So Many Posts….So Little Time….

It feels SO good to be back and I am SOOOO glad I am out of the hospital, but this week has made me realize that I am far from 100%  There are SOOOO many things that I would love to blog right now, but it seems like I just cannot get things moving as quickly as I would like. ...

Good to be Back!

I just spent almost 2 weeks in the hospital. It was horrible. I hope I never have to do that again. I have spent the last week or so seeing different docs and adjusting meds. It has been NO fun. The whole time I just wanted to feel good enough to blog. SO....now I do...and I have been thinking and ...

Midnight Rant 07: Copyright

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/G64m3-PFkwI[/youtube] (Note this was recorded about a month ago and I didn't get around to publish it at the time. Also, I was scared.) Links: TGIB on Kiva TGIB on Kickstarter TGGrid Neb's Racer Kit Neb's Death Race  

5 things to pay before the money runs out

I've been quiet the past two months, which is mainly attributed to a much-needed holiday vacation and subsequent stressful getting-back-into-work period. All this is complicated by the fact that El's currently staying in the hospital, but hopefully will be out again sometime this week. Anyway, as you can imagine, there wasn't much time to do anything productive, so I don't ...

Kandy and Victory Modan

For those of you that have followed my blog for very long at all, you will know that I model hair for Ali & Alli.  This CUTE little updo is one of their newest releases aptly named Kandy.  When Alice gave us the hair she simply asked for "something sweet" . . .and I can see why.  I LOVE the ...

3 of a Kind – Jeans

A few weeks ago, as I was looking through the feeds and flickr photostreams I came across a pic of an avi . . .just a simple pick.  The picture showed an avi in casual clothes, various poses but all together and I had a thought . . .perhaps I should start a category in my blog where I shot ...

Siss Boom, Eclectica and R2 Fashion

I was going to do a Q&D for this post . . .I PROLLY should have done a Q&D (Quick and Dirty) for this post, but I once again became so enamored with it once it was done, that I just HAD to talk about it a little.  There are SO many things about it that are SO pretty. It has ...

Midnight Rant 06: The Hypergrid

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arblVyxn0qQ[/youtube]   Links: Interview with Justin Clark-Casey Hypergrid Business - The Hypergrid is a social web Chuck Prophet on Archive.org Douglas Coupland and William Gibson on the KWLS William Gibson in Second Life (Part 1 | Part 2) Jeremy Bailenson on Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life and New Worlds Aloha

Ever an’ Angel

Don't you hate it when people aren't nice? Sometimes I wonder. Sometimes it seems like some people just want to be hateful and don't give two squats about what others want or need, or what is right or wrong. They live on the “me” level. And I find that SO disconcerting. It is NOT that I have never “visited” that ...

The Missing Image 04 – Meeting Justin Clark-Casey

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJNWidQrgf8[/youtube] Links: Open Simulator Overte Foundation Justin Clark-Casey's Master's Dissertation on Internet-Scale Virtual Environment Architectures Hypergrid Unity 3D Second Life Experimental teleport between Second Life and OpenSim Diva Distro Kitely OpenSim Creations Topics: 1:30 How do you become an OpenSim core developer? 8:00 Can OpenSim become the "3D web"? 14:00 Does OpenSim need asset security? 24:00 Does OpenSim need feature parity with Second Life? 31:30 How do you decide which features are in OpenSim core? 37:30 The state ...

Donna Flora A to Z C is for Cerry

   Several years ago, when I was just a little bitty avi, I stumbled upon a shop named Donna Flora.  I still do not remember how I found it.  It was probably through one of the numerous groups that I am a part of...always looking for a bargain.  But I remember looking around and thinking that I had found THE ...

Midnight Rant 05: OpenSim and Unity 3D

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/JnUPx0dF5h8[/youtube] Links: Archive 3D Blenderswap Pathfinder's Virtual World Presentation Lag in Second Life and OpenSim and how to deal with it

This Distant Sun Articles

category This Distant Sun

09 This Distant Sun – Part III

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
09 This Distant Sun - Part III Coming down from Willow's Peak, Still enchanted by the whispered tales of once. Blossoms gleaming at my feet, And I know that somewhere there is still a distant sun.
category This Distant Sun

08 The Great Silence

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
08 The Great Silence I cannot recall the light being that bright That it's blinding my ears with the noise. I cannot recall the snow being that white, Wrapping me in a cold lonely voice. I cannot recall myself being that deaf That I couldn't see tears in your eyes. I cannot recall myself being that dead That I couldn't tell any more lies. Yes, somehow I recall the ...
category This Distant Sun

07 The Journey

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
07 The Journey The sky's turning blue with the promise of dew, The shadows of night disappear, And as I left Wolfsheim in silence and tears, A piece of my heart was still there. I wandered on ways that might bring me disgrace, Yet I dared not to turn back 'Til at last my black fears I'd to face on a place That I found at the end ...
category This Distant Sun

06 Wolfsheim

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
06 Wolfsheim Walking through Daltilon's forest of thyme, Looking for mem'ries that once have been mine. Leaves rustling 'neath my feet, autumn calls cold, Rainclouds are rising, Sol sets on threshold. Nearing a clearing the shadows grow tall. A breeze grabs my robe and the stars seem to fall. I call to my mind for a small spell of light, As night rushes in, glow seem double as ...
category This Distant Sun

05 This Distant Sun – Part II

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
05 This Distant Sun - Part II Now the willows bow their heads and shed their leaves As if weeping for a time now gone. And when I came to take a look into the pool, I could see the fire of that distant sun.
category This Distant Sun

04 Kings of Eridu

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
04 Kings of Eridu Come, let us go, the war is over by now. Take your time and leave Daltilon behind. Seal the gates, leave the city, let the sand cover our dreams. Dreams of magic, dreams of power, they're all too true now so it seems. Just hope for the walls to hold or we never will get old. Show the mortals, show the gods ...
category This Distant Sun

03 The Haunted Palace

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
03 The Haunted Palace In the greenest of our valleys Not far from where Gabriel guarded the gates By good angels tenanted Once a fair and stately palace By Solomon's hand raised the heavens to praise Radiant palace reared its head In the monarch thoughts dominion Over the fields of Jerusalem It stood there Never seraph sperad a pinion The sojourners of Goshen were cradled by him Over fabric half so fair Banners ...
category This Distant Sun

02 The Company Of Gods

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
02 The Company of Gods Every day I'm sitting on the cliffs and look beyond the sea. My thoughts are soaring high above the storm that's hanging over me And carry me across the raging waves towards the shining shore, The lands which oft are being told of both in legend and in lore. And so one day I set out, bound to leave the ...
category This Distant Sun

01 This Distant Sun – Part I

by V | 0 » | Jan19 10
01 This Distant Sun - Part I Walking up to Willow's Peak, Sink into the clouds that race these endless skies. Feel the earth beneath my feet. They gather yonder at the pool where wisdom lies. When I went down to this shore, yesterday or the day before, They held images in the deep, scenes from legend and from lore.