Imagine Peacefest - Final Day

Sunday November 13
6 – 8am: Discussion with Dr. Andrew, SpeakEasy, Four Bridges
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Four%20Bridges%20Project/101/30/27

8 – 10am: A World Dance Party with images and art from around the world at Daft House Den and Carnival
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Angeleno%20Heights/29/141/41

11 – 12pm: Poetry – open mic
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Four%20Bridges%20Project/101/30/27

12 – 1pm: Pol Arida, singer/songwriter, and artwork by Second Renoir & Trill Zapatero, Solace Island
1 – 2pm: DRUM! Solace Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Solace%20Island/188/71/23

1 – 2pm: RAWA Boho Hobo Fashion Show
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Four%20Bridges%20Exhibit/31/27/55

2pm-3pm: Jana Kyomoon, The music ALL music Peace Park
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Isla%20Sonoita/228/30/1250

2pm-4pm RL event - Old Dominon University hosts IMAGINE PeaceFest Spoken Word night. Location: House of Blues at the Webb Center. Featuring:
Nita Hurt
Poetikk Justice
Neisha Purvis
Cassandra IsFree
Members from the Flowetic Movement Poetry Group

3pm- 4pm: Talk by Delia Lake
at Virtually Speaking

4pm-6pm: More than a Peace of Art Auction
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Angeleno%20Heights/29/141/41

6 – 7pm: Virtually Speaking Sundays with Avedon Carol and Sam Seder
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtually%20Speaking/164/155/26

7 – 8pm: Louis Volare
8 – 9pm: Cylindrian Rutabaga
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Four%20Bridges%20North/102/201/2463
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You will find me at Solace Island 12 PM - 2 PM SLT for POL Arida´s and DRUM´s sets!

The Old Spice Guy

It´s father´s day in Sweden today and I just got off the phone with my own father.

I love my father dearly and I also know that my father loves me with a deep and unfailing love, just like he has always loved my mother and my sisters. Nonetheless we have always had some problem communicating directly with each other ever since I was an adolescent. For deep heart-to-heart conversations we always needed my mother presence - or one of my sisters - otherwise we end up yelling at each other. It´s strange, really strange, because both of us want to avoid these unnecessary conflicts but we end up misunderstanding each other without an interpreter to cool things down.

My father´s passion for his immediate family stems from his strange childhood, I believe. He was born in the 1930´s when my grandmother and grandfather had not yet been married. Apparently it was a huge scandal those days, so my grandmother traveled with my infant father from the countryside where she was living to the largest town close by.

With the infant boy in her arms she apparently walked the streets of the small town and asked women she met if they would like to have him and take care of him. Finally she met a woman who agreed to do this and my father was handed over to the other woman.

My father did not meet his mother again until he was 18 years old. The reason for this meeting was that he was going to do his military service and the military asked him which of three surnames was his true one. They sent him to his birth mother to find out. Dad went to meet her together with my mother, whom he had met and fallen madly in love with when he was 15.

At the meeting my grandmother told my father that she had married my grandfather soon after dropping off my father. They now had five more children together. She had however never considered bringing back my father. The visit was successful in the sense that my father could return to the military and inform them of his correct surname, but in every other way it was seemingly a total disaster.

The contact between my grandmother and my father in particular, but also with my mother, remained strained for the rest of my grandmothers life. I cannot remember meeting her more than at the most 10 times, partly because we were living abroad but also because there was no will on either part to meet.

This background and the intense love between my parents has made us a very close knit family. Both my parents have always showered us kids with love and support in every situation. We still great each other with pecks on the lips and hugs.

Since my childhood there is one scent that I will forever associate with my father, even through the years when it was no longer fashionable, and that is the scent of the original "Old Spice".

Bollywood 2011

Ewa Aska celebrated her fifth rezday in SecondLife with a Bollywood party, and what a party it was!

My buddy Butch Diavolo was kind enough to accompany me there after we had gotten him some suitable attire - which of course means that he was proudly showing a lot of his gorgeous skin and body. He refused to let me use a nice pic of his behind which was cute as hell.

At the party I had terrible problems with lag which doesn't happen that often for me. The lag prevented me from taking pictures during the first half of the evening and in the second half I only got one acceptable one but it´s a beaut! 

