SL/Overheard

"I will study you first and find out how long it takes you to 'Edit your Appearance' to know how much headstart time I need to ask you out on a date."

SL/Overheard/recognize me by my measurements

"I am 6'1" and 7.5" and my shoe size is 11 and my IQ is 135 and my birthday is March 17, which means I'm a Leprechaun, and I'm using a Pentium 4..."

SL/Encounters in Welcome Area pt.6/sun/spots

Soy met AIste.

"I see a leopard unless...those are mini tattoos."

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She changes completely out of her spots.

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[19:54] Soy: in the darkness we have the best conversations

[19:54] Soy: i've been here 14 days

[19:54] Soy: in this camp

[19:54] AIste: hehe

[19:54] Arkangel: i was wondering why it's dark

[19:54] Arkangel: somebody turn on some damn torches, looks like survivor in here

[19:55] Soy: i've been here 14 days and almost didn't make it to 14 due to some wolves howling last night

[19:55] AIste: click on the World tab and then Force sun to Noon

[19:55] Soy: forcing the Sun to rise is godlike

[19:56] AIste: yes but easy to do if you want the sun to be in another place

[19:56] Soy: i want the sun to be facing the other direction

SL/Hair/continued

"I went pubic hair shopping all day today just to differentiate myself from potential lookalikes."

SL/Hair/Overheard

"The only hair I happened to be interested in was part of the plant I was interested in smoking."

SL/Encounters in Welcome Area pt.5 (lag)

Soy couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"I resent that it's so difficult for me to walk yet here you are doing a crazy Russian dance."
Busted.
One of the ones who had been dancing was Lenin.

SL/Larry needs a new video card to escape from O. Island

Larry is a co-worker friend of mine. He looks like Marlon Brando from "Apocalypse Now": bald-headed, dark eyebrows: A very intimidating look. It was fascinating to watch Larry show up in Second Life and inhabit an avatar that looks like a metrosexual, a far cry from the Larry I know.

Larry has undergone three incarnations in Second Life, all trying to get off Orientation Island.

Larry is a stoner in real life.

He may never get off Orientation Island. Every time he does get off it's only for a short while before the inevitable crash sends him back to Orientation Island for the next log-in.

He is not only a stoner, he is laggy.

How does he expect to get off the island?

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Tonight, Larry requested a TP to get off the island since he couldn't move (he could only type). He couldn't even use his legs. I invited Larry to our pool, where he still couldn't move, so I sent him into the pool. I told him: "Yes, your avatar appears to be blinking" after I studied his face. And so it was.

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[17:41] Boone Docherty (Larry): wet
[17:42] Patric Styrian: try to do the impossible and swim
[17:42] Boone Docherty: this thing will not move
[17:43] Patric Styrian: CAN YOU READ THIS
[17:43] Patric Styrian: i don't want to lose you
[17:43] Boone Docherty: yes
[17:44] Patric Styrian: i am summoning a doctor
[17:44] Patric Styrian: don't move
[17:44] Patric Styrian: he is a Lag Specialist
[17:44] Boone Docherty: cant move
[17:45] Patric Styrian: try to move your right hand
[17:45] Boone Docherty: what button
[17:45] Patric Styrian: forget that
[17:45] Patric Styrian: hit your upper arrow key
[17:45] Patric Styrian: see if that works
[17:45] Boone Docherty: ok
[17:46] Boone Docherty: nothing
[17:46] Patric Styrian: try your 'W' key
[17:46] Boone Docherty: wwwwwww
[17:46] Patric Styrian: lmao

Larry-Boone crashed, and returned to Orientation Island. But the next time he logged in he could move, so I invited him to Hooters -N- Shooters nightclub to escape.

For 12 minutes he was able to survive at Hooters -N- Shooters without incident, moving around somewhat freely. Then something happened. At the 12-minute mark he was staring at one of the beautiful dancers when he stopped communicating. None of us could get his attention.

"I think that's it for him," someone said.

Noooooooo.

Larry disappeared.

(Returning no doubt to Orientation Island.)

F*$@##d up Daydream

In the middle of town was a giant marijuana crop with its very own crop circle. It wasn't a 'true circle,' though, it was more like an arrow pointing West. Investigating Out West, at the border of the sim, I discovered several cattle mutilations, all forming runes. One rune denoted the date of August 6, 2007, the day that "Mad Cow" disease would re-surface in England. Another rune said cows will be seeking revenge against the aliens, sometime in 2008. Another rune said cows were sacred, as the Hindus believe, and to re-orient thy freezer accordingly.
The last one was a heavy blow, since my freezer is full.
The one I was most interested in, though, was the one spelled out by the mushrooms (on the ground): it predicted that online experiences would one day rival those of 'love, commitment, jealousy and hate' by triggering, in your central nervous system, the effects of THC. This would be followed immediately by the experience of 'hunger.' The evolution would continue: sleep would then follow.
I took several photos of these runes but none of them made it to my harddrive. Somewhere between 'clicking' and 'receiving,' the evidence was not there. Here is one that made it: a spectacular image of my thumb.
There are no pictures of the crop arrow, either, unfortunately/fortunately, as it was consumed by fire.

At Hooters -N- Shooters/60s Night

Elvis showed up at Hooters, doing unimaginable things with his hips.
Someone in the audience dared Elvis to keep dancing the way he was but with one breast exposed.
Elle was a trooper all night, DJing even though she had a headache.
A robot on the dance floor made everyone seem like they were dancing 10x better.

SL/Overheard/

"i have a necklace that didn't rez properly and i ended up swallowing it"