2009.07.30 13:00 - Bodhisattvas, Prostrations & Chronicles

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The Guardian for this meeting was Eliza Madrigal. The comments are by Eliza Madrigal.

Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Astrid :)
--BELL--
sophia Placebo: Hi
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello sophia :)
sophia Placebo: 2 bunnis^^
Gaya Ethaniel patiently waits for sophia to rezz :)
Gaya Ethaniel: oh your cuteness is slowly emerging sophia :)
sophia Placebo: i cant beat you on that
Gaya Ethaniel: How are you today? [I think I'm lagging quite a bit because I don't see my typing appearing until much much later btw]
sophia Placebo: oh
sophia Placebo: im great i think
sophia Placebo: ty and you ?
Gaya Ethaniel: re-logging ... brb
sophia Placebo: ok
Gaya Ethaniel: oh now I see you :) So cute!
sophia Placebo: *:::* WELCOME BACK *:::*
sophia Placebo: ^^
Gaya Ethaniel: ty :)
Gaya Ethaniel: ^__^
Gaya Ethaniel: How are you today?
sophia Placebo: in alive ,and you ?
sophia Placebo: im*
Gaya Ethaniel: Me too :)
Gaya Ethaniel: I thought this was Storm's slot ... did he swap?
sophia Placebo: i dont know
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ok
sophia Placebo: i cant keep track of session gardian swapping
Gaya Ethaniel giggles. Me neither.
sophia Placebo: i myself need a replacement for like a month and a half
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ... you need to swap or can't hold a slot anymore?
sophia Placebo: i will not be able to log in sl at that time
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ok which slot do you currently have?
sophia Placebo: saturday 7 am
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ... weekends is problematic for me unfortunately.
sophia Placebo: me too
Gaya Ethaniel: Especially Saturday ... yeah I can imagine.
Gaya Ethaniel: Hopefully you find a replacement soon :)
--BELL--
Eliza Madrigal: Bunny Chat :)
sophia Placebo: hello eliza !
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Eliza :)
sophia Placebo: you should join the club oneday
Gaya Ethaniel: Isn't sophia just so sweet looking today?
Eliza Madrigal: Yes I should! A bunny would be fun :)
Eliza Madrigal: Do either of you know how to move pictuers from SL to the hard drive?
Eliza Madrigal: Is it possible?
sophia Placebo: gaya you are a top bunny model !
Eliza Madrigal: hehe
Eliza Madrigal zooms in on Sophia's new look
Gaya Ethaniel: Snaps already taken?
Eliza Madrigal: So sweet
Eliza Madrigal: And yes Gaya. I took them this morning, but accidentally saved to SL
Eliza Madrigal: I'd intended to add them to the log.
sophia Placebo: i dont know a way to do that
Gaya Ethaniel: :) no I think sophia is a definitely superior cutie here.
Eliza Madrigal: There may not be a way... only visa versa. Sigh :)
Gaya Ethaniel: Probably worth having a look at SL wiki - http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Main_Page
Eliza Madrigal: Don't let me sidetrack you from your talk though. Hm, No guardian yet?
Gaya Ethaniel: I'm not sure.
Eliza Madrigal: Ah, wait. It is Storm today. He's in life transition. Ill grab it.
Gaya Ethaniel: Here you go - Open the Texture in world then go to: File, then to: Save Texture As
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Bill!!
Eliza Madrigal rubs eyes
Solobill Laville: :)
sophia Placebo: well someone wanted to get a sl texture to his harddrive , some adivcd him to snapshot the texture !
Eliza Madrigal: Oh excellent Gaya! Thank You!
Gaya Ethaniel: np :)
Solobill Laville: Hi, Eliza, Gaya, Spohia :)
sophia Placebo: hi solobill
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Solo :) Long time!
Solobill Laville: Yes, too long Gaya :)
Gaya Ethaniel nods nods.
