My best friend on SL released a RL CD this Tuesday. It's been a year in the making, and I'm sooooo excited to get it. Ganjo recorded it in his home studio. His website has samples of the music on the cds(yes, he had released one before, and yes, I own that one too), and hearing the preview, I know I'm gonna love it. It's very cool to be here in SL and hear him performing the songs live and streaming to SL..I love going to his gigs and hearing him perform. Knowing some of the songs he sings in SL are going to be on the CD make it even moe exciting to be receiving one soon.
I can't wait!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Please Don't Stop the Music
Last year I rented a stream from someone I talk to on occasion. I used Winamp at first to load up music to, and I found that I had a hard time staying connected to the Shoutcast stream with Winamp, so I ended up using Virtual DJ instead. I streamed music to my club on the occasion that I felt like having a party, and used Voice on SL to announce what song was next.
See, when I was growing up I wanted to be a radio deejay. I don't know when I stopped dreaming of becoming one, but my love for music, and playing what I wanted on command really never ceased.
Anyways, all was going fine, until a former acquaintenance wanted me to join her on Skype so I could chat with her and someone else I used to chat with on SL. Skype really messed things up. Second Life didn't want to load up, so I had to do a restore on my computer. When I did that, not only did it wipe out Skype, but Virtual DJ as well. When that happened, I didn't bother with keeping the stream because I didn't want to go back to Winamp and I was pretty sure I lost VDJ on the computer.
It has been almost a year(I think)since I had the stream and was playing my music into the club, but I'm doing it again. I'm also using Winamp, and no problems. Not sure what was the issue last year, but it seems to be gone.
I've got a nice music collection and I've played a few hours in the last 2 weeks that I've had the stream, and have gotten a great response from it from my patrons. So I think I'm gonna stick with once or twice a weekend. Play my songs and turn on the lights baby...cos tonight we're gonna dance
See, when I was growing up I wanted to be a radio deejay. I don't know when I stopped dreaming of becoming one, but my love for music, and playing what I wanted on command really never ceased.
Anyways, all was going fine, until a former acquaintenance wanted me to join her on Skype so I could chat with her and someone else I used to chat with on SL. Skype really messed things up. Second Life didn't want to load up, so I had to do a restore on my computer. When I did that, not only did it wipe out Skype, but Virtual DJ as well. When that happened, I didn't bother with keeping the stream because I didn't want to go back to Winamp and I was pretty sure I lost VDJ on the computer.
It has been almost a year(I think)since I had the stream and was playing my music into the club, but I'm doing it again. I'm also using Winamp, and no problems. Not sure what was the issue last year, but it seems to be gone.
I've got a nice music collection and I've played a few hours in the last 2 weeks that I've had the stream, and have gotten a great response from it from my patrons. So I think I'm gonna stick with once or twice a weekend. Play my songs and turn on the lights baby...cos tonight we're gonna dance
Lights! Camera! Action!
Oh, ok, no camera or action, but I couldn't resist.
I spent a few frustrating days looking for lights for the club, because, according to a certain someone told me that lights looked "cool" while at an event at a friend's venue last week. When I first opened The Brick I tried out lights. Over the course of time, I tried several different kinds. I finally just decided on NO lights because no matter what kind they were, they all seemed to get in the way of clicking on something you needed to click, whether it be a dance ball, pose ball or tip jar.
So, it was with a renewed hope and encouragement that I set out to look for lights that would do the job I wanted(make the club look "cooler(although in my humble opinion the club already looks "cool")". I spent 3 days shopping, I wasted a few linden on lights that were nice looking, but when I put them in the club they just didn't fit what I wanted, or I ended up with the same problem I had originally.
I compromised. I found a few things that light up the venue. It still isn't exactly what I wanted, but until someone creates what I want, or I stumble across it while shopping for other things, it will stay mostly lightfree in my venue.
Who needs lights anyways?
I spent a few frustrating days looking for lights for the club, because, according to a certain someone told me that lights looked "cool" while at an event at a friend's venue last week. When I first opened The Brick I tried out lights. Over the course of time, I tried several different kinds. I finally just decided on NO lights because no matter what kind they were, they all seemed to get in the way of clicking on something you needed to click, whether it be a dance ball, pose ball or tip jar.
