Second Pride Opening Parade Instructions

I have so missed the opening parades at Second Pride ever since 2008 when we had the last parade that worked. This is going to be so fun!

If you are able please come and join in the fun. There are lots of free floats and balloons, you might even consider riding on Bock in SecondLife's Snoopy balloon.

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Here are some instructions that were sent out in the Second Pride Festival Group yesterday.

"Greetings Float Sponsors. The opening Parade will be at 10 AM SLT Saturday.  

There is a special area near where each float rezzes reserved so that Parade sponsors may put their people on the floats for the maiden run, Please have your people  nearby and watching - attached is the list with the parade order and approximate departures of each float. FIVE MINUTES BEFORE YOUR FLOAT Departure, please TP to the boarding area at the landmark below

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Second%20Pride%20East/222/204/22

The parade is about 80 minutes long - these times area GUESSES - please  be at the parade site to ensure you and your people are ready to board when your float rezes.

10:00   1     OPENING FLOAT

10:01   2     DUMMY INVISIBLE SPACER

10:02   3     MOTORCYCLES

10:03   4    PARADE MASTER

10:05   5    WE ARE FAMILY

10:06   6    KERMIT

10:07   7 ***    LION KING (sponsored santum)

10:08   8    KITTy BLIMP

10:08   9    CARNIVAL

10:09   10    Pride EAGLE

10:10   11***10   IT'S RAINING MEN (sponsored manshots)

10:11   12 BANNER MINE

10:12   13  BLUE MARCHING BAND

10:13   14 CYBERS PUG

10:14   15   CABARET

10:15   16   HUMAN RIGHTS PARADE BANNER

10:15   17   **** POSIEDON sponsored by Spad development

10:16   18 ***14  CRAWFISH (sponsored by vanbeeks )

10:17   19 DrAGON SHIP

10:18   20 BANNER HAPPY PRIDE WEEK

10:19   21****MERMAID - Sponsored - GMC

10:20   22  VOODOO TOP HAT

10:21   23 ***19  CAN CAN (sponsored  by 3 bears)

10:21   24 ****20  SNOOPY (sponsored Bock in SecondLife)

10:22   25***21  FLOWER GARDEN (sponsored greek gold resort)

10:23   26 ***22  MR POTATO HEAD (sponsored by vanbeeks)

10:24   27 ARTEMIS

10:25   28 CYBERS Medieval BALLOON

10:26   29***22C STARBUCKS CUSTOM TOWER (sponsors starbucks)

10:27   30 STONEWALL BANNER

10:28   31  M&MS DISCO FLOAT (sponsored dal riala)

10:28   32  BART SIMPSON

10:29   33  BETTY BOOP

10:30   34 ***26  POPEYE (sponsored second norway)

10:31   35 ***27  IN THE NAVY (sponsored vanbeeks)

10:32   36  GOODYEAR BALLOON

10:33   37 ***YMCA (sponsored twink nation)

10:34   38  FIREMAN

10:35   39  ****MACHO MAN

10:36   40  CYBERS LEATHER BEAR

10:37   41  ****TOP MODEL

10:38   42 MONOPLY MAN

10:39   43 ***  MOULIN ROUGE (sponsored briga/lesbian orchid)

10:40   44  STONEWALL BANNER

10:41   45  FROG CARRIAGE

10:42   46 TWEETY IN DRAG

10:43   47 CYBERS WEDDING CAKE

10:44   48  LOVELY LOLLYPOPS

10:44   49  DESERT HEARTS

10:45   50 CHARLIE BROWN TRANNY

10:46   51 ***  CYBERS PRICILLA FLOAT (sponsored sickly sweet)

10:47   52   CONDOM FLOAT

10:48   53   CIRCUS FLOAT

10:49   54   MR STAY PUFT

10:50   55 ***  CHINESE LUCK DRAGON FIRE ISLAND CUSTOM FLOAT (sponsored fire island)

10:51   56  HOT AIR BALLOON

10:51   57 ****WONDER WOMAN (sponsored vengeful threads)

10:52   58 AIDS  BANNER

10:53   59  SNAKE LADY

10:54   60 BANNER CELEBRATION OF LOVE

10:55   61  XENA FLOAT

10:56   62 DONATIONS BANNER

10:57   63  APHRODITE FLOAT

10:58   64 *** PEGASUS (Sponsored ryfie)

10:59   65 ***EMBERS GOR ASPERICHE CUSTOM FLOAT (sponsored gor hub)

11:00   66***EMBERS GOR ASPERICHE CUSTOM BALLOON (sponsored gor hub)

11:00   67  RED MARCHING BAND

11:01   68  CYBERS CATFISH BALLOON

11:02   69  MUPPETS

11:03   70  GONZO

11:04   71  ENERGIZER BUNNY

11:05   72 CYBERS DIVERSITY BEARS BALLOON

11:06   73 CYBERS CONSTRUCTION ZONE FLOAT

11:07   74  BANNER CYBERS ALL EQUAL

11:08   75 ***FLAMING FIRE TRUCK (sponsored n4rs)

11:08   76 I LOVE NY BALLOON

11:09   77 EAST SIDE WEST SIDE

11:10   78  RAINBOW SEAHORSE

11:11   79  WHITE MARCHING BAND

11:12   80  MR PEANUT FLOAT

11:13   81  BLOCK PARTY

11:14   82 BANNER HAPPY GAY PRIDE WEEK

11:15   83 STATUE OF LIBERTY ENDING FLOAT"

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"Eat my Goal" Photography by monyana

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Happy Midsummer

Bock in SecondLife wishes all it's readers a very happy Midsummer!

