Resident of the Week

Minka Pearl

OCCUPATION IN SL:  Owner of MinkaMade  - Clothes and avatar designer for the well endowed ladies of the SL community. Visit my store at Minka Made, Seduced (80, 64, 1502).

DATE JOINED SL:  Oct. 1,  2009

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT BEING A RESIDENT OF SL?

Building... I am addicted to it.  Also, being able to fly...being able to be free of backaches...giggle.  Learning to love my real self and coming to grips with the reality that I am well endowed, and that is powerful and not a problem.  I now consider that to be an asset and even an added work tool.  A year ago, I was ashamed, but now I am proud. It shows in my SL work, and it carries over to my RL.

ONE THING IN YOUR INVENTORY THAT YOU WOULD BE THE MOST DEVASTATED TO LOSE?

My texture inventory.  I would be out business without it. As far as a virtual physical item, I bought the limited edition last yacht that Chad Dollinger built (9000 prims) before he left SL. I love it, but need my own sim to set up. Soon I hope to be able to do that.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LOCATION IN SL?

A completely empty sim.  My computer is 4 years old and 800mb memory, so [I] do the best I can with 3-4fps. I see photos in flickr and wish I could see SL like that. An empty sim allows me to get 12-15 fps so I can design easier, since my skybox isn't suited for my work. Pretty sims that are full of sculpts stuff kill me.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THE OUTSIDE WORLD TO KNOW ABOUT SL?

That it can be anything a person wants it to be, but you must have a passion for some type of work.  Do not come and be bum, please. Learn to build or script. Also, it's a great place for dreamers and big imaginations. There are no limits to creativity.

WHAT ONE THING ABOUT SECOND LIFE WOULD YOU CHANGE IF YOU COULD?

LAG!  LAG! LAG! Also small minds and hateful attitudes of others that I run into all the time here. I've encountered some residents who openly encourage hate either in-world or via group sites against the community that I cater to because we are different.  I have tried to confront them but have been called names and worse. Instead, I choose to work hard to make especially nice clothing to upgrade the look and appearance of the well endowed ladies of SL, so they can look their best to the rest of the SL community. I try to design quality into each item.  First and foremost, I design the clothing to fit the well endowed, as well as the average size avatar in order to appeal to a larger market.

DO YOU HAVE AN SL PARTNER? IF SO, TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT HIM/HER.

I got a "Dear John" letter three days before New Years. It devastated me as I was unprepared for the hardships of an SL relationship, being relatively new to SL.  Now I work too hard and have no time for that.  I'm not looking for a partner since I've been hurt too much.  I'm very focused on working on my designs with the goal of owning my own sim soon.  Perhaps I'll own many sims since I have friends I may hire from college to help me create more designs so I can buy more land.. lol!

WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO SEE IN FUTURE SL UPGRADES?

I'd love to see real promotions on TV. Also some sort of actual plan laid out for all to see. More prims! Lol!  I am a prim queen as many of us are.  I'd also like to see a way to make physical prims on avatars.

Other than that, I just wish to see people have fun and not have such strife. Oh, and no more ban lines!  That is dumb and no one can steal your things away anyway.  Nothing you have is that special.  My yacht was originally 80,000L (bought on discount!). If you can steal it off my sim, you can have it! I'm sure it is not going anywhere.

And one more thing... the Blog on the Second Life website...one word.. "ewww"!

Also, I do not like facebook and viewer 2.0. I think it's a step in the wrong direction as I already have stalkers in real life. I don't need them coming here too.  Girls can relate to this more than guys can I think. SL must be run by guys.

Maybe SL needs a better search engine like google that will auto fill in suggestions.  Now I must type exactly what I want or never find it.

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE PERSON (NON-PARTNER) IN SL, AND WHY?  I pretty much keep to myself.  However, my customers are my friends.  We do lots together.  I held a Mardi Gras event and made floats, and we danced on them all day! It was tons of fun! I made a bead thrower from a free gun, and everyone was shooting beads at each other. I like each person in my group. They are all unique.

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE LINDEN?  IF SO, WHO AND WHY? I've not met any yet.  I did see Blue Linden at party once but did not get to talk to him.

PIE OR CHEESE, AND WHY?  Pie of course. Do I even need to explain? Cheese is ewww! Pie represents the better things in life. .. rich and full. Cheese is not on my SL list because it's on my RL day to day list. I am a poor college student and live and die by my work.  I make good money in SL, but I work like twenty-two hours a day between school and SL.