TLG celebration

Already one month.

The Looking Glass was born one month ago, one month!

It is worth a celebration, and a musical one with the singer Sojurn Rossini (It is written on the invitation card)

Sojurn Who?
Sojurn Rossini, I have no idea who is this guy, one good reason to go to the party.


The roof of TLG

When I arrive, at around 10:30 my time, there are few people on the roof of The Looking Glass Head Quarter

I hide my aviself behind some vegetation (I am shy and I know nobody here) and wait for the party to begin at 2PM SLT sharp.


Sojurn's back
The singer is rehearsing his chords, at least I think it is what he is doing, I am not a music specialist.

What is his name, let me think again...


Sojurn's face
Ah yes! Sojurn Rossini.

Like the Tournedos Rossini, I should remember now the last name, and as for the first name it is more difficult, I have to think about it deeper, another time.

Nice songs indeed, too bad that I don't understand enough English, it's my problem, my ears are not used to this peculiar language.

But I like the music:)


Crowd
The place is now pretty crowded.

All the readers of TLG are dancing on the roof.

Bad joke, I know;)

Actually many are watching the show on their flat screen television because they couldn't come due to the (damn'd) lag.

More seriously, the roof is glass-made, so that people can look through the floor (do you follow me...?) and therefore it cannot bear too many people without shattering.


Sammi
The transparency has sometimes an advantage, so I could see my friend Sammi who was sitting on an armchair at the first floor.

I sent her this pick and said hello!

She was invited by a friend and didn't know TLG before, now it's OK:)


Caissa
It was late and I had to leave, but I saw among the swarm my friend Caissa.

Oh my God! she looked like saying...

Normal, she is a goddess.

The goddess of Chess.

Who first, O muse, began the bold attack;
The white refulgent, or the mournful black?

(written in the year 1763, by Sir William Jones)

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Lost in No-Land

Last night I had a dream, I was floating in the air, sparkles crackling and moon shining, water sound below me, dark blue sky above my head, mist...

I could only see my name before my eyes, in that dream I was Sofi.

But in this dream I had my Nikon camera, and I took a shoot.

somebody far away

I hail the far-distant creature.

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The lonely avatar seems not to hear me, he walks away from me, showing me his (her?) back.


approaching

While I come closer, he/she keeps on walking away from me.

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I start running...


running

I am always blind and feel like running after my name...

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From time to time I shoot right ahead of me with my camera, the only way to see the vanishing form who always tries to fade away.


and away...

Starry fireworks blowing up in the sullen canopy, or star bursting like a spiky firework?

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...and away...

White and blue flames glowing under the moon, unless it is the moon glowing above blue and white flames.

Always taking picks with my camera to see where I am going, where this unknown avatar is leading me.

In my dream I have a thought, I imagine I have a mouse in my right hand, with a knurl I can use with my forefinger, and I make the knurl rotate with the tip of my finger.

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When I take the next pick I bump into the avatar's back; I am just realizing that the avatar is me, I was chasing my own silhouette in the dark, sightless!


it's me

I suddenly have a doubt...

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With my mouse I go round the other me and I face...him!


I am a male

Something surely must go amiss in this dream...

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Hopefully, even dreaming I am never taken by surprise and I manage to find a solution.


changing sex

My cloudy mind makes a window appear with strange features, but I know what I have to do.

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I immediately feel better, as if a big weight have been removed from my shoulders.


sex changed

It is not really me, the Sofian I am used to be in my alternative life in the other world, but there is nevertheless some resemblance.

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I decide to be bold and try looking like my normal self.





hair

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eyes and lipstick

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My clothes are not really original and I am not able to change them, at least I can change their color.


shirt

So far I am happy with the result, no need to go further and waste time on my appearance, more interesting things are awaiting for me.

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I still risk, before leaving the place, to put my old clothes that I manage to find somewhere that says "load appearance".


previous one

Obviously my old appearance has disappeared...

Everybody knows that dreams are strange and sometimes they do not follow the same logic from one night to the other.

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So I come back to my new outfit, after all it is not so bad.


new one

Now I am ready to go to my home, the one where I settled in my previous dream.

The one my friend Daneel had shooted with his camera because I was totally blind in that dream too.

