The Wedding of Kicki and Detron

As I told you yesterday I was on my way to a wedding in SecondLife. My friend, the always charming, funny and beautiful, Kicki Springflower was going to marry her Detron Soern.

This is not Kicki´s first marriage in SecondLife, as we discussed and had fun with when she sent me this invitation. But as we both agreed, we have to do what we must do when the guy we happened to marry turns out to be a creep. In our conversation I even suggested she should perhaps let me screen the guys in the future, but to that she responded with great confidence that "Detron is a keeper!".

Well I don´t know Detron at all, except for seeing a discussion he had once in the Swedish chat where he held his ground and argued his case well without becoming abusive. After my conversation with Kicki I thought to myself that I better give him a fast screening to check if he passed the "Bock test of men, geeks, creeps and douche bags". So I made sure to get to the church early...

This test is a sort of quick litmus test loosely based on my Ars adage "Action not words". I engage the subject in conversation and study what happens carefully. It´s not so much what they say - even if that is also important - but how they say it, what they do and how they interact with myself and people around us.

The wedding was taking place at the most wonderful church I have seen yet in SecondLife,  "Stavkirken" in Second Norway. The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion.

When I arrived the groom was already there (+10 points) waiting at the altar with his best man. So I dived into the testing straight away by engaging him in conversation and seeing how he handled it.

Let me just say, Detron passed the test with flying colors. He scored 93 points of the total 100. To my great relief I can therefore report that I agree with Kicki, this man is a keeper for sure!

And then the most important person of any wedding arrived, the beautiful bride. Kicki was wearing a stunning - albeit a little daring - wedding gown. I first managed to get a picture of her outside the church and then we see her walking up the isle to her groom.

The reverend Herman Bergson was officiating at the ceremony. Almost everything went well, but the good reverend should in the future always remember to make sure his manuscript is updated and includes the correct names of the bride and groom.

However Detron handled the reverend´s "faux pas" marvelously and saved us all from greater embarrassment by inserting his own name. (+10 bonus points as this happened after the official testing had been concluded.)

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the invitation Kicki and Detron, I had a wonderful time! I wish you both all the happiness in the world. To Kicki, I would like to add, "Nice catch, gurl!"

Breathing

Sometimes when things are piling up, things get to hectic and confusion and worries mounts I have found that it usually helps to stop in my tracks and just breathe - deep, long and slow breaths.

In the old days Ars and I would sit down in the garden swing together. Just sitting there, focusing on breathing and being close together with the one you love always calmed me down immensely. After a while we always started talking, making sure we listened to what the other had to say, what was on their mind. We would breathe and talk, talk and breathe. Being together.

Nowadays my favorite "sitter-with" is Millimina. Even if she was busy today, she took the time to sit with me.

It´s good to have someone to breathe with.

Dressed To Kill

I am going to a wedding today. So I threw on my old family rags, the McMillan tartan.

This tartan was made to order for me by my dear friend Elle74 Zaftig, owner and designer of "Bellissima", the best tartan makers in SecondLife.

The best thing about a tartan is that you can wear it anytime and anywhere and always be appropriately dressed as well as looking stunning!

Pictures from the wedding will be posted tomorrow.

Funny

Thought provoking isn't it? There are loads of hilarious e-cards at someecards

...although I have yet to use a spoon in the process, but then women are of course more evolved, refined and elegant...

In fact I am almost certain that she is wearing fish net stay up stockings and stiletto high heels, while I myself would most likely be barefooted.like her cousin.from the Appalachians.

William Shatner Sings "O Canada"

William Shatner spruces up the national anthem of Canada for sirhc DeSantis and Ziggy Starsmith and all the rest of you fabulous Canadians.

Best wishes on Canada Day, guys!.(Yeah, I know I almost missed it...)

Muggee Mugs Mugger

Malmo, Sweden. A man was robbed on Friday afternoon but he ran after the robber and responded in kind - by mugging him.
 
A 25-year-old man was robbed of his cell phone outside the Lidl store on Södra Förstadsgatan. The 25-year-old then ran after the suspected robber, a 41-year-old, and, in turn, robbed him of his mobile phone.

"- It's a very strange story. We have a double mugging, they mugged each other", says police officer Mats Attin.

After their mutual muggings the men started fist fighting. Both men have been taken into custody and will be charged after sobering up in the police lock-up.

(Source Sydsvenskan.)

Straigh But Not Narrow

Through Joe Jervis over at J.M.G. I just found a great site that I would like to recommend to all gay-friendly straight guys.

"Straight But Not Narrow" is a campaign working to positively impact the way teens view and treat their LGBT peers. The campaign is primarily directed at straight male dudes by using comedy and their peers to positively influence their views on LGBT teens.

...and now I am off to bed to take a greatly overdue nap. My first week back at work after the vacation has been great but rough! It´s good to be back with my work team though!