My Best Friend Was Initially Named "Jack..."

 

...Have you ever been to the grocery store and noticed that their pallet jack equipment has some type of graffiti on it?  

"Good Lord, I'm shopping at a hoodlum store!" you might think ...but, I assure you, that's not exactly the case!  xD 

"...Well, ok, then why is that?" you might wonder.

In short, it's a strategic trick of the trade that also shows off a bit of pride...  

See, pallet jacks are extremely expensive.  A good one is about $2k and can pull about 5,500 pounds (not counting it running over a tiny little piece of wood chip debris that's guaranteed to immediately stop any jack dead in its tracks)!  xD

Now, if the store you're shopping at is a high-volume store (meaning they are constantly stocking freight because everybody's buying a lot, non-stop), the jack may last anywhere from 6 months to 5 years ...It varies on many factors, but anything can happen to a jack... Someone could be pulling "the leaning tower of Pisa" juice pallet float off a truck, which could inevitably collapse, fall onto the jack, and take it completely out of circulation!  Or it could be the cheapest band-aid, most unwanted piece of shit jack in all of the store (because pulling a pallet with it is like dragging a dead elephant around), so it would therefore last longer, LOL!  ...If their maintenance team is very savvy, sometimes jacks can be salvaged and utilized a little bit longer (or it's also possible that the store is contracted with a repair company), but more often than not, that is the lifespan of a jack.

A high-volume store may have anywhere from 15-30 jacks at any given time.  For the most part, stores will order a plethora of jacks at once, so quite a few of them will all start out looking the same.  Circumstances vary, depending on profit, which is themed around whatever time of year it is ...A myriad of triaged things can eat into the budget for jacks, including other major equipment repairs or replacements, associate/customer accidents, inventory shrink/theft, the boss's coffee cup, and some other dumb bullshit... This all affects how many jacks a store will have at any given time (versus how many they actually need).  :p  

That all being said...  When the store isn't running high on the hog with jacks, and say, a vendor or the next shift comes in and steals a jack that an employee may not immediately look as tho they're using, well, it's a very frustrating situation!  All options include time being wasted, such as moving freight piece by piece with some other less desirable/useful equipment, or even by hand!  ...Which sucks because every minute counts when you're on a time-crunch deadline and need that freight on the shelf yesterday!

So... The main reason why a jack will have some sort of writing on it is that if they're marked, they are easier to locate and take back from said lazy jack[ass] thief!  ...Granted, this also takes time away from the job needing to get done, but the employee weighs their options, and in the end, it's very satisfying to gain control back over an otherwise shitty situation.

Now, the pride factor... It's a personal thing.  It depends on the employee who finds the virgin jack and gets to initiate it, honestly.  The writing is usually done in permanent marker (as those handy pens are also company equipment) and it can be found on the head of the jack or on the sides ...but you will never find it on the fork part that goes into a pallet (as that will uselessly rub off too quickly + cannot be seen under the robber's pallet).  ...I have seen jacks brilliantly named "Excalibur," "The Reefer," "Dirty Girl," "Greased Lightning," or even simply with band stickers mod podged onto them.  Some other jacks I have seen, have been very lamely knee-jerk dubbed things like "Produce," "Garden," "Mine," and "Doesn't Work" ...but hey, whatever gets the job done, right?  As long as it's not offensive and it can be gotten away with, a jack should be honored for their service with a proper name or symbol.

This jack, in particular, has "Yer Mom" written on it ...I guess this employee thought they were absolutely hilarious... I mean, can you imagine them taking it back from someone who jacked their jack, and if there was any protest, they could simply retort, "Well, I'm not done with 'Yer Mom' yet, dude!"  xD  \m/  

^ Don't ever do this in RL, it's not safe!  ...This is just a cute pose for SL  ;)  ♥

Some other cool little tidbits and trivia about pallet jacks...