Second Pride Festival Starts Today!

Closets are for clothes, it's time to flaunt your pride at bigots and haters!

For the full schedule of Second Pride Festival this year please visit 2014 Festival Schedule.

As you see in the program the opening act is DJ Maddy who is going to entertain us a set 12 AM-2 AM SLT at the main stage! The opening ceremonies will however not take place until 6 PM SLT.

Happy Pride Week, to you  all!

P.S. And as I tried to post this to Facebook I discovered that I am one of the latest victims of their purge. I am not at all sure if I am going to bother with Facebook anymore.

Seems it wasn't that bad after all, this post was reported for nudity: I Like Mike - Jay Spears. 

The block means I am able to access Facebook, but cannot like, comment or post anything. I am, however, still allowed to poke...

P.P.S. The crappiest parts are 
a) that I did not post the video itself on Facebook only a link to the post on my blog  and
b) that since a week my settings only allow "my friends" to see what I post.

The latter part means I need to cull my friends down to the people I really know and trust and have had  contact with. Sorry!

You’re Temporarily Blocked From Posting

This temporary block will last 24 hours, and you won’t be able to post on Facebook until it’s finished.

Please keep in mind that people who repeatedly post things that aren’t allowed on Facebook may have their accounts permanently disabled.

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"It's Filled With Stars" Photography by Tamarind Silverfall

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Random Thoughts

"Hands-To-Hold" by Tomais Ashdene

I started my four week long, glorious and wonderful vacation at 12.00 PM local time today. Well I didn't get away from work until a bit later, but who cares. It's going to be wonderful, just to relax and recuperate and enjoy my two lives. I am also going to try to use this opportunity to get back into a proper blogger mode, I have been slacking in my happiness of being married to Tomais.

The vacation was planned to coincide with the celebration of Second Pride Festival, which starts on Friday, because I so want to enjoy the festivities this year. The board of Second Pride made it despite all the many obstacles we have had along the way. I must confess that there were times I actually didn't believe we would have a festival.

The opening of the festival also coincides with the Swedish celebration of Midsummer. On Midsummer's Eve tomorrow I am taking my old parents to one of my nieces homes to meet the rest of the immediate family to celebrate in the traditional manner, loads of pickled herring, fresh strawberries and snaps. It will be great for them to get out of the house and meet their grandchildren and great grandchildren.

The other day, I was upset when i learned that a ghoul from the past has showed it's ugly head again. One would think that almost a full year would be enough to get over losing an election and move on with ones life, especially since the ghoul himself once told me personally "that he really didn't have time for all this with his important first life studies and the rest of his busy life". But nonetheless, here he is back spewing his ugliness and viciousness on the Internet again. I have decided I do not wish to waste time or energy on him and his small army of supporters anymore.

I have been thinking about the two largest gay organisations in SecondLife, Second Pride and the Gay Archipelago. Mostly I have been wondering about the strange armed peace there seems to be between them. I know the history of course, but so many years have passed by now that there really should be openings for some mutual support and collaboration. I have noted and welcomed the news that Gay Gor, which is a part of the Gay Archipelago, will participate in the festival again this year. (It will be so fun to see them in action again! I really loved it at the last festival.) I have also noted that Petr made a peace gesture by attending the send-off party for Garth Raleigh, the former lead of Gay Archipelago. Other than that I haven't seen any tangible progress in the dealings between the organisations.

"The Dark Knight" by Tomais Ashdene

Yesterday I learned that that The Dark Knight (a.k.a. Batman for those of you who aren't well-versed in Superheroes) has actually had two Robins? The first one left to become "Nightwind" (never heard off) and was replaced by another young man. (Today I was told that there have actually been s-e-v-e-r-a-l Robins, oh my!) That's what you learn from being married to a man like my hubby. That man makes me so happy and calm and safe. Who would have thought that a year ago?

I don't like the fact that my doctor has sent me to get a CT scan to check on my pneumonia. Once the doctors start looking closely, who knows what absolutely unrelated things they may find with their high-tech instruments.

About the Gay Archipelago again, I was saddened to note not long ago that this venerable club of sim-owners seem to have drastically lowered the standards of whom to allow within their circle. The venerable club must believe it can control any damage that could be caused to their reputation from that recruitment by their meetings being completely secret and having none of their dealings exposed to public scrutiny. Let's hope they are not in for a surprise.

Ziggy, My Hero!