Beware the ides of ...August?

Sorry I haven't been posting much of late, making the assumption you come here often enough to notice.  But I have been distracted by what so many folks call "real life."  Or just RL.  This time of year, due to my work and other factors, often has a lot to keep me distracted and stressed.  But this year has been especially awful.  In the last few weeks I've been ill, my RL partner has had to have surgery, my cat got sick and had to be put down and then...To cap it all off, we had to put down our dog as well.  With all that, on those occasions that I've had the time to post here, or even log into SL, I've often not had the energy or inclination.

One thing I've noticed about SL over the years I've been visiting it, many folks are...Let's call them testy.  I'm not a peaceful upbeat joyful soul by nature.  I'm more inclined to angry or melancholy.  But I've never seen any reason to inflict those things on others just because that's how I feel.  So, unless I just really need a distraction from RL that I can't find in a book, movie or other similar activity, when I'm in a bad mood I try to stay out of Second Life.  Maybe some other folks should consider a similar choice?

But lest you think I'm playing holier than thou, I will confess I have logged in after a bad day, thinking I had it all under control and then subsequently gone off the deep end.  To anyone who has had to suffer through that, my apologies.

All that said, here's to hoping we all have a better September.

Latest Grumbles

Thanks to a flaky PC and the demands of RL, I haven't found much time to roam or shop.  But I did swing by Grumble to just look around.  I found a cute little number for myself from the Aloha Fair that started on the 28th.  I also happened across an employee modelling a really awesome sort of suit outfit.  Sadly, it seems the only way to get this outfit right now is via lucky chair!  And I usually don't have the patience to wait for lucky chairs to provide a specific item.  Anyway, here the two are for your viewing pleasure.

I took a romp at ROMP

ROMP is sort of "fair" held by many of the fine pervy purveyors of virtual goods in SL.  Sad to say, I found nothing I had to buy for my dungeon, garden or bed chamber.  But I did greatly admire the build.  Here are a few shots of the lovely garden like setting.

The wide shot is from the main gate down the length of the primary shopping area.  The two smaller images are of a lovely fountain surrounded by flowers and lit by sunbeams, and a large squid thingie covered in a blanket at the far end of the main concourse.  My only disappointment with the squid was that it was not equipped with any sitting animations and being a mesh or sculpty, you couldn't really pose on it.