Showing posts with label The Elopement Party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Elopement Party. Show all posts

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Thank You, Friends!

Last Saturday my Tomais and I had the pleasure of having you, our families and friends, over to celebrate our elopement and share our happiness with us at The Elopement Party. To those of you who couldn't be there we say, we missed you dearly and hope that you can be with us next time.
"Selfies" Photography by Tomais Ashdene
You came in droves in a way that completely surprised us and made us feel more loved than ever before. You actually came in such quantities and simultaneously that the sim couldn't take it and crashed under us, but as I have always maintained "Every good party needs at least one crash!"

With the kind help and speedy assistance of TJ Linden the sim was soon up again and - as it seemed - moved to a much better server, because after the crash there was no lag at all even when most of you came back and we were joined by even more friends and friends of friends. Someone told me later that we at some point peaked at 64 avatars present at the sim.

Ryder Yowman and Rylan Sirnah, the Masters of Music for the evening, with their awesome tunes insured that we would all have a wonderful time.

You came in the most fabulous outfits or outrageous costumes and in excellent moods for a party, it was indeed a pleasure having you all there.  Even the performance artist SaveMe Oh turned up to see what was happening and "improve the artistic qualities" of the party. Alas I was forced to kick her off the sim when she started large flocks of sheep on the dance floor, despite this unfortunate incident we are still friends and SaveMe could be freed up to get kicked off a couple of more sims before her evening was over.

We requested that you did not give us gift but that you instead share your generosity with two charities and you were indeed overwhelmingly generous!

Chaz Longfall, our liaison with ACT (The AIDS Committee of Toronto) informed us after the party that you had donated L$27.600 to that cause, while I myself have calculated that you donated a few dollars shy of L$21.000 to Second Pride. We would both like to thank you for your kind generosity to these worthy causes.

All in all Tom and I both had a wonderful time, seeing all of you there and enjoying ourselves, although we were drowning in IM's, teleport requests, problems and handling local chat most of the evening. We were also both much too busy to take pictures so we are grateful to those of our friends who took pictures and shared them with us on their blogs or on Facebook.

Party pictures by Apmel Goosson

More pictures by Apmel Goosson can be found on his blog My Avatar's Name is Apmel "En krash direkt vid ankomsten"

Party pictures by Eddi Haskell

 More pictures can be found on Eddi & Ryce's Second Life Event Photography: Bock McMillan's and Tomais Ashdene's Elopement Party Earlier this Evening and Events: Benja and Ryce (as Tom Cruise) at Bock's and Tomais Elopement Party on Saturday Night

Party pictures by Helene Dragoone

Party pictures by Kahvy Sands

Party pictures by Kimly Crystal

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Party Reminder

Judging by the many Instant Messages Tomais and I have received today concerning The Elopement Party I guess many of you need a reminder.
Poster by Tomais Ashdene
WHY: Tomais and I eloped and were married on January 1st, 2014. This party is not a wedding, we just want you to come, relax, have fun and share and celebrate our happiness at being together.

WHEN: Today Saturday March 8, 2014, at 1 PM - 3 PM SLT

WHAT TO WEAR:
The theme is "A Night at the Movies", so come as your favorite movie characters or just come as yourself. It is more important that you are there than what you are wearing.

WITH: DJ's Ryder Yowman and Rylan Sirnah will be providing the musical entertainment.

WHO: Everyone who cares about us and bring along your friends also! The more the merrier!

No gifts please! We have however set up two donation boxes for charities Tomais and I believe are worthy of your generosity, one for ACT (The AIDS Committee of Toronto) and the other for Second Pride

Lets have some fun!

Thursday, February 27, 2014

The Elopement Party

When Tomais and I eloped in the early hours of New Years Day to get married we were badgered by family members and friends for having cheated them out of a tear filled ceremony and a wedding party.

As the first was exactly what we had wanted to avoid and the second was something we didn't mind a bit, Tomais and I decided to throw an elopement party for everyone to be able to share our happiness in being joined in marriage.
Poster & photography by Tomais Ashdene
When we had decided to have a party, the next thing to decide was when to have it. We immediately received quite a few instructions on when not to throw it, because if we did someone could not be there. In the beginning we were pliable and kept putting it off, but finally we put our foot down and decided to set a date that suited the two of us.

We know of course that some of you will not be able to make it to this party, but that is bound to happen whatever date we decided on. Instead we would like you to know that this will definitely not be the last party we ever throw and that you will hopefully be able to come to all of the others!

WHY: Share and celebrate our happiness at being together
WHEN: Saturday March 8, 2014, at 1 PM - 3 PM
WHERE: The Lounge in the Sky at Southern Charm (SLurl)
WHAT TO WEAR: The theme is "A Night at the Movies", so come as your favorite movie characters
WITH: DJ Ryder Yowman and DJ Rylan Sirnah
WHO: Personal invitations are going to be sent out during the weekend at the latest, but you should also regard this as your invitation!

No gifts please, we are going to set up a donation box for a charity TBD.

Sunday, February 23, 2014

DJ Butch's Final Set - For Now...

Yesterday my sweet friend Butch Diavolo informed all of us that he, for personal reasons, had decided to go on an indefinite hiatus from SecondLife.

Butch's s final set before the break was at Q Lounge yesterday and many of his fans and friends came there to thank him and to say "au revoir", all of us adamantly refusing to say goodbye to a beloved friend and DJ.
Butch characteristically without shoes

Ziggy Starsmith
I have always found it extremely difficult to say farewell to someone who has meant much to me, someone who is close and that I care deeply about. Especially in SecondLife, where "taking a break" often enough seems to lead to quitting the virtual world altogether.

Of course I do not question Butch's decision. He is the only one fit to make it and I am sure that he has thought it through before coming to this conclusion, but I will miss him. Butch has always been extremely helpful, kind, caring, loving towards me, although I have gotten my fair share of his ever flowing sarcastic humor.

For now I am content with the reassurance that Butch is doing what he believes he must do and his promise to me that he will in fact attend The Elopement Party that I and Tomais are throwing on March 8th.

Ik vind je zeer veel en zal je missen, mijn vriend! Kom terug naar ons straks weer, wanneer je voelt dat je de energie. (Google Translated, so if it says I want your hot body pressed to mine, it is accurate!)