A Whole Lotta´ Kisses

The long awaited day was finally here, it was time for the second annual International Kiss-A-Swede Day in SecondLife!

You can send out invitations, but if you don´t ask for R.S.V.P´s you never know how many may turn up. I knew from the start that it was an awkward day and time for many non-Europeans. After all the Kiss-A-Swede Day hasn't been made a holiday in most other parts of the world, not yet.

Too my great pleasure many friends and other people did come to the event and quite a few from the American continent too. Actually they came in such droves that I wore out my kissing-HUD. It simply stopped working halfway through the event. Luckily for me many of the potential kissers had HUD´s of their own.

I would like to than all for who came to join in the fun and especially FelineFemme, who was an amazing DJ at the event, and my sexy buddy Butch Diavolo, who helped me out with the hosting.

Here are some pictures from the event, please enjoy! ... I should also have some of me kissing with my CTO Vampi Twine and with Helene Dragone and Fia Wycliffe, but somehow I cannot find them. (I was too busy focusing on my own kissing, but I heard and saw quite a few others going at it on their own - hopefully I will be able to link to other blogs later.). As always you can click the pictures to see them enlarged.

For even more pictures from the event please visit my friends blogs!

1. My Avatar´s Name Is Apmel; Kissing Swedes
2. Ziggy On The Edge Of Second Life; Bock McMillan´s International Kiss-A-Swede Day Party
3. Free Your Mind; Kiss(ed) By a Swede
4. Jasmines Little Corner; Kyssar i mängder

Studly Ziggy Starsmith pounces sexy Butch Diavolo

The gorgeous holyarcher and myself going at it, with Jasmine Cazalet as chaperone

Butch (as the Swedish chef) and myself hugging

Kissing the beautiful Jasmine Cazalet

Butch sharing his love with Jasmine

Awesome DJ FelineFemme gets a welcome-kiss

The unique Bejiita Imako and I in a sweet embrace, Cute Fia Wycliffe pretending she isn´t looking

My stud-buddy Ziggy Starsmith and I in a deep kiss

Hot Larz Kaz has pounced me

My darling "sarge", sirhc DeSantis, and myself sharing saliva 

Kissing with the beautiful Blanche Argus

My friend the always beautiful Gittrika Mint and I in a loving embrace

I have pounced my dear brother in-law Dejerrity Mycron

Jasmine gives me a deep kiss in a "special" spot

Kissing with the wonderful Anne Waco

Kissing with my sweet friend Carol Pixelmaid

Kissing with hot buddy Butch (now out of disguise)

My sweet sister Millimina has pounced me

My bosom buddy  (always the fashionista) Apmel Goosson and I

Closing in on the sweet Carol Pixelmaid (Photo by Carol)

Advance Notice for Friday June 1, 2012

The amazing Bara Jonson, my buddy, and the Rockland band will be streaming live to SecondLife from a gig in first life on Friday June 1, 2012.

There will be a humongous screen set up on the roof of the Swedish Embassy in SecondLife.

For more information and for a later update on the exact time when the event will start please check Vampis OrmDricka; Bara Jonson & Rockland RL live and screening to SL, which is my chief technical officer Mrs Vampi Twine DeSantis McMillan McMillan (honorary) blog.

Stop Press: Bara & Free @ OrmDricka

By special notice from the lairds Chief Technical Officer Mrs. Vampi Twine-DeSantis-McMillan-McMillan (honorary), who is also the proprietor of Club OrmDricka, I am proud to inform you that you are all invited to a command performance of Bara Jonson and Free Balan at OrmDricka.

I am sure it is a command performance because Bara owes Vampi a lot of gratitude for her support over the years. For this special occasion only Bara and Free will do an all-Swedish set, which among other things means the premier performance of the Swedish version of Bara´s most famous song "Far and away".

The event takes place at the sim Andromeda Isle (SLurl) tomorrow Thursday April 19, 2012, 12:30 PM. (better get there early as Andromeda Isle is a homestead and only carries 20 avatars).

My Sergeant at Arms sirhc DeSantis will entertain us before and after the main act.

Egg Hunt at *Virtually Gorgeous*

I got an IM from my sweet friend Carol Pixelmaid, fashion designer and owner of the soon-to-be-famous *Virtually Gorgeous* label and store in SecondLife.

"Hey Bock, I am having a little Mini Easter Egg Hunt at my store, and I wondered if you would pass the note on to your friends, or alts, the outfit is cute and the hunt is easy."

If I were you I would not believe the easy part of that message (I still remember with dread the time I spent five hours in Vampi´s shop trying to find another "easy" egg), but here are some more instructions for you.

"*Virtually Gorgeous* is having a mini Easter Egg hunt, throughout the month of April.

