I Was Also Unfriended by Ziggy

"I cleared my friends list of these blood suckers so I could move on and start fresh without hiding as an alt. They just can't seem to get me off their minds the poor little teatsy flies.", said by Ziggy Starsmith on his blogpost today.

Photo by Ziggy Starsmith

It is of course everyone's prerogative to choose whom they they wish to have on their friends list in SecondLife or not.

When someone told me a couple of days ago that Ziggy had trashed them, I checked my own friends list and discovered I had also been trashed, along with my husband Tomais. 

I sent Ziggy an IM, in which I told him that I had seen that he had trashed our friendship and that I was sorry to see him go. I also wished him well for the future. I wouldn't call it "whining", but it seems that Ziggy does.

Of course I would never wish to remain on someones friends list if they consider me to be a whining blood sucker who prevents them from living their SecondLife as they wish. Should anyone ever feel this way about me, I hope they will do as Ziggy and trash our friendship at once.

Joseph Nussbaum - SP Festival Photography

Joseph Nussbaum, one of the absolute best photographers in SecondLife, has been taking pictures at the Second Pride Festival this year, and turning them into pure works of art. The photos are posted to Joseph's timeline on Facebook, but so far I have not been able to find them anywhere else. 

Here are but a few of my present favorites.

Tomais Ashdene and Bock McMillan at Second Pride
Photography by Joseph Nussbaum

Hottie B Lockjaw at Second Pride
Photography by Joseph Nussbaum

Bock McMillan at Second Pride
Photography by Joseph Nussbaum

Karl Kalchek at Second Pride
Photography by Joseph Nussbaum

Ziggy Starsmith at Second Pride
Photography by Joseph Nussbaum

If you wish to see more of Joseph's art photography 

Joseph Nussbaum on Flickr. (Some NSFW)
Joseph Nussbaum on Tumblr. (Some NSFW)

SP Hugs 11 - 21

Jak Calcut, the best hugger in SL

Vampi Twine

Sylvana "Syllie" Whitfield

The One & Only Tomais

Kharissa Indigo, not the best hug but the lag was fierce

Pienikins hugs my leg while Petr supervises

Mitchell, a very cute and nice French guy

Ziggy Starsmith, a prince among men

LLedge Eames

Levi Ewing, not of the Texas Ewings

Happy 6th Rezday, Tomais!

Six years ago today my darling Tomais rezzed into SecondLife.

I am very happy that both he and I have manipulative and meddling friends who thought we might be suitable for each other and maneuvered to get us to meet. And yes, Rylan and Ziggy, I am indeed thinking about the two of you!

Tomais by JJ Goodman

Bock: "I think I love you most when you are confused, Tomais!"
Tomais: "Well, isn't that a fortunate coincidence, seeing that I am mostly confused..."

Happy sixth rezday, my darling!

The Return of Blogger Ziggy

Hear ye, hear ye!

The one and only Ziggy Starsmith is back with a new blog, "The Eyes of Ziggy Starsmith. A pictorial essay of the virtual world of Second Life..."

Welcome back, buddy, your voice has been missed!

Second Pride Hugs - Day 9

Ziggy Starsmith

Baz Ceawlin 

Ty Yifu

Regi Yifu

Jaggy Naughton

BM Oh

Kahvy Sands

Straight Talk From Ziggy

My awesome and straight talking buddy Ziggy Starsmith tells it like it is. If anyone ever wonders why I love this man so much, read his blog post and you will know exactly why, Ziggy On The Edge Of Second Life; Oh Oh...Kharfest....Das Fuhrer is Back!

Ziggy, My Hero!

Sentiments

For years now, I have desperately been trying to create an image of myself as a down-to-earth, rational man who only very occasionally is swept away by strong feeling of outrage, anger and disappointment with the human condition and social injustices in the world.

Then I get a picture like this pasted on my timeline on Facebook by my husband Tomais.

Seeing this I was immediately turned into a blubbering fool and was swept off my feet by mushy romantic feelings with tears of joy and relief in my eyes. At such moments I must secretly admit - at least to myself - that I am mostly ruled by my emotions although I try to give them a facade of rationality.

I don't mind getting tears in my eyes or weeping when I encounter strong and true emotions, but hate being manipulated to tears by heavy-handed sentimentality like in cheesy romantic movies or cute kittens. Or rather, I hate being manipulated full stop. Show me something true and honest and my emotions will come but don't try pushing me towards the edge.

