Good Advice for Kids and Others

Eric Herman tells the kids, and those of us a bit older, how to handle bad situations!

I remember seeing some "Drama spray" in my Inventory, perhaps I should start sending it out to those who need it badly!

In Linden Lab I Trust

Well it seems I wrote my earlier post about being able to build again much too soon, because I wasn't able to build using the Phoenix or the Firestorm viewers this evening. I have uninstalled them both, I do not want viewers that I cannot work with and rely on.

I am now back to the Linden Lab viewers Snowglobe and Snowstorm. I did a quick test after downloading both and it seems they work for me!

Linden Lab has always been good to me, in every way possible, and now they came to my rescue again. I love you all, the people at Linden Lab, from Philip, Belinda (yes I know she is no longer at the lab, but to me she still represents the best spirit of the lab), Keira and to those I haven't met yet, with the possible exception of Rodvik. But thats only because Rodvik didn't answer my message to him on Facebook and I am sure he is a really nice guy too!

Domitalia Jinx - Gallery Opening

"Hi everyone!

Just a quick note to let you all know I will be opening a new exhibition on Sunday, April 3rd at 1:00 pm SLT.  

This will be a mix of new work and favorites from past shows, mostly landscapes but a few others mixed in.

Hope to see you there!
Domitalia"

To the Second Floor of The Spire Gallery 

On Bitches

"Honey, just because I keep on calling you a bitch does not mean that I don't love you!" (from Eddi Haskell´s Second Life)

I have always loved the biggest bitches in the basket - of every and any gender known to man - and strangely enough I usually get along with them famously.

(FYI If anyone tries the obvious comeback on this in the comments let me tell you straight away "I am not one of your fans...!")

Stupid Git #5

As you may have read here earlier I started building quite late in SecondLife.

Most likely this was a result of being surrounded by many awesome builders and creators in my close SecondLife family, Ars, Guyke, Haakon and Martial were/are all amazing builders. Whatever I needed they could build or create for me and it would look better than if I tried making it myself. 

When I finally felt the urge to start, it was sometime between my second and third years in SecondLife, my efforts were met with great support from the immediate family (especially from Ars). I have heard from others that he was very happy that I had started to build and kept boasting about my builds.

One of my first builds/creations/designs was of course "The Party Hat" which was soon followed by the renowned "The Jesters Hat". The worldwide success of the Jesters Hat among the hardcore fashionistas in-world was the of course the foundation of my own label "BMcM" and the BMcM Corporation.

At about this time I started going to the building and design classes for beginners that were held in SecondSweden by Ironside Carlberg and my dear friend Kay Uggla, after which I started creating the most amazing lines of clothing.

I am sure you all remember my wonderful line of candle-sticks. I think I may have burdened everyones Inventory with these on every possible occasion. (If you have deleted them please do not tell me, because I love to think they are still safe there.)

Moving along, when Ars passed away I lost my inspiration for the longest while. About six weeks ago I started to fiddle with building again. But something was very wrong! I couldn't build/create/design in my usual smooth style and manner. The viewer just wasn't cooperating. Everytime I tried to change a shape of something using the Edit-menu I heard an echoing "Thud" that drove me to the brink of desperation.

I naturally first blamed the viewer and ranted about the poor quality of the Phoenix. I uninstalled it completely - yes in all the folders on my computer - about 15 times, reinstalled it again being careful not to change anything in the build settings to no avail at all. My problems kept reoccurring.

I complained my misery to everyone who had the patience to listen, had my settings gone through about 5 times by the patient Vampi. Nothing helped.

Late yesterday I think I solved the problem when I suddenly realized I was writing in a "dot" in the Edit-menu where the viewer wanted a "comma". The shapes started changing nicely and according to my intentions.

So I now declare to the world that The Much Honored Bock McMillan, laird of Southern Charm, and CEO of the BMcM Corporation is a stupid git!

(...and the last is especially true when I later the same day discovered that I had not really found the problem ... )

Poor Wretches

After more than a year and a half of harassment, bullying and threats Tina Dahl, a.k.a. PetGirl Bergman, recently announced that she had decided to hand over the most read Swedish/Scandinavian blog on SecondLife - "Tinas universum" - to 5 unnamed persons.

Mind you, I am not saying that PetGirl has been totally without fault in this matter, but in no way has she gone to the extremes of her opponents.

This decision of PetGirls has led to a wealth of unfounded speculations among her bullies that is both disturbing and on occasion amusing to follow.

I guess it most be extremely traumatic for bullies to suddenly lose their whipping dog.

"It Gets Better" Hijacked in Sweden

The American It Gets Better Project has the following purpose - as stated on it´s website: 

"Growing up isn’t easy. Many young people face daily tormenting and bullying, leading them to feel like they have nowhere to turn. This is especially true for LGBT kids and teens, who often hide their sexuality for fear of bullying. Without other openly gay adults and mentors in their lives, they can't imagine what their future may hold. In many instances, gay and lesbian adolescents are taunted — even tortured — simply for being themselves.

Justin Aaberg. Billy Lucas. Cody Barker. Asher Brown. Seth Walsh. Raymond Chase. Tyler Clementi. They were tragic examples of youth who could not believe that it does actually get better.

While many of these teens couldn’t see a positive future for themselves, we can. The It Gets Better Project was created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years. The It Gets Better Project wants to remind teenagers in the LGBT community that they are not alone — and it WILL get better."

There is another American organization with much the same agenda called The Trevor Project. (I must admit that I am not completely clear as to how the two American projects relate to each other beside the common objective.)

Both the projects are directed specifically against the bullying and persecution of LGBT youths.

Yesterday I saw that the Swedish commercial TV-channel TV 3 has decided to start cashing in on the overwhelming attention the American projects had caused by starting to air a program called "Det blir bättre" (which of course means "It Gets Better") on April 17th, 2011. The fact that they are doing this together with the Swedish branch of Save the Children doesn't really help.

According to TV 3 the common denominator of all the participants in the program will be  

"that they have all been through very difficult times and events. They know and can testify that life actually gets better, after a period of time, however difficult that may seem."

I have no objections about TV 3 trying to help anyone who is not feeling well. My objection is that they do not need to hijack the fundamental concept and idea of two non-profit projects directed specifically towards LGBT youth to do so. I am also wondering what the two American organizations will think of this highway robbery of their concepts..