Party Pictures Monday

My buddies and co-bloggers Carl Paneer and Jeff Ellsworth present us with more great pictures from the parties at the Second Pride Festival yesterday!

Bock, Tomais & Carl at DJ Yifu's set Monday
Photography by Carl Paneer

NakedCarl: Second Pride - DJ Yifu
Jeff Ellsworth. Witnessing A Second Life: Second Pride 2014 - Live and Lively (One continuous post, so scroll way down for the latest pictures.)

My Parade Blunder

Remember how I have been going on about how much I have missed the opening parades at Second Pride? And how happy I was when I learned that we would have one at this years Second Pride?

Well, I managed to botch up my participation by going for a short nap four hours before the parade was going to start and then sleeping for five hours. This despite having set several wake-up calls both on my landline telephone and my cellphone, all for safety's sake as I could not imagine I would sleep that long.

Luckily my family members (hubby Tomais, son Guyke and son-in-law Garrett) were at the right place in the right time and could represent the McMillan colors.

Photo by Tomais Ashdene

Photo by Tomais Ashdene

Photo by Jeff Ellsworth

According to the reports I have received from the Opening Parade it was a tremendous success, with more than 180 avatars taking part or watching from the adjacent sim. There were only a few problems, which were to be expected considering the amount of avatars there. I am so upset with myself for missing it.

Well, when I finally did wake up I logged in as fast as I could to calm my worried family and could get a feel of the parade anyhow as it runs 24/7 (except the short while the sim is restarted everyday). I went a little crazy and tried out many of the floats, as documented below by blogging buddies Jeff Ellsworth and Carl Paneer and my Tomais.

Photo by Jeff Ellsworth

Photo by Jeff Ellsworth

Photo by Tomais Ashdene

Garrett & Guyke watching the Bock-parade
Photo by Carl Paneer

For more great pictures from Second Pride Festival, please visit my blog buddies Jeff Ellsworth; Jeff Ellsworth Witnessing A Second Life: Second Pride 2014 Live and Lively (live blogging) and Carl Paneer: NakedCarl Second Life.

Looking for Speakers!

Group Notice sent by: Katya Valeska

"On February 7-9, 2014, there will be a conference for all Second Life bloggers. We'll be holding a three day conference to discuss everything under the sun from fashion, to photography, photoshop, talking to designers and just blogging in general.

Those who are putting together this event would like to see if anyone within the community would like to speak at this event. If you would like to, please fill out the application: Application form 

Below is a list of topics that will be being discussed at this year's conference.

• Blogging Basics 101

• How to Take Quality Photos in Second Life

• Photoshop Techniques

• How to Edit Prims / Overlaying Mesh in Second Life

• How to Promote Your Blog

• How to Approach Designers

• Event Blogging: How, When and What to Do

• Focus on Fashion Blogging

• Focus on Home / Decor Blogging

• Focus on Roleplay Blogging

• Focus on Editorial Blogging

• Focus on Destination Blogging (Sim Exploring)

• Focus on Second Life Blogging (News, Around the Grid)"

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I was tipped about this event by my friend and co-blogger Jeff Ellsworth.

At the Gay Nation Set

The Gay Nation set with DJ Ginger, was fun although a bit rowdy. The rowdiness was caused by Butch congregating with a multitude of ex-lovers at this event. One could have guessed they had made an appointment but I believe it came around purely by circumstance. It was interesting to hear all the information they freely and spilled about Butch in a charming and good-natured way. It was obvious to all that they still had warm affections for him.

My new friend Marcellias, Butch, myself, Ziggy and Guyke

Showing off my pride

Sexy friend and co-blogger Jeff Ellsworth was busy blogging live  from
Second Pride as usual. I believe he has been working out, don't you agree?

Sweet Spanki showing off 

My friend and co.blogger the hunky Petr

Me attempting to be artsy by taking a picture of the venue from above

The lovable brats, Ziggy & Guyke

My Big Boy

Today I met my son Guyke at the gay SecondLife-bloggers group Rhino Writers meeting in preparation for our groups participation at the SL10B. Guykechen was there representing his husband Ziggy's blog "Ziggy On The Edge Of Second Life". (Well, not officially but I had brought him there in that capacity.)

