Second Pride Festival Events Schedule

SECOND PRIDE HUNT
Go to the Main Second Pride Sim and get a ticket for the Festival hunt. There are great free items to get - do not hesitate get your hunt ticket today!

DONATION KIOSKS for Second Pride are located on all sims

SECOND PRIDE EVENT SCHEDULE
Make sure to check out all the different parties and events. http://second-pride.com/2014-festival-schedule/

SECOND PRIDE PAGEANT 
Come Join the Fun and Enter to Win Mr and Ms Second Pride
Contact Frolic Mills

DAILY SCHEDULE- Please inform the public whose coming up next and any big events for the day

Saturday June 21st
Midnight -2am DJ Maddy main stage
10-Noon Second Pride Parade  Parade Route
Noon-2 pm DJ Gai Thor Main Stage Yes Gay Gor
2-4 pm DJ Thorn Main Stage   SL Radio
4-6 pm DJ Rik Nayer East Stage Starbuck’s Lair
6-8 pm DJ Erik Main Stage Twink Nation
8-10pm DJ ReZ Main Stage Gay Gor HUB
10- Midnight DJ Storm Main  Stage

Sunday June 22nd
8-10 am DJ Lovelace West Stage
10-Noon DJ Jonny Main Stage Fire Island
Noon-2 pm DJ Rocky Main Stage Vanbeecks
2-4 pm DJ Maddy Main Stage Lesbian Orchid
4-6pm DJ Shep Main Stage Sanctum
6-8pm DJ Vaan Main Stage Bloomin  Krazee
8-10pm DJ Jorden Main Stage

Monday June 23rd
8-10 am DJ Abi East Stage
10-Noon DJ GMjogre West Stage
Noon-2 pm DJ Heloq East Stage
2-4 pm DJ Yifu Main Stage
4-6 pm DJ Murtap West Stage
6-8pm DJ Karl Main Stage 3Bears Resort
8-10pm DJ_Mickeybear Main Stage

Tuesday June 24th
6-8 am DJ Rudy West Stage
10-Noon DJ Ezziedq East Stage
Noon-2pm DJ Lovelace West Stage
2-4 pm DJ Emil East Stage
4-6 pm DJ Raute Main Stage MANSHOTS
6-8pm Spiritweavers Presents QUEEN in Concert
8-10pm DJ Zephyr Main Stage

Wednesday June 25th
Noon-2 pm DJ Wyatt West Stage
2-4pm DJ DJembe East Stage
4-6pm DJ Rik Nayer West Stage Starbuck’s Lair
6-8 pm DJ Chris Main Stage
8-10pm DJ InsyX Main Stage Spad Development
10-Midnight DJ Lemonodo East Stage

Thursday June 26th
8-10 am DJ Spydie East Stage The Dal Riata
10-Noon DJ Yifu Main Stage Gay Mens Cove
Noon-2 pm DJ Jay East Stage
2-4 pm DJ Thundergod West Stage
4-6 pm DJ LLedge Main Stage Vengeful Threads
6-8 pm DJ Lex East Stage Vanbeecks
8-10 pm DJ Karl Main Stage Celebration of Male

Friday June 27th
Midnight -2 am DJ Sarco East Stage
8-10 am DJ Vaan East Stage
10-Noon DJ GMjorge West Stage
Noon-2 DJ Rascal East Stage
2-4 pm DJ Dox West Stage
4-6 pm DJ Rocky East Stage
6-8 pm DJ Jynxxie Main Stage The Dal Riata
8-10 pm DJ Erik Main Stage Twink Nation
10-Midnight DJ Jorden West Stage

Saturday June 28th
8-10 am DJ Eclectic East Stage
Pageant Rehearsal
10-Noon DJ Satin East Stage Lesbian Orchid
Noon-2 pm DJ Calli East Stage Vanbeecks
2-4 pm DJ Jagger Main Stage N4RS
4-6pm DJ Miss London Callin West Stage
6-8 pm DJ Shep Main Stage House of Rfyre
8-10 pm LIVE BAND “Erik” mainstage
10- Midnight DJ_Mickeybear East Stage

Sunday June 29th
10-Noon Pride Pageant Main SIM
Noon-1 pm Tamra Sands Live Concert Mainstage
1-2pm Phi Mayo Live Singer Main Stage
2-4 pm DJ Sammie East Stage Hawker’s House
4-6 pm DJ Wes Main Stage Sanctum
6-10 pm Closing Cermonies
6-7 pm DJ Abi
7-8 pm
8-9 pm DJ Jynxxie
9-10 pm DJ Yifu

Body Art

I am sharing these two wonderful pictures of body art just because I can and because I think they are wonderful.