The one where I had seen from his picks that I was dwelling on a mountain peak, surrounded by canyons, remember?

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So, with my mind (I remind you that I am dreaming) I teleport to the place which is marked as my home on the map, and...
I find myself swimming under the rain...


dark water

No...it cannot be possible!

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I want to be clear in my mind about it and I search my mortgage deed.


my land

It is really, really my land, no doubt about this fact, I can read my name, Sofi.

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I rotate on my right, to see where I have "landed" exactly.


moon

I first see my familiar satellite, where I often go when I want to take some distance with my busy planet.

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Turning again...


a cape

Cape Horn?

Brrr

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And surprise!


a house

There is a life in the neighborhood, even if the coast looks inhospitable.

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Rotating again to have a complete look at the region, I can see nothing more, only water.


water

Water and water, up to the far horizon.

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My curiousity leads me to approach and visit the house.


approaching the house

I can hear the sound of the water when I swim, slowly, slowly...

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The cliff is impressive, penetrating deep into the sea.


among waves

I feel like flying instead of swimming.

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When I am against the rock face I have no choice but flying up to come closer to the house.


hovering

It is a small house, like a doll's house, and I feel like the doll at the moment...

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If there is a house, there is an owner.


my neighbor

As I am in a dream, and as in a dream all is allowed, I can get my neighbor's papers.
ismeyu.
Hello ismeyu!
But of course nobody answers my call.

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It is becoming late now, and my dream has to come to an end, like every dream, and I will have to wake up soon...


my land

Before leaving my little paradise, I look back to see my land one last time.
Where is my mountain? Where are my canyons...?
Sniff...

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quit

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He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit.
Unknown

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I can see me now

I wanted to tell you with a nice story how I could see my avatar yesterday evening, but I do not have enough time now, first because Blogger is loading the picks very, very slowly, and second I must go to the party celebrating the first month of The Looking Glass, beginning at 2PM SLT, that means 11PM CET (my time).

Well it is currently 19:04, so I have four hours before the party starts, but real life (you know, this life we avatars have created to make money and enjoy our little business in Second Life and others...) is requesting me to have some occupation that I cannot postpone.

So I will tell you another day my story with funny picks, but for now I want nevertheless to tell you that late in last night, I would rather say early this morning I finally figured out how to rez my avatar without problems, here is how I made my way :

HiPiHi properties
I right-clicked on the icon HiPiHi World and chose Properties and Compatibility, the box "Paramètres de saisie" was checked, so I unchecked it.

That's all for the moment, when I came back in HiPiHi I was able to see me...


Me:)
How cute is this girl!

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, in Irving Good, The Scientist Speculates (1962)
US (Hungarian-born) biochemist (1893 - 1986)

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The new version...

Ok Daneel, I will have a look at OPML, but first cast a glance at my rebirth in the new HiPiHi version:)



Installation
With Paint as wallpaper



Loading
Are these three heads really friendly?



Login
Let's go!



Nice view
Dawn or dusk?



Bad start...
...but I try again.


Blackout once more!
I don't like it...


Therefore my problem of invisibility is not resolved with this new version.

Nevertheless I decide to inspect the new package.



I have got two messages!
HiPiHi and Jopsy at the same time, what an honor:)


What is this window?
I do not remember...


There is a line appearing
A Group...?


Community with members?
Which friend to choose?


Add a new friend
a-bientot (see you soon for non French speakers)


List of friends
Already two, one of them is my alt;)


Friend's profile
Apparently male...


The Backpack
Many folders, but nothing inside:(


Personal settings
I will have to change this one...


That's all for today (actually tonight here).

Tomorrow I will show you what I look like.

Yes!!

I have seen my avatar, you wonder how...?

Keep in touch!

Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.
Judy Garland, to her daughter, Liza Minelli
US actress & singer (1922 - 1969)

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HiPiHi_world_40011.exe

Thanks to Suezanne who sent me this link I load the new version of HiPiHi.

I have a look at her blog and can see that she had some problems.

So I uninstall my previous version while the new one is still uploading.

I also run CCleaner to remove the scorias.

100%...uploading finished...

It's 21:03 CET, I prefer closing my session before installing the application, see you soon, I hope, with good news...

The world is my lobster.
Henry J. Tillman