Gettin' by

As a newbie, I'm trying to make the most out of my experience in a conservative way, I suppose.
I've decided I would like to set up a small shop to sell my photos/art/textures, but require funding. And I still have so much to learn about SL and it's lands, and the culture.

I've also fully realized the need to get some Lindens for a well-rounded SL experience. I found a few hole in the wall places that pay me to dance-camp or paint-camp....might as well maximize my time online while I'm absorbing tutorials and SL blogs, right?

I seriously considering becoming a premium SLer, but I'd like to start out small and work my way up.

First visit to Caledon

Yesterday I think I've found my favorite place.

Having paid a return visit to the NCI Newcomers Training area, I noticed some of the seminars took place at the Caledon center. Upon first landing, I saw hoop-skirted women in the distance milling around the center. Even though I was dressed for a night of darkwave dancing, I made my way over. After perusing the aisles for a fair amount of time, I was greeted by a gal who kindly offered to answer questions and show me around a bit. The telehub of Victoria City, Caledon has some cool period clothes and gadgets freely available on the welcome wagons, and I partook.

I visited the Castle, admired the detail of the furniture, and the dreamy views from one of the balconies. This land has been my favorite stop thus far, and I look forward to exploring and learning more about the culture there.

Ahoy, matey!

Found a cool party last night. Best music I've heard in a long time....

Av Girl can't dance

I checked out a couple of dance clubs, standing around like a wallflower, not really sure how to get my groove on. But, not for lack of trying. I would click the dancefloor, as instructed, and nada. I did eventually have some fun with a dance ball/floor at the VooDoo lounge, and noticed there were job listings to work for the club.

Now that I got the nightclub urge out of my system, next is what am I going to do when I "grow up?" DJing sounds doable, especially while I take some time learning how to build stuff. By nature, I'm a "maker," but I need to earn some fundage while nuturing that learning curve.

First Impressions of SL

A little confusing!

I had chosen my birthplace (rez-place?) to be Avatar Island, as I was attracted by the free outfits that were offered. Upon arrival, I "looked" around and noticed that there were others there, but I only saw parts of them, like hair blowing, with a skirt below it, shoes peeking out. I figured they were still getting dressed or something. In fact, the first hour or so I couldn't see myself, and one of the first thing I wanted to was customize my look. I was frustrated when the controls were showing anything but eyes in the appearance control panels. In fact, all I could get to appear were my eyes!

I had a tough time searching Help, but eventually found answers in the SLWiki. I loaded a driver for my graphics card, and when that wasn't enough, I had to adjust my rendering to the lowest setting, and then ta-da! I appeared and could see others entirely.

I'm not sure how prevalent that issue is, but I think most non-gamer people would just walk away from SL like I almost did. Now that little glitch is fixed, I'm hoping to find new and exciting people and places!