ByteDreams

On May 3, 2009, I partnered with an exceptional man who rocks my SL world.  BigNic Carver.  So what is all this about?  I dont have a definitive answer.  I can say that Second Life has a way of substituting lack of the other senses — touch, taste, smell — with emotions that come from within.  It’s hard to explain to someone that hasn’t been in-world.  But I welcome BigNic, who I affectionately call Big, into my Second Life as my Partner.

We are a young couple still – with lots of potential to do wonderful fun-filled things together.  I am no longer alone – I am part of him, and it feels so good.

Orange has been raging the SL fashion scene since Fall 08.  It’s a kewl color but there’s some things you should know about when wearing it.

Never wear it alone, always have a contrasting darker color to offset it.  Black works, but so does dark greens, navies, and purples. There’s lots of ways to achieve this too.  like if its a tee, a shirt that reveals itself at the neckline, arms, and or hips can work well – or a contrasting bottom.  Anything to offset it you can find.  White will work some of the time too.  You’ll really notice what i mean when you’re standing next to something with a high red content too, like redwood floor or walls.

Byte hangs out at GIA fashion show

I had attended a fashion showing at Glance Model Agency last weekend.  I dressed for it in one of my favorite designer’s fits – Baiastice.  I’m sure they are a fave for many.  Low and behold, another avie arrived at the show wearing the same outfit but in a different color combination – Baiastice has options, of course!  We laffed together about it, stood at the show together.  We made a nice contrast.  Well, I guess others thought the same – Style Hotline captured us standing together and posted it to their blog yesterday, May 14th.  Oh look!  I’m wearing my Naomi skin!  I’ve had this one for some time and just felt like putting it on again that day. Still looks good!  and of course that’s my special touch on the shape!

yes, it’s a new me.  I’m told she will break hearts.  Trust me, this is not my intention.  I just like looking the best I can.  Like Mary J says – Werk what you got!

The only non-material part of my Second Life is that there is no tactile properties in it at all.  You can look, but cant touch – or smell for that matter.  If i could use all my senses in here, I wonder how different my second life would be — probably too intense for prime time, I bet.  Hell yeah!

Anywho — I’m doing some shots today to put here, sharing my virtual space with those that care to read or look

Here’s some shots of me in my virtual villa, which i love.  Yeah, yeah, I know – it ain’t real – but its beautiful!

My friend sent me this landmark yesterday.  Thanks Nina, btw

Anyways, I dropped by their store this morning.  In summary, great designer.  Their strength was in their print textures, which were great to get one in the mood for the approaching Spring season.  Well there really arent any seasons in Second Life, but I don’t see too many avatars dressed in coats in the summer unless its gothed, or grunged (Bare Roses, GothiCats, etc.)

I dont know how long this store has been around.  Probably fairly recent i suspect because it was empty, and thus lag-free!  I quickly picked up about 5 outfits in less than an hour, which aint bad for someone like me.

Sneak preview of Byte wearin’ a few prints from Silk Dreams’ collections…

Hmm, let’s see.  You might see me jumping from one theme to the next over the next couple of weeks.  There’s just so many kewl themes out there, i have to really sit down and play before i settle on one — and then the tweaking begins cuz i just dont know how to leave well-enough along.  I need to brush up on my css skills anyway, that’s how long it’s been.   So there will be a few meaningless/mindless posts here every now and then – dont mind me, i’m just thinking out loud.  for instance I’m poised to use the wp-culumus plugin, but i havent set up my tags, and then i have the option of using tags, categories or both..  So i must play with these features.  I’ve switched between two themes in the last couple of days.  one is meant to be customizable right out the box, the other has a great looking sliding door top menu.  Anything can be changed/customed  just about using CSS however with this latest wp version

Not new to blogging, or web stuff for that matter.  But I’ve been away from it for so long and it is taking longer than expected to get back to it.

This installation of ByteDreams.com will focus mainly on my second life – the character, her friends, her ideas and opinions — you know, whatever happens that I feel like sharing with the rest of the world.  Could get quite intense, so stick around.

Before SecondLife i was consumed by other computerized topics, including web design, 2d and 3d computer-generated art.  I’ve been known to rifle off a good poem every now and then, and even write a short story – so i might do that here as well – never know.    All of that became a glimpse in the past since moving into Second Life (SL) about a year and a half ago.  Besides bytedreams.com i once had a site called poserforensicartists.com — it’s gone now, but never know – it just might resurface again. I still remain interested in that field, and just might pick up the research i was doing back then – provided i can keep my current version of Poser and similar tools up-to-date, as this is a tough economy we’re living in these days.

So what is the purpose of this site?  I dont really know that it serves some public purpose.  I enoy writing and designing it though, and every now and then i’ll have something good that needs sharing.