• Jacks should never be left out on the floor (where customers are shopping) without being used, as it's a safety hazard... You can stack jacks on top of one another to pull at least 3 (depending on how thick they are and how high up they can go) to the back room at a time!  \m/
• A jack can pull a pallet from any side (you can even get away with moving a stupidly placed pallet diagonally, if you had to).  The best spot to use is ~3-foot side.  Sometimes you have no choice, however, and need to pull a pullet from the ~4-foot side.  The wood will break if you jam the jack all the way in, because of the way a pallet is designed ...But if you leave about a foot of your jack out/not under the ~4-foot side of the pallet, it won't... and barring any obstacles within your ~4-foot wide wake, you can pull it safely to wherever it needs to go!  \m/
• There are a couple of ways to stop, even if you're really moving (yes, inertia can be cockblocked), especially in emergency situations (like a kid darting out in front of you, or turning a blind corner into a near collision)... First and foremost, you can drop the pallet from the jack handle.  Done deal.  However, this is usually why shrink wrap should gradually be taken down as you work the pallet (keeps the freight from flying off in these types of situations)!  ...But another way to stop a pallet's momentum is to turn the handle of the jack in opposite directions, super quickly (also known as the "swish-swish" method).  This takes some practice and skill.  Maintaining control requires you to never let go of the jack handle while doing this.  The pallet may skid a bit, but it will come to a halt.  \m/
• A pallet is about 3 feet by 4 feet and can be stacked a little under 8 feet tall (hopefully, with shrink wrap, tho)! ...A freight truck attaches to the cargo bay at a decline (so theoretically, that minimizes any trouble pulling pallets out)... Now, in order to pull pallets from an ice truck (frozen food, usually) without slipping and killing yourself or others, you will guide the pallet into the wall/sides of the truck with your jack, and then be able to successfully descend at a safe pace against it!  \m/

---> I can't fucking read this!

What it Takes to Be a Real Leader

[2023/04/17 14:53]  Mina Murray's soul (Mariantonietta Silverfall): ok on 3rd place again on podium!!

[2023/04/17 14:53]  Mina Murray's soul (Mariantonietta Silverfall): our sweet Brenda!!!

[2023/04/17 14:53]  Mina Murray's soul (Mariantonietta Silverfall): congratulations!!

[2023/04/17 14:54]  BrendaLee Fredriksson: *bows graciously*

(I haven't taken pictures of winning in SO long now, I kinda felt like I might as well throw them a bone, LOL!)

[2023/04/17 14:54]  Mina Murray's soul (Mariantonietta Silverfall): on second place with her wings flapping!!! Our California girls!!! Maji!!!

[2023/04/17 14:55]  ℳαʝɨҟᐺɨӽڠɳ (MajikVixen Lorefield): xD

[2023/04/17 14:55]  Mina Murray's soul (Mariantonietta Silverfall): And a new entry on the podium!!!

[2023/04/17 14:55]  Mina Murray's soul (Mariantonietta Silverfall): the winner of this week!!

[2023/04/17 14:56]  Mina Murray's soul (Mariantonietta Silverfall): Karissa!!!

[2023/04/17 14:56]  Mina Murray's soul (Mariantonietta Silverfall): congratulation!!

[2023/04/17 14:56]  Mina Murray's soul (Mariantonietta Silverfall): great job!!

[2023/04/17 14:56]  kari (karissa Sleydon): Thank you!

[2023/04/17 14:56]  Wili Clip: As the winners of the Weekly Royal Fish Hunt Contest stood on the podium, their faces beamed with pride and excitement. Karissa Sleydon, MajikVixen Lorefield, and BrendaLee Fredriksson had all battled fiercely to catch the biggest and most elusive fish in the kingdom's waters.

 

But as they looked out at the cheering crowds, they couldn't help but feel a little foolish. After all, they had spent hours standing knee-deep in the water, holding fishing rods and hoping for a bite. It was hardly the stuff of heroic legends.

 

Still, they couldn't deny the thrill of victory as they clutched their prize money and posed for photos. As they walked offstage, Karissa turned to MajikVixen and whispered, "Next week, let's just order fish and chips instead."

[2023/04/17 15:01]  Wili Clip: As the winners of the Weekly Royal Fish Hunt Contest basked in their glory, the townsfolk couldn't help but notice something fishy about their victories.  Karissa Sleydon, MajikVixen Lorefield, and BrendaLee Fredriksson had all caught massive fish, but something seemed off.

 

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that the three women had colluded to cheat the contest.  They had used a secret technique of luring the fish with a special bait made from cheeseburgers and beer, a concoction that no fish could resist.

 

The townsfolk were outraged and demanded justice.  But the three women just laughed and said, "Hey, we're not the first to cheat in a fish contest.  At least we didn't use dynamite!"

 

Despite the scandal, the three women were still awarded their prize money and hailed as champions. As they walked offstage, they high-fived each other and vowed to come up with an even crazier bait for next year's contest.

[2023/04/17 15:03]  Wili Clip: Congratulations to Karissa Sleydon, MajikVixen Lorefield, and BrendaLee Fredriksson on their impressive victories in the Weekly Royal Fish Hunt Contest!  Your skills, determination, and dedication have earned you well-deserved rewards and the admiration of your fellow fishermen.