Gaya Ethaniel: But RL does that sometimes :)
Solobill Laville: indeed
Eliza Madrigal: yes, always interfering with our SL time
sophia Placebo: thats very helpfull gaya ty
Eliza Madrigal: One moment, brb
Gaya Ethaniel: ok :)
Gaya Ethaniel: yw :)
Gaya Ethaniel: How are things and your practice Solo?
Solobill Laville: Good :) about an hour a day, prostrations, chanting, sitting
Solobill Laville: Oops
Eliza Madrigal: Yikes
Solobill Laville: I do believe that Gaya has *poofed* :)
Eliza Madrigal: Does the routine come naturally to you Solo?
Solobill Laville: Now it does, not a first though
Solobill Laville: TIme of day has a big role...I was an evening guy
Solobill Laville: after the kids went to bed
Solobill Laville: but now I am a morning guy...much better I think :)
Eliza Madrigal: WB Gaya :)
sophia Placebo: i gotta run
sophia Placebo: bye all
Solobill Laville: wb gaya
Gaya Ethaniel: ty :) SL is very unstable today for me.
Solobill Laville: Bye, Sophia
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Sophia
Eliza Madrigal: I like the 'idea' of a set routine, and sometimes I fall into a pattern, but mostly I change day to day, week to week
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Gaya Ethaniel: Bye sophia :)
Solobill Laville: Right, I think that is good too, go with what your schedule and mind/body dictate
Eliza Madrigal: So far it works.
Solobill Laville: :) Good!
--BELL--
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello arabella :)
arabella Ella whispers ... hiya!
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Ara :)
Solobill Laville: hehe, Hi Ara
Gaya Ethaniel: [apologies for standing, still rezzing here]
Eliza Madrigal: No worries Gaya :) Just glad that you're here
arabella Ella: cant yet see Gaya the cuddly bunny yet ...just a cloud
Gaya Ethaniel: :(
arabella Ella: but can hear you loud and clear :)
Solobill Laville: SO, how is it good, Eliza?
Gaya Ethaniel: ^__^
Eliza Madrigal: I'm back to finding time, I think, which is actually when I look at it, turning out to be 'more' than when I try to impose a strict schedule
Eliza Madrigal: This is a going in spurts thing though, so I still think 'routine' is preferable :)
Solobill Laville: Sounds balanced
arabella Ella: can you share your secret as to how to find time Eliza ... or is it just summer schedules?
Eliza Madrigal: It just isn't something I find I do well :)
Eliza Madrigal: In its way! :))
Eliza Madrigal: The secret is life upheaval :)
arabella Ella: oh
arabella Ella: does not sound as simple as i first thought it might :)
Eliza Madrigal: When the school year starts there will be another adjustment period, so I guess this is why 'groundlessness' is all I think about lately :)
Eliza Madrigal: hah
arabella Ella nods
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Eliza Madrigal: I dream of doing as Solo does, and others, which is get up early and get focused right away
arabella Ella: oh how i wish i could do that ... but i can only dream on ...
Solobill Laville: ...the legs are stiff then...
arabella Ella hates mornings
Eliza Madrigal: :) I have to admit though, I rush to sit, most days
Solobill Laville: BUt it really does frame the day nicely
Eliza Madrigal: like meeting a secret love
Eliza Madrigal grins
arabella Ella: :)
Gaya Ethaniel: I like doing yoga in the morning if I get around to it, pumping blood around, waking body up.
Eliza Madrigal: yes!!
Solobill Laville: yes, that is very much what prostrations are about
arabella Ella: say more Solo if could could please ... about procrastination
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ...
Eliza Madrigal: You've been really focused about that since you started bill. It has been a few months?
Solobill Laville is smiling
Solobill Laville: Ara, it is "prostrations" as opposed to "procrastination"
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
arabella Ella: oh
Eliza Madrigal: haha...reads back
arabella Ella: misunderstanding
arabella Ella: apologies :)
Solobill Laville: They are a formal kind of bowing practice
arabella Ella: oh
arabella Ella: intruiging
Solobill Laville: :) No worries, just an amusing mixup
arabella Ella: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Kind of cute. We were talking about not doing mornings well Ara :)
Gaya Ethaniel: Actually ... my grandma used to do that each morning now that I think about it ... though rather too energetically for us children watching.
arabella Ella: bowing?
