The Guardian for this meeting was stevenaia Michinaga. The comments are by stevenaia Michinaga.

Hokon Cazale, Eden Haiku,  Rasima Petrovic and eventually Paradise Tennant join us after the 1st hour as I filled in for Sylectra Darwin's session this evening

We began with a short discussion of our weekend plans and how to lower the fountain.

Hokon Cazalet: hiya Stevenaia =)
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Hokon
Hokon Cazalet: how are you?
stevenaia Michinaga: good, judt got back form a nice outdoor concert
Hokon Cazalet: cool =)
stevenaia Michinaga: now I;m filling in for Sylectra
stevenaia Michinaga: and keeping you company
Hokon Cazalet: =)
Hokon Cazalet: Yaaaaayyyyyyyy!
stevenaia Michinaga: how was your week?
Hokon Cazalet: was ok
Hokon Cazalet: work is slowing down =)
Hokon Cazalet: Yaaaaayyyyyyyy!
stevenaia Michinaga: loved your thoughts on time last night :)
Hokon Cazalet: hehe ty =)
Hokon Cazalet: hi eden
stevenaia Michinaga: Hi Eden, nice hat
Eden Haiku: Hi Stve, hi Hokon ;-)
Eden Haiku: *Steve
Hokon Cazalet: =)
stevenaia Michinaga: hmmm I can;t seem to lower the fountain anymore, wonders if Storm disabled it
Eden Haiku: Are you writing 9/low in local chat Steve?
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
Eden Haiku: 9/low
stevenaia Michinaga: "/9low"
stevenaia Michinaga: nothing
Eden Haiku: Doesn't seem to work...
Eden Haiku: ah it's /9 space low I think, it did work now :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: there, I needed the correct tag
stevenaia Michinaga: or that
stevenaia Michinaga: no no space needed
Eden Haiku: Ah powerful Steve, giving us grass now!
Hokon Cazalet: Weeee! ^.^
stevenaia Michinaga: perfect for a holiday weekend
Eden Haiku: ;-))))
Eden Haiku: Yes!
Eden Haiku: Special plans Steve?
stevenaia Michinaga: a gathering of random friends for a cook-out on Monday
Eden Haiku: 4th of July celebrations right?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
Hokon Cazalet: =)
Eden Haiku: What are you cooking?
stevenaia Michinaga: not sure if we will relocate to see the firework
stevenaia Michinaga: whatver we can grille or roast on the bbq, clams, chicken and vegitables
Eden Haiku: Hope you have a sunny day!

--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: weatherman says... partly sunny and 87
Eden Haiku: 87!!! That's pretty hot. But you shovelled so much, you deserve the warmth!
Hokon Cazalet: =)
stevenaia Michinaga: that was a long time ago
Eden Haiku: ;-)
Eden Haiku: We arroived at our summer house yesterday
stevenaia Michinaga: anyone else have plans?
Eden Haiku: And I'm proud of myself
Eden Haiku: I reestabliushed the wireless connection in a snap yeah!!!
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, important thses days
Eden Haiku: Yes, I could connected with satellite with iPad but that was soooo slow,,,
Eden Haiku: *connect
Hokon Cazalet: aww
stevenaia Michinaga: seems they put limits on data w/ satellite connections (and you pay more for that)
Eden Haiku: So now, I can work all summer...;-))
stevenaia Michinaga: lol
stevenaia Michinaga: is that a good thing?
Eden Haiku: Yes, but don't worry, I plan to rest a lot too ;-)
Eden Haiku: Fisrt time I see you in this dress Steve, it's lovely!
Hokon Cazalet: yup it is =)
stevenaia Michinaga: I have many dresses now, even have a shopping consultant :)
Hokon Cazalet: hehe
Hokon Cazalet: im gonna go nap, im feeling woozy
Eden Haiku: A shopping consultant? Wow!
Hokon Cazalet: i hope you two have a good evening =)
Eden Haiku: By Hokon, nice meeting you ;-)
stevenaia Michinaga: Well, it;s jsut a friend with far bettertaste than I ahve
Hokon Cazalet: Weeee! ^.^
stevenaia Michinaga: bye Hokon

