11.13.2012
Well, it has been a semi eventful week or partial week. My car and I decided that it would be a brilliant idea to make contact with a drunk driver. So, I have once again been in the hospital. I am suffering with a glorious punctured lung (in my opinion the worst of the injuries), a broken arm - again, and a few broken ribs. I also am a glorious coloring book of bruises. I just got out today and a few days ago I asked my beloved boyfriend to access my email account to send out messages.
I hope that everyone out in Second Life is well and I am trying to send out all of my required messages now.
- In bumps and bruises -
Scout
I hope that everyone out in Second Life is well and I am trying to send out all of my required messages now.
- In bumps and bruises -
Scout
10.05.2012
I was very excited to have been accepted along with fourteen other designers to participate in the MadPea - The Case of Praying Mary hunt.
The tale behind the hunt is as follows :
Widow Millar was nicknamed 'Praying Mary' due to gruesome killings of three of her husbands and praying next to their dead bodies. Mary denied everything and claimed it was all a misunderstanding. Her motives were never understood. Once Mary was caught during her murderous act towards husband number four, she was sent to the Peatonville Asylum and was locked away in an isolated cell. The number XVIII was engraved over and over on Mary's cell, but no one was able to figure out the meaning for it. Mary herself passed away under sinister circumstances in the Peatonville Asylum in 1934 and the case went cold.
Millar's abandoned house was long closed from public until it was eventually sold to a family fairly recently. While refurbishing the house, they discovered a hidden journal underneath the planks on the floor. The journal seems to have been written by Mary herself and it desribes clearly how Mary did not only kill the three men who married her, but also the 15, who refused her proposal or otherwise got in her way.
After some thorough investigation it's been confirmed, that 15 men went indeed missing during the years of 1920 and 1933. The grounds of the former Millar house were turned upside down, but no bodies were found. The journal is the only clue of what has happened to these men. On each page of the journal, next to the description of the killings, Mary has drawn a cross with jibberish on it. It's believed that when someone deciphers the message, the bodies of the men can finally be found and their souls released to rest in peace.
My contribution/gift for the final act of the hunt is - a house. Yeah I know. But I love to build houses. This house is really special to me though. It has working windows, locking doors, and a hidden compartment. It also has all the normal sanctuaire details - like trim, hinges, door knobs - oh and of course custom textures. The total prims for this house are 129. Yeah I know! Like I said I am pretty proud of myself for this one too.
Here are all the pictures for it -
So to start the hunt - go to http://slurl.com/secondlife/hoshi%20island%20/68/159/48/?title=MadPea%20Hunt
Let your journey begin!
Huggers-
Scout
Oh and by the way - On the 11th of October - for Boobiethon - EVERYTHING IN MY STORE (other than hunt items) - WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE EVENT. What does this mean - well all proceeds for 24 hours will go to the Boobiethon Event. The proceeds go to the Feel Your Boobies Foundation to help fight against Breast Cancer.
10.04.2012
I have been hosting the BoobieThon sales event in front of my store for the last four days now. Everything has been going great and I have been very happy and proud to be the one setting it up. However today, someone decided to well really tick me off and I told them I would put them on blast for their stunt. Here is the letter that I wrote to them so that you can see the exact reason why I have done that.
Thank you for attending Boobiethon 2012, a charity event raising money for the fight against breast cancer. As I was looking through my sales records for yesterday I noticed that you had made a purchase of an Odette Desk Set - Pink, from me for the cost of 1L. Knowing that this couldn't have been the case because no one would rip off a charitable event by only paying a single linden for a 350L listed item. I went and checked out my vendor. I discovered that instead of using the pay now option - you decided to set your own price.
Normally when one sets their own price for a charity event they go up in price. Because after all - every single linden raised is going to charity. However, strangely you appear to have made a mistake and reduced the price 349 linden. I am saying made a mistake because I am sincerely hoping you can't be that big of a scum bag to rip off a charity.
Before you say, oh I didn't know that I was supposed to pay the listed amount or more. Well that makes two of us because I didn't know that certain people would be as pathetic as to only pay a single linden for an item that all of the proceeds are going to charity.
