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Sony RX1 User Report.
I hesitate to write about gear. Tools are tools and the bitter truth is that a great craftsman rises above his tools to create a masterpiece whereas most of us try to improve our abominations by buying better or faster hammers to hit the same nails at the same awkward angles.
The internet is fairly flooded with reviews of this tiny marvel, and it isn’t my intention to compete with those articles. If you’re looking for a full-scale review of every feature or a down-to-Earth accounting of the RX1’s strengths and weaknesses, I recommend starting here.
Instead, I’d like to provide you with a flavor of how I’ve used the camera over the last six months. In short, this is a user report. To save yourself a few thousand words: I love the thing. As we go through this article, you’ll see this is a purpose built camera. The RX1 is not for everyone, but we will get to that and on the way, I’ll share a handful of images that I made with the camera.
It should be obvious to anyone reading this that I write this independently and have absolutely no relationship with Sony (other than having exchanged a large pile of cash for this camera at a retail outlet).
Before we get to anything else, I want to clear the air about two things: Price and Features
The Price
First things first: the price. The $2800+ cost of this camera is the elephant in the room and, given I purchased the thing, you may consider me a poor critic. That in mind, I want to offer you three thoughts:
Consumer goods cost what they cost, in the absence of a competitor (the Fuji X100s being the only one worth mention) there is no comparison and you simply have to decide for yourself if you are willing to pay or not.
Normalize the price per sensor area for all 35mm f/2 lens and camera alternatives and you’ll find the RX1 is an amazing value.
You are paying for the ability to take photographs, plain and simple. Ask yourself, “what are these photographs worth to me?”
In my case, #3 is very important. I have used the RX1 to take hundreds of photographs of my family that are immensely important to me. Moreover, I have made photographs (many appearing on this page) that are moving or beautiful and only happened because I had the RX1 in my bag or my pocket. Yes, of course I could have made these or very similar photographs with another camera, but that is immaterial.
35mm by 24mm by 35mm f/2
The killer feature of this camera is simple: it is a wafer of silicon 35mm by 24mm paired to a brilliantly, ridiculously, undeniably sharp, contrasty and bokehlicious 35mm f/2 Carl Zeiss lens. Image quality is king here and all other things take a back seat. This means the following: image quality is as good or better than your DSLR, but battery life, focus speed, and responsiveness are likely not as good as your DSLR. I say likely because, if you have an entry-level DSLR, the RX1 is comparable on these dimensions. If you want to change lenses, if you want an integrated viewfinder, if you want blindingly fast phase-detect autofocus then shoot with a DSLR. If you want the absolute best image quality in the smallest size possible, you’ve got it in the RX1.
While we are on the subject of interchangeable lenses and viewfinders...
I have an interchangeable lens DSLR and I love the thing. It’s basically a medium format camera in a 35mm camera body. It’s a powerhouse and it is the first camera I reach for when the goal is photography. For a long time, however, I’ve found myself in situations where photography was not the first goal, but where I nevertheless wanted to have a camera. I’m around the table with friends or at the park with my son and the DSLR is too big, too bulky, too intimidating. It comes between you and life. In this realm, mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras seem to be king, but they have a major flaw: they are, for all intents and purposes, just little DSLRs.
As I mentioned above, I have an interchangeable lens system, why would I want another, smaller one? Clearly, I am not alone in feeling this way, as the market has produced a number of what I would call “professional point and shoots.” Here we are talking about the Fuji X100/X100s, Sigma DPm-series and the RX100 and RX1.
Design is about making choices
When the Fuji X100 came out, I was intrigued. Here was a cheap(er), baby Leica M. Quiet, small, unobtrusive. Had I waited to buy until the X100s had come out, perhaps this would be a different report. Perhaps, but probably not. I remember thinking to myself as I was looking at the X100, “I wish there was a digital Rollei 35, something with a fixed 28mm or 35mm lens that would fit in a coat pocket or a small bag.” Now of course, there is.
So, for those of you who said, “I would buy the RX1 if it had interchangeable lenses or an integrated viewfinder or faster autofocus,” I say the following: This is a purpose built camera. You would not want it as an interchangeable system, it can’t compete with DSLR speed. A viewfinder would make the thing bigger and ruin the magic ratio of body to sensor size—further, there is a 3-inch LCD viewfinder on the back! Autofocus is super fast, you just don’t realize it because the bar has been raised impossibly high by ultra-sonic magnet focusing rings on professional DSLR lenses. There’s a fantastic balance at work here between image quality and size—great tools are about the total experience, not about one or the other specification.
In short, design is about making choices. I think Sony has made some good ones with the RX1.
In use
So I’ve just written 1,000 words of a user report without, you know, reporting on use. In many ways the images on the page are my user report. These photographs, more than my words, should give you a flavor of what the RX1 is about. But, for the sake of variety, I intend to tell you a bit about the how and the why of shooting with the RX1.
Snapshots
As a beginning enthusiast, I often sneered at the idea of a snapshot. As I’ve matured, I’ve come to appreciate what a pocket camera and a snapshot can offer. The RX1 is the ultimate photographer’s snapshot camera.
I’ll pause here to properly define snapshot as a photograph taken quickly with a handheld camera.
To quote Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” So it is with photography. Beautiful photographs happen at the decisive moment—and to paraphrase Henri Cartier-Bresson further—the world is newly made and falling to pieces every instant. I think it is no coincidence that each revolution in the steady march of photography from the tortuously slow chemistry of tin-type and daguerreotype through 120 and 35mm formats to the hyper-sensitive CMOS of today has engendered new categories and concepts of photography.
Photography is a reflexive, reactionary activity. I see beautiful light or the unusual in an every day event and my reaction is a desire to make a photograph. It’s a bit like breathing and has been since I was a kid.
Rather than sneer at snapshots, nowadays I seek them out; and when I seek them out, I do so with the Sony RX1 in my hand.
How I shoot with the RX1
Despite much bluster from commenters on other reviews as to the price point and the purpose-built nature of this camera (see above), the RX1 is incredibly flexible. Have a peek at some of the linked reviews and you’ll see handheld portraits, long exposures, images taken with off-camera flash, etc.
Yet, I mentioned earlier that I reach for the D800 when photography is the primary goal and so the RX1 has become for me a handheld camera—something I use almost exclusively at f/2 (people, objects, shallow DoF) or f/8 (landscapes in abundant light, abstracts). The Auto-ISO setting allows the camera to choose in the range from ISO 50 and 6400 to reach a proper exposure at a given aperture with a 1/80 s shutter speed. I have found this shutter speed ensures a sharp image every time (although photographers with more jittery grips may wish there was the ability to select a different default shutter speed). This strategy works because the RX1 has a delightfully clicky exposure compensation dial just under your right thumb—allowing for fine adjustment to the camera’s metering decision.
So then, if you find me out with the RX1, you’re likely to see me on aperture priority, f/2 and auto ISO. Indeed, many of the photographs on this page were taken in that mode (including lots of the landscape shots!).
Working within constraints.
The RX1 is a wonderful camera to have when you have to work within constraints. When I say this, I mean it is great for photography within two different classes of constraints: 1) physical constraints of time and space and 2) intellectual/artistic constraints.
To speak to the first, as I said earlier, many of the photographs on this page were made possible by having a camera with me at a time that I otherwise would not have been lugging around a camera. For example, some of the images from the Grand Canyon you see were made in a pinch on my way to a Christmas dinner with my family. I didn’t have the larger camera with me and I just had a minute to make the image. Truth be told, these images could have been made with my cell phone, but that I could wring such great image quality out of something not much larger than my cell phone is just gravy. Be it jacket pocket, small bag, bike bag, saddle bag, even fannie pack—you have space for this camera anywhere you go.
Earlier I alluded to the obtrusiveness of a large camera. If you want to travel lightly and make photographs without announcing your presence, it’s easier to use a smaller camera. Here the RX1 excels. Moreover, the camera’s leaf shutter is virtually silent, so you can snap away without announcing your intention. In every sense, this camera is meant to work within physical constraints.
I cut my photographic teeth on film and I will always have an affection for it. There is a sense that one is playing within the rules when he uses film. That same feeling is here in the RX1. I never thought I’d say this about a camera, but I often like the JPEG images this thing produces more than I like what I can push with a RAW. Don’t get me wrong, for a landscape or a cityscape, the RAW processed carefully is FAR, FAR better than a JPEG.
But when I am taking snapshots or photos of friends and family, I find the JPEGs the camera produces (I’m shooting in RAW + JPEG) so beautiful. The camera’s computer corrects for the lens distortion and provides the perfect balance of contrast and saturation. The JPEG engine can be further tweaked to increase the amount of contrast, saturation or dynamic range optimization (shadow boost) used in writing those files. Add in the ability to rapidly compensate exposure or activate various creative modes and you’ve got this feeling you’re shooting film again. Instant, ultra-sensitive and customizable film.
Pro Tip: Focusing
Almost all cameras come shipped with what I consider to be the worst of the worst focus configurations. Even the Nikon D800 came to my hands set to focus when the shutter button was halfway depressed. This mode will ruin almost any photograph. Why? Because it requires you to perform legerdemain to place the autofocus point, depress the shutter halfway, recompose and press the shutter fully. In addition to the chance of accidentally refocusing after composing or missing the shot—this method absolutely ensures that one must focus before every single photograph. Absolutely impossible for action or portraiture.
Sensibly, most professional or prosumer cameras come with an AF-ON button near where the shooter’s right thumb rests. This separates the task of focusing and exposing, allowing the photographer to quickly focus and to capture the image even if focus is slightly off at the focus point. For portraits, kids, action, etc the camera has to have a hair-trigger. It has to be responsive. Manufacturer’s: stop shipping your cameras with this ham-fisted autofocus arrangement.
