House-warming Party Doesn't Crash!

So the much-awaited party took place this weekend, with a host of guests turning up for periods of time ranging from three minutes to three hours. It has to be one of the safest parties in Second Life because at on point we must have had almost all the Second Life off-duty Police Department there! Here, me and Mony rez our guitars and rock out to whatever was playing at the time!



One of our guests took an aerial shot of us all dancing on the bedroom balcony. Yes, it does double up as a dance floor with a cool dance ball.



A big thanks to all of you who could make it; and a promise to all who couldn't that we'll arrange another one in the near future!

The Man Statue: Natoma

After hearing from two different sources about the existence of something called The Man Statue, Mony and I decided to go find it.


"It all started back in the Alpha stage of Second Life (then Linden World) when Linden Lab wanted to test a new rendering engine, how feasible a city scape would be, and other general content testing. This city was built in Natoma before any non-employee users had logged into SL and was not named but often referred to as "Linden Town" or "Linden City". The town/city contained many buildings (mostly unfurnished and low texture usage), a small park-like town square with a fountain, and roads all through it. The city also had a statue in its town square behind a "City Hall". The statue turned out of course to be "The Man" built by a content developer (oldjohn Linden) hired at the time by LL (in 2002)." (Second Life WiKia)



Go to the Natoma region to find the statue, and you'll also find the Ivory Tower of Prims.

The Super Sekret Sex Diary of Philip Linden

Satire is not dead. It's not even remotely ill. In fact, it can be seen romping around gleefully at the Second Life Herald, a last bastion of ribaldry and insensitivity read by thousands. For whatever reason, the editor, Pixeleen Mistral, posted it without the Sigmund Leominster byline. My best guess is that it adds to the faux authenticity if it appears to be by Philip himself.

The story can be read on many levels. I leave you to decide which one works best for you. Check out The Super Sekret Sex Diary of Philip Linden.

Dinner and a Movie - or SLTV

The house is nearly done. Mony has worked ceaselessly to create a low-prim kitchen and is succeeding. And along with the kitchen is a new breakfast bar with a couple of chairs - also designed by Mony and also single-prim object.

So when I arrived, Mony - so precious - had made dinner! Here we are in a bundle of colored dots 300 meters above a pixelated grid in a house made of primitive objects at a table with lobster, pizza, iced tea, and cake. The wine is in the fridge!



After our first dinner in the house, we sat and watched TV - we were trying to catch a re-run of the Paisley Beebe show that include a shot of a ruthed-out me hovering across the audience. It was, unfortunately, an older show, where Paisley was interviewing a frog and a fox. I could be wrong, it might have been a toad and a cat.

Whichever way you look at it, the whole experience was simultaneously bizarre and mundane. Both outrageous and normal.

Wonder what's for dinner tomorrow?

A Balloon Trip - But Not THE Balloon!

Earlier this month I mentioned that the Ambleside balloon tour was back and that caused me some excitement. But so far I haven't taken the flight and I suppose it will happen at some point. In the meantime, Mony and I discovered another balloon ride, complete with a bottle of champagne.


If you want to take the same trip, you need to go to Full Moon island. Enjoy.

The New New House is Up

Only a couple of weeks ago I talked about the new house. Well, since then it has become the new new house! Wearing her "Builder" hat, Mony has done some creative changes to the place and worked furiously to make it more customized. She's opened up the ground floor so we can add a kitchen and extended the bedroom to give even more space.



And not only have we changed the house but physically moved it. My friend Lillianna Bailey is extended her land space and I am/was her neighbor. So aided by London Sim Director Timber Oceanlane, this Saturday afternoon Timber dragged the entire house some 400 meters to my new plot. Lillianna is still my neighbor but she has more space now. And hey, I just want by skypad up in clouds and have no real concern about the land it is sitting on.



As you can see above, the front of the house is similar, but there is a bedroom extension. Take a peek at the top right room where you see the bed; that's a new room. But the side of the house is more dramatic, where Mony has added angled glass walls in an almost pyramidal style.



We still have work to do. Decor, furniture, art, and a party. But we have time ;)

A Night with a Supermodel

I think I may have mentioned that my girlfriend is a supermodel. It's true. She is Miss Latin Dreams 2008 and has the tiara and sash to prove it. And being a supermodel, it's important that she look glamorous as often as possible. This also means I have to make an effort not to dress like a total slob because what supermodel wants to hang out with a guy who looks like a hobo. So on Monday night, we met up with ace photographer, Seikatsu Koba, who took Mony on a photoshoot. I, of course, simply stood around and watched.

At one stage, we were at Seik's studios and Mony slipped into one of her more devastatingly distracting items: the red Ritz dress from Simone. my oh my, what a distraction! Take a look at the picture below - make sure you click for full screen.



I know that in SL we are just bundles of pixels but this pic has to rank as one of the most delightful bundles of pixels in the Metaverse. I think this one goes down in my scrap book as one of my new favorites. Now all I have to do is keep fighting the guys away. Sigh. It's tough being a supermodel's companion.