Fashion Show

Today when I logged into SL again after dinner, I got a notice from the Fashion Consolidated group about a fashion show that was about to begin. Without much thinking I clicked on the landmark and plunged into the event.

I landed in a beautiful scene: In a forest-like environment a nice catwalk was ready for the show and there were many logs for the audience to sit on. After some failed attempts I managed to sit on a log with my head facing the right way ;)
I never new this, but aparently you will sit down facing in the direction where you came from, unless the chair has been prepared for a fixed orientation to sit.

While I was waiting for the event to begin my boyfriend IM'ed me: "Are you busy?" So I explained where I was and he wanted to join in! I never thought a guy would want to watch a fashion show...

By the time he was seated the event began. And we watched the most beautiful outfits for more than an hour. The area was packed with avatars, I counted at least 40, and that made things a little laggy, but there were no real problems and I crashed only one time.

It was a good exercise in handling the SL camera. The trick is to click on the models while holding the <ALT>-key as soon as they enter the catwalk. Then you can zoom in and out with the mouse wheel and your camera will follow the model along the catwalk. But when they go off-stage again, your camera is dragged along into the dressing room! ;)

Being a member of the Fashion Consolidated group turned out to be really useful for keeping up-to-date with fashion releases: I saw several things that had already been announced to the group.
[If you want to know the details of what we got to see, please refer to the Second Style blog. They have a very good and detailed report on this event.]

Octopus's Garden

Today my boyfriend Tull took me to an underwater garden in the Evocative sim.

It reminded me of a song by The Beatles:

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus's garden in the shade
I'd ask my friends to come and see
In an octopus's garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade


We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus's garden near a cave
We would sing and dance around
because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade


We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do


I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden with you
in an octopus's garden with you
in an octopus's garden with you

What a wonderful evening!