From then, to now...

Wow, I really need to update this thing more often... So, what have I been doing since I last posted?

Well, in RL I've been working and going on holiday which was immense fun and I wish I wasn't going back to work tomorrow, but then the weekend is here soon so...

In SL, things have been cool. There has been DJing, parties to attend to, the creation of some clothing for Fukmi's stores, the opening of a new Fukmi Clothing store over at the Pretty n' Punk mall on the Biopunk sim. Plus, we've expanded the rather cool store at the Pounded Flounder mall on Leykis, and seriously enhanced the look and feel of the place. Pictures will follow, plus I know that Fukmi is also working on revamping the blog for the clothing side of things, so watch this space for more info. On the subject of that too, Fukmi Clothing has a new 'partner' in Shinji Accessories ;) I've been making stuff, with belts and shoes so far, but other items will be in production soon and will be on sale at The Pounded Flounder, Pretty n' Punk and Third Life locations.

Over on my 'sister' music blog, theres a nice 40 minute Miss-tery mix for you all to download and enjoy too...

So, I need to head back into Photoshop and make some new textures for the accessories and clothes, plus sort some other things out too... Oh and take some piccies for you all!!

Bye for now!!!

The Fast and the Furious

I thought I'd have a bit of a giggle today and blast around a track I know in some new cars I've bought in SL. It turned into a bit of a photoshoot as I started getting a lot of my favourite cars out to play in and then photograph... Results are on Flickr ;)

Flick her...

New pics on Flickr, if anyone's interested...

A little Christmas stocking filler...

As it's nearly Christmas, I thought I'd share this with you all... It was made by DJNoNo Ulysses of Radio Clash fame. He did the audio and video mashes and in my humble opinion, it's the best thing he's ever done...

Anyway, click on 'play' and enjoy this...

Where have I been....

Wow, it feels like ages since I blogged here. Basically, it HAS been ages :D

Firstly, I'm gonna go all self indulgent and say 'Happy Rezday to MEEE!' as I'm a big, whole TWO years old today. I'm throwing a mahoosive party at Parkade later, at least 4 hours behind the decks from me, all kicking off at 6pm PST. You're all invited.

Speaking of Parkade, last time I wrote here, I was keeping everything close to my chest, but as most of you know now, I has a sim! Okies, so it's a 'Homestead' sim and not the full monty, but it'll do. I'm still waiting to find out what the rental company is gonna do with prices in the future, what with the recent foot-in-mouth episode from LL regarding Openspace sims, their apparent overuse and the creation of the same prim but more cash Homestead sims... So, that side of things is all up in the air at the moment, but the sim itself is progressing nicely.

The club is fully built, I've placed my old Motorati/Motorability Garage there, so need to put a few bits inside to make it feel garagey, plus I need to build a little roadway system around the island too. I've also ditched the old terrace from 'round back of the club and moved it over to it's own little beach area that now has the name of The Cove. It's a really cool place to hang out and listen to the more chilled out tunes that are usually played there, however there might be some more raucous beach parties planned there in the future ;)

I know it's long overdue, but thats the state of things at the moment. Stuff is good. Stuff is really good and I'm in a very happy place :D

Peas out!

When things go from bad to worse...

Don't you hate it when you know you've got a limited time left at a place and then you've got to move? Well, dear reader, as I posted below a day ago, Parkade is moving because the sim it's on is being sold, or at least the owner is attempting to sell it. Now, it was all set as one huge parcel, but since Parkade moved there, we separated it into it's own little parcel for TP purposes and to prevent audio bleed. The parcel owners were the same, so prims were shared etc. Well, since the news that everyone is bailing from the sim and that it's up for sale, the landowner has reallocated the main parcel.

I'd imagine you can see where this is going...?

Well, as there wasn't enough group land to support Parkade, most of it was returned to me, for the second time in a week. I arranged a sim rollback last time, but I really am fighting a losing battle this time as it seems that despite me paying rent on my parcel, the landowner doesn't seem to have a grasp on how parcels, prim allocations and stuff works. I simply removed what was left of the club and vented my anger at her for her actions.

So, this is spurring me on to get everything sorted for the re-opening, however work won't be continuing until the weekend at the earliest. Should be enough time to get it all sorted for BootieSL though, hopefully. It does mean that Saturday's rave has been cancelled for the moment, but I will organise something once the club is back up and running again.

I'm at it again...

Yup, I am moving Parkade (again). It seems that since Pontiac left SL back in December 2007, I've had a bit of a rocky ride with the place and it's location. First, it had a home at the Motorability Island complex, but due to me leaving there, I took the club with me. So, I then set up on Kara Zor Isle, but now thats all going tilt, due to the major landowner there not being able to afford the place. Fukmi's already moved her flagship store to the Third Life area and Luscious Latex is also moving all of their stuff out too. So, even though I'm paid up until the end of the month, I've had to sort out a contingency plan. ...and I have ;)

I'm not going to say what I'm doing at the moment, but it is definitely happening and also will provide some much needed security for the club. There will be a few changes to one or two aspects of the Parkade build, however the now trademark club building itself is not being changed one little bit. It's iconic and you don't mess with that sort of stuff.

On the subject of Motorability Island, I also learned that it has been broken up, with 3 sims being bought by one of the old Pontiac Motorati Island tenants and only one United Spinal Association sim remains. Frankly, I'm not surprised as the place has never even broken even since day one. I know it was never designed to make a profit, it was always a charity complex, but the aim was to make money from land rentals, so that the sims could be self sufficient, but sadly it was way off and although it's a shame to see the majority of the sims either close or pass hands, it's nice that one United Spinal sim remains.

Anyway, I'm hoping that I'll be up and running with the latest incarnation of Parkade pretty soon. Theres still a bit of work to be done, like a whole new area to build, oh and other new stuff and some more bits to drop from the inventory, but it won't take too long hopefully, so I'm hoping that maybe, just maybe I can have it open for the second BootieSL of the month. I'm also hoping that I can at least keep the club in it's current location long enough to open the new one, before the sim is pulled out from under me.

Oh and we're having an underground rave on Kara Zor Isle this weekend ;) Starts at 4pm PDT.