Hokon departs

Eden Haiku: I started coming to SL on this laptop, on this very kitchen table where I'm sitting now ;-)
Eden Haiku: Brings back memories ;-)
stevenaia Michinaga: oh, of what?
Eden Haiku: Of my first time in Second Life. A rainy night of July 2009...
Eden Haiku: I was so awkward...but fascinated.
stevenaia Michinaga: wow, what brought you here?
stevenaia Michinaga: I heard a story about it on the radio in 2006 and never left
Eden Haiku: A newspaper article I had read about 2 years before...
stevenaia Michinaga: left behind other internet "chat rooms"
Eden Haiku: My old computer couldn't access
Eden Haiku: But that rainy summer I ordered a new computer online and received it by UPS in my country house.
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, my spouses didn't have the graphics to access SL (as a backup)
Eden Haiku: So I wondered what I could do to play with it (i had eneough work already!)
Eden Haiku: I came in as Rrose first, my twin sister.

--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: This is my third avatar in SL, all w/ the same name
stevenaia Michinaga: it;s nice to have flexibility
Eden Haiku: Ah!
Eden Haiku: I thought you had to create another avatar when you used another computer ;-)
stevenaia Michinaga: not if you use the same coount, just change form
stevenaia Michinaga: account
stevenaia Michinaga: the RL me hasn;t changed
stevenaia Michinaga: ...much
Eden Haiku: Yes, I realized that later. Now I'm coming as Eden on the same laptop I created Rrose.
stevenaia Michinaga: you can sign on with your account from anyone's computer
stevenaia Michinaga: so you can never loose yourself or need another avatar or alt if you don;t wnat
Eden Haiku: Yes, on my desktop I can log in 2 differen
Eden Haiku: 2 alternates on 2 different viewers
Eden Haiku: I have 2 alternates: Rrose and Wilfred. We are triplets ;-)
stevenaia Michinaga: actually , when I switched from viewer 2 to Phoenix, It change my avatar back to woman, so I jsut adapted her to me
Eden Haiku: smiles
stevenaia Michinaga: or me to her, not sure which
Eden Haiku: identities...
Eden Haiku: Wilfrid was the name of one of my grandfathers ;-)
stevenaia Michinaga: just aspects of the same identity
stevenaia Michinaga: aww, that's nice
Eden Haiku: Yes, figments of the same identity...
stevenaia Michinaga: some people spend the time to be something else in another form, I prefer lazyness
Eden Haiku: French poet Arthur Rimbaud wrote: "je est un autre".
Eden Haiku: I am another one ...
Eden Haiku: I prefer simplicity too ;-)
stevenaia Michinaga: even changing a dress is a labor to me, so many parts
Eden Haiku: You like pretty dresses, not easy to put on!
stevenaia Michinaga: my first fem avatar was more of a tomboy, then... I found dresses
Eden Haiku: Ah dresses! Great dresses in SL!
Eden Haiku: Now sitting in front of fireplace. That's a good point about laptops.
stevenaia Michinaga: I never realized, I think I discovered the appreciation for dressed when I also discovered my appeciation of poetry
Eden Haiku: How so STeve?
stevenaia Michinaga: both are recent, both are wrapers around deeper meaning and beauty
stevenaia Michinaga: both can be subtle
Eden Haiku: Ah, new interests you developed through SL?
stevenaia Michinaga: smiles, yes
Eden Haiku: Ah nice;-)

