Pema Pera: Hi Storm!
Pema Pera: Good seeing you again!
Pema Pera: Shall we go inside?
Storm Nordwind: Hi pema
Storm Nordwind: sure
Pema Pera: How are you feeling, Storm?
Pema Pera: and Jobe?
Storm Nordwind: Jobe is quite ill and I may be called away at a moment’s notice
Storm Nordwind: I have only had the same thing for 2 or 3 days
Storm Nordwind: At least both the doctor’s visit and the medication cost zero here
Pema Pera: amazing!
Storm Nordwind: Even for a visitor
Pema Pera: indeed
Storm Nordwind: But the good news is: we haven’t given it to anyone else
Pema Pera: :-)
Pema Pera: btw, I had some good conversations with a land owner in Bieup
Storm Nordwind: Good to hear
Pema Pera: who is willing to swap parcels
Storm Nordwind: Really?
Pema Pera: So we can get a fair amount of land of the N-S strip next to Mieum!
Storm Nordwind: Very cool
Pema Pera: it is all falling together it seems
Pema Pera: nice guy too
Storm Nordwind: Sounds fabulous
Pema Pera: yeah, and we may be able to buy a corridor in Chongno
Pema Pera: also, I’m getting close to a few deals about other small parcels in Rieul, near/between Dakini’s land and ours.
Storm Nordwind: Oh excellent!
Pema Pera: I’m nibbling away :-)
Storm Nordwind: You are. And I should be foresting away. And I will in a few days time again
I remembered the go set in the pub.
Pema Pera: Ah!
Pema Pera: Before I forget
Pema Pera: we tried to play go on your 9×9 set
Pema Pera: I think it was 6 hours ago
Storm Nordwind: ok
Pema Pera: but couldn’t figure out how to move the pieces
Pema Pera: what’s the trick?
Storm Nordwind: easy
Storm Nordwind: There were no instructions with it
Pema Pera: right click it said
Pema Pera: that was all
Storm Nordwind: no
Pema Pera: didn’t find more instructions
Storm Nordwind: left click on a set of tse
Storm Nordwind: and then on the board
Pema Pera: but then again I am magenta-lavender colorblind it seems :-)
Storm Nordwind: Apparently according to Dakini!
Storm Nordwind: No I worked it out
Pema Pera: Hi Ecstasy!
Storm Nordwind: You click on the bowl with the colour you want to play
Ecstasy Dreamscape smiles “Hi Pema, Storm”
Storm Nordwind: Then you click on the node
Pema Pera: both left click, in that order?
Storm Nordwind: Hi Ecstasy
Storm Nordwind: yes
Storm Nordwind: for each one
Pema Pera: will try next time, Storm!
Storm Nordwind: Remove laboriously by clicking on each stone
Storm Nordwind: Thought you’d like it!
Pema Pera: not too many in 9×9 — do you have a larger board too? — Ecstasy, we’re talking about the game of go
Ecstasy Dreamscape: ahh
Ecstasy had quietly joined us.
Pema Pera: Storm put a game in the new pub he built in the forest
Ecstasy Dreamscape: oh? that sounds interesting
Pema Pera: Have you seen the forest, rivers, waterfall?
Storm Nordwind: I bought the game very cheaply. Anything bigger I’ll have to make myself. It might be lower down the list of priorities!
Pema Pera: haha, yes
Ecstasy Dreamscape: i have not seen it
Pema Pera: I can ask the go club players — they have a real nice set of boards at their club
Pema Pera: another time sink — a very happy one, but nonetheless
Pema Pera: let’s walk over to the forest in a minute, to show it to Ecstasy
Storm Nordwind: It really is. I used to play a lot of Tablut until I realised it was taking 2 hours EVERY night! (though I got to #5 in the world, but hardly worth it!)
Ecstasy Dreamscape smiles ok
Storm Nordwind: Perhaps the beer is working in there now. I was just playing with it
Ecstasy Dreamscape laughs softly
Pema Pera: haha, sounds great!
Ecstasy Dreamscape: beer?
Ecstasy Dreamscape: funny
Storm Nordwind: A beer drinking monk? yes funny!
Ecstasy Dreamscape: i go for diet coke or nonfat milk as my beverage of choice!