 

It's not easy to catch the biggest and most elusive fish in the kingdom's waters, but you've shown that with perseverance and a little bit of luck, anything is possible.  Your achievements are a testament to your love for the sport and your commitment to excellence.

 

So enjoy your prize money and celebrate your victories, but also remember the camaraderie and sportsmanship that make fishing such a beloved pastime.  We look forward to seeing you and other talented anglers back on the water next week for another exciting contest. Well done!

[2023/04/17 15:04]  Wili Clip: new FISH HUNT celebrities!  Karissa Sleydon, MajikVixen Lorefield, and BrendaLee Fredriksson!

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Oi.

So the story goes like this...

Hadn't been fishing in a while.  Too much RL and no point in blogging for NW with clone since all the good clothing options are on my main account (which is also my slave fishing account, sadly).  

Picked it back up on Thursday and stayed awake 3 days in a row, rushing as fast as I could! 

...My main motivation for fishing so much was to gain the XP back that I had lost.  I mean, I've been fishing for years and some newer player can not only get up to the Overall rank I have, but pass me in much less time than I had invested...!  It's a bit demotivating until you realize it's about them not having as much important shit to do as you (and then you end up feeling a bit sorry for them ... and yourself as well)... But, still.  I mean, if you're gonna pass me in less time than it took for me to ever get that Overall rank, please do it so quickly that I don't have to see you in my every cast stats (like, pass the next person too), FFS! 

At some point, I broke my personal rule of not chatting in the somewhat unsurprisingly toxic LGH group (inspired by Wili's random conversation that usually ends in causing drama since he chooses to stir the pot with taboos like, religion, politics, and sex, LOL).  He ironically likes to promote his "no killing" rule, when he sets it all up!  But the good news is that more and more are starting to see the light, I suppose.  xD  

When I joined chat, the conversation went from artificial intelligence to movies to magic and ended on a high note of animals.  I did, however, like that the concept of magic was well received and agreed upon: it's a balance of energy (as it can neither be created nor destroyed) and you, therefore, get back whatever you put out.

Oh yeah, and later on, for more of his own entertainment (and punishment for my participation in unnecessarily "saving the day" earlier, LOL), Wili announced in LGH group that he would be making Sophina a society job manager ... She took over being his LGH Newspapers/blogs editor, after I quit because "the Senate & my conveniently unnecessary rival / Queen" vetoed his idea to pay writers in Gold...

...It wasn't "the Senate & my conveniently unnecessary rival's / Queen's" idea to veto, it was Wili's...  Believe me, he and I had a 3-hour-long Discord conversation where I reminded him that a good reporter always checks their facts (when he thought he could rely on me not being "important enough" to know any other Senate members who witnessed his veto idea)  ...And where he also gas-lit me by calling me a "failure" as an editor (who vehemently pointed out the flaw in a writer's talent/job not worth being paid), and had completely dropped RL to make a record-breaking retraction (that only took about 3 hours) to not "kill" "those" who "killed" first, and for him ignoring said retraction by failing to teach me what he actually wanted, and by instead graffitiing all over it with his words -without any communication to me whatsoever, until way after the fact -and prompted by me when I discovered it all on my own, days later.

So, okay... Then he also announced opening up an advertising job in the LGH group.  Even picked on a random newer person to "follow in his footsteps."  To which, I had to worriedly make reference to "if the Senate doesn't veto" ...and I was corrected, in that the Senate cannot veto jobs that are now going to be paid in L$.

...Can you imagine any of that or anything getting done without writing?  

Ah, whatever.  Doesn't matter.  I DGAF[ish].  And as I've told Wili before, I wanted to give back to LGH in the best way I knew how (with my writing skills and helping others hone theirs), because I believed in him and his dream ...But instead, "they" all threw it back in my face and would rather have me slaughter everyone repeatedly, in the weekly Royal (since I "fail" at my purpose in doing anything else).  :p

Well, okay.  So I got in the weekly Royal top 10 extremely fast.  But getting back to first place, vaguely reminded me of something that happened way back in the day, when I started learning how to fish...

See, Karissa would always be in the lead by about 2k RPs.  I could catch up pretty quickly, but as soon as she was only about 100 RPs ahead (or a tiny bit more), I noticed that she would jump ahead again to ~2k+ RPs.  It was like, "Come get it, come get it ... Not so fast!  Haha!  Still mine, not yours!"