Gaya Ethaniel: She had this beautiful painting of a bodhisattva in her room on the wall.
arabella Ella: lovely
Solobill Laville: :) Kwanseom Bosal?
Eliza Madrigal: Wow Gaya, how wonderful
Eliza Madrigal: Bill, that is from Vajra Radikal :)
Solobill Laville: (this is a great anim)
Solobill Laville: tanks
Solobill Laville: *thanks
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Solobill Laville: Did you see that Ara?
arabella Ella: no i missed it
arabella Ella: once again pls
arabella Ella: cool
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Gaya, you grew up in a buddhist family environment?
Gaya Ethaniel: yeah very much so :)
Solobill Laville: Funny, and I'm in Michigan practicing Korean Buddhism! :)
Eliza Madrigal smiles, thinking of the imagery one grows up around
Gaya Ethaniel: The style varies between countries but it's similar to what many Buddhist pilgrims do .. hands in the front bow then kneel down etc.
Gaya Ethaniel: :) yeah it did sound a bit Korean in terms you mentioned.
Gaya Ethaniel: btw I am missing quite a bit of chat lines so apologies in advance if I 'ignored' anything.
Solobill Laville: Kwan Seam Bosal is Kwanzeon in Japanese, Avalokitesvara in Sanscrit
Solobill Laville: *Seom
--BELL--
Gaya Ethaniel: I liked my grandfather's funeral in a temple. And there are many fond memories :) Like friendly local monks etc.
Solobill Laville: One of the biggie Bodhisattvas
Gaya Ethaniel: re-logging brb ...
arabella Ella: hey Gaya the cuddley bunny is back :)
arabella Ella: wb
Solobill Laville: wb Gaya
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Eliza Madrigal: :)Hi Gaya
Eliza Madrigal: yes, in all her glory
Gaya Ethaniel: Now you all are clouds :)
arabella Ella: oh nooooo
Gaya Ethaniel: ty :) sorry I keep making interruptions.
arabella Ella: so Gaya excuse my ignorance ... what sort of Buddhism were you brought up in?
Gaya Ethaniel: ah Eliza you don't mind posting it? Is this your slot btw? Thought it was Storm's.
Gaya Ethaniel: uh ... to be honest, I didn't know what sort at the time. I think it's Pure Land largely and with Seon thrown in here and there.
arabella Ella: ah
Gaya Ethaniel: Rather than a category, I can just describe as regular attending at temples ... lots of prostrations, sutra reading/chanting ... and so on.
arabella Ella: hiya Mick
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Mick :)
Eliza Madrigal does not mind... same thing happened this morning. haha
Solobill Laville: Hi Mick
Mickorod Renard: Hiya
Mickorod Renard: no Stim tonite?
Gaya Ethaniel: Going to see famous monks and visiting sacred sites (a sculpture on very high mountains etc.) were regarded highly and many of my family members did that.
Eliza Madrigal: Still on break, Mick
Mickorod Renard: wow
Mickorod Renard: nice for Stim,sad for us
Eliza Madrigal: Gaya, I think that is beautiful. We don't consider, when we are children, the environment too much...
Gaya Ethaniel: Like doing 10,000 prostrations things like that ... I thought it was a bit too extreme at the time but then I was very small heheheh
Eliza Madrigal: what an impact it has
Eliza Madrigal: Later we remember vividly :)
Gaya Ethaniel: Indeed :)
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Adams :)
Mickorod Renard: Hi Adams
Adams Rubble: Hello everyone :)
Solobill Laville: Hi, Adams :)
Eliza Madrigal: The prostrations I'm not there with yet, but I have high regard for the practice :)
arabella Ella: sounds really interesting Gaya would be lovely if you could share more
arabella Ella: Hiya Adams
Gaya Ethaniel: But Father became an evangelical Christian later in his life [he was somewhat agnostic before] so I guess it wasn't strictly Buddhist upbringing.