If you just wanted to make a donation to the event - that is awesome and cool - you should have gone to the main area donation station and donated your linden. Everyone would have been happy to accept it. However, it appears you decided to rip me off (which to me it doesn't matter it just makes you pathetic and sad) but much more importantly YOU STOLE MONEY FROM A CHARITY. Stealing from a charity is like stealing from a church. You don't do that. The fact that I have to state this to you not only makes me angry - but also makes me extremely depressed. Not for me, because in the grand scheme of things I am just a shop owner and hosting the sales portion of this event for the Boobiethon 2012. The part that makes me sad and depressed is that if everyone thought about charity as apparently - by your actions - you do, then the world would be a horrible and horrific place to live in.
Yes, I am aware that 350L basically equates to $1.42 us money. That may not seem like much. However when you take that $1.42 and multiply it by 10, 50, or even 100 - that becomes an extremely large sum that can help thousands of people. If everyone, like you, paid only a single linden for an item then how many people would not be able to receive aid?
If you made a mistake and meant to donate more and somehow the vendor instead of 1000L only took 1L - I apologize. Please be my guest and go to the donation booth / tip jar and make the remaining payment. However, as I suspect, you only intended on paying 1L for the desk. I hope you honestly enjoy it and that every time you look at it - it reminds you of this letter. That way the next time you attend an event being thrown for a charity - maybe you will help them out in honor of how scummy you were in this situation.
I hope that you have a good day and please enjoy the desk.
Sincerely -
Scout Danger (Scout Eberhardt)
Owner of Sanctuaire
Host of the Boobiethon 2012 sales event
I erased their name to protect the not so innocent.
Thank you for attending Boobiethon 2012, a charity event raising money for the fight against breast cancer. As I was looking through my sales records for yesterday I noticed that you had made a purchase of an Odette Desk Set - Pink, from me for the cost of 1L. Knowing that this couldn't have been the case because no one would rip off a charitable event by only paying a single linden for a 350L listed item. I went and checked out my vendor. I discovered that instead of using the pay now option - you decided to set your own price.
Normally when one sets their own price for a charity event they go up in price. Because after all - every single linden raised is going to charity. However, strangely you appear to have made a mistake and reduced the price 349 linden. I am saying made a mistake because I am sincerely hoping you can't be that big of a scum bag to rip off a charity.
Before you say, oh I didn't know that I was supposed to pay the listed amount or more. Well that makes two of us because I didn't know that certain people would be as pathetic as to only pay a single linden for an item that all of the proceeds are going to charity.
If you just wanted to make a donation to the event - that is awesome and cool - you should have gone to the main area donation station and donated your linden. Everyone would have been happy to accept it. However, it appears you decided to rip me off (which to me it doesn't matter it just makes you pathetic and sad) but much more importantly YOU STOLE MONEY FROM A CHARITY. Stealing from a charity is like stealing from a church. You don't do that. The fact that I have to state this to you not only makes me angry - but also makes me extremely depressed. Not for me, because in the grand scheme of things I am just a shop owner and hosting the sales portion of this event for the Boobiethon 2012. The part that makes me sad and depressed is that if everyone thought about charity as apparently - by your actions - you do, then the world would be a horrible and horrific place to live in.
Yes, I am aware that 350L basically equates to $1.42 us money. That may not seem like much. However when you take that $1.42 and multiply it by 10, 50, or even 100 - that becomes an extremely large sum that can help thousands of people. If everyone, like you, paid only a single linden for an item then how many people would not be able to receive aid?
If you made a mistake and meant to donate more and somehow the vendor instead of 1000L only took 1L - I apologize. Please be my guest and go to the donation booth / tip jar and make the remaining payment. However, as I suspect, you only intended on paying 1L for the desk. I hope you honestly enjoy it and that every time you look at it - it reminds you of this letter. That way the next time you attend an event being thrown for a charity - maybe you will help them out in honor of how scummy you were in this situation.
I hope that you have a good day and please enjoy the desk.
Sincerely -
Scout Danger (Scout Eberhardt)
Owner of Sanctuaire
Host of the Boobiethon 2012 sales event
I erased their name to protect the not so innocent.
9.19.2012
I just finished another part of the Odette Library Collection. What every good library needs - bookcases. Now, I can texture most things in a matter of moments. I can decorate a home in an hour. For some unknown reason it took me almost 10 hours to put books in a bookcase. Who takes 10 flipping hours to figure out the layout of a bookcase... apparently I do. But all that - um, does this look better here or here - is to your benefit cause they are beautiful. If you can't tell I am feeling a bit gushy about this - well I am. Often when I am creating furniture I have at least twelve melt downs == ask Ichigo (my awesome CSR who I will be introducing later today in a blog entry) For some reason I can build a house in about four hours. Create textures and a feel for it in two more. So six hours to finished home. But it takes me almost a week to do one table. I don't know why but it has always been the case when I am making home furnishings. Probably comes down to being a raving perfectionist.
