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I'll place the moon within your heart
Let's have some oddity!I went to Forever Winter, with the closest I could get to chibi in SL (without actually going Dinkie). What I got turned out to be a not-quite classic shortstack (link included...
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as I walk out the door singing "next team, next team"
Eight days since the last entry, ye gods. This is a facet of my "I will do the thing, I will I will, just...later" mentality right now. Well, it's now LATER, Em, so DO THE THING!Which plonks me full in...
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salvation's here, it's really quite a find
One of the more annoying features of the Eternal Headache is my innate tendency to say "I'll do the thing later" being expanded to ridiculous proportions. Case in point, the Gothmas Holiday market...
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it's almost over now, I think I know how this all ends
It's been a...not great handful of days. No huge pain spikes, yay, but no sign of retreat. I'm carrying the Eternal Headache into the new year, 123 days in. Whee.But I wanted to blog *something* before...
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I cannot move, I close my eyes
I usually don't make New Year's resolutions. For one, they're usually all aspirations beyond most peoples' ken. For two, they're far too easy to break.I made one this year. Just the one.And nearly...
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and all that is within me join
So, it's now early morning on January 4th. I had the strong feeling this resolution of mine would crack, I just didn't expect it to be the exact next day that I'd fail. Go me for speed-running...
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I'll spin you Valentine evenings though we're strangers 'til now
Things are happening in the background. I'm not willing to fully relax, yet, but--if all works out as it's been proposed, we may well not only keep Gearhaven, but I'll be working to redecorate at least...
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but I'll be there for you as the world falls down
New life goal: become bugzapper.Meanwhile, this is what happens when Em tries to make things pretty.I am hollow inside! Well, I knew that, but it's always weird seeing it. This was supposed to be a...
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through the vapor, see the inside of her head
So. Most readers don't know (and there's no reason why you should; if you'd rather stay uninformed, skip to below the first pic), though a few know some of what's going on. I try not to make a huge...
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they say you can't go home again, it's true, especially when your home burns...
I don't know why I'm not letting go of the holidays this year. My playlist is still carols and solstice favorites, and our wee frosted tree festooned with musical instruments is still up. Got me, why,...
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nobody deserves to be called a curse, but if you're gonna insist, I'm happy...
A story of the Visitor...She's frequently found on docks. Never the same one, usually by request, but at times she wanders on her own. You can find her through certain channels, if you know the...
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dream on, the moon is on the wane
There are times with extended illness where we try to hide it as much as possible. Keep things light, laugh it off, downplay it. Dress up for guests so they don't worry.Other times we sink into it, and...
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we're choosing the path between the stars
It's halo time!No, seriously, because Arkivet, one of the the brands I joyfully cover, put out a new one, AND they have a new location for the one they put out in December! So let's gooooo!I had this...
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and now there's nothing left
This is gonna be just a catch-up entry. Still do those from time to time.I mentioned not knowing what the price would be on the 'Astaroth' Cosmic glasses from /Vae Victis\? At the Warehouse sale is now...
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I'll paint you mornings of gold
A great deal of inference comes into play in virtual world interaction, and even in games with 3D NPC figures. Because they do not often show facial expression, or, if they do, it's either Uncanny...
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there's such a fooled heart beatin' so fast
We finally have an answer for what happened February 1st. Does explain several things--and why so many systems seemed to break at once.So far, February has been...difficult. It has also been,...
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they never said that love is a twisted game and no one ever wins
So, I was working out details for covering the Pandora dagger from Vae Victis, when I suddenly realized it's the tenth, and that means Enchantment is open! Oh dear.So, all those plans are thrown out...
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maybe tomorrow I'll find the answers I'm looking for
This is a fascinating dive into evolving chatbot ethics, or as Kevin Roose put it, large language model AIs. "There is something going on here that I don't think Microsoft intended to build into a...
View Articlejust a few more weary days, and then I'll fly away
It's been...well, several not good days, an entire month of not good days, or even 181 days of not good days...but we'd gotten through the month of being in inarticulate pain, until Valentine's...
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The 'Hyperion Lightbringer Greatsword from Vae Victis
Oh, boy:[11:30] rxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: YOU SAY YOUR BOARD JUST DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO COME TO FIRE AND ICE TRY YOUR SKILL AT THE ARCADE/BOWLING ALIE OR GET YOUR HEART RACING ON ONE OF 9 COASTERS OR OUR...
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