Last Chance to See "Visions of Hope"

From a press release kindly forwarded to me by Ricco Saenz, who together with his partner Randy Firebrand, is the organizers of this event.

"Visions of Hope", which is a silent auction benefiting Relay for Life of SL. closes tomorrow Sunday May 31.

 
Cupric Router will spin the tunes @ 1 PM SLT, so we can dance and get those last bids in. The auction results will reveal themselves @ 4 pm SLT.

The organizers wish to thank the amazing artists: Ziki Questi, Tomais Ashdene, Ricco Saenz, Em Larsson, Hills, Trinity Yazimoto, Boudicca Amat, Pusher, Bijou, Morgan Kincess, Skippy Beresford, Dru G. Eiren-Milneaux, Bear Silvershade & Serei Guena for having joined forces on behalf of RFL of SL.

Hope Haven Heroes Gallery (SLurl)

Visions of Hope - Silent Auction in Benefit of RFL of SL

From a press release

Ziki Questi, Tomais Ashdene, Em Larsson, Hills, Trinity Yazimoto, Boudicca Amat, Pusher, Bijou, Morgan Kincess, Dru G. Eiren-Milneaux and other great photographers and visual artists are joining forces on behalf of Relay For Life of SL (RFL of SL). Some of their original and unique works will be part of Visions of Hope, a silent auction starting on May 3, 2015.

Yes, that's it, an auction with some of the most renowned photograph artists in Second Life - and you can take one of them, or more, home with you (I mean their work, of course).

All the money raised with the activity will go to RFL of SL, which helps gather funds for the American Cancer Society's programs to improve cancer survival, decrease the incidence of cancer and improve the quality of life for cancer patients and their caretakers.

Visions of Hope will be held at Hope Haven Heroes Gallery (SLurl) during the whole month of May. 

DJ Cupric will be responsible for the tunes during the opening party, on May 3rd, at 1 PM SLT, and everyone is invited to join.

The Silent Auction
For the auction, one just has to click on the title boards and make an offer. The minimum bid is just L$ 400 and the amounts can be increased by at least L$ 100 each time. At the end of May, we will learn who acquired what.

So, if you'd like to check the works of some amazing photographers in SL, and maybe acquire some of them and help the efforts of RFL of SL, go visit Hope Haven Heroes Gallery during this May, and join us for the opening party.

Visions of Hope is hosted by Hope Haven Heroes. Hope Haven is where the survivors and caregivers support groups meet. Hope Haven Heroes is the Relay For Life of SL team that represents it (more info on Hope Haven support groups at the gallery).

Summarizing:
Event: Visions of Hope, Hope Haven Heroes' silent auction on behalf of Relay For Life of SL

Date: From May 3rd (official opening) until May 31. Soft opening for the press on May 1st.

Artists already confirmed:

• Bijou
• Boudicca Amat
• Dru G. Eiren-Milneaux
• Em Larsson
• Hills
• Morgan Kincess
• Pusher
• Randy Firebrand
• Ricco Saenz
• Tomais Ashdene
• Trinity Yazimoto
• Ziki Questi

(Others will possibly join the list soon)

Opening party: May 3rd, 1 SLT, with DJ Cupric.

About RFL of SL:
- The first Relay For Life of SL was held in 2005. It was attended by a few hundred avatars and raised about US$ 5,000.
- In 2014, RFL of SL raised US$ 415,000.
- 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of RFL of SL.
- This year the Relay weekend will be held on July 17th and 18th. Other activities, such as the silent auction, will also be organized during the year for raising funds.
- The theme for RFL of SL 2015: The future is now.

About Hope Haven Heroes:
- The RFL of SL team that represents Hope Haven, where the survivors and caregivers support groups meet.

Contacts for further information:
- Randy Firebrand (in world) and Ricco Saenz (in world and via email ricco.saenz@gmail.com).

And the Oscar Goes To...

... the Much Honored Bock McMillan, laird of Southern Charm, prince of Cascade Falls, etc., etc., in not only one but two categories!

I won the Oscar's in the categories of Best Husband and Best Blogger. The jury consisted of my hubby Tomais Ashdene alone, so the choices are of course completely unbiased and cannot be disputed. 

I in turn, being completely objective and totally ruthless awarded Tomais Ashdene the Oscars in the categories for Best Husband, Best Father, Best Photographer and Best Shoe Slut.

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Here are the Oscars awarded by the staff of Bock in SecondLife this year (in alphabetical order by category and surnames)

Best Blogger

Apmel Goosson, Eddi Haskell & Ziggy Starsmith

Best Brother

Dejerrity Mycron

Best Builder

Jak Calcutt, sirhc DeSantis-McMillan & Dru Eiren-Milneaux

Best Child

Guyke Lundquist

Best Deejay

Preston Benoir-Stäväros, sirhc DeSantis-McMillan, Butch Diavolo, sarco Halderman, Karl Kalchek, Hottie B Lockjaw, Michelangelo Reverie, Rylan Sirnah & Ryder Yowman

Best Designer 

Apple Fall

Best Dressed 

Guyke Lundquist & Dex Moleno

Best Frienemy

Dejerrity Mycron

Best Friend 

Millimina Salamander & Vampi Twine-DeSantis-McMillan-McMillan (honorary)

Best Gay

Kahvy Sands

Best Hag

Lucretia Brandenburg

Best Photographer

Ricco Saenz & Nikolai Warden

Best Pose Maker

Vice Poses (Spencer Ronzales & Finn Millar)

Best Sister

Millimina Salamander

Best Wife

Vampi Twine DeSantis-McMillan-McMillan (honorary)

Best Performer

Strum Diesel

Label Whore

Dex Moleno

Most Fabulous

Dahlia Jayaram & Guyke Lundquist

Most Glamourous

Guyke Lundquist & BM Oh (The latter one's delivery was delayed by lag...)

Most Improved
BM Oh (Delivery was delayed by lag...)

Most Stylish

Guyke Lundquist

A Man of Many Talents

When I and Tomais returned to our beach house today, after a busy - and highly successful - day of gardening and dewinterizing at Southern Charm, we found Dru Eiren-Milneaux there already.

Dru was finishing off his work of building a staircase from the beach up to the house. As it was an extremely hot day, he was working in the buff so he wouldn't suffer from heat exposure. Apart from being a talented builder Dru is a wonderful photographer in both first life and SecondLife and, Tomais tells me, he is also talented in many handicrafts in first life.

During our conversation, I had to go AFK a while to "wash my hands" and get a smoke, when I returned I was greeted by a message written in the sand. It seems Dru had a special talent he wished to show me.

I laughed so hard and long that I nearly fell off my chair. While I and Tomais were still laughing and coughing and almost falling to pieces, Dru showed off with a little more of his "pee-art".

Isn't it simply amazing how many of us discover hidden talents in SecondLife? If the world only knew...