Vibes Nudist Camp

(pix top to bottom...Vajeena at Vibes Wheels of Steel, chillaxing in the chill out hut, looking efficient at the BBQ, looking for her fork at sunset at the BBQ and, finally, pondering her article on top of some barrels at Vibes. These, and more, will be available on our flickrstream in a day or so).

Hi all! It's Vajeena here, with my first 'roving report' from what I hope will become a regular series of reports from around the adult sims of SL. I've read through the entire blog, all of it, to pick up a sense of what makes Emma's SSL tick, and it's clear that naturism plays a big role in it (so far), although I hope to extend that to include more straightforwardly sex sims.

I decided to begin with one of the newer, and smaller, naturist sims on the grid, Calista Choche's Vibes Nudist Camp. I felt I needed to gauge my capacity for doing a report, hence the reason for picking one of the smaller sims around. And as any girl knows, size isn't important! Actually, in this instance, and from what I've observed by my wanderings around the grid in my short SL so far, it's actually something of an advantage, because everything is within, relatively speaking, touching distance. Tiki bar, tiki DJ hut, dancefloor? Tick, tick, tick. Barbecue area with chill out hut, complete with chilled beer? Tick. Small, yet perfectly formed. While I was there there was no one else around, but that didn't matter, because it allowed me to explore uninterrupted and formulate some sense out of Vibes role. And that is, I think, that it is likely to be a rather cosy place to hang out, and the size certainly benefits this. I can imagine 5-6 people, who all will inevitably get to know one another really well, hanging out here and having such good times it would be unreal. In bigger sims there's a sense of space, yes, but what that gains is lost in the sometimes anonymity of those places. Vibes won't and can't become like that.

You'll note that in the photos I cheated a bit...yes, the bumblebee bikini stayed on! Well, there was no one else around, probably on account of me visiting at a relatively unpopular SL time -mid morning. America's at work, and Europe isn't home from work yet, so fewer SL residents are around at that time. On my next visit, I promise, the bikini will stay in the beach bag! And I hope to fall into conversation in this delightful sim and make some new friends.

On a sadder note, I was pointed in the direction of Vibes by an avatar who is already a member there, and for that I'm grateful for the heads up, but she told me that a group notice was previously put out banning 'political' chat from the sim, on account of a 'Christian' dissing other people. I rather take it that it may have revolved around some sort of racial slur, for which the person is (I believe) now banned, and three cheers to Calista for that. I'm new to SL, but have already warmed to the high level of tolerance and friendliness afforded to other players. The real world is full of that shit, so let's park it at the SL portal door boys and girls. Your small-minded, racist, sexist, sizeist and ageist views aren't needed and aren't welcomed in SL.

See you next time,

Love,

Vajeena

(Emma adds: Can I just echo Vaj's views in the final paragraph? I despair of some of these atavistic views we thankfully occasionally meet in SL. From further investigations, I can add that the ban on political chat at Vibes relates to racist comments made about native Americans. Just as this blog appears to tread where others fear to go, in regards to the sexuality of SL and our views that the naked body is not 'dirty' or something to be plastered in pasties, we're also quite 'political' in outlook. We just haven't demonstrated it yet, much. We are not afraid to seek 'n' destroy those holding stupid, backwards-thinking views. We like political chat, and one of our crew is verrrrrrrrrry political in their approach to SL, from a humanist perspective, and has actively dropped into certain sims in the past and destroyed the outlook of specific groups holding nasty views through sheer force of argument. This happened prior to me starting this blog, but essentially a right-wing British based sim had its numbers decimated by one of my SL friends picking holes in every meeting they held to try and promote their odious views. I'd love to be able to chat to Calista about the native American experience, in a positive way, not to diminish or deny the experience native Americans had at the hands of s0-called Christians who raped their country and stole their land. Ooh...rant ends, lol. Anyway, the point is that political chat can be a positive SL experience in the hands of the open-minded. It's those of closed minds who need to be banned from expressing their views).

OK....lots to unbox!

Just a quickie tonight, as RL is catching up with me, but I thought I'd share a fabulously summery powder blue sarong set from the Roswnwolf collection.

Pic 2 shows the full effect...isn't it stunning! And then, if you click on pic 1, and make it full size on the screen, you can just detect a little hint of areola peeping over the top of the bra top. Erotic? I certainly think so, and so do you, don't you? More, probably from Malgorzata, tomorrow, although I'll be rifling through the items Kieren gave me to model and making my own, amateurish photographs to show off this wonderful collection of beachwear.