Doesn't it look as if Apollon Allen has been working out a lot lately?

Yeah there were also many wonderful women at the party and all of them in colorful silkdresses, but alas my camera was on strike. But I got picks of the two best onse!

As you can see from the picture with Apollon Ewa Hsad done great work with the scenography of the party venue.

Ta-ta Silvio

Photo: Roberto Monaldo / presl

Going, going... and now he is finally gone. You overstayed your welcome long ago, Silvio, now begone!

Oh; I almost forgot, don´t call us, we´ll call you...perhaps...

Events Today

The Imagine Peacefest continues with it´s second day.

Saturday November 12
7 – 8am: Direct Democracy Workshop, Four Bridges N
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Four%20Bridges%20North/40/40/2

8 – 9am: Universe is a Green Dragon, Imagine nest, Four Bridges
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Four%20Bridges%20North/138/115/999

9 – 10am: Art Exhibition with DJ Gary Kohime! New Caerleon
10 – 11am: Art Exhibition with DJ Gary Kohime! New Caerleon
http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Caerleon/72/194/22

11 – 12pm: Russell Eponym, Peace is a Choice
12 – 1pm: Blues Heron, Peace is a Choice
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Jaxipun/183/253/21

1pm Metaverse Art RL exhibition
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Benvolio/204/108/22
1.10pm The MANAX story
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Benvolio/231/49/24
1.30pm Emoticon
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Benvolio/124/150/2232
2pm SL TLC
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Benvolio/124/128/1000
2.45pm New VJazz Show
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Benvolio/69/204/91

3 – 4pm: IMAGINE PeaceFest Interview with Sandra Bérard of Cambodia READA w/ Peace Train’s Steve Mahaley
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtually%20Speaking/164/155/26

5 –9pm: Key West 3 hours of music
Max Kleene 5pm
Avantgarde Frequency 6pm
Gina Stella 7pm
Allister Westland 8pm
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Key%20West%20Island/95/95/29

9 – 10pm: Tour of RAWA Museum of Afghanistan
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Four%20Bridges%20Exhibit/55/74/641
10 – 11pm: Mankind Tracer, Rock Garden stage, Four Bridges
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Four%20Bridges%20North/102/201/2463

For nostalgic reasons and to celebrate my friend Ewa Aska on her fifth rezday I will re-enter SecondLife today for the Bollywood party, although the news that a group I don´t particularly appreciate would be performing almost made me change my mind.

The party starts at 1 PM SLT.

SLurl to the Bollywood Dance Night

Blog Shut Down By Bullying

Yesterday we were reached by the sad news that PetGirl Bergman, a.k.a Tina Dahl, has decided to shut down her blog "Tinas universum" ("Tina´s Universe").

"Tina´s Universe" has been the largest Swedish SecondLife blog almost since it´s start. It has been a mighty source of information and education on all things to do with SecondLife for all Swedish noobs in-world since it´s start.

As one of the oldest Swedish avatars in SecondLife PetGirl has acted as an ambassador between the Swedish community in SecondLife and Linden Lab. She has been able to help many Swedish avatars through the red-tape at the Lab. Tina has also worked hard on establishing excellent contacts with the Swedish Institute and has  acted as a well known and highly respected ambassador to the Swedish authorities and the real life world.

Tina Dahl has always maintained a high profile in the Swedish community though her blog. through the in-world group "Swedish People in Second Life" (which she created) and through her strong and charismatic personality. Tina was without a doubt the inspiring, organizing and driving force behind many of the large events and activities that have occurred in the in-world Swedish community.

Her unrivaled position as the unofficial leader evoked much envy among smaller souls who would have preferred to have that position themselves.

During the last three years Tina has been under unrelenting pressure by a handful of Scandinavian avatars and their hangarounds who have focused an unrelenting and hateful campaign against her, on their blogs, in comments on other blogs and in-world.

It is - in my mind - not strange at all that Tina finally succumbed to this pressure and lost her inspiration to continue blogging, many of us would not have lasted as long.

I will maintain my hopes that this shut down is only temporary and therefore refuse to take leave of "Tina´s Universe" but instead will hope to wish her welcome back when she has found her strength and inspiration again. 

Bollywood Anyone?

I am warming up and preparing for Ewa´s Bollywood party on Saturday!