As I told you yesterday I was on my way to a wedding in SecondLife. My friend, the always charming, funny and beautiful, Kicki Springflower was going to marry her Detron Soern.
This is not Kicki´s first marriage in SecondLife, as we discussed and had fun with when she sent me this invitation. But as we both agreed, we have to do what we must do when the guy we happened to marry turns out to be a creep. In our conversation I even suggested she should perhaps let me screen the guys in the future, but to that she responded with great confidence that "Detron is a keeper!".
Well I don´t know Detron at all, except for seeing a discussion he had once in the Swedish chat where he held his ground and argued his case well without becoming abusive. After my conversation with Kicki I thought to myself that I better give him a fast screening to check if he passed the "Bock test of men, geeks, creeps and douche bags". So I made sure to get to the church early...
This test is a sort of quick litmus test loosely based on my Ars adage "Action not words". I engage the subject in conversation and study what happens carefully. It´s not so much what they say - even if that is also important - but how they say it, what they do and how they interact with myself and people around us.
The wedding was taking place at the most wonderful church I have seen yet in SecondLife, "Stavkirken" in Second Norway. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion.
When I arrived the groom was already there (+10 points) waiting at the altar with his best man. So I dived into the testing straight away by engaging him in conversation and seeing how he handled it.
Let me just say, Detron passed the test with flying colors. He scored 93 points of the total 100. To my great relief I can therefore report that I agree with Kicki, this man is a keeper for sure!
And then the most important person of any wedding arrived, the beautiful bride. Kicki was wearing a stunning - albeit a little daring - wedding gown. I first managed to get a picture of her outside the church and then we see her walking up the isle to her groom.
The reverend Herman Bergson was officiating at the ceremony. Almost everything went well, but the good reverend should in the future always remember to make sure his manuscript is updated and includes the correct names of the bride and groom.
However Detron handled the reverend´s "faux pas" marvelously and saved us all from greater embarrassment by inserting his own name. (+10 bonus points as this happened after the official testing had been concluded.)
Thanks for the invitation Kicki and Detron, I had a wonderful time! I wish you both all the happiness in the world. To Kicki, I would like to add, "Nice catch, gurl!"
This is not Kicki´s first marriage in SecondLife, as we discussed and had fun with when she sent me this invitation. But as we both agreed, we have to do what we must do when the guy we happened to marry turns out to be a creep. In our conversation I even suggested she should perhaps let me screen the guys in the future, but to that she responded with great confidence that "Detron is a keeper!".
Well I don´t know Detron at all, except for seeing a discussion he had once in the Swedish chat where he held his ground and argued his case well without becoming abusive. After my conversation with Kicki I thought to myself that I better give him a fast screening to check if he passed the "Bock test of men, geeks, creeps and douche bags". So I made sure to get to the church early...
This test is a sort of quick litmus test loosely based on my Ars adage "Action not words". I engage the subject in conversation and study what happens carefully. It´s not so much what they say - even if that is also important - but how they say it, what they do and how they interact with myself and people around us.
The wedding was taking place at the most wonderful church I have seen yet in SecondLife, "Stavkirken" in Second Norway. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion.
When I arrived the groom was already there (+10 points) waiting at the altar with his best man. So I dived into the testing straight away by engaging him in conversation and seeing how he handled it.
Let me just say, Detron passed the test with flying colors. He scored 93 points of the total 100. To my great relief I can therefore report that I agree with Kicki, this man is a keeper for sure!
And then the most important person of any wedding arrived, the beautiful bride. Kicki was wearing a stunning - albeit a little daring - wedding gown. I first managed to get a picture of her outside the church and then we see her walking up the isle to her groom.
However Detron handled the reverend´s "faux pas" marvelously and saved us all from greater embarrassment by inserting his own name. (+10 bonus points as this happened after the official testing had been concluded.)
