The Guardian for this meeting was Zen Arado. The comments are by Zen Arado.

 

Zen Arado: Hi Luci :)
Lucinda Lavender: Hi Zen:)
Lucinda Lavender: waiting to rezz
Zen Arado: Hi Storm :)
Storm Nordwind: Hi Zen, Cinda
Lucinda Lavender: Storm:)
Zen Arado: like my T shirt?
Lucinda Lavender: very cool!
Storm Nordwind: Oh!! :)
Storm Nordwind: Fabulous!
Lucinda Lavender: Hi Yaku:)
Zen Arado: Hi Yaku
Yakuzza Lethecus: good day everyone
Zen Arado: I made one in Paint Shop pro
Zen Arado: and this pne in an old version of Photoshop elements
Lucinda Lavender: very nice!
Storm Nordwind: Really like it... though I may be significantly biased!
Yakuzza Lethecus: you painted a rl picture from an sl snapshot zen ?
Zen Arado: yes
Yakuzza Lethecus: looks nice :)
Bleu Oleander: hiya :)
Lucinda Lavender: is it if the railway?
Zen Arado: and an effect added
Lucinda Lavender: Hi bleu
Zen Arado: yes
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey bleu
Zen Arado: Hi Bleu :)
Storm Nordwind: Very appropriate for Zen to have the Nondual rail on his Tshirt :)
Bleu Oleander: nice shirt Zen!
Zen Arado: it shoudn't be as bright a red as I am seeing it in V2
Zen Arado: made it in old version of Photoshop elements
Bleu Oleander: you can put a light grey tint over it to tone it down if you want
Zen Arado: it's confusing following instructions
Zen Arado: yes..can still change colour I think?
Bleu Oleander: yes
Bleu Oleander: in edit under texture
Zen Arado: Tint
Bleu Oleander: yes
Zen Arado: if I could find better instructions for Gimp
Zen Arado: but if I make a few will get more used to layers
Bleu Oleander: you can add the tint in sl
Zen Arado: yes
Zen Arado: uh oh
Bleu Oleander: oops do we need to go?
Zen Arado: have to go to Kira
Storm Nordwind: http://i.imgur.com/LI13n.jpg
Lucinda Lavender: hmmmI will go take care of chickens and come back to there...

There was a region restart here - spent rest of session at Kira Cafe:

Zen (zen.arado): Hi Again everyone :)

Bleu (bleu.oleander): hi again :)

Lucinda Lavender: brb

Zen (zen.arado): I find these graphics programs complicated

Zen (zen.arado): don't really know what I am doing

Zen (zen.arado): I just get there by dogged persistence

Bleu (bleu.oleander): I like photoshop elements ... seemed easy to learn

Zen (zen.arado): I have version 6

Zen (zen.arado): I seem to get on better with PSP

Storm Nordwind: So I got two snapshots - you make want one or both in the log:

Storm Nordwind: .

 http://i.imgur.com/LI13n.jpg

 http://i.imgur.com/6WG7Q.jpg

Zen (zen.arado): ok ty Storm

Bleu (bleu.oleander): nice!

Zen (zen.arado): anyone want a shirt?

Storm Nordwind: /me raises his hand very quickly!

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): :)

Bleu (bleu.oleander): of course ty!

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): raises his finger

Lucinda Lavender: :) yes please:)

Zen (zen.arado): it won't transfer

Zen (zen.arado): suppose I have to make copy or something?

Bleu (bleu.oleander): did you change the perms?

Bleu (bleu.oleander): oh you're wearing it

Bleu (bleu.oleander): so can't transfer

Storm Nordwind: Or if you have the texture (again full perms), we could make our own.

Bleu (bleu.oleander): that too :)

Zen (zen.arado): I just used Robin Wood template

Bleu (bleu.oleander): yes I use her templates too

Zen (zen.arado): http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Tec...hirtLong1.html

Second Life: Items successfully shared.

Storm Nordwind: Bookmarked now. Thank you :)

Second Life: Items successfully shared.

Second Life: Items successfully shared.

Bleu (bleu.oleander): if you go to her place in sl she's got lots of interesting tutorials and textures etc.

Second Life: Items successfully shared.

Storm Nordwind: Yay - thank you! :))

Bleu (bleu.oleander): shirt fit nice Zen :))

Bleu (bleu.oleander): I think we need a group shot for the log

Lucinda Lavender: thanks Zen!

Bleu (bleu.oleander): everyone come sit on the couch and we'll take a photo

Lucinda Lavender: I am always hesitant to put something on because sometimes all or lots of my clothes come off:)

Zen (zen.arado): he he

Bleu (bleu.oleander): haha! happened to me many times

Zen (zen.arado): live dangerously Luci :)

Bleu (bleu.oleander): we won't look

Lucinda Lavender: hee hee

Storm Nordwind: /me averts his eyes

Lucinda Lavender: ok

Zen (zen.arado): next step is shirt with collar

Lucinda Lavender: so slow for me

Zen (zen.arado): or a jacket

Bleu (bleu.oleander): Zen come sit here for photo

Storm Nordwind: /me is just going to check that train survived the sim reboot ok. brb

Bleu (bleu.oleander): (hard to get a group together for photos) hehe

Zen (zen.arado): Storm gone for maintenance

Zen (zen.arado): :)

Zen (zen.arado): is it ok Storm?

