2011.01.05 13:00 - Cuddly Warmth

The Guardian for this meeting was Fefonz, originally, but since he could not come, Pema posted this log, after getting a pointer from Lia.  He took the title from what Wol said, a few lines below.

Wol Euler: hello aph
Aphrodite Macbain: Hiya Wol!
Aphrodite Macbain: oops.
Wol Euler: eh?
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Bruce!
Aphrodite Macbain: (I sat in the fountain)
Aphrodite Macbain: You look cuddly
Aphrodite Macbain: Wol
Wol Euler: ah, I see :) missed that
Wol Euler: and thank you :)
Wol Euler: I feel cuddly too :)
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Wol Euler: I've grown fond of this afvorm
Wol Euler: *avform
Aphrodite Macbain: how has your avi life changed now that you're a feline
Wol Euler: hello bruce
Bruce Mowbray: Hey Wol, Hey Aph!
Aphrodite Macbain: Hey Blub
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Wol Euler: well ... it makes me feel quite happy, not that I didn't enjoy being human
Wol Euler: I feel the smallness and cuddly warmth of this av's fur and shape, and I enjoy them
Aphrodite Macbain: wonder whether you feel more vulnerable
Aphrodite Macbain: /thinks that the place feels naked without the Christmas trees.
Wol Euler: no, I wouldn't say that. Why?
Wol Euler: (to vulnerability)
Wol Euler: the trees were nice, they added a layer of protection and shielding to the playgoda
Bruce Mowbray: and beautiful too.
Aphrodite Macbain: to me,small soft fuzzy animals always seem vulnerable
Aphrodite Macbain: like my cats
Wol Euler: hmmmm, that's interesting :) I think so too, when I am RL-me looking at them; but it doesn't feel that way
Wol Euler: I feel rather agile and capable in this form, easily able to evade the clumsy humans :)
Aphrodite Macbain: hmmm maybe that feels that way to small fuzzy animals too
Wol Euler: of course it helps that there are no predators here :)
Aphrodite Macbain: my cats have nice sharp claws and can run faster than I can
Wol Euler: mmhmm :)
Wol Euler: one thing I have noticed is that other people, especially males, are strongly attracted to this avform sexually :)
Aphrodite Macbain: I enjoyed reading the log from yesterday morning. Looks like this might work
Wol Euler: I get chatted up more often and more intensely than human-Wol did
Aphrodite Macbain: interesting maybe I should try one on for size Wol
Wol Euler: :)
Wol Euler: I'll slip you the LM
Aphrodite Macbain: Do you find them under furries?
Wol Euler: you can search, yes, but this one is free which is always a good place to start :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Thanks! I might use it for the next exhibition project
Aphrodite Macbain: Underneath my human-ness I'm just a mammal
Wol Euler grins.
Aphrodite Macbain: oops Bruce
Aphrodite Macbain: what are you; I can't see yet
Aphrodite Macbain: a flying pig?
Wol Euler: a bat!
Bruce Mowbray: A bat is also a furry, you know.
Aphrodite Macbain: wow. and cute- to some people
Wol Euler: technically yes, I suppose :)
Aphrodite Macbain: guaranteed to keep away mosquitos
Wol Euler: a vampire bat, even!
Bruce Mowbray: My mother used to chase them with a tennis racket.
Aphrodite Macbain: hehe
Aphrodite Macbain: where wre they? in the attic?
Aphrodite Macbain wonders whether she has a tennis raquet in her inventory
Bruce Mowbray: Sometimes they'd get inside the house - where we lived in Iowa.
Bruce Mowbray: That would drive my mother crazxy.
Bruce Mowbray: but then, many thiings seemed to drive her crazy. . . especially me.
Wol Euler: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: I experienced them at a summer cottage. I was always terrified they'd catch in my hair
Bruce Mowbray: that's what my mom used to say too.
Aphrodite Macbain: Juast as well she didn't chase you with a tr.
Bruce Mowbray: So -- why not just puit on a hat?
Bruce Mowbray: Oh she DID chanse me with just about everything she could lay a hand on.