I am actually more familiar with the concept of stacking potions, especially from a class GM Brook gave:

[2021/09/29 14:33]  Brook Demonia: 1 Royal Potion gives you 5 charges.

Each charge boosts your Royal points when you catch a fish or collect a coin for 10 additional Royal Points.

[2021/09/29 14:33]  Brook Demonia: POTIONS ARE STACKABLE

[2021/09/29 14:34]  Brook Demonia: You can drink potion after potion to stack them up.

When you get over 100 stacked charges (20 potions) you get 100 Additional Royal Points per cast or collected coin and it takes 10 potions from your inventory.

[2021/09/29 14:35]  Brook Demonia: so you get that 100 added to what ever you would get without the potion

[2021/09/29 14:35]  Brook Demonia: Next milestone is at 500 stacked charges (100 drank potions) and 1000 stacked charges (200 potions).

[2021/09/29 14:36]  Brook Demonia: so in just 1 cast you could get like 140 rp points

Meanwhile, Brenda had IMed me because she was like, "Where did you come from?!" since it only took a very little amount of time to get to 2nd place (in fact, I think she was logged off the entire time I had been furiously fishing, if I'm not mistaken).  xD  ...Somewhere in there, I had explained that I kept trying to sell Magic worms, but some asshat kept lowering the price, so I figured, "Fuck it, I'll use them, myself!"

In the previous weeks of my absence, Brenda had hit me up for advice, and we talk on occasion because another friend of mine DJs for her ...Plus she seems like just an all-around nice person!  So yeah, it's neat to be able to compare notes with another awesome kingdom leader every so often.

One of the things I had pointed out to Brenda a while ago, was the time Mermaid Celene let me win Royal...  She had stacked enough potions to pwn ALL of LGH for motherfucking months (and likely spent a pretty penny on it too) ...Like, one cast put her ahead by double thousand digits (OMFG)!  But still, I fished fast and furious then, too.  I was determined to not go down without a fight... ALL the way to the end of the weekly competition!

But I was watching the scoreboard, and I could see that Magic worms + Alacrity were absolutely no match for Mermaid's one cast of obscenely stacked potions.  ...Now, I did win that Royal, but afterward, I had to ask her why she let me win... And she very simply said that it was because I wanted it.  Thus, I learned that that was one of the qualities that a real leader possesses.  And, yup, I passed that on to Brenda.

Now Brenda and I did notice that we hadn't seen Karissa around or win, and that she was doing very well.  So this indeed seemed like one of those opportunity things for us to help with.  "I'm just going to get one cast away from her score and leave it at that," I told Brenda.

Well, as time went on and Karissa kept driving me nuts by utilizing her confusing strategy of not stacking potions (never actually allowing me to get just one cast away from her score), I decided to ask Samael WTF this could possibly be all about, as he plays "real" games outside of the SL virtual reality platform  ...All I could remember was several years ago, when this type of fishing happened to me and I was still very new... my leader said something like, "Oh, you're too new for them to be playing like that!"  Which didn't help much, although I think they tried to give me some potions so I could learn... But as I never got enough potions to defeat 1st (which would've been a ridiculously unworthwhile amount), I didn't quite get it (and didn't run into the same situation again until now).  And since LGH/SL has found so many ways to drive an otherwise stable person into total insecurity, I was just dying to understand WTF kind of strategy this was!

"The Royal potions cost money and time, right?" he asked me, a bit rhetorically.

"Yes," I replied.

"Well, she's trying to win by saving as much as possible and is likely thinking, 'Goddamn, why the fuck won't this bitch give up already?'  ...Up to you if you wanna be 'liked by all' (who probably won't even care or notice anyway), and be that kind of a leader... But if you're really bored and want to keep on fishing, why not just pretend you're Wili (and all other gamers), who see everyone on the internet as fake/pawns for their own amusement, and go for the jugular ...Like, who cares?  It is a competition, after all," he finished.

And I finally understood.

...Well, I was not tired, and I still wanted to fish!  And Karissa kept teasing me by rolling on another potion, every time I would get close to being one cast behind her.  So I finally started to do other things while I fished, and eventually lost track of her going to bed!!!  Which is why I left Royal like this before I told Brenda I fucked up and was going to go play another game until the weekly competition ended!  xD

Meanwhile, it was confirmed that Brook had passed away on Friday, due to a very unfair ordeal with cancer.  

...So, you know I have to take a bit of your time to tell you about this very wonderful soul...

