2013.11.27 19:00 - like a warm blanket

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

Eos Amaterasu: hi stevenaia
Eos Amaterasu: I was taking a walk in the woods :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: isn't this lovely, like spring
Eos Amaterasu: meanwhile the RL wind howls :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: I was here and inadvertently transported myself away
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, we sent you those winds,. Are you expecting snow too?
Eos Amaterasu: No, tonight and tomorrow am will be warm, but then it'll start getting cold

--BELL--

Eos Amaterasu: (we're having lots of rain now)
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, a very big storm
stevenaia Michinaga: we jsut got rain too, a few inches
stevenaia Michinaga: were there many here last night?
Eos Amaterasu: just eos
stevenaia Michinaga: I love these backgrounds here
stevenaia Michinaga: creates an entirely new feeling
Eos Amaterasu: yes
Eos Amaterasu: although it's faux SL
Eos Amaterasu: immersive woods are an amazing experience
stevenaia Michinaga: faux faux
stevenaia Michinaga: a cuddly warmth
Eos Amaterasu: I take walks through a local woods glade, can really feel the 3-dimensional envelopment of life by life
Eos Amaterasu: your feet press down softly on life
Eos Amaterasu: the winds carry its scents and feelings
Santoshima Resident: 's current display-name is "San".
stevenaia Michinaga: the russeling leaves
stevenaia Michinaga: all the senses activated
Eos Amaterasu: Hi, San!
stevenaia Michinaga: hi san
Santoshima Resident: hi eos and stevie
stevenaia Michinaga: we were jsut talking about being in the woods
Santoshima Resident: oh, yes, good topic
Eos Amaterasu: it's all around us
Santoshima Resident: yes, nice scrim
stevenaia Michinaga: and how imersive it is
stevenaia Michinaga: even when it's SL
Santoshima Resident: especially since it's a photograph
Eos Amaterasu: yes, that's the faux part of it
Eos Amaterasu: it could be an actual SL build
Eos Amaterasu: or an RL build
Eos Amaterasu: reminded me of Windhorse Farm, where we did a couple of retreats
stevenaia Michinaga: lol, a RL build
Eos Amaterasu: I would like to do an RL build of the pavilion here
Eos Amaterasu: packaged inside a snowglobe
Santoshima Resident: doable
stevenaia Michinaga: wonders if they have such a thing of the Japanese pavillian in SF, very similar
Eos Amaterasu: I got a little snowglobe when I was at Yosemite
Eos Amaterasu: it has a bear inside
Santoshima Resident: a mini-bear?
Eos Amaterasu: it's a nice reminder
Santoshima Resident: yes
Eos Amaterasu: the bear is as large as your eyes
Santoshima Resident: snow globes and airports? what's the connection?
Eos Amaterasu: the idea of the PaB pavilion snowglobe is that it's a conversation stopper
Eos Amaterasu: or opener
stevenaia Michinaga: airports are where the snow globes live
Eos Amaterasu: 9 secs approx
Eos Amaterasu: I was worried about that
Santoshima Resident: i see
Eos Amaterasu: how you take a snowglobe with you on an airplane
Eos Amaterasu: liquids and gels, you know
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
Eos Amaterasu: I guess I put it in a plastic bag
Eos Amaterasu: and pause 9 seconds with TSA
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Eos Amaterasu: stevenaia, what building would you put in a snowglobe?

--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: I like the idea of the PaB pavillion
Santoshima Resident: {need to run ... bfn }
Eos Amaterasu: ciao san
Santoshima Resident: last class
stevenaia Michinaga: A bridge from SL to RL
Santoshima Resident: ciao
stevenaia Michinaga: bye San
stevenaia Michinaga: gtsy
Eos Amaterasu: yes
Eos Amaterasu: maybe we could make a few larger ones
stevenaia Michinaga: like putting snowmen in there, they aren;t real and don;t melt
Eos Amaterasu: special gifts
stevenaia Michinaga: was playing with a three D printer a few weeks ago that a friend has, unfortunately this would not print easilly
Eos Amaterasu: too many pillars and stuff?
stevenaia Michinaga: it doesn't print things that float on stilts very easilly
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
Eos Amaterasu: you need a more subtle 3D printer
stevenaia Michinaga: another associate can 3D print in metal, saw a very havy gothic church with much detail but each layer has to sit on something or a temporary support
Eos Amaterasu: So maybe you do a custom rendition that scales the right way
Eos Amaterasu: (of the citadel, I mean)
Eos Amaterasu: that's what you often see in snowglobes
stevenaia Michinaga: the land of PaB
Eos Amaterasu: the suspension of belief/disbelief
stevenaia Michinaga: imagination can be very real
Eos Amaterasu: seems to be a favorite occupation - creating new forms
stevenaia Michinaga: creating, yes, new forms are less important
Eos Amaterasu: hmm, yes
Eos Amaterasu: there's a kind of richness in the act
Eos Amaterasu: like the rotting logs profusing with life in a natural woods
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Eos Amaterasu: unnamed picassos

--BELL--

Hana Furlough: Hi Eos and Steve!
stevenaia Michinaga: hi hana
Eos Amaterasu: hi Hana!
Eos Amaterasu: we're having a quiet night in the woods
Hana Furlough: i see
Hana Furlough: very nice
stevenaia Michinaga: nice to have woods nearby
Eos Amaterasu: (meanwhile here in RL the wind is really howling....)
Hana Furlough: yes, very relaxing scenery
stevenaia Michinaga: like a warm blanket
Eos Amaterasu: speaking of warm blanket...
Eos Amaterasu: time to get in one, near midnight
stevenaia Michinaga: :) keep out of the wind
Hana Furlough: oh dear
Hana Furlough: yes, stay warm
Eos Amaterasu: sorry to leave, ciao Hana and stevenaia
stevenaia Michinaga: night Eos
Hana Furlough: not at all! nice to see you!
Hana Furlough: bye, eos!
stevenaia Michinaga: how have you been hana?
Hana Furlough: good!
Hana Furlough: and you?
stevenaia Michinaga: sitting at computer with a kitty in my arms
stevenaia Michinaga: doesn;t get much better
Hana Furlough: ahh yes, that is a very nice feeling
Hana Furlough: how many cats do you have?
stevenaia Michinaga: one
stevenaia Michinaga: used to have 3 but they all got old
stevenaia Michinaga: this one is 11
Hana Furlough: oh i see
stevenaia Michinaga: you have pets?
Hana Furlough: not technically
stevenaia Michinaga: fish?
Hana Furlough: my parents have several cats which are sort of like my pets
Hana Furlough: for some reason, i also seem to find myself around wild pigeons
stevenaia Michinaga: like the one in front of you?
Hana Furlough: so they are like pets
Hana Furlough: haha yes!
Hana Furlough: and the ones that live at my apt building and on campus
Hana Furlough: i look forward to having more pets in the future

--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: Night hana, thakls for stopping by
Hana Furlough: good night!
Paradise Tennant: hiya hana :)
Hana Furlough: hi paradise!
Hana Furlough: i'm really sorry, but i was just about to run
Paradise Tennant: no worries I am late fell asleep :))
Paradise Tennant: hope you have a lovely day :)
Hana Furlough: oh i see
Hana Furlough: thank you!
Hana Furlough: have a good night and hope to catch you soon!