De-me-loooooh! ;)

So yesterday was my Rezday. (Four years in SL - W00T! happy dance) I celebrated it by having my RL counterpart go and make me a chocolate Rezday cake, complete with purple frosting of course! Then my RL counterpart took one for the team and ate my slice. ;-) We can't have Viola consuming unnecessary calories, now, can we?

Especially when she wants to look good in her newest acquisition, "Disco", from D-Factor!

(Warning! Display of inferior photography skills below!)





Why D-Factor? Well in addition to making gestures, I decided to try my hand at the affiliate thingie. And D-Factor seemed like a good place to begin.

In short, if you like the above LBD, and want to check it out in other colors, as well as other D-Factor designs, then TP over to Fashion as a Second Language. It is situated inside the beautifully built Midnight Lotus satellite location, located in the Adult (Oh-là-là!) sim of Demelo.

To me, Demelo sounds like the name of a certain cough drop, but what can ya do? I didn't pick the name ;)

Much more to come! Stay tuned! :)

A-hunting We Will Go! \0/

It has begun, kiddies! :) The Gesture Abuse Hunt is finally open! Visit Amaya Ashbourne's blog for all the juicy details!

This is a great opportunity to check out the products of some really talented animation and gesture makerers (Yes, I said "makerers"!) Not to mention score yourself some very cool freebies ;)

Laissez les bon temps roulez! :)

Edited to include vital info: What you're looking for is a PINK Music Note! Duh me! Sometimes I get so excited I forget to mention things like what time the revolution starts and which palace we're storming.

Edited once again to shake her fist at the e-vil interwebs ppl responsible for taking down the cute Elmer Fudd photo. But fear not! Should you wish, you can turn your google homepage into silly Elmer Fudd-ness! So there!

"Here I Am!!" \0/

At least, that's what this new vendor would say, in a Bunny Wigglesworth -like way, if it could talk ;)

And much like a bunny, said new vendor will soon multiply with at least one more brother or sister! :)

What in God's name am I on about?? New content from Gesture Wars of course! I finally got off my lazy arse and made new gestures! (Well, technically, yes, I did sit on my derriere while I worked, but, you get the point =P )

One other thing I want to mention about the new vendor, all the gestures contained within are $L29 each. No more, no less. Why? Two reasons. First, things kinda stink right now financially for a lot of people, quite frankly; no one wants to spend more than they have to. Secondly, remember the above reference to my lazy nature? Yeahhh, that had a lot to do with it, too. *looks sheepish*

However! Before you say, "29 Lindens?? That's a great deal!" ;) I'll do you one better! The very first gesture and animation Hunt is scheduled to kick off the 1st of February and will span the entire month. It's called the "Gesture Abuse Hunt" and it is spearheaded by the amazing Amaya Ashbourne! (Why, yes she is amazing; she had to deal with all my dumb questions lol!)

I have to say, since this is the first Hunt ever that yours truly is participating in as a merchant and not just as a hunter, I'm very excited :)

Speaking of participants, Zak Volare, longtime friend and closet gesture maker, has also entered his store in the Hunt. :)

For more info about the Gesture Abuse Hunt visit Amaya Ashbourne's blog or TP to her store. :)

More to come as well as updates about the Gesture Abuse Hunt. So stay tuned! :)

Bai Bai, 2009! :)

(Considering how cold it is here in my corner of the world...26 °F! Eeek! I *wish* I were in Fantasy Island lol)

Wow! It's been quite a 2009, and quite a decade! But, if you are reading this, chances are, somehow you survived it! Yay!

FYI, there is a new, FREE, Happy New Year-themed gesture that can be found at all my locations: in Whiskey, Midnight Lotus, and in Torch.

I purposefully made the gesture a lil louder than usual, so you can be heard while partying in those boisterous clubs on New Year's Eve ;) (I do so hate it when gestures are drowned out by music.) ;)

Now I won't tell you what exactly inspired me to make the gesture, but here's a hint ;)



As always, Gesture Wars! thanks you for your patronage! I will toast to your health come midnight! Here's to a fresh, spankin' new decade! :)

OH! My free Christmas gesture is also still out and can be found at any of my locations ;) I will keep them both on display for a little while longer.

PS:



*Hugs*

"Vay-nee-tay Ahh-Dor-Ayyy-MOOSE!" or "Check Out My Rack" ;)

Perched atop my head are a set of Rudolf Antlers from Rebel Hope. These were a group gift from last Christmas. The antlers came in TWO sizes, along with a pair of matching slippers. Because Heaven knows every sophisticated SL socialite simply *must* have coordinated bedroom slippers to go with her Holiday-themed antlers, right? ;)

I had forgotten all about these when I was rummaging thru my inventory this year, in the hopes of finding something festive to wear.

(Did I mention I've been wearing these since Black Friday? I guess I should look over my shoulder now and again, lest I get attacked by some big rogue stag)

Anyway, I was so inspired by this group gift that I went and made a NEW gesture! It seems like ages since I've worked on new product. (Mea culpa) Anyway, it's not just new, it's FREE! (yay for free lol) And in keeping with Holiday tradition, your gift is under the tree outside my shop in the Whiskey sim.