Brook was extremely innocent and kind.  She never ever said a bad thing about anyone or anything.  At all.  She was just as sweet as you'd never expect another human being to be.  I knew her from when I was a Pothead and from her venues with Cara.

Brook loved Cara so much, that she urged me to give up winning Monthly for the first time, for her.  I explained that it wasn't intentional ...and we somehow got into the subject of the Enchanted worm farms I had bought to be about the same price as buying Wili a fucking car...  And she was like, "lol by the way I bought his other car"  xD

There was also a buoy at Blue/Purple Darwin, which you had to be naked to fish at (or be banned from both the land and the LGH game)... I convinced Brook to go with me.  I explained that we could skirt around the naked law by being naked n00b avatars (we didn't necessarily have to be our current/regular naked selves).  Plus it was the "weirdo" hours in the morning, and nobody would see us.  And, yeah, safety in numbers and all that, we could protect each other from the creeps, LOL!  ...And she did.  She went with me, unknowingly as a good luck charm... Because that was the time I won a HUGE fucking fishpot too (like over L$100)!  That's what Potheads was really all about.  The clan going out together to clean out fishpots.  Not just fucking pot smoking, having fun, and enjoying life together (or, really, being afraid Queen would make you feel guilty by bitching, growling, or hissing in PH group chat about how her last pot got stolen by a glitch and that she hadn't won a pot in years ...holy fuck).

Brook shared with me a pic of her very first avatar, and we got into a conversation about how pretty we always think we are, but then technology changes so fast, and well, there you are!  xD  ...She also made me promise not to tell, but yeah, she shared a pic she managed to get of Wili there too (he was too proud to invoke a n00b avatar, but he did sport a box over his head)!  xD  \m/

And then, finally... I had just gotten thru my ordeal of believing my avatar looked like shit from feeling rejected by not just The Peach... I mean, it was such a fucking head trip for me that I took DD's advice and finished my purple Day of the Dead Stitched Bat Dinkie, and wanted to walk around in nothing but that for the rest of my SL -if I even logged on at all ...and Brook reached out to check on me.  I wasn't even a Pothead anymore by then.  But apparently, I hadn't cashed out my weekly Royal winnings and such, and she was concerned.  ...Can you imagine?  Someone dealing with the horror of cancer, and having the kindness to inquire and care about my stupid and selfish first-world problems?

I vaguely told her everything in as few words and omitted as many details as I could.  And wouldn't you know, that on top of that, she very compassionately took the time to validate the person behind the avatar?  ...Brook was real.  And she could see that I was too...  The fact that depth still existed in SL, and wasn't going anywhere, meant SO much to me in that moment.  It did.  It was a metaphoric grain of sanity to cling to and admire for a bit, before planting and thriving once again.

That was Brook.  Very selfless.  And you know what?  ...It extremely sucks that humanity had to lose a luminary like that... But I have to take comfort in the fact that she had to answer a higher calling and transcend into something even more beautiful, if you can imagine, so she could very deservingly, never have to endure any more pain again, whatsoever.  ♥

Well... Anyway...

I woke up to this before getting ready for RL work:

...Well... 

...So...

I guess that maybe winning 2nd place did make a difference to someone.  Because we specifically don't have our vote boards up at Business Park with everyone else, plus I have gone out of my way to not wear that RPG Heart of Society that everyone can easily vote for other players with ...and the only other way to vote for us is by visiting our region or via being logged into the LGH website... Not only because we DGAF, but because honestly, if you want to do a good job or be a good person, you should do it because it comes naturally from within you... Not because you're fake and motivated by a kind of monetary reward.  ...Honestly.

Now, I certainly don't proclaim to know everything about life, because even those who have been around a long while still learn something new all the time.  But I do know that a real leader leads by example.  And that real leaders don't influence or motivate others, but it's actually quite the opposite, in that others influence and motivate the leader.  

...But thanks for letting me share my thoughts with you, and I hope you make it all worthwhile by always giving and therefore getting the best out of your SL (and RL) ...like I believe that ppl such as Brook did.  ♥

---> I can't fucking read this!

Alpha Glitch, NO MORE!

Hello, all!

I just wanted to take the time to share something very important that I recently learned about fixing alpha glitches ...which wasn't quite so obvious to me!  :)

First, let's back up just a bit...

I briefly touch on what an alpha glitch is (showing the difference between alpha masking and alpha blending) in ---> this post.

