Easter Monday Fun and Games

Another day spent largely at NCI, Kuula. I sat down to bemoan my lack of luck finding a suitable texture for a building I had planned and Muttenchops suggested I make the textures myself. Pathetically I admit that the technology and skills did not have existence at my domicile so Mutten offered to do it for me. While distracted from the goings on in Kuula, Mutten was unaware that Eric was taking liberties. Despite my protestations, Eric fancied Mutten up with a very fetching costume.
Mutten made me some very pretty fretwork and I thank him.... especially under the circumstances!!!
I ducked in and out of Kuula a few times and next time through a box of fireworks were being let off. Some crazy person... Punky?... figured you could ride the rockets. Well you would, wouldn't you? So we did!

Up...... up.....up!!!!

Down... down... down!!
Great view!

(That's me in the midst of the fireworks!)

SL doesn't give me this sort of accuracy, but allows it to itself! It deposited me and Theo on top of the arch over the main stage.

Knowing how bad I am at maneuvering, I knew that was going to be my one and only arrival at that point and so I lingered a while to be joined by Corcosman, Mutten, and Visciuspen.

I don't know why I find occasions like this so funny, but I do. My second childhood!

My last activity for the day was to join the Blitz! You know, I have talked about it so many times before.. some old... 40 prims, 40 minutes of building to a theme. Theme was spring. Having made a quilt in real life called seasons and the whole theme being birdies, I figured to stick with what I knew. I came third and Immy won with a giant spring! I think my family of birds are wayyy cute. But I did have to do a bit of trimming on the tree to get it back under 40 prims!

Caledon Glengarry

Wow! I woke up just in time to see the brand new Caledon Glengarry. When I first TPed in, there was a sunken depression, below sea level. A grid marked with a texture indicating the shape appeared and then I ran off to get breakfast. I left Lukos to supervise the Guvnah with the new installation. By the time I returned an enormous sculpty hill covered the island and was looking very dramatic and rugged. This more finished looking island evolved from that.
Later Lukos took me on Muttenchop's sandwich plane for a flight over the finished form. Sandwich flying is fun.
I popped back this morning and so far only one person has moved in, even thought the entire island was pre-booked. Maybe it takes a while for all the buying and renting to sort?

Completely different subject:
AM Radio!

I have read a few blogs about AM Radio's builds so I went to have a look myself. Not as big as I expected but still lovely. I am no wordsmith, so lovely is pretty much all I am good for, but it was more than that. Serene and golden.
I approached the cabin of the train and within there was a pencil poised to write. One click and I was transfixed by a shaft of light above the train.

A religious moment, almost

Building Blitz

I just love the Blitz.
There are no two ways about it.

The saddest thing though is that I miss the beginning of it now unless there is some other kind of disturbance in the scheme of life. Last week as I had a cold, I was at home and ready to build. It really was a very fun afternoon.
The theme was "Movies" as it was Oscar time. I was stumped. As usual I called on my brains trust.. the kids.. and was instructed to build Nemo. Seemed as good an idea as any other.
All around me there was much activity and I had not time to appreciate the marvelous things that were being summoned from the ether.
Finally time was up! I linked the last shreds of seaweed and I had hit the ceiling of 40 prims, the maximum allowed in the NCI building Blitz. I had put a script into the watery screen and the seaweed was made of flexi cylinders so they moved around in the SL breeze.

Probably not my best build but really just plain and simple fun! There was then the tense pause while voting takes place, the inevitable break as Heiko comes back from a crash and then the winners were announced. I came second to Rowans hilarious damsel in distress scene.

Once the show was over, there was still more fun as everyone explored the builds and played in them. It is possible to forget that this the grownups grid :)

Here are Visciouspen, myself watching the nautilus chat with Nemo and Lorimae. Lukos is sitting on Nemo. Was it Sal in the shell?

You can see Visciouspen's Mutten TV behind Nemo and Lorimae's Alice scene to the left, and the Titanic to the right.In front is Sodovan acting villainously while Rowan is tied to her railway line.
After that, there was a significant amount of role play as various became ensnared with those fateful tracks.
First Lukos.. attacked by many small girls and a rodent....
then it is Mutten's turn. Viscious, dressed to save, seems casually indifferent to Mutten's plight.