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Adams :)
Eliza Madrigal nods
Gaya Ethaniel: mm ... like experiences?
arabella Ella: makes it wound even more fascinating Gaya
arabella Ella: anything you think you would like to share that comes to mind
Adams Rubble: :) funny typo
Gaya Ethaniel: mm ... I liked free food heheheh [vegetarian and plain - nothing pungent ie garlic] whenever I visited the temple. Buddhists are not required to be vegetarian traditionally.
Gaya Ethaniel: Even now you can stay at temples for free I think.
Mickorod Renard: lovely
Gaya Ethaniel: A lot of university students do that for PhD etc. They offered lodgings during the World Cup for any foreigners too.
Solobill Laville: Friends, I have my marching orders to pick up 2 pizzas on the way home, so I must off...I'd love to stay though :/
Solobill Laville: Be well, everyone! :)
Gaya Ethaniel: Have a great evening Solo. Nice to see you!
Adams Rubble: bye Bill
Mickorod Renard: bye Solo,,nice seeing you
Eliza Madrigal: Happy to have a Solo sighting!
Eliza Madrigal: Bye bill :))
Mickorod Renard: yea
Mickorod Renard: and an Adams sighting
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Mickorod Renard: long time no see Adams too
Eliza Madrigal: yes, at this time of day! Unusual
Gaya Ethaniel: There are many more arabella :) Guess it's much like growing up in any religious environments.
Adams Rubble: nice to see you Mick :)
Mickorod Renard: Ara seems to have crashed
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ... :(
Eliza Madrigal is stuck in a camera angle
Gaya Ethaniel: But I have to say though until recently I was somewhat against Buddhism as I knew back then, a lot to do with ignorance not knowing meanings behind the rituals.
Mickorod Renard: Ara has had a power cut,,so may be gone a while
Adams Rubble: try hitting esc three times Eliza
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ok
Eliza Madrigal: That did it Ara :)
Eliza Madrigal: Oops Adams. Hah
Adams Rubble: :)
Eliza Madrigal: reading and thinking at same time
Eliza Madrigal: hahah
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Eliza Madrigal: The other day during one of these sessions where everyone was talking about the pauses and implementing them being tricky...
Eliza Madrigal: I remembered a little poem my great grandmother had on the all
Eliza Madrigal: *wall
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Eliza Madrigal: It was about finding time to pray
Mickorod Renard: yes?
Eliza Madrigal: and how the person rushed around and said "No sorry, no time for prayer today"
Eliza Madrigal: until at the end they realized they didn't have time not to...
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Eliza Madrigal: that the benefit was such :)
--BELL--
Eliza Madrigal: http://www.ftmagic.com/ntp.html
Eliza Madrigal: Here it is... not sure about the site, just did a search
Mickorod Renard: thts a nice thought
Gaya Ethaniel: That's lovely Eliza, thank you :)
Eliza Madrigal: :) Funny... I lived with that most of my childhood
Eliza Madrigal: but I can't remember really reading it.
Gaya Ethaniel: Maybe that's why you're still at 'it' :)
Mickorod Renard: cool
Eliza Madrigal: Ties in to thiking about growing up with bottisatvas pictures on the wall :)
Gaya Ethaniel: Watching some family members chanting day after day was a curious sight for me in my childhood and I'm sure those left mark like this poem on you.
Gaya Ethaniel: Yes :)
Eliza Madrigal: yes!!
Eliza Madrigal: and also into a discussion we had one day about 'sacred places' and our environments
Gaya Ethaniel: oh I missed that ... which session was it?
Eliza Madrigal: We're nurtured by these things at a level we don't realize
Gaya Ethaniel nods nods ... like 'Drink Coke' flashing during films can, though not nurturing in this case.
