IN YOUR EYES

IN YOUR EYES, originally uploaded by GoSpeed_Racer.

They say the eyes are a mirror to the soul. Others say they are a window to the world. Like glass or mirrors you see your self reflected back in the gaze of another.

My Celebrity Look alikes

Beyonce Knowles 97% !!!!!! How’s that for a match???? Aya I can see too, but Elisha? Maybe the nose is similar.

Gone West Memorial Park

Intrigued by Zoe Connolly’s post on her new aircraft I decide to check out the sim to see what other aircraft are available. A nice big airfield with all sorts of aircraft present was what I found. Sadly it was only one sim, a void sim or two would be nice for the pilots! While the planes were interesting the greenery off in the distance caught my eye. on closer inspection I see it is a memorial park dedicated to Mannie Madonna. Mannie was well known for his large, drivable and live aboard yachts. Mannie sadly passed away a few months ago

The park is pretty extensive covering nearly 3/4 of one side of the sim

Lots of pose balls to be found so I called Rav over to pose with me. He’s such a compliant guy around the gals <wink>.

More below the fold….

New word for the day

I am at a party that is overflowing with god-awful sound gestures. Now don’t  get me wrong, I like funny gestures used sparingly, but at parties my god it gets frakkin tedious! A new word popped in my head and I immedieately Twittered it where it got a favorable response. The Word : Soundtard . A Soundtard is anyone who excessively uses loud obnoxious sounds and gestures. Use the word, spread it around, put a name to that boorish behaviour.

An out of world experience

Many of us in SL portray ourselves as separate entities, or an extension of the real self. But did you ever wonder if sometimes it was the other way around? Yes, GoSpeed is fictional. Even here on this blog there is no RL intrusion so the waters of fiction and unreality still flow undisturbed and pure. Something happened the other day that drug me out of world and had me face some very weird circumstances. It made me ponder, how much of GoSpeed is GoSpeed and how much is it the keyboard operator steering me? Where is the line between the two (if there even is one)? Let me tell you what happened:

It was a Thursday night and I was talking to LaDonna Upshaw, a very dear friend of mine. I was testing out one of her new couches as she was building pieces for a coffee table when it happened. The normally sharp, crisp sight of her house suddenly went soft, fuzzy, the dark. It quickly passed and light returned to my eyes. Everything changed, the world was soft and muted, but infinitely detailed. Before me was two monitors and a keyboard. I saw scraps of paper with scribbled notes, business card, speakers, a cellphone, sunglasses, a coaster with a border collie picture. A look to the left, another computer, running KONA Radio! I had only seen the SAM3 interface remotely before. Or did I? A Look to the right, another computer,powered down. My hands! Black, feminine with red nail polish. I look down and see my arms, the rose tatoo on left bosom, my lap. I am here! But where was I? Sounds! Music! It’s is KONA Radio coming from the speakers, and from the headset sitting on the computer to the left. I feel! My right hand settles and touches the keyboard. It is stiff, but gives under pressure with a clicking sound. It was then I noticed the screens again, on the left was a black and white picture of me!

Then the other screen gets my attention. Oh, sweet, Jesus. It is a window into my world. I am on the other side. I see LaDonna typing away, lines of text filling the lower half of the screen. She’s typing to me. “Go, are you still there? Are you OK? What’s wrong with your avatar?”

My avatar, MY AVATAR! I then spot myself still on the couch. “I” am still sitting but “I” am ghosted, transparent even. My animations were off and “I” was froze. Dear God, what am I now? No, No, I am here. Am I? The enormity of the situation hit me, and I felt it as a wave of feelings. Physical too as I grew weak and felt a touch of what? Fear? The word adrenaline popped into my head. My face, my armpits began to sweat. I am out of my proper place!

I hear a voice. A child’s voice and footsteps coming up stairs. “Mom!, Dad!… Can I go outside to play!” WHAM! Darkness. Back on the couch. The world became sharp, bright, colorful again. I look up at LaDonna and see her standing over me in a posture of concern, still typing away. “LaDonna, I do not know what happened. I cannot explain it”. Maybe lag? Yeah, that is it, lag.

What did happen? I am left to ponder…….

GoSpeed

In a World….

More silliness

Getting to know GoSpeed

A copy and paste of the notecard I have handed out in world:

Welcome to the 2008 edition of Getting To Know Your Friends. What you are supposed to do is copy the text on this entire note and paste it onto a new note that you’ll send out. Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to your friends including the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends, if you did not know them already.

1. What time did you get up this morning?
3:45 am

2. Diamonds or pearls?
Diamonds, they can gut glass

3. What was the last film you saw in the theatre?
Chicken Little, with my daughter

4. Favorite TV Show?
Stargate: Atlantis

5. What do you usually have for breakfast?
Bagel

6. What is your middle name?
NMN

7. What food do you dislike?
Peas

8. What is your favorite cd at the moment?
LEO – Ogling Alpacas

9. Favorite sandwich?
Italian BMT

10. What characteristic do you despise?
Betrayal

11. Favorite item of clothing?
Tennis shoes

12. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation…
New Zealand

13. What color is your bathroom?
Beige

14. Do you make friends easily?
yes

15. Where would you retire?
the mountains of West Virginia

16. What was your most recent memorable birthday?
They were all laid back

17. Favorite sport to watch?
none

18. How many towns have you lived in?
6

19. How many people do you think will send this back?
No idea

20. What is on your bedroom floor right now?
dirty socks

21. Favorite saying?
YAY! (yay!)

22. When is your birthday?
Not telling!

23. Morning person or night person?
night

24. What is your shoe size?
10 US

25. Pets?
none

26. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share?
I wish there were some

27. What did you want to be when you were little?
study nature

28. Which talent would you most like to have?
eat all I want and not gain weight!

29. Which words or phrases do you overuse?
hmmmm, I dunno

30. What is your favorite flower?
African Violet

31. What is the day on the calendar you are looking forward to?
Christmas

32. What color are your eyes?
blue

33. What was your favorite toy as a child?
Big Wheel

34. Summer or winter?
summer

35. Hugs or kisses?
Hugs, followed by kisses

36. Chocolate or vanilla?
chocolate

37. Do you want your friends to send this back to you?
Yes

38. What is under your bed?
dust bunnies

39. When was the last time you cried?
2 weeks ago

40. Who is the friend you have had the longest in SL?
Diana Allandale

41. What did you do last night?
Spent time with a good SL friend

42. Favorite smell?
fresh baked bread

43. What are you afraid of?
the unknown

44. Plain, sweet, or salted popcorn?
salted

45. How many keys on your keyring?
12

46. How many years at your current job?
13

47. Do you have any scars?
no

48. Favorite day of the week?
Friday

49. What is your worst habit?
procrastination

50. How old were you when you got your first crush on someone?
10

51. How old were you when you lost your virginity? where did you lose it?
too personal

52. Ever been arrested?
never!

53. What is the most embarrassing celebrity/band/whatever that you’ll admit to liking?
none really, I am very selective

54. If you could travel back in time, when would you visit?
the 1940s so I can see how my parents grew up in wartime

55. How many people are you sending this to?
I dunno, a dozen?

Kurvy Rhode wins!

My friend Khitten informs me of the following results of the final phase of the Miss SL Ebony 2008 pageant:

5th: JadeLee

4th: Tabata

3rd: Celebrity Trollop

2nd: Midori

1st: Kurvy Rhode!!!!

Yay! Congrats to Kurvy! She was one of my favorites!

Miss SL Ebony 2008 video – Phase 3

A Video of the contestants from phase 3. I am the one in the purple dress.