Day 2

Today the literati game was a wonderful success. The person I played was knowledgeable and actually finished the game. I made the last move with TRADE. I did win this so so far my score is 2-0. Here is the completed game:

Today's movie: Big Fat Liar


Ok now this one I really liked. I was laughing within 10 minutes. This boy is a liar. Makes up some real doozies. He winds up getting caught in a lie about his homework. When discovered he has a set time frame to turn it in within.

He gets it written within the time frame. However, there is a catch. In his rush he winds up getting hit by a car. While in the car he loses the paper. Now of course when he tells them the truth, it seems like one of his far fetched stories. To make matters worse the guy who has his English paper is turning it into a movie and no one believes him it is his paper.

Now he and his best friend set off to get the truth so people will believe him and trust him again.

Again I really liked this one. It said the basics Mom always taught us. Tell the truth and you will never have to worry about people not believing you. The movie is one laugh after another. Has many cameo appearances of stars of the past. Many "washed up" now. Like Urkle and Screech, even the million dollar man himself. I totally recommend it.

Now let's see a project for IMVU.... I decided to see what a friend of ours named Mercuria had to derive from. I decided to go with her Baguette Bracelets. Well I had one idea until I found out that the mesh had an opacity map.

Some might wonder what an opacity map is. It is how you can in essence cut it out. Anything that is white will stay. Black is omitted. Shades of grey work as a transparency. It has to be exact. Same size, and properly placed. Slightest piece off and people who create will notice in a heartbeat. Others might if they look hard enough.

Let me show you how it works:

This is the original map provided with the derivable bracelet I made today.

This was the idea I wanted to make into the piece.

Now that is the piece I want to use. It needs an opacity map. Depending on what I wish it to look like will vary the map. It allows a variety of creativity. This is what happens if I use a solid white:

Solid white makes so it is solid. no cut outs.

Now if I want to add some flair. I do like I actually did and make an opacity map that enhances the idea.

This is actually the map I used.

How big of a difference can those shades of grey and added black make? *smiles*

A bit more classy, perhaps even elegant in appearance.

Now you might wonder, "What happens if you make a map and it is off?"

As you see you can see a variance in its appearance.
The black is meant for an effect on the final project not to show like that.

I hope that helped you understand what an opacity map is and does. Here is the final catalog image for today:

The catalog logo.

The final catalog page layout. 

I had fun with this today. See you guys tomorrow.

Day 1

Sadly I won the first game because the person resigned. They resigned because I pulled ahead in score when they fell into a lack of vowels. I dislike winning that way. Would have enjoyed it more had the player hung in and finished the game.

Literati Game 1 board outcome:

I decided I will go in alphabetical order for movies. So after heading over to Netflix I decided to go with: The Answer Man.




Well... What did I think of the movie is what I suppose I should say after watching it.

It takes off a bit slow. It is supposed to be a romantic comedy. I personally found no comedy that made me laugh. There is a romance that falls into play as the 3 main characters lives fall into play.

You have Arlen, who is the author. His book is famous. His attitude towards others deplorable. He hates everyone equally because they all expect him to have the answers thanks to his book.

You have Elizabeth, who is the single mom. While trying to get her chiropractic office off the ground and raising her son alone she gets to meet Arlen.

You also have Kris, the book store owner. While dealing with being a recovering alcoholic he has a failing bookstore.

The three cross paths. Arlen reads many books. After reading the books he tries to sell them back to Kris' book store. After the book store has been closed for a month because Kris was in recovery and his assistant lost the keys. He has no money to give for the books and is not wanting to be in debt with anyone. Kris and Arlen work out a deal that Arlen will charge him 5 books per question he asks so now Arlen gets rid of his books and Kris gets an ear to listen. Arlen has issues with his back. After his back gives out he finds himself crawling into Elizabeth's office. He cannot help but fall for her stunning beauty.

I am honestly not impressed. Same boring supposed to be funny garbage. Man falls in love with woman. Woman finds out he is truly a loser. Woman tries to walk away and loser gets the girl. Throw in there the drama of a death, alcoholism, and single parenting...

Maybe tomorrow's movie will be better.

Now on to the IMVU project. I decided A for a movie so why not A for a project. I decided to make an amethyst choker. it turned into matching bracelets too... you know how us women can be we like to accessorize.
This is what it turned into:

these are the catalog icons

This is on the catalog page itself

Tomorrow will be a B movie and a B item. See you then.

What am I thinking?

I admit that I love to watch movies. I often wonder how much is pure crap and how much is a reality. Hollywood does a great job making them so believable.

I recently watched Julie and Julia:




It made me wonder if you can really feel better and some how improve by making sure you do something you enjoy in a day.

That said I ran it by my love, Spencer. He asked what it is I love to do. With a smirk upon my face I replied, "Annoy you." While he agreed that yes, I can do that well and all in good fun that I should set a different goal.

Thanks to my Mother, I have a fondness of scrabble. We often played together. She often whooped my butt in the score too. It was however an excellent way to find new words and to exercise my brain. While scrabble is available online I prefer something similar called literati. It is played via Yahoo.
As you can see here it is very much like scrabble:

For as long as I can remember I have always enjoyed a great movie. Perhaps it was that I wished to find an escape from my reality and often Hollywood can do that. They can make you laugh and cry. Often you relate to someone in the film so it feels as if you are right there. I can watch anything.

A newer think I get much enjoyment from is creating items in IMVU. I have not figured out how to do a mesh or make clothing worthy of showing anyone. I would love to get to that point. Yet, I can derive wonderful items from other peoples meshes. I created the look I am after in Photoshop.

So enjoying them all so much how do I decide? I have never been good at deciding and often take forever.

So the solution? All three! LOL

I will commit myself to playing 1 game of literati a day. I will use the alias: oneadayfor365days. I will most likely stay in the social rooms. They are often less elitist. Many worry too much about the score they keep. I play for fun and knowledge. What do I hope to accomplish from this? To smile as I play and think of better times in the on again off again relationship I had with my Mother through the years. Also to in hopes find more words I am unaware of and their meanings.

I will commit myself to watching 1 movie a day I have never seen before. This should prove very interesting. As of this moment I have not decided that it will stay within certain boundaries based upon readers. I don't have any yet... LOL. They will not be pornographic intentionally. At the moment any movie from G - R ratings will be considered. All genres. The catch.. I have Netflix, they must be a play now and again something I have never seen before.

I will commit myself to creating 1 virtual item a day for IMVU. Now while I will create it and submit it, it may not appear in the catalog until it passes a system known as peer review. So it can be seen by everyone it will be a general audience or GA rating. I will use my existing character named LadyAylen.
You can find the catalog here:






I thank anyone who might follow this.