Clarity

Photo by Gary Hamburgh

The last week has been rough for me in real life and I haven´t really had much energy to spare for my SecondLife. What energy I had has been wasted on the Swedish SecondLife blogs. In spite of my earlier promises to myself I once again allowed myself to be dragged into their murky world.

I will no longer let embittered and hateful people pull me down into their bog of innuendos, insinuations and half-truths or outright lies. My life is too short and my mental and emotional sanity and my peace of mind are worth too much.

From now on I will strive for the light and clarity that one sees in all of Gary Hamburgh´s photography.

Be A Star

Linden Lab, maker of SecondLife, is now casting both humans and their avatars for a new promotional campaign that will be featured on Secondlife.com and across the web.


Click the picture below to jump to the post on the SecondLife community blog where there is an example of what they are looking for and a link to the application form.

Second Names for Second Lives

Image designed by Toady Nakamura

When I was going to create my SecondLife account name, I still remember the thrill and importance I put in choosing a "good, fitting and long lasting" surname for myself from a list of around 200 names (or was it as many as 400).

I knew it would be a Scottish or an Irish name but which one would suit me best in the long run?

Join in the campaign to get surnames back in SecondLife by voting for the Jira and watching it!

Read more on Prim Perfect "Second Names for Second Lives" (To vote and watch you log in to your Secondlife account at the top of the Jira-page.)

Day Off

I found this ad on "copyranter" (see blogroll)

I am alive and well but need to get an early night and a day off from blogging.

To give you all something to think about privately or talk amongst yourselves about I give you the ad above. Feel free to share your thoughts and conversations in the comments.

Please come back tomorrow!
XOXOXO

Belated Second Blogoversary

I am terrible with dates!  Actually I am so bad with dates that I am one of the few people I know that has to remind himself of his own birthday. There were really only four dates I used to be able to  remember without help, those are Christmas eve, New Years day and my parents birthdays.

Nowadays I can add March 12th to that list, which is the day Ars passed away, and the day of my own rezday in SecondLife (because it occurs on the day before) and Ars real life birthday.

Today I discovered that I had missed the second anniversary of this blog, which was first started on August 25th, 2009.

Please join me in singing belated congratulations:
Happy blogoversary to you
Happy blogoversary to you
Happy blogoversary dear "Bock in SecondLife"
Happy blogoversary to you

To help remind myself in the future I have also added a gadget which counts down the days for the next blogoversary. Let´s see if it helps me remember!

The Votes Are In

The winning set, #3

After some complains in the past about my eyes, I - finally - gave in and in the post "Bock´s Eyes" offered my friend Kandinsky Beaumont a choice between four different sets of possible eyes for me. I promised her that I would wear the eyes she selected until at least November 1st, 2011.

I also gave my readers a chance to voice their opinions in a poll. 

Well the votes are now in. Kandi favored Set #3 and eight voters (42 %) of the nineteen voters in the poll agreed with her, so those are the eyes I will be wearing until the date mentioned. 

Six voters (31 %) preferred the eyes I have been wearing for the past two years, Set #1.

Three voters (15 %) told me I would look stunning in any of them (Love you, guys!) and one voter each (5 %) preferred Set #2 and Set #4. To my great relief no one voted for the option that I would always look ugly.

I didn't vote in the poll, but I have been wearing Set #3 for a week now and am actually getting to like them a lot.

The Gays Are to Blame

To my own shame I must admit that I found this on the other side of the Atlantic even if it is from a Swedish television program. Joe Jervis and his Joe.My.God. rule once again!

This is from a very popular sing-along program that is aired on one of the Swedish (Public) Television channels and was sent during Stockholm Pride this year.

I particularly love the line, "We need to have enough morals for double-standards!"

If subtitles do not appear, click on the "CC" button at the bottom of the player.