The grid, or at least the asset server, seems to be having a meltdown of some sort today. It’s been going on for at least a few hours but there’s been no mention of it on the official blog. Lovely! I tried to connect a while ago, started out Ruthed, then tried switching to various outfits. Some clothes and attachments would rez, some wouldn’t, and when I gave up I looked like an incompetent transvestite.
I had my six-month anniversary (reziversary?) Friday. I celebrated by, uh, not really doing anything unusual. In fact, I barely made it in-world for a few minutes on Friday. But that’s okay— I’d spent a lot of last weekend in-world.
I spent a lot of that in-world time last weekend shopping. I finally bought things like a skin, prim hair, and AO, among others. On a whim, I also created a female av and gave her all of those things and a few outfits. She was a lot more fun to shop for than my regular av, mainly because there are so many more things one can buy for female avatars. Do the changes represent a change away from my post a few weeks ago when I observed that my avatar vaguely resembled me? Maybe. I’ve made a few more steps away from my own RL appearance with my avatar, and of course the female avatar looks rather different from me, though it was a bit eerie to note when I first created the female shape that it vaguely resembled a few family members. But regardless of what avatar I’m ‘wearing’ or what the avatar is wearing, the personality that you get is basically my own, to the extent I can express it in the context of
I seem to have gotten back in-world, and at least some of my attachments are rezzing. So if you see me bald, or shoeless, well, blame LL.
Now, I’m starting to think that I might like a little land of my own in SL. I’ve been avoiding both the expense and the headache so far — it seems like a lot of people who acquire 512 m2 parcels acquire with them undesirable neighbors who build undesirable builds. I’m looking for a nice place to return to. If you’ve got any advice on finding land that is affordable but not surrounded by builds full of litter or spinning signs, I’d love to hear it!
If you don’t insist on being on the mainland — if an island estate is ok with you and you don’t mind a little zoning, so to speak — then I can heartily recommend the Fairchang Islands. The Fairchangs are stellar land managers, and I’ve had nothing but positive experience with my land there. I’m sure there are other good island estates too — but do look for reputation.
Comment by Coyote — April 3, 2007 @ 7:26 am