Aphrodite Macbain: :-) not when O was in bed... I put a pillow over my head
Bruce Mowbray feels more vulnerable as a bat.
Aphrodite Macbain: Too bad you couldn't fly
Bruce Mowbray: also less sexually attractive.
Wol Euler: heheheh
Aphrodite Macbain: not to bats!
Wol Euler: I'm afraid that I have to confirm the latter :)
Bruce Mowbray: brb.
Bruce Mowbray: also I have a building question to ask the two of you.
Aphrodite Macbain: fly safely
Bruce Mowbray: brb.
Aphrodite Macbain: Were you at the last SL retreat Wol?
Wol Euler: no, I couldn't commit to the times, because of work
Wol Euler: I do want to attend the next one
Aphrodite Macbain: the Working Group was trying to come up with better times-perhaps wekends
Aphrodite Macbain: or 4- 90-minute sessions over 4 days
Alfred Kelberry: furry girl! :)
Wol Euler: oh, it wasn't the hour-of-the-clock as such, I just didn't have the time available :)
Wol Euler: boxy!
Alfred Kelberry: *purrs*
Alfred Kelberry: hello, aph and bruce :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Hiya beautiful boxy!
Alfred Kelberry: *giggles*
Alfred Kelberry: *gets a cardboard blush*
Aphrodite Macbain: what would work for U Wol?
Wol Euler smiles.
Alfred Kelberry: um, is bruce invisible?
Aphrodite Macbain: Boxy - would you be interested in attending a SL retreeat?
Wol Euler: well, anything between 1am and say ending at 3pm
Alfred Kelberry: a think a latex dress would work well here :)
Wol Euler: go for it
Alfred Kelberry: :P
Alfred Kelberry: ah, sorry (brb)
Alfred Kelberry: yes, i'd like to, aph
Alfred Kelberry: your horns look like a tiara, woly :)
Wol Euler smiles.
Aphrodite Macbain: are there better days/times for U?
Aphrodite Macbain: boxy? Wol?
Alfred Kelberry: um, me?
Wol Euler: friday to sunday is best for me
Wol Euler: but with a fair bit of warning I could probably make any day
Alfred Kelberry: i'm with woly
Aphrodite Macbain: Ok - and you Boxy?
Alfred Kelberry: same :)
Aphrodite Macbain: OK. I'll make a note
Wol Euler: brb
Bruce Mowbray: any day for me -- except Sunday afternoons.
Aphrodite Macbain: What are you now Bruce?
Alfred Kelberry: there's no set time for sl retreat?
Bruce Mowbray: I am a tree bat -- or a bat tree.
Aphrodite Macbain: loks like 2 palm trees
Bruce Mowbray: maybe a bat-tery.
Aphrodite Macbain: a battery?
Alfred Kelberry: wb, bruce :)
Bruce Mowbray: yeah.
Aphrodite Macbain: snap
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Alfred Kelberry: wow
Aphrodite Macbain: wooo
Alfred Kelberry: scary :)
Aphrodite Macbain: wow nicely navigated. My hair was untouched
Alfred Kelberry: bruce, you should open a store and sell this bat thing :)
Alfred Kelberry: woly would buy one :)
Aphrodite Macbain: who would buy it?
Alfred Kelberry: :P
Aphrodite Macbain: ah. wb Bruce
Aphrodite Macbain: you lost Blub in the process
Alfred Kelberry: there's been a fire on some factory in holland today
Aphrodite Macbain: Wol- what or who is Catalope
Bruce Mowbray: a fire?
Alfred Kelberry: hope no one got hurt or affected by toxic waste
Aphrodite Macbain: oh dear.
Alfred Kelberry: yes, seen on cnn
Aphrodite Macbain: I wonder if it was arson
Alfred Kelberry: i doubt
Alfred Kelberry: machinery goes wrong now and then
Bruce Mowbray: It wasn't me. I've been at the farm all day.
Aphrodite Macbain: we had a couple in Canada yesterday- arson was suspected
Bruce Mowbray: Here at the farm all days yesterday. . .
