Free*Style

I picked a pretty easy first blog to blogger about - Free*Style. Creamy Cooljoke is founder and creator of one of the most popular freebie information groups in Second Life. However, don't let the fact that I am a member (as both a freebie hunter and gifter) make you think I'm going to rave all over F*S like a drooling fangurl. While it is a blog-site that I subscribe to and check on a daily (and sometimes several times a day) basis, I can't say that I'm 100% gaga about it all the time.

F*S has several writers/reviewers on staff. Rarely does a day go by that the blog isn't added to by one of more of them. They highlight their personal favorite finds of the day with fun and funky pix. My biggest complaint about the F*S blog is that I constantly have to reach for my updated copy of the official 'net-speek dictionary. The reviews are frequently chock through with a proliferation of verbiage that leaves me scratching my cranium in consternation. Okay, I'll admit it - I'm a middle-aged mom who prefers to use words known to the general masses. While I can let the likes of "kewt" and "Fankyoo" slide on by because of the, well, "kewtness" factor, some of the other . . . descriptors leave me, shall we say, perplexed, befuddled and, downright confuzzled. ;> That doesn't take into consideration the assorted misspellings. I don't even try to expect full and complete sentences, let along proper grammar or sentence structure. Then again, I am all to often guilty of loose grammar infractions, but I get to blame my dyslexia for them. Hahaha.

My other concern is the lack of consideration for, well, mom's who might have a little tike on their knee or kidlet lurking over their shoulder. Too much blue, ladies (and gents). I'd prefer to see less "f-words" and body parts altogether, but then I'm an admitted card carrying prude! LOL! Okay, barring demanding people all follow my rules and regs, I'd really appreciate a disclaimer before the review starts that mature content is included. Seeing the F-bomb in the title of the write-up isn't my idea of a warning, either! :P

A little side note regarding the Free*Style group itself. First, I appreciate that Creamy had the foresight (or experience) to create a separate group for chat. Sure it adds to the limited number of groups we can belong to (shakes fist at Linden Labs for being sooooooo lazy), but you are not stuck in a chatty group if you don't want to be. Me, I like chatter and often have 2 or 3 groups chatting it up on my screen at the same time.