Ok, to the cool stuff about these bookcases. I hate selling stuff that isn't interesting or cool. Cause well, I like stuff that does stuff. This bookcase is no exception. If you touch the fifth book in on the shelf with the three frames -- you can receive a book from the full bookcase. Currently you only get Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - but you can add your own books, diary entries, porn, whatever your little heart desires. Plus, you can lock it up so no one can access your weird stuff you stored inside. Sometimes I even impress myself :P
Ok, so that is about it. I am going to get off my bum and put all of my back log - radios, desks, and now bookcases on marketplace sometime today. But all of these things and more are now available in the store!
Take care -
Scout
Ok, to the cool stuff about these bookcases. I hate selling stuff that isn't interesting or cool. Cause well, I like stuff that does stuff. This bookcase is no exception. If you touch the fifth book in on the shelf with the three frames -- you can receive a book from the full bookcase. Currently you only get Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - but you can add your own books, diary entries, porn, whatever your little heart desires. Plus, you can lock it up so no one can access your weird stuff you stored inside. Sometimes I even impress myself :P
Ok, so that is about it. I am going to get off my bum and put all of my back log - radios, desks, and now bookcases on marketplace sometime today. But all of these things and more are now available in the store!
Take care -
Scout
9.17.2012
When I first started to build in Second Life - what seems like eons ago. I started by building furniture. But for various reasons I stopped. When I began Sanctuaire - I had a sinking feeling that I would fall back into making furnishings for the home. Probably because I had a billion and one ideas on how to finish my builds.
So, I did it. I created a desk set that fit my personality. I named it Odette - and soon will also have a bookcase to match it. Cause I love a good bookcase. So here is the desk. Stop into the store to see it. I will have it up on market along with all of the radios - today sometime.
Oh, and on a sadder note, I had to close my second location due to it being dead. I didn't see the point in spending additional linden that could be used in making more stuff.
Anyway here are a bunch of pictures of the desk, in the usual 10 glorious colors and wood tones -- all for 17 prims!
Take Care-
Scout
So, I did it. I created a desk set that fit my personality. I named it Odette - and soon will also have a bookcase to match it. Cause I love a good bookcase. So here is the desk. Stop into the store to see it. I will have it up on market along with all of the radios - today sometime.
Oh, and on a sadder note, I had to close my second location due to it being dead. I didn't see the point in spending additional linden that could be used in making more stuff.
Anyway here are a bunch of pictures of the desk, in the usual 10 glorious colors and wood tones -- all for 17 prims!
Take Care-
Scout
9.10.2012
I normally build a house in under a week. Then take two days arguing with myself about how to do the pictures - because pictures are sooooo not my thing. This time however the build took eons for me - almost two weeks. Granted a lot of stuff has been going on. I have been in my first ever hunt and it is going really well. I am getting a lot of positive responses back and learning that I am not falling flat on my kiester. Which honestly is a relief. Anyway, I finally got the house done and I named it Catskills.
This build is based off a build that my friend Serra gave me. She said - hey why don't you build this. So I did. Or I did my version of it. The build is exactly double the actual size of the house in rl because for some reason the people of Second Life love being amazons. So, the build is still small, but not as small as it could be.
It has a sleeping loft - cause I love lofts. It also has screen doors and hinges and knobs and radiator and all those little details that make my heart do cartwheels. All for under 85 prims (it is 84 prims).
I hope you love it as much as I loved creating it!
- Take Care -
Scout
This build is based off a build that my friend Serra gave me. She said - hey why don't you build this. So I did. Or I did my version of it. The build is exactly double the actual size of the house in rl because for some reason the people of Second Life love being amazons. So, the build is still small, but not as small as it could be.
It has a sleeping loft - cause I love lofts. It also has screen doors and hinges and knobs and radiator and all those little details that make my heart do cartwheels. All for under 85 prims (it is 84 prims).
I hope you love it as much as I loved creating it!
- Take Care -
Scout
8.26.2012
Hello!
