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

In Memoriam Ebbe Altberg

Yesterday we got the sad news that Ebbe Altberg, a.k.a. Ebbe Linden, had passed away the day before. 

My thoughts and condolences first go to Ebbe's family, friends, and coworkers at Linden Lab in their loss, but also to all residents of SecondLife. 

Ebbe was a game-changer for Secondlife when he came to us as the new CEO of Linden Lab in 2014, especially when it concerns the relationship between the Lindens and us residents. 

Inara Pey has expressed my feelings eloquently and much better than anything I can achieve so I refer you to her blogpost; Living in a Modem World, In Memorian: Ebbe Altberg.

Who's A Good Boy?

 Meet the love of my life. 

This is my Bilbo (at 21,5 months) while we were out enjoying the sunny spring day today.

Bilbo is a happy-go-lucky dog who is very curious, especially concerning cars and people entering or exiting them, and loves meeting new people and dogs.

Definitely!

WooooT! I am most definitely getting this!

Thank you InWorld Films/Susie Anderton on Twitter for the suggestion.

You can buy it at Jist & Loft at Beverly Airport for only L$ 750

"No Vegetation" by JJ GoodmaNZ

"No Vegetation" by JJ GoodmaNZ

Today my consort Tomais, my bro JJ, and I were loafing on the beach by the summer palace. When JJ took this pic I named it "No Vegetation". Sheree will know why...

Mardi Gras at Second Pride 2021

As tradition bids, there is a Mardi Gras celebration at Second Pride this year also. 

The event will be running on Friday-Saturday, February 12th-13th, and Tuesday, February 16^th. 

For times and performers see posters below.  

SLurl to the event: Mardi Gras at Second Pride

Mamma Dies

At 22.24 CET tonight my mamma died.

I was with her when she took her last breath and she was aware that I was there. She was calm and in no pain. 

My darling mamma was always my most devoted supporter and defender. 

I am at a loss.

Resignation

Today I resigned from the Board of Second Pride. 

"To the Board of Second Pride,

It is with great sadness that I must announce that I am stepping down from my position as Secretary/Treasurer of the Board.

The reasons are personal but have lead to me not being able to fulfill my duties in a way satisfactory to myself or the organization. 

I wish you all the best of luck for the future and will always support Second Pride in any way I can. 

As to duties that need to be handed over. Lee McKay already has the login info to Second Pride avatar, but I will need a name to put in as an administrator on the Facebook group and page. 

I am sorry to leave you this way.

Kindly,
Bock"

January 5th, 2021

Brexit Day

"LONDON (AP) — Britain’s long and sometimes acrimonious divorce from the European Union ended Thursday with an economic split that leaves the EU smaller and the U.K. freer but more isolated in a turbulent world. 

Britain left the European bloc’s vast single market for people, goods, and services at 11 p.m. London time, midnight in Brussels, completing the biggest single economic change the country has experienced since World War II. A different U.K.-EU trade deal will bring new restrictions and red tape, but for British Brexit supporters, it means reclaiming national independence from the EU and its web of rules."

Happy New Year, 2021

I give thanks to the Babylonians, The Lincoln Project, my friends, and my relatively patient spouse Tomais for the fact that I survived 2020 without a total nervous breakdown.

Americans will never fully comprehend the importance of their country, and their chosen leaders have for the rest of the democratic world. When the U.S.A. is on the verge of a coup d'etat - lead by their president and his devoted minions, no less - we follow the developments closely and with trepidation.

But now, as we start a new year and there are only 19, 5 days until the next president is sworn in, I can start breathing more or less normally again, 

"Here's to 2021" by Wayne Allan-GoodmaNZ

I wish you all great happiness and success in 2021, May it be our best year ever, we certainly deserve it!

Celebrating Christmas

Yesterday my twin brother JJ MercuryNZ and I celebrated a part of Christmas together. We had fun with those antlers with bells on, everytime we moved it sounded as if Santa was on his way.

Photo by JJ MercuryNZ

Happy Holidays 2020

My spouse Tomais and I wish you all Happy Holidays, despite the long shadow that Covid-19 is throwing over this years celebrations.

Photo by Tomais Ashdene, 2020

Eat, drink and be merry, but above all, stay safe!

For No Particular Reason