Let's begin...Winter's Game. (Intro)
Name:
Winter-Mia Sage
Photo taken at Neverfar Sim in SecondLife.
Location:
Somewhere that I find to be pretty cool and comfy...Home. Unless I'm out of town for work then who knows.
Age:
Young enough to have selfish moments with no guilt (ie. this Blog, SL, Ladies who Brunch n shop days, a secret stash O'cash ). But grown enough to know how much time, and when it's the most appropriate time to be selfish. Let's face it kidz, adulthood is kinda permanent...well till it's all over that is. But ya can't not be present for your life. Its not a good look. Side note:that Secret stash O' cash thing is even more so applicable for the grown portion of this discussion.
Why do I SL?:
Because its cheaper than therapy, healthier than indulging in some random excess, it's way less addictive than my old Gaming habit from way back ( haven't purchased a new console of any kind since I initially joined SL ), I don't have to do anything but amuse myself with whatever I find amusing. Which for me is Fashion, Stunning Sims... 3D Design in general. The fact that it's not real, yet it is very real in an intriguing psychological, neuroscience kinda way is also of interest to me. Let's call a spade a spade shall we. SL can be a head trip. But its a much easier head trip for most to deal with as a lighthearted bit of "WTF?" existential folly. Basically its a much better option than a full blown existential crisis. Like, ok, my avatar questions why she is here all the time. My answer to her is simple, "Because you amuse the hell out of me!" Clearly I am being absurd... she has no issues as her life is perfect which is the point of her existence, to enjoy a perfect existence. That is the joy of escapist entertainment isn't it? She totally agrees with me.
Random Break!!! : The whole thing is Fascinating really; Like you do know that the reason some Residents lose all of their S*#!t after a while and sort of disassociate from everyday life is because at a certain point the brain truly begins to process what you are seeing as real right? So no, its not you (or the friend that you're pretty sure has abandoned RL good hygiene as he/she hasn't been offline or "Away" for more than 2 minutes in 24 hours) losing touch with reality, your brain thinks your online world and experiences ARE reality. Dopamine will have you shooketh and wild eyed staring at the screen at all hours feeling some kind of way about your little pixel person. Wild right? Science is FUN! Seriously, only time I lose it is for a seriously good tricky Hunt and Monthly Midnight Madness! Good times good times...
This concludes the Random Break... continue.
OH and for any non-SL person that wound up here by way of a bad search term; one doesn't really do SL, I wrote it that way for affect. Fact is you kinda just log in and do stuff, play... it's a whole thing. Its whatever you want or need it to be.
Anyway, I see it as my own personal game where I set the rules, challenges and objectives and determine what a "Win" is for me. The game I am playing now is one where I collect as much pretty stuff as I can find on sale, damn near free or for FREE. I find that what I don't mind spending more coin on tends to be decor, builds and jewelry. Either way, I like stuff! And where I won't spend my RL Bills and other sundry necessities money on frivolity (I will never play with or gamble with my dough spontaneously as a I have grown accustom to eating real food at least 3 times a day, everyday), I will spend on frivolous and purely vain "wants" in SL and give it no worry at all. But only for seriously gorgeous, reasonable, well crafted original content. I believe in supporting. Everything can't be free.
Anyway, after I collect stuff I usually find one item and create a whole look or scene around it, lighting, scenery n whatnot. Sometimes I build structures myself, other times I use builds I have found for free or purchased from my inventory. Once that is done, I take photographs of whatever pixel daydream I rezzed out of my imagination. Creating a full environment where my appropriately styled Avatar is the centerpiece of the story, thus creating a pretty picture, used to be my "Win". Now the new "Win" for me is sharing the picture...its flickr, and this blog is my "Bonus points". So in essence setting up Flickr and this blog was like a level up in my game. And I'm diggin this new level.
Now about this Blog... here's what I want to do with this thing;contribute to the global SL info and resource bank that has helped me move along over the years. It is from amazing Bloggers and Vloggers that I have learned how to create custom content (ex. system textures, mesh materials,Create an avatar from scratch, build my own inworld dwelling, furniture, clothing ...system and mesh) understand what Lag really is on the grid, start learning how to script...still learning , and more. For me understanding how things work is a major part of the fun of enjoying things. Even as a child I took my toys apart to see how the parts worked, then put them back together again with a greater appreciation for the toy. I did this with anything in the house I could take apart, telephones, even our old VCR. I have always been curious and eager to learn about the inner workings of pretty or just interesting things, even people to some degree. And its no different for my SL experience.
So I will do more than make and take what I think are pretty pictures. I will share what I know and learn. I'll add my textual voice to the ever growing Greek chorus of End Users...I mean Residents , who review content or just editorialize random thoughts about stuff. All I know is that I have a lot to say, and I like to share and communicate in a non-intrusive authentic way.
I don't socialize in world (past SL-Life trauma, I'm working on getting over it. lol), but that doesn't mean I don't like people. I just prefer to use my login time to muse, dial out of all the seriousness of everything these days, and create my own world of chill and beauty that can't be trifled with by anything or anyone but me and a change of mood. The point is, everyone has their own reason for why they have an SL of their own. I appreciate that and I have always respected that because I know what it is to join to do what you want, and get dragged into other peoples experience by association because you were trying to be polite or nice. So I don't really engage. I see keeping to myself as the only way to keep my experience as , well...MY experience my way. However, I don't mind peaking out of my happy little bubble to share goodies, info and some keke's along with my commentaries. This Blog is my way of doing that.
Well there it is, this is my blog about 3D VR stuff in SecondLife ...and stuff in general, in my own special random kinda way.
Let's see how this goes!
