What I think

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    I’m so lucky

    Gogo

    When I blogged about the new SL username, I couldn’t register “Gogo” because the registration screen told me it was taken! I couldn’t locate the name in search under People either, so I figured it was gone for good. Well… it wasn’t gone. I tried to register it again today and guess who owns Gogo now?! ME! I guess the system was either busy or whoever registered Gogo didn’t bother to click the activation link.

    So to the person squatting “Gogolita” – screw yourself. 🙂 They have hidden that name from search now, lol.

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    New SL Username

    SL username

    Linden Lab launched the new username registration thing today and now you don’t need to choose a last name to have an avatar in Second Life anymore.

    Register your new single name here

    Someone grabbed Gogo and Gogolita before I could (sadface!!) but that’s okay because my friend Melanie grabbed Juicy and JuicyBomb for me!! These are the official new username avatars for Juicy brand, Juicy sim(s) and this website. YAY.YAY.YAY.YAY!

    When I tried to use search and typed in “Juicy” — the newly created avatar comes up first, then my region. Before, region name had priority over everything else. I would suggest that people at least register their brand name, to be more visible in search.

    And whoever has Gogo/Gogolita you can give it to me if you want 🙂 LOL!

    * Btw, I did not register BetterThanYou, that was just an example.

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    Juicy news and other things

    POSEUR - Three

    I made some poses to give away for Juicy’s 3rd Birthday event, which ends tomorrow! This is your last chance to grab these for FREE. I wanted to do some three finger poses ,but SL has limitations… so there’s a lot of two and and four finger poses… um, enjoy 🙂 They’re suppose to be cutesy but my friend said these are like gang signs, lol!

    Visit the birthday area @ Juicy to get fabulous goodies! 🙂

    Also, I am working on a new website project called COLORS. If you’re a designer, please take a look at the about page and email me your color chart (I will love you forever, really!). I plan on expanding it to include other categories but I can’t think of anything else that is as consistent as hair colors and skin tones. Suggestions are welcomed! 🙂

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    Coco Boots, for real

    Hey, While i’ve always liked your pics and write-ups, this one has me a bit sad. The title of the post is about boots, and then you proceed to go on about a jacket, showing only one picture of the boots which show nothing about them. for all you can honestly see in the picture, they might as well be just two black prims. some good pictures of the boots showing a side profile to them etc so people can see what they actually look like instead of simply two pics showing off how good you look in those pictures would be much more appreciated. a little blurb out of three paragraphs about the boots does not mean the post should be entitled Coco boots. -Quandri

    Once in awhile, I get feedback on JuicyBomb that I completely agree with! You’re totally right Quandri, that was fail on my part to gush about the boots here, then not even show a close-up picture. What can I say? I was trying to do artsy in-world images and my train of thought when I do those are totally different from my regular* posts.

    *Regular = boring snapshot on my pose stand with a plain background.

    A lot of bloggers do Look of the Day (LoTD) type posts and never show any close-ups but I actually prefer to shoot something plainly rather than do LoTD type posts. I guess I like to mix it up once in awhile, but when I don’t do a close-up, I get totally called out for it! 😛

    Doing close-ups with a plain background is faster for me than going in-world and finding a nice place to take photographs. But it just seems that people in SL are constantly praising the blogs that do “such amazing photos” or people who are awesome at Photoshopping that I feel like my blog is um, boring. Well, boring but it gets the job done because I get between 2000-3000 visits daily (and closer to 4000 when I’m bitching at something, lol).

    Anyways, Quandri made a very good point about the CoCo Boots. I should have done a close-up photo. I don’t like it when people gush about something and you can barely see it in their photo, and then.. blah, I did it on my own blog.

    So here you go, lots of close-ups! I hope these will encourage you to check out the boots in-world, there are demos! And I’m not paid for by CoCo to do this post.. (or given free shoes, sadly *sobs*).

    CoCo

    CoCo

    CoCo

    CoCo – Engineer Boots (Black)
    CoCo – Over-the-knee Boots (Black)

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    Hey look, it’s new Truth hair!

    Truth Hair

    Truth – Rei | Jackie | Robyn

    Some people gripe about Truth hair “spamming the feeds” when it’s a new release day. So what? I don’t actually care if I’m the 20th person to blog the same exact thing as everyone else. Usually I am the 20th person (hi, i’m slow!)  to blog a new Truth hair release.

