Because I've got a big problem going on I am distracting myself with shiny things. One shiny thing: Someone asked me to build an enormous tent, yesterday, so I worked on it all day and have one texture version done, although I want to do two different ones. It's quite huge - 30x20m with a bump-out at the back. I started in Wanderton Sandbox, then wound up going to Newcomb, Island, Island Extension, Plum, and a private sim's sandbox as sandboxes crash a lot. Some idiot old enough to know better crashed Island with physics-enabled balls, right as I was changing something. I try to keep out of sandboxes although I used to love them.



Falk B, whom I met on Aditi, gave me book devices to swap my books onto, that work much better than the old freebie devices I'm using. He's a very nice man.

I think the ninja boys, who had been quiet, must be used to school now as I have had nonstop new ninja boy activity, including one yesterday who balked at the price of my clothing, asked me to help him learn to make textures which I spent about 40 minutes on, asked me for 10L for an upload (which I gave), came back today and wanted to buy the thing (having discovered it isn't easy) and asked me for my textures (I said no). I don't know why, but I always like these boys - they crack me up. They are honest (except one yesterday) and are really quite respectful. I don't blame them for asking things, but I also don't mind saying no.

People have always bothered me a lot for tents but since I put the tents in a vendor I've been selling some every day. I'm not much of a merchant. I like making tents, and since the texture previewer is broken and I don't want to make clothing, it's good timing that people are asking me for custom tents. This new tent is the Taj Mahal of tents, in a way, and I had a lot of people come and ask me about it in the sandboxes. It's nice to hear, "Wow! You're good!" and also have someone say, "You built this in one day?" I also had three people take note as they want to buy the big tent when I'm done, and one man bought some from my vendor then came and bought some from me directly (he needed permission changes).