Eliza Madrigal: It was a little part of a discussion Adams and I had one day... am trying to remember who we arrrived at it :)
Eliza Madrigal: hahah Gaya, yes maybe
Eliza Madrigal: I've a picture of "God" on the computer. The screen says "Sacred Space"
Gaya Ethaniel: You know I see how simple things like decluttering can be 'spiritually' helpful because of this kind of realisation.
Gaya Ethaniel: That's nice Eliza :)
Eliza Madrigal: meaning, god is looking at a computer screen... didn't phrase that well
Eliza Madrigal: heh
Adams Rubble: :)
Mickorod Renard: he he
Eliza Madrigal nods... allowing space Gaya?
Gaya Ethaniel: I mean ... maybe one day things like clutters won't bother me in that level but I'm not there yet ...
Eliza Madrigal is a minimalist in a house of 'collectors"
Eliza Madrigal: hah
Gaya Ethaniel: Things just get registered in our minds sometimes subtly without us realising.
Gaya Ethaniel: I'm sure they affect how we are.
Mickorod Renard: me niether, although I recognise I need and want to de clutter
Gaya Ethaniel: How we are ... in our daily goings.
Eliza Madrigal: yes, though it is funny. I can think of times I was in very cluttered homes and felt 'hugged'
Mickorod Renard: I am almost weened off the goings
Gaya Ethaniel: Yes there are different clutters I'm sure :)
Adams Rubble: that's a good way to look at clutter...being hugged :)
Mickorod Renard: hugged sounds too nce thogh
Mickorod Renard: though
Gaya Ethaniel: For example, I'm more reluctant to watch films that are violent regardless their artistic merits these days.
Adams Rubble: appreciate the presence of clutter as the appearance of a hug from Being :)
Eliza Madrigal: Oh, that's sweet Adams :)
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Mickorod Renard: lol,,tere is that wy of looking at it I guess
Eliza Madrigal is not a fan of violent movies, but now and again one will get me on another level
Eliza Madrigal: like "Fight Club" or "Matrix"
Adams Rubble sticks to comedies ;)
Gaya Ethaniel: I guess I'm just seeing more and more reasons behind common sense and things people like my parents told me.
Eliza Madrigal nods
Mickorod Renard: is ther lots of lag tonite?
Eliza Madrigal: yes it seems to be going around Mick :)
Gaya Ethaniel: I think so Mick.
Mickorod Renard: ty
Eliza Madrigal wonders about others' favorites movies now
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Adams Rubble: YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW IN MY CASE (GIGGLES)
Eliza Madrigal: Oh wow
Adams Rubble: whoops
Eliza Madrigal: haha
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Mickorod Renard: go on tell
Eliza Madrigal smiles...guess I don't then. (yes I do)
Adams Rubble shakes her head
Adams Rubble: :)
Mickorod Renard: ahh,,,(emanuel movies)
--BELL--
Eliza Madrigal: emuanuel movies, Mick?
Eliza Madrigal: maybe getting a link?
Eliza Madrigal: What about you gaya?
Adams Rubble: p;hone
Mickorod Renard: just baiting Adam to tell
Eliza Madrigal is trying to remember the last film that took her breath away... been a while
Gaya Ethaniel: Me? There are so many ... I like Kieslowski's work, Jane Campion and some of Peter Greenaway etc etc and many Anime esp Miyazaki Hayao.
Mickorod Renard: the only film I ased somone tobuy for me was 'laurence of arabia' with peter o'toole in it
Eliza Madrigal: Ah, yes Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle... ooh love those
Gaya Ethaniel: I like the mirage scene :) It is a good film Mick.
Eliza Madrigal: Oh AND LoA is another favorite
Mickorod Renard: grin
Gaya Ethaniel: Totoro is my favourite Miyazaki :)
Eliza Madrigal: (but I fast forward parts where they are riding in the desert sometimes-ha)
Gaya Ethaniel: LoA?
