Love Made in SecondLife

Draxtor Despres and SecondLife have a series of documentaries (five so far, but more to come) running on YouTube about how people meet and fall in love in SecondLife and carry that love over into first life.

Imagine being 71 y.o. living comfortably in the USA and then packing everything up to move to the UK after meeting the love of your life in SecondLife. Well, they had known each other for over ten years in SecondLife so it wasn't as if they were strangers.

You can find the YouTube playlist here: Love Made in SecondLife (url) (As always like, comment and share!)

Draxtor has told me that he is still looking for couples who want to share their stories with us. If you feel like it, you should drop a notecard on his profile in-world or better yet send him an email: drax@draxtor.com. 

If Vlad Had A Dating App Profile

Name: VlaPut
Age: 64
Ethnicity: White
Nationality: Russian
Star Sign: Libra
Relationship Status: Married, but...
Occupation: President
Hair: Some
Hair Color: Dirty Blond
Body Type: Husky
Body Hair: Some
Sexual Orientation: Bi-curious
Dick Size: N/A, but "Both my wife and my lover Dmitry tell me, that it's not the size of the ship, nor the motion of the ocean that matters, its whether the captain stays in port long enough for all the passengers to get off. I am a very good captain!"
Position: Versatile
Looking for: Dates, Right Now
Tell Us About Yourself: I like quiet evenings at home with my lover. Riding. Walks in the park under a full moon. Watching TV when someone bombs and gases civilians with my support. Cute kittens, puppies and weeping children babies. Vodka.

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This is all made up, of course!

My First Pageant In SecondLife

Yesterday I attended my first pageant show in SecondLife. Marcus Lefevre, the owner and organizer of Miss SL, had kindly extended an invitation to Tomais and myself to be present at the press presentation of the event. The real event will occur in a fortnight.

As Tomais had first life duties to take care of, I went off to the event on my own. I was still there when I was joined by my Tomais three hours later. (The organizers have realized that the length of the event is a problem and are taking steps to insure that it will be substantially shorter for the final in two weeks time.)

Although it was an extremely long event by SecondLife standards, I must say it was both fascinating and enjoyable for the most part, even if I am not a true fashionista like my bosom buddy Apmel Goosson (who was busy attending another fashion event at the same time, the Penumbra Fashion Week).

The presenters at the show were a hoot with their fun bantering, my special favorite being Diana Balthaus who is an avid profile-perv like myself.

I took about half a million snapshots at the event, but in this post I will limit myself to just a few of the girls in the pageant, so as not to spoil your fun at the finals, and a little eye candy for gay men that I spotted in the crowd attending the function.

At the end of the function Marcus made a speech in which he - among other things - announced the upcoming Mr SL 2016 event.

This asymmetric dress was popular among many of the
contestants, in several imaginative combinations  

This turban/hat/bonnet was one of the most popular accessories among the contestants.
I am most certainly getting this red one or maybe the black for my Bocquerelle drag outfit.

One of my my favorites, Miss Japan

And now for the eye-candy that got me a bit distracted during the pageant.

My special favorite, the security guard (straight alas) *deep sigh*

A hot spectator

Marcus Aurelius, my Norwegian buddy - looking stunning

For more information about the Miss SL pageant and other Miss SL related news, please visit the Miss SL website.

The NOH8 Campaign In SecondLife (Updated)

Photo of Kahvy Sands by Save Zsun

The NOH8 Campaign (url) has now moved from first life into SecondLife, Kahvy Sands, one of my oldest friends inworld, informed me today.

Update
The move, according to my information, came about through the work of Thorn Andel. Kudos to him!

The NOH8 Campaign is a photographic silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska (http://www.bouska.net) and partner Jeff Parshley in direct response to the passage of Proposition 8. Photos feature subjects with duct tape over their mouths, symbolizing their voices being silenced by Proposition 8 and similar legislation around the world, with "NOH8" painted on one cheek in protest.

To join in the campaign in SecondLife you take a picture of yourself and post it among the pics on your profile.

The necessary utensils (the duct tape and the cheek painting) can be picked up free of charge at Kahvy Sands venue Big Momma´s Ballroom Update new location inserted. You get the the NOH8 stuff by touching the vase with roses in the left corner.

"The dream of marriage shouldn't just be limited to heterosexual people, it should be about two people who love each other. Period. Don't H8, it's unbecoming." -  Lisa Ling (American journalist)
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I am going to get my picture ready next time I am inworld more than a few minutes.
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P.S. If you would 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.

I Shall Return

"Lunch Atop a Skyscraper", Charles C. Ebbets (1932)

I had this picture in the first life tab on my profile in SecondLife almost from the start. I cannot remember if I still do, but I think so.

The picture of the Mohawk construction workers taking a lunch break out on a beam has fascinated me since the first time I saw it. It´s not only the fact that they are sitting there completely relaxed high above the New York skyline, but I also try to imagine the balancing acts they do when sitting themselves down or when they get up to go back to work.
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All is well with me, I have just been enveloped in my first life the last days and too tired afterwards to blog or go inworld.

Normal services should - hopefully - be resumed during the weekend.