Fodder for a Blog

How do you decide who or what gets into your blog and who or what doesn't? I think I have been guilty more often than I'd like to admit to using my blog as a way to get a message to someone or to make a point. That isn't necessarily a bad thing. But when I let someone hijack my blog by allowing them to occupy space here, it takes away from what I really want my blog to be about.

Where do you find fodder for your blog? It's easy for me to look inward and occasionally share that here. Too easy, actually. I have been known to use this blog as a personal diary. People tend to make an assumption that they know me and my state of mind. Or want to be my friend because they "care" about me. As much as I appreciate that, and perhaps even unintentionally invited that by sharing personal thoughts and feelings, it is not why I write this blog.

So what do I expect? To be able to send out personal stuff into the blogosphere and not have people respond? No. What I do expect is that I will not be so lame as to put that stuff on my blog and then cry wolf when someone thinks they know me.

I hope you enjoyed reading my personal thoughts and feelings as much as I enjoyed writing them. From now on this will be about SL and only SL. Fun, fashion, art, creativity, and all things SL.

Thanks for reading! =)

JJ

It's Good to be Queen

 

It is good to be Queen. As women, we sometimes sell ourselves short. No one takes us off the throne if we don't let them. People will be abusive, disrespectful, and just cruel and hateful. We all have that choice and ability. Some of us just choose to be otherwise. Whatever the decision is at any given moment, to be kind or cruel, the recipients of that behaviour also have the ability to accept or reject that treatment.

I, for one, will not let anyone treat me with disrespect. That is my choice. You have that choice, as well. I like sitting on up here on my Queenly Throne. It's where I belong. It's where all women belong. There is another chair beside this one. Make sure you choose someone worthy to sit next to you.

This goes for all of us, not just the women. But as women, we seem to have more difficulty with self-esteem. It is important to realize that we are as strong as we allow ourselves to be.

Now get out there and conquer the world! Or at least our little corner of the grid. Don't wait for someone to come along and give you permission to do anything. Will it be lonely? It might be. But when that person comes along that can not only handle your strength but encourage it, life will be more than you ever dreamed it could be.
 

Fairytale? Maybe. But worth the wait and the happy ending.

JJ

Fashion Fest 2010 - Exhaustion for a Good Cause

Fashion Fest 2010 opened tonight with some of the best music in SL. The Follow kicked it off for an hour of their own amazing sound. Then Damian Carbenell hit the stage with more awesomeness before the Limited Edition Fashion Show began. Then Skye Galaxy hit the stage and OMG the lag was insane. After restarting the sim, Max hit the stage. He refused to leave until we had made 20,000 more lindens. And you know Max...we made it!

Tomorrow promises to be another awesome day at Fashion Fest. Over 100 designers! Erin68 Frog will start things off tomorrow at 10am. After Erin is the One of a Kind fashion show. Shasta Soulstar is at 12 noon. Following Shasta is the Designers Ball in Venice.

After the Designers Ball, CraigLyons Writer will take the stream from 3-4pm, followed by Damian Carbenell at 4pm. Keeba Tamma will round out the day at 5pm.

I hope to see all of you there! It will be one of the more amazing days in SL and for RFL!

Main Street Stage - Live Music
Venice - Designers Ball

JJ