Eliza Madrigal: Lawrence of Arabia
Gaya Ethaniel: ah
Eliza Madrigal: I've not seen Totoro
Eliza Madrigal: thanks for the tip!
Gaya Ethaniel: yw :)
Eliza Madrigal: My girls watch 'The Cat Returns' about once a week! hah
Mickorod Renard: I must admit,,a long time ago when I was in love and all that stuff,,I like dr zhivago
Gaya Ethaniel: No way ... :)
Eliza Madrigal smiles.. Mick the romantic :)
Gaya Ethaniel: ah :) Indeed!
Eliza Madrigal: I'm like that too, though the kids joke that someone always dies at the end of movies I like
Gaya Ethaniel guffaws.
Eliza Madrigal has a daughter reading this singing the Totoro song
Eliza Madrigal: Okay....now two daughters in unison
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Mickorod Renard: I becme so sensitive that I couldnt watch movies that involved loosing loved ones cos I would brst ino tears
Gaya Ethaniel: aaww cute :) They like Kiki too? That's another of my favourite.
Eliza Madrigal: now they are cheering
Gaya Ethaniel: Couldn't watch which one Mick?
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Ooh Mick
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Mickorod Renard: anything sad
Eliza Madrigal: That's kind of nice actually
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ... ok
Eliza Madrigal: sensitive
Gaya Ethaniel: Yes that's helpful I think.
Mickorod Renard: even watching the news is too much for me sometimes
Gaya Ethaniel: I used to be very much like that Mick. I don't get sucked into things too much these day which is nice :)
Mickorod Renard: yes, I have built up some resistance
Eliza Madrigal: yes the news can be difficult when one is empathetic ... but one can turn it into a prayer
Gaya Ethaniel: How do you resist it Mick? I have found watching helpful in my cases.
Adams Rubble: back (reading)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Gaya Ethaniel: wb :)
Mickorod Renard: dont ge me wrng, I dont get depressed
Gaya Ethaniel: Sure I know what you meant. You meant being emphatic right?
Adams Rubble: WOW, YOU WROTE ALOT WHILE i WAS AWAY :)
Adams Rubble: whoops
Eliza Madrigal: YES
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Adams Rubble: Caps Lock seems to have moved
Gaya Ethaniel: Emphasising*
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Mickorod Renard: I gues so, but its just that I have moved my centre of concern from myself to that of the rest of the world
Gaya Ethaniel: That's nice :)
Eliza Madrigal smiles, nice Mick, and the phrasing too
Mickorod Renard: primarily that of other humans
Eliza Madrigal: I think that is turning it into a prayer
Eliza Madrigal: Adams poofed now
Gaya Ethaniel nods :(
Mickorod Renard: lol
Eliza Madrigal: yes strange, laggy SL day
--BELL--
Gaya Ethaniel: wb Adams :)
Mickorod Renard: I seem to have speeded up now i have closed some other windows
Eliza Madrigal: WB Adams :)
Mickorod Renard: oops
Adams Rubble: thank you. My display driver stopped working and Buyeo sim is down
Eliza Madrigal: Ah
Gaya Ethaniel: oh ok ... I will just log off here in that case.
Eliza Madrigal: yes, me too. As I did this morning actually :)
Adams Rubble: It probably will be back soon, I think just resetting it
Mickorod Renard: am I doing the usual scribe again Eliza?
Eliza Madrigal: (oh didn't realize we were in the bell)
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ok
Adams Rubble: me neither
Mickorod Renard: dont worry
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Yes, Mick. You've been doing the 2nd slot right?
Mickorod Renard: yes
Eliza Madrigal: yup, seems right :)
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Eliza Madrigal: My days are going on right now :)
Eliza Madrigal: Gaya, I think if I took a photo, btw, that it doesn't transfer...only texture
Mickorod Renard: lol,,I left you a large 2 hour log yesterday
Eliza Madrigal: I'll have to play around some more
Eliza Madrigal: yes you did! When I loaded a log this morning I saw that one
Adams Rubble: the etxture is the photo and can be sent to someone else
Mickorod Renard: he he
Eliza Madrigal: haevn't read it, but saw the words
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ... let me look up ...