Storm Nordwind: Perfect - thank you!

Bleu (bleu.oleander): :)

Storm Nordwind: There are 3 or 4 different protections and emergency procedures built into it now!

Storm Nordwind: At least one of them worked!

Zen (zen.arado): I see

Bleu (bleu.oleander): great!

Zen (zen.arado): no points to freeze up anyway

Bleu (bleu.oleander): Yaku over here

Storm Nordwind: /me chuckles

Lucinda Lavender: haha

Lucinda Lavender: cheese

Storm Nordwind: sausage

Zen (zen.arado): :)

Lucinda Lavender: :))

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): K#se

Lucinda Lavender: sipping coffee actually

Lucinda Lavender: must get more!!

Zen (zen.arado): a railway uniform would be good

Zen (zen.arado): with peaked hat

Lucinda Lavender: nodding to that!

Bleu (bleu.oleander): nice! got a photo Zen?

Storm Nordwind: I'll design a logo. You guys can do the fashion cut! :)

Bleu (bleu.oleander): oh fun!

Bleu (bleu.oleander): souveniers too

Zen (zen.arado): I have to do more just to get familiar

Zen (zen.arado): soon can make all my own clothes

Zen (zen.arado): :)

Zen (zen.arado): in full photoshop can make different shapes for photo

Bleu (bleu.oleander): then you'll have an inventory as big as mine Zen :)

Zen (zen.arado): but could do another way maybe

Zen (zen.arado): yes Bleu am lees than 8000 atm

Bleu (bleu.oleander): (almost 4x that for me)

Zen (zen.arado): have to delete a lot of photos

Zen (zen.arado): I sorted notecards the other day

Lucinda Lavender: quite amazing

Zen (zen.arado): deleted about 500

Bleu (bleu.oleander): I would like a shirt with one of your abstracts Zen

Zen (zen.arado): people keep giving you photo textures

Lucinda Lavender: that would be nice!

Zen (zen.arado): yes..could use for advertising

Zen (zen.arado): :)

Bleu (bleu.oleander): give out at your shows

Zen (zen.arado): kind of snadwich board for my gallery :)

Zen (zen.arado): sandwich

Zen (zen.arado): I didn't realise avis breathe until the other day

Bleu (bleu.oleander): :)

Zen (zen.arado): from looking at chest for photos

Lucinda Lavender: pretty cool...

Zen (zen.arado): wonder if they always did that?

Storm Nordwind: Depends on the animation. They don't all breathe

Storm Nordwind: You're currently not breathing ;)

Bleu (bleu.oleander): It's helpful to put a Robin Wood "suit" on your avi to see where her patterns are on your shape

Zen (zen.arado): yes

Storm Nordwind: /me nods

Zen (zen.arado): I did a shortcut method this one

Zen (zen.arado): I made another one doing that

Storm Nordwind: That's the way you do special "non-clothes" outfits too (with attachments)

Zen (zen.arado): but this one has nice wrinkles

Storm Nordwind: It will suit my face then ;)

Zen (zen.arado): :)

Lucinda Lavender: feel I am on a team:)

Bleu (bleu.oleander): :)

Lucinda Lavender: the bridge team

Bleu (bleu.oleander): the Zen fan club :)

Zen (zen.arado): thanks Bleu

Bleu (bleu.oleander): yw!

Lucinda Lavender: I like that...

Zen (zen.arado): I didn't mean to wear it

Storm Nordwind: Thanks Bleu

Zen (zen.arado): how do I get it off?

Storm Nordwind: Drag a different skin on

Bleu (bleu.oleander): haha!

Storm Nordwind: If you have your outfit in a folder, drag the whole folder on

Storm Nordwind: Seems to have worked :)

Zen (zen.arado): yep ty

Zen (zen.arado): I seem to be getting muscular again

Zen (zen.arado): I think Zen pumps sweights or something when I am offline :)

Lucinda Lavender: :))

Bleu (bleu.oleander): back to normal :)

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): whats normal ?

Zen (zen.arado): it's really nice and sunny here

Zen (zen.arado): has been for 4 days

Zen (zen.arado): unusual for March

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): yes, here too, will change on the weekend tho :(

Zen (zen.arado): yes

Zen (zen.arado): I was sitting in the sun watching the boats

Zen (zen.arado): I love to be beside the sea

Bleu (bleu.oleander): yes, I love the sea also ... but can't find it in Arizona :(

Zen (zen.arado): and I think a temperate climate suits me

Storm Nordwind: Me too.

Zen (zen.arado): not too hot or cold

Storm Nordwind: 1000 miles to the coast at LA

Lucinda Lavender: well dear friends:)

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): hola xirana

Storm Nordwind: Hi Xirana

Zen (zen.arado): Hi Xirana :)

Bleu (bleu.oleander): hi Xirana

Lucinda Lavender: I shall go see what play emerges for me today

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): hello everyone:)

Bleu (bleu.oleander): bye Luci

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): I've made a travel with tgv

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): by3e luci

Bleu (bleu.oleander): I need to go too

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): :)

Storm Nordwind: Bye Cinda!