    Besides, I have no idea who the other people are who are “spamming the feeds” since I don’t assume that people who read my blog read the feeds, or read other blogs. To somebody out there, this is the first time they’ll see the new hair release (or second time, if they’re on Truth’s subscribo).

    So hello to you, who finds this blog useful. <3

    Visit Truth

    What I’m Wearing:

    TenFifteen – Tara Shoulder Top (Pink)
    Fishy Strawberry – Knit Sweater (Teal)
    Fishy Strawberry – Gonzo Jeans (Cloud)

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    Second Life 2.2 Beta Viewer, Shadows

    SL 2.2 Beta Viewer Shadows

    For fellow Shadows lover, the new Second Life 2.2 Beta Viewer has flawless shadows!! I am wearing just regular texture eyes in the picture above; prim eyes are no longer necessary! I guess LL does listen to feedback, because fixing this issue is HUGE! I could kiss them!

    You can download the latest SL 2.2 Beta Viewer here.

    If you don’t like the official viewer, Kirstens Viewer also does shadows perfectly, perhaps even better than SL until this latest beta viewer. I’m a big fan of Kirstens and have used it for the past few months but I always prefer to use the official SL client whenever I can.

    Check out both! 🙂

    How to Enable Shadows in the SL 2.2 Beta Viewer:

    • Press Ctrl+Alt+D to bring up the Advanced Menu
    • then Press Ctrl+Alt+Q to bring up the Develop Menu
    • Go to Develop -> Rendering -> check Framebuffer Objects
    • then check Light and Shadows -> Shadows from Sun/Moon/Projectors -> and SSAO and Shadow Smoothing

    With the Kirstens Viewer, it’s much easier to enable shadows, just go to Preferences -> Graphics.

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    Juicy Chelle Shape

    Juicy - Chelle Shape

    I’m so excited to bring you my latest shape! Chelle is sexy and sweet, and uses the latest Laqroki skin. I’ll be reviewing this skin soon, but you can purchase the shape now at my shop! I know a lot of people struggle with making a “hot” avatar, so here’s a great shape you can wear right out of the box or tweak to your heart’s content.

    All Juicy Shapes are copy/mod and includes a style card.

    If you like Chelle, visit Juicy Shapes! 🙂

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    Eyes are the window to the soul

    My readers deserve an explanation?? I thought you said I was a shitty blogger. Guess what? Shitty bloggers don’t have to credit their eyes if they don’t want to. Shitty bloggers share what they want, when they want to, and shitty bloggers are not obligated to share what they want to keep to themselves. When my favorite eyes brand(s) move to Juicy sim, I promise to do a mega blogpost about it. Until then… this shitty blogger is keeping this info to herself.

    Why don’t you find a professional unshitty blogger and start reading them instead? Peace out.

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    Fashion News you might care about

    Armidi is back! You can read all about it at theofficialpressrelease.com site. For those of you who are newly rezzed, the Armidi designers are alts of previous designers in SL.

    • London Armidi = (Armidi)
    • Adian Armidi = (Armidi)
    • Juju Armidi = Julliette Westerburg (Tres Blah)
    • Hudsen Armidi = Emma Gilmour (Surf Co)

    I guess we’ll be seeing lots more Armidi newness in the coming months…. do I smell a Winter collection?

    Also, Friday announced recently that they will be focusing on releasing more clothing and accessories and less hair and we now know why! Rumor has it that Parvarti Monday is Elikapeka Tiramisu (of ETD), so now that Parvati is scaling back hair releases, welcome back Elika (again)!

    The ETD sim is gone from the grid but there is a new Elikatira sim. Fans of ETD will be happy to know this! I wonder if we’ll be seeing new textures and more sculpted styles at the new Elikatira sim?

    Speaking of hair, Truth has pulled out of Hair Fair. Sadness! This year’s theme is kept a secret, even from the designers so I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if it’s worth the wait.

    /Edit/ I had originally posted that London and Adian Armidi are alts of previous designers but I am told that they are in fact original Armidi accounts and not connected to any previous designer accounts. So there you have it! 🙂