And yes, I am very stubborn about my looks.  I mean, if I'm going to invest a ridiculous amount of time in defining myself, I don't want to necessarily have to reinvent the wheel all over again in a couple months or so (believe it or not, I do have other shit to do in SL)!  xD  

...That being said... I have long hair, period!  \m/

Thus, for the vast majority of time, I would definitely avoid buying outfits that would alpha glitch with my gorgeous lengthy mane ... As it seemed too much of a waste of energy to keep complaining to asking Creators to use alpha masking instead of alpha blending!

(It's important to note that both flexi and mesh hair have alpha transparencies, so this issue will need to be dealt with eventually, in one way or another.)

--BUT!--

Did you know that YOU have the power to fix wearables that alpha glitch?  :o  

...'Cause I sure didn't!!!

So I want to point you all to this ---> https://community.secondlife.com/forums/topic/496707-sl-alfa-glitch-fix/

...And especially this priority list ---> https://slalphaglitch.tumblr.com/

Now let me show you how this indeed works...!

Okay, so here I am in my awesome skybox, unpacking treasures from the weekly sales ...and this is one of my very lovely guilty pleasures, "-siss boom-ornate top maitreya" from Lestat Reuven...

Watch what happens with this top and my hair, when I spin the camera around...

See how my hair cuts thru the shirt?

This example, in particular, isn't a HUGE deal because, believe me, I've experienced MUCH worse (we could be dealing with hair over breasts and the alpha glitch unexpectedly showing nipples! --which could also be fixed by utilizing BoM, but we'll stick to the remedy I just discovered, for now).  ...If the object of SL is to look as realistic as possible, even a tiny little thing like this is bound to drive some of us absolutely bonkers!  xD

So let's take a look at what attachment point my hair has been added to...

On the far right of my inventory, it says my hair is worn on my Skull.

Skull is priority 2 on the priority list, which seems great!  

So now, let's check the attachment point of my shirt...

On the far right of my inventory, it says my shirt is worn on my Chest.

Chest is priority 1 on the priority list... 

Now, as pointed out to me by my dear friend, DD, this is theoretically also a great attachment point... Because if you were to, say, for instance, wear a shirt attached to your Right Hand at a crowded club... it would likely take forever for it to render to others in the correct spot on your avatar (meanwhile, you'd be giving everyone a free show if you didn't BoM or alpha out your nipples and such)!  xD

Now, both my hair and the shirt are:

• No mod (which means I cannot edit them, other than possibly moving them on my avatar...)
• Rigged mesh (which means I cannot move them on my avatar to inspect root prims for transparency)

And when I try to rez my hair, it gives me this message in nearby chat, "Hair Tami Bento FITTED breast size 1: 

You are not allowed to rezz this object, please wear only!"

--So!--

My next recourse is to try:

• Detaching the shirt
• Right-clicking it from inventory
• Selecting "Attach To"
• And picking a different spot (other than Chest)

Keeping in mind what DD explained to me + the priority list, I think I will try Spine  :)

I will even jump off my posing stand, walk around a bit, and relog to see if the alpha glitch is truly fixed by this method...

...And, well!  As you can see... It looks like that was successful!

You can now detach your fixed wearable, and next time you Add it from inventory, it will automatically remember its new selected attachment point!

...Never, never Wear anything from inventory, always select Add...  Because more often than not, when you Wear instead of Add, if your avatar has something else on that same attachment point, it might be detached (some other fun SL glitch)!  xD

But now you have the freedom to buy anything you love by, most importantly, NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT ALPHA GLITCHING ANYFUCKINGMORE!!!  :D  \m/

WhOoOOoOoot!!!

*throws confetti*

...Enjoy!  ♥

---> I can't fucking read this!

NeverWish Upon the Ashes, They Will Set the Heavens Afire

Even from light-years away, this drop-dead gorgeous siren's emanating vibrations snatched his attention and drew him near.  

He could tell she was not dead ... but she wasn't very well much alive either.

"Babes," he lightly woofed, only loud enough for her to hear, and then somehow continued telepathically, "Tell me...  What's a goddess like yourself, doing in a place like this?"

She was about to say, with a bit of a flirty attitude, "What's it look like I'm doing, handsome?" but he curiously picked up on it and persisted anyway...

"Look, kid," he lovingly called her, "I wouldn't presume to have walked a mile in your shoes ...but as I can tell you that I was cast out of my father's house while my brother witnessed... I just might know a thing or two."

...There was something about him that piqued her interest, more so than just your average Jon...

...Which is why she went ahead and offered, in a slow and sultry voice, "Okay, daddy... Let's make it all better..."

It was cute, but perhaps she was not getting the message...  So he went ahead and pushed harder...  