The Hunt consists of, 6 eggs, each containing a gift, that make up the "Sexy Chick Look" The Yellow Easter Eggs are hidden around the store! *Virtually Gorgeous* Main Store (SLurl) 

Make sure you join in the Easter Fun, and get yours!

Hugs, Carol Pixelmaid <3"

When you get to the store inworld, please note that Carol also has a store with furniture and more cool stuff next to the fashion store. I am hoping that,you have already noticed that I have a link to Carol´s store blog Virtually Gorgeous in my blogroll.

Ughhh this reminds me I need to start thinking about making Easter cards, with my blushing bride Iendi craving all my intention that will be difficult... Why are women so difficult to satisfy, I wonder?

UPDATE April 2, 2012: I can now proudly report that I concluded the egg hunt yesterday. It took me about an hour to find the first one, but after that - when I had figured out how the sneaky little Carol was thinking - I found all six eggs in about 20 minutes. It was fun!

SEMA 2011 - Oh What A Party

Finally the long awaited evening arrived. As an old hand in SecondLife I arrived early at the venue, The Fallen Gods Club at Yadkin. I have missed to many events before by not getting my ass on the sim in time.

The laird resting before the party stasrts

Once I was safely there I could take a smoke, eat a little and prepare for the party to start.

Oh what a great party it was! All the men were stunningly beautiful and the women looked reasonably OK too, even if some of them were showing a lot of their legs and boo.. uhmmm lets say chests.

Apollon Allen, DJ and one of the organizers

Emarald Harvey (in the background) with his partner Zigadena Gabardini 

Iendi Laville

Svessa Hax

My Sergeant at Arms sirhc DeSantis-McMillan

Vira Broome, one of the organizers

Blanche Argus, cbreak, Apmel Ibbetson and Kandinsky Beaumont

Chaplin Early and his partner Stella Guardian, Aake Roffo in the background

Some cute stranger

NE0 Timeless, one of the organizers

I had a wonderful evening and an unexpectedly great time, most people actually spoke with me. It was good to be able to in some little way show my appreciation of the hard work the event makers do for us. All in all I had a splendid time with no bad lag surprisingly because avatars were crashing left and right.

I would like to finish by once again thanking Apollon Allen, Vira Broome and NE0 Timeless for giving me this opportunity to extend my thanks to the event makers. I know I didn´t get all of them on my camera, for which I especially apologize to Vampi Twine-DeSantis-McMillan-McMillan (honorary and through handfasting), Midnattsdotter Fride and Gittrika Mint. All three of you looked wonderful, but my pictures of you were ugly and not publishable,

I just noticed that my bosom buddy Apmel Goosson has also been working hard and has already published his great pictures from the event here (url).

Even more pictures from the event at Blanche Argus blog now (url) and on Ewa Aska´s blog.

UPDATE:
Oh, I forgot, the evening actually ended very well when Blanche Argus finally found the humongous and  enormous tip jar for the event makers.

I understand her completely because I have been there myself countless times! Sometimes tip jars are just too big to notice, one cams above, around, behind and under them... I cannot remember all the times that Guyke, Ars or some other friendly soul has had to drag me in front of them for me to see them.

We Owe Them Gratitude - SEMA 2011

Day in and day out, week after week and all year long they work tirelessly to give the rest of us in the Swedish community in SecondLife, and our International friends, a possibility to meet, chat, dance, listen to music, meditate and have a good time together.

We owe these avatars loads of gratitude and love for doing that!

Apollon Allen, Vira Broome and NE0 Timeless got together and created "The Swedish Event Makers Award" (SEMA). The purpose of the SEMA is to celebrate the creative and committed avatars for their efforts during the past year.

"The only thing wrong with the SEMA", said the Much Honored Bock McMillan, laird of Southern Charm and prince of Cascade Falls in an interview to CNN today, "is that I didn't come up with the damn excellent idea myself. Of course I will be there - and in full colors - to give back a little to all these these wonderful people!"

Ms Gittrika Mint : Proprietor of Måndagsbörsen (The Monday Exchange) where she has a theme party every Monday evening. She also runs Greenroom on Wednesdays for formal dances.
The Monday Exchange (SLurl)

Ms Iendi Laville: Proprietor of La Grenouille Inn where she throws parties with live music and also proprietor of the inworld radio channel "The Swedish Transistor".
YADKIN VALLEY (SLurl)

Mrs Vampi Twine-DeSantis-McMillan (honorary) and Sergeant at Arms sirhc DeSantis-McMillan (adopted) owners of Club OrmDricka (by the laird and his clan lovingly referred to as OD) where they throw parties - with or without themes - every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
ORMDRICKA (SLurl)

The Connemara Hills collective: (Mrs. Rultan Zeppelin, Mrs Blanche Argus, Mr. Peppe & Mrs Trulte Firecaster who own and operate Connemara Hills together) The collective has a Celtic evening every month and arranges meditation sessions every Friday.
CONNEMARA HILLS (SLurl)

