Pia was the guardian for that evening. She sent me the following log, with her comments. The title is hers too. The first two photos are mine, the next five are by Pia, with the last photo taken by Solo.
We were told by email that this session will be held at our new venue. But I still rezzed at the teahouse, where I met Solo first. Then others. Afterwards, we teleported to the new place together and started to settle down at The Pavilion.
Solobill Laville: Hi Pia
Pia Iger: Hi, Solo, come for PaB?
Solobill Laville: Sure
Pia Iger: you know the new place?
Solobill Laville: Yep! Wanna go?
Pia Iger: yes. where?
Solobill Laville: There’s a TP over by the new sign, or we can just walk, or fly
Solobill Laville: Let’s TP though
Pia Iger: ok. let ’s meet those at teahouse.
Pema Pera: Hi Steve, and Solo!
Solobill Laville: Hey Pema!
Pema Pera: Yes, click on the stone here
Pema Pera: I hope everybody will get it!
Solobill Laville: Let’s TP!!
Solobill Laville: It is over her Pia
Solobill Laville: This stone
Solobill Laville: Or, prefer to walk?
stevenaia Michinaga: saw you arrive as I was leaving
Pema Pera: it was a fun meeting!
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Pia
Pema Pera: but I couldn’t stay long either
Pema Pera: Hi Pia!
Pema Pera: And hi again, Solo!
Solobill Laville: :)
Pia Iger: Hi, Pema, steve
Pia Iger: cusion is really big.
Solobill Laville: I hope you are not too busy these days, Pema
Pema Pera: Now let’s hope everyone will figure out how to make it over here . . . .
Pema Pera: oh, Solo, somehow I survive :)
Pema Pera: it’s been fun
Steve was very nice to check if there were people left behind, while the rest of us were greeting each others.
stevenaia Michinaga: shall I go back and herd the cats?
Pema Pera: in so many ways!
Solobill Laville: I’m sure
Pema Pera: maybe a good idea, Steve
Pema Pera: just for five minutes or so
stevenaia Michinaga: brb
Pema Pera: thanks!
Pia Iger: I don’t think I met Solo before.
Pema Pera: fellow guardians!
Solobill Laville: Pleased to meet you Pia!
Pia Iger: maybe he changed the outfit.
Solobill Laville: Well, that is true
Pia Iger: I am still checking out the new place.
Solo shared his little adventure in SL…
Solobill Laville: I’m on mini-retreat
Solobill Laville: Trying to be comfortable
Solobill Laville: hehe
Pia Iger: mini-retreat, here?
Solobill Laville: Yep
Solobill Laville: Throughout the day
Solobill Laville: walking
Solobill Laville: sitting
Solobill Laville: talking with firends
Pema Pera: one day?
Solobill Laville: day 3
Pema Pera: or more?
Pema Pera: wow!
Pema Pera: not so mini
Pema Pera: how many in total?
Solobill Laville: wel, in and out as RL allows
Pema Pera: first time, or have you done this before?
Solobill Laville: Just day 3, first time
Pema Pera: can you tell me your experiences, so far?
Solobill Laville: It is just another way to practice
Pema Pera: must be different from just occasionally entering
Solobill Laville: Enjoying the SL solitude
Solobill Laville: Meeting some nice new people
Pia Iger: most time around this area?
Solobill Laville: sitting in the zendo, which i do enjoy
Solobill Laville: yes
Solobill Laville: the new forest
Solobill Laville: Tara ling
Solobill Laville: Quan Yin Terraces
Solobill Laville: this place is amazing
Solobill Laville: and corners to hide in
Solobill Laville: ;)
Pia Iger: haha
Pema Pera: yes, collective effort of many wonderful people!
Pema Pera: hard to hide here
Solobill Laville: except for the green dot, of course
Solobill Laville: lol
Pema Pera: green dot
Pema Pera: yes
Dakini , Neela, Bertrum and Gal walked in…
Dakini Rhode: hello!
Pema Pera: there might be a way . . .
Pema Pera: hi Dakini!
Solobill Laville: hmmm.
Solobill Laville: that would be interesting
Neela Blaisdale: Hello
Solobill Laville: to “lose the dot”
Pema Pera: it might not be easy . . . but within software basically anything is possible!
Bertrum Quan: hi pema
Pema Pera: Hi Bertrum!
Pema Pera: Hi Neela, good to see you again!
