Chameleonic Possessions

quintonatstonehenge_001 by Lelani Carver

Here I am, chillin’ at Stonehenge in sneakers and jeans, while a musician name Quinton performs, and his biggest fan dances beautifully in midair.

Note the be-buckeled and be-booted woman to my left, who looks like she came direct from the Bad Fashion Show. I was feeling bad about being a little casually dressed – after all, it’s a house of worship to the large community of SL Druids that I inferred from the size and condition of the henge. But then I decided it was a beach resort as well, and I could have been wearing a bathing suit and towel if I wanted.

The music was pretty good; Quinton was a West Virginian, still getting used to the technique of online performance, but his guitar work was amazing.

Meet Bobbo by Lelani Carver

My friend Bobbo… he’s a special case. He’s a RL friend who stubbornly refuses to get with the “anyone can look like a supermodel” ethic on Second Life. So he made himself a ludicrously fat shape and found some ridiculous US Flag pants and figured out how to apply clown makeup.

He’s a little disturbing to look at, my friend Bobbo. I hesitate to take him around to meet my friends. But we have a good time (usually talking on the phone at the same time) on his very occasional forays inworld.

Bobbo is a RL friend who most certainly did not get the memo about "everything is beautiful in Second Life."

Bald and Beautiful_001 by Lelani Carver

Sometimes, things go awry in Second Life, and stuff that’s normally attached to you.. .like hair… just refuses to come along to the party when you manage to log in.

Earlier tonight, I ended up on the roof of a music-and-art club of some kind, completely hairless and unable to attach anything on my head. So I stepped into a nearby kinetic sculpture to just deal with the moment in the only way possible.

Fortunately, no one else was there.

Jacqrat Pizzicato’s Big Hair_001 by Lelani Carver

This is a little more recent… I’m always going to “this-n-that night” at various dance clubs, thinking I’ve got a shot at a prize, and getting totally blown out by someone with an extreme makeover sense of play.

In this case, it was someone else who was way, way, WAY blown out. And they won!

At Cafe Wellstone/Dancing Liberally’s "Big Bad Hair Night," Jacqrat was the acknowledged winner. Many of us didn’t know Jacq was male until we couldn’t find his name on the voting board.

Maxamillion Kleene by Lelani Carver

Yes, you can go to concerts in Second Life, with varying results: this one was a good one with minimal “lag” and some very colorful people in the audience.

I continue to be amazed by the insane amount of attention people devote to making objects, clothes, skins, and other builds in Second Life.