I’ve been cleaning my inventory again. Before December 2010, it was over 120K, yesterday I had 105K and now I have 94,887! I’m sure that will be back to 100K in a few days, but at least it’s under 100K now.
I find it really hard to mass delete cos I have so many cute things! I don’t think that 100K is bad for being 4yrs old in SL. And, I’m also not a hoarder. I delete things that are dated quite often, so I have no idea where the bulk of it is.
These adorable Piggies from Pink Fuel were acquired in March 2009. They’re two years old now, but still so cute!! I love love love Pink Fuel as a brand, there’s so much diversity and cuteness. Skins? Accessories? Adorable  animals? Mochi Milena makes everything.
See? I’m not just a soulless new stuff whore! I like old(er) things too, just not old and bad.
New release! The JUICY { Heart Chain Necklace } has a color-changeable menu so you can match it to any outfit in any color your heart desires.
Oh.. and there’s a freebie! Cos I am in a good mood. The freebie version does not have a menu, but I have included four smexxy colors in the package. Come and get it!
I decided to switch up my skin tone again and now I’m wearing the Velour Snow from Glam Affair. While I loved the Ivory shade, it ended up being too pale for the Sina skin, so I’m diving into a variety of Glam Affair’s faces and skin tones to find the perfect match. When I tried on this skin, I knew it would be perfect with some tattoo fixes from Izzie’s. I’ll recommend adding additional highlights on this skin with Izzie’s Highlighter Set, and because I’m fussy, I also added the Lower Lip Border Fix, Eye Fix, Nose Shading Fix, Nostril Lightener, Blush/Contour Remover too.
Shopping is one of my favorite pastimes, but a friend advised me to hold off until the Black Friday sales. It’s sound advice, especially since I often find myself with nothing left to buy from my favorite brands by then. It’s the tricky dilemma of being a loyal customer—you end up owning everything already! Plus, many Second Life brands don’t offer discounts on their new items during Black Friday. So, this year, I’m planning to curtail my shopping for a bit and see if there are any enticing deals when the sale arrives.
Even though I’m trying to limit my purchases, I can’t help but enjoy playing dress-up with new items. I went to Belle Epoque to get the free L$500 store credit, which allowed me to get a beautiful dress, and I even spent a little extra to get a second one! So I suppose I wouldn’t say I’m completely not shopping, but I’m definitely doing better at slowing down. Belle Epoque is such a generous brand, frequently hosting hunts and giveaways. I’m a big fan of their styles—they’re incredibly cute and so affordable.
If you find yourself on a shopping hiatus but still crave some adorable outfits, keep an eye out for brands offering giveaways! This time of year is perfect for discovering the spirit of generosity among Second Life brands.
I am on various social media platforms for Second Life, and I have noticed that residents on Facebook absolutely love AI. They use it constantly to enhance their photos or make videos, and they share the results without hesitation. The same can’t really be said for platforms like Twitter, where a vocal minority is always ready to pounce and tell you that using AI wastes water and that you are a terrible human for even thinking about it.
So anyway, I was casually browsing Facebook when I stumbled across a very amusing trend. Second Life avatars being put in jail for the crime of using AI. The prompt was created and shared by a resident named Danny Fróes (idjdanny). I believe it was originally written in Portuguese, but Facebook translated it to English for me.
Copy this prompt into ChatGPT (or any AI image generation site) with a reference photo:
Using the provided image as a face reference, create a close-up, photorealistic 8K HDR portrait of this woman, portrayed in a classic mugshot. The crime and the mugshot should correspond to the aesthetics and personality you perceive in the picture provided. The woman has voluminous, wild, messy hair. Your makeup complements your personality and aesthetic. The woman is looking straight at the camera in a confident, rebellious, challenging or fun pose. The mugshot should include your name and the crime she committed. Your name is: [Your Name]. Crime Using AI in Second life 01/05/2026 Do not alter your face or your deeds.
You can use Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Grok, and others to get some pretty amusing results. Some services produce more realistic images than others, but I preferred ChatGPT for photos because it did a great job of keeping the final image looking similar to my avatar’s reference photo.
