My BIL and I

Andrey´s comment when he saw me was, "Well I am happy we do not have smell in SL yet!"

When I logged into my alternate life yesterday I was still in my goldfish outfit from the previous evening. Before I had time to rez properly and even start to think about changing to something more comfortable I had my Brazilian brother in-law (BIL) screaming out his undying love for me in instant message.

I of course responded in the same fashion, I always do. Andrey is a warm and caring man with a heart of the purest gold, not to mention a real Brazilian hunk who has heads spinning all over SecondLife whenever he shows up.

As we hadn't met for a little while I teleported him over for a hug and a little heart-to-heart talk so we could get updated. We talked about life, love and Russian hurricanes and everything in between. I always enjoy being with Andrey.

We have been so close and share so many memories together - about Ars and our whole SecondLife existence - that even if we haven't seen each other for a little while we immediately reconnect on the deepest level.

Thinking about our talk yesterday I was reminded of this American saying that I stumbled across somewhere a long time ago; If life hands you lemons, throw them back and yell “I WANTED CHOCOLATE!”.

All Time High

July 2011 was a record breaking month for "Bock in SecondLife" with a total of 12 477 page views. The previous record was set in January 2011 with 10 041 page views.

Countries share for July 2011

As evidenced above I owe huge gratitude to Kicki Springflower for "the Egyptian invasion" which I have mentioned in an earlier post (url).

I would like to thank all my readers - old and new - for your continued support!

"I Was Robed!", says Laird

The innocent laird trying to avoid looking at Ms. Elise

The Much Honored Bock McMillan, laird of Southern Comfort and prince of Cascade falls, visited a club in Swedish SecondLife yesterday.

"I was in search of some light entertainment and relaxation so when I saw that OrmDricka (a Swedish club run by Mrs. Vampi Twine-DeSantis and a big cat, bloggers note), was having an "Under the Sea"-theme I thought it might be fun. I had just the right skin for it, I just needed to get some fins that I had seen previously at "Fallen Gods", the laird begins his recount of his ordeals the evening before.

The laird continues, "When I had finished dressing up for the occasion I looked absolutely stunning, even if I say so myself, I even thought that I was sure to win this contest. Those hopes all left me when I arrived at the venue. I was a bit late in arriving so the party had been going on awhile, but the men - all straight of course - in the place were already glassy-eyed and panting deeply. I was totally shocked and dismayed by what I saw. As everyone knows well I am not easily flustered, I earned the reputation of being the most most patient man in SecondLife after all."

Mrs, Vampi Twine-DeSantis, proprietor of the establishment

"The women were flaunting their boobs everywhere, not a single brassiere in sight. The boobs were bouncing, flopping and jittering all over the place!", the laird tells us with the grievous pain showing in his green glittering eyes and on beautiful face, "I have never seen anything like it before, the women must have maxed out on the physics on their bosoms. I didn't know where to look, it was so nauseating you cannot imagine. I am still traumatized. The straight men in the place just couldn't look at anything else, they were like zombies, hypnotized and completely enthralled."

Mr. Aake Roffo loses his footing while staring at Ms. Blanche´s assests

"Bouncing boobs, heterosexuality and the introduction of physics in SecondLife robed me of a sure victory", the laird concludes while a most perfect tear slowly rolls down his cheek.

It is reported to this blog that the laird is currently undergoing therapy for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). The McMillan household is hoping for a speedy recovery. The contest was reportedly won by Ms. Blanche Argus with Ms. Jazmine Cazalet as runner up. The laird came in third place.

Elevator Dream

During my midday nap today I had the strangest dream.

I dreamed I stepped into the elevator in the building I live in in real life and pressed "4" as usual, as I live on the fourth floor. Instead of going to the fourth floor the elevator took me to "9½" (there are only five floors in this building), from there it went downwards to the basement and then up again to the ground floor.

At the ground floor the door of the elevator mysteriously opened and the inner casing of the elevator had somehow been hitched to a very long rope. The casing with me inside was then pulled out of the building and into a park outside where we went all around the park before coming to a standstill. It was at this point I saw that the casing had been docked to a vehicle that was driven by two janitorial looking men in blue coveralls.

They saw me climbing out of the casing but didn't give a damn and just proceed to walk into their office. I was angry as hell and followed them into the office and started arguing with them without success. They still couldn't - or wouldn't - admit that they had endangered my life. They just kept looking at me and then at one another shaking their heads in amazement over my angry rantings.

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Then I woke up and was furious until I started laughing at myself.

So are there any professional, semi-professional or amateur psychoanalysts out there who would care to explain to me what the hell this dream meant?

Stockholm Pride 2011

On Monday August 1st, 2011, Apmel Goossons neighbor in real life will raise his Pride flag and keep it flying for a week, which is his tradition since many years during Stockholm Pride.

If you wish to read more about Stockholm Pride and see the program for this year, go to this website. 

"This summer Stockholm Pride invites you to a grand celebration of Human Rights and Equality. 

We take this opportunity to celebrate the progress that the LGTB-movement has already made. We are, as we should be, proud of these victories, but we cannot be satisfied with them. We still have a long way to go towards an open society and an open world. Therefore Stockholm Pride will have “Openness” as the theme for the 2011 festival. 

Openness, for us, describes how well a society can provide for the needs of all its members. This includes both legislation and the ability to tend to all the different needs that we have depending on our own personal life situation, as well as the un-written rules that exists in every society."

The Pride celebration in Stockholm is the largest in Scandinavia.

There Is a Solution

So you want to join SecondLife, but you do not want to belong to that ghastly family of "Residents" with all those very strange, intentionally misspelled and complicated first names followed by ten or more digits?

There is a solution for you if you use the SciLands Registration (url), where you are still able to create your own first name and select from a wide variety of last names in the good old.way.

I thank my Chief Consultant on all things SecondLife Ms. PetGirl Bergman for this pointer.

Hopefully The End

I hope this is the first and final picture on the stupid "planking" mania I will ever post.

I join copyranter in hoping that God hears prayers (even if I am an atheist) and will grant this wish!

If you need a worthwhile pastime why not join SecondLife, or even better go visit with the sick, the elderly or the lonely people in our midst.