I’m posting this for my friend Wilma because she’s awesome, and wants your support during the RFL Halfway There Fair this Sunday (tomorrow).
— cut & pasted from Wilma —
This Sunday, June 1st the Relay for Life of Second Life will be holding its Halfway There Fair. During this fun event, my team, The Relay Rockers will be raising funds as part of this effort.
One of our main fund raisers is “Bid Me Bald”. Volunteers agree to shed their hair for $L5000 a day donation for RFL.
On Sunday from 6 am – 10 am SLT A Relay for Life Kiosk (benefiting American Cancer Society) will be set up just for me and my hair! At the end of the day, the total raised will cut off my hair, for L$5,000 per day. If L$10,000 is raised, I gotta go bald for 2 days. If L$35,000 is raised, I’m bald for a week. If I’m caught wearing my hair during the time I’ve been bid bald, I will have to match the total donation!
I’m a bit of a shopaholic and I’ve more than contributed my part to the SL economy…so it’s your turn to give back!! I’m more than willing to go bald for any amount of time…if I collect L$70,000 …I’m not above being bald for 2 weeks in SL. I figure that I’m already bald in RL…may as well go for it in my Second Life too.
The Relay Rockers do this every Sunday from 5-7 at T1 Radio. Please come take part! http://relayrockers.t1radio.com
I’m a bit of a private person but I will tell you a bit about my reasoning for being so vocal about this project. I’m a cancer survivor! I was first diagnosed with breast cancer in August of 2004. I went thru chemo and radiation…thinking it was all over and done with. But, this wasn’t to be. I was diagnosed a second time in July of 2007. I finished my chemo in late March. I’m finishing up with my radiation now and I fully intend on being around to spoil my grandbabies SOMEDAY. My son is 21 and a senior in college. I will be here to see those grandkids. I know that. I feel it in my heart.
I think it is amazing at what we can do when we pull together and work towards the goal. SL RFL last year was one of the most touching things I’ve ever experienced. I’ve been involved with RFL for many years and I was just as touched at the Survivors Lap in SL as I was my first survivors lap in so called real world. I sat in front of my computer on a beautiful summer day…I sat there all day…couldn’t tear myself away from the computer screen. Everyone came together for the same cause. This is a beautiful thing!
Cancer is a horrible disease but it doesn’t have to be a death sentence. Don’t look at me like I’m sick or a patient..just look at me. ..I’m a mom..I’m a daughter..a sister …a wife…a friend..I am you. Cancer can happen to anyone. Let’s just find a cure.
Please join me at the Fair and be generous. Help us Remember, Celebrate and Fight Back against Cancer!
Until there’s a Cure,
Wilma Delgado
Personally I think it looks better with “unrealistic” hands along with a rather unrealistic skin. Until there’re skins that looks as realistic as the former handtexture it just won’t match 🙂
I still have a problems with resize this hand, but now a big prblem is with that new prim patch, if I make smaller hands, then that prim is not look good :/
Guilty. Taking it far too soon into realism beats the whole point of second life. Realistic skins and hands are appreciated as artwork. But …
For me an avatar should not be brought too close to representing your real self. Putting forth such designs and skins, sculpts etc, is eerily like a surrogates movie coming to life before your eyes.. or screen.
Think about it? What next? Stretch marks for your avi or a roll of flab ? If you are pro realism – that much of it – then you have to ask yourself why and what is the motive behind it.
My first impression is there to stiff, i felt like a mannequin. Not sure if if sculpted hands are a good thing outside of taking pictures.
What’s the hair you’re wearing? I love it!
Truth 🙂
I have always found it so so hard to match Slink shoes, because their HUD only offers like, 3 textures. How is the tinting on these?
Sherry,
I do not think people have to have crazy surrogate motives behind the desire to have a slightly realistic avatar. My avatar is modelled after my RL self. She is larger, short, not the typical “SL pretty” that most people decide to be. I wanted to be able to do things as my avatar that I am unable to do in my every day life. It doesn’t mean I want to have a robotic body wander around and live my life.
To each their own I agree. Part (or maybe all) of the charm in sl is your ability to implement your own style etc. My argument however is this… to what extent should we allow our avatars to embody our true real selves… and I ask , why?
For a person suffering a certain kind of handicap?
Or for a woman that lacks as much confidence and wit in her real world to escape into?
Without wanting to offend you I ask you a personal question. Why did you model your avi to look more like you? And if so, to what extent is your avatar/account anonymous and “safe” from your real life?
I am all for people creating whatever sort of avatar they want, but I like having a bit of myself in mine. She is not exactly like me, but she does resemble me. I don’t feel like her having the same skin tone and body type as me makes me any less anonymous in SL. I also enjoy that she has a unique body type for an SL avatar. I want other people to enjoy my shape the same way that I do. It sounds a bit awkward and selfish, but if I get a compliment on my avatar it’s a slight ego boost because she is created to be a “mini me”. When I create avatars to play I feel like they are a reflection of myself in some way, I guess.
😉 good words
You did a great job matching them to your skin, they look great. Great pose choice.
xoxSasyxox
Ps; What do you do to make your pics so light?
“Personally I felt that the texture on the hands before were already nice, but she made it “less realistic” for people who complained that they were too realistic! Uh.. who are you people?!”
/me stands up and says “i am one of those people.” LOL
Looks much better, Gogo. I thought they looked “too real” with the skin you wore in the last pictures, too, so your avatar’s hands looked older than her face (does that make sense?).