SaveMe relaxing

I found this on Apmel´s blog, and thought I should share it with you all! It´s a great piece of work by the performance artist SaveMe Oh. Enjoy!

I find myself keep going back to it, so finally I caved in and posted it here for you too.


Turn OH from SaveMe Oh on Vimeo.

US Senate Votes On DADT Today

Don't ask, don't tell (DADT) is the term commonly used for the policy restricting the United States military from efforts to discover or reveal closeted gay, lesbian, and bisexual servicemembers or applicants, while barring those who are openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual from military service. The restrictions are mandated by federal law.

The policy prohibits people who "demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts" from serving in the armed forces of the United States, because their presence "would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability."  The act prohibits any homosexual or bisexual person from disclosing his or her sexual orientation or from speaking about any homosexual relationships, including marriages or other familial attributes, while serving in the United States armed forces.

The act specifies that service members who disclose they are homosexual or engage in homosexual conduct shall be separated (discharged) except when a service member's conduct was "for the purpose of avoiding or terminating military service" or when it "would not be in the best interest of the armed forces".

As it exists, DADT specifies that the "don't ask" part of the policy indicates that superiors should not initiate investigation of a servicemember's orientation in the absence of disallowed behaviors, though credible and articulable evidence of homosexual behavior may cause an investigation. Violations of this aspect through unauthorized investigations and harassment of suspected servicemen and women resulted in the policy's current formulation as "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue, don't harass."

All the above is from Wikipedia.

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Repealing the DADT has the support of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest leaders of the armed forces of the United States of America.

According to a comprehensive survey made among the servicemen and women, they overwhelmingly support the repeal. They do not see any real problems with fighting, dying, sleeping or showering next to openly gay servicemembers.

The repeal of DADT has already been passed by the House of Representatives and it is hoped that the Senate will do so today also. To pass the law repealing DADT the support of 60 or more of the 100 US senators is needed. It is also believed that if the Senate doesn´t pass the law today there will be no chance that a repeal will get the support of the new Congress that convenes next year.

However any of you may feel about the American Armed forces and their actions around the world, this piece of blatantly homophobic legislation needs to be repealed so that openly Gay servicemen and women earn the right to fight and die for their country.

My Apologies

Sorry dear readers, I was swallowed by my real life and a bout of introspection awhile but now I will be back with you and my second life again.

See you all soon!

I Never Thought It Would Happen

Picture courtesy of Elodie Footman

I just read a post on my friend Apmel´s blog "Min avatar heter Apmel" ("My Avatars Name is Apmel") that totally made my day!

Apmel is a big admirer of SaveMe Oh, who is a performance artist in SecondLife. For the first time ever I got a glimpse of what he finds interesting about this particular artist.

I haven´t been able to stand her before today and did not understand why everybody - herself included - thinks she is soooo fabulous.

I never thought I would ever agree with SaveMe about anything whatsoever, but whaddaya know she rings my bells already in the first three lines of their conversation.

"SaveMe Oh: I tried out opensim, inworldz and craft
SaveMe Oh: and its all a bullshit
SaveMe Oh: you can build like crazy, but no one ever comes to look at it"

Read the full conversation between Apmel and the amazing, the soothsaying free spirit, the virtual world genius SaveMe Oh here.

Truthfully, I have started to suspect that SaveMe Oh may be my evil twin, well at the very least a kindred spirit of sorts.

SecondLife Premiere Tomorrow

The first Danish theater play ever in SecondLife will have it´s premiere play tomorrow Wednesday December 15th, 2010, at 11 am SLT (20.00 EMT).

The play is "Julemandens ultimatum" ("Santa Claus´s Ultimatum"), a Christmas play in one act by Jens E. Hansen. The play takes approximately 40 minutes.

I hope to see you all there. Here is a reindeer drawn sledge to take you to the theater at the Starrider.

Trust

This evening I have been thinking about the meaning of the word "trust". There are three reasons for this
1) a few incidents relating to the Lucia pageant last Sunday,
2) an e-mail I received today and
3) a survey published today in the Swedish press.

I seem to remember having read somewhere, that trust is a result of clarification of expectations, delivery on expectations and straightforward communication.

The reason Ars and I trusted each other without any doubts or reservations is, I think, that we always took great pains in talking things through and being completely honest with one another. Trust never comes lightly, it is earned by hard work, respect, constant communication and - of course - delivery.

On a lighter note a Swedish company today released a survey concerning which occupations have the highest and lowest confidence among Swedes (20-74 years old).

The results were not really surprising but still interesting. The doctors won with a 55 % confidence rating, closely followed by the police at 50 %. My own profession the lawyers come in at a measly 21 %. In the bottom end we find estate agents 5 %, journalists 4 % and car dealers at 1 %

Tired

I feel wasted and as if I have a virtual hangover. Please enjoy Adele while I recuperate!