There are two men in SecondLife whom I am heavily indebted too for conspiring to make a couple out of Tomais and me, without my knowing it of course. The excellent matchmaking team are Ziggy Starsmith and Rylan Sirnah, I highly recommend the two to anyone seeking a match made in heaven. How they got the idea of the wonderful Tomais and me as a couple I haven't fully learned yet, but I will always be grateful.

What I am wondering even more about is how they actually got us together, but the less I know the better maybe...

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

DJ Butch's Final Set - For Now...

Yesterday my sweet friend Butch Diavolo informed all of us that he, for personal reasons, had decided to go on an indefinite hiatus from SecondLife.

Butch's s final set before the break was at Q Lounge yesterday and many of his fans and friends came there to thank him and to say "au revoir", all of us adamantly refusing to say goodbye to a beloved friend and DJ.

Butch characteristically without shoes

Ziggy Starsmith

I have always found it extremely difficult to say farewell to someone who has meant much to me, someone who is close and that I care deeply about. Especially in SecondLife, where "taking a break" often enough seems to lead to quitting the virtual world altogether.

Of course I do not question Butch's decision. He is the only one fit to make it and I am sure that he has thought it through before coming to this conclusion, but I will miss him. Butch has always been extremely helpful, kind, caring, loving towards me, although I have gotten my fair share of his ever flowing sarcastic humor.

For now I am content with the reassurance that Butch is doing what he believes he must do and his promise to me that he will in fact attend The Elopement Party that I and Tomais are throwing on March 8th.

Ik vind je zeer veel en zal je missen, mijn vriend! Kom terug naar ons straks weer, wanneer je voelt dat je de energie. (Google Translated, so if it says I want your hot body pressed to mine, it is accurate!)

Ziggy Is Back!

It was only a few months ago that Ziggy Starsmith, to the dismay of his loyal and loving readers (of which I am one), tiredly declared that he was going to stop blogging full time.

The beautiful picture that Ziggy left us with in October, 2013

Since then we have only gotten a few bread crumbs tossed at us from time to time by the irate and erratic blogger, just enough to keep us from feeling totally abandoned and dying from mental and emotional starvation.

Knowing and loving Ziggy I, however, kept my hopes up and never removed his blog from my blogroll. Lo and behold, yesterday he came back to us - full force - with no less than five posts!

The blog has been slightly renamed to "Ziggy Starsmith On The Edge Of Second Life... And Beyond" with the declared promise of "brutally honest commentary of the virtual 3D world of Second Life".

Welcome back, buddy, I have missed your forthright views on the worlds as we know them!

We Are Family

The boy has been badgering my talented husband for a family picture for a while now, so yesterday we took the time to take one.

"We Are Family" Photography by Tomais Ashdene

It turned out rather well I think... on second thought and buggering modesty... I absolutely love and adore this awesome picture by my wonderful hubby Tomais!

Here are a couple of "behind the scenes" pictures I took at the occasion.

The weird balls are "Lumipros", lightning attachments that allow the photographer to set the correct light on the models.

As you can see Ziggy Starsmith was also present at Villa Kakelbont. Ziggy is despite the reputation he is successfully building for being the sexy badboy of SecondLife is one of the most wonderful persons around SecondLife and a very good friend.

Married Life

Being married agrees with me, except when my husband expects me to get up early in the mornings to fry his chicken wings for breakfast.

"Morning with the husband". Photography by Tomais Ashdene

I get to massage my husbands aching muscles when he has been out shoveling snow in first life.

We have fun with family and friends using every possible vehicle known to man.

Kayaking with Guyke

Hanging with Ziggy & Guyke at Ziggy's new home

Flying with Wayne (and Holter)

Sledding with Dej

Then we have those wonderful times when we are alone together, sometimes trying to make babies.

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For more of my husband Tomais Ashdene's photography please visit these websites:

Flickr: Tomais Ashdene's Photostream

Tumblr (NSFW): PhotoMonkey SL

Snogging & Ice Skating

Guyke, the clever boy, has set up an ice skating pond at his and Zigg's enlarged home. Tomais and I went there to try it out yesterday with the boys themselves, Butch and Helene Dragoone.

Tomais and I look good together, while
Ziggy in the background shows off with a daring posture 

Now both Guyke and Ziggy, who both are more experienced ice skaters, show off

Tomais and I try to escape to Guyke's & Ziggy's igloo for some alone time

...but we are kept under strict surveillance by Guyke, Ziggy and Helene

 

We don't care about their spying eyes and feel alone in a world full of people...

Thanks for inviting us over boys, we had a great time!