Still Not Enmeshed in Mesh - the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good


I just cannot get on this mesh bandwagon with any measure of enthusiasm. Sure, it makes great pictures, and has great textures. I LOVE several of the mesh boots that I own, the textures are gorgeous! The fashion bloggers have got an addiction for it. Lately it seems one might as well show up in prim heels with bling as to wear no mesh to any event with a crowd of SL literate avatars. This is the BEST mesh dress I have tried on with an avatar that is not a wiry coat hanger. It's the 50 Linden Friday offer from Tee*Fly. I'm wearing a size medium.

Yes it does appear to flow over my body :)

The Bad


I've had to drastically alter my body. I have become almost anorexic looking. Strawberry Singh has started another "post your digits" discussion on her blog. She says, "I am just looking to get into a discussion about mesh and how it has affected our behavior towards our avatar’s shape."

Need to eat!

I'm going to try some of Strawberry's body sliders, as mine are far more on the skinny side in order to fit into this mesh dress. The few other mesh clothes I own, still do not work with this body, I have to get as thin as possible in some areas, even to wear a medium. I am still very attached to my Phoenix viewer which does not allow more than 1 alpha layer. On the Phoenix "issues" wiki, this is a low priority item. Wearing the alpha mask has issues in itself, if you peek over into a top wearing an alpha top, you're the invisible woman.

Well, here are my digits in this outfit:

height - 60

body thickness - 6

Body fat - 7

Torso muscle - 44

Shoulders - 50

Breast - 53

Love handles - 25

Belly - 0

Leg muscles - 35

Hips - 52

Butt size - 37

Saddle bags - 22

My previous digits are posted here.

The Ugly

In the pictures below, there are still gaps when movement occurs. Sigh.... still scary to wear out dancing.

Gasps, " Gaps!"

Hopefully, fixes for my issues will occur in the near future and I will be a happy shopper once again.

Credits:

Hair - Diva - Sayaka2 - available still at Collabor88

Dress - Tee*Fly

Shoes - Maitreya Gold Flip Flops

Skin - Curio  Sundust Frex Summer Lake 2 (still my favorite skin - EVER!)

eyes - .ID. Fairy Tale Realism MESH eyes - blue

jewelery - me - Leo's on the Marketplace

my definition of virtual self-identity

Well here I am.


What does this avatar mean to the world and mean to me? Am I "Echo" or am I "Narcissus"? 


I am neither.

My self as depicted here in the world I love (SL), is a slurry of my physical being at its best and my freed inner self. I am a painting of myself. I am the things that I think are the best of me. I am a resume of my "self"


 I am not "other" than myself, but whom I am on my best hair days and the days I am most glib with words. I am comfortable and love how my avatar mirrors my inner self. My values, beliefs, and other things of importance to me are always a part of the self I hope to project to others.


my 2 cents


Leondra


aka Leo

What I Am Reading

I don't remember how I stumbled upon this ebook , "Your Clothing is Still Downloading", a novel set in and about SL/RL, but I'm fairly hooked 30 or so pages into it. (currently a free download) There are quite a few good insights about avatar identity and how we share this metaverse. I am intrigued by Huckleberry Hax's grasp on the intimacy of thought and being that can be shared among avatars.

Yes, this is my den, I'm reading for a change. It is a very personal space with pictures from over the years in SL and objects of meaning on the shelves, tucked under the stairs. (and aside, the bad rezzing of plants in the new Phoenix viewer - I must click on each one to correct - please fix)

What a Week on the Playa

I'm already feeling the ebb of the energy that created this year's Playa. "Tis wonderful" and can't get enough. Each year I grow closer to "the burn" and love more the community that creates  this "world".

(small aside, I love how I can modify my gift necklace:))

Stranger and Stranger

Yes, Mahalo, I am wearing a black barrel and my middle is missing. (still wearing my tutu and ruffle from a previous outfit) Trying on a demo mesh dress from Koko demonstrates that my home region does not support mesh. Oh well :,(

“"If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” (Alice, from Alice in Wonderland)

shoes - Koko (group gift)

tutu - gift on the playa from the soon to open Burn2

ruffle - from Sweeter than Candy bubblegum 25L dress machine

hair - Truth

Mahalo (my cat) - Zooby

I am not the only one

Rita J. King talks about how she has started dressing and decorating like her Second Life avatar, in real life. This was posted to Digital Nation. OMG it's why I found myself shopping for boots here in Florida.