Aphrodite Macbain: That's what they all say Bruce. You're now in deep shadow
Bruce Mowbray feeling strangly guilty -- what is that?
Bruce Mowbray is overdosing on empathy it appear.
Aphrodite Macbain: hmmm verrry interesting
Bruce Mowbray: Boxy didn't do it either -- Boxes do NOT play with fire.
Bruce Mowbray: Maybe the bat did it.
Aphrodite Macbain: especially cardboard boxes
Alfred Kelberry: who would "arson" anything in canada - the land of peaceful merry people? :)
Alfred Kelberry: bruce, i do sometimes :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Bruce did you fall in the tar sands?
Aphrodite Macbain: peacefyuul? merry?
Aphrodite Macbain: youi've been watching FOX tv
Bruce Mowbray: Did I fall in the tar sands. . . .
Aphrodite Macbain: your head is completely black to me
Bruce Mowbray: we don't have any of those at the farm.
Aphrodite Macbain: and yr lower torso
Alfred Kelberry: aph, not true? :)
Wol Euler: back, sorry
Bruce Mowbray: well, that's left over from the bat skin.
Bruce Mowbray: I look just fine to me.
Aphrodite Macbain: Hmmm. can you wash it off or do you have a bath at the farm?
Alfred Kelberry: woly :)
Alfred Kelberry: *touches woly's furry paw*
Wol Euler smiles.
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Bertram
Wol Euler: hallo berti!
Bertram Jacobus: hi folks ! :-)
Alfred Kelberry: berty :)
Wol Euler: there :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Bruce has been transforming himself
Alfred Kelberry: ouch, a friend in holland says the fire is not localized yet and gone to a nearby company building
Bertram Jacobus: aph - you have a new skin ?! - it´s nice ! :-)
Alfred Kelberry: eliza!
Wol Euler: eliza!
Wol Euler: snap
Bertram Jacobus: hi eliza
Alfred Kelberry: you've almost passed us by :)
Bertram Jacobus: hehe
Aphrodite Macbain: Do I?
Alfred Kelberry: ran so fast :)
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Guys :) not sure why I keep running everywhere..
Alfred Kelberry: no, eliza :)
Bertram Jacobus: i´m a bit hindered - am on the laptop - not used to it ... :-)
Alfred Kelberry: let's set berty free!
Bruce Mowbray: Hi, Bert!
Eliza Madrigal: Wol! :) .... must be a lag... snap comes after that right? hehe
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Eliza
Wol Euler: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Aph :)
Bertram Jacobus smiles ...
Bruce Mowbray: Hi, eliza!
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Bruce!
Eliza Madrigal zoomed to see what subversive message bruce has on his shirt only to find...
Eliza Madrigal: sports, alas
Wol Euler: :)
Eliza Madrigal grins
Aphrodite Macbain: depends on the sports
Wol Euler: or the outer context
Bruce Mowbray is celebrating Ohio State's victory in the Sugar Bowl last night.
Wol Euler: perhaps sports are subversive of the gentle, peaceful, still and intellectual context of PaB :)
Eliza Madrigal: Congrats Bruce and Ohioans everywhere :)
Aphrodite Macbain: congratulations Ohio state
Eliza Madrigal: ooooh, there we go
Bruce Mowbray: GO BUCKS!
Aphrodite Macbain: sports can be like playing
Bruce Mowbray: No -- that's Canada that's still and peaceful, remember?
Aphrodite Macbain: just a little more competitive
Eliza Madrigal: no I in team, hahah
Wol Euler: heheheh
Bertram Jacobus: hi mick
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Mick :)
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Mick!
Mickorod Renard: Hi Guys
Aphrodite Macbain: Hello Mick
Wol Euler: hello mick
Mickorod Renard: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Cal :)
Calvino Rabeni: Hello everyone :)
Wol Euler: hello calvino
Alfred Kelberry: hi, cal
Alfred Kelberry: mick
Alfred Kelberry: new people!
Aphrodite Macbain: What's it like being blonde Eliza? Do you have more fun?
Mickorod Renard: Hi cal,,,are you back home now Wol?
