Foam Party at PCL

During the night I dropped in on Pride Colors Landing (PCL) for a foam party with my buddy Sarco Halderman as DJ.

I came in early and didn't stay that long as my time was past 4 AM on Sunday morning. I was tired but had fun as long as it lasted and with Sarco on the deck you can always count on the music being great.

Rock Against Hunger With Strum

I have always been a huge fan of Strum Diesel, the wonderful greenhaired singer/songwriter with the fast lyrics with meaning and a mellow warm voice. He can be serious, he can be fun but he is always charming!

As I haven´t been in-world that much lately it was good seeing and listening to him and his husbanager Stirred Diesel.

The benefit "Rock Against Hunger" took place at a new venue for me named SuperStar. People were friendly and the hosting was good even if I believe the three hostesses could have held back on the gesturbating a bit, especially when the guest artist was on stage singing or playing his music.

 

A wonderfully constructed avatar - Vrill Tone

Mr. Gay UK 2011

Mr Gay UK is an annual beauty contest for gay men, with regional heats held across the UK.

I voted for contestant #6 Greg Lumley. As I informed the readers of PinkNews.co.uk., I find Greg to be breathtaking and totally lickable!

Vote for you favorite here Mr. Gay UK 2011.

Informatioo about Greg Lumley
Age: 27
Region: Middlesbrough
Occupation: Graphic designer

Bio:
What made you enter Mr Gay UK this year?
Well actually, I wasn’t going to, because I wasn’t really confident enough to do it. But when I got there I just thought why not? You only live once!

How did you feel when you won the heat?
Amazing, I really didn’t think I’d win. I thought the other guys cheers were louder than mine. I was more than chuffed.

How do you feel about the final?
Excited, the other constestants are strong, but I'm really looking forward to the competition.

What will you do with the money if you win?
It might sound boring, but I’d put it towards a deposit for a house.

Twisted Lover - Billie Ray Martin

Twisted Lover by Billie Ray Martin
(via Joe.My.God.)
You can find many more embeddable songs by Billie Ray Martin here or on her website. http://www.billieraymartin.com/

“The singer is Billie Ray Martin and she’s one of the living legends in modern music history and one of the best voices on planet earth.” DJ HELL

Billie Ray Martin once described herself as ‘a kid from the red light district of Hamburg who wanted to be a soul singer and found herself making repetitive electronic music, while still trying to be soul singer’.

After first appearing as a guest vocalist on electro pioneers S-Express’s hit single “Hey Music Lover” (as well as two tracks on their platinum debut album), Billie Ray Martin came to greater prominence leading the acclaimed deep house act Electribe 101, her unique voice hitting the house scene and charts alike with a serious infusion of soul.

It´s Saturday and time to start looking for a party. I will be in SecondLife, look me up if you wish!

What Did You Mean, Philip?

SecondLife founder Philip Rosedale, a.k.a. Philip Linden, according to an article in New York Times talking about SecondLife recently made two statements that have caused a great deal of speculation and concern among residents and bloggers.

The two statements are, "The problem with creating an immersive 3-D experience is that it is just too involved, and so it’s hard to get people to engage,” and “Smart people in rural areas, the handicapped, people looking for companionship, they love it. But you have to be highly motivated to get on and learn to use it.”

Among most bloggers the statements have been interpreted as derogatory and as an almost treacherous attack by the previously well liked former CEO, now Chairman of the Board, of Linden Lab. (See for example The Metaverse Journal Philip Rosedal spruiks new venture, talks down Second Life?, Eddi Haskell Shame on Philip Rosedale. He´s Joined the Second Life Haters!, Ener Hax Philip even thinks SL is dead, Botgirls Second Life Diary Rosedales Milkshake or Sven Idyll (in Swedish) Second Life 2012 to mention a few.)

On New World Notes today blogger Herman Au makes a completely different - and more beneficial - interpretation on Philips statements in this post, No, Second Life Founder Philip Rosedale Probably Doesn't Think Second Life is "Dead". Herman Au writes,

"So I read what Philip's saying as good news: It's clear that he understands the challenges SL faces, and it explains why he's passed the reigns of its day-to-day operations to Rod Humble, who has managed to make a 3D virtual experience with user-generated content -- i.e. Sims 3 -- into a mass market phenomenon. For many years, Philip and other Lindens insisted the high learning curve and the 3D graphics and the heavy client and all that wouldn't hurt SL's growth. (I said as much myself.) But Second Life can only grow if its developers recognize who is using SL now, and what it will take, for people outside these smaller segments to embrace it."

Instead of everyone speculating about what Philip Rosedale may or may not have meant by his statements I wish he himself would come out and clarify what he actually does mean.

I hope that some of the major blogs with well developed lines of communications with Linden Lab - or those that are known to be read by Linden Lab officials or employees - will pick up on this as I do not expect this humble blog is on any of their reading lists.

Erotic Dream

After a hectic but good day at work I ventured out into the everyday Swedish reality to get antidepressants for myself and two medicines for my mother.

In the old days, when we still had a pharmaceutical monopoly in this country, buying medication used to be easy. Since the monopoly was abolished in 2009 (when the Swedish government cited the fact of Sweden being the only democracy along with the dictatorships Cuba and North Korea to retain its monopoly) it has - sometimes - become a laborious undertaking.

Where I earlier could get the information from the first pharmacy (if they were out of stock) which other pharmacy close by had the other two drugs in stock I now had to visit five different pharmacies on a hit-and-miss mission to obtain the other two.

After proudly delivering my loot to mother I got home at around 7 P.M and was struck by Friday coma, so I went to bed for a short refreshing nap. I woke up four (4) hours later laughing and in a state of sexual arousal because of a very amusing and exciting dream.

I will not go into details but it was a sort of erotic version of the movie "Groundhog Day" featuring myself in the lead with a working class hero - who shall remain unnamed - in many variations on the same theme. Each repetition ending with the same question, "Why do you call me "ass-licker" like it was a bad thing?".

I think - but am not certain - that the repeated question was due to the fact that I have been subconsciously thinking about how I should respond to a mail I received the other day from another SecondLife resident who a while ago, in an implicit way, called me and a friend ass-lickers on her blog.

Who Would Kiss Ratzinger?

The clothing retailer Benetton today pulled an advertisement in it´s "Unhate" campaign showing the homophobe Pope Benedict XVI kissing Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed El-Tayeb, imam of the renowned al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, after the Vatican threatened legal action "to protect the pope's image".

I could actually have understood if the sheikh had protested vehemently but who still thinks it can hurt Ratzinger´s  reputation to be seen kissing a grown man with a full beard? (Deleted sentence)

Way to go, Benetton, the lack of any sense of humour in the Vatican has already made this campaign an unrivaled success.

UPDATE:
After reading Eddi´s comment I thought it might be helpful in seeing the comic in the picture of the pope and the sheikh to see it in the full context of the Unhate-campaign so I have added the rest of the ads below.

Chancellor of Germany - President of France

Paramount Leader of the Peoples Republic of China - President of the USA

President of the Palestinian National Authority - Prime Minister of Israel

President of the USA - President of Venezuela

Supreme Leader of North Korea - President of South Korea