Pia Iger: Hi, Dakini, Neela,and Bertrum
Neela Blaisdale: Hello eveeryone
Solobill Laville: Hello all!
Dakini Rhode: the markers where the river will go look like blue candy canes
Bertrum Quan: hi pia
Pema Pera: Bertrum, was it easy to find the new place?
Neela Blaisdale: Thanks Steve i got a little lost not very good at following yet
Bertrum Quan: yes.
Pia Iger: Solo was talking about his mini-retreat here.
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Gar
Pema Pera: hi there Gar!
Dakini Rhode: Pia, you look lovely!
Gar Hallard: hey all
stevenaia Michinaga: have a seat once you’ve rezzed
Dakini Rhode: (your av)
Pia Iger: Hi, Gar. And thanks, Dakini.
Dakini Rhode: hi Gar!
Pia Iger: I thought you mean Me.
Dakini Rhode: always You look lovely
Gar Hallard: thanks for inviting me
Pia Iger: :)
Pema Pera: Oh, you’re always welcome Gar!
Pema Pera: You’ve been here before, right?
Gar Hallard: yes
Pema Pera: I thought so
Pema Pera: no invitations needed here :)
Gar Hallard: smiles
Our group is growing… we have mixed feeling of leaving behind the beloved tea house.
Pia Iger: Is it just me, or really more people come here recently?
Pema Pera: every day 1 am 7 am 1 pm 7 pm
Pema Pera: more people, we have doubled attendance in the last four weeks
Gar Hallard: cool
Pia Iger: wow.
Dakini Rhode: now you have more space for the crowds….
Pema Pera:
http://playasbeing.wordpress.com/
is the blog, with the new coordinates in English and German :)
Pema Pera: yes, thanks a lot, Dakini!
Pema Pera: you’ve created yet another beautiful spot for us
Pia Iger: I like the lanterns around
Solobill Laville: Yes, thanks Dakini
Dakini Rhode: i like how everyone is making it home
Bertrum Quan: it is a special place…
Dakini Rhode: people making suggestions,
Dakini Rhode: a little sad to see everyone leaving the tea hut,
Dakini Rhode: and happy to see how you’ve embraced this space
Solobill Laville: It will find a new use I’m sure :)
Pia Iger: me, too, miss the old place
Bertrum Quan: both are embraced…
Dakini Rhode: this place has several advantages…
Dakini Rhode: and a different feel
Pema Pera: I wish there was an English word for saudade in Portuguese, or natsukashii in Japanese; somehow nostalgic does not have the right connotations
Dakini Rhode: more “open”
Dakini Rhode: yes, Pema
Pema Pera: for describing the feelings for the old tea house now
Dakini Rhode: i don’t know those other words
Dakini Rhode: but not homesick really
Pema Pera: right
Steve sat on a tiny cushion and…started a typo talk.
stevenaia Michinaga: I think I’m one with the floor
Pema Pera: bittersweet
Dakini Rhode: nothing sick about it
Dakini Rhode: haha steve
Neela Blaisdale: haha
Dakini Rhode: bittersweet, yes
Pema Pera: yes, we can make up a word!
Dakini Rhode: like when children go to school
stevenaia Michinaga: tell storm there’s a miss-spelling on the tea house transport sign
Dakini Rhode: more than one
Pia Iger: oh?
stevenaia Michinaga: lol
Dakini Rhode: i think Moon did the sign
Dakini Rhode: it’s kind of charming
stevenaia Michinaga: well I’m kind of an expert on bad typing
Gar Hallard: stev? catching mis-spellings?
stevenaia Michinaga: hard to belive I know
Pia Iger: :)
Gar Hallard: laughs
Pema Pera: yes, Moon did the sign
Adams came, now we have 9 people. Pema told us the story of Moon making the TP sign.
Dakini Rhode: hi Adams!
Pema Pera: you should have been here Dakini
Adams Rubble: Hello everybody
stevenaia Michinaga: hello adams
Pema Pera: when he started, in the morning your time
Solobill Laville: Hello Adams
Pema Pera: hi Adams
Neela Blaisdale: Hello Adasm
Pia Iger: Hi, Adams
Dakini Rhode: ah, can’t be everywhere at once :P
Pema Pera: We were all teasing him
Dakini Rhode: yet
Pema Pera: inviting him to make the sign really striking
Pema Pera: so one by one we made suggestions
Pema Pera: neon
Pema Pera: siren
Dakini Rhode: i think the logo is really striking
Dakini Rhode: nonononono!
