time passing
This post is late, I know.
So it was my dear, dear friend Boni’s rez day the other day. Her first. And mine is coming up. I can honestly say I would not be here, in SL, as Helix, doing any of the things I am doing, if it were not for Bonibaru. I came inworld on a whim, inspired by one of her posts. And I definitely stayed because she forced me to go out and–GASP!–meet people.
Sometimes I don’t know whether to thank her or curse her for that. Haha.
I’ve been sort of questioning my SL for the past few weeks or so. Doing a lot of overthinky navel gazing. To use one of my favorite words, indulging in omphaloskepsis. Wondering if a year in fakepixelfairyland was enough. Should I–and I’ma flash my nerd cred here–pull a Bilbo and just walk away, down that road, on my rez day? Could I, even if I wanted to?
I don’t know. I do know that Bonibaru is a bright presence in my life, real or second. I made her a giant human egg surrounded by sperm that you wear on your head for her rez day. She’s the only person I know who a) when I thought of it, I KNEW would love it and b) would actually wear it.
Here it is, modeled by moi:
She makes me laugh, makes me go out and INTERACT with PEOPLE, makes me explore new places (with amorous velociraptors, no less), she encouraged me to no end when I opened my store, and is just all around fun to hang with.
We’d been tangentially acquainted/at least vaguely aware each other existed since around 2003. But it was in SL that we really became friends. And for that, I am profoundly grateful.
new shtuffs – happy little trees
Made some treeeees. They are bright and cheery and happy, and not at all realistic.
First, there’s a freebie tree out for the 4th of July!
Boom! Red, white, and blue fireworks tree. Buy it for 0L in either of my shop locations: Main store or @ the Shopatorium in Gallinas.
Other colors are:
Candy
Graaape
Tang
and Sugar.
Available inworld at both store locations, or on xstreet. A fatpack is also available! Note that I’ve set the 4th of July freebie for 1L on xstreet, for easier gifting. But it is available for 0L inworld.
New stuffs!
News news news! First, I rented a new shop location. So in addition to my regular place, I have a shop in the Shopatorium at Gallinas! Lots of cool shops there, and it’s right on the Linden road–I LOVE Linden road!
Next, I’ve made a…. um, mustache ride? 
Seats four, spins when you touch the pole. And you can only get it if you donate to the tiermeter at the Lounge of Dreams nightclub in June!
Twisted Hunt
So my wee shop is participating in a grid-wide hunt! I’m stop number 96, so hang in there!
I have two gifts in my prize box:
Daphne in Red jewelry set with hair pin:
And Safety Face, a unisex set with BIIIG hair pin:
Start the hunt at stop number one!
I also played around with sezmra’s skin files for a bit and made a film noir dame monochromatic skin:
And how about some brains?
Brainsucker (starving on the avi with nothing but air and hair in her head):
And pulsating brain chairs! Three chairs, each one prim with one static sit. They’re copy, so rez as many as you want–for your mad scientist convention, perhaps?
AND…. I made a group for my wee shop. You can click the joiner sign at Oddment. I put a group freebie in first thing, ‘cos I know why people join groups! Get a brain chair with a ‘thinker’ sit pose–group exclusive, not in the brain chair pack!
