ ☾ ☽ ☼ ☂☻ ☺ ☹  ۞ ۩  εїз εїз Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ξЖЗ εжз ☏ ✍ ✌ ☢ ☣ ☠ ♧ ♨ ๑ ❀
✿ ψ ♆ ☪ ☭ ♩ ♫ ℘ ℑℜ ℵ ♏ η α ʊ ϟ ღ ツ 回 ₪ 卐 ⅓ ⅔ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ℅ № ⇨ ❝ ❞℃
◠ ◡ ╭ ╮ ╯ ╰ ⊙¤㊣ ♀◆◇◣◢◥▲▼△▽⊿◤◥▆ ▇ █ ■ 回 □ ▢ 〓≡ ╝╚╔ ╗╬ ═ ╓ ╩
┠ ┨┯ ┷┏┓┗ ┛┳⊥﹃ ﹄┌ ┐└ ┘ ∟ 「 」 ↘↙┇┅ ﹉﹊﹍﹎╭╮╰ ╯
  -^ ^ ︵ ∧ ∠ ∨ ∩ ⊂ ⊃ ∪ ⊥ ∀  ∵∴‖︱ ︳︴﹏﹋﹌ ◎ ☺
► ◄ ▧ ▨ ♨ ◐ ◑ ↔ ↕▪ ▫ ☼ ▀ ▄ ▐ ▬ ◊ ▣ ▤ ▥ ▦ ▩ ぃ◘ ◙ ◈ ♬ ♩ ♭ ♪ の ☆ →
あ £ ❤ 。◕‿◕。✎ ✟ ஐ ≈ ✲ ❈ ➹ . ◕‿-。 【】 ┱ ┲ ❣ ✚ ✪ ✣ ✤ ✥ ✦ ❉❥ ❦
❧ ❃ ❂ ❁ ❀ ☪ ☣ ☢ ☭ ♈ ➸ ✓ ✔ ☑ ✕ ✖ ㊚ ㊛ ¤ ㊣ ♦ ◈ ╠ ═ ▫ •ิ. • இ *
× ○ ▫ ↔ ☆∵ ∴ ∷ # ﻬ ↕ ↘• • ●  ﹌ ↔ ∞ ◦ ° ° ◦ ° ° ◦
☠ ☮ ☯ ♠ Ω ♤ ♣ ♧ ♥ ♡ ♦ ♢ ♔ ♕ ♚ ♛ ⚜ ★ ☆ ✮ ✯ ☄ ☾ ☽ ☼ ☀ ☁ ☂ ☃ ☻ ☺ ☹ ۞ ۩ εїз Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ξЖЗ εжз ☎ ☏ ¢ ☚ ☛ ☜ ☝ ☞ ☟ ✍ ✌ ☢ ☣ ♨ ๑ ❀ ✿ ψ ♆ ☪ ☭ ♪ ♩ ♫ ♬ ✄ ✂ ✆ ✉ ✦ ✧ ♱ ♰ ∞ ♂ ♀ ☿ ❤ ❥ ❦ ❧ ™ ® © ✖ ✗ ✘ ⊗ ♒■ □ ▢ ▲ △ ▼ ▽ ◆ ◇ ○ ◎ ● ◯ Δ ◕ ◔
[[]] «----»◈¯`•.☆__)ҳ̸Ҳ̸ҳ۞۩๑[sՖศДקקツ|
▶ ▷ ◀ ◁ ☀ ☁ ☂ ☃ ☄ ★ ☆ ☇ ☈ ☉ ☊ ☋ ☌ ☍ ☑ ☒ ☢ ☸ ☹
☻ ☼ ☽ ☾ ♠ ♡ ♢ ♣ ♤ ♥ ♦ ♧ ♨ ♩ ✙ ✈ ✉ ✌ ✁ ✎ ✐ ❀ ✰ ❁
❤ ❥ ❦ ❧ ➳ ➽ 〠 〄 ㍿ ♝ ♞ ¥ ☸ ❁ ❀ ✿ ✾ ❃ ✺ ❇ ❈
❊ ❉ ✲ ✩ ✫ ✬ ✭ ★ ✪ ¤ ☼ ☀ ღ ❂ ◕ ⊕ Θ o O ♋ ☯ ㊝ ⊙ ◎
๑ ☜ ☞ ♨ ☎ ☏ ۩ ۞ ♬ ✖ ஐﻬ ► ◄ ▧ ▨ ♨ ↔ ↕ ▪ ▫ ☼ ♦ ◊ ◦ ☼
▣ ▤ ▥ ▦ ▩ ◘ ◙ ◈ ♫ ♬ ♪ ♩ ♭ ♪ の ☆ → ₪ ¤ 큐 « » ™ ♂✿ ♥ の ㊣
⊕ △ ▲ ☆ ★ ◇ ◆ ■ □ ▽ ▼ § ¥ 〒 ¢ £ ※ ♀ ♂ © ® ⁂ ℡
♧ ღ ♂ ♀ ♥ ♡ ☜ ☞ ☎☏⊙ ◎ ▨ ♨ ◐ ◑ ↔ ↕ ☏℡™№◈⊙◈♨§ξ∮¥£♠ ♣♥ ●•۰•♡•۰•● ◐◑。๑∞•◦♀◎♨ ◊ ▣▤▥▦▩▧▨♬ ♪♩♭♧∏۩۞ ю Ю ღㄨ※Ψ彡乀∑ ⌒⌒@▓↑↓←→↘↙↔↕ω‰ Ω ж べあぃ∈
❤ ღ ♂ ♀ ♥ ↔ ↕ ▪ ๑ ▄ █ ★◎≧※°¹³∙ ▒ ◊ ◦ ♠ ♣ ♪ の →°■♀ Ψ №← ∑ ξ ζ ω ∏√∩ ¤ ∞≡ ▄ ≠ ^_^ ─ = ≈≌ ﺴ۩๑ ๑۩۞۩๑ ▓ ▲ γ ō ╦ ╩ ε ┘┌ ╬ ω § Θ I ™ ©【ツ】【ツ】【ツ】【ツ】【ツ】【ツ】
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ  ¸.•*¨*`•.¸☆웃
క ఖ గ ఘ ఙక ఖ గ ఘ ఙ౦ ౧ ౨ ౩ ౪ ౫ ౬ ౭ ౮ ౯ ౧ ౦ కొ ట్టా డు ఊు క్క
☎ ☏ ♨ ♠ ♣ ♧ ♥ ♡ ஓ ﻬ ஐ ღ ☆ ★ o(‧'''‧)o ๑•ิ.•ั๑ ₪ ¡ AÞ ௫ μ ๑۩۞۩๑ ๑۩ﺴ۩๑ εїз ண
ⓐⓑⓒⓓⓔⓕⓖⓗⓘⓙⓚⓛⓜⓝⓞⓟⓠⓡⓢⓣⓤⓥⓦⓧⓨ
♥♣♠•♂♀♪↕‼¶§↑↓→←∟↔▲▼
♧ ღ ♂ ♀ ♥ ♡ ☜ ☞ ☎☏⊙ ◎ ▨ ♨ ◐ ◑ ↔ ↕ ☏℡™№◈⊙◈♨§ξ∮¥£◐◑。๑∞•◦♀◎♨ ◊ ♬ ♪♩♭♧∏۩۞ юЮ ღㄨ※Ψ彡乀∑ ⌒⌒@↑↓←→↘↙↔↕ω Ω жべあぃ∈
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