Pema Pera: and he did all of that
Dakini Rhode: no neon siren steams!
Pema Pera: and he said: Dakini will kill me!
Dakini Rhode: lol
Pema Pera: steam
Dakini Rhode: he was right!
Dakini Rhode: haha
Dakini Rhode: well except i’m buddhist
Pema Pera: Moon only needs half a word to be invited to do crazy things . . . . :)
Pema Pera: slowly strangle then?
Dakini Rhode: i wouldn’t kill himexactly
Dakini Rhode: haha
Pema Pera: almost
Dakini Rhode does her best to look innocent
Solobill Laville: You would drown him with compassion!
Pia Iger: I feel we are already old freinds here.
Dakini Rhode: yes Bill
Neela Blaisdale: What a way to go!
Dakini Rhode: haha
Solobill Laville: until he couldn’t breathe, that is
Dakini Rhode: nonono
Dakini Rhode: lol
Dakini pointed out some features of the spacious pavilion.
Dakini Rhode: you have instant decorating options here
Dakini Rhode: pema if you touch the table
Dakini Rhode: or the screen
Dakini Rhode: change the place
Pema Pera: wow, wonderful!
Pema Pera: gone gone
Dakini Rhode: i feel this place is more playful already than the tea hut
Pema Pera: even more!
Dakini Rhode: i feel more is coming
Dakini Rhode: steve wants fish in the table
Pema Pera: beyond sirens and neon . . . .
Solobill Laville: No one’s floating yet though…
Solobill Laville: We can work on that
Dakini Rhode: latte doesn’t do that?
Neela Blaisdale: You have everything here!
Solobill Laville: Well, yeah, I’m kinda floating I guess then
Solobill Laville: hehe
Name of a SL place came up.
Pema Pera: Thanks, Adams, for the Assisi lm!
Solobill Laville: But it’s espresso
Adams Rubble: yw
Pema Pera: didn’t know there was one in SL
Pema Pera: SL is such a big place . . . . .
Adams Rubble: Yes it is well done
Pema Pera: the church or also caves?
Adams Rubble: I didnlt see the caves
Pema Pera: Has anyone here visited Assisi in RL, by any chance?
Pema Pera: Saint Francis’ hometown in Italy
Adams Rubble: No I haven’t
Gar Hallard: no
Solobill Laville: no, not that part of italy
Pema Pera: near Florence?
Pema Pera: absolutely stunning place
Solobill Laville: I’ve been to Florence
Neela Blaisdale: I think near there
Pema Pera: if you ever get the chance, yes, near, you should go
Pema Pera: one of those places that have a presence
Pema Pera: without words
Pema Pera: you just feel it
Solobill Laville: My favorite city in the world, Firenze!
Pema Pera: two hours from Florence by train
Pia Iger: what presence?
Solobill Laville: No, i meant Florence
Pema Pera: hard to say in a few words, Pia . . . .
Pema Pera: Firenze = Florence :)
Adams Rubble: Very complex painting cycles
Solobill Laville: Oh, sorry, you said presence Pema
Pema Pera: :)
Solobill Laville: I think that is what Pia was talking about
Adams Rubble: The architecture is unique
Pema Pera: Ah, there is a whole sim, Adams? amazing, I just saw your lm
Pema Pera: san francesco assisi(238,27,21)
Adams Rubble: I crashed there so didn;t see everything
Pia Iger: thanks. will check it out.
Pema Pera: with presence I meant: the landscape itself seems to convey something . . . .
Pema had to leave. Adams gave us Landmark of Assisi.
Pema Pera: anyway, unfortunately I have to go now
Pema Pera: early lunch again here in RL :)
Neela Blaisdale: You mean a place in SL that’s like Assisi?
Adams Rubble: recreation
Pema Pera: wonderful to be here at our first official PaB meeting in the new place!
Pema Pera: yes, Neela
Pema Pera: Adams can give you a lm
Neela Blaisdale: How do you find it/
Neela Blaisdale: ThaNaks
Solobill Laville: Bye Pema
Dakini Rhode: ty Adams
Adams Rubble: Someone told me about it at an art exhibition
Pema Pera: see you all soon again!
Adams Rubble: bye Pema
Gar Hallard: bye pema
Pia Iger: bye, Pema, enjoy the lunch
Neela Blaisdale: Bye Pema
Pema Pera: will do!