Try the prompt and show me how your photo turned out!
An Island Hidden in the sky. As you will walk down the alley the blossom scent will lift you. The soft warm wind will hug you so very gently. The chimes will guide you and the cats? Well the cats will ignore you because they are still cats after all…
Soft Melody
I saw a preview of this place on Flickr several weeks ago, and I just knew it was going to be gorgeous. Being here is like being in a beautiful Japanese city in an Anime. There are sakura petals gently falling all over and it’s full of life and so many cats! I wish I could take this region home with me and keep it forever.
Lately, the term Metaverse has been thrown around by journalists as if it doesn’t already exist. Hello, I am in the metaverse right now, and it is called Second Life. We’re not waiting for the metaverse to happen, it’s been here for nearly twenty years. Show me another metaverse as complete as Second Life…
What makes this change difficult for me to accept is that the core benefits haven’t really changed. The stipend is the same. The land allowance is the same. While there are some additional perks and gifts being added, they’re not benefits that I personally value enough to justify paying more each year.
Whenever a company raises prices, I take a look at my spending and decide what’s still worth keeping. That’s exactly what I’m doing now. Over the years, I’ve accumulated several Premium accounts, mostly to hold extra Linden Homes. After thinking about it, I’ve decided I don’t really need all of them. I’ll be keeping the two accounts that I previously upgraded to Lifetime Premium Plus, but the extra accounts are becoming much harder to justify.
The same goes for land. I’ve acquired quite a bit of mainland recently, and this price increase has me reevaluating how much I actually need versus how much I’ve simply gotten used to having.
One thing about me is that I’m usually willing to spend money on Second Life. I enjoy supporting the platform, and I’ve never been afraid to invest in the things I love. But I also believe it’s important to periodically review our subscriptions and spending habits, especially when prices go up.
If you’re maintaining multiple Premium accounts, now might be a good time to ask yourself whether you’re getting enough value from each one. Do you really need that extra Linden Home? Do you use all of the benefits you’re paying for? Maybe the answer is yes. For me, the answer was no.
At the end of the day, every resident has to decide what makes sense for their own budget. My decision is to scale back a little. Not because I’m leaving Second Life or because I suddenly dislike the platform, but because I don’t think every account I currently pay for is worth the new price.
Sometimes the most effective feedback we can give isn’t posting on the forums or arguing on social media. It’s simply reevaluating our subscriptions and spending accordingly.
R.icielli released tons of skull-themed items for Accessory Fair 2011. I hardly ever wear skull things, but I just love how these turned out. They’re not your typical skull accessories, these are classy and very well done.
R.icielli – LongScarf Skull | OXFORD II shoes
Ancient Egypt is the theme for this year’s, and it is fabulous!!! Come to The Dig or The Oasis sim and discover hidden treasures! AF2011 ends June 26th.
I have a feeling that your massive inventory is the result of skin fat packs. 😉
I just hit 70k and I’ve been in 5 years, and that’s with junk that I need to delete. It’s too big for me already! Too bad you can’t come in my account and help me organize! o:)
ok, thats it, i am never deleting anythign again, what happens if i lose something that fricking cute 🙂
I just broke 50K, almost 4 years, but i did some cleaning once upon a time ago, and i accidently deleted my box of stuff of no real value, i lost my prim brain in that disaster 🙂
Well I always tend to delete things within a week. Like especially with clothes. If i wear an outfit that I’m in love with I’ll keep it…if I wear it once and it was “eh” I delete it lol. If I mess up and need the outfit I just go and buy it again, wear it, then delete it lol. I only do that with my clothes though. I have many other folders haha. Like hair/shoes…I’d never delete cause I caould always use it again…i just hate wearing an outfit more than twice. I’m kinda like that in RL so it’s just playing out in SL hehe.
So true, I feel that i delete stuff all the time. I wish LL would stop thinking about Facebook and give us better inventory management tools.
