I've moved. My address is now 004 Age of Myst. How cool is that?

My new home:
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The front of the house:
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The first floor:
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The second floor:
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The roof view (overlooking Myst Island):
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I've gotten rid of the pool and terraformed a few ponds. Pretty happy with it, except I need to work on the water. Not exactly seamless yet.

New explorers are common in SL now. And it's surprising how many did not know that MOULa was back. Every week there's someone new to help and give instructions to.

Plus MOULa is not mac compatible yet, so it's the only place to see buddies, like Markarius. Many times, events are happening in SL and MOULa simultaneously to fit all in. That's cool.

When MOULa gives me a fit, I go into SL. If you yell at me and I don't answer, call again. If I don't answer the second time, I may be with a client in RL and can't answer.

During worktimes, if I'm in MOULa, I'm probably in as Elpis. She's going to podwatch while I work. :-)

Still on 004 Age of Myst, have the main Frosted Myst Literature and Arts store in Tokatah Alley, another Frosted Myst Pillows and more store overlooking a seaside community, and just finished a writers/artists retreat called Claw and Quill Writers Guild for the moment.

Retreat is decked out in a combination of Steampunk, nature, and Myst. Much of the Myst items come from Things We've Myst store that goes out of business this month. Three different Myst players are on site, each one plays a different cd soundtrack.

Retreat also has interesting neighbors - an Indian village behind, the Sith Dynasty (Star Wars) to the right, and vacation villas in front and to the left.

I had to open a larger store for Frosted Myst, in addition to the Tokatah Alley one. The link to it is on a board upstairs in the Tokatah Alley store. The office for it is a reproduction of the small houses on Tomahna from Revelations.

I'm working on a myst themed gazebo for the gazebo line I'm building now.

Claw and Quill Writers Guild retreat became Serenity Myst Writers and Artists. The first event has been scheduled on it. Sunday Book Lovers Social Gathering group is using it in April. :-)

I almost got appointed the journalist for the Age of Myst news...

We have a new neighbor, Ren, who moved across the way from me. Good guy, new to the SL world...we initiated him. :-)

Anarta set fire to his hut, then brought out the firetruck, ran me over with it, so they brought out the ambulance, and then the police showed up. For awhile the Age of Myst was full of sirens and lights.

Of course, it took Ren half an hour to realize that his roof really was on fire...half an hour of us shouting FIRE! and telling him to look. LOL

I was innocent of course...okay, I did prompt Colorado to shut the doors on him when he ran in to the burning hut to rescue his beer...

But everyone's safe and Ren's hut is completely repaired now. And no one went to jail. :-)

And I've done my job as reporter...

Spent most of last week sick with sinuses. Popped into MOUL a few times, but so woozy couldn't do much. Mostly just sat avvie in SL and listened to music. Spent the lucid moments getting all the shop stuff ready.

Sooo behind in RL. Had to push back a website release by another week and a half. Have a houseful this weekend, so probably won't be online much either. Just hoping to be 'well' before they get here.

Finally got Ren to try MOUL, but he's never played URU and is lost and overwhelmed. As soon as he gets his KI number I'll post it in a section so we can help him find his way around.

Continuous Cavern City Party was great tonight. Lobo's birthday and a fine celebration.

Twenty in attendance and a super donation made to the sim!

Of course, Watashi had the song "It's Raining Men" come on and someone had to make it happen. LOL

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My old monitor doesn't work well when it's daylight out for MOUL. MOUL's settings are just too dark. And I have my monitor brightness maxed out all the way. So, I only pop in late at night or early in morning when it's still dark out. Today's a dreary overcast day - house is still dark, so I thought I'd hang out in MOUL.

Wow. No neighbors or buddies in MOUL at all. And I have a huge list. Only ten in city, and 99% of bevins on list empty. Found that sad.

This month, I'm adding another $1 to my Cyan donation for Gandhar sales. There was maybe one for this period, but I've decided that on converting sales to real dollars, if it doesn't equal $1, it becomes $1 anyway. Ain't gonna worry about pennies.

Sales in the stores in general are way down now. But traffic is way up because I've participated in some hunts. I love getting a theme and having to create something that goes with it. I do have another store location chosen and worked out for the fall time, but these stores must start doing something before then.

I made my first building. Using it at home now. Not sure what it is exactly - home or store building or workhouse. Bottom half is open and I'm using that as a work area. Top half is closed off for a secret living quarters. Might use the same structure build to make a steampunk one.

I received a box that plays the Myst soundtracks. We wanted Myst music on the island, so I asked Anarta, gave her my box and now we have Myst music on the island. Cool. Then my secret source sent me another to replace that one. :-)

Back to work. If it stays dreary, may check in at MOUL in afternoon for awhile too. Maybe someone will be in then. Or perhaps I'll just hang out while I work. Wanted to hang out in Delin, but they haven't set it to spring and that's when I like to be there. Hope they do that.

If you're one of the folks I was talking to tonight - I crashed. Can't get back in on either emerald or SL viewer. Can't even get to the SL website.

Hope I'm not a ghost now.

They're doing restarts and region maintenance. Supposed to give a warning, but I didn't get one. So, I dunno...

Guess I'll go to bed and find out in the morning.

Wow...bet there were some sleepy SL programmers this morning. LOL

I've had The Book of T'iana and the Book of D'ni for a long time, but only recently got the Book of Atrus. Just started reading it.

Find it ironic about the cat Atrus had in the book. Same color as the cat I name Atrus at my SL home.

I got a Squee from Exile now. I have one on my shoulder...pretty cool. And two that sit on the ground with animations. One with a fruit and one without. Great reproductions. Only thing is that the ones that sit on the ground are super tiny. Like mouse sized. Put them both out at Serenity Myst. One sits in front of the gear trail leading to the clock tower and the other is on the gear in middle of area.

D'ni Refugee friend Exodus has been having a rough time in RL and needs help, so he's marked his store down to 50% off from now until June 4th, and he's taking donations. He also set up a yard sale at his shop. A few friends are organizing fundraisers for him too. Check out the D'ni Voice for information. http://thednivoice.wordpress.com

Exodus will be making me one of the alcoves from Eder Kemo for the retreat. It'll make a great reading area for writers and poets. I've decorated more of the retreat in his creations too.

I had to get a second avvie for group needs. So Elpis is now in Second Life as Elpis Darkfold. She lives a few parcels down from Inanna.

Still working with those who are too shy or unwilling to ask for help from those hanging out in MOUL for help. Many are able to be on both MOUL and SL at the same time, so I can pass them hints while I'm working on projects. Means I have to keep changing the screen often or work on laptop while SL is up on main computer. Building websites for the next few weeks.

I'm in all day at the writers and artists retreat for an open house introduction tomorrow - Sunday.

And we also have a house warming in the afternoon for Inanna's Egyptian Palace she built...where we have our homes in the sky there. (I'm still on Myst Island...just have two homes.)

Hoping to drive a few more people to MOUL from the effort.