# SELFIE

I have been meaning to do a little thing with this song for a while and my good friend Kathy Nikolaidis' birthday was a great reason to get me going on it.  Plus it works well for Strawberry Singh's Monday meme today about poses in SL.  I'll write more later.  Anyway.. Happy Birthday Kathy!


Addendum... ok, so Berry's last Monday meme was a post about SL poses and fav poses and pose shops in SL.  See here post here: http://strawberrysingh.com/2014/04/21/strike-a-pose-challenge/


I have so many poses and animations and I'm horrible about organizing them, so it's even hard for me to find the one I wanted as needed sometimes, but here is a shot list of some of my fav pose shops, keeping in mind that I love individual poses from a wider variety of shops.  I think I probably have some from almost any pose store in SL and it just depends on the individual pose. 
* Purple Poses (great variety and inexpensive) http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/PURPLE%20ISLAND/128/128/25
*Exposeur Poses & Animations (really like their couples poses, but they also have a good variety) http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mint%20Tulip/28/104/22
*Essential Soul (love their large group poses) http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Essential%20Soul%20Studio/128/128/2
*Del May (unique poses) http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Terravia%20Island/128/128/28
*oOo Studio Poses (great couples poses and others pretty unique) http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/junkDrawer/128/128/39
*I also have and use a great many PNP poses
*Kabuki has some great poses and fun props like my snake or bike
*Diesel Works
*Chanimations has fantastic props/poses


There are just Soooo many great pose places, I can't list them all. I'm a poser for sure.


So her meme was in conjunction with the pose fair by Humanoid that has tons of great poses by a large variety of pose makers.  I did take some pics when I visited.  Visit here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/junkDrawer/128/128/39

Pranksters and Memes

A while back I suggested Strawberry Singh do one of her Monday Memes on practical jokes in Second Life, since I tend to be a fan as long as they don’t cross over into griefing or causing potential defamation, harm, or really making someone feel bad, overly embarrassed or angry.  She used this practical joke idea for her meme this past Monday and I’m finally getting around to blogging it myself.  See her meme list here:http://strawberrysingh.com/

 

I have enjoyed a few practical jokes over my time in SL and some just verge on creating a fun or nice surprise while others do qualify as a real practical joke.  What spurred me to suggest this for one of Strawberry’s memes is that since I’ve been hanging around The Station and the friendly folks over there,  I’ve been up to a little no good myself on occasion for fun. 

 

*The Prank- Soon after I met sim owner Enigmatic Deir I decided he needed his place toilet papered so I went about tping his place leaving waving strips of  the white stuff hanging from the ceiling and furniture and rolls of it lying all about.  When I was about done two of his good friends and sim managers showed up to see, and we decided to take some “delightful” photos of the 3 of us to also leave for him.  To this day one of those pics hangs in his bedroom and is also in his profile picks. 

 

*The Revenge-E was quick with the revenge gifting each of us a crazy, deranged, blood pecking, chasing, crazy steampunk chicken.  The thing is truly annoying and relentless once rezzed.  Then he put one or maybe a couple of these beasts in his funhouse over at The Station here:   http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Station/196/50/1040   and I can’t even draw a weapon quick enough to shoot that sucker.  I began plotting revenge immediately. 



*The Prank-The 3 of us girls left chicken feathers and pieces all over  his place along with photos and a video of us doing away with his chicken demon. 

 

 

 *The Revenge-Not long after that the 3 of us girls who participated in the above pranks each rezzed into our homes only to soon find a huge amount of motion trigger explosives, that yes, exploded all over the place.  Luckily I'm fast with the camera at times and caught a couple of  pics of the explosion.

*After that I took to leaving special notes and once filled E’s place with over 300 balloons in the main room so that when he rezzed in he was mostly covered with poppable balloons.  When he IM’d me asking if I left something in his place that he would be returning, I told him to hang on I was on my way over to help pop those suckers as I did NOT want over 300 balloons in my inventory.

 

*The Revenge- ok so his latest prank to me was a bit off the charts and naughty so I can’t reveal it here but now I need to think of something extra special to get him back with… anyone have any great ideas?

  

Over time I’ve done little pranky things to other friends, some others that come to mind are leaving porn under my neighbors office desk,  parking my trike, then stack of rusted old cars, and other things in the office parking spot he so kindly made for me.  Of course he was worse.  Once we were in a meeting talking about very serious stuff and there was a box of truffles on the office table we sat around.  The next thing I knew one was on my nose and then a few other unmentionable places.  I was laughing so hard and I couldn’t get the things off me until it dawned on me to delete them as I was the one who had left them on the table in the first place.  Thankfully no one else noticed.   Of course it’s always easier to prank when you have rez rights and/or the other person’s build perms.  Anyway, those are just a few of the fun things I remember.  Let me know if you have some other cute good prank ideas. 

Another Meme for Youyou

Strawberry Singh started another meme today.  It seems a lot of bloggers are having fun with it, as am I.  Here is my "Procrastination meme" for the week.  It's not about procrastination but rather she called it that as it is something to do rather than what was intended to be done.  So it's more info about me based on her specific meme questions. Here goes:

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1.What is the rez date for your current SL Avatar that you use most often?