If you'd like to hear about the latest and greatest to come out of Gesture Wars, slap my S-O-M board while you're getting your free prezzie!

BTW, the first pic was taken at Khargo Furniture, one of the really nice shops that are taking part in the Peace On Earth Hunt.

Speaking of peace on earth, Steve Martin and I would like to wish you and yours the very same this Holiday Season. Cheers! :)

Lots of Gnus! :)

Nooooo....Not *guns*! "Oh wow..........James........"*drools as her eyes glaze over*

Right! Focus, Viola! Focus!

Ahem....as I was saying, not guns, but gnus:



As in "NEW"-ness!



They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I won't bore you with that much verbiage ;) What you see here is a snapshot of the most recent mall stall I rented at for Gesture Wars! In said snapshot, you also see 2 moar vendors set up that now hold new material I've just made! So now there are three vendors brimming with gestures. We'll call them "Tom", "Dick" and "Harry", so as to avoid confusion. ;)

You see, first there was "Tom". (Which is the first vendor/pose stand thingy on the left in the photo) Then I became inspired and made several new gestures. I put the new ones in the 2nd vendor ("Dick") until it ran out of memory. So I had to rez another copy of the vendor ("Harry") and stuck the balance of the new gestures in it. So when you come & demo them, you may realize that "Harry" doesn't have as many gestures as Tom or Dick lol.

*ALSO*, there is a second fatpack that has all the new material in it, discounted at 50% off the individual gestures that currently reside in "Dick and Harry". The first fatpack is still there as well, which contains all of the gestures in "Tom", also at 50% off of the individual prices.

In addition to demoing the gestures, there is also a freebie on the floor for you. :)

Lastly, while you're there, I highly recommend checking out *all* of the Role Play Market. Gesture Wars! is in the "Miscellaneous and Accessories" department. But oh my goodness, no matter what kind of RP you're into: Steampunk, pyrate, gothic, etc, they've got it. (Personally, I could spend hours in their "High Fantasy" section, shopping for wings and other fae items :-D ) I believe they also have an Adult sim that features Gor RP, but I'm not sure on the particulars there or when that one will open.

FYI, Gesture Wars! can also be found at ZV Yard Sale, Midnight Lotus, and at my main location in Whiskey

Thank you for reading and shopping at Gesture Wars! I hope you have as much fun playing the gestures as I had making them! :) xoxo

"Ladies & Gentlemen!"

....and the rest of you strange people in the back....

I am proud to announce that after three years of playing SL, (and several months of research and development) I have finally become....insert jarring chord here....A Content Creator!

My first foray into running an SL biz, "Gesture Wars!", is finally up and running and can be found at my new store in the Whiskey sim for your amusement! :)




Why make gestures?

You see, there are occasions when I will log out of SL and into RL (sometimes even voluntarily). When that happens, external stimuli will come into contact with my real ears, some of which cause my real counterpart to sit up and say, "That would make a great in-world gesture!!" And I am then inspired to "make it so".

This, then, is a compilation of some of such stimuli, turned into gestures, packaged up and ready for you to try out. However, if you would like to save some Lindens, there is a Gesture Wars! fatpack of all the items that are in the vendor, which will save you 50% over buying the gestures individually. This fatpack is available on XstreetSL, and at my store in-world.

Heartfelt thanks go to two very dear friends of mine for their support throughout this process: The Grand Poobah, Hasuko Kuramoto, of Midnight Lotus and to The Big Kahuna, Zak Volare, of ZV's Yard Sale. Both were kind enough to carve out niches in their merchant areas so I could set up shop before I got my store in Whiskey.

Now a few words about the permissions themselves...actually two words: "Transfer Only". I thought for a long time about what perms to give the gestures. Maybe it's because Rich Palmer's clever Bob Marley filk, \"No Copy/No Mod\", is playing in my head like a broken record, that I decided to deem the gestures as such.

Demoing the gestures on the vendor is very simple. In the immortal words of The Fonz, "just sit on it". The vendor will play the gesture that is currently in the queue. When you wish to advance to the next one, simply click the arrows. Otherwise the vendor will continue playing the same gesture over (and over). When you find the gesture you want, right click on the vendor and select, "Pay". That's it!

If you follow this blog, you'll be able to find out when I add new gestures. In the meantime, thank you for visiting Gesture Wars! I hope you have as much fun playing them as I have had making them. :)

Besos!! :)

My Very First Blawgsite!!

Better men have realized alone is not a venture,
A decent man would realize alone is not a venture,
Just to hide away, hide away.

~"A Venture" by Yes

Yay!!! \o/

For various reasons, I've been wanting my own blog for some time now. I searched various sites, tried different formats and finally decided that Blogger's layout and interface suited me best. Considering how much I play, shop, write, and, most recently, create in SL, I felt it was time for me to get my own darn blog. ;)

In the not-too-distant future, hopefully, there will be many, many posts here. Posts that will span the gamut from my new in-world gesture biz, "Comic To Tragic Gestures!", to entries about fashion, or about cool builds, or about friends, or.....well, quite frankly, about any bloody thing in SL that inspires me! :)

So do keep watching this space. More exciting content to come....honest! :)