A Girl Interrupted

It’s been a frustrating few days. RL work has been in meltdown trying to make some arbitary deadline the Boss decided would be a good idea. ‘Cept he deciced this on Saturday morning, and called me in with the express purpose to phone everyone else in the office to tell them we were (to steal a programming term) on crunch for the next week to finish the project. Oh I had a sore ear come Saturday lunchtime, and that’s been the highlight so far – along with late night meals replacing dinner and not enough time to get in and wind down by winding everyone else up.

Oh and my Wi-Fi is playing up at work as well so I’ve not been able to escape during the coffee breaks.. Will the fun never begin?

Linden Lab Put Up The Price Of Whoring

[Update] A big welcome to everyone from the Second Life Herald. I guess I should give myself a gold star as I’m now ‘The Infamous Cardie Mahoney’ (my emphasis). You should all explore the blog a bit more, and then realise that I do some modelling as well, and beyond the samples they’re all in the members section. Enjoy (and do leave a comment)…

So the prices for island purchase and ongoing maintenance have went up to $1675 outlay and $295 per month to service the 16 or so acres you get. There’s a lot of comments on why the prices are going up and if the FIC of ASC is really back in force. I was going to skim over this issue, after all I just lie back (or on my side, or in the shape of a scorpion) to cover the rent, but actually this is going to have a direct consequence on my business.

With the island tier going up, the owners of new islands building clubs (and there are a lot of them out there planning, building, and trying to hire me) are going to need to bring in more money. So they’ve got a few simple things they can do. They can get more girls in (which means we’d have to work harder) or they can simply raise the percentage that they take from our fees. Which is more likely. So if I was with one of those employers, I’ll get less take-home, which means I’m going to have to work harder and increase my turnover (which for sure will drop the service level) or I’m going to have to raise my prices across the board.

Oh but the islands are grandfathered, and most clubs are on mainland. You think competitive advantage will keep prices low? More like everyone will see they can still get in the punters for more money. For a brief moment we’ll have more spare Linden, and then… You can bet mainland tiers will rise shortly as well, and then all the clubs are going to face this dilema. And how long will the grandfathering work?

Without interest rates to manipualte the Linden Currency (such as Greenspan has on US Interest rates), Linden Lab don’t have a huge armoury of ways to slow down the economy. If they want to keep to the artifical 275L/$1US then they need to reduce the Linden available. Which means giving out less money in Stipend (which they’ve done), and increase the ‘cash sinks’ in the world – thats the things that take up money for no in-game rewards. Islands are the first cash sink to feel this, we’re going to see more in the future, count on it.

So to drive it home, Linden are having a direct effect on the escort market, and driving the prices up. They never talk about sex in all the PR and Media, and now they’d prefer it if you stopped spending money through the Lindex to stop you spending it on me. Thanks boys.

[Gallery Update] Dungeon Mistress

Time to get the cellar dungeon ready for some innocent little waif to accidentally stray close enough to my lair to pounch on her. After all, these leather boots and waist cincher are going to need polishing in the near future… and how could I let my riding crop go without a crack. Go on, try and walk past me without getting abducted…

This set is now available in the members section of my website. You can join now, and get access to this and all the archived galleries for $15.

Have Me On Your Desk, Right Now! And You’ll Never Forget Me.

I tell you, you lot have a filthy mind – I know what you were thinking with that headline… even though, with a quick IM, you probably could have me on your desk). I’ve been doing some thinking on marketing, and there are so many ‘new’ ways to market me and this website in Second Life and on the web than ever before. Here is, arguably, one of the more simple ones. It’s a picture. Of me. But it has a little scripted action. Whenever you touch it in SL, you’ll be offered a bookmark that brings you back to this website.

Plus it’s a gorgeous picture as well, so you can put it wherever you work in SL, and I’ll always be watching, and wiating for you. It’s a free item, so just pop over to SL Boutique, pop in your SL name, and have one in your inventory straight away.

The Quickies of The World

Did someone spike SL with adrenalin yesterday? It’s nice to be busy, but when everyone is only gunning for 15 minutes, I have to wonder why. In one sense the quickie is pretty easy on me, choose something hot to wear (which on my body right now means pretty much anything), get them upstairs and warmed up, and in a few minutes it’s all over, another satisfied customer. Of course it doesn’t really satisfy me. I just get warmed up and, well, it’s all over me. Bills covered, another shopping expedition funded, but leaving a rather bitter taste in my mouth (no not that, you filthy lot).

You know something though? Once I got to the third or fourth punter, I was pretty much ready to judo throw him onto the tiled floor, rip his jeans off and slam myself down ontto paradise. Maybe I should have, but what are you to do when they come out with a request for someone they can ‘tease with a feather for 30 minutes before cumming over their chest’ without ever laying a single finger me?

That feather broke the camel’s back. Time to going offline and head to my own bed to sort this out once and for all.

[Gallery Update] Office Flirt

Most of my RL working day is spent in an Office. I just wish I could let go like I do in this SL office, teasing the staff, flirting with my friends, and catching the eye (ahem) of the Boss. Would you be able to resist?

This set is now available in the members section of my website. You can join now, and get access to this and all the archived galleries for $15.

Come Heel or High Water

“Have you got any white stockings and black heels?” In my mind I can hear the tremble in his voice as he asks me. I’ve got a wardrobe that would fill all of Narnia, honey, let alone the doorway into the land of adventure. “Sure I do, have you something in mind?” Of course he does. They all do. And when they reach SL, a lot of them act on those little wicked voices in their head.

I love the fact that there are people out there who realise that girls like me allow them to have their wildest fantasies with very little RL danger, and that they throw themselves into the encounter with such reckless abandon. I guess there’s still too many reasons to not go to an RL escort and it’s easier and more comforting to strain your taboos online. Well, that suits me and my Linden budget. But come on boys, that frissom of danger is what makes living worthwhile!

Anyway, lets go over his checklist again (after I’ve done some more questioning to work out what he really wants)

• Domination? Check, get out the riding crop.
• White stockings? Yep, grab those from the wedding dress ensemble.
• Black patent high heels? Thank the gods for Colour Me Heels!
• An absolutely wicked domination game… Oh come on, this is me we’re talking about here.

The final touch? I’ll keep my pink strap-on hidden under the bed till he’s begging for a release. After all, it’s what he really, really wants – trust me…

Andy Taylor Splits from Duran Duran!

Right in the middle of the tour, Andy Taylor goes and leaves Duran Duran! Part of me is spitting fire, but the rest of me is so glad that Nick, John, Roger and (swoon) Simon are still bestest buddies. Pity the rest of the office, I’m going to be singing ‘Wild Boys’ at the top of my voice all day!

The Grid is Down

It’s that time of the fortnight again (ahem) where we all cross our fingers and hope that when it all comes back up we’ll have a working version of Second Life. Had to introduce a newbie today to the delights of the upgrading process. He asked, rather naively, if it would be faster after the update, and would all the textures load. Bless him. Although lets curse Linden in the same breath as he had some free time this afternoon he was going to spend with me. If they keep pulling the grid down on my customers how can I afford a new pair of buckled ankle boots straight out of 1985?

[Update] Came back up on schedule. Well, within twenty minutes of target, so that’s the margin of error in San Francisco. The newbie wasn’t around though.

Cats in SL Eating Your Prims?

Bugger all to do with Second Life, but spending most of this morning at work giggling at this page of cats. Come to think of it, anyone know where I can get an A.I. Cat in SL?