Aphrodite Macbain: Helloo Cal
Wol Euler: yes, since monday noonish
Mickorod Renard: wow great
Mickorod Renard: safe home
Mickorod Renard: :)
Eliza Madrigal: It is growing on me actually Aph :)
Wol Euler nods.
Aphrodite Macbain grins
Eliza Madrigal: though I think i'm more aggressive as a blonge... have been impatient
Eliza Madrigal: *blonde
Wol Euler: hmm, interesting
Aphrodite Macbain: yes?
Aphrodite Macbain: are you more sel;f confident?
Eliza Madrigal: I wouldn't say that...
Eliza Madrigal: not sure what it is or if I like it :)
Eliza Madrigal: we'll see... report to follow
Aphrodite Macbain: hmm. It might become clearer as you wear it
Mickorod Renard: Wol, you seem to have changed?
Wol Euler looks around.
Wol Euler: I've been in this shape for about two months, mick
Aphrodite Macbain: Cute kitty
Wol Euler: hello ari
Alfred Kelberry: hi, ari
Arisia Vita: Hi all
Mickorod Renard: yikes
Arisia Vita: good to see you all
Mickorod Renard: Hi Ari
Aphrodite Macbain: Arisa
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Ari
Eliza Madrigal: Wol's travellings and Mick's wanderings haven't crossed I guess
Bruce Mowbray: Welcome back, Ari.
Wol Euler: :
Wol Euler: :)
Mickorod Renard: yes, I must admit to having missed you recently Wol
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Zon!
Aphrodite Macbain: Heello Zon
Wol Euler: hello zon
Zon Kwan: heya all
Mickorod Renard: hi Zon
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Zon
Alfred Kelberry: eliza!
Alfred Kelberry: oops
Wol Euler: well, that was fascinating :)
Aphrodite Macbain: she's gone
Arisia Vita: she'll be back
Arisia Vita: I hope
Wol Euler: you've heard of flashdance, that was crashdance :)
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Alfred Kelberry: we need an exorcist
Aphrodite Macbain giggles
Alfred Kelberry: i think cak can do that
Alfred Kelberry: he's got some magic feathers
Wol Euler: shhhhh
Alfred Kelberry: ah...
Zon Kwan: does anyone know where this ways of knowing is taking place ?
Aphrodite Macbain: sh
Zon Kwan: ops
Wol Euler: tomorrow at this time in the kira cafe
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Mickorod Renard: great
Zon Kwan: what is it about ?
Arisia Vita: my wish is granted... wb Eliza
Wol Euler: which is just west of us
Aphrodite Macbain: wb eliza
Wol Euler: wb eliza
Bruce Mowbray: yes, 2 p.m. Kira Cafe for WoK
Mickorod Renard: excuse me please, i have been beconed
Aphrodite Macbain: maybe being blonde makes you crash more easily
Bruce Mowbray: Bye, Mick!
Wol Euler: :)
Wol Euler: bye mick, con well
Eliza Madrigal: I think so Aph!
Alfred Kelberry: aph :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye
Aphrodite Macbain: I must go to - back to Boschetto. Bye! bye changelings
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Calvino.
Eliza Madrigal: I think my impatience with flight searching caused me to lock up...
Wol Euler: heheheh
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Aph :)
Wol Euler: bye aph
Wol Euler: ooh, nice horns, I hadn't noticed
Bruce Mowbray: Thanks, Wol.
Alfred Kelberry: flight? going on a trip?
Eliza Madrigal: trying anyway :)
Alfred Kelberry: nice :)
Bruce Mowbray: Ooops. I am being beckoned as well.
Wol Euler: teh retreat?
Eliza Madrigal: this morning american went to Halifax and now no...
Bruce Mowbray: Must depart.
Bruce Mowbray: May all be well.
Wol Euler: bye bruce, take care
Alfred Kelberry: halifax is a nice place
Eliza Madrigal: I AM going to New Orleans... but I'm trying to make NS plans too
Wol Euler: O.O You're already booking the summer? wow.
Eliza Madrigal: without giving details, I need to plan now
Wol Euler: ok :)
Alfred Kelberry: mystery :)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: mystery is a glamorous word for baggage perhaps...
