shoes, eyelashes, shopping & other fun stuff
Omg, who knew that shopping in Second Life would be such fun? There are so many wonderful stores/designers/GORGEOUS clothes that cling and enhance and move with you in the most flattering ways!
I actually spent 250 Lindens just so's i could have a clip clopping sound when i walk. What can i say; it seemed important at the time. Things may be different in any number of ways, but little things still please. And i have footwear, plural! I don't have much of a shoe obsession generally (inward pronation/fallen arches pretty much put paid to that) but in SL i get to wear funky shoes and boots with heels. Why wouldn't i want to clip clop when i walk so that everyone can hear me coming and admire my shoes!
How much fun would it be to look like that in Real Life? If i were three two stone lighter and a good 10 years younger? I LOVE how i look in Second Life. I HATE how i look IRL. In fact, moving from SL into First life, it struck me how sartorially dull real life actually is. Admittedly, i was on my way to work at the time and so was everyone else, and that does impose certain limitations. But even outside work a lot of us (me included; me especially) settle for the monochrome and humdrum when we might be infinitely various and decorative and brightly plumaged. Why do we only do this in our virtual worlds? Why can't we go about our RL every-day business like peacocks?
I will admit i've been feeling somewhat jaded. I feel fat and old and unattractive IMO (which happens to be the only one i listen to). Yet last night i visited two stores in SL that specialise in eye-lashes. Eye-lashes. Lots of different colours and lengths, with silly, sparkly things dangling off them, catching the light. And, all of a sudden, anything seems possible. I'm sure i can get some fancy lashes to fit me. I'm guessing it's just a simple drag and drop thing. :-)
So there you have it: Yet another excited, rambling post about SL that'll probably mean nothing to most of you, if you bother to read it at all. But that's okay; i'm more than satisfied. I was looking for something majorly distracting that would take my mind off a particular 'limerent object' and, thank god, i think i've found it. If i start to sound obsessed, it's infinitely healthier than the thing i was obsessing about before.
And, yes, you all should join Second Life. Because it's fun and absorbing and different. And you don't need to take my word for it or experience it the way i have. It's your own unique experience that counts.
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I actually spent 250 Lindens just so's i could have a clip clopping sound when i walk. What can i say; it seemed important at the time. Things may be different in any number of ways, but little things still please. And i have footwear, plural! I don't have much of a shoe obsession generally (inward pronation/fallen arches pretty much put paid to that) but in SL i get to wear funky shoes and boots with heels. Why wouldn't i want to clip clop when i walk so that everyone can hear me coming and admire my shoes!
How much fun would it be to look like that in Real Life? If i were three two stone lighter and a good 10 years younger? I LOVE how i look in Second Life. I HATE how i look IRL. In fact, moving from SL into First life, it struck me how sartorially dull real life actually is. Admittedly, i was on my way to work at the time and so was everyone else, and that does impose certain limitations. But even outside work a lot of us (me included; me especially) settle for the monochrome and humdrum when we might be infinitely various and decorative and brightly plumaged. Why do we only do this in our virtual worlds? Why can't we go about our RL every-day business like peacocks?
I will admit i've been feeling somewhat jaded. I feel fat and old and unattractive IMO (which happens to be the only one i listen to). Yet last night i visited two stores in SL that specialise in eye-lashes. Eye-lashes. Lots of different colours and lengths, with silly, sparkly things dangling off them, catching the light. And, all of a sudden, anything seems possible. I'm sure i can get some fancy lashes to fit me. I'm guessing it's just a simple drag and drop thing. :-)
So there you have it: Yet another excited, rambling post about SL that'll probably mean nothing to most of you, if you bother to read it at all. But that's okay; i'm more than satisfied. I was looking for something majorly distracting that would take my mind off a particular 'limerent object' and, thank god, i think i've found it. If i start to sound obsessed, it's infinitely healthier than the thing i was obsessing about before.
And, yes, you all should join Second Life. Because it's fun and absorbing and different. And you don't need to take my word for it or experience it the way i have. It's your own unique experience that counts.
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