Princess Midnattsdotter Fride, lovingly referred to as Mid or Fride: owner and operator of the Frides Club & Lounge, where she has events once a week with International DJ:s and Fride Live with International Live Musicians once a month (this was the venue where the laird heard the awesome Strum Diesel the very first time)

LEGOLAS SIM (SLurl)

Mrs Ewa Aska: Proprietor of Viking land of Birka where the theme is mostly viking, but she also arranges Bollywood parties once in awhile. (Earlier venues have been Vadstena Castle and The Ice Hotel - ahhhh all the great memories I have of that beautiful venue)
VIKING LAND (SLurl)

Ms Kicki Spingflower : Proprietor of "Club Kicki´s Jetty" where she has tea dances in the mornings and nude parties on Fridays.
KICKI´S JETTY (SLurl)

Ms Fia Wycliffe: Proprietor of Fia´s Porch Club where she - usually on Fridays - throws parties that are called "Friday cozy ups"
FIA´S PORCH (SLurl)

Mr Alfdeejay Cooper: Proprietor of the Avalon Club & Garden Beach and Xanadu Club. At Xanadu Club the theme is usually ´80s or Disco. He also owns and operates the radio channel Alfdeejay Radio around the clock.

AVALON (SLurl) and XANADU (SLurl)

Mr Ix Heron: Proprietor of Euroclub, where he DJ´s himself on the theme Eurovision. .
EUROCLUB (SLurl)

Ms Jini Shearer: Co-proprietor of the September Rainforest which is a sim filled with romance, beautiful waterfalls and a dance floor in the middle of the jungle (great for dating and marriages)
SEPTEMBER RAIN (SLurl)

Be there or be square!
...and for the love of everything that is important to you lets show them all our love and gratitude by having FUN!

What: The SEMA 2011
When Saturday February 4, 2012, 1 PM - 3 PM SLT
Where: Fallen Gods Club (SLurl) (Reopening of the club)
Who: Everyone who wants to see Swedes go crazy is invited
Clothing: Gala/Formal (which means tartan for me)
Host/DJ: Apollon Allen

Sweet Memories (Updated)

Drizz, I and Ars (Photo by Drizz McMillan) 

All of my gestures got deactivated recently - some would say "Thank God" and Ars would have been one of them - but due to that unfortunate happening I struck gold in my Inventory today.

Looking for a gesture I got from Mr and Mrs Twine-DeSantis-McMillan (sirhc and Vampi, to those of us who love them) I typed in "bock2" in the search field of my Inventory and lo and behold, not only did the missing gesture turn up but these three pictures also. They were taken way back on July 26, 2007.

In the pictures you see me as a brunette with my cousin Drizz McMillan with the Mohawk and my sweet Ars. Unfortunately I was not given them with full rights, so I had to use my snipping tool to copy them.

That brown hair was my first SecondLife hair ever, I still remember how good I thought I looked and how happy I was for it.

At this point in time Ars was of course not "my Ars" yet, that wouldn't be until a few months later, but I was already madly infatuated with him and had started stalking him to all his Euro-sets. I never thought I would have a chance with him though, because he was always surrounded by hordes and droves of stunning looking guys.

As you most likely can see, it wasn't for his looks that I chose him (they improved over time though, as we all did), but for his warm, kind and loving personality, his jawline, his wonderful voice and his happy, mad, wild and  contagious laughter. All the bling he is wearing makes me suspect he had dressed up for some bling-bling theme at a club. He usually never wore that much jewelry.

It shames me to admit, that I - possibly - finally got Ars full attention through both my persistence and with a little guile and deceit.

My powers of observation have never been strong. One day ElenaSanoraly Milena told me that Ars was pissed because he had a new skin for a week and no one seemed to notice or comment about it. That evening at the Sarco Sound Grounds I asked in local chat - in my most innocent way, "There is something different about you lately, Ars. I cannot put my finger on it. Did you get a new skin?". Ars was elated when everyone started complimenting him on his great choice.

From then on. I was always very observant of any slight changes in my babe´s appearances, because it always made him so happy when I noticed.

I and Drizz (Photo by Drizz McMillan)

Drizz and I (Photo by Drizz McMillan) 

Reporting For Duty, My Laird!

Some people are always complaining that "it is so difficult to find good help these days". Those days have lasted for the last five hundred years.

Well, I can tell you I was absolutely thrilled to see my new Sergeant at Arms reporting for duty in full McMillan regalia today.

sirhc DeSantis-McMillan looked so absolutely sexy and cute, as you can see for yourself!

Lucky for him, he is betrothed (or whatever they call it - hmmm ringfasted?) to a dear friend of mine and my First Technical Officer (a.k.a. tech-head) Vampi Twine-DeSantis-McMillan - who also happens to be very scary woman when it pleases her - or I would be scratching his furry back by now.