Meeting Kieren

One of the great delights of SL is the random meetings it throws up, and is alos testament to the phrase 'carpe diem' (seize the day), in which you can make things happen in your SL by being, possibly, bolder than you would in RL. Maybe there's a lesson to be learned there.

Anyway, off the back of the 'sarongs' posting, and Ella's nudge that there were ladies' variants on the male sarong available, I toddled back to the Rosenwolf Design sim and picked up the ladies' freebies. And gorgeous they are too. But it gets better! I noticed, on mini map, that Mr. Rosenwolf Design himself, Kieren Rosenwolf, was in the house! So I introduced myself and have had the most terrific hour's conversation with him about the sim, himself and his designs.

And girls! He is one serious hottie! :)

We discussed the sim itself, with some sweet underwater bits and bobs you can explore. I won't spoil the surprise, but let you all judge for yourselves. The sim is clothing optional, so perfect for wearing their sarong and nothing else, or maybe just nothing! I wandered around a beautifully laid out sim with a variety of waterfalls, and have already issued orders to Malgorzata to scoot over there when she comes online to pick up the freebies and properly do them justice, rather than me attempt to model them by a fire.

I do believe there are a few discreetly placed poseballs around the place, but I've not tried them yet, so I can't offer an opinion on those, but I came away from our meeting having friended Kieren and getting the feeling that he's an instantly likeable chap whose designs are going to take the grid by storm. In fact, off the back of the meeting I'd be keen to see if we can even hold some sort of SSL sarong party there, in the hope that a) I can get to meet some of you, and b) you can maybe get to meet Kieren. He strikes me as a deep thinker and a thoughtful, intelligent guy (rare enough in SL), who would also be open to your ideas for future designs, in both swimwear and lingerie.

Get the thinking caps on girls (and guys). We know how much we love wearing this stuff, and how much the guys love admiring us wearing it, lol. Right now, I'm off to unpack and model a few of the Rosenwolf designs, take a few photos and have a cup of Earl Grey tea (in RL, not SL), and tomorrow I'll post up a few of the gorgeous Kieren's gorgeous designs!

Update!

Wow! Within minutes of publishing the previous post, a reader (we have readers?????) was over there and has mailed me to say that, apart from the men's sarong (in the 'gentleman's' shop) there are three free gifties for ladies in the ladies' shop, and they include bikinis and....sarongs in ladies' size. Doh! (Thanks to Ella for the info.)

I adore sarongs! To me, in beach life, there's always a hint of what does, or doesn't, lie underneath, both in RL and SL. So when we got a tip that there was a free, faded sarong at Rosenwolf Design, we just knew it was vital to get the message out ASAP. Although it's intended to be a men's sarong, it fits just fine, and it comes with a set of glitch pants too, although wearing them never occurred to me. :)

And having got it and unboxed it, I hurried over to the Su Casa naturist sim, and posed beside the fire. Of course, it being naturist, and me being naturist, it seemed silly to keep any sort of top on. Here I am beside the fire at Su Casa, probably warming up after an early morning dip in the ocean. A little bit of a chill in the morning air means I've covered up a little. Doesn't it look fabulous? Hurry over to Rosenwolf and pick up your L$0 sarong ASAP! I adore it.

Welcome Vajeena! Come back soon, Marlene!

Say 'hi', everyone, to Vajeena, a relatively new SL player and also a very talented writer. Vajeena's joining the crew to report from certain adult locations in SL, our very own roving reporter, cruising the adult sims in skimpy outfits and reporting (sexual) activity around the grid.

While on the subject of 'the crew', we wish Marlene Macbeth a speedy recovery from a recent operation. Marlene had been feeling ill for some time, and not capable of doing much in recent months, but a visit to the doctor's, a quick whisk off to hospital and some surgery has resulted in a much healthier and energetic Marlene now bombarding me with IMs and emails again, and that wicked sense of humour is intact, so now I know she's feeling much, much better. Get well soon, Marlene, and we hope to see you back and reporting from around the grid in short order.

Is there much to show you?

Hi, all. I'm, back from my holidays, and I've been looking around to see what I can show you in the 'sexy' stakes. The answer is...not much...but that's because you need to use it to see it, and pictures won't do it justice!

What is it? It's Phoenix Physics, and I just LOVE it!

For those who don't know, Phoenix Physics is free, available via the marketplace, and adds a little (or a lot) of bounce to your boobies and bottom. I've opted for a subtle bounce, keeping it realistic, because in real life there's not much to 'bounce', lol, and the avi is somewhat similarly endowed.

Nevertheless, it gives a little jiggling effect which I adore, and I don't expect to detach the physics attachment for the remainder of my SL.