Now, the RX1 does not have an AF-ON button, but it does have an AEL button whose function can be changed to “MF/AF Control Hold” in the menu. Further, other buttons on the rear of the camera can also be programmed to toggle between AF and MF modes. What this all means is that you can work around the RX1’s buttons to make it’s focus work like a DSLR’s. (For those of you who are RX1 shooters, set the front switch to MF, the right control wheel button to MF/AF Toggle and the AEL button to MF/AF Control Hold and voila!) The end result is that, when powered on the camera is in manual focus mode, but the autofocus can be activated by pressing AEL, no matter what, however, the shutter is tripped by the shutter release. Want to switch to AF mode? Just push a button and you’re back to the standard modality.
Carrying.
I keep mine in a small, neoprene pouch with a semi-hard LCD cover and a circular polarizing filter on the front—perfect for buttoning up and throwing into a bag on my way out of the house. I have a soft release screwed into the threaded shutter release and a custom, red twill strap to replace the horrible plastic strap Sony provided. I plan to gaffer tape the top and the orange ring around the lens. Who knows, I may find an old Voigtlander optical viewfinder in future as well.
Let the games begin...
In fact, I "hate" those classical landmarks (too crowded)...but I couldn't miss this special one. A couple of weeks ago, my son david learned about the Romans in school and he knew a lot more about the Colosseum than me or my wife did. So it was quite a big deal for him.
The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.
Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81–96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).
Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. The building ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine.
Although in the 21st century it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome. It is one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions and still has close connections with the Roman Catholic Church, as each Good Friday the Pope leads a torchlit "Way of the Cross" procession that starts in the area around the Colosseum.
The Colosseum is also depicted on the Italian version of the five-cent euro coin.
The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium, often anglicized as Flavian Amphitheater. The building was constructed by emperors of the Flavian dynasty, hence its original name, after the reign of Emperor Nero. This name is still used in modern English, but generally the structure is better known as the Colosseum. In antiquity, Romans may have referred to the Colosseum by the unofficial name Amphitheatrum Caesareum; this name could have been strictly poetic as it was not exclusive to the Colosseum; Vespasian and Titus, builders of the Colosseum, also constructed an amphitheater of the same name in Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli).
The name Colosseum has long been believed to be derived from a colossal statue of Nero nearby (the statue of Nero was named after the Colossus of Rhodes). This statue was later remodeled by Nero's successors into the likeness of Helios (Sol) or Apollo, the sun god, by adding the appropriate solar crown. Nero's head was also replaced several times with the heads of succeeding emperors. Despite its pagan links, the statue remained standing well into the medieval era and was credited with magical powers. It came to be seen as an iconic symbol of the permanence of Rome.
In the 8th century, a famous epigram attributed to the Venerable Bede celebrated the symbolic significance of the statue in a prophecy that is variously quoted: Quamdiu stat Colisæus, stat et Roma; quando cadet colisæus, cadet et Roma; quando cadet Roma, cadet et mundus ("as long as the Colossus stands, so shall Rome; when the Colossus falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, so falls the world"). This is often mistranslated to refer to the Colosseum rather than the Colossus (as in, for instance, Byron's poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage). However, at the time that the Pseudo-Bede wrote, the masculine noun coliseus was applied to the statue rather than to what was still known as the Flavian amphitheatre.
The Colossus did eventually fall, possibly being pulled down to reuse its bronze. By the year 1000 the name "Colosseum" had been coined to refer to the amphitheatre. The statue itself was largely forgotten and only its base survives, situated between the Colosseum and the nearby Temple of Venus and Roma.
The name further evolved to Coliseum during the Middle Ages. In Italy, the amphitheatre is still known as il Colosseo, and other Romance languages have come to use similar forms such as le Colisée (French), el Coliseo (Spanish) and o Coliseu (Portuguese).
Canon EOS 60D
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Aperture: f/8
Exposure time: 1/125 second
Focal length: 13 mm
ISO Speed 100
Processed with PS CS5 and Nik Software's Silver Efex Pro 2
A move of contract cars including those of McKinley Explorer and Princess Cruise lines departs the Denali station and heads north toward Fairbanks. The ARR does a good amount of business during the summer (in 2010 it did anyway) with these operations. Lodges along the line at Talkeetna and Denali host cruise passengers and the connections with air travel at Fairbanks and Anchorage and direct service to cruise ships at Whittier, Anchorage, and Seward make for a very dynamic operation. The forest of conifers, aspen and alders make for a nice mosaic of shades of greens.
The Birthday part two.
Not long after getting to know Phil, we had a long chat about how I wanted to make "Those pictures with steel wool". He drew a bit of a blank and I endevoured to explain.
Simply take:
1 basic kitchen whisk
1 dog chain lead
1 packet of DIY steel wool
a small length of jewellry wire
a kitchen gas lighter
2 torches
1fire extinguisher
1 camera and tripod
2 very excited children (by children I mean adults with a passion for FIRE! there was a lot of this bit "Fire do do dooooo do do do FIRE")
So, use the wire to attach the whisk to the dog lead. Fill the whisk with some steel wool.
Pop the camera on the tripod, using one of the torches shine it on your clothing and let the other child focus the camera. Click the focus into manual.
Light the wool with the lighter and begin to swing the lead in a circular motion.
At this point burning wool will be sparking out all over the place and you can't help but scream.
Whilst you are screaming, have the other person hit the shutter, making sure your shutter speed is slow enough, this will catch the sparks and create a giant catherine wheel.
For further details, ask me or better still, google you tube and watch the same gurus that I did :)
We did this behind a derelict chippy, close enough to the road to drive, but sheltered enough not to draw attention. It was an EPIC way to spend a difficult day and ultimately I think we both exorcised a lot of pent up emotion.
Phil burned his hair a bit, got a small hole in his fleece and worked up a friction blister on his index finger from the speed he swung the chain at.
I burned my hat, screamed a lot and went home with holes in my tights.
All in all a wonderful evening.
(Do you recognise the location?)
Oh and Michael Westall thank you for this tip-off! www.homeofpoi.co.uk/ I cannot tell you how excited I am to discover this!
Tall, tan, and fit swimsuit bikini model goddess! Testing some new video channels for the epic Hero's Journey Mythology bikini swimsuit model photoshoots, where you can view videos shot at the same time as stills:
Follow me! Let me know which ones your like best! :)
A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour. Just like Helen of Troy, she's worth fighting a ten year war for! :)
Got a brand new Prime Lens--the Carl Zeiss Sony Alpha e-mount FE 55mm F/1.8 ZA Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* Lens! Let me know how you like it! :)
Sony A7 R Test Photos of Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess! Pretty, pretty, pretty woman! Shot with the awesomely sharp, sharp Carl Zeiss Sony Sonnar Sony FE 55 mm F/1.8 ZA Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* Lens and finished in Lightroom 5.3 ! Was using the B W 49mm Kaesemann Circular Polarizer MRC Filter on bright, sunny day. Check out the low glare off the rocks and water and the bright blue sky! Super sharp images and crystal-clear pictures!
Beautiful swimsuit bikini model goddess on a beautiful January Malibu morning! Shot it yesterday. :) Love, love, love the new Sony A7 R 55mm F/1.8 lens combo!
Was a fun test shoot. Many, many more to come!
All the best on your Epic Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
Modeling the black & gold Celtic Cross and "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits, shirts, & lingerie with the main equation to Moving Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:
herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!
All The Best on your EPIC hero's journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy! :)
Falling in love with the full frame 36 megapixel e mount Sony A7R!
The books behind the pretty goddess on the Malibu beach hut and surfboard are The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Homer's Iliad, Homer's Odyssey, Shakespeare, and Herman Melville's Moby Dick! My favorite books! Will have some video of the pretty model reading them beside a campfire soon.
They're all collectors editions! My books cost as much as my surfboards!
And for those who always ask, I shoot in RAW! Always! :)
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PRETTY Brunette Bikini Swimsuit Model! Sony A7R RAW Photos of Silky Hair Goddess! Carl Zeiss Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Sonnar T* Lens! Lightroom 5.3 !
Some of you may remember the one I made last year similar to this - just had to make one this year to show her hair off again. Her Mom was putting a little shimmer powder on her back. All steps to finish her gorgeous look. Hope you have enjoyed seeing these Prom images. There is one in the comment area and then I will stop with these. Hope all of you are well and have a blessed, happy, safe Thursday. Smiles and hugs, Nana :) !~ ♥
Thank you to Fraulein Simoneaux for leading a fun and informative discussion on women in 1929 and how to incorporate our knowledge of the period into our rp. Here's a copy of the discussion for those of you who couldn't make it. My apologies for not cleaning up the typos! ~ Zoe
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Zoe Foodiboo: For those of you just coming in, this is Fraulein Teruumi Simoneaux.
Zoe Foodiboo: Alf!
Zoe Foodiboo: oops
Karlin Lutrova: what an OUT rage
Zoe Foodiboo: Anyway, she's our newest librarian/archivist. Please welcome her.
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): guten abend
Karlin Lutrova: /me giggle soflty " no matter, I make my own coffee at home "
Adele Kling: Welcome!
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): /me claps
Alf Korhonen: Guten Tag Alle!
Adele Kling: Hallo, Rosemary
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): /me claps
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): Guten tag Alf
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Danke! I'm very excited!
Jani (Janire Coba): guten tag *smiles
Lori Miles (Lorelai Winslet): Very nice to meet you, Frl. Simoneaux
Zoe Foodiboo: We had a wonderful discussion in the library last weekend and we were so excited about it, we thought we’d expand it to include all of you.
webspelunker Ghostraven: Hello Alf!
Zoe Foodiboo: Hallo Rose!
Zoe Foodiboo: Hallo Alf!