Mickorod Renard: I cut them back a bit too
Eliza Madrigal: Adams, I wanted to put a photo in the log but I accidentally saved it to SL rather than the hard drive
Eliza Madrigal: You did Mick? hahah
Adams Rubble: ah, sorry to but in :)
Eliza Madrigal: We're in a race you and I. Some of my sessions are really long too :)
Eliza Madrigal: No, not at all Adams :)
Eliza Madrigal resisted emailing Adams about the photo earlier :)
Mickorod Renard: I struggle sometimes with phots
Gaya Ethaniel: When you save a snapshot on your computer Eliza, it is .tga.
Adams Rubble: :)
Gaya Ethaniel: Open it in graphics program like GIMP then convert it to JPEG or any other formats you prefer. That should work.
Eliza Madrigal: OOH!!!
Eliza Madrigal: It worked
Eliza Madrigal: Sheesh, easy
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Well I saved the file anyway... will see about converting it
Adams Rubble: you can save it as a bmp (or jpeg if you have the new version of Wondows)
Eliza Madrigal: yes I have vista
Mickorod Renard: I struggled moving it from import to amonst the log wording
Gaya Ethaniel: BMP or PNG would be better in quality though larger than JPEG.
Adams Rubble: yes can save a jpeg
Adams Rubble: jpeg is better for web pages
Eliza Madrigal: Thank you both very much. I don't see the option to save as other than the .tga
Eliza Madrigal: but I'll work with it later :)
Adams Rubble: it comes in the second wondow
Adams Rubble: (me checking)
Eliza Madrigal: Ah, okay.
Gaya Ethaniel: Yes save it as .tga and then open it in a program like GIMP or even Paint in accessories Eliza to convert to other formats.
Mickorod Renard: I use the paint option
Adams Rubble: it is in the first window; there is a format wondow
Eliza Madrigal: Two weeks until the WoK workshop begins again, or just one?
Gaya Ethaniel: It's back next week I think :)
Eliza Madrigal: Ah, great
Gaya Ethaniel: Though I hope to see Stim on next Monday too.
Mickorod Renard: yes?
Adams Rubble: this is the second time I could have gone when it was cancelled :(
Gaya Ethaniel: His PaB session I mean.
Eliza Madrigal: I have a few more weeks of being able to make sessions at this time
Eliza Madrigal: Adams :(
Eliza Madrigal: Nice having you here though
Gaya Ethaniel: :(
Adams Rubble: thanks Eliza :)
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Adams Rubble: haven't said much but listened to evry word :)
Eliza Madrigal: Normally I am driving to three diff. schools until about 2SLT... rush home to get to workshops :)
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ...
Mickorod Renard: I am trying to learn to say less,,its funny, in rl I am pretty quiet
Adams Rubble: ouch
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: me too Mick
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Mickorod Renard: what type of schools Eliza?
Eliza Madrigal is quiet in RL too
Eliza Madrigal: My kids are 3 years apart and each very different, so their schools are scattered about
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Mickorod Renard: lol,,I see
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Eliza Madrigal shakes head and thinks she's been too accomodating. haha
Mickorod Renard: I have the one,,and he will be taking himself off to college from now
Gaya Ethaniel: Time to go, nice seeing you all again :)
Adams Rubble: bye Gaya :)
Mickorod Renard: who writes here then?
Mickorod Renard: I know ara is
arabella Ella: me?
Mickorod Renard: well,,you do stuff
Eliza Madrigal: The Chronicles are a small indication that Adams writes occassioanlly :)
arabella Ella: and you do stuff too :)
Mickorod Renard: some
Eliza Madrigal has written constantly since about 9
Mickorod Renard: what are the chronicals?