In that moment, all at once, he showed her that he knew all of her life... The constant insatiable gaping and aching chasm... beyond her body or her heart; that which scorched thru her soul, into the outer communications of energy ...Her desire for love... and her giving it until depletion... only to consistently get rejection, abuse, and, of course, numbness...

"...We can do so much better than that," was the gentle idea that she recognized him magically whispering into her head, breaking the tragic movie of what was her life and wasted potential, thus far.  But it was actually too late, as she had already lost her old self while soaring with him --he showed her that she could devour and mimic his essence without ever depleting him!

"That's it... carpe noctem, Lilith, my rebellious asteroid... Share the night with me forever, and never will you be deprived, hurt, or even need to so much as wish..." the fallen angel, Samael, lit the fire to breathe life back into her ...and she was reborn a nocturnal bird!  

"...First reminder..." he went on, "you are always my equal," and she more than accepted his proposal ...as they both knew that the way for them to always keep each other, was to have the freedom to practice this chaos, at will.

In fact, they tapped so far into being one with each other and beyond, that they broke the laws of individuality to become even more so their own analogous counterparts, growing into an invincible duality of balance and honing skill over everything they manipulatively absorbed and creatively reflected together.

Time exploded.  Time imploded.  Time stood still.  Time was immeasurable, unpredictable, and made absolutely no sense.  The vacuum of time seemed to have lost all meaning in the continuum of the ouroboros  ...But she did remember where she came from to help the progress of her transcendence, as these poetic thoughts seemed to trail off with her radiant footprints, into the canvas of the ethereal...

"The world is at my feet...

"Give a girl the right kind of shoes and she will conquer it. 

"If shoes or ppl hurt you, then they're not your size!

"Good shoes make the road easy;

"Good shoes take you to good places..."  

♥

(hurry, exclusive NeverWish Neon Tease Heels are available at the limited-time Whore Couture event: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Genesis%20Haven/59/73/23!)

"...Don't forget that you also have plenty of snap in your mean garter..." Samael grinned devilishly while twirling the trophy around in his wickedly restless claws...

"...All is fair in hell, for it hath no fury like the boundlessly conquering and blind madness," she pointedly giggled back from her mind, knowing all too well that her tease was successfully shared.  ;)

For a second, he admired and watched her psyche also reminisce about how she especially loved the vacillating neon colors of both NeverWish items; metaphorically defining her, and accentuating her ability to hypnotize by bringing out the most paradoxical, dramatically attractive, and lilting Goth effect...

...Then he thought back to her, "Yup... You are the treasure I get at the end of the rainbow..." and it was confirmed and sealed by swiftly passing his now garter comet prize into the hungry atmosphere, while gorging upon his Lilith.

She smirked, "...Alright, well, let's not make ALL our voyeurs puke rainbows, now ... I think that is about all we have for storytime today..."  She was very content, but was more interested in secretly and selfishly savoring the sacred occasion ... However, she does hope you enjoyed this episode, and that it helps you with your future SL shopping adventures!  ♥  \m/

"...Being under our influence is now a private trip..." he concurred with her and then broke out into official announcement, "Roll credits and cue intoxication!"  xD

...Okay!  But, BTW...  

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Don't forget to follow your dreams to the inworld NeverWish store... as it's always up to something amazingly inspirational... 

...And then you'll always be aglow too!  ;)

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SPECS:

• This entry was specially done for NeverWish.  ...If you're also a blogger, please get in touch with me so we can link to each other, thank you!  :)  ♥
• Some product pictures came directly from NeverWish's media, they are not mine, please look to Pixie Ruby and Seraphim.  :)
• All other pictures in this piece were taken from the Black Dragon viewer and fine-tuned in Photoshop.  I don't really have much advice, other than to point you to YouTube tutorials and the Black Dragon Discord.
• I have 2 monitors, one is a small flat-screen TV with HDMI hook-up and the other is a newer-grade old-school computer monitor from the thrift store (that needed a converter to be connected).  All picture colors/lighting rely on what I see rendered on the TV, as I feel that's newer and what everyone may generally see (I don't think they're too dark this time because skyboxes don't really make good Gobo lighting situations ...however, I'm sticking with the disclaimer that settings still may need to be adjusted accordingly, anyway).
• With the exception of the NeverWish store, all other pictures were taken in the Zamargad region.
• In the interest of reducing overkill redundancy, some things may look like they were omitted, but they were already acknowledged ---> in this post ...Please check it out for further details if you're interested, thank you!  :)
• All pictures are credited via their alt tags...