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): Hallo Alf, Nice to see you
Karlin Lutrova: /me notices the film directoer and trys to look her best
Zoe Foodiboo: Anyway, I'll be quiet and let Frl Teruumi get the ball rolling.
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): RoseMary! Hello dear
Zoe Foodiboo: Teruumi?
Alf Korhonen: Crowded here!
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Yes, indeed. Crowded :))
Zoe Foodiboo: whispers: Does everyone have a place to sit?
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): /me clears her throat and begins composing a thought "Danke Zoe"
Alf Korhonen: May I join your table, Karlin?
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): There's one seat next to me.
Zoe Foodiboo: Someone can havve my chair...I can rez my own.
Karlin Lutrova: would be a pleasure
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): there are seats available
Alf Korhonen: Danke
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Oh no, two seats.
Zoe Foodiboo: oh okay
Karlin Lutrova: gerne Mein Herr
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): As Fraulein Zoe mentioned we had a lovely chat about women last week
Alf Korhonen: I like women too!
Zoe Foodiboo: /me giggles, "I bet you do..."
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): /me chuckles
Adele Kling: haha
Karlin Lutrova: /me coughs a giggle
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): I noticed that many people not even involved with Berlin or SL in general had a very one sided view of what women were like during the 20s
Zoe Foodiboo: whispers: Hallo Fraulein, have a seat
Greta Fuchsin (GretaFuchsin Resident): /me whispers Hello Whispy
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): I think we all can agree that most likely the flapper is a reaction to WWI. and the outdated society model
Karlin Lutrova: /me nods
whispy (whispy Darkstone): hello my dear
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): /me nods
whispy (whispy Darkstone): /me looks round smiling at the people around her
Adele Kling: Yes
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): And women cut their hair, started smoking, the corset was dumped. Women started to gain a voice in the society
Jani (Janire Coba): /me nods
Zoe Foodiboo: /me smiles and smokes
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): and they had jobs, so they had 'economic power', no?
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Exactly
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): indeed
Karlin Lutrova: well I knew I was smokin' but had no idea it was public knowledge
Karlin Lutrova: my late husband thought so anyway ........
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): and then I thought we roleplay women in 1929. When we look at our RL selves we can notice a change. We are influenced by all kinds of different global and private events and happenings and it changes us as people
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): But we in SL are stuck in a way, especially here in Berlin because we replay the events of 1929 but none of us have lived during that time so we can only trust our imagination
Adele Kling: and history
Zoe Foodiboo: imagination but also rooted in our research...
Jani (Janire Coba): true
Zoe Foodiboo: yes, Adele
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): yes.
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): yes, of course
Karlin Lutrova: /me nods
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): well I guess reading about the time gives us a better idea to know what to imagine...
Adele Kling: and Jo, lol
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Jo of course!
Zoe Foodiboo: Reading....and looking at photos
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): hahaha Addie
Greta Fuchsin (GretaFuchsin Resident): And OUR interpretation of how people felt.
Jani (Janire Coba): yes
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): and also movies
Zoe Foodiboo: Yes, how can we forget Jo. Our high priestess of the 20s
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): /me nods
whispy (whispy Darkstone): i agree i think fact fiction film all help understand and enhance rp
Karlin Lutrova: yes, and stories from relatives
Zoe Foodiboo: oh yes, good point Karlin
Karlin Lutrova: that were there I mean
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): unfortunately I do not have relatives that old… :(
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): And on that note I thought it would be great for us to meet and discuss how can we enhance our roleplay
Karlin Lutrova: yeah, gives me a sense of some reality to it
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): /me nods
Jani (Janire Coba): yes, that'd be great for me since i'm new to Berlín
Karlin Lutrova: ( oh Mutti and Vati and Ottoa are all gone )
Zoe Foodiboo: Great for me, too. I often forget myself and chatter OOC stuff at inappropriate times.
Karlin Lutrova: me also
Mab Ashdene: Are there more women in Berlin than men?
Zoe Foodiboo: Yes, still.
Karlin Lutrova: rp Berlin right?
Mab Ashdene: That makes it hard.
Zoe Foodiboo: But more men seem to stay.
Mab Ashdene: Yes
webspelunker Ghostraven: Maybe because of that little misunderstanding...
webspelunker Ghostraven: The Great War.
whispy (whispy Darkstone): from my experience there are always more female avs than male
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): Have you seen Boardwalk, the series? I think that show is well in terms of research regarding our time
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): For example, I did some reading here and there and I found information that by 1928 there was a new kind of flapper evolved. She danced, smoked, drove cars but she was a lot tamer from the first flappers
Karlin Lutrova: yes, Second Life™ is a women's shopping paradise
Zoe Foodiboo: Boardwalk Empire? Yes, I love it as a resource. Well, and it's entertaining.
Mab Ashdene: There are no men playing the roles of fathers or husbands.
Adele Kling: Thats interesting.
Karlin Lutrova: simply put
Mab Ashdene: Or only a few.
Adele Kling: Its early 20s, BE
webspelunker Ghostraven: Maybe because they're all dead?
Zoe Foodiboo: Tamer in what ways, Teruummi?
Jani (Janire Coba): oh, i got addicted to 20s since i watched Boardwalk Empire *laughs
whispy (whispy Darkstone): I think a sharing of resources for rp ers is always a good idea
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): I think Web is saying a good point.
Karlin Lutrova: Mutti said thee were very few men in those years anyway too
Mab Ashdene: Without the sense of having a man around or a mother around who cares what we do it is easy to go wild an play a flapper.
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): They didn't participate in petting parties, wore a lot less makeup
webspelunker Ghostraven: TY
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Some didn't even smoke or drink alcohol
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Recently I'd found out that learning about 1910s is very important to understand 1920s Berlin.
Adele Kling: Petting parties! Haven't been invited to one in years!
webspelunker Ghostraven: They sound like nuns!
Zoe Foodiboo: How so, Herr Gustav?
Greta Fuchsin (GretaFuchsin Resident): They were becoming more respectable and "professional"
Karlin Lutrova: good to point out Gustav
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): I guess 1920s Berlin or German, is quite similar to 1960s.
Zoe Foodiboo: Now that's an interesting analogy...
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Lots of men dead or gone. And hunger gave women to position to work in society.
whispy (whispy Darkstone): and politics
webspelunker Ghostraven: That's a good point that others have made too...
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Work in a society as a matter of course.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Amazingly watching the movie, "Berlin Symphony"
Mab Ashdene: That is interesting.
webspelunker Ghostraven: Otto Friedrich wrote of that.
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): I think there is a lack of older women also, and we have to consider that not all the females were flappers. That was actually a minority, as I understand
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): We all notice how many women are working in office.
Zoe Foodiboo: Good point, Tequila.
Mab Ashdene: When the pimp left the brothel, the women took over the running of the place.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): And commuting. That's veyr interesting.
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Very good point indeed
Greta Fuchsin (GretaFuchsin Resident): Yes that is a great movie
Adele Kling: Yes, Flappers were young
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): YEs, Tequila.
Greta Fuchsin (GretaFuchsin Resident): Has anyone watched the 13 hour "berlin Alexanderplatz"
Zoe Foodiboo: But there's a whole spectrum of women not represented in our Berlin.
Karlin Lutrova: very true , flappers where thought of as dirty by some of the echelon of high society
Greta Fuchsin (GretaFuchsin Resident): Plaenty or rp material there
Adele Kling: I love Berlin Alexanderplatz, until the end.
webspelunker Ghostraven: Who, Zoe?
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): And not all young females were flappers...it was only the daring, bold, young females
Karlin Lutrova: /me nods
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Yes!
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): sure, i've never viewed my character as a flapper
Greta Fuchsin (GretaFuchsin Resident): Who Zoe?
Zoe Foodiboo: Older women...yes, as Tequila said, women who weren't as bold as to become a Flapper
Adele Kling: Nor mine.
Greta Fuchsin (GretaFuchsin Resident): /me looks puzzled and curious
Jani (Janire Coba): i'd appreciate if someone knew about some films of Berlin in the 20s ((sorry for interrupting))
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): or middleaged women
Alf Korhonen: Der Letzte Mann I think
Adele Kling: About Berlin in the 20s, or shot in the 20s?
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): apart from frau Yardley, there aren't any middleaged women in Berlin as far as i can remember
Jani (Janire Coba): both would be useful to me
Mab Ashdene: There was Babette Darkfold.
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Yes, that's true
Zoe Foodiboo: No. We had a grandma type when Bubbe was here but she's long gone.
Zoe Foodiboo: Well, and Vera's mom. But she rarely makes an appearance as well.
Greta Fuchsin (GretaFuchsin Resident): Look up early Fritz Lang movies Janire to start with
Angello Valerian: the great gastby, chanel and stravinsky, therese...
Adele Kling: I can get you a list of films, Jani.
whispy (whispy Darkstone): i came to berlin as a young modern woman, but now have bought this alt along, as a much much older woman, out of interest to how folk react, plus as a very political, perhaps even not as sweet old lady as she looks
Jani (Janire Coba): thanks greta :)
Zoe Foodiboo: Aside from it being difficult to find older women skins and shapes, I'm not sure why I continue to be a young woman as a character in Berlin.
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): I think another thing we don't have is a clear social structure
Zoe Foodiboo: Hi Claire
ClaireDeAir: hiya
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): That's very interesting, Whispy.
Angello Valerian: Guten Abend
Karlin Lutrova: oh! i just saw that 13 hour film was a television series
ClaireDeAir: How are you?
Adele Kling: Hallo Claire
ClaireDeAir: hiya
webspelunker Ghostraven: Hello Claire!
webspelunker Ghostraven: Doing fine, how're you?
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): the "social structure" such as it is, is very much based on where we live
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): Oh, I think there is also a huge woman, I think she is named Lolle...?
