There once was the story of a martial artist — let's say, for simplicity's sake, a ninja — who fought with two swords. He dispatched his foes with ease, and with such speed and ferocity that no one could tell whether the swords he fought with were twins or in fact differing types (for example, a swashbuckler's rapier in one hand and a butterknife in the other). The other distinguishing thing about this ninja is that whenever passerby happened to come across some poor corpse in the forest he had given the bladed variant of the People's Elbow to, they could unmistakably tell it was the mark of his work. It was never known whether this was intentional on the part of the ninja, but even the most illiterate of village commoners knew that a certain bad-ass ninja had breezed through town to do some damage.
Why I said that I won't know until the future, but in the stream-of-consciousness writing I sometimes practice, I get certain globs — like jelly water — forming from the abstractions of my mental realms. I have an urge to drop a paragraph here, a sentence there, and maybe an off-key term or two. I won't go out of my way to make my writing convoluted or hard to understand, but in the big picture, some time from now, I have a good feeling this will make a lot more sense. 
Second Life just went down for a few hours. Ohnoes! By the time I wake up, it'll be up again (I hope).?I had some pretty bad headaches today, so I took several naps. Unfortunately, the pain was still there. So I hope this will subside too.
A big meow-out goes to Wynx Whiplash, whose personality is as playful as her namesake.?I chatted with Wynx about her line of Mad Cat Dolls, which are on the rise in popularity around the gridverse. They often are found sitting on avatars's shoulders, eyes actually reflecting the emotional anger of a "real-life" incident that happened to Wynx's real cats when it was time for them to get their shots. Wynx felt this was a priceless moment to commit to prims, and I wholeheartedly agree.?However, without knowing this context, my little watermelon kitty might as well have her eyes wide open in curiosity as she comes on travels with me. Later that day, I happened to come across a Tringo game featuring Chloe Platini and Frostie Flora on stage, the latter dancing in one of Wynx's avatars. I TPed the creator herself, and we had a great hoppin' time. Go to ExtroVirtual Headquarters @?Bragg (223, 49) to get your own!
In the Cool Avatar Dept., we have none other than the incomparable Lucah Solvang, who has carried furry traditions in SL?to new heights of her own original excellence. Featured inset is her "plushie aircraft carrier", and she's certainly catched 'em all! Well, almost (sadly Trin and Nala are not onboard).?If there were more attachment slots, we could load Lucah up and send her across sim borders on a mission to crash the next region over… with cuteness! In the background walkin' pimpishly is Luskwood maven Arito Cotton, flanked by Iris Linden on the left and Phoenix Linden on the right.
Briarcliff Manor is now gone, and this is sad. But before it went, a grand party was held. The whole "going out in style" works. I happed to snap this shot as the lights — awesome light show, a mix of prims and particles, very high-contrast! — went to my colors. I didn't expect it, but it happened, and like so many things in Second Life, I'm amazed. But alas, the Manor is gone now, and we take little baby steps in the future. Establishments like SLAC (Second Life Anime Cosplay) will continue their business as memories are treasured.
Mah honeybunches and oats, Jadey, has her own blog now! It's called Dichotomato (yes, I really like this name, and would even if I were so emotionally detached), and Jadey shares it with her offline self, Keith.?Same person no matter what you call him or her, hehe. On here, we are extensions of our mortal selves, expressing ourselves in ways that wouldn't have been possible without this emotional technology. It's kinda like when you play a pinball game, there are certain main objectives you go for — namely, always connecting the flippers to ze ball — but it's always nice to score the multiplier bonuses!?A?lucid writer,?Jadey explains it all.?Check it out here.
Elsewhere on the web… Watermelon Love, one of my favorite new animations. This is genius. The aesthetic style is totally appealing to me and intrinsically familiar, yet so desperately alien at the same?time. And oh, it's got watermelons. What's not to love?