--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: spouse won't let me wear her dresses
Eden Haiku: hehe
stevenaia Michinaga: do you cange clothes often here?
stevenaia Michinaga: *change
Eden Haiku: I do, but I think I have been wearing this pale pink linen outfit since Monday...
Eden Haiku: I would never do that in RL...
stevenaia Michinaga: lol
Eden Haiku: I was sleeping my beautu sleep in the computer, so my outfit is still fresh :_)
stevenaia Michinaga: do avatars sleep?
Eden Haiku: Mine does!
stevenaia Michinaga: I do have jammies, but they are mainly for parties
Eden Haiku: First time I arrived in SL I was very concerned with "where is she going to sleep"?
stevenaia Michinaga: I found a friend couch and slept there
Eden Haiku: A nice Infi Island lady helped me stay in some University dormitory for the first week ;-)
Eden Haiku: Ah, you knew people here?
Eden Haiku: I have a few nice jammies and slippers ;-)
stevenaia Michinaga: no, it took a month or so of exploring, and inviting friends to SL who made houses, something I never have done, cept the tent I currently ahve
Eden Haiku: Ah yes, I remember seeing you coming from that tent in my first sessions here, a green one right?
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
stevenaia Michinaga: that was a nice gift from a friend
stevenaia Michinaga: as was everything I own, excpet the dresses whych were purchased with funds gifted to em
Eden Haiku: My Japanese tea house was a gift also: I love going back there when I leave SL...
stevenaia Michinaga: people are very generous in SL
stevenaia Michinaga: Rl tea house?
Eden Haiku: You must be a generous person too Steve ;-)
Eden Haiku: No no SL...
Eden Haiku: Swiss style summer house in RL. Not gifted: we are renting ;-)
stevenaia Michinaga: " I love going back there when I leave SL..." how can you leave SL and go to an SL tea house?
Eden Haiku: Same place for 9 years now
stevenaia Michinaga: your summer place
stevenaia Michinaga: ice
stevenaia Michinaga: nice
Eden Haiku: No, I mean when I know I'm going to log out, I go back home, put my avatar to sleep, and log out!
Eden Haiku: Funny to see how the cat settles back to her summer habits: following me on the path in the morning, following us on our night walks...
stevenaia Michinaga: awww, I ahve ly ogin set to begin at "home" so it;s automatic... if your tea house is set to your hoem
Eden Haiku: She might think she's a dog ;-))
stevenaia Michinaga: cats are funt to take walks with, they love to lead
Eden Haiku: Yes, my tea house is set as my home ;-)
stevenaia Michinaga: you can set your log in to begin at home
Eden Haiku: And she runs like a rabbit!
Eden Haiku: I always begin at home too yes ;-)
Eden Haiku: Except today, I found myself in Bleu's sun house (where I was last time).
Eden Haiku: That's why I didn't change clothes I guess...
stevenaia Michinaga: I used to begin where I left and often arrived in an embarrising situation
Eden Haiku: hehe
Eden Haiku: I better go now. My boyfriend is out of the shower,

--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: ok, night

Eden Haiku: we are going to the farmer's market early tomorrow
stevenaia Michinaga: enjoy :)
Eden Haiku: It wa snice chatting with you Steve, thank you. have a great 4th of Jul;y celebration and holiday!
stevenaia Michinaga: you too
Eden Haiku: Bye for now...

Eden departs , Rasima arrives

stevenaia Michinaga: hello Rasima
Rasima Petrovic: hello!
stevenaia Michinaga: have you been here before?
Rasima Petrovic: yes, last night
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: so you ok w/ being recorded?
Rasima Petrovic: sure
stevenaia Michinaga: smiles
stevenaia Michinaga: thanks for coming back, the other visitor just left so the topic is open
Rasima Petrovic: ah okays
Rasima Petrovic: what was the topic?
stevenaia Michinaga: we were talking about identities, what we cloth ourseves in, etc
stevenaia Michinaga: we had known each other for a few years and a few forms
Rasima Petrovic: oh I see... our AVs or our RL selves? or us in general?
stevenaia Michinaga: we were speaking in terms of SL avatars in particular
stevenaia Michinaga: have you had diferent avatars or alys
stevenaia Michinaga: ?
stevenaia Michinaga: alts?
Rasima Petrovic: yes
Rasima Petrovic: always for a different task.. like I have a builder alt
Rasima Petrovic: and i used to have a vendor alt
stevenaia Michinaga: were you still RL you, or did you change to suit the avatar
Rasima Petrovic: well thats kind of a loaded question
Rasima Petrovic: because even your "RL you", you don't act the same way at work as you do with friends
Rasima Petrovic: so your AV reflects that
Rasima Petrovic: like my vendor alt is very professional looking
stevenaia Michinaga: :) dressed for work?"
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Paradise
Rasima Petrovic: yep! basically =)
stevenaia Michinaga: so is it clother that change or everything about your avatar
Rasima Petrovic: she wears nice suits and stuff. I wear that stuff on my main too but like, it's different
Paradise Tennant: smiles hiya stev .. rasima
Rasima Petrovic: hey paradise
Rasima Petrovic: well its a different everything. she had to be appealing to a certain market crowd
stevenaia Michinaga: not sure much of me changes , but I can see that I might dress differently for an SL job interview
Rasima Petrovic: for customer service and stuff
Rasima Petrovic: people act different in different sitautions
Rasima Petrovic: it's still "you".. it's just "me at work" and "me with one group of friends"
Rasima Petrovic: even when I'm at school I'm a little bit different than when I'm at work
stevenaia Michinaga: you mean in RL?
Rasima Petrovic: yes
Rasima Petrovic: also for SL... say you go to a formal ball or something with strangers.. you'd act a little differently