Just one thing kitten, I usually take the glengarry bonnet off as fast as I can although I always insist on wearing it when first arriving at any function. It really is not the best look for studs like you and I, is it?

Job Opportunity at Linden Lab

I read on GWNews today that there is a job opening at Linden Lab, creators of SecondLife. in San Francisco, California.

My first instinct was "Bock, you must send in an application whatever the job is!" but when I kept reading and hardly understood any of the requirements and responsibilities I decided that perhaps I shouldn't burden the Lab with my CV.

After all what use would the Lab have of my talents as a semi-charming European pseudo-nobelman with almost five years of virtual living experience and an ability to often change appearances but still always remain stunningly handsome, mostly humble, often patient and sometimes friendly.

Especially when the Lab is looking for someone with "strong, versatile computer science fundamentals who will become core contributors to refactoring, building, and designing new features of our server product. You will need strong skills in application and server-side development and experience with open-software and distributed software teams is a plus" and responsibilities that include "Refactor code written mostly in C/C++ with some C# and python". (Ughhh say what...?)

When I had - very reluctantly - disqualified myself as a candidate I thought of Mrs. Vampi Twine-DeSantis (the laird´s main tech support), Mr sirhc De Santis (cool cat and skilled techie) and Mr. Sven Idyll (technical wiseguy with a profound knowledge of the workings of virtual worlds). I would warmly recommend all three for the job to my friends at the Lab.

If you wish to read the full ad and perhaps apply for the job go to Craigslist Software Engineer at Linden Lab.

The Beauty and His Beast

sirhc and Vampi forever!

Today I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the beautiful sirhc DeSantis and his wonderful spouse Vampi Twine DeSantis on the second anniversary of their handfasting.

Hey guys, there actually were a few of us that believed that you could do it and I am happy you proved us right. May you both have many, many years together both here in SecondLife and in first life.

I Switched To The Firestorm Viewer

I have been reluctant to switch from the Phoenix viewer because it has worked wonderfully for me. I have very seldom experienced crashes and almost never felt any lag expect when that must be expected.

Well with all the talk about mesh coming and how important it was to get ready for that change I finally dared to take the big step, especially after watching Jessica Lyon video tutorial four (4) times about how to configure the Firestorm to look like viewer 1. I also remembered the praises for Firestorm by my friends Ziggy Starsmith, my regular tech-head Vampi Twine-DeSantis and Sven Idyll.

So far everything seems to be working as promised, and I have all my stuff back in their regular locations on my screen. Next thing will be to see how it works for me when I am doing my thing, but I´ll leave that for another day.

"I Was Robed!", says Laird

The innocent laird trying to avoid looking at Ms. Elise

The Much Honored Bock McMillan, laird of Southern Comfort and prince of Cascade falls, visited a club in Swedish SecondLife yesterday.

"I was in search of some light entertainment and relaxation so when I saw that OrmDricka (a Swedish club run by Mrs. Vampi Twine-DeSantis and a big cat, bloggers note), was having an "Under the Sea"-theme I thought it might be fun. I had just the right skin for it, I just needed to get some fins that I had seen previously at "Fallen Gods", the laird begins his recount of his ordeals the evening before.

The laird continues, "When I had finished dressing up for the occasion I looked absolutely stunning, even if I say so myself, I even thought that I was sure to win this contest. Those hopes all left me when I arrived at the venue. I was a bit late in arriving so the party had been going on awhile, but the men - all straight of course - in the place were already glassy-eyed and panting deeply. I was totally shocked and dismayed by what I saw. As everyone knows well I am not easily flustered, I earned the reputation of being the most most patient man in SecondLife after all."

Mrs, Vampi Twine-DeSantis, proprietor of the establishment

"The women were flaunting their boobs everywhere, not a single brassiere in sight. The boobs were bouncing, flopping and jittering all over the place!", the laird tells us with the grievous pain showing in his green glittering eyes and on beautiful face, "I have never seen anything like it before, the women must have maxed out on the physics on their bosoms. I didn't know where to look, it was so nauseating you cannot imagine. I am still traumatized. The straight men in the place just couldn't look at anything else, they were like zombies, hypnotized and completely enthralled."

Mr. Aake Roffo loses his footing while staring at Ms. Blanche´s assests

"Bouncing boobs, heterosexuality and the introduction of physics in SecondLife robed me of a sure victory", the laird concludes while a most perfect tear slowly rolls down his cheek.

It is reported to this blog that the laird is currently undergoing therapy for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). The McMillan household is hoping for a speedy recovery. The contest was reportedly won by Ms. Blanche Argus with Ms. Jazmine Cazalet as runner up. The laird came in third place.