Saint Lucia´s Day 2012 (UPDATED)

Myself as Saint Lucio in 2011

Today is the traditional Swedish day of Saint Lucia, the lady who gives us a promise that light will return in our deepest winter darkness. Unfortunately it seems that there will not be a celebration at the Swedish Embassy in SecondLife this year, and I have been too sick to even think about stepping in as Saint Lucio.

This is the first time in five years I miss out on this event. However do I know there is a Lucia pageant at the Yadkin Valley (SLurl) sim today at 12:30 PM SLT.

Usually Second Norway also has a Lucia pageant, but I don't have any information for that event either as yet.

I would love it and be grateful, if any other Lucia-pageant in SecondLife, would post the SLurls and times for their pageants in the comments.

UPDATE:
It seems like the only Swedes reading my blog these days are Apmel, Millimina and Vampi so I have been checking some of the other Swedish SecondLife blogs for tips myself. So far I have found this.

1. From the Nordic Events - Second Life blog
The Lucia Masquerade-Party at the Avalon Club 01 PM SLT.
Alfdeejay plays Christmas music and takes requests. You are welcome to dress up as Lucia or something else that is "christmasy" for the outfit-contest. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kalvatar/56/99/22

2. From Vampi Twine-DeSantis-McMillan-McMillan (honorary) comment below:
At Ormdricka we kick off at 12.30 slt (21.30 swed time) and DJ Tiddles will play some suitable music for the occasion.
You can dress up in anything lucia if you want but thats up to you - its not a must.
Santa lent us his sled for you to get here:)---> Take Santa´s sled to OrmDricka

Surprisingly the Second Norway blog doesn´t list a Lucia pageant this year, nor does Connemara Hills.

SP Winter Wonderland 2012

I got an invitation from Second Pride that I want to share with ya´ll.

It’s that wonderful time of year again when our thoughts turn to snow, lights, trees, presents and of course FUN!!

Second Pride has put together a playful and charming sim. A wonderful place to take a date or go with a group of friends!!!

Activities include a lift to the top of a mountain that you can ski off, an amazing train that takes you around the sim and an ice pond to skate on. If you’re not feeling active, have a little walk around the sim and take pics with the reindeer or on the sleds, chat with friends in the igloo while toasting marshmallows or even cuddle up with your partner and get cozy in the cabin.There is sledding, snow angels and lots of places to take pictures.
Grand Opening Party
Saturday December 15th, Noon slt-4pm slt
Noon - 2pm - the Lovely and Talented DJ Chiq
2-4pm - the Sexy and Talented DJ Wesley Spengler

Your Sleigh to the Winter Wonderland:http://slurl.com/secondlife/N%20District/157/176/22

Link to the post: http://second-pride.com/?p=1178
Link to Second Pride Festival: http://second-pride.com

Larry+Randy=♥&∞

I have been waiting for this news, so I post it as soon as I found it.

Here is the picture showing my favorite couple of the year Larry Duncan (56) and Randy Shepherd (48), from North Bend, WA, on the way to their wedding ceremony on Sunday December 9, 2012. They cleaned up nicely for their wedding day, didn't they?

My readers will perhaps remember the adorable guys from my previous post Love Is Beautiful (url).

May you both live long and prosper with love in your hearts and a long happy marriage!

12-12-12 12:12

So finally it´s here the last date and time in the next 88 years for numerologists, New Agers to take great delight in exulting and reveling about. And let´s not forget the lazy bastards who want an easy date and time to remember their wedding day by.

Now lets go on with life until it ends on 12-21-12, at least if we are to believe the doomsday prophecies that the end-of-the-world-is-nigh fools and mumbo-jumbo mystics want us to believe.

I hope to see you all in good health at the survivors party on December 22, 2012! Where will these false prophets and scam-mongers be hiding then I wonder?

(P.S. Please note the time of publication of this post!)

Predict How SL Will Do in 2013

My mentor in blogging Eddi Haskell over at Eddi Haskell´s Second Life (url) has a poll running, for only two more days, concerning what SecondLife inhabitants believe will  be the state of SecondLife´s health at the end of 2013.

The poll can be found in the upper right hand corner of the blog. Go there and tell us what you think!

Je Suis Là Aussi

My bosom buddy Apmel Goosson tipped me about this new virtual world in his post For this party you have to join a new world!

At the landing place

The new world is called "AIRE Mille Flux" (webpage url), and you are rezzed even uglier than you did in SecondLife in March of 2007. It seems to be a French artsy world and not that exciting yet... 8 sims and at least three are private.

Perhaps the artworld is hoping that they can convince the annoying Ms. SaveMe Oh to emigrate there so they don't have to bounce her off their sims and ban her all the time.

I´m Needy...

I am sicker than I have been anytime ever before in my whole life with this uncommon cold. It´s really pathetic I know, but like the classic description of a man sick in "man cold", I believe that I am on the brink of death.

The support I get through daily telephone conversations with my parents and my boss, who unanimously tell me that I am a good, brave and strong boy and more likely than not will actually survive this ordeal, just aren't nearly enough to console me.

No hugs and kisses please, just kind and supportive words will do fine! Just tell me you think I may survive, even if you do not believe it yourself. (You are allowed to lie to a dying man!)