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): and bleu

Bleu (bleu.oleander): thanks for the shirt Zen!

Bleu (bleu.oleander): bye everyone :)

Storm Nordwind: /me waves

Zen (zen.arado): Bye Bleu, Luci :)

Zen (zen.arado): YW

Zen (zen.arado): pab clothing company :)

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes:)

Lucinda Lavender: I shall go see what play emerges for me today

Lucinda Lavender: oops

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): soo now is your turn to have the land restarting... Zen..I think it happens quite oft on Wednesdays

Zen (zen.arado): that was a good link about SL you posted yesterday Xirana

Zen (zen.arado): yes

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes...

Lucinda Lavender: was going to say it too:)

Lucinda Lavender: well done

Zen (zen.arado): I knew before I started

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): Luci? you have seen it?

Zen (zen.arado): I shared it

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): ahhh wonderfukl:) I will look for Luci as a FB friend too :))

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): have you visited Chelsea hotel

Zen (zen.arado): no?

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): it's a nice place full of art galleries

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): if I have good understood, this girls was the owner of the place

Zen (zen.arado): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyfQJ...&feature=share (for log)

Zen (zen.arado): ah really?

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): and I agree absolutly with her...in SL you can get in touch with a lot of interesting people that in RL would be very difficult to meet

Zen (zen.arado): yes

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): and TV can be booring:)

Zen (zen.arado): she makes a good case for us :)

Zen (zen.arado): that too :)

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes:)

Zen (zen.arado): she talked about a group reading 'The Artist's Way'

Zen (zen.arado): that would be interesting

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): this one I don't know....but I can not look for more groups...then SL would bevome my FL :))

Zen (zen.arado): but the video was from Oct. 2010

Zen (zen.arado): me too

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): I will see it again later

Zen (zen.arado): sometimes should concentrate more onless groups

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): I always miss parts of the content when I can not read

Zen (zen.arado): I think lately

Zen (zen.arado): ah the speech is too fast for you?

Zen (zen.arado): if it was in Spanish I would be lost

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): well.... reading is easier...but I can understand the general meaning...sure I miss expressions and some words

Zen (zen.arado): yes

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): :)

Zen (zen.arado): would it be better in French?

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): oui:)

Zen (zen.arado): or worse?

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): better...French I learned when very very young

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): and made interchage with a family in Marseille

Zen (zen.arado): ah ...I find Frech difficult in speech

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): I went there one month and then a son of the family came here to learn Spanish

Zen (zen.arado): maybe I am getting too old for new language learning

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): noooooooo

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): :))

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): all laguages need time to learn

Storm Nordwind: And you need the special characters on your keyboard!

Zen (zen.arado): babies learn them quickly :)

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): well, a new language, learning an instrument and chess are supposed to be some of the best ways to keep the brain active even in old age

Zen (zen.arado): yes Yaku

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): but ur not old zen

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): babies usually don't have so much things in his 'mind' :)

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): so you can give it some time

Zen (zen.arado): good for Altsheimers prevention I guess

Storm Nordwind: SO they say

Zen (zen.arado): 68 nearly 69

Zen (zen.arado): that's old

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): nice age:)

Zen (zen.arado): big 7 0 approaching

Zen (zen.arado): :(

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): my boss also turns 70 this year

Zen (zen.arado): one foot in grave..

Zen (zen.arado): your boss? gosh

Zen (zen.arado): I have friend my age still working full time

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): 3rd wife ?

Zen (zen.arado): never had a 1 st one :)

Storm Nordwind: My wife will be 67 in a couple of weeks :)

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): is the tree full of leaves?... I must put myself up to date af all that's new here :)

Zen (zen.arado): I think it is difficult to find interesting women of my age

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): Zen!!!!

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): why?

Storm Nordwind: I have Kuan Yin to thank :))

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): what's the difference?

Yaku (yakuzza.lethecus): here in germany you give a share of ur pension to ur wife if she´s not working, so after a divorce there are some guys kinda screwed to work after retirement

Zen (zen.arado): they get set in their old ways

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): are they all death??? ( joking) :)

Zen (zen.arado): ha ha thanks Xirana :)

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): :)

Zen (zen.arado): lots of men my age pretty set that way too I admit

Zen (zen.arado): maybe I am as well in my own way

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): you mean...very independent?

Zen (zen.arado): yes that too

Zen (zen.arado): I don't want care workers either

Zen (zen.arado): if I can possibly do without

Zen (zen.arado): aren't most of us like that?

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes...if you can that's good:)

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): yes...I am quite indepenmdet too:) and I like to go my way:)

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): I will go to visit the tree now:) to see what's new:)

Zen (zen.arado): kk

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): see you soon!! :)

Zen (zen.arado): nice to see you :)

Storm Nordwind: Catch the train there

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): ahh yes...until the Dome..isn't it?

Zen (zen.arado): is there a station here?

Storm Nordwind: Let's go to the Pavilion - and I will show you

Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): ok:)

Storm Nordwind: /me waves