Keep Busy

Keep Busy is the goal.. otherwise being left at home while the kids head to Queensland for a theme park holiday without me will get a little overwhelming.
So today I planned to finish the federation house I began at Christmas.
With a bit of time off line when my good mood got squelched as mentioned below, I still managed to achieve my goal. (Thanks Fogwoman, you are wise :) )
The house is mostly, sort of, finished.
I have replaced Heppi's House in Southend where my house vendors are and put in Saint Alban's as it is known as of a few minutes ago.
May tweak a bit here and there yet. Do some landscaping. And fill it with furniture for photos for the vendor board.

Insulting behaviour - mine apparently

Today in caledon we were talking about local idioms. I used the word "Brit" because I guessed most people in caledon would be unfamiliar with the word "pom" and have been muted. I had no idea that shortening for ease of typing "Brittish" to "Brit" meant anything to anyone.

I am not totally up to speed with the terms of conduct in sl, but people seem fairly reluctant to do direct quotes. So essentially he said I am not funny because the people who invented the word "Brit" paid for the bomb that nearly killed him. And added "mute fotherington"

I can only say I am totally and utterly flabbergasted.

My "ROFLOL" was not in response to anything he said, it referred to someone else, for what it is worth.

My feelings are hurt. So what. Hope his day is better because of it.

PS. I do apologise for the unintended hurt. And as usual, I offer olive branches and all that stuff. I came to SL for friendships.

Meet Torus

On Saturday, I had time free and decided to head along to the auction being held by Carl Metropolitan to raise funds for teaching at Oxbridge.
I almost decided I would spend all that I had on something. Then when the bidding began it quickly became clear I wasn't going to win anything.
Occasionally I threw in a bid to get the ball rolling, Or threw all my lindens at the low bids to get them up where they should be. I didn't however stand a chance of winning with my pitiful Linden balance.
All was not lost however as I got an IM from someone I didn't know - Torus Heliosense. He read my profile and asked me something, I can't remember what. We got chatting and it seems that superficially at least we enjoy similar things about sl.
Actually I got to know Taz way back when he read my profile at a dance held by Soliel Snook. He didn't dance with me... or even talk. But he did read my profile. He IMed a "hello" some time after. Funny thing to do really. Lucky thing as it turned out.
Today I met up with Torus again and we exchanged progress reports on our current projects. Torus makes a version of the game "Truth or Dare" for SL. (Sounds like something I could play with Taz :)... though now I think about it, what havent I said already? )
He is adapting one into a more steampunk style and he is furnishing his home in a similar style- full of builder's eye candy. A music box full of moving gears is one thing I particularly remember. A bit of a flick to inspect showed that the house was full of things he had made himself, and it made me feel pretty humble.

The downside to my building obsession is that at 1000m where I build, I don't bump into many people so my social life in SL has become more and more constricted. It was a breath of fresh air to go and visit and chat with some one new! So important tip for SL.. write a profile that works for you :)

Another night

I have wasted a colossal amount of time. Making houses is sooo much more time consuming when compared with tiny dresses.
I have hunted for a nice round brick window texture without success. I have played with getting a texture onto the gable wood texture. Am annoyed.
Lifted the roof, lowered the wall, lowered the roof, lifted the wall and so on... arrggghhh
But I think you will be able to see the movement...

Update

Whole new ratio of walls to roof was required. So while it may not look like, it the building has been started over. Two new textures as I work on the box bay windows Now off to sleep

Building Blitz Style

As well as working on the house... I also had a chance to build in the NCI Building Blitz!

The Theme....



Kitty Rapunzel
In her Tower with not nearly long enough hair. Darn cat wouldn't stop twitching as i tried to arrange her hair.

The winner was obvious. Mr Brick from the pad next to mine with his shiny suit of armour. I came 6th and won $150L

Building Federation Style

Boxing Day!
After a lot of cooking, a lot of eating, a lot of planning, a lot of cleaning I have a day to myself. I am on strike. I am not getting more food. There is no more room in the fridge.
So I have spent the day building!

I have bought a new block in Victoriana. In Victoriana Pavilion. The trees in Forrest were making it a bit too hard for me to build. While I am happy to build homes at 1000m, I prefer to make clothes at ground level and enjoy watching people passing by.

Nice thing about Victoriana is seeing familiar buildings! behind me in Pavilion is the QVB from Sydney. In another Victoriana Sim, I recognised the railway station from Albury before I found out that is what it was. I love how LBD has arranged these sims and furnished them with magnificent buildings

I have started a new house based on another in Appian Way.
Have a look at
this link if you are interested in Appian Way

My house, Frankston Villa was the first from that street. The houses there are stunning and I will work my way through them. So far I have just a little of the layout. Walls are like loose teeth and jutting out all over, but I can see where I am headed :)