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): and it is not clear
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): she's not huge, just curvy
ClaireDeAir: wow I have never seen this many people in here before hehehe
whispy (whispy Darkstone): could the list of films go in a group notice as i would be interested please
Angello Valerian: great idea, would be a great help
Adele Kling: Ok, I can do that whispy. Sometime this week : )
Zoe Foodiboo: I love Lolle's look.
Zoe Foodiboo: and her apartment is lovely. very realistic.
Jani (Janire Coba): oh yes, thanks for the films
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): yes it is
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): how old is Lolle supposed to be?
whispy (whispy Darkstone): i have looked for good older skins and shapes for ages now i have managed to get a look i want slightly older than i ideally wanted, but i am looking forward to developing this look
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): i've always thought around late 20s early 30s
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): but i don't know
Zoe Foodiboo: I'm not sure. She's a mother so I would imagine not that old.
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): OK
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Finding a good "aged" skin is bit tough in SL....
Karlin Lutrova: oh, one good shop for older type skins is MB Skins
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): it is
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): easier for men actually
Mab Ashdene: Maybe we should all have children and age.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Oh really? I must checked it. Thanks Karlin :)
Karlin Lutrova: femme older skins I should add
Karlin Lutrova: yes, well made age skins seem few and far between
Zoe Foodiboo: I have a question. In what ways do you behave different here in Berlin as opposed to other places in SL, as a nod to historical accuracy. Aside from your appearance, I mean?
Karlin Lutrova: most looks like they ahve mud plastered faice makes lol
ClaireDeAir: lol
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): Well, modesty, language...
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): i play more roles here
Adele Kling: Role-playing here is very relaxed. I try to use jargon (American) from the time.
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): i even call them cartoon characters
Jani (Janire Coba): well, i used to rp in versailles, and language of course was different, and protocole was super important there
Karlin Lutrova: well, that was the acccepted values
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): I come here roleplay so as I said when we spoke last week, I try to approach it as a writer
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): the way we intercat as well...it it seems to be more respectful
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): and i never use long paragraphs, mainly because i don't have the patience for it
Jani (Janire Coba): here i act like.. women arr feeling more free
Zoe Foodiboo: Yes, I agree, protocol and respect here is highly valued.
Adele Kling: Respect, proper use of titles.
Mab Ashdene: I only ever roleplay here.
Karlin Lutrova: para rpl is difficult for me also
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): and those who are NOT respectful, are doing it as part of RP
Zoe Foodiboo: I forget myself with that, sometimes, Adele.
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Me too
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): (thinking of a dark alt)
Adele Kling: For me too, Karlin. I'm not that creative.
Karlin Lutrova: rude r p can be dicely though
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): also I do not think we rp like goreans…they tend to make super long literate statements in each sentence
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): also it slows down the interaction a bit, doing long paragraphs
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): but i don't mind others doing it
whispy (whispy Darkstone): i research all my roles then use my imagination... i mainly use fantasy based on mythology but always with lots of research often to be disapointed that what the sim declares does not happen ie as in much rp,,, mostly occ chat but here i have seen much potential
Jani (Janire Coba): sometimes i just stay quiet and listen cause i'm super respectful with the rp and if i notice my english can be a bit poor, just.. listen and smile hahaha
Karlin Lutrova: yes para rp I found is hard to keep a temp o
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): true
Karlin Lutrova: so to speak
Zoe Foodiboo: Oh, don't worry about your English, Jani :)
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): i think that is very common for newcomers, Jani, just checking how it works in the sim, listening and learning
Zoe Foodiboo: It's an international city after all
Jani (Janire Coba): oh yes, till i finish my english degree i must stay quiet, read and learn
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): i did that as well when i was new
Jani (Janire Coba): hahah
Zoe Foodiboo: True, Rose.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): I agree Rosemary.
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): I gave this example to Herr Web yesterday. Imagine five people sitting at a table
Jani (Janire Coba): aham
Karlin Lutrova: to be , it is just talking like from a script, not reciting some novel
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): /me nods
Karlin Lutrova: to be **
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Two are fully IC, two are fully OOC and one is a newbie
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): It confuses people
Karlin Lutrova: yes, very much
Adele Kling: Yes
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): I felt very confused at first as to who is who
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): indeed
Jani (Janire Coba): haha yes
Karlin Lutrova: I have been in rp sims where it was VERY strict
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): haha
Karlin Lutrova: OOC an y ou got in trouble
Jani (Janire Coba): unless they use this "(())" double.. thingies ^^
Karlin Lutrova: here, find it confusing
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): that is why i think the double paragraphs ((like this)) is good to use when OOC
Zoe Foodiboo: I agree, Rose.
Angello Valerian: indeed
Karlin Lutrova: never srue if someone is OOC or not at times
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): agreed
Zoe Foodiboo: I must remember to use them.
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): even if i think we all forget it now and then
Jani (Janire Coba): paragraphs! thanks for the word haha
Karlin Lutrova: true**
Adele Kling: Yes, Berlin is lite-RP, so far.
Karlin Lutrova: /me nods
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): i don't think i would like it if it was that incredibly strict
Zoe Foodiboo: Me neither.
Adele Kling: Which is fine.
whispy (whispy Darkstone): no one can apologise for their english not being good especially if it is a second or third language, some of us who are english academics are also dyslexic and out english appears awfully :D
Karlin Lutrova: I am nver good with vague rules lol
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): me neither
Zoe Foodiboo: But too loose isn't fun either....I guess we need to find that pleasant balance...
Jani (Janire Coba): haha whispy
Karlin Lutrova: I just try to deal with it =)
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): Yet rp is an area of opportunity
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): I agree Zoe
Karlin Lutrova: me too!
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): agree Zoe
Karlin Lutrova: may I mention?
webspelunker Ghostraven: ((For the record I'm a Marxist in RP and RL.))
Karlin Lutrova: IM ing in the middle of RP is also confusing
Karlin Lutrova: like " is this IM roleplay ? or OOC"
Greta Fuchsin (GretaFuchsin Resident): When I came here, I was scared to death about the roleplaying.I wasn't sure what to expect. Listening to some of the residents showed me how to be "me" but still "in character". I try to keep in character but be me also.
Zoe Foodiboo: Oh, I always consider IM to be OOC.
Karlin Lutrova: its not possible in Real Life™ at any rate
Karlin Lutrova: I am find that to be a good idea Zoe
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): I let people know when IIM them IC
Jani (Janire Coba): me too , greta
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): but usually I keep IMs for OOC business
Karlin Lutrova: I unintentionally have offended some because
Karlin Lutrova: I have learned to " keep rp firends in the rp sims"
Adele Kling: I try not to IM at all while in RP. If there one thing I hate is when I enter a room and everyone is quiet, sending IMs, instead of being engaged in RP chat.
Karlin Lutrova: other wise it get's too involved
Karlin Lutrova: if that makes any sense to anyone
Mab Ashdene: I like involved.
Adele Kling: It does.
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): me too Mab
Zoe Foodiboo: oh....I'm terribly guilty of that, adele. :P
Karlin Lutrova: what happens here , stays here
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha
Karlin Lutrova: RP wise
Adele Kling: haha
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): but i think i'm guilty of it too
Karlin Lutrova: lol, I sound like mafioso
Zoe Foodiboo: But I will try to be better from now on!
Jani (Janire Coba): i use ims to ask about any rule, or doubt, or business
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): especially since i have a husband who is very fond of IM :P
Karlin Lutrova: agrees with Janire
Adele Kling: haha, Rosemary
Zoe Foodiboo: /me wiggles her eyebrows at Rose
Karlin Lutrova: well, that is ,,, a different scenario
Greta Fuchsin (GretaFuchsin Resident): Let's face it. Some things will not translate from the 1920's to the 21st century. We, not matter how much research we do, will not be perfect 1920's people. But we can also respect the time we are in here and act as close to the times as we can.
Zoe Foodiboo: absolutely, Greta
Jani (Janire Coba): agrees
Karlin Lutrova: to be candid, the rules do indeed say to keep , uh,,, private things in IM
Karlin Lutrova: its in the tenant rules
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): I think in order to have a better rp, we all must have our roles clear…otherwise the local chat is simply not interesting
Zoe Foodiboo: I think we all do....
Karlin Lutrova: tell your husband that lol
Zoe Foodiboo: Er, I mean they all do. Not me. I'm never naughty.
Zoe Foodiboo: lol
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha karlin
Adele Kling: /me coughs
Karlin Lutrova: /me coughs too
Mab Ashdene: Tell us about your youth and innocence, Zoe.
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Of course, but say you walk into the Keller and it's full of people but dead silent mostly. That's because everyone is IMing
Karlin Lutrova: lol just keeping it real friends
Jani (Janire Coba): me either, the naughtiest thing i've done here is to dance with gustav at eldorado
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha
Zoe Foodiboo: /me giggles at Mab
Jani (Janire Coba): i can't be more pure and virginal than i am already here lol
Adele Kling: I hate that Teruumi
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Oh, Jani LOL
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): me too
Karlin Lutrova: the naugtiest for me I think is muttting a milllion fire places here
Karlin Lutrova: lol
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): yes, it's like a film by Ingemar Bergman, silence everywhere
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha karlin
Karlin Lutrova: is that bad?
Karlin Lutrova: muting,
Mab Ashdene: I will not get into my naughtiness.
Jani (Janire Coba): if i'm quiet is cause i am distracted and afk or i'm ready to learn some rp lol
Karlin Lutrova: I learned a trick
Adele Kling: ((For the newcomers, we have a Facebook page. I'm thinking thats a good place to post the film list, as that way oithers can contribute.))
Karlin Lutrova: I hide in a phone booth
Pola Solo: Hi!
Karlin Lutrova: if I dont want interaction
Zoe Foodiboo: POla!
Mab Ashdene: Darling!