As most are well aware - I love mesh. I love almost everything about mesh except for one or two things. Due to various questions that I have been asked about the doors - I am writing this to make your life easier - and save my own sanity - once again.
First, I don't link doors to the builds. Why? Well, cause I love details. My doors all have knobs or hinges and sometimes both. Like sculpt, most of the handles/knobs or hinges are not built into the mesh. For this reason, like with sculpt, if I linked the door to the build - you would have the joy of floating hinges/knobs. Personally, I think that would be awful and well stupid looking. Yep, I said it. It would look really stupid. If you want to go and link the doors to your build -- well, you will see what I am talking about. So, I don't link the doors to my builds.
Second, pocket doors. I have a weird love of pocket doors. However, mine open one at a time when they are double. There is a very good reason for this. First reason, see above statement. Second reason, in real life when you walk into an old house, when have you seen both pocket doors opening at the exact same time. This is not a space ship. This is a house. Doors don't magically open at the exact same time. You need to push one then the other. If you want both doors to open at one time - go live in a supermarket. Seriously. I strive for as much realism as I can achieve in here. To me, opening one door at a time doesn't take that much time out of your existence. If you don't like this feature, you can always change the script in the door yourself. But note, if you link the doors to the build you will have floating knobs and stuff and that is like ai said above - stupid looking.
These issues aren't just mesh issues before you start saying that mesh is of the devil. It happens with sculpt as well. That is why a lot of builders don't use knobs on their builds and it is also why so many people use rez faux systems. It isn't cause we are lazy. It is cause you link the doors = bad stuff happens. We know this better than anyone cause we build the buildings. Honestly we enjoy our sanity and getting a bunch of crazy notes about -- my handles are floating or my door is speaking in tongues - is not something we want to deal with.
Now, I am not saying if something else happens that I am not willing to deal with it. If your door decides to start spinning uncontrollably and spitting pea soup - I will probably tell you to contact a priest or start praying to a higher power. But in most circumstances - this doesn't occur. If the door isn't on the axis right - it is easy to fix too. Just seriously, use some common sense. I am really tired of people logging into Second Life and their brains just departing. It isn't my sole job to give you sense. Nor am I going to stand around holding your hand. If I was - well I would probably not ever come into SL again. My personal pet peeve is blatant stupidity. So just use your heads and think slightly logically.
If this sounds harsh, well to bad. This is how my mind works and how I speak. I am not Suzy Sunshine and I don't blow smoke up your bum or tell you that your poo smells of rainbows. I say it how it really is.
Ok, rant is done.
- Scout
8.23.2012
It has been a busy week. Mostly of my own creating. I decided to open another location for sanctuaire. After very little thought and preparation I decided to get a plot next to Noctis in New Toulouse Algiers. First reason is that I love Yelena and I enjoy any chance I can get to wander over to her store and get something. Second reason is that I love the look of the sim. It is semi swampy and laid back chill. I wish I could be all of those things. Yes, even swampy.
After less than 24 hours I built the new build from scratch. It is based off of one of the seven sisters in New Orleans. Then I started fitting it out with random things and nonsense. From the New Orleans toile, to the black and white photos of New Orleans - I hope to get the feeling of the Big Easy - with a major touch of me.
I hope you love visiting as much as I loved creating it. So, stop in - shop a spell.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse%20Algiers/127/110/30/?title=+sanctuaire+%20NT%20Algiers
- Scout
8.16.2012
Ok, I admit it I have been watching a lot of True Blood. But this house has nothing to do with the show. This is the beginning of my ode to New Orleans and the Old South. My grandmother was from New Orleans and she used to tell me the tales of it as a little kid while eating gumbo out of a bowl on her lap.
So in honor of everything I love about Louisiana, I have decided to start building a few houses in a series that are inspired by the South.
The first is Fais Do-Do. In Creole, Fais Do-Do is a dance party that would happen after the kids would go to bed. So, I built a shotgun house that makes me want to do a little dance and have a party.
I hope you love it as much as I do!
-Scout
So in honor of everything I love about Louisiana, I have decided to start building a few houses in a series that are inspired by the South.
The first is Fais Do-Do. In Creole, Fais Do-Do is a dance party that would happen after the kids would go to bed. So, I built a shotgun house that makes me want to do a little dance and have a party.
I hope you love it as much as I do!
-Scout
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