--BELL--

Rasima Petrovic: how about you?
Rasima Petrovic: do you do notice that?
stevenaia Michinaga: hmmm, I may dress differently, but not act different;y
Rasima Petrovic: feel free to join in paradise
Rasima Petrovic: do you act the same way around little children as you do with your casual adult friends?
stevenaia Michinaga: depends, most of my friends act like children
Rasima Petrovic: LOL XD
stevenaia Michinaga: but probably not
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Rasima Petrovic: well when you're around children, adults always try to put on their best impression
stevenaia Michinaga: I certainly feel different in different dresses
Rasima Petrovic: oh yeah me too
Rasima Petrovic: you're treated different, and you act differently a little
Rasima Petrovic: thats the magic of clothing ^^
Paradise Tennant: smiles :)
stevenaia Michinaga: I generally don;t try to impress, it;s more entertaining watching others try
Paradise Tennant: you are always impressive stev
stevenaia Michinaga: giggles
Rasima Petrovic: lol =)
stevenaia Michinaga: it;s the dess you helped me choose, PAradise
stevenaia Michinaga: *dress
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Rasima Petrovic: it's a nice dress. very fae!
Rasima Petrovic: it's a nice dress
stevenaia Michinaga: it does have a life of its own
Rasima Petrovic: acting differently doesnt always mean to impress... I'm a teacher, so I have to act like one
Paradise Tennant: fae is a good work dor it
Paradise Tennant: *word
Rasima Petrovic: yeah =)
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, like "Play as Being" our group... we Play as if we know... and learn from that
Paradise Tennant: smiles going to excuse myself .. thank you rasima stev :)
Rasima Petrovic: see you!
stevenaia Michinaga: bye paradise
Paradise Tennant: nite nite you two :)
Rasima Petrovic: night!
Rasima Petrovic: i think its interesting to see how people conform to dress codes
Rasima Petrovic: especially if there's a uniform
Rasima Petrovic: you can really see an aspect of people's personalities there
Rasima Petrovic: like, if their clothes are always neatly pressed and shoes shined
Rasima Petrovic: or if they're really crumpled and smelly.... or how they wear the clothes
stevenaia Michinaga: my spouse went to a catholic school for high school, all uniforms, the diferntating aspect of each person was how smart they were, not their looks or jewlery, said it was very liberating
Rasima Petrovic: yes. the "subtle" differences are what you notice the most in places like that though
stevenaia Michinaga: do you teach a grade or college?
Rasima Petrovic: high school
stevenaia Michinaga: if you don;t mind me asking
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: must be quite a challenge
Rasima Petrovic: yep! well, the school year is over here for now
stevenaia Michinaga: as all good jobs are
Rasima Petrovic: anway steve, I needa head out!
stevenaia Michinaga: ok, I have places to go too, thanks for coming
Rasima Petrovic: see ya!
stevenaia Michinaga: nice meeting you