Adele Kling: Hello Pola
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): Hallo Pola
Zoe Foodiboo: YOu made it!
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Pola! Hallo!
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): Hi Pola
Zoe Foodiboo: Isn't this lovely? Full house!
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Hello Pola :)
Jani (Janire Coba): may i ask something?
Karlin Lutrova: gruess dich Pola =)
whispy (whispy Darkstone): ty i will look for the fb page
Adele Kling: : )
Adele Kling: your welcome
Jani (Janire Coba): should we have in our profile pics the a little description of our character?
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): I do
Zoe Foodiboo: I think that's up to you....
Zoe Foodiboo: Everyone has a different take on it
Karlin Lutrova: I thought of putting that in picks
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): Me too. I alos posted a Bio in FB
Karlin Lutrova: its not for everyone in Second Life™ ofcourse
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): and I keep a NC where I write up more stuff for myself
Jani (Janire Coba): i mean, so others know why we act in some way, i ont know
Zoe Foodiboo: Some prefer not to because then they can really "meet" people and get to know them the way they would in RL.
Karlin Lutrova: and putting in pics is good advert for Berlin 1929 =)
Adele Kling: I have some info. I like to learn about people by interacting with them in RP, but I give a little background.
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): some of us have created backgrounds for our characters, and i know that it helps, it's easier to understand why our characters do what they do
Karlin Lutrova: /me nods
whispy (whispy Darkstone): i like to put my chars in picks, but i like to float around listening and developing first see where i can slot in
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): I keep a short blurb in my picks and then when I rp needs it I share more
Mab Ashdene: I don't really think of myself as a character.
Zoe Foodiboo: Also, there are oral history interviews you can read on Flickr. To learn more about the histories of some of the old timers.
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): good point RoseMary
Karlin Lutrova: my character is obesessed with her dead husband lol
Zoe Foodiboo: Mab, Pola, Tequila, Rose...theirs are all there.
Adele Kling: Correct, but do we have to give a full bio in our profile? For me, it kind of ruins the RP fun.
Karlin Lutrova: maybe too much
Jani (Janire Coba): i agree adele
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Agreed
Karlin Lutrova: me too, to a point
Jani (Janire Coba): i meant like... where we're from, or how i ended in berlin, idk
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): yes it's fun to find out each others background stories the "normal" way
Mab Ashdene: Pola darling, am I a character or am I myself?
Karlin Lutrova: its a good idea, so another may have material on what to ask you about
Zoe Foodiboo: Is Pola drunk?
Jani (Janire Coba): loool
Zoe Foodiboo: Why is she sleeping?
Mab Ashdene: Usually.
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha pola
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): To me it, helps my character reacting to events if I understand where it comes from
Karlin Lutrova: thats why I meantion Otto sometimes
Zoe Foodiboo: see - rp at its finest! :P
Pola Solo: You are a version of yourself.
Mab Ashdene: Interesting.
Karlin Lutrova: to give ppl a idea from which to ask about or rp
ClaireDeAir: Even actors sometimes do a version or themselves.
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): yes Claire
Karlin Lutrova: and my ultra concertvie doting mother in Danzig
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): /me nods
Karlin Lutrova: well yes, "method acting"
Mab Ashdene: I mention grandfather and the mountains sometimes.
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): In a way we are acting
Jani (Janire Coba): hahahaha
Pola Solo: /me giggles.
Jani (Janire Coba): yes mab
Karlin Lutrova: like Dustin Hoffman said his was techique
Jani (Janire Coba): you made me laugh a lot yesterday, you funny woman
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Exceot that the script is being written while we do that
Karlin Lutrova: in his early years of cineama I
Karlin Lutrova: should say
whispy (whispy Darkstone): improvisation is how i think of rp,,,, something i love
Karlin Lutrova: has to be improv!
Karlin Lutrova: I totally agree
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): yes!
ClaireDeAir: I love to do improv
Karlin Lutrova: it's not like we are professional actorls
ClaireDeAir: it is a lot of fun.
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): hahah Karlin
Adele Kling: thats for sure
Karlin Lutrova: let alone that face its hit an miss when any of us are here
whispy (whispy Darkstone): which is where the place and lose rules set the scene along with brief character background
Karlin Lutrova: =)
Mab Ashdene: Pola and I practice our routines at home before showing up at the Eldo.
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): since i use some alts showing different personalities, i often curse the fact that i'm on as the wrong character, since i may for instance in a discussion know the perfect thing for one of my alts to say, but the problem is that i am not online as the right person
Mab Ashdene: We are no good at improv.
Karlin Lutrova: its not a complaint, more a observation, but its hard to know what to plan in rp
Zoe Foodiboo: Sure you are! Your interview was hysterical.
Karlin Lutrova: even from one week to the next
Karlin Lutrova: if that makes sense to anyone ?
Jani (Janire Coba): alts? for rp?
Pola Solo: We improvise reluctantly, and grumble a lot.
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): yes it does
Jani (Janire Coba): i'd go insane
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha
Jani (Janire Coba): this is my one and only avi
ClaireDeAir: I am an musician and I do some acting, myself.
Karlin Lutrova: just saying, thats why improv is really the only choice
Karlin Lutrova: not a bad thing mind you =)
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): I only use this avi also
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): me too
Karlin Lutrova: same here I should say this set up and outfits
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): and it proves to be tiring sometimes
Karlin Lutrova: thoug, I do like to go bout sometimes
Zoe Foodiboo: I use my grandpa on occasion. I'm not good at being an old man tho.
Adele Kling: haha
Karlin Lutrova: just today someone asked me about this rp sim
Karlin Lutrova: I was n a sneaker sshop
Jani (Janire Coba): if you all use alts i wont find a husband, in case is any of you, mean women
Karlin Lutrova: anyway, she might come
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): But I mean, even if having cear roles in the city, sometimes rp simply does not happen…Like Morgie has all those stores, and Addie have the photo studio. How many of you had visited her studios to rp a portrait?
Karlin Lutrova: what if I brought Otto back from the dea d?
Karlin Lutrova: in an lat Oo
Karlin Lutrova: alt lol
Adele Kling: Yeah, how many?
Adele Kling: /me laughs
Zoe Foodiboo: Well, I did ask Adele and we talked, but we're rarely on at the same time.
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): i haven't, but i will :)
Karlin Lutrova: that would be quite a gossip topic at least in the Keller
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Very good point
Jani (Janire Coba): the thing is... Morganic is too quiet, and i don't dare to speak to him :$
Zoe Foodiboo: there goes the sun
Karlin Lutrova: not too far fetched really
Jani (Janire Coba): he scares me
Adele Kling: Morganic is often afk, hard to RP with him.
Karlin Lutrova: tea leave reading, and all that was the rage
Zoe Foodiboo: He scares you? aw. He's the sweetest man....
Zoe Foodiboo: and so funny
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): but i think Elvina stole some developer fluid from you, Adele
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): I have seen a lot of people taking on roles such as workers in the places, and rp simply does not happenɽ
Adele Kling: But you can hang out at his shops, they are fun.
Jani (Janire Coba): haha i dont know him, maybe that's why
Karlin Lutrova: naaah, its that card board cheef that creeps me out
Adele Kling: Og gawd, hope she doesn't drink it.
Karlin Lutrova: he keeps staring at me !
Jani (Janire Coba): hahahahahha
Karlin Lutrova: the pervert , don't yu know
Zoe Foodiboo: Morgy's such a dear.
Adele Kling: He is
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): Morganic's really not that much into RP, as far as i know, he's into building and organizing
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): hahaha Karlin...Hope Honoria doesn't hear you saying that
Adele Kling: Yes, Rosemary.
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): he's like everybody's brother :)
Karlin Lutrova: he has a heart
Karlin Lutrova: I can tell even behind the screen =)
Zoe Foodiboo: True, he doesn't rp much. But he's very knowledgeable about the period. He's a good resource and fun to talk to.
Jani (Janire Coba): hey, jo
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): yes agree
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): yes
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): ah missed it, blasted
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Guten Abend Frau Jo
Adele Kling: oh yes
Zoe Foodiboo: Hallo Frau Jo
Zoe Foodiboo: Well, we're still talking.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Hallo Frau Jo
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): /me waves to Frau Jo
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): No, you're just in time to continue
Karlin Lutrova: the comment on the mr cardboard was not a relfection on that adorable man
Zoe Foodiboo: There's a couple of seats.
Mab Ashdene: Just in time for gossip.
Jani (Janire Coba): i said maybe he scares me cause i dont know him
Karlin Lutrova: uhoh, that Frau Yardley is here
Angello Valerian: Guten Abend Fray Jo
Karlin Lutrova: everone look busy !
webspelunker Ghostraven: Hello Frau Jo!
Alf Korhonen: I still looking at the girls! :)
Jani (Janire Coba): but he stays there, quiet, with his moustache, and scares me :$
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): Anyone would be able to make a little synthesis for Frau Jo? I do not think we have met any agreements, have we?
Karlin Lutrova: lol greetings Jo !
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): Morganic is friendly and has a lot of knowledge of the time, i've learnt lots from him
Zoe Foodiboo: hahaha, Alf
Alf Korhonen: They are so cute!
Karlin Lutrova: synthesis?
Zoe Foodiboo: Well, no, but many interesting perspectives were shared.
Karlin Lutrova: what do you mean Tequila =)
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): she means a quick sum up
Zoe Foodiboo: I think we agreed we want more old people. and fat people. er, curvy.
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): forget about it
Karlin Lutrova: oh , I'm sorry , dont mind me
Karlin Lutrova: I think that was about language
Pola Solo: Hallo Frau Jo.
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): and more rp
Karlin Lutrova: sorry :(
Jani (Janire Coba): yep
Mab Ashdene: Shall I go fat and old?
