Warm Winter Nights

In Second Life like iRL things sometimes don’t go as we wished they would.

After more than one year in Portucalis building dreams, mine and others, together with a wonderful group of friends, I see myself forced to leave.

Lots of things have been happening iRL that have unfortunately reflected in my second life.

Again the relationships between people are the issue. I have seen it before and even helped (or tried to) some friends getting over it, but never thought that my best friend in no matter what world would put me against a wall and tried to force me to choose between her and another of my friends.

How can someone just erase feelings? Impossible! At least for me. So I maintained my position of not choosing which led to my best friend’s backing up and putting an end to our long lasting friendship in a stubborn position if “you are not with me, you are against me”.

Both lives have been affected. My RL is poorer now, in spite of all the very very good friends I have. Loosing someone always hurts. My SL was also affected and what was once a place I called home, has become some where I feel I’m persona non grata. Besides, the business partnership ended and all of a sudden I see myself with monthly tiers I just can’t afford. I tried during the past months to search for ways to keep my little corner in Portucalis, even thought of getting some of the abandoned land for myself, but I realised that would affect badly my RL (thanks God for the holidays that put my mind back on track) and just had to put an end to those crazy thoughts. No way a place that should be my playground is going to affect my daily survival in the atomic world.

So guys I am leaving Portucalis but I am not leaving friends and feelings. It is just a piece of virtual land where I was once happy.

Time to start overwith friends all around me and a smile on my face, taking with me the good memories and leaving the bad ones behind.

Soon I will be posting about the new place and hope you stop by to say hello.

Cen just made a post tagging no one and everyone under this title. It is kind of funny so here it goes:

RL

I’m too lazy to walk so I drive everywhere and always manage to get a parking space in front of wherever I’m going

Cannot resist ice cream, no matter what the flavour is

First things I do when I arrive home is heels off and pet my cat

I love to stand by my window just looking at the river (watching the ships roll in hehe)

SL

I usually have my camera zoomed out, only focusing on people when I take photos. Once in a while I go “Wow, you got a nice new skin” to get an answer like “I have it for 2 months now”

I log in early morning (GMT) on weekends to organise inventory and end up doing everything but that. (any hints on how I can reduce my 27k+ items? Deleting it without opening not a solution *winks)

I am, like Cen, shy naked. And wearing a bikini applies too (I usually wear a sarong with it). Thanks for sharing that Cen. I thought I was the only one hehe

I still have the initial shape me and siss did together on our first day (as most of you know we are look alike twins)

Hate people that leave 2 storey buildings on my beach

Some of you might know some of these things about me, but anyway here it stays for those who don’t

Since last monday I have been with this awful cold and high fever and couldn’t even get to work and, worse of it all, didn’t have the strength to log in to SL – I know, I know… don’t make that funny face guys!

Well I just write this to thank all my RL and SL friends for being so concerned about me, you literally spamed me with tons and tons of TLC. I think you frightened the fever away ’cause I’m feeling much better now, couldn’t make it without you always being there.

Love you all and I know I can count on you no matter what.

P.S.: Only one person I know I cannot count on,  but he knows who he is… don’t you sweety?

First I would like to apologise to my non-Portuguese speaking readers. For the first time I’m going to post in Portuguese here, but this is my blog so I can, can’t I? hehehe

Ultimamente na SLosfera portuguesa, mais concretamente no grupo de amigos em que me insiro, têm surgido uma série de polémicas relativas a comportamentos de alguns dos membros.

O assunto tem vindo a ser empolado mais e mais, arrastando uma série de gente pelo caminho e culminou, para mim, ontem num post que não vou dizer qual é aqui, mas onde vou deixar o link para aqui, dado que é esta a resposta.

Os blogs individuais são espaços particulares (como o nome indica) onde cada um escreve o que lhe dá na realíssima gana. Se não agrada a alguém não leiam.

Comentar posts – ou parte de posts – de blogs individuais num blog colectivo é de uma baixeza a toda a prova e apenas pretende chamar a atenção para o autor do post e colocá-lo – mais uma vez – nas luzes da ribalta. Ainda para mais quando a citação é feita fora de contexto, contemplando pormenores de vida privada de quem escreve e não algo que seja referente a terceiros.

Assumir-se como porta-voz de um grupo que nunca lhe deu poderes, autorização ou sequer mencionou isso é, no mínimo, inqualificável.

Se o que se pretendia com o post em causa era desfazer uma imagem que teria sido criada, a única coisa que conseguiu foi criar ainda mais polémica, atirar mais achas para a fogueira e todas aquelas pessoas que não sabiam o que estava a acontecer sabem-no agora.

A única intenção foi defender uma causa? Defender causas não é enterrar pessoas por exercerem a liberdade de expressão que foi conquistada há 34 anos. Se o autor do post que aqui estou a comentar pretendia responder à autora do post inicial, deveria tê-lo feito em comentário no blog onde foi publicado. Esse blog neste momento é privado mas a autora dá acesso a pedido.

Uma coisa vos garanto meus amigos. Toda esta parvoíce não vai abalar em nada aquilo que nos temos proposto fazer: divertirmo-nos, estarmos juntos e aprendermos uns com os outros.

Fique quem quiser com as grandes empresas, com a atenção dos media, com o “defender o Second Life por esse mundo”.  Muitos crimes se têm cometido em nome de cruzadas, muitas vítimas ficam pelo caminho. Lamento mas, como dizia alguém, para esse peditório o pessoal já deu.

