Advice

I logged in after a hiatus of log-ins being frozen to find that Karla Scorbal of KSCreations had sent over a new 10-pose pack. Like her other packs, this is only $5L, and I think this is her best yet.

It so happened I was dressed in an Indian-inspired shirt by Baiastice called Indi Yasoda. I love this clever shirt and haven’t taken it off since I got it. These photos don’t do it justice, but if you like ethnic-influenced clothing, this is a must.

So I jetted over to Bollywood to model just a few of these poses for you myself. Normally I go to Second Life Bollywood to watch a Bollywood movie that inspires me to dance around  for days, but today the movie wasn’t working. But we can still enjoy the ambiance.

And here I am pointing out some art for sale right across from the theater.

Have you scattered snow all over your sim, put up your tree, turned on your Christmas lights and still have that nagging feeling something is missing? Maybe it’s that personal touch. Head over to Beck’s and order some personalized Christmas stockings displaying the names of you and your friends to hang by the fire. These are made using original sculpties and needlepoint textures.  While you’re there, you might want to pick up some holiday cards for all the people on your list!

Personalized Christmas stockings hanging by the fire

There are eight different styles of stockings. Creator Miles Beck can often turn them around in a few minutes if you catch him online - but it should not take longer than eight hours in any case.

Don’t have a traditional fireplace to hang your stockings on? Me either. I live at the beach in a tropical climate, and I like it that way. No problem! I hung mine on my rattan wall either side of this painting depicting a Balinese scene.

The Limits to Supporting a Second Life Shoe Addiction

Dear Shameless,

I have made my virtual living working in Second Life nightclubs as a Second Life exotic dancer for over a year. I’ve worked in many clubs in SL, from Arsheba and Elements at Goddess of Love to smaller ones. As you can imagine, this is a hard row to hoe (so to speak). But I do my best, and smile and chat up the customers. I’m good at what I do, and I make the club owners much more money than most. I will confess to you that I’m a Second Life shoe addict, and I need to support my shameful habit.

But here is my problem. Every time I log into SL, I get a stage call to come in and work! I mean it is unrelenting! One small club owner used to even IM me directly, not through the group channel, demanding I come in to work, when I had only logged on to check my mail! If I do not go in, I am still expected to answer. Now that in itself is intrusive. What if every time you were cuddling up to your honey or at a movie, your work called you and you had to take the call and talk to them? I mean EVERY #%@$!#!&*! TIME!

I’m also worn down by the demands that I not only host events but that I provide the prizes! I should pay to work? They don’t seem to care about my seasonally heavy RL work demands and threaten to suspend me if I can’t host events AND work at least an hour a day taking off my virtual clothes!

Now I don’t know how YOU pay your RL mortgage, but I can’t sink that kind of time into SL to make a few linden and lose thousands in RL income.

What to do? Must I give up my SL lifestyle?

Seething Second Life Stripper

Dear Seething,

Hahahaha! Are you kidding me? Honey, you need to get out of there!

Although if a club hires you, they do expect to see you now and again, please remember that there are some Second Life club owners who have no lives and are living in trailer parks on welfare. (I didn’t say all, so don’t send me letters or start handing torches out to the villagers.) To them, their Second Life club is the “be all, end all” of their lives! If I was on call 24/7, I’d be charging one hell of a retainer, and it sure wouldn’t be paid in linden! So if you have real life work to do, get to it and leave SL for play.

You may want to consider leaving your virtual life of sin to design Second Life clothes or shapes or pogo sticks. At least you can do it when it’s convenient for you. Or open your own club, then you be the one who treats people like slaves!

As for your Second Life shoe habit, it’s not shameful! Be shameless like me! Flaunt your love of pixelated shoes!

That’s all the Second Life Shameless Gossip advice for today!

Best of luck to you!

Shameless Gossipgirl