Zoe Foodiboo: oh yes, brackets
Karlin Lutrova: lol
Jani (Janire Coba): i wont go fat and old
Alf Korhonen: Maybe I might call my father to visit Berlin again!
Second Life: Cuthbert Helendale is online.
Jani (Janire Coba): sorry, but NO
Zoe Foodiboo: Let's all get fat and old!
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha
Jani (Janire Coba): no!
Adele Kling: and less IM, heh
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): oh, and that not everyone has to be a flapper
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): we will soon
webspelunker Ghostraven: speak for yourselves!
Karlin Lutrova: what if I do undead like the Nosforatu film in berlin at that time
Jani (Janire Coba): in rl indeed rosemary haha
Karlin Lutrova: lol jk
Karlin Lutrova: wasn't the Jack the Ripper story orginated from Berlin?
whispy (whispy Darkstone): if you all go fat and old i will have to go back to the younger av i arrived with lol
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): in sl too but it takes some time :D
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): and we spoke about developing backgrounds for our characters
Jani (Janire Coba): i miss some policemen bothering people
Jani (Janire Coba): to be honest
Jani (Janire Coba): lol
Karlin Lutrova: Jac des Messer?
Karlin Lutrova: or some thing
Karlin Lutrova: I recalll that 3 penny oper tune
Jani (Janire Coba): like: your skirt is short! you havent paid your rent! or... your car is there in the middle or nowhere
Jani (Janire Coba): i dont know
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): I think we need a criminal organization, lol
Jani (Janire Coba): just bothering
Jani (Janire Coba): lol
Jani (Janire Coba): oh yessss
Jani (Janire Coba): criminals in berlin
webspelunker Ghostraven: It would help!
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): Vera started one last autumn, but then it all ended
Karlin Lutrova: may I ask?
Zoe Foodiboo: we had one, didn't we?
Zoe Foodiboo: Mo's gone
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): why did it end?
Karlin Lutrova: where tere even usch a thing a women as polizeii?
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Mo was attacking my door the other day
Zoe Foodiboo: I think cause Vera left.
Karlin Lutrova: in those years?
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): he's back apparentky
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): vera vanished, she does that sometimes
Karlin Lutrova: there **
Zoe Foodiboo: He was? I never see him anymore....
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): and yes there were female members of the kriminal polizei
ClaireDeAir: /camto offf
Karlin Lutrova: I am sorry, but its very difficult to type when every letter appears 2 seconds later sorry for errors
Jani (Janire Coba): were there criminal women?
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): of course
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): of course
Adele Kling: Always!
Karlin Lutrova: I wonder , if my rp can go in taht direction Jo
ClaireDeAir: /camto off
Karlin Lutrova: I need to research that
Zoe Foodiboo: I don't see why not.
whispy (whispy Darkstone): i arrived as a young preformer,,, but realised that perhaps there are many of them with the flappers,,,, so bought in granny to explore less filled rp groups etc
Angello Valerian: there is a kind of army ... At least two military who can protect us haha
Mab Ashdene: I broke into the cafe earlier.
Karlin Lutrova: awesome , then I can scold men for rude behavior
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): Criminal women is a must have…they help a lot as they are less suspicious of things
Karlin Lutrova: lo l jk
Jani (Janire Coba): haha yes
Telephone: whispers: Thank you! Click the telephone to place your call
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): there always have been and always will be ciminal women
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): yes
Jani (Janire Coba): we need criminals, murderers, kidnappers, and policemen
Karlin Lutrova: you mean polizei yes Jo?
Mab Ashdene: But surely not VERY criminal women.
Alf Korhonen: Hei isä! Se Alf poikasi!
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): /me looks at Pola
Karlin Lutrova: or do you mean women that did crime
Jani (Janire Coba): it's just a suggestions, lol ,and idea
Zoe Foodiboo: We have policemen
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): kriminal polizei is a division of the police
webspelunker Ghostraven: Female Party members were considered criminals by some.
Jani (Janire Coba): but zoe are they active rpers?
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): Elvina is quite harmless as a criminal
Zoe Foodiboo: Alf, are you alright?
Alf Korhonen: "Muistatko minut! Miten äiti?"
Karlin Lutrova: interestint, I must research that Jo
Jani (Janire Coba): (idk, just asking since i'm new to here)
Zoe Foodiboo: I think they are, Jani. I ran one over a couple of weeks ago.
Mab Ashdene: Pola, are we criminals?
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): its not much walking on the streets but more doing work at police stations and dealing with prisoners
Alf Korhonen: Sorryv talking to dad in Vienna! Line is bad
Karlin Lutrova: ah, desk work
Pola Solo: We are sort of demimonde, I think
Karlin Lutrova: actually makes sense
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): Yes, the police that checks the political events is different than criminal police, no?
Alf Korhonen: "Onko sinulla aikaa käydä Berliini pian!"
webspelunker Ghostraven: Typically!
Zoe Foodiboo: oh, sim police vs rp police you mean?
ClaireDeAir: How do you become a police officer here?
Jani (Janire Coba): or maybe sudenly.... someone with a gun threating people at der keller
Karlin Lutrova: I really must read more than I am if I expect to be in character at all
Jani (Janire Coba): lol
Mab Ashdene: Is auctioning underage boys criminal?
Jani (Janire Coba): that'd be funny
Alf Korhonen: "On lopetettava nyt, koska se on kallista soittaa!"
webspelunker Ghostraven: I have some knowledge of these matters.
whispy (whispy Darkstone): women political activists from the sufferagettes to communists and anarchist did political actions to get noticed then as now
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): people are invited to join the police
ClaireDeAir: ok
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): So, criminal police could be easily rp'ed without interfering with Dantiz
ClaireDeAir: great
Karlin Lutrova: uh, Berlin was wild and progressive but not THAT much
Alf Korhonen: "Terveys äiti katsottuna Voi pian!"
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): criminal police?
Alf Korhonen: "Hyvästi isä!"
Karlin Lutrova: good pont Tequila
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): problem is that in berlin police has real powers and are sim maanagers
ClaireDeAir: a bod cop
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): so we cant make anyone a cop
ClaireDeAir: bad*
Alf Korhonen: Dam line!
Jani (Janire Coba): oh
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): the second you have a badge people assume you're a manager
Karlin Lutrova: maybe rp polizei could interefere with actually Sim security
Jani (Janire Coba): but we can make anyone a criminal with a gun
Karlin Lutrova: never thought of that
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): yes, we would need to separate the groups
Jani (Janire Coba): attacking your der keller
Alf Korhonen: Back!
Jani (Janire Coba): and scaring women
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha
Mab Ashdene: I once got locked up for pulling a gun.
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): so who would be considered as a good cop in Berlin?
Mab Ashdene: But I didn't mean to shoot it!
Karlin Lutrova: shame on you !
Zoe Foodiboo: it's fun getting arrested
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): it is!
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): i know we have one or two corrupt cops
Alf Korhonen: Shoot and kill
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): Yes, police forces have divisions as far as I understand…some place investigate protests and political crimes, while the criminal police would be on charge of investigating murderers, no? then there is the drug police…if I am right….
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): but most take their job seriously, if only they could be online more
Karlin Lutrova: so man y directions to do with that idea lol
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): any kind of hapenning is fun to take part in
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): some of our cops even have rl law experience :)
Alf Korhonen: My mother was still ill but my father might come next week to Berlin! Depends on mothers health
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): the major RP event in Berlin is getting closer and closer
webspelunker Ghostraven: Or they could be NSA!
Karlin Lutrova: is it ok to bring up the subject of , the politics that was more and more of what Berlinweould be?
Karlin Lutrova: I know its a deliccate subject but
Karlin Lutrova: I enjoy referranes to actual events
Karlin Lutrova: at the time
Karlin Lutrova: Jo?
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): you can discus nazism all you want, just stay away from being a proper antisemite
Karlin Lutrova: well yes ofcourse not that
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): the second we start tp suspect being all excited about jolly nazism is more than just roleplay, you're at trouble
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): the newspapers help us find things to talk about too
Zoe Foodiboo: whispers: Hallo Ludwig!
Ludwig Caesar (Ludwig2005 Resident): huh.....
Karlin Lutrova: but well, maybe its too complicated to try an incorporate that element
Karlin Lutrova: most of it at the time was in Bavaria anyway
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): And you can always be with or against nazism, no? In RL not every German citizen would be in agreement with it
Jani (Janire Coba): uhm... i wouldnt be comfortable talking about nazism
Jani (Janire Coba): so i'd be quiet again lol
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): then don't
Karlin Lutrova: was that ok to bring up? I just really like to know any guiddelines about that
Karlin Lutrova: me either, not in a supporting way at all
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): we're not making mandatory rules, just discussing possibilities
Zoe Foodiboo: sharing ideas
Jani (Janire Coba): yep
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): i find that it happens that we talk about nazis, but that we often just regard them as silly bavarians
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): berlin was a "red" city and mostly anti nazi, even in 1933 the nazis didnt get half the votes
Karlin Lutrova: my character does not support the Reds either btw
Jani (Janire Coba): oh, then alright
Mab Ashdene: I like men in uniform.
Jani (Janire Coba): i can talk about them as silly bavarians
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): but now and then I do let slip that I agree with the nazis on art and the decadence of society, then again socialists agreed with that as well
Jani (Janire Coba): problem sorted ^^
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): and communists
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): or as bumpkins, the way city folk often view people in the countryside
Karlin Lutrova: I agree with Jo
Angello Valerian: i'd prefer a kind of Berlin mafia, than a lot of politicians around us hahah
Jani (Janire Coba): mafia
Jani (Janire Coba): yes!