Bertrum Quan: bye Pema
Pema Pera: thanks for guarding us, Pia :-)
Pema Pera: Pia is the guardian today, the first guardian of the new year, so to speak :)
Pia Iger: np. will send you the log.
Pema Pera: thanks!
Pia Iger: I am proud.
Pema Pera: :)
Neela Blaisdale: Thanks Adam got it
Pia Iger: thanks, Adams.
Pia Iger: I have not been to many place in SL.
Gar Hallard: thanks
Bertrum Quan: thanks, Adams
Dakini Rhode: we need to do some field trips!
Solo acted right away.
stevenaia Michinaga: thanks Adams
Adams Rubble: did I miss anybody?
Pia Iger: Solo poofed.
Dakini Rhode: he’s back!
Dakini Rhode: did you go to assisi. Bill?
Solobill Laville: That was way too spontaneous!
Solobill Laville: I thought you meant right now, Dakini!
Dakini Rhode: lol
Solobill Laville: hehe
Dakini Rhode: haha
Dakini Rhode: why not?
And we all agreed! Except that Gar and Adams had to go early and could not make the trip.
Pia Iger: haha.
Dakini Rhode: lol
Solobill Laville: It looked very nice
Adams Rubble: :)
Neela Blaisdale: Maybe we should all go
Pia Iger: I agree,
stevenaia Michinaga: Road Trip?
Gar Hallard: well thanks for the invite all…must run though
Solobill Laville: Then that’s it, I’ll go back
Pia Iger: Adams can be tour guide.
Solobill Laville: Byr Gar
Pia Iger: bye Gar.
Solobill Laville: *Bye
Neela Blaisdale: Bye Gar
Gar Hallard: smiles bye all
Adams Rubble: Sorry I need to go too
stevenaia Michinaga: stay Gar
Pia Iger: haha.
Solobill Laville: Bye Adams
Pia Iger: bye Adams.
Bertrum Quan: bye Adams
Adams Rubble: bye everybody :)
Neela Blaisdale: Good night Adams
stevenaia Michinaga: night Adams
Neela Blaisdale: Asissi anyone?
Solobill Laville: To Assisi! Andiamo!
Pia Iger: let’s go.
stevenaia Michinaga: sure
Dakini Rhode: ok!
Neela Blaisdale: See you there
We arrived at Assisi. It took a while for everyone to rezz.
Pia Iger: no tour guide:(
Pia Iger: let go ahead
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Pia
Pia Iger: Hi, I am here.
Pia Iger: all are here?
stevenaia Michinaga: I only see you
Dakini Rhode: it’s dark here
stevenaia Michinaga: lots to rezz
Pia Iger: change to midday.
Neela Blaisdale: Lost the lm for a minute
Dakini Rhode: some of us teleported while sitting?
Neela Blaisdale: Does anyone speak Italian?
Solobill Laville: Parlo Poco L’Italiano
Solobill Laville: A little
Solobill Laville: that is
Pia Iger: come in…
Solo changed to a casual outfit, with a backpack! Now our group look 100% like tourists.
Pia Iger: I like solo’s backpack.
Solobill Laville: That is so strange that you guys sit when you stop
Solobill Laville: Thanks, it is my travel pack!
Pia Iger: Only Quan
Neela Blaisdale: /It’s so cool to travel together
Pia Iger: cool. hope you have water inside
Solobill Laville: Nope,just cold beer
Solobill Laville: ;)
Pia Iger: :)
And what Dakini and Solo were talking about?? I had no clue until later, cause on my screen, I walked 100% normal!
Dakini Rhode: pia and bert
Pia Iger: I want to take a group picture.
Dakini Rhode: you look like prostrating
Dakini Rhode: thru assisi
Dakini Rhode: do you need to stop all animations?
Solobill Laville: That is very moving you two
Neela Blaisdale: Do you see the frescoes here?
Solobill Laville: prostrating through Assisi, much merit
Dakini Rhode: try going to tools on the menu
Dakini Rhode: and selecting stop all animations
Dakini Rhode: oops speaking to the wind
Dakini Rhode: haha
Solobill Laville: No we can hear you Dakini
I did not hear them, just marched on.
Pia Iger: wow, the fresco is magnificent
Solobill Laville: I think I have a stop ani somewhere
Dakini Rhode: i wasn’t able to rez anything here
Dakini Rhode: but you can select it from the tools menu
Dakini Rhode: amazing job building htis
Solobill Laville: I gave Pia and bert one, just wear it
Solobill Laville: and then detach it
Solobill Laville: Then, no more prostrating!