So, it was with a renewed hope and encouragement that I set out to look for lights that would do the job I wanted(make the club look "cooler(although in my humble opinion the club already looks "cool")". I spent 3 days shopping, I wasted a few linden on lights that were nice looking, but when I put them in the club they just didn't fit what I wanted, or I ended up with the same problem I had originally.
I compromised. I found a few things that light up the venue. It still isn't exactly what I wanted, but until someone creates what I want, or I stumble across it while shopping for other things, it will stay mostly lightfree in my venue.
Who needs lights anyways?
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Good Grief!!
One of the most unpleasant things about life on SL, aside from egotists and the like, are griefers. Griefers are annoying. I think most of them are men in their mid 30s with nothing better to do aside from acting like a 13 year old geek. You think it's cool? It's not. I think this is their outlet, their way of trying to ease their pain of being rejected time and time again. Yeah, that's what griefers are. REJECTS.
So my private land got hit by one sometime earlier today. I hadn't been "home" most of today and I come home to tuck my avi in and I see over 400 objects raining down on my parcels.
It would be funny only these scripted items really lag up the place.
You ever are so tired you just want to go to bed, and if you're held up by something very annoying, it makes you a bit grumpy?
Ok, then you understand how I'm feeling about this. I want to go to bed, but I would really love the mess cleaned up, and I can't do it myself. I've done what I can, but this stupid griefer not only hit my parcel, but some of the other ones nearby, and therefore I can't clean up that mess.
So, I submitted a ticket, and hope Linden will have it cleaned up by morning..and that annoying griefer who thinks he's just the coolest thing, who in reality is a joke will get his due.
For now, I'm signing out.
So my private land got hit by one sometime earlier today. I hadn't been "home" most of today and I come home to tuck my avi in and I see over 400 objects raining down on my parcels.
It would be funny only these scripted items really lag up the place.
You ever are so tired you just want to go to bed, and if you're held up by something very annoying, it makes you a bit grumpy?
Ok, then you understand how I'm feeling about this. I want to go to bed, but I would really love the mess cleaned up, and I can't do it myself. I've done what I can, but this stupid griefer not only hit my parcel, but some of the other ones nearby, and therefore I can't clean up that mess.
So, I submitted a ticket, and hope Linden will have it cleaned up by morning..and that annoying griefer who thinks he's just the coolest thing, who in reality is a joke will get his due.
For now, I'm signing out.
Closet Cleaning
My inventory is enormous. This is what happens when you sign up on Second Life and no one tells you to organize from day one, and to throw out what you will not use, or wear twice. My closet has grown to over 80k items and I have managed to shrink it down below 78k a few times, but here it is again over 80k and SOMETHING has to be done.
So, the first step I took was my notecard collection. I threw out everything that I absolutely didn't need, including old notes from friends who no longer are friends and ex SL lovers and the like. It not only made my inventory feel 2.5k items smaller, but I felt better too.. Letting go of people who don't deserve to be part of my SL life, even if it's just in my SL closet.
The only person who deserves to be boxed up is Z.B. Everyone else that was in my closet, met the shredder.
Next, the same thing happens with pictures.
So, the first step I took was my notecard collection. I threw out everything that I absolutely didn't need, including old notes from friends who no longer are friends and ex SL lovers and the like. It not only made my inventory feel 2.5k items smaller, but I felt better too.. Letting go of people who don't deserve to be part of my SL life, even if it's just in my SL closet.
The only person who deserves to be boxed up is Z.B. Everyone else that was in my closet, met the shredder.
Next, the same thing happens with pictures.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Sales alert!! Attention Moody shoppers!
40% off sale going on at Stiletto Moody's store. Sale lasts until tonight, midnight. Sale doesn't include fatpacks(colorsets) or new items.
Hey, just thought I'd share this with you. Moody's has some great shoes, and 40% off is 40% off.
Hey, just thought I'd share this with you. Moody's has some great shoes, and 40% off is 40% off.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
(wo)Man in the Mirror~words to live by
A Willow Deeply Scarred,
Somebody's Broken Heart
And A Washed-Out Dream
They Follow The Pattern Of
The Wind, Ya' See
Cause They Got No Place
To Be
That's Why I'm Starting With
Me
I can't control your destiny, I can only control mine.
I'm asking you to change your ways
And no message couldn't be any clearer
if you want to make the world a better place
take a look at yourself and then make that
CHANGE
Just Lift Yourself
You Know
You've Got To Stop It
Yourself
Somebody's Broken Heart
And A Washed-Out Dream
They Follow The Pattern Of
The Wind, Ya' See
Cause They Got No Place
To Be
That's Why I'm Starting With
Me
I can't control your destiny, I can only control mine.
