Bad Poetry, Good Gifts & A Merry Grid-mas - PART 2

Yesterday, after Second Life Santa was done putting his feet all over my furniture, he gave me some gift ideas to pass along to you. He specified that these were items that were transferable and were likely to delight most Avatars.

So let's get started!



Reach through your computer cables to touch that special Avatar - and not in creepy way either - by sending a Real Life gift through Starfruit. (http://www.starfruit.ch/gift). You can choose from a variety of gift items (wine is available as a gift choice for some European countries). Here's is how their web site explains the process: 1) you order a gift at the Starfruit location in-world and pay with Linden dollars; 2) You are given a virtual gift to give to the other person's Avatar; 3) The recipient can then provide the company with a Real Life mailing address, to which Starfruit then sends a real version of the gift. (They state on the web site that your privacy is protected.) So, now you can send flowers, chocolates or jewelry to that married, 47 year old, construction foreman named Harold - whom you know only as Lola69 Thorne (no relation) - you big romantic, you.



Don't be jealous of my Chia Pet. You can get one at Kitsch & Tchotchkes. You'll also find scripted pez dispensers, paintings of dogs playing poker and more. But, for some reason the crying Elvis painting is no transfer....[wanders off shaking head]

Pick up a little something for yourself. Grab some FREE movie posters from the Museum of Motion Pictures. You know you need a Rambo V poster over you bed. There is a nice selection of free holiday movie posters right now, too – great for party décor! [Note: These posters are non-transferable - but I wanted to let you know about them since they are kewl and FREE.]

Taff's Sports has a massive selection of transferable, men's and women's items for the Rugby and Football/Soccer fans in your SLife. They can even do custom items. I found team logo and country flag themed uniforms, t-shirts, beach towels, swim wear, baseball caps, etc.

Fans of American football, basketball and baseball teams can find gift items – including these adorable National Football League Christmas stockings, door mats that greet you with a team cheer, bedding, lamps, jerseys, hats and more at 1 NFL Zone. Yes - you can be as much of an obnoxious Super Fan in Second Life as you are in Real.

You've seen this before, but it is a favorite of mine. You can get it at Corduroy. Fill it up with pictures and then change them with a click of the mouse. Make it special by adding a few pictures of your own before giving it to friends.

From Pink Floyd to Radiohead to the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Daft Punk to the Beatles, you can find transferable, unisex t-shirts for your favorite fan. Get them at Pop ART.

Next, we have some items for what I am quickly discovering is the major demographic in SL: Star Wars fans employed as computer programmers. Are you dating one of these people? Here is how to knock their socks off:

Step 1: Stop by the gift vendor at Furious Star Wars Avatars. Grab him/her a weapon and an outfit. I suggest you get him/her the Han Solo/Princess Leia outfit. For your benefit.

Step 2: Slip into the Han Solo/Princess Leia outfit you picked up for yourself while you were there.

Step 3: Tell him/her that for their Christmas gift you are agreeing to make that Star Whores machinima they are always talking about.

Step 4. [Insert penis/light saber comparison joke here].


The Shopping Force is strong with this one, Vader...

A feather boa can make a fun stocking stuffer. Or a terribly sexy shirt. Or a hat. Or a broach. Or a pterodactyl. Find boas in a plethora of colors at caLLiefornia.

Ummmm- it's starting to get hot in here. Good thing you have a scripted fan from *Digital Eyes to keep you cool. The fanning animation is terribly elegant. Many colors of cool available.

No pandas were harmed during the making of this blog. Look - he is even smiling a little. This transferable sex candle from [ o ] R O P E W O R X [ o ] could turn out to be a gift for you, too. That is, if you or your stuffed animals are into that sort of thing.

Hey, you have to stop cyber-ing every once in a while to eat, drink and sleep. Take a lunch box to your desk and streamline at least one of these tasks. Illuminare has many varieties - from Superman to My Little Pony to Transformers. They are scripted so your Avatar can carry them. I am still searching for SL Fruit Roll-ups and little cartons of milk.

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So, there you have Second Life Santa's quick picks for this Grid-mas. And, I am fairly certain that my calling it Grid-mas makes the Baby Jesus cry. So, I'll end this two part article the same way I started it - with an apology.

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