Karlin Lutrova: some of their values may ahve made sense
Karlin Lutrova: but thats all really imo
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): i remember there were some maffia RP starting some years ago
whispy (whispy Darkstone): hitler was a very charismatic character good speaker just like mussilini, they woed the public or some were just not comfortable with politics more liked fun others took politics very seriously
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): stupid modern art and architecture
Karlin Lutrova: unfortunately true Whispy
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): but it may have been more based on Italy than Germany
Karlin Lutrova: very persuasive
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): I hope people see the movie M and get excited about creating a Berlin based underworld
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): prostitutes, thieves, beggars
Karlin Lutrova: Hind Site is perfect sit so, ppl didnt know
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): like in that movie, not like al capone
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): I read a book that is called 'the wet fish' and it is very interesting, involving some Russian gold that is leading to several murders, but the book is not translated to English for some weird reason
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): that would give so much dimension to the town
Karlin Lutrova: isi t just tittled " M"?
webspelunker Ghostraven: Those are small potatoes....
Alf Korhonen: I can just say it is a great movie and if you have not seen it! you should!
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): M is really an interesting movie indeed.
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): Yes, M, 1931, one of the best movies ever
Karlin Lutrova: oh,it was a romaticiised crimenal?
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): a classic
webspelunker Ghostraven: Organized crime is about extortion, blackmail, fencing, and the like!
Alf Korhonen: it is with sound as well!
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): there is also a magazine about RL crime at the newspaper kiosk here
Zoe Foodiboo: Maybe it'll play again at the Babylon
Karlin Lutrova: fun
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): and I try to put in as many crime stories into the newspaper as I can, but just don't have enough time to write one every day
Karlin Lutrova: btw, are those magazines here readable as a HUD kindd of thing?
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): No, but I am thinking about making one with turnable pages
Karlin Lutrova: Ive only bought posted art on the city walls and suck
Karlin Lutrova: such
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): you suck walls?
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): oh right
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Oh great!
Karlin Lutrova: lol
Jani (Janire Coba): hhaahahahhaahhhh
Karlin Lutrova: :P
Karlin Lutrova: IT was a TYPO !!
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): haha
Karlin Lutrova: LOL
Jani (Janire Coba): what would Otto say about you sucking walls...
Karlin Lutrova: gosh I am a bit flushed Real Life™
Karlin Lutrova: how funny
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): hahaha
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): Pola, you have to kidnap Alf and give him a makeover, so, there, I've given you a first criminal underworld plan ;)
Jani (Janire Coba): oh yes, plz
Karlin Lutrova: Oo
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Wooooo
Karlin Lutrova: the mafioso is alive and well!
Alf Korhonen: WHAT
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): we love you alf, but your 2007 skin makes me want to get a metal brush ;)
Karlin Lutrova: well, it was nice knowing you Alf
Mab Ashdene: Pola, you are not the criminal underground.
Jani (Janire Coba): hahahaha
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): hahaha
Zoe Foodiboo: Frau Jo!
Zoe Foodiboo: my goodness.
Jani (Janire Coba): but she's right!
Jani (Janire Coba): just.... too sincere maybe
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): May I participate in that one? I love shopping...The fashion police arrests Alf!
Jani (Janire Coba): but right
Alf Korhonen: Yw Karlin
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): be nice to Alf!
Karlin Lutrova: actually true, I mention that too with good intention Alf
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): i agree though :P
Karlin Lutrova: the Sound of Silence........
Jani (Janire Coba): haha
Jani (Janire Coba): ok then
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): sorry, couldnt resist
Karlin Lutrova: I meant no offence either :(
Alf Korhonen: It would not be me if I transfer into someone else! (:
Jani (Janire Coba): we all agree on that
Karlin Lutrova: seriously
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): but alf knows, I've been teasing about that for a while ;)
Jani (Janire Coba): Alf, we love you, but you need a makeover
Jani (Janire Coba): next point!
Alf Korhonen: I know and you still refuse to merry me! :)
Karlin Lutrova: oh comn, 2007 is very sexy
Karlin Lutrova: lol
Zoe Foodiboo: Well, don't go getting to movie star-ish.....the women will never leave you alone and you won't want to leave your apartment
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): skin change first!
Alf Korhonen: Like a rattle snake! LOL
Karlin Lutrova: yeah no Fabio skin PLEASE!
Clara Croll (Lephty Lewsey): or a new liver
Jani (Janire Coba): jo, don't marry him till he looks like an updated avi, please
Karlin Lutrova: Fabio would be worse than the present
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): there is a new skin shop in VR, great realistic real people skins
Jani (Janire Coba): i wonder who fabio is lol
Karlin Lutrova: ooooo, a gossip item
Karlin Lutrova: /me takes notes
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): old people, people who dont sleep enough, in short, people like me
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): What about Valentino alike skin?
Karlin Lutrova: ok, kind of like Arnold then
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): oh my
Jani (Janire Coba): fabio, valentino, what's up with italian skins? hahaha
webspelunker Ghostraven: Great!
Pola Solo: The Italian sex mall has opened, obviously.
webspelunker Ghostraven: Guess what I'm doing?
Zoe Foodiboo: I'm tellin' ya, being handsome in Berlin ain't for sissies. Some of the women are crazy.
Clara Croll (Lephty Lewsey): do they have older people skins?
Zoe Foodiboo: /me twirls her finger near her temple and whistles
Karlin Lutrova: if Alf appears here looking like Swarzennegger I will shoot !
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha zoe
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Hahah, agreed Zoe!
Jani (Janire Coba): oh me to
Alf Korhonen: LOL
Mab Ashdene: Zoe, don't be mean to me.
Zoe Foodiboo: lol
Karlin Lutrova: orsome pin head with maxeed out shoulders ..ick
Jani (Janire Coba): if Afl appears like Arnold it'll be a criminal war here in berlin
Jani (Janire Coba): lol
Jani (Janire Coba): and.. if gustav gets an old skin i wont dance with him again
Karlin Lutrova: hmmmm. who is Daddyo
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Much older?????LOL
Zoe Foodiboo: Gustav?
Zoe Foodiboo: Rose's husband?
Clara Croll (Lephty Lewsey): well, I would like a slightly aged skin
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): Fru Jo, do you think it is possible to profile some characters for the May protests? I mean, I have no clue on where my character would fit in that event...
Zoe Foodiboo: ohhh, that Gustav
Karlin Lutrova: maybe I should turn off that when avatars enter thingy
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Yep, me. Much older???LOL
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): profile characters?
Jani (Janire Coba): Gustav is married?
Jani (Janire Coba): him too?
Zoe Foodiboo: I think you're dreamy, Gustav :) I love your look.
Jani (Janire Coba): oh come on
Karlin Lutrova: well, not older than 90 ok?
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): Gustav not Gustov
Zoe Foodiboo: Gustov Chesnokov? Yes, to Rose.
Jani (Janire Coba): then i better change my avi to an old fat one
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Danke, Zoe ;) My love!
Jani (Janire Coba): since i wint get a rp husband
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha
Zoe Foodiboo: /me winks
Jani (Janire Coba): no
Jani (Janire Coba): this gustav
Zoe Foodiboo: Oh, that Gustav.
Jani (Janire Coba): the one there
Karlin Lutrova: so it's settled, Otto will mysteriusly come back from the dead
Mab Ashdene: Pola, maybe we should get a rp husband.
Zoe Foodiboo: Well, you might wait a long time if you wait for a marriage proposal from him....
Pola Solo: We could, I suppose.
Jani (Janire Coba): and there'll be some criminals with gund at der keller
Karlin Lutrova: ok, not really, I should get seroiusl sorry
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): like having a bit of description about what characters would fit in the May protests. Like a flapper for example….would she be with the reds or with the status quo?
Mab Ashdene: No one would be brave enough.
Zoe Foodiboo: ooooh, there's a man!
Zoe Foodiboo: Hello there Herr
webspelunker Ghostraven: She's welcome with the Reds!
Karlin Lutrova: greetings Mr daddyo
Clara Croll (Lephty Lewsey): he's a tall one
Daddyo (daddyo99649964 Resident): hello
Zoe Foodiboo: Welcome, have a seat.
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): shah Herr Ghostraven…I mean in a real historical way
Guy Cutter (GeorgeW Carver): Berlin had beatnicks in 1929?
Karlin Lutrova: well, if yoru e talking about time periods no
Guy Cutter (GeorgeW Carver): /me chuckles
Karlin Lutrova: but you can be sure the values and ideals of beatniks was there
Karlin Lutrova: Kerouac would hav e lved Berlin imo
Karlin Lutrova: loved *
Jani (Janire Coba): ok...erm...
Jani (Janire Coba): we need men here in berlin
Jani (Janire Coba): HAHAHAHA
Jani (Janire Coba): a lot of men
Karlin Lutrova: /me nods "true
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): /me chuckles
Karlin Lutrova: omg is it raining men ??
Pola Solo: I have a male alt, but I'm useless at it.
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): well lure them here
Jani (Janire Coba): it should be raining men
webspelunker Ghostraven: Karlin's right...
Jani (Janire Coba): naked ones
Jani (Janire Coba): yoohoo
Guy Cutter (GeorgeW Carver): /me rubs his eyes
Jani (Janire Coba): no, i dont want an alt :(
Karlin Lutrova: for shame Jo !
webspelunker Ghostraven: Weimar was the start of the Beat generation!
Mab Ashdene: How can we lure men in?
Karlin Lutrova: lol jk
Zoe Foodiboo: We'll post you at the Teleportplatz, Mab
Karlin Lutrova: silence
Pola Solo: Hahahah!
Karlin Lutrova: now that could actually work
Jani (Janire Coba): how can we bring some men to rp here in berlin.... lemme think....
whispy (whispy Darkstone): not sure my granny would lure them,,,, *chcuckles*
Mab Ashdene: How about a nice cardboard cutout?
Pola Solo: Yes!
whispy (whispy Darkstone): but being ready to rp with folk when they wander the city works well i think
Zoe Foodiboo: Do you have the one from the exhibit?