Pia Iger: let me look around. everyone stay in this room. Don’t get lost.
Solobill Laville: Oh, mom…
Pia Iger: Why do I need it, Solo? I look normal.
Solobill Laville: hehe
Solobill Laville: Wow
Dakini Rhode: wow is right
Dakini Rhode: kneeling at the altar looks right…
Why they keep saying kneeling? See in the picture, I stand perfectly.
Bert asked me for help.
Bertrum Quan: pia, i’m having trouble walking here. is it the sim? or something else?
stevenaia Michinaga: you should re-log
Pia Iger: can anyone help Quan?
Pia Iger: did you use what Solo gave to you?
Pia Iger: stop all animation, wear it.
Bertrum Quan: i’m not sure where to find it in the inventory
Pia Iger: search by name
Pia Iger: in objects.
Pia Iger: did you find it?
Bertrum Quan: no
Bertrum Quan: i’m kind of a klutz in sl i guess
Bertrum Quan accepted your inventory offer.
Pia Iger: I just sent to you.
Bertrum Quan: it’s attached to my arm now….
Pia Iger: weird.
Pia Iger: At least you can walk now.
Bertrum Quan: yes, true. that is funny!
Pia Iger: oh. it is gone.
Bertrum Quan: it works!
I was happy that I helped out Bertrum. Then he convinced me that I did have the same problem!
Bertrum Quan: why are you knelling when you stop?
Pia Iger: great. Let’s do sightseeing.
Pia Iger: am I?
Bertrum Quan: were… I don’t know about now– you are knelling–when you walk we’ll see
Pia Iger: I look normal to me.
Pia Iger: no?
Bertrum Quan: every time you stop, you knell…
Pia Iger: really? I can’t see it.
Stop All Animations Lyr (WEAR TO STOP DANCING): 3 Animations Stopped
Pia Iger: let me wear that thing too.
Bertrum Quan: that’s better
Pia Iger: To me it is same, Now I have the big ball on my hand. how did you take it off?
Dakini Rhode: you may detach it, pia
Dakini Rhode: right click on the ball and detach
Dakini Rhode: yay!
Pia Iger: do I look normal now?
Dakini Rhode: yes..
Bertrum Quan: yes
Finally!
Pia Iger: thx. Where are others?
Dakini Rhode: we will look…
Pia Iger: ok.
Dakini Rhode: maybe this way
Autopilot canceled
Bertrum Quan: downstairs?
Dakini Rhode: solobill is coming closer
Pia Iger: My typist is tired now. Can we take a pic together, then I need to go?
Dakini Rhode: ok pic time
Solobill Laville: Shall we sit?
Dakini Rhode: in front of the fresco?
Neela Blaisdale: Thanks for the tp Slo
Solobill Laville: yw
Solobill Laville: in a pew?
Pia Iger: Ok. have fun, everyone. I already shot pics.
Solobill Laville: Oh, OK, thanks Pia
Maybe good to have a pic of everyone sitting together. But…
Pia Iger: agree. lets sit together
Dakini Rhode: gnite Pia
Dakini Rhode: oh ok
Pia Iger: hard to control where to sit.
Solobill Laville: THis looks like an album cover from the ’70s!!
Dakini Rhode: i’m floating a little
Solobill Laville: *powers*
Neela Blaisdale: How are you sitting?
Solobill Laville: You might have to try the 4th row Neela
Dakini Rhode: i right clicked and said sit
Dakini Rhode: but it put me where it wanted me
Pia Iger: yah, no freedom here.
Bertrum Quan: we’re each in our own row
Solobill Laville: I got a shot
Solobill Laville: cover of Nat. Geo. for sure
This is the end of our first field trip!
Pia Iger: anyway, good see you all.
Dakini Rhode: i need 2 leave too
Solobill Laville: Our first filed trip!
Pia Iger: You can send pic to Pema.
Solobill Laville: *field
Pia Iger: Yahh!
Dakini Rhode: nite all…
Neela Blaisdale: Me too time for sleep
Dakini Rhode: a wonderful field trip
Solobill Laville: bye
Pia Iger: happy trail!
Bertrum Quan: thanks, everyone.
Solobill Laville: ty Pia
Neela Blaisdale: Good night Bye all thanks it was fun!
