It makes my head spin
Who knew unemployment was so time-consuming? I don't know how I found time to go to work every day! :) Speaking of work, Dan Gerstort, owner of the Lazy Duck, who provides me with free space for a store on his land, requested his very own lazy duck. In the process of making this one, I pulled out an earlier martini project, and managed to wrestle it into some semblance of completion.
I really rather like the olive on the toothpick - I may do a similar set of kebabs or something in honour of BBQ season, which is upon us here in sunny Boston. Well, sunny and BBQ-friendly when we're not inundated with torrential rains.
Once Dan has okayed the final duck, I'll post a pic of it here. I'm rather proud of it so far - I'm getting the hang of prim torture. Not the intense 'first make it a torus, do this, this and this, then convert it to a sphere...' but more being able to visualize what shapes are needed to make a figure, and what prims to use to make the shapes. :) Prim minimalism is always a nice goal to have, too. The martini is four prims. The current version of the duck is 18, but we'll see where it goes.
Other news: as you probably are aware, the SL 3rd birthday celebrations have wrapped up. The sheer scope of the build that Mera and her team of volunteers created is mind-boggling. I helped flatten the terrain in preparation, but I feel like the annoying child in the Shake 'N' Bake commercial ("And I helped!").
I just wasted 30 minutes of my life looking for a link to any info about that bloody commercial. Nothing, except some offhand references. Hate. Hate hate hate. :P Anyhow, the commercial reminds me of "Look Mom! No cavities!" Crest commercials. Makes me realize that Shirley Temple was a better actress than she gets credit for. :)
Comments
You did help with the celebration. There were 200,000+ other residents of SL that were not involved, who we built it all for. I only had 15 people directly involved on my team, so you should feel good about it. I was happy to have you there. :)
Posted by: Mera | June 27, 2006 01:58 PM
I remember that one quite well. My hands down favorite of that type of commercial, though, goes thusly:
"Thank you Easter Bunny!"
"Bok bok!"
There is something singularly wonderful about the word 'bok'. It's just right.
Posted by: Akela Talamasca | June 27, 2006 11:04 PM