Karlin Lutrova: why not, cutouts are hot
Mab Ashdene: No
Pola Solo: Mab is a moveable feast.
Zoe Foodiboo: Those were hilarious.
Jani (Janire Coba): i could post on flickr we need a criminal group of men to rp here
Jani (Janire Coba): loool
Karlin Lutrova: ok, not really
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): I've been trying. But well, all of my friends are....well, you know LOL
webspelunker Ghostraven: Appeal to the workers!
webspelunker Ghostraven: They'll come!
Mab Ashdene: They said things, didn't they?
Pola Solo: Yes.
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha gustav
Jani (Janire Coba): hahaha
Jani (Janire Coba): i just adore you
Zoe Foodiboo: They did. Maybe Sein has them in his inventory.
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): ;)
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): /me winks
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): we should let people know what berlin is all about
Pola Solo: I have a copy of mine. Let me find it.
Pola Solo: /me searches through her purse.
Karlin Lutrova: in his intentory?
Jani (Janire Coba): i agree with jo
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): there are so many options that people dont consider
Zoe Foodiboo: oh, they were so cute.
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): same problem with kids
Mab Ashdene: What did they say? I am curious. I forgot.
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): people have no imagination these days!
Karlin Lutrova: you have men in your inventory?
Karlin Lutrova: lol being silly
Zoe Foodiboo: She's got Pola in her inventory.
Zoe Foodiboo: Just wait, it's adorable.
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): Pocket Pola
Karlin Lutrova: very convenient
Jani (Janire Coba): uhm... i could bring my ex rl bf here to rp lol
Jani (Janire Coba): he's an english funny one
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): I think a little bit of reading is good for imagination….yet what to read…that is the question
Karlin Lutrova: you sure that could invite drama though ?
Zoe Foodiboo: I tried to bring my beau but he's in EQ all the time.
Karlin Lutrova: to be candid
Jani (Janire Coba): me? drama? nah, we super friends
Karlin Lutrova: awesome
Jani (Janire Coba): and he's as obsessed with boardwalk empire as me lol
Mab Ashdene: Don't bring your boyfriend in. That would be ... unwise.
Zoe Foodiboo: Is that it Pola?
Zoe Foodiboo: oh
Pola Solo: I'm not sure
Jani (Janire Coba): no no, EX boyfriend, now just friends lol
Zoe Foodiboo: I wish I'd kept copies for the archives. I assumed Sein did.
Pola Solo: Yes, there it is. I think.
Pola Solo: You need a scarf with that. Lots of scarves.
Karlin Lutrova: wish I could find someone who could rp my shrew ofa mother
Zoe Foodiboo: oooh, yes!
Pola Solo: No, you'd look terrible in that. Buy something else. No, we don't have anything else.
Zoe Foodiboo: hahahahaha
Zoe Foodiboo: that was such a fun exhibit
Pola Solo: Did I tell you we carried your size? Oops.
Karlin Lutrova: though< i really have not filled out that character though
Pola Solo: It was perfect.
Lori Miles (Lorelai Winslet): : )
Jani (Janire Coba): loool
Mab Ashdene: Haha!
Pola Solo: Did I tell you we carried your size? Oops.
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): I have guests at home RL this evening and most go to organize everything, but I will be following this conversation via FB if you post it there
Karlin Lutrova: fun fun
Pola Solo: This is my "mean shopgirl" cutout.
Tequila Mockingbird (Tequila Krovac): Good night
Zoe Foodiboo: Okay, I will if that's okay with everyone.
Jani (Janire Coba): good night tequila
Karlin Lutrova: oh , I actually bought that outfit I think lol
Pola Solo: Good night, Tequila dear.
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): i am going to remodel teleportplatz one day, might be fun ti try something a bit more up there to lure people in
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): Auf wiedersehen!
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Good night Tequila
Karlin Lutrova: bis bald Teqiula
Zoe Foodiboo: It was so cute with Mabs
Second Life: Neil Langrishe (Poohneil Streeter) is online.
Karlin Lutrova: =)
Pola Solo: What are you wearing under that? No, don't tell me; I can see it.
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Auf Wiedersehen Tequila
Jani (Janire Coba): who can make a good sign to atract ment to rp here
Jani (Janire Coba): lol
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): bye tequila
Karlin Lutrova: good idea Jo !
Jani (Janire Coba): something about criminals, they love that stuff
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Well, I have to go, too. RL things.
Mab Ashdene: I don't have mine.
Jani (Janire Coba): bye, gustav!
Mab Ashdene: Pola, do you have mine?
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): Bye guys.
Karlin Lutrova: tasteful yet a bit more aggressive ?
Pola Solo: Good bye, Gustav. See you later.
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): Auf Wiedersehen Herr Rosenheim
Zoe Foodiboo: Bye Gustav! Thanks for coming.
Pola Solo: I don't think I have yours, darling.
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): well some ideas suggestions backgrounds etc, but I don't want to push too much info on new visitors
Alf Korhonen: Bye Gustav
Gustav von Rosenheim (gustav2005 Resident): /me tips my hat
Pola Solo: I think it's safe to say that ladies should wear proper underthings. Thank goodness we don't carry those here.
Karlin Lutrova: nacht Mein Herr
Zoe Foodiboo: lol
Pola Solo: Did I tell you we carried your size? Oops.
Lori Miles (Lorelai Winslet): Thank you for organizing this event Frl Foodiboo and Frl Simoneaux.
Pola Solo: Whew! I thought she'd NEVER leave.
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): yes it was very interesting
Jani (Janire Coba): loool
Mab Ashdene: Hahaa!
Karlin Lutrova: actually that Old ...does
Jani (Janire Coba): this Pola is mean!
Pola Solo: I think it's safe to say that ladies should wear proper underthings. Thank goodness we don't carry those here.
Pola Solo: No, you'd look terrible in that. Buy something else. No, we don't have anything else.
Zoe Foodiboo: Oh my pleasure. It was all Frl Teruumi. I just sent out the invitations.
Karlin Lutrova: I forgot it 's name
Pola Solo: No, you'd look terrible in that. Buy something else. No, we don't have anything else.
Pola Solo: I think it's safe to say that ladies should wear proper underthings. Thank goodness we don't carry those here.
Pola Solo: What are you wearing under that? No, don't tell me; I can see it.
Karlin Lutrova: Old Vintage?
Pola Solo: Whew! I thought she'd NEVER leave.
whispy (whispy Darkstone): yes thank you very much,,, this has been inspirational,,, i love rp and history and today has been inspiring
Zoe Foodiboo: What did Mab's say? She had some zingers too.
Mab Ashdene: I really don't remember.
Zoe Foodiboo: We'll do it again I think, won't we Frl Teruumi?
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): I hope it was fun and informative to you despite the fact we kind of traveled further from the topic
Karlin Lutrova: the shop to the right as you walk into the lane of shops from the landing spot
Alf Korhonen: The girls still looking cute even if it is late! :)
Pola Solo: Something about facial hair, wasn't it?
Teruumi Jacqueline Simoneaux (Korina Asamoah): I'm sure we will Frl Zoe
Jani (Janire Coba): Alf... your skin.... remember it
Zoe Foodiboo: and medication?
Jani (Janire Coba): hahahahhaha
Frau Jo Yardley (Jo Yardley): we berliners always get distracted
Mab Ashdene: Probably.
Alf Korhonen: ssss don't mention my skin condition
Rosemary Thyme Chesnokova (MsRosemaryThyme Resident): i blame the alcohol
Jani (Janire Coba): oh, plz remember that abput the films, that'll help us a lot
Jani (Janire Coba): Alf, is it a dissease?
Mab Ashde
Jaflong, Sylhet, Bangladesh, 2008
Those are the eyes of a dreamer, who dreams to fly.
Her dream grows bigger and bigger, as time flies by.
One day, she'll fly.........so she smiles in joy.
Captured from Jaflong, Sylhet, Bangladesh. She took my heart away with her dreaming eyes and optimistic smile.
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See those eyes? She's sick. She's sick with dreams.
[Charles Bukowski, Women, 1978]
If you want to see this picture in black and white hanging on a wall, scroll back my stream until you find "Tabletop".
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Playing around with photographing mushrooms. Used my cell phone for the back lighting. I'm going to have to go on Amazon and get some of those simple block lights.
Dirt road leading into the mountains, near Baan Panai, Northern Thailand
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“What are those wide metal bands around the tree trunks?” asked I, of our afternoon tour guide.
“Those are possum guards,” said she, and added that they aren't always effective.
They sure aren't. I spotted this uninvited Melbournian a few minutes later.
www.gorgeouscreatures.co.nz/NZ+Possum+Fur/Possum+vs+Oposs... succinctly explains the difference between possums down under and what we're used to in the U.S.
For those of you who don't speak in acronyms that translates into "No Visible Panty Lines!" …Which results in an uninterrupted smooth expanse of well rounded curve! …Which I find incredibly feminine & sexy!
It was T-Girl Nation Soirée night and this is what I chose to wear for the evening!
I had a great time seeing friends and meeting new ones! …And I received a number of flattering compliments too!
My ensemble is centered on this clingy, shirred robin's egg blue lycra spandex one sleeved minidress with fishnet detail on the sleeve & bodice that I got several years ago from greatglam.com matched up with my super shiny Platino Luxe 40 denier pantyhose over Hanes Alive Barely There pantyhose from onehanesplace.com and my black patent open toe platform pumps with the 5" heels from flirtcatalog.com.
To see more pix of me in other tight, sexy and revealing outfits click this link:www.flickr.com/photos/kaceycdpix/sets/72157623668202157/
To see more pix of me in other outfits from Great Glam click this link: www.flickr.com/photos/kaceycdpix/sets/72157621973539909/
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