I have gone on a great many adventures in my last few days of Second Life.

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• This fantastic seating device is a hybrid chair-aerial vehicle. It started out as furniture that Nephilaine Protagonist (informally, 'Laine) designed for the Second Life Public Library, and with her graciousness and the power of Rickard Roentgen's scripting, has become my personal throne for deploying neon watermelon joy. In the background you can see a rezmap created by Strife Onizuka — quite the thing to watch when the 3.5 m^2 tiles are arranging into formation.
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• Ben Linden's fishing game is finally finished –?at least, in a playable state.?It is a devilishly tricky game, in part because the infodisplays aren't in a constant position as you mouselook (I wish SL had a better way to overcome that for the purposes of games-in-within-a-game, vehicles, and more). See if you can name who's who here. Hint: the fellow in the chair?is taking a break from?Gigas WebShop
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• I was happy to attend the marriage of Willow Zander and Fred Extraordinaire.?Madiera Westerburg, dear Gramma, in the background officiating. Even in the cold winters it is a wonder that the warmest of love can be found, and I wish this couple much happy lovin' and ubersl00tiness. Speaking of, Willow now has a dedicated sim called — appropriately enough — Slootsville.
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• The girl with the orange hair is Ryntha Suavage. I got to know Ryn through Aimee as we were gettin' all *PREEN* — forthcoming winter line, more later! –?and I think she's a real creative talent to watch for. I like her style and her attitude, and heck, she just posted about some of her new works. People like her inspire me to explore more.
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• I am sitting next to quite the trio. From left to right: Jai Nomad, Siggy Romulus, and Trimming Hedges. If you're wondering why we appear to be cut out of different cookies, it's because we are.
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• Lights of the world, faded but never forgotten! This is Fleabite Beach's new memorial on Darko & Paris Cellardoor's land in Plum. It's currently being built as a testament in honor of lost loved ones. The lamp you see here is a physical manifestation of a childhood fantasy of mine: I once dreamed of having a gigantic light to climb up on and dance on the top. Now, I have no excuses. Or, had — it was temporarily rezzed and has since been returned to my Inv. Although, I do think the final structure would be beautiful with some shining lanterns or soft overhead display so that it'll all glow… virtual light.
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• Here, Angelina Neva and I are looking at Robin Soujourner's gingerbread houses at Practical Magic Ganymede (194, 222). I was very pleased to find how detailed and yummy they looked. In other words, the very antithesis of a one-prim, low-qual texture job.?Efficiency?is one thing — scrumtrilescence is another!
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• Hank Ramos,?David Fate, and Richard Stern have?got a good thing going in a new Living Cities project in the Phobos sim. Looking at the appearance of this transport, I don't think it's quite finished (the seats look oddly chalky and blocky) but it's a fun ride around. It even goes underground, with opening circley portal thingies! I like rides like this because you can have a tour of a place and chat with friends without having to stop to navigate (hesitating and breaking the flow).
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• AnneDroid Lily, also exploring, comes to visit me as I climb Steller Sunshine's beanstalk. A real challenge it was — several hours passed and I was unable to make it to the top without falling. Steller called out words of encouragement from the top, but I never got to see her "in person" ("in alien"?) at the time. A note: if you are a tall avatar,?the spiral path at the top seems to make it an improbable task to climb your way around, 'cuz your bod will get wedged between the levels. While I did not successfully complete the challenge, I stalked away from this particular stalk with one very important lesson. One which cannot be described in words. So, I'll just say: EEEEEEEEEEEE!
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• Ah, it's about time something fun happened in Jessie for me. This pic?doesn't show it, but I'll describe:?each and every previous time I'd been here, the notorious "warzone" had been as peaceful and quiet as Waterhead or Zermatt (politics not included ). But yesterday, when I took a jaunt there with Artemis Fate, we were promptly accosted by a newbie armed with scads of open-source weapons and wearing a cyanesque blouse. I believe he was more shocked at us observing that fact casually than any of the many deaths he experienced: by gunfire, by killer-box-turret, by being suffocated in a giant watermelon sphere, etc. In a certain connection: it was Art who was responsible for introducing Ryn to SL. I encourage newbies bearing arms to use them in Jessie when appropriate, thus avoiding stumbling down the dark path of common sandbox GREEFER KIN. Welcome to Second Life, I say!
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• A revisit to the Island Sandbox in the wee hours, where I like to go free and unwind.?Seated next to me is Cid Jacobs, an avid reader of my blog — I say thankya –?who remarked that time dilation dropped to .6 as my new field of watermelon dreams grew. Thanks to Ananda Sandgrain and Alan Palmerstone for contributing the newest pieces to my lypopene-saturated collection.
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• The zany creations of my cat sis Flea. A fun collection ranging from cat paws to… er… cats with their paws up to… umm… seats with cat prints to… ahhh… giant fish that a cat (or many cats) could conceivably consume. That, and the cheap hotel sign. BTW, that tree in the background is 400-odd prims. Note what happened to me… it could happen to you!
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BONUS PICCIE
I suppose there's something to be said for good taste. Literally.
Come to the House of Pain, where you can be a cenobite-into-watermelons like me! *grins*