Pema Pera: in Belgium monks = beer
Ecstasy Dreamscape: lol
Storm Nordwind: Yes they do! And they make some of the best in the world!
Storm Nordwind: Chimay Blue :)))
Ecstasy Dreamscape: hmmmm, no kidding? had no idea
We looked back at our previous meeting.
Pema Pera: How are you feeling today, Ecstasy? I really enjoyed our conversations the other day, with the group!
Pema Pera: was very moving
Ecstasy Dreamscape: i am feeling a lot better thank you Pema *smile
Ecstasy Dreamscape: was really having a tough time that day
Ecstasy Dreamscape: have been able to change my perspective on some things
Pema Pera: I’m so glad you could share that tough time with us, Ecstasy
Pema Pera: Would you like to say something about the shifts in perspective?
Ecstasy Dreamscape: kind of had asnowball effect going on with the loss of my kitty and some bad stuff going on with a man who came on really strong to me in sl
Pema Pera: ah, that can be tough, I’m sure!
Ecstasy Dreamscape: that is where i have lifted a huge burden…
Ecstasy Dreamscape: well re: my kitty
Pema Pera: wonderful, yes, it felt that way already while we all talked together
Ecstasy Dreamscape: Hotaru shared that twinkie needed to go on the next part of her journey and i needed to let her go so she could do that…
Storm Nordwind: wise words
Ecstasy Dreamscape: helped, is helping a lot, still hurts , i still look for her, start to talk to her and realize she is gone…:P
stevenaia Michinaga: hello
Ecstasy Dreamscape: Hi Stevenaia
Ecstasy Dreamscape: but i just try the “be” concept we talked about too and that helps me lots
Storm Nordwind: Hi stevenaia
Pema Pera: And then Dakini talked about shedding coats
Pema Pera: Hi Steve!
Ecstasy Dreamscape: yes shedding coats too
Ecstasy Dreamscape: love that
Pema Pera: I understand, Ecstasy, I have lost more than one cat when I was younger
Ecstasy Dreamscape: ummmm
stevenaia Michinaga: shedding a metaphor for what?
Steven had joined us, and caught up with our conversation.
Pema Pera: one of them in winter, rather dramatically
Storm Nordwind: I have lost four of the most beautiful ones since my move to Scotland. I thought “never again”
Ecstasy Dreamscape: oh dear, i have always wanted that concept of “one more time to smell the wind, the flowers, feel the sun”
stevenaia Michinaga: oh, cat fur.. I see
Storm Nordwind: I can understand that Ecstasy, but…
Storm Nordwind: These were Skogkatts
Ecstasy Dreamscape: ?
Storm Nordwind: And I fell completely in love with the breed
Ecstasy Dreamscape: i don’t know of that breed
Storm Nordwind: Otherwise known as Norwegian Forest Cats
Storm Nordwind: They only came in from the forests 80 years ago
Ecstasy Dreamscape: ahhh those are beautiful, i think i have seen photos
Storm Nordwind: They are twice the size of a normal cat
Storm Nordwind: some larger than Maine Coons
Storm Nordwind: and the most beautiful and intelligent
Storm Nordwind: but
Storm Nordwind: they still think they have no competition
Ecstasy Dreamscape: *giggles
Storm Nordwind: and if you don’t keep them inside they think they can stand up to a 60 mph car
Ecstasy Dreamscape: yikes
Storm Nordwind: And it is not fair to keep that kind of cat inside
Storm Nordwind: they were born for the forest
Storm Nordwind: but they have zero town or road sense
Storm Nordwind: not bred in
Ecstasy Dreamscape: oh dear
Although I had seen Steven’s text messages, I could not see his avatar. It must have been a glitch in SL, but no matter what angle I looked from, all other cushions were empty in my viewer.
Pema Pera: Steve, are you still there? Can’t see you :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
stevenaia Michinaga: see?
Pema Pera: rezzing problem for you and/or for me?