I'm asking you to change your ways
And no message couldn't be any clearer
if you want to make the world a better place
take a look at yourself and then make that
CHANGE
Just Lift Yourself
You Know
You've Got To Stop It
Yourself
shake my money maker
I am NOT in the SL money making business. I own a dance club. That should say it all, LOL. Looking on past blogs it almost seems a contradiction to my past rants.
I've been lookin at how I advertise for my club, and I must say, I just want to be different. I don't need big crowds in my club to be happy. I built that thing for ME. So if I'm happy with it, that's really all that matters. Sure, it's great others enjoy it, that's a bonus! I'm glad to hear others are getting some pleasure hanging out at my club.
I don't need a voting booth,high traffic numbers or constant praise from patrons coming to the club to know that there are those who truly enjoy The Brick. I surely will not post the comments people have said to me regarding my club here to fluff my own feathers or feel good about what I'm doing. I don't NEED that. It's great to hear it, but I just don't NEED it like others I know that don't feel vindicated without it.
What a strange calm that has come over me, a weight has been lifted and I feel like I can now live and play on SL like everyone else does.
I'm just having fun now, and I hope you will too.
I've been lookin at how I advertise for my club, and I must say, I just want to be different. I don't need big crowds in my club to be happy. I built that thing for ME. So if I'm happy with it, that's really all that matters. Sure, it's great others enjoy it, that's a bonus! I'm glad to hear others are getting some pleasure hanging out at my club.
I don't need a voting booth,high traffic numbers or constant praise from patrons coming to the club to know that there are those who truly enjoy The Brick. I surely will not post the comments people have said to me regarding my club here to fluff my own feathers or feel good about what I'm doing. I don't NEED that. It's great to hear it, but I just don't NEED it like others I know that don't feel vindicated without it.
What a strange calm that has come over me, a weight has been lifted and I feel like I can now live and play on SL like everyone else does.
I'm just having fun now, and I hope you will too.
Imitation is Flattery, Mari
Imitation is flattery.
I need to repeat that every time I'm asked about where I get my dances, or items used in my club or whatever I'm wearing.
Imitation is flattery :)
Copied, but never duplicated.
There is only one Brick, and only one Mari.
It feels good to be unique.
I need to repeat that every time I'm asked about where I get my dances, or items used in my club or whatever I'm wearing.
Imitation is flattery :)
Copied, but never duplicated.
There is only one Brick, and only one Mari.
It feels good to be unique.
The best hair in SL
Props to Bishwear, Shy is consistent in making the best hair on SL. I don't know how long she's been in the hair business, but she does a great job creating it.
She also makes some very stylish and sexy clothes, an all around talent she is.
Check out her store, but make sure you take some linden, it's rare to walk in there and not come out with a purchase!
She also makes some very stylish and sexy clothes, an all around talent she is.
Check out her store, but make sure you take some linden, it's rare to walk in there and not come out with a purchase!
Boyfriend of the week
Hahaha. There isn't one. I've found that having a steady SL bf is basically a waste of time, and a quick way of ruining a perfectly good friendship, potential real friendship, albeit an online one.
I seem to misunderstand why some of those relationships work so well. I'm sure not all of them have run so smoothly without a glitch here and there. Somehow some just survive. Not sure why.
I have had a few SL relationships. They don't last because of one reason or another. It's ok though, it is meant to be that way. I have found, the best way to get over a failed SLR is to be angry. That isn't hard to do. No matter who is doing the breaking up(and it's USUALLY me, although yes, this butterfly has been dumped a couple of times, and yes, there is that real hurt that is felt), or why, there is that feeling of either failure or rejection. Neither one is easy to deal with, unless you are a unforgiving, unfeeling asshole(and I've met a couple of those too). It must suck to not have feelings, but that's a whole other blog.
I think it's quite funny that my SL relationships are followed so closely by a select few. Does it feel good to watch me "fail"? It's only a perception, because, the feeling of failure only lasts a short time. SL relationships are fleeting.