Unfortunately we were not many who could make it to the meeting, so besides Guyke and myself there was Avacar Bluestar and his partner ricogenu and Jeff Ellsworth. It was soon apparent that Avacar and Teno Theriac had already had fruitful conversations on the matter and had come up with many good ideas.

Myself and Avacar Bluestar

Jeff Ellsworth

ricogenu and Guykechen

After the meeting Guyke and I returned to Southern Charm to catch up and say our goodbyes. On top of the list of topics was of course what was going on in our first lives and Guyke's fabulous SecondLife  makeover.

"I decided it was time to grow up", the boy told me, "so I needed a complete remake for a more manly and less boyish look." And what a stunning look it is!

To my great relief he has not grown to big for hugging, I will never allow that to happen of course, but still it is good to notice that the Swedish part of his upbringing is deeply rooted in him.

Cute Men & Hairy Asses

When I arrived at Spurt Beach today, for the 24 hour DJ-athon benefiting Second Pride, the dance floor was already filled with a whole lot of hot men dancing and shaking their sweet hairy asses to the music

I of course positioned myself between two of the hottest men there, one always wants to have "the eye-candy" close at hand. I suspect the guys were away though or in Instant Message with each other, because none of the two spoke a word the whole time I was there.

Jeff Ellsworth, the distinguished photographer and blogger, dropped by and showed us he is no newcomer at the dance pole. My that sexy man sure could move and shake it like a pro. I think he has been working out lately too because his body looked really awesome!

Khar Indigo was the only woman there, but that gurl sure can hold up her own and is not daunted by the sight of a bunch of hot guys with bare asses.

Bock - The Party Man

First I stopped in at The Sanctuary for some great trance music with a DJ I had never listened to before, Nelopelou McKeenan. She played awesome music for us.

Next stop was The Bunker where an old friend and compatriot of mine Missy (formerly known as Miss K) was DJ-ing. I had never heard her DJ before so that was a good experience also.

The last stop of the evening was at the Naked Field Party with my friend DJ Avacar. It was a great idea to have a naked party in a field. 

At the party I met a lot of friends, some of whom I had not see in a very long time. Aside from the DJ Avacar and his hubby Rico, we were joined by Ryce Skytower-Aquila, Benja Aquila-Skytower, Jeff Ellsworth and Joeh Acker and a bunch of other hot men.. 

Through it all i was chatting with Dej, who had planned a pleasurable afternoon for himself which was  constantly interrupted by his noisy fat assed neighbor and her maid. Well, at least he got his afternoon drink without interruptions!

Cool Guy

See more of sexy blogger Jeff Ellsworth as a hunky scantily clad Iceman in only iconic 80´s gay porn white briefs on his blog Jeff Ellsworth Witnessing A Second Life.

NOH8 Avatars 17

Jeff Ellsworth

More NOH8 pictures with the amazing Jeff Ellsworth can be found on his blog Jeff Ellsworth Witnessing A Second Life: NOH8 In Second Life.

For more information about the The NOH8 Campaign and how to join it in SecondLife please read my previous post The NOH8 Campaign in SecondLife. There you will also find instructions on where to find the necessary duct tape and cheek painting free of charge.
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If you would like to be a part of the NOH8 Campaign on this blog please send me your picture (fullperm), I will be happy to post it. Name the picture NOH8 and your avatar name and drop it on my profile or send it to my email lundamats@gmail.com.

Avacar and Butch at Pride

On Sunday I visited the SLT-morning dances at Pride to support my buddies Avacar Bluestar and Butch Diavolo. Both of them stepped into this on rather short notice, Avacar after the former lead DJ at his club had quit yesterday and Butch stepping in for a DJ that didn't show up at the venue.

I am very happy to inform you that they both performed extremely well and kept us entertained with good music and chat for two hours each.

I was so happy to see Paul Maracas again at the set. Paul is an old friend from the Sarco Sound days whom I haven´t seen since the wake after the first memorial for my Ars at Saint Magnus Kirk on Hinterland.

Over to the pictures.

Avacar

DJ Butch

My fellow blogger Jeff Ellsworth watches as my buddy master builder Levi Ewing dances

Model Joe Lycomedes

My old friend Paul Maracas

Mt friend Tienkie shows off her furry bush