Storm Nordwind: not for me
Pema Pera: how odd!
stevenaia Michinaga: no I see you all
Ecstasy Dreamscape: i see everyone
Pema Pera: I see everyone I see but I don’t see Steve :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: unles we are talking about seeing in a broader sense
Ecstasy Dreamscape: mysterious sl
stevenaia Michinaga: ..smile
Ecstasy Dreamscape: lol
Pema Pera: haha
stevenaia Michinaga: I’m here
Storm Nordwind laughs
Pema Pera: well, I will presume you’re here and on a nearby cushion :-)
Ecstasy Dreamscape: *smiles
stevenaia Michinaga: to your left
Pema Pera: sorry to interrupt, Storm and Ecstasy!
Ecstasy resumed her narrative.
Ecstasy Dreamscape: no problem, my kitties were/are Himalayans and i kept them inside except for only outside under supervision to protect from cars because i live in the city
stevenaia Michinaga: and don;t forget all the fleas
Ecstasy Dreamscape: anyway as sad as the loss, the love and good is a wonderful memory to keep
Ecstasy Dreamscape: yes the fleas outdoors, never had a prob with that thank goodness
Ecstasy Dreamscape nods
Storm Nordwind: Yes those memories are good, and no one can steal them from you
Ecstasy Dreamscape: well, something else that is enlightening my perspective…
Ecstasy Dreamscape: as mentioned the other thing that has really been bringing me down…
Ecstasy Dreamscape: i never came to sl for romance…
Ecstasy Dreamscape: a man singled me out and came on very strong and then turns out to be a “player”…
Ecstasy Dreamscape: i have no chat room or online experience with that sort of thing so it was an eye opener …
Ecstasy Dreamscape: and now i have learned that there are people who are very predatory
Ecstasy Dreamscape: so i grow …
stevenaia Michinaga: I have had many friends here with broken hearts
Ecstasy Dreamscape: yes, i see that too a lot, never thought i would be one though
stevenaia Michinaga: seems to happen more than you would expect
Ecstasy Dreamscape: thought the person was very sincere
Ecstasy Dreamscape smiles “Hi D!”
Storm Nordwind: Some times, just some times, it can all work out better than you’d ever dreamed off. It did for me!
Dakini Rhode: hi E!
Pema Pera: Hi Dakini!
Ecstasy Dreamscape: really Storm?
Storm Nordwind: Hi Dakini
Ecstasy Dreamscape: wow
Storm Nordwind smiles
Dakini Rhode: :-)))
Ecstasy Dreamscape: sooo happy to hear that
Dakini joined us, and Storm and Stevenaia told about stories with happy endings in sight
stevenaia Michinaga: it;s always dificult to determine total honesty from manipulation I’m afraid, these things can take time
Storm Nordwind: Yes, right next to me in RL right now is my fiancee, whom I met in a clothes shop here in SL
stevenaia Michinaga: but deep friendships can also happen
Dakini Rhode: Dakini Rhode waves to Jobe…
Ecstasy Dreamscape: wow!!!! so cool
Storm Nordwind passes on a Thank You from Jobe
Ecstasy Dreamscape: my faith is restored good things do happen
stevenaia Michinaga: I have been to an SL Wedding where RL wedding will not be far behind, my friend moved from US to Sweden where they now live happily
Ecstasy Dreamscape: omgosh
Ecstasy Dreamscape: wow
Ecstasy Dreamscape: it is sure nice to hear such wonderful positve relationships are real and possible
Storm Nordwind: And I will be moving to Colorado when the US Immigration gets its act together
stevenaia Michinaga: seems the only think that prevents them from marrying is the paperwork, Sl seems so much more straightforward in that respect
Pema Pera: I’m afraid I have to leave now, much as I would love to keep here with this company and conversation . . . . I have a brief astronomy meeting I have to attend
stevenaia Michinaga: although the SL wedding plans still took a few month… big ceremony, I still haven’t figured out what to get an SL couple as a gift
Storm Nordwind: OK then. Have a starry time :)
Pema Pera: thanks, Storm!
Dakini Rhode: nice to see however briefly Pema
stevenaia Michinaga: bye Pema, thanks
Pema Pera: bye Steve!
Pema Pera: bye Ecstasy! Thanks for joining us again!
Ecstasy Dreamscape: oh, ok, thank you Pema have a beautiful day
Storm Nordwind: Namaste
Pema Pera: Bye Dakini!