I'm back up on my feet again in no time, and the more time I spend on SL, the more I appreciate that I'm once again, single. Sorry to disappoint you, those who do not like me, I get back up as quickly as I've been knocked down. Fortunately, there are many, many fish in the sea that is SL. I learn from those I've spent time with. Very few do I remain friends with(I won't mention those), and only after a period of disliking them, because that is how I roll. I don't regret most of my liasons, because they all have taught me something, as I move forward in SL.
I seem to misunderstand why some of those relationships work so well. I'm sure not all of them have run so smoothly without a glitch here and there. Somehow some just survive. Not sure why.
I have had a few SL relationships. They don't last because of one reason or another. It's ok though, it is meant to be that way. I have found, the best way to get over a failed SLR is to be angry. That isn't hard to do. No matter who is doing the breaking up(and it's USUALLY me, although yes, this butterfly has been dumped a couple of times, and yes, there is that real hurt that is felt), or why, there is that feeling of either failure or rejection. Neither one is easy to deal with, unless you are a unforgiving, unfeeling asshole(and I've met a couple of those too). It must suck to not have feelings, but that's a whole other blog.
I think it's quite funny that my SL relationships are followed so closely by a select few. Does it feel good to watch me "fail"? It's only a perception, because, the feeling of failure only lasts a short time. SL relationships are fleeting.
I'm back up on my feet again in no time, and the more time I spend on SL, the more I appreciate that I'm once again, single. Sorry to disappoint you, those who do not like me, I get back up as quickly as I've been knocked down. Fortunately, there are many, many fish in the sea that is SL. I learn from those I've spent time with. Very few do I remain friends with(I won't mention those), and only after a period of disliking them, because that is how I roll. I don't regret most of my liasons, because they all have taught me something, as I move forward in SL.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Independence Day
I did something quite funny today...I googled myself, and came across an exerpt of a blog about me, by my ex dj, I.B., and NO, I am not going to give his blog the attention I'm sure he would love to get if I was to post the link, but I'm not going to do that for you. Yes, I addressed him in IM about removing information about me on the blog, and his response was "sorry, but you brought it on yourself with your diatribe, blah blah blah", so here is my final response to it all.
I.B. and I were "friends" until he decided to pursue his own dream of opening up his own club(October 2008). No, I didn't react to that news in the way he wanted, and since then, the drama has escalated. I admit, I said enough crap to him in the ensuing months, especially when he's gotten a little too personal, and when he decided to post stuff about my SL life in his club blog. It's uncalled for, really. It's a bit strange, too, knowing he's so obsessed, verging on stalking. He not only has some of his friends coming into my club pretending to enjoy being in my venue(and eavesdropping, spying on me). The guy looked up personal information about my deceased mother to get personal information about the REAL me. Yet he uses me as his "case study" on his blog. Unstable? Who's the unstable one?
Today I declare independence from all his drama and such. I refuse to look at his nightclub blog, and I'll make sure not to bother looking at it when I see it under google search for my name.
I really don't care, I've had enough of the crazy drama he instills and encourages his "friends" to participate in(turnabout is 100%), and this is the last I will post on this subject, or any of HIS subjects. I have fun on SL. Yes, I go through SL boyfriends like I do SL underwear, but I am having fun while I'm on SL. Do you really care who I'm with and who is my friend, and who isn't? Come on now.
Suddenly, I feel free, and it feels good!
I.B. and I were "friends" until he decided to pursue his own dream of opening up his own club(October 2008). No, I didn't react to that news in the way he wanted, and since then, the drama has escalated. I admit, I said enough crap to him in the ensuing months, especially when he's gotten a little too personal, and when he decided to post stuff about my SL life in his club blog. It's uncalled for, really. It's a bit strange, too, knowing he's so obsessed, verging on stalking. He not only has some of his friends coming into my club pretending to enjoy being in my venue(and eavesdropping, spying on me). The guy looked up personal information about my deceased mother to get personal information about the REAL me. Yet he uses me as his "case study" on his blog. Unstable? Who's the unstable one?
Today I declare independence from all his drama and such. I refuse to look at his nightclub blog, and I'll make sure not to bother looking at it when I see it under google search for my name.
I really don't care, I've had enough of the crazy drama he instills and encourages his "friends" to participate in(turnabout is 100%), and this is the last I will post on this subject, or any of HIS subjects. I have fun on SL. Yes, I go through SL boyfriends like I do SL underwear, but I am having fun while I'm on SL. Do you really care who I'm with and who is my friend, and who isn't? Come on now.
Suddenly, I feel free, and it feels good!
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