Both photographs in this post belong to Cats Creations (http://bodypaintingbycat.com/).

A Brave New Virtual World Is Underway

"Moment" Photography by Tomais Ashdene
(Totally unrelated to the subject of the post, but I couldn't find any suitable illustration)

The most sensational news yesterday - for those of us with a presence in virtual worlds - was undoubtedly Ebbe Altberg (a.k.a. Ebbe Linden in-world),  CEO of Linden Lab, confirmation that the lab is investing heavily in creating a new SecondLife.

The project is expected to take several years to accomplish. The new virtual world will not be constrained by the limitations that the existing SecondLife and "backward compatibility. Although there are some hopes for some levels of migration, given the new platform may well be revolutionary, rather than evolutionary, whether this will be possible , and at what level cannot at this time be determined." (Quote from "Living in a Modemworld")

There are already  many excellent summaries on this development on other blogs, so I will refer you to them.

New World Notes:
BREAKING: Linden Lab Confirms It's Building New Virtual World "Far Beyond What is Possible with Second Life" (Updated with Official Statement)

Living in a Modemworld: 
a) Ebbe confirms: “we’re working on a ‘next generation’ platform” (with audio) with an interview with Ebbe Linden
b) Lab: “We’re not giving up on Second Life”

Jo Yardley's Second Life: 
a) Linden Lab working on new virtual world
b) Linden Lab officially responds to the new virtual world story

Eddi & Ryce's Second Life:
Hear Ebbe Linden Make the Announcement of Linden Lab's New Virtual World Over at Inara Pey's Blog

Mona Eberhardt │ Living Virtualy:
Linden Lab working on Second Life’s successor?

Bock & Facebook, Friday June 20 2014

We had an interesting day together yesterday, Facebook and I.

Early in the day, I could log in as usual and do everything one does on that site; Post stuff, like, comment, share, poke and chat with friends. In short everything was quite normal.

Later the same day, I got the following message when I tried to post a blogpost to Facebook:

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.

I was seemingly suspended for 24 hours for breach of their rule against "nudity". Read more about that in the postscript and post-postscript in this blogpost: Second Pride Festival Starts Today!.

My account was still available, but I had certain restrictions on how I could interact with the website: No posting, no liking, no commenting and no sharing, but poking and chatting was still allowed.

Even later yesterday, I got this message when I tried accessing my account on Facebook.

Now I was permanently banned and my account was disabled. So if you missed me late yesterday, you should know that I have not removed you from my friends list.
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Considering what has been going on lately with Facebook's purge directed at SecondLife avatars, the last message did not come as a complete surprise. Ever since my previous voluntary departure from Facebook, I have had mixed feelings about my return.

It is a very convenient way to keep in touch with my Tomais and some my close friends out-of-world, but it is also extremely time consuming and hours can sometimes pass without you even noticing.

After my return I have also had a rather lax friending-policy. I accepted anyone who asked. The only exception being the jerk who was the last straw for my voluntary departure last time. Can you imagine, he actually asked to be my friend when I returned after having posted the most vile and viscous comment on the timeline of my previous account, deleting the comment (I saw it in my email, which was the reason I turned off that option on my return) and then unfriending and blocking me?

Well, I was to tired to make a decision on what to do about it yesterday, but I will discuss the matter with my sane and balanced hubby and we will see what comes out of our deliberations.

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"

Picture of the Day - 115

"Eat my Goal" Photography by monyana

If you wish to see more of monyana's, please visit their Flickr photostream here.

Happy Midsummer

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