Byeeee!,
Winter-Mia
Winter-Mia Sage
Photo taken at Neverfar Sim in SecondLife.
Location:
Somewhere that I find to be pretty cool and comfy...Home. Unless I'm out of town for work then who knows.
Age:
Young enough to have selfish moments with no guilt (ie. this Blog, SL, Ladies who Brunch n shop days, a secret stash O'cash ). But grown enough to know how much time, and when it's the most appropriate time to be selfish. Let's face it kidz, adulthood is kinda permanent...well till it's all over that is. But ya can't not be present for your life. Its not a good look. Side note:that Secret stash O' cash thing is even more so applicable for the grown portion of this discussion.
Why do I SL?:
Because its cheaper than therapy, healthier than indulging in some random excess, it's way less addictive than my old Gaming habit from way back ( haven't purchased a new console of any kind since I initially joined SL ), I don't have to do anything but amuse myself with whatever I find amusing. Which for me is Fashion, Stunning Sims... 3D Design in general. The fact that it's not real, yet it is very real in an intriguing psychological, neuroscience kinda way is also of interest to me. Let's call a spade a spade shall we. SL can be a head trip. But its a much easier head trip for most to deal with as a lighthearted bit of "WTF?" existential folly. Basically its a much better option than a full blown existential crisis. Like, ok, my avatar questions why she is here all the time. My answer to her is simple, "Because you amuse the hell out of me!" Clearly I am being absurd... she has no issues as her life is perfect which is the point of her existence, to enjoy a perfect existence. That is the joy of escapist entertainment isn't it? She totally agrees with me.
Random Break!!! : The whole thing is Fascinating really; Like you do know that the reason some Residents lose all of their S*#!t after a while and sort of disassociate from everyday life is because at a certain point the brain truly begins to process what you are seeing as real right? So no, its not you (or the friend that you're pretty sure has abandoned RL good hygiene as he/she hasn't been offline or "Away" for more than 2 minutes in 24 hours) losing touch with reality, your brain thinks your online world and experiences ARE reality. Dopamine will have you shooketh and wild eyed staring at the screen at all hours feeling some kind of way about your little pixel person. Wild right? Science is FUN! Seriously, only time I lose it is for a seriously good tricky Hunt and Monthly Midnight Madness! Good times good times...
This concludes the Random Break... continue.
OH and for any non-SL person that wound up here by way of a bad search term; one doesn't really do SL, I wrote it that way for affect. Fact is you kinda just log in and do stuff, play... it's a whole thing. Its whatever you want or need it to be.
Anyway, I see it as my own personal game where I set the rules, challenges and objectives and determine what a "Win" is for me. The game I am playing now is one where I collect as much pretty stuff as I can find on sale, damn near free or for FREE. I find that what I don't mind spending more coin on tends to be decor, builds and jewelry. Either way, I like stuff! And where I won't spend my RL Bills and other sundry necessities money on frivolity (I will never play with or gamble with my dough spontaneously as a I have grown accustom to eating real food at least 3 times a day, everyday), I will spend on frivolous and purely vain "wants" in SL and give it no worry at all. But only for seriously gorgeous, reasonable, well crafted original content. I believe in supporting. Everything can't be free.
Anyway, after I collect stuff I usually find one item and create a whole look or scene around it, lighting, scenery n whatnot. Sometimes I build structures myself, other times I use builds I have found for free or purchased from my inventory. Once that is done, I take photographs of whatever pixel daydream I rezzed out of my imagination. Creating a full environment where my appropriately styled Avatar is the centerpiece of the story, thus creating a pretty picture, used to be my "Win". Now the new "Win" for me is sharing the picture...its flickr, and this blog is my "Bonus points". So in essence setting up Flickr and this blog was like a level up in my game. And I'm diggin this new level.
Now about this Blog... here's what I want to do with this thing;contribute to the global SL info and resource bank that has helped me move along over the years. It is from amazing Bloggers and Vloggers that I have learned how to create custom content (ex. system textures, mesh materials,Create an avatar from scratch, build my own inworld dwelling, furniture, clothing ...system and mesh) understand what Lag really is on the grid, start learning how to script...still learning , and more. For me understanding how things work is a major part of the fun of enjoying things. Even as a child I took my toys apart to see how the parts worked, then put them back together again with a greater appreciation for the toy. I did this with anything in the house I could take apart, telephones, even our old VCR. I have always been curious and eager to learn about the inner workings of pretty or just interesting things, even people to some degree. And its no different for my SL experience.
So I will do more than make and take what I think are pretty pictures. I will share what I know and learn. I'll add my textual voice to the ever growing Greek chorus of End Users...I mean Residents , who review content or just editorialize random thoughts about stuff. All I know is that I have a lot to say, and I like to share and communicate in a non-intrusive authentic way.
I don't socialize in world (past SL-Life trauma, I'm working on getting over it. lol), but that doesn't mean I don't like people. I just prefer to use my login time to muse, dial out of all the seriousness of everything these days, and create my own world of chill and beauty that can't be trifled with by anything or anyone but me and a change of mood. The point is, everyone has their own reason for why they have an SL of their own. I appreciate that and I have always respected that because I know what it is to join to do what you want, and get dragged into other peoples experience by association because you were trying to be polite or nice. So I don't really engage. I see keeping to myself as the only way to keep my experience as , well...MY experience my way. However, I don't mind peaking out of my happy little bubble to share goodies, info and some keke's along with my commentaries. This Blog is my way of doing that.
Well there it is, this is my blog about 3D VR stuff in SecondLife ...and stuff in general, in my own special random kinda way.
Let's see how this goes!
Byeeee!,
Winter-Mia
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