Eliza Madrigal: hahaha
Wol Euler: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Ok... I should never go blonde in RL... think I am seeing this
Alfred Kelberry: i thought of mysterious eliza's eyes :)
Wol Euler: heheheh
Eliza Madrigal: :) I was thinking that I like Wol's new av for that reason...
Alfred Kelberry: eliza, you can go leggy though like in that song :)
Eliza Madrigal: blinking eyes...
Wol Euler: ah :)
Eliza Madrigal: :) Alf
Alfred Kelberry: :P
Alfred Kelberry: hi, krz
Wol Euler: hello Krzy, welcome to Second Life :)
Wol Euler: born today
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Krzysiek
Alfred Kelberry: krz is 20 years old :)
Calvino Rabeni: Mystery is a glamorous word for ... hmmm, blondes are considered glamorous, brunettes more mysterious ... if there's some logic in that its also pretty mysterious
Calvino Rabeni: Nevermind :)
Eliza Madrigal: :) tired, Cal?
Calvino Rabeni: hehe
Wol Euler grins.
Calvino Rabeni: Neural nets run wild
Wol Euler: ***note to the goc, remove Kryzsiek from the log ***
Alfred Kelberry: why? i think krz should stay
Wol Euler: he didn't give permission
Alfred Kelberry: it was a nice little visit
Alfred Kelberry: um...
Eliza Madrigal: :) no permission Alf
Alfred Kelberry: ok
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Wol Euler: quoting or naming wihtout permission contravenes the TOS
Alfred Kelberry: really?
Wol Euler: yep
Wol Euler: what, you thought we asked just out of a spirit of fun?
Wol Euler smiles.
Eliza Madrigal: yes, even the 'hi' he gave... though if it had been just us saying hi to his first name, I normally don't worry about that
Alfred Kelberry: spirit of being fair people :)
Eliza Madrigal: haha Wol, yes we have a 9 second practice and we like to ask everyone for permission
Wol Euler: right :)
Eliza Madrigal: those are our two things :)
Wol Euler: mmhmm
Wol Euler: perhaps we can apply them to RL too
Wol Euler: walk down the bus asking people for permissoin :)
Eliza Madrigal: Oh, yes, I needed something else to do! good idea....
Wol Euler: ha!
Alfred Kelberry: well, asking to take a pic would be tiresome
Alfred Kelberry: a quick snap in a desicive moment style would be much better
Wol Euler: does anyone else keep seeing Boxy's antennae as hairs on the monitor and try to brush them off?
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Eliza Madrigal: :) @ decisive moments... hm...
Eliza Madrigal: no that's just you I think, Wol
Alfred Kelberry: no, they wiggle nicely like metallic antennas
Wol Euler: :)
Calvino Rabeni: The Pause That Refreshes is coming up in less than 60 seconds
Alfred Kelberry: uh oh
Alfred Kelberry: quick! say something!
Eliza Madrigal: :) ty
Wol Euler: gratitude
Alfred Kelberry: hmm
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Wol Euler: I nealy dozed off
Wol Euler: jetlag is biting me hard
Eliza Madrigal: I would imagine, and it is late
Alfred Kelberry: my mind has freed up a bit - it feels refreshing :)
Eliza Madrigal: for me too
Zon Kwan: yawns and steps to bed...bye
Wol Euler: bye zon, take care
Eliza Madrigal: Night Zon
Eliza Madrigal: :::breathes:::::
Alfred Kelberry: ok, i'm off as well
Wol Euler: I'm going to go to bed, my dears.
Wol Euler: goodnight, take care, be happy
Alfred Kelberry: thank you, pablings
Eliza Madrigal: Night Alf and Wol :)
Alfred Kelberry: furry girl :P
Arisia Vita: guess I'll fly too...
Wol Euler: boxy :)
Eliza Madrigal: Be Happy, Bye Ari and Cal...
Arisia Vita: be well and happy
Arisia Vita: till we meet again...
Calvino Rabeni: Take care, Arisia
Arisia Vita: u2 my friend