FRAPS of the Moment

So my friend Harmony (Harmony Panthar of Template Craze - look her up!) are gonna be working on a designers school together i have begun making screen shots and such to prepare some picture materials but i wanted to augment it by blogs, videos and the like.... however i was not aware of how to make a video of what is happening on my computer screen .. thats when my friend Jimmy tells me about FRAPS .... a program that allows you to do just htat, capture what is goign on on yoru computer in a video, you can find them at :


http://www.fraps.com/

I have only tested it and i can tell you this program is amazing, now it may be a little crude but...... here is my first attempt at a video:


I can't wait to explore this medium more and see where it takes me!

Galena SKute - my adult daughter and former number one minion!


This is Galena Skute! She is my adult daughter, we first met when i still played "bloodlines" (see: http://www.slbloodlines.com/) a vampire/lycan RP game available in-world. I found her wandering around when she was a little nublet - barely a few days into second life! I took G on as a blood angel and she later became my first minion to acheive full player status (she became a vampire).

Galena and i have grown very close and one day we just started refering to each other as family - she was my daughter and i was her mother .. it was that simple. Although i have left bloodlines and galena remains - we share many common interests; she has followed in my footsteps as a designer and i have developed interest in breedable horses after she did... we eventually sync up on interests!

I look forward to watching Galena grow and establish herserlf more inwolrd and will always be happy that she is part of my life and i can teach her a few things i know!

Adoption in Second Life - Beware and Becareful!

Many are creeped out by child avatars - i mean really, why would anyone wanna play a child in a game? like anything else it has its advantages ... don't you remember how fun it was to play on the playground? wake up and all you had to worry about was cartoons and such? it was great!

I have a dear friend, her name is JenyferLynn - i know her in real life, she is decently over 18 and has a great deal of fun playing a child avatar (she does like many have an adult 'alt' but out of respect for her privacy i am not gonna disclose who that is)... this is a picture i did for jeny and her profile, she put the background together and i did the rest of the work:


Jeny has lucky out and is part of a great family. I, unlike jeny, prefer to play the parent role in second life.... while there are many good children out there like Jeny (several i count as good friends!) there are also bad apples.