Quem não está bem muda-se, quem não quer ler não abre a página, quem quer comentar comenta em forum próprio e não da forma como o fez.

Façam o favor de ser felizes.

My RL holidays ended. Knowing these would be special holidays, my dear friends were all expecting me to write something here so the number of visits to this fireplace of mine just trippled on the 1st of July.

Sorry guys, this is supposed to be a SL blog so my RL stays out of here hehehe

And for those that still don’t know… the holidays were great. And that is all that I will tell you about it *winks

Like I told in my previous post I went to SLang Island to speak a bit about Portucalis and our activities.

I was really really nervous cause I have stage fear and knowing so many people were there listening, or better reading, what I had to say was kind of scary.

I am writing this just to thank all of my friends from Portucalis who were there with all their support, asking questions and complementing what I was saying.

The conference took place on the exact day that Portucalis made its first rezz year and all those familiar faces in front of me, the congratulations IMs and e-mails, everything that was written in Portuguese blogs just filled my heart with joy.

Portucalis was built for friends. Each and everything we do there is not only because it really is a lot of fun for us, but also because we want to see our friends happy, make them feel at home and that those 2 small islands also belong to them.

Many of those friends have crossed the border of virtual to real and many more are yet to cross it. And I don’t mean just Portuguese. Friendship is really what makes Portucalis that special place and we never could have made it without all your love and care.

Can’t say it enough: thank you all for being there always in whatever world. You all left your fingerprint in my heart and that will never go away.

May the Goddess bless you all!

(Thank you Marga for the pics bellow)

A bit tired of having a lot of people putting their noses to my front door (and zooming in when I didn’t answer) I finally decided to take my home up to the sky.

The house was taken away from the beach and replaced by a nice waterfall that my good friend June Jurak sent me as a gift and a big tree.

After a whole morning TPing all over SL I could finally find a house that suited me, lovely, low prim and not expensive hehehe.

Me and Max have been decorating it and it was finished a few days ago. I love details so I’m a bit of a prim eater but this time I behaved (cough cough) and managed to leave about 250 prims free – ok, ok not much if you consider that I own a 6140sqm land. But previously I had 100 free so I DID behave hehehe

One of the things I like about the house are the doors. The script sends me an e-mail whenever someone not in the allow list tries to open the doors.

Who on earth wants to get into my bedroom at 3:00 AM???? I’m not there guys! If you want to use it just ask… the furniture is copy so I can place it wherever you want

I have received some notecards in world with these questions answered by some friends and really looked at them and said “Naaa! Not going to answer that!” But then today I was reading my blogs and came to Tymmerie’s and there it was.

So, and only because me and Tym were born on the same day and we Leos have to stick together, here it goes… 

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:30
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Haven’t been at the movies for quite some time… but I think it was the last Harry Potter (ok ok my nephew and nieces took me with them)
4. Favorite TV show? CSI

5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Coffee and bread with butter on working days and full English breakfast on weekends
6. What is your middle name? hmmm between Winter and Wardhani… nothing *winks
7. What food do you dislike? Sardines and tomato
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
9. Favorite sandwich? Chicken with mayo
10. What characteristic do you despise? Lying
11. Favorite item of clothing? Pants
12. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be? Far East
13. What color is your bathroom? No bathroom in SL, light pink and grey in RL
14. Do you make friends easily? Yes
15. Where would you retire to? Any place where the people I care for would be
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? The last one
17. Favorite sport to watch? Artistic ice skating (and football(soccer))
18. How many towns have you lived in? One. Lisbon
19. How many do you think will send this back? No idea
20. Whats on your bedroom floor right now? My slippers and two rugs… wait my cat is there too! hehe
21. Favorite saying? Laziness is the mother of all vices. And a mother is a mother… you have to obey her
22. When is your birthday? August 2^nd in RL. 25^th November SL
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Definitely a night person
24. What is your shoe size? Hmmm don’t know in English numbers. 38 in Portugal
25. Pets? Cats… but just because I live in an apartment
26. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share with us? Not really
27. What did you want to be when you were little? Grownup
28. Which talent would you most like to have? Singing
29. Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Really
30. What is your favorite flower? Roses and lilies
31. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?  21^st of June (love you baby)

32. What color are your eyes? Brown RL; blue SL
33 . What was your favorite toy as a child? My brother’s toys
34. Summer or winter? Summer… it would be a bit narcisistic to choose me, wouldn’t it?
35. Hugs or kisses? Both and all before and after
36. Chocolate or Vanilla? Both
37. Do you want your friends to send this back to you? Yes
38. When was the last time you cried? Not gonna tell you
39. What is under your bed? Dust
40. Who is the friend you have had the longest in SL? My twin Summer we were born same day, same second
41. What did you do last night? Exploring and chatting about books
42. Favorite smell? The smell of grass after it has rained
43. What are you afraid of? Heights
44. Plain, sweet, or salted Popcorn? Sweet
45. How many keys on your key ring? 5
46. How many years at your current job? 8
47. Do you have any scars? Just a small one on the knee
48. Favorite day of the week? Friday
49. How many people will you be sending this to? Anyone who will be reading this
50. Who’s answers are you looking forward the most? Everyone’s