Well gosh then its time to give thanks to all of you who have held my hand when I was sad, giggled at me when I was being a goof, stood up for me when I was the victim, cheered for me when I was successful and rooted me on when I was ready to quit.

It’s been a wacky year, which I will recap in my New Years post…. But for today, I want to thank you all for sharing your second life with me!!

Much Love,
Miss Serra

Bloodlines Sanguinus has finally been delivered and is in the final stages of set up.

I have to cut a few more plots, set up the tier meter and set up the shop meters.

I believe I will have this done tonight, if I don't get hammered with IM's or emergancies. *crosses fingers*

Much love!
Miss Serra

I was glancing at the BareRose site found myself wondering "how in the hell does anyone keep up with this level of output?"

I counted at least 10 new outfits I want... boy is it a good thing that she doesn't have a way to shop her things while I am at work. Bad things would happen.

Besides Pink Mist as referred to on the previous post, I will be getting these:

Ethnica
Duet
White Mist
Minoan
TRADurian
Colored Karra
Nocturne
Pirates Queen
Dressage
Elisa

Gotta love me some BareRose

Does ANYONE know who makes this jacket???



Image found on Second Look Studio ... really quite a lovely blog.

Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 1pm SLT, The Victorian Ladies' Society will be hosting their "Farewell to Fall Victorian Carnival" at the Winterfell Taure En Lor dock.

Come play the duck hunt game, or venture into the burlesque tent. The tarot card reader can tell you your fortune, or dance the night away with someone you love.

Come one come all, if we have at least five people, I'm sure we would be willing to start a game of musical chairs!

IM Maiya Writer for more details or visit the Victorian Ladies' Society in world.

The OpenSpace sims of Winterfell Requiem, Winterfell Mithras and Winterfell Haven have been taken away to convert Winterfell Morigion into a full sim. Jace and his team are working feverishly to get the island back up and functioning, and I suspect that with the speed of Jaces whip... construction will be complete by the mid weekend.

I have been promised a grand reopening party to celebrate - keep your eye out for the invite.

The schedule for conversions are as follows:

Move Winterfell Libris to its new home east of Reverie

Convert Winterfell Sonnet, Winterfell Dark Sea and Winterfell Eventide into Winterfell Maldoror (full sim) and place it in its new home north of Morigion

Move Winterfell Harbor to its new home east of Sanctuary

Convert Winterfell Breakwater, Winterfell Eidolon and Winterfell Serenity into Winterfell Amaranthine (full sim) and place it in its new home north of Winterfell Laudanum

And finally move the remaining OS sims into place and figure out how to convert Winterfell Undertow into a full sim. I am short one OS. Do I let it just poof or do I pay for the extra OS to convert? And if I do convert, is there any demand for more Dark Victorian land?

*EDIT* I have taken the plunge and bought an OS sim off a friend who had an extra from his conversions. So that OS sim along with Winterfell Fathom and Winterfell Elysium will be used to convert Winterfell Undertow into Winterfell Anodyne.

Much Love,
Miss Serra

Yes yes I know... I go through templates like no ones business...

But I figured with the upcoming Bloodlines project that my personal blog can't really be only about Winterfell, so a new look and title was in order... so back to my "head" companies name In Perpetua Designs

I hope it's not too disturbing to your delicate sensibilities.

On Sunday October 26th, literally the day before the new OpenSpace policy was announced by Linden Lab, I had finalized talks with Liquid Designs about creating and running their land development for The Thirst: Bloodlines.

The Thirst: Bloodlines is a complete vampire system and multi-player interactive role-playing game based in Second Life. It's based on the popular vampire system The Thirst that's been available in Second Life from Liquid Designs since the beginning of 2007.

I have known Mars Bracken for a few years though the Winterfell shops and have always admired his style and business sense. When he came to me for advice on land management I was more than happy to answer his questions. After a few hours of talking it became clear that the best option for Mars was to have someone run the Bloodlines land development for him. I offered my self up for that possible role, and after he talked to his business partner we had a deal!

My plan had been to get the ball rolling and order the land on the 27th, but we all know what happened Monday. So all my time has been trying to get Winterfell under control and figured out before I even gave myself the okay to start thinking about Bloodlines. As of yesterday all the service tickets have been placed with Linden Lab to get the Winterfell OS’s converted or moved to their new homes, so now I can start working on the new Bloodlines Estates!

The first Bloodlines Estates island (Bloodlines Sanguinus) will be located off the north coast of the island named Liquid Designs, and will be like Winterfell in the fact that there will be residential land as well as commercial land and a small boutique located at the TP hub. Theme will be medieval vampiric fantasy, and the covenant will be released soon.

I am very excited about this new project, I hope you all will come and celebrate its opening with me… when it gets here!

Much Love,
Miss Serra

I feel like my face is forever stained with tears and this knot in my throat will never go away... but I am trying to get through this with my head held up and an optimistic outlook. I am clinging to the dream that is Winterfell, clinging to the dear and cherished friends I have made, many of which have found a permanent place in my heart.

But much like the end of my grandmother’s life, countless scary diagnosis and endless complications, there was the moment that we just had to face the facts, she was dieing and she was dieing soon.

Now I feel the same way about Second Life. Outright denial and blind optimism is replaced with quiet acceptance and determination to make the best the inevitable end. The final diagnosis has been given; Linden Lab will do as they please when they please how they please. Second Life has become cancerous, beauty is being taken over by greed and substandard management.

Winterfell will not be closing any time soon… but you see that speck on the horizon?

*points to that little dot gleaming on the sunset colored waters*

That is where we are going. I can’t see what or were it is yet and I know it will be a dark journey … but when we get there we will be greeted with a brand new sunrise. We will take a deep breath of fresh brand new air and close our hands around each others hands and begin again as a family with a single vision.

So in my sadness I know there is a future happiness… and I thank each and everyone of you for standing by me in this terrible time, sharing in both my heartbreak as well as my joy.

I love you all.
Miss Serra

I haven't posted in a w while... I am sure I will have a crap load to say after this next announcement by LL regarding the OpenSim issue... stay tuned.