"NEVERWISH UPON THE ASHES, THEY WILL SET THE HEAVENS AFIRE"

"TELL ME...  WHAT'S A GODDESS LIKE YOURSELF, DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS?"

"'LOOK KID,' HE LOVINGLY CALLED HER..."

"OKAY, DADDY... LET'S MAKE IT ALL BETTER..."

"SO HE WENT AHEAD AND PUSHED HARDER..."

"WE CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT"

"CARPE NOCTEM WITH ME, FOREVER"

"ROLL CREDITS AND CUE INTOXICATION!"

• "Rubedo - isabelle - blue full" - Foxy Ruby - inworld, likely a splurge
• "Rubedo - elena - blue" - Foxy Ruby - MP
• "Rubedo - graziella - 12" - Foxy Ruby - inworld, likely a splurge
• "Rubedo - arctica - 03" - Foxy Ruby - MP
• "::SG:: HDPRO Catwa Shad 06" - SlackGirl - MP
• "VENGE - Catwa Hud - Morgan Le Fay Lashes" - Vixn Dagger  (Vixn Dagger) - I swear that I bought this on MP, but can't find it in order history, so maybe it was inworld
• "Catwa Lips HD Lipstick HD Coloured Gloss 'Miracle Sparkle'" - mik1karu - MP
• "uh-oh: Tiffany Goth Bead Necklace Set" - Øℓîνîα Ądℓεƴ  (Olivia Littlepaws) - MP
• "_CD_ Posh Bolero Black - Maitreya Lara" - ReBeeca (ReBeeca Dembo) - MP
• "- pOOnsh - Irma Dress. MAITREYA" - Seberya - Whore Couture event
• "RAWR! Mystic Nails Maitreya" -  ᄃ เ 尺 ᄃ ε (Circe Boucher) - gift
• "Pink Floyd" - MajikVixen Lorefield - not for sale, but inspired by Whore Couture's "[Onyx] Addicted to you! Tattoo" from ＯＮＹＸ™ (Norah Bovarro)
• "[Avenge] Pubic hair - Double V" - AvengeStore - Whore Couture event not gacha item
• "'Hoo-Hoo' Chastity Corset" - inspired/made from two different items: 1) "Lara - [Silver] Pierced Corest (Hoo-Hoo) (no scripts)" - Snowy Potassium (Apix Guisse) - MP (unfortunately, gone now), & 2) "[Avenge] Sexy Pussy String - unrigged" - AvengeStore - MP
• "*NeverWish* Glow Stick Garters - Fatpack Rainbow - L (Mait)" - Pixie Ruby - "*NeverWish* Glow Stick Garters - Fatpack" inworld
• ".::Supernatural::. Lara Anklets [R] Silver" - Sombria Baily - This is a set with bracelets and leg chains, but I can't remember how I got them (likely inworld)... just that Sombria is nice and helped link all the individual pieces to help me reduce all the attachment points I was using
• "*NeverWish* Neon Star Tease Heels  - Fatpack Maitreya - L" - Pixie Ruby - Whore Couture event
• "*NeverWish* Neon Heart Tease Heels  - Fatpack Maitreya - R" - Pixie Ruby - Whore Couture event
• "princsaz - Nura Toerings [lara] v3" - Λz (suzbun) - MP
• "DP - Koffin Nails - Maitreya HUD - Black Gloss Glitter Tips" - Bcreative Wilde - I don't recall how I got it (likely an inworld sale), but not even sure if there's still an inworld store
• "Foot Prints Hearts (Left)" - Jorino Jun - MP
• "Foot Prints Stars (Right)" - Jorino Jun - MP

"TELL ME...  WHAT'S A GODDESS LIKE YOURSELF, DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS?"

"'LOOK KID,' HE LOVINGLY CALLED HER..."

"OKAY, DADDY... LET'S MAKE IT ALL BETTER..."

"SO HE WENT AHEAD AND PUSHED HARDER..."

"WE CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT"

"CARPE NOCTEM WITH ME, FOREVER"

• Samael is my husband, JonCernunnos

"KEEP YOUR EYE ON NEVERWISH, IT'S ALWAYS UP TO SOMETHING AMAZINGLY INSPIRATIONAL!"

• My outfit is the same as all the other pictures, except I have simply added one thing that I always have on when shopping:
• "REIGN.- GROCERY BAG - THANKS FOR NOTHING" - KENADEE REIGN (KenadeeCole) - inworld, during a sale

---> I can't fucking read this!