My first small child in SL was named Amaya - she was great and we got along for several weeks and then just all of a sudden *POOF* she wasn't coming on for almost 3 weeks... after the 4th week of contact i noticed that she had logged on but never contacted me.... odd right? i sent her a note and asked that if she still  wanted to continue the relationship that she should let me know what was going on - particularly wh yshe unchecked my ability to "view login status" (in other words i couldn't see when she logged in like other friends). In the end Amaya gave me an excuse which ... welll who knows, she detailed something about her real life and... I just in the end had a feeling she wasn't into playing a child avatar any more.

The second time i tried to adopt small children in SL was recently, i thought it was going well but found out today... not so much. I played a lot and was beginning to "teach" one of the wins i was on trial with and also was preparing for her to attend school she really is a good girl - however her counterpart and twin Fiona Flasheart is NOT.

Fiona Flasheart is the twin i had initial contact with - spent some hours with her over the first day and 1/2 of the trial nad then she disappeared, again she like amaya didn't seem to log in. I spoke with the "good" twin about how she felt about Fiona not logging in and while i would always welcome Fiona as part of my family - maybe adopting another child so the "good" twin would have a playmate may have a good idea? this conversation only happened today...

While offline i received an email the the good twin sent me ... it sounded a little emotional when i read it, and a great deal confused... basically she was ending her relationship with me but wasn't truly explaining why.
I had a feeling that she, the good twin, may have mentioned our conversation about adopting another child to Fiona and Fiona took it out of context and didn't understand. I mean i understood fiona had RL school and we all have important things... the only contact i made an attempt at with fiona when she "disappeared" was to drop her 2 messages saying things like "i hope school is going good, we miss you", i made no other attempts to contact her.

I found out later thru a shared "family" member that Fiona seems to have had other motives in pursuing a family RP relationship ... she took my brother for a 350L SL football jersey... and while i did not give her more than say 30L directly (5L here and there) i did make some purchase for which i still retain ownership for that i would not have neccesarily made if it weren't for the twins. Fiona also made comments about my beign nagging to some others, which is not true... the one thing i can say about my second  situation is if you come across FIONA its probably best to stay away i have a strong feeling she is only looking for someone to support her FULLY and while i don't mind doing this for and with my SL children i am not here to support their adult avatars thru "allowances" or "purchases" for their child avatar.

In summation if your gonna adopt (and i am gonna try again) children avatars in second life, here is some well thought out advice:

1. if you use an adoption service - be aware of the rules (i use/have used the group "making adoption wishes come true"
2. do not make any large purchases which you then give to or the children have ownership rights to - if the trial does not work out, thats money wasted - always retain ownership if you feel you MUST by the child something
3. avoid giving large sums to the children - i would say avoid giving any linden directly until after the trial is over and a solid relationship is established.
4. Trust your gut - if something doesn't feel right, just like in real life .. .walk away! There are plenty

My Home in Pleasant Hills

I got a house  in Pleasant Hills! its small but cozy - its a great community with lots of families and a great deal of fun RP opportunities. I originally got the home because i had adopted twins (see post "Adoption Woes") but that didn't work out in the end... I however will stay in Pleasant Hills because i can't see myself being anywhere else!

Caption: Play area for kids, also has my kitties - at the time it was taken i had 2 pairs (male/female) i have 4 males/2 females now.


Caption: This is my kitchen - i don't have a regular table, the play area was suppose to be a dining room but... i like the counter/bar stool type look....



Caption: Another view of my kitchen - my coke machine is near the patio door! the coke machine originally was just a prim box that had a audio script in it... but i added a can of soda and a touch script so now when you touch it you hear the change clinking and you get a soda!

I plan on making some other food dispenses like this but totally from scratch so they are fully mine!



Caption: (view 1) this is the main area of my living room, some leather seating (2 chairs and a couch) along with a colorful area rug. I love adding little touches - like off ot the right of the picture u can see my end table with ball candles.

The living room (you see in the left hand part of the pic) is a pit style living room where u have to "step down" into it.



Caption: (view 2) this is another view of my living room - here u can see the end table with the buble candles, the 2way fire place and on the other side of the fire place a classic pieve of art featuring Marlyn Monroe and another end table - this time round.



Caption: (view 3) my greedy table - i don't have a whole lot of money so i bought the cheaper 'generic' version ... says "greedi" instead of "greedy" on the table... it works just the same.

If you don't know what greedy is - its a dice game, if you have ever played "farkle" online/on facebook its the same as that. Primarily you go for certain numbers (1's and 5's) and certain combinations (triples or pairs if you have pairs of 1's/5's or across the board as in 3 pairs).


Caption: (view 4, full view) Here is simply a ful lview of my living room!



Caption: simple and colorful (i love pinks and purples!) this is my master bedroom!



Caption: Master bathroom - not much decorating done here yet, i have to add the little touches a lot of places still the bathroom is just one place! hehe



caption: Master bathroom vanity, again i still need to add little touches!



And this is my home from the sidewalk! I can't stress how great and close knit of a community Somersley (they own 7 sims) is.... idk where i would be without the support and love of my new neighbors and dear friends!