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Barcelonamaria Heart

For more information about the The NOH8 Campaign and how to join it in SecondLife please read my previous post The NOH8 Campaign in SecondLife. There you will also find instructions on where to find the necessary duct tape and cheek painting free of charge.
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If you would like to be a part of the NOH8 Campaign on this blog please send me your picture (full perm), I will be happy to post it. Name the picture NOH8 and your avatar name and drop it on my profile or send it to my email lundamats@gmail.com.

Additional Feedback

I already filed my response to the survey a while back, but today I sent in an addition to my previous responses, as I had come to the conclusion that I had not been specific enough in my earlier response. So today I filed the following addition.

What did you like best about the festival?

1. The lesbians were back - and I love it!
2. The parade is back - and I love it!
3. The wonderful serene Chapel
4. The beautiful builds
5. The event was extremely well organized with little or no confusion, the board members and their assisting teams did a splendid job.
6. Three sims worked great! The smaller area kept the space close and increased the chances of running into old friends and acquaintances.
7. The sims were restarted every day which mostly kept lag at a reasonable level.

What suggestions do you have for the 2015 Second Pride Festival?

1. I would like to see a new beginning for the Names Project, i.e. the so called AIDS Quilts. It is not acceptable that whether or not donated quilts are displayed or not is dependent on an individuals whims or requirements. This is something that Second Pride can and should do for the LGBT community.
2. Try to get a few more live acts, I know there are singers and musician who would love to take part.
3. I always loved the plays that Marcus Steeplechase and his buddies enacted during Pride, it would be wonderful if we could get something like it back.
4. Poetry readings perhaps?

Please don't get me wrong, I love the DJ's and the parties but options should be provided to a greater extent, the community is diverse in it's needs.

Darn! I forgot to mention that I missed the combats between Gay Gor and Romanum from last years Pride. The people participating in that were a fun crowd and I had a great time watching and chatting there last year.

Overall, the Festival of 2014 was the best ever!

If you haven'r taken the survey yet, please do so here 2014 Second Pride Festival Feedback

Post-Second Pride Hug - Day +1

Sarco Halderman

On the Monday morning after Second Pride had ended I met DJ Sarco when he was doing a set st Stiges (Yes. it is Stiges - not Sitges, I checked three times.)

We both realized that a hug was imperative, Pride or no Pride...

Picture of the Day - 123

"User Offline" Photography by Wayne NZ

If you wish to see more of Wayne's photography, please visit his Flickr photostream here.

Blogiro Ergo Sum

"Man At Work" Photography by Tomais Ashdene

While my Tomais and I were out scouting "things and stuff" for an upcoming super-classified project that I am involving myself in my lover spotted a great set of complete office furniture.

This lead to me buying the office-set and at Tomais wonderful suggestion set it up as a place for me to work on the top floor of the beautiful barn at Southern Charm. We will of course have to install double-glazing before winter comes, but right now it is a wonderfully quiet with a perfectly temperate climate.

The new workplace turned out beautifully and I was extremely pleased. My hubby deserved a huge reward for his great idea, and I made sure to give him one (much to my own enjoyment also - of course).

For the Latin in the post title I refer you to this article Scriptorium;"What’s Latin for ‘blog’? (revised)". I am hoping I understood it correctly, otherwise please feel free to assist me.

My Apmelito Vortex

My bosom buddy Apmel Goosson in his blog post My Avatar's Name is Apmel; Caught By A Vortex directed by attention to a cool tool. The above picture is the result of my labors. 

Happy Independence Day, 2014

The American Declaration of Independence (declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain), was adopted by Congress on this day in 1776.

The preamble of that declaration says, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Even if Thomas Jefferson's words are heavily influenced by religion and natural law philosophy they, to this day, express what those of us that believe in a democratic society based on full and equal human rights for all citizens still hold true.
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I wish all my American family members, friends and readers a happy Independence Day!