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Well it’s taken a lot of sweat and tears to launch ( I’m refraining from mentioning blood as that would be a tad EWWW!) but Southsea is finally here. It’s a joint venture between Prad Pravithi and Rrishanna Regina of the wonderful design store PRim Designs, and Adam Soler who makes rather special clothing at Lookr Fashions. I make no bones about the fact that I’m a Fifi groupie, but if he wasn’t so darn talented I wouldn’t be. The guy must dream in photoshop and CAD ( wet ones I wonder?) as the designs that he has engineered recently have been truly awe-inspiring. Team Prad with the creative skills that Rrishanna brings to the table and you have a winning combination beyond compare. I wonder sometimes if Rrishanna gets a tad over-looked but it is indeed a partnership, and the combination of the talents of these uber-designers result in wonderful wares featuring undulating lines and such mouth-watering textures that I end up feeling like one of Pavlov’s dogs.
It is obvious from the moment you land in Southsea that you are in a quality environment. There’s nothing tacky about Southsea, no garish colours or haphazard construction for this sim. Everything that has been placed here has been done so after careful thought and meticulous preparation and planning, indeed it has taken 4 months to bring this dream to life. The hard work has indeed paid off. The textures that have been chosen for all the furniture and houses have been picked because they are the very best. The poses that have been selected are used because they are good, organic poses and not generic ‘nasty’ forms. PRim Designs stated in their press release that their ambition was to “..push back the boundaries of what can be achieved in the metaverse..”
Prad and Rrish, you have done that and then some….Go to Southsea, buy some furniture (or a house!) and go home knowing that you have been truly blessed by the Goddess of Good Taste.

I owe Ben Vanguard a humungous apology as I had never visited his SLMen website until today…at least I don’t think I have, but the old brain is a tad addled at the moment and I’m tending towards goldfish memory levels at the mo. Anyways, it’s official-I am indeed a wally of immense proportions as this is one mighty fine blog. Have you been? If not-go and take a peek. Even if you aren’t a male avie/have a male avie in your life this is superb eye candy for us lady-types I promise you will get a serious case of avatar lust at this blog. It’s utterly tottylicious, and not only is the styling of the blog superb, the imagery is equally scintillating with a cracking writing style to boot! The outfits that Ben blogs are excellent combos, although some outfits are a tad too outlandish for my beloved’s tastes. (Yes, he’s still around. No, he hasn’t been in-world for months..he’s been busily levelling one of his characters, a swamp bogey monster or something, in WoW) Fellas, if you want to look ‘the hotness’ then SLMEN is essential reading for you. Ladies, if you want to leave moist patches on your chair you should also check out this blog…..

I love launch parties, especially when I genuinely admire the designers who are hosting them. I was really happy therefore to attend the opening party for the new Southsea sim, especially because it features two of Second Life’s most exciting stores, PRim Designs and Lookr clothing. The former features some of the most beautiful furniture that you could possibly aspire to create, let alone own in Second Life. The latter is a fashion store that sells especially exciting designs for both men and women. I’ll be discussing these stores in depth in the next few posts, but I just wanted to do a brief write up before I hit the sack in RL…the party is still going strong so why don’t you head on over and wish Prad, Rrish and Adam all the best with their new venture I’ll blog a proper review of the lusciousness on display during the next few hours….

I’ve never really considered being a different avatar other than my normal physical appearance,but ‘Plywood Man’ is too much fun to not give it a try A review box was dropped on me by Peter Stindberg, and at first I was kind of ‘What the f***k?’ but now I’m smitten..Basically you are a figure created predominately from plywood textured cubes, with joints. It reminds me of one of those jointed artist’s model dolls that you can get from Ikea. Obviously in this get-up you can’t exactly wear your favourite Last Call gown, but if you’re having a virtual bad hair day or have a ginormous pus-ridden zit on your chops (Ok, we all know that’s not even possible but just pretend!) then this avatar is *perfect* Incidentally, don’t think you can wear this and be inconspicuous- you can’t. It’s a real conversation piece, and it looks really bonkers on the dancefloor! Me? I wore it whilst doing my afore-mentioned landscaping my island, and while doing a bit of virtual weeding…I had lots of planting to do and I didn’t want to get my dungarees dirty..!
I even went shopping in this get-up…and people were gob-smacked when they saw it was me. ( I don’t know if that’s a compliment or not!)
Plywood Man costs L$199 from SL Exchange and is Linden dosh well spent for a giggle. He’s transferable and modifiable, so you can imagine the fun you can have changing his textures, and I think he’d make a really effective walking billboard! I think Plywood Man may be a tad more popular with the guys than the girls but seriously, I really enjoyed wearing this a lot more than I thought I would..it was a refreshing alternative to looking drop-dead gorgeous all the time!

There’s an ancient curse ( Chinese I believe!) which says, “May you live in interesting times.” We’re certainly living through those at the moment, with the terrible natural disasters that have affected Burma, and now China. Please spare a thought for those who are suffering and make a donation of a few Lindens to the cause…there are various places across the grid to donate, and I’ll also post some SLURL’s when I am able to get online.

Sometimes you just don’t realise how lucky you are in your first life, let alone your second…

1. Folders are super useful and appreciated For super safety, call it ‘For Review’ followed by submission date and your store name please.

• Name of the store & designer(s)
• Name of the outfit/hairstyle/object/building/small patagonian mammal
• Price
• SLURL
• Link to your blog- I can then include you on my blogroll, which is nice.
• Whether you’d like your items returned.
• Anything else that you want to include.3. Send me the folder, ‘Kitty O’toole’.Of course you don’t have to adhere to these guidelines, but they do make reviews a lot easier to manage I’ll repond as quickly as I can, usually with 7-14 days. If you’re worried that I haven’t reviewed your product and that time period has elapsed drop me a line to kittywitchin@googlemail.com. You can IM me but I get flooded with wonderful things every day and get completely distracted. Finally, thank you for considering my site as worthy of reviewing your wares! ( And thanks to Savoir Hair for the inspiration for writing this post, if you haven’t visited the site recently please do so as they’ve had some cracking stuff over recent weeks!)