Pride Month 2023

 I promised my dear husband Tomais to post this great meme on this almost dead blog.

We are celebrating pride again, both in our first and second lives. We do it because we can, for those who cannot, and to aggravate the haters.

Happy Pride Month Everyone!

Roleplaying

At the moment I am engaged in a roleplay at Pandemonium. It's about Angels, Demons and Mortals, the Demons are using and abusing the poor sinful Mortals and my job is to save their immortal souls and guide them to heaven. 

Problem is, many of the mortals don't want to be saved because they enjoy the BDSM roleplay... so our job is cut out for us.

Anyhoo, I have updated to a new LeLutka Head and a EvoX face (you can see the pores), as well as a Belleza Jake body. Don't I look stunning?

I haven't engaged in roleplaying before to any significant extent, so it still feels a bit strange but I am sure I'll get used to emoting and such after awhile.

Happy Holidays 2021

Tomais and I wish all our friends Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

"It Was Time For A Change"

So, yesterday I and my whole downline moved from the Kingdom of Cascade Falls to the Kingdom of White Horse. As the Tiny Empires* hud says when these things happen, "It was time for a change."

My new liege is the venerable Petr Hastings-Vanbeeck.

I had been with Cascade Fall ever since my former liege created his new kingdom several years ago, and have been happy with my stay there. I would like to thank king peete Braveheart for his generosity and kindness over the years, and am happy we separated on good terms.

*) Tiny Empires is an inworld game where you save "gold" for which you buy "acres" and advance in status depending on your personal acres and those acres acquired by your subjects, For more information go to Tiny Empires and Tiny Empires - Wiki.

9/11 - The 20th Anniversary

"I had just been released from hospital the day before and was still on sick leave. My father called me on the phone and told me to turn on the TV at once because there was something going on in America. Swedish television was broadcasting live.

Just a few seconds after I had turned on the TV-set - and before I understood what was going on - the television screen showed a passenger airplane flying suspiciously low close to the tower that had been hit first. Then I saw the plane steering right into the second tower, flames erupting around the hole that had been caused in the structure halfway up on the building.

I was baffled, shocked, sad, angry, and frightened. After seeing that I remained in front of the television all that day and well into the night to follow the news. There were many speculations concerning the number of casualties, so once the true numbers were released, I was strangely relieved that they were much lower than the initial speculations. 

2,977 people died in the attacks (and 19 hijackers committed murder–suicide), and more than 6,000 others were wounded, it's a scary thought that I could feel relief at such a high toll.

In my mind's timeline there will always be a before or after 9/11, Everything changed, or at least my outlook on everything changed."

(The above has previously been posted in 9/11 - In Memoriam.)

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We must also always remember that the terrorists are an extremely small minority in any community, religious group, or society. In the words of the American president Barack Obama, "We don’t differentiate between them and us. It’s just us."

Remember Pulse, Orlando

On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old man, killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in a mass shooting inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States. Mateen was killed after a three-hour standoff with Orland police.

Remember the victims!

America's Image Abroad

 
Published without comment.

Source: Pew Research Center, America's Image Abroad Rebounds with Transition from Trump to Biden