It would be a dream to open inventory without logging into SL. And I wish we could drag whole folders into a second inventory, that stays closed as a “closet” who isn’t loaded unless we choose to open it. An easier way to pack stuff we really don’t want to trash, instead of the tedious job of boxing up things… and then it’s a nightmare to find it.
I’m 2 years old and I’m around 10K … but I never purchased fatpack of any kind (I don’t need the same shirt in every colors and I always wear red hair) excepting for skins, so it helps a lot.
But I’m totally unable to delete my old stuff. Old dresses from SK Designs? Canimal shoes with skulls (LOL can’t believe I used to wear that)? I can’t, I “keep in case I might need it”.
But for my own defense, my inventory isn’t too big compared to you guys, and everything is madly sorted / classified / renamed so nothing gets lost!
box the stuff that you think you might need someday again or things you love too much to get rid of but don’t want to wear :p that’s what i’ve done and i went from 90k to 70k (and still going, 5 years of stuff takes a while to look though X-x) i basically make a box named for the item i wnat to keep, and then make a box for what kind of item it is. like those canimal shoes, would get stuck in a box named blah blah shoes and then all shoes i’ve boxed up go into a shoe box (lol) then if i need them i can find them again!
May I ask what skin you are wearing here and where this adorable tank top is from as well? You are rocking that gorgeous hair color too, nice change!
ooops! the one day i don’t credit LeLutka skin, someone asks 🙂 It is LeLutka – Gem skin, LeLutka – Rain hair, and Mon Tissu clothes.
I have a feeling that your massive inventory is the result of skin fat packs. 😉
I just hit 70k and I’ve been in 5 years, and that’s with junk that I need to delete. It’s too big for me already! Too bad you can’t come in my account and help me organize! o:)
You’re probably right! I deleted 3-4 skins brands folder from my inventory, and instantly went down 5K. AMAZING!
ok, thats it, i am never deleting anythign again, what happens if i lose something that fricking cute 🙂
I just broke 50K, almost 4 years, but i did some cleaning once upon a time ago, and i accidently deleted my box of stuff of no real value, i lost my prim brain in that disaster 🙂
Well I always tend to delete things within a week. Like especially with clothes. If i wear an outfit that I’m in love with I’ll keep it…if I wear it once and it was “eh” I delete it lol. If I mess up and need the outfit I just go and buy it again, wear it, then delete it lol. I only do that with my clothes though. I have many other folders haha. Like hair/shoes…I’d never delete cause I caould always use it again…i just hate wearing an outfit more than twice. I’m kinda like that in RL so it’s just playing out in SL hehe.
I live this headline! 😀
So true, I feel that i delete stuff all the time. I wish LL would stop thinking about Facebook and give us better inventory management tools.
It would be a dream to open inventory without logging into SL. And I wish we could drag whole folders into a second inventory, that stays closed as a “closet” who isn’t loaded unless we choose to open it. An easier way to pack stuff we really don’t want to trash, instead of the tedious job of boxing up things… and then it’s a nightmare to find it.
OMG you have piercings *faint*
I’m thinking I should have fatpacked that top.
I’m 2 years old and I’m around 10K … but I never purchased fatpack of any kind (I don’t need the same shirt in every colors and I always wear red hair) excepting for skins, so it helps a lot.
But I’m totally unable to delete my old stuff. Old dresses from SK Designs? Canimal shoes with skulls (LOL can’t believe I used to wear that)? I can’t, I “keep in case I might need it”.
But for my own defense, my inventory isn’t too big compared to you guys, and everything is madly sorted / classified / renamed so nothing gets lost!
– Gogo, I love that haircolor on you!
box the stuff that you think you might need someday again or things you love too much to get rid of but don’t want to wear :p that’s what i’ve done and i went from 90k to 70k (and still going, 5 years of stuff takes a while to look though X-x) i basically make a box named for the item i wnat to keep, and then make a box for what kind of item it is. like those canimal shoes, would get stuck in a box named blah blah shoes and then all shoes i’ve boxed up go into a shoe box (lol) then if i need them i can find them again!