   Kara Trapdoor March 18, 2009-Today 4 years ago!

 

2.Where was the first place you made friends as a newb and got to know people in Second Life?

  The first places I went were some freebie places a mentor recommended when he rescued my avatar from 2 guys in the initial new avatar landing area who were also new but obviously alts already on the prowl and double teaming me for some “fun”. After that I went to Dance Island as he had suggested I find a dance club to start. I hung out there totally enjoying the music and dancing my avatar but was not inworld all the time like I am now. Soon I realized my cool Barbie avatar (Ruth) did not look as cool as the avatars around me, and when I started making friends and learning how to look a little better I started to move out more shopping a little which led to exploring amazing sims and I was hooked. I still went back to Dance Island off and on then, but after other noobs kept asking to go to some very naughty places I searched and found the Eternal Creations sims which was a large area where cool Christians of all denominations went for club dancing, games, socialization with others less likely to just be on the “make”, activities and a lot of fun organized safe stuff to do and come back to after I’d go out exploring or to live music. I made some good friends there I still consider some of my best. Eventually I needed to explore more and more of SL and what was going on all around. That EC area is no longer in SL as in everything the expense of running such a huge area became too much, but some of them have a somewhat similar newer place that I really don’t get around to much, and those I was closest too don’t either. There is a time and a season for things.

 

3.Where do you spend most of your SL time now?

  I am home more than I used to be to blog or just work on things, but then I run to as many sims to explore, events, arts, music, clubs, etc. as possible in between everything else. I really move around a lot.

 

4.Who is your closest friend in Second Life? (only pick one)

   There is no way I could pick just one. I have a handful of people I consider close.

 

5.What is the most favorite thing in your inventory? (only pick one)

    I love my Kara Kong and some of my crazier or fun costumes, but of course they don’t get as much use as many other things I wear or use regularly.

 

6.The last thing you purchased in Second Life?

  A club building.  HUGE SPOILER ALERT HERE  (stay tuned on this subject)

 

7.What color clothing does your avatar wear most often?

  Red and black.

 

8.Do you prefer to walk, run or fly? I usually run cuz I suck at flying and I’m too impatient for walking. (same as Stawberry!-see my prior meme)

 

9.What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done in SL?

  Hmmm, so many to choose from.. maybe that silly rap and dance machinima I did with my bloom doll. Or it could be the time I totally tp’d right on stage during a dance show production while they had a full house and it was being recorded. At that point the best I could do was walk off the front saying, “And that folks was my audition for this wonderful dance group” I did apologize to the camera man and group owner who said it was no problem at all as the they edit. The rest of the group I guess just found it added to the entertainment. Since I’m a permanoob that could easily happen again, but I am a bit more careful when I am intent on a show not to do that. I wish I’d have had my bow animation back then though. Probably my alt has Kara beat on this one questoins though. Idk on this #9 one…... so many to choose from really.

 

10.Who would you like to play YOU, in the movie of your SLife?

  Sandra Bolluck

 

Now that you've read about meme, let's hear about you you.  Here are the instructions per Strawberry: "Meme Instructions: Create a new post, copy paste the following ten questions into your post, delete my answers and input your own about your SLife!"

 

And don't forget to check out the original, Strawberry Signh here: http://strawberrysingh.com/

7 Facts About Me..me

Well known SL blogger Strawberry Singh, who is oh so helpful with her SL tips, interesting blog posts, and who makes amazing photos, started a SL meme: "The 7 SL Facts Meme".  For more details check it and her great blog out here: http://strawberrysingh.com/2013/03/11/my-seven-sl-facts-meme/

The gist of it is to list 7 not-so-well-known facts about yourself, blog or Flickr them and then the info. gets around.  A meme is an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.  Spreading here:

My SL Fact #1:
I'm a major perma-noob.  My good friends know this of me and it becomes painfully clear quickly if around me at all.  Although I've been in SL around 4 years, I am usually still the first one to fall down stairs, run into a wall or the ocean, forget a shoe, etc.

My SL Fact #2:
My SL pet peeves include bad avatar toes, difficult fingernails and eyelashes. (among other things I can't control such as viewer issues)

My SL Fact #3:
I'm very lazy in SL. I do a lot but am lazy about it, so don't be surprised to see typos everywhere. And I won't even mention anything about my completely unorganized "abyss".

My SL Fact #4:
I've only really ever had 2 SL crushes in all my time in. But my contact list is closing in on 600 and I do have many good friends of all types.

My SL Fact #5:
I sometimes explore with an alt in order to get uninterrupted time or remain anonymous for various reasons.  OK, whatever, tons of people do.  How do you think I ever have time to blog?

My SL Fact #6:
I'm a pose ball junkie.  I've heard most people start to ignore pose balls after they've been in SL for a while, but the pose balls and animations scream out to me .... "Come Kara, try me".  

My SL Fact #7:
I run.   Nuff said.  My peeps know this.

Ok,these are not so interesting and most people know this stuff about me if they know me at all.  If I think of something more interesting I'll change them out, but in the mean time spread the game.