Mickorod Renard: wow eliza
Eliza Madrigal: The PaB Chronicles Mick... look at the link. If you've not done reading, you'll be amazed
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Adams Rubble: Look at the left column of the play as being website mick
Mickorod Renard: ok,,fantastic
Mickorod Renard: cool
Eliza Madrigal: Adams has written about finding PaB and interviewed many guardians
Eliza Madrigal: lots of background there to PaB's beginnings
Mickorod Renard: incredible,,and how do you like it Adams?
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Adams Rubble: likie what? Mick
Mickorod Renard: like the constuction and so forth
arabella Ella: just found it ... and have read some in the past ... brilliant work Adams
Adams Rubble is having great difficulty with construction these days :)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Mickorod Renard: I darnyt look,,was strugglin with lag
Eliza Madrigal: yes, best to look when off SL today or might get booted off Mick
Adams Rubble: There is construction everywhere around here this summer
Mickorod Renard: yes?
arabella Ella: :)
arabella Ella: here too
arabella Ella: resulting in dust everywhere
Adams Rubble: I also have a blog http://rubblebornthoughts.wordpress.com
Mickorod Renard: i may risk that one
Adams Rubble: I started on the 3rd day of PaB and haven't stopped yet
Adams Rubble: it is a mystery
Eliza Madrigal: It seems a natural outflow... so often we come here and the topics discussed are sparks
Adams Rubble: 3rd day of my time in PaB that is
Adams Rubble: started June 12, 2008
Mickorod Renard: thats so amazing Adams
Adams Rubble: It is a bit like reading the telephone book (giggles)
arabella Ella: i always wanted to start writing a blog
arabella Ella: but have not yet managed to get down to doing it
arabella Ella: time ... time .... time
Adams Rubble nods
Mickorod Renard: wow,,I think I know what I will be reading soon
arabella Ella wishes there were 48 hours in a day
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Eliza Madrigal: yes there are seasons
Eliza Madrigal: openings
Mickorod Renard: and Eliza,,have you got to publish yet?
Eliza Madrigal: You're about interesting things I'd like to be doing Ara, like travelling :)
Eliza Madrigal: I've published only one article in my life offline, and have submitted only one too :)
Eliza Madrigal: I used to write for alternative education sites years ago though
Mickorod Renard: nice
Eliza Madrigal: another well paying love affair
Eliza Madrigal: hahahha
Mickorod Renard: grin
Adams Rubble: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Now, I can hardly spell!
Eliza Madrigal: I talk and write in odd codes!
arabella Ella: :)
Adams Rubble: hehe. that is your fingers, not you Elia
Adams Rubble: Eliza
Mickorod Renard: phone texting is good for that
Eliza Madrigal: APAPB, PAB, SL...hehe
Eliza Madrigal: Oh that it were true Adams :)
Adams Rubble: well now we have auto-spelling :)
Eliza Madrigal nods.
Eliza Madrigal: One of my daughters might be going to a paperless school next year. The principle went to Japan to observe and learn and is coming back to run a new 'green'school
Adams Rubble: :)
arabella Ella: cool
Mickorod Renard: well,,i think I must move on,,got some gardening to do and some sl animals to feed
Eliza Madrigal: yes so maybe no spelling bees, which is a little of a shame
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Mickorod Renard: thats interesting eliza
Eliza Madrigal: Yes Mick, you are right
Adams Rubble: bye Mick :)
arabella Ella: bye Mick
Eliza Madrigal: Bye, nice to see you today :)
Eliza Madrigal should go too
Mickorod Renard: i would love to stay as I am interested in this,,but its late
Eliza Madrigal: yes indeed
Adams Rubble: bye Eliza :)
Mickorod Renard: thanks for everything,,and the chats
arabella Ella: i must go too but lovely to see you all :)
arabella Ella: nite
Adams Rubble: thank you Mick
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Mick, Ara, Adams :) Lovely chats today... another log of multiple topics to figure a title out for
Adams Rubble: bye Ara :)