2006-04-29

 

Second Life is starting to creep into real life. Stephen and I have a house there now - a nice one, with a water view and a hot tub he just put in. Not much furniture yet. I like to watch the sun set over the water, sitting on the edge of the house. When I'm leaving work, it's getting to where the easiest way to tell Stephen I'm enroute is to go in-world and IM him. He's building, landscaping, buying clothes... Not going to say WHERE here, because it's my alt and I'd like to keep that separate from my work account.
And every now and then -- maybe this is just a factor of being in SF -- I see people on the street that look so surreal they MUST be avatars. They can't be REAL. The guy wearing a bra and panties, knee-high boots, standing on top of his car singing for Tool tickets? Too weird to be RL. Must be SL. That amazingly beautiful, slender woman with the sexy walk and 8 thin dreads per ponytail? Looks like prim hair. Looks like an avatar.
I am a Linden now, so that probably skews my boundaries somewhat. Those racks and racks of machines we're maintaining and moving around? That's the world. Be careful with the world! If I do this, will it destroy the world? Actual very weird questions.
I will say this - if YOU are in SL, you should check out the current preview over the next week. People are doing amazingly creative things with flexible objects. My favorite is the field of "tentacles" that will reach for you as you walk through them. Fun and creepy!

posted by bethanye 12:44:00 PM   

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2006-04-14

 

If you're interested in one of Stephen's ongoing projects... you should read the preview of Badge of Blood on halflife2.net. Stephen has been a creative and story advisor (or some such thing) on the project, and you can see from their main site that the artwork is spectacular. I can't wait for the beta.

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2006-04-11

 

Lessons learned after 4 weeks at the new gig:

1. It is possible for even me to get tired of the rain. If I didn't have to slog around The City in it, maybe my romance with water that falls from the sky would be rekindled. Until then... I'm over it.
2. I am not over those parrots that I walk by on the way from the train to work and back again. Yesterday, I walked through a different kind of rain -- a rain of pink blossoms from the parrots tearing them from the trees above. Very picturesque.
3. Aforementioned parrots are loud. I knew that already, though.
4. I have a hard time reading on the train sometimes. I think I may be susceptible to some motion ickiness. Not quite sickness. Ickiness.
5. I'm not really knitting on the train either. I'm kinda waiting for the rain to go away so I can carry my messenger bag instead of the waterproof backback.
6. The afghan isn't finished yet. Neither is my latest (longer, bigger, won't be inadvertently felted) Ribby Cardi.
7. The socks I was making are too small. They'll be gifted when I get around to making the second one.
8. Being in the colo facility feels like being on an airplane. It's loud with fans and somehow it dehydrates.
9. Maybe the colo visit contributed to today's train ickiness?
10. My aunt who recently was diagnosed with breast cancer caught it SO early that she's probably going to get to skip chemo. FAB-o-roonie!
11. Some of the boss battles in Kingdom Hearts II are really really hard.
12. Losing boss battles makes me throw the PS2 controller. I'm so mature.
13. Somewhere along the way, this list devolved from being about work. Ah, well. I think that's probably a good thing.
14. Getting alterations done tomorrow for the bridesmaid's dress.
15. Tomorrow is also Stevie's birthday.
16. I'm really not at all impressed with a single pattern in the new Knitty. The new MagKnits, however, has a few good ones in there. Not the loopy hat, Nezumi and the cute wrist warmers that actually make me consider trying some color work. Well, that and Karrie's amazing progress on the Eunny vest.

Time for dinner, so that is all!

posted by bethanye 6:36:00 PM   

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I thought all the patterns this time around were fairly blah too. I'm moderately interested in the scarf, but nothing else.

# posted by Knitty Cat : 4/11/2006 9:25 PM

 

I completely forgot about the socks. I dug the socks, yellow/black scarf and nautiloids from knitty.

Glad to hear about your aunt!

# posted by debbie, not a snack cake : 4/13/2006 12:25 AM

 

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