I've only been 7 Seas Fishing that one time when Dedric showed me how. I haven't done it again mostly because I haven't had time. But one thing that did hold me back was the problem of what to do with all the fish (not to mention sea horses, sea urchins etc.) that start filling up your inventory.
Luckily for me Ahuva pointed out that you can release them inworld. So I added a fish pond to my front yard. And yes those are tiny little ufo's flying over the fish. :)
It is called "Beautiful Place" and it's a lovely oasis on the mainland. A place for meditation or contemplation it also has lovely little "houses" for your (I think temporary) use.
There is a temple of sorts with meditation pillows inside and gorgeous chinese lions guarding the outside.
As an alternative to camping chairs it offers you the opportunity to earn lindens while you do Tai Chi. Me, I'll just stand and stare at the lions. :)
Next door to Aintree Gardens is the Mustang Trading Post owned by my friend Jon Ree and there's a convenient path you can take to go visit. I found the store long before we met. In my early days of SL I would go looking for places that reflected what I love in RL and included in those things I love is the american southwest and navajo jewellry. Jon makes the most beautifully detailed jewelery for both men and women.
I don't wear jewelery very often - too busy gardening. But when I do it's usually his. I love his bracelets/cuffs and usually have one on. In addition his earrings and necklaces are fabulous. I'm no model but I wanted to show you one of the pieces I love.
Next to Aintree he also has this great barn for sale - I wish I had a place to put it. :)
Jon recently added another store for furniture.
I love his work - it's detailed and very high quality. You should check him out. :)
My photo doesn't do this av justice - it is truly the most appealing avatar I've ever seen.
I sometimes recommend to newbies that they look for non-human avatars if they are so inclined- think about it, no hair/skin/clothes/ao's to worry about. Has to be less expensive initially and less trouble to find (for those of us who hate shopping). They also get rid of the "I'm brand new kick me" sign that many get on their backs.
I have a few non human avatars - but I don't use them. It's just not the "me" I expect I think. But I do think many are just amazing - and I applaud the creators and the wearers both. :)
PS I forgot to mention that in this av's profile he says that the only happier av in SL is Torley Linden. :)
As his second Rez Day approached I started planning my tribute. My first idea was to toilet paper his house - which would have been a real challenge given that, at the time, his house was a 34 story office tower. But I was working on it ........ until he sold all his land!
So I started trying to plan something assuming he had no house. And then he bought some land. Once again I ripped up my plans and started anew.
He obviously felt safe announcing the new land because, according to his blog, it only has 2 free prims. He probably doesn't think I can do anything with only 2 prims. :)
I guess I forgot to tell him about my new toy. It's one of Dedric's terrific particle generators. I really have very little idea what I'm doing, but I hit buttons and pull levers and then stick script into a box and stuff happens. :)
I could only use two prims but I made them "pretty". And I made them revolve .... cause movement just adds a je ne sais quoi element to it.
It was still missing something though. Something that would make it truly a Rez Day gift for Wrath. It had his name all over it but that didn't seem personal enough.
So I took a 6 second snippet from Morrissey (he has a thing for Morrissey) and put it into the box. It took a little while to make, but the loop of "Sing your Life" turned out pretty well. I'm really hoping he has "restrict spatialized sound to this parcel" selected or his neighbours might get a bit testy. :)
I took a "before" picture so you could see his peaceful pastoral setting before I invaded. :)
So that was it. It's not as big or extravagant as last year - but I had a smaller parcel to work with. I have to say that without being able to see the movement you can't appreciate his gift in all its glorious "awfulness". But this photo should give you an idea of the surprise awaiting him the morning of his second Rez Day.
It looks even better in the dark!
Happy Rez Day my dear friend. :) And I hope you have many many more!
And yes - once I got past level one support (and the responses which just said go away and look again), after re-opening the ticket 4 times; somebody actually went and did some research and discovered that I was, in fact, correct!
So in this instance at least - I'm not a moron. :)
I was reading Crap's vent about the bug involving scripted objects so I turned on the script beacons at my sand box. You can't see them - but dozens and dozens of the red beacons showed up. I hope they fix it soon - this bug is probably responsible for even more lag in this region than the arms dealer is.
