Do you see what I am saying?

The lovely Emerald Wynn has a rather ironically titled blog (Emerald's Eyes) considering her recent and shocking admission that while in SL, she can't see squat!!

In her post - "Why I am Not A Fashion Writer" - she explains that one of the reasons for not being a fashion blogger is that her computer is simply not powerful enough to meet the heavy technical demands of the sophisticated game of Barbies that we call Second Life. She even includes a lovely assortment of photos demonstrating what she sees (or actually, doesn't see) at fashion shows.

I thought about her situation for a while. And then I realized that in actuality, the perfect Second Life fashion blogger would have the same exact kind of PC as Emerald has – the kind of PC that makes new Second Lifers give up and leave the game in droves after one or two frustrating days of lag and waiting for things to rez.

This new kind of blog would fill a niche by helping people with the-guy-at-the-computer-store-told-me-that-this-was-more-than-adequate-for-web-surfing-word-processing-and-running-PhotoShop computers to actually enjoy the SL experience that they are having. The new blog would help to make prim lemons into refreshing lemonade.

Hmmmm…..we’d have to think of a clever name for it – like Gray Cache or Fashion Ration. The blog would review fashion, hair, skins and accessories the way that, in my guestimation, 75% of the people who try Second Life see these items -- as gray blobs, fuzzy system clothing and unrezzed sculpty sphere’s worn by bald, gray people. And every day the blog would feature the newest gray blobs, fuzzy system clothing and unrezzed sculpty spheres.

There are so many advantages to writing a blog like this! It would be incredibly easy to put together a “Look of the Day” since everything would always match. Hair reviews would just be a look at the newest bald bases. Skin reviews could use the same photo over and over again.

The blog would give out handy style tips like, "Never try to change clothing unless you have a solid half of an hour to kill!" And every season, the writers of the blog would declare things like “Gray is the new black!”, “Gray is the new plaid!” and “Gray is the new gray!”

Occasionally, the writers would do an interview with an especially stylish cloud of mist.

I really think Emerald is onto something!! I just hope that, even with her lousy computer, she can see what I am saying.