Linden Memorial Park - Now open

I've been fortunate to never lose any SL friends to RL mortality, but I've known people who have. The first time I experienced the death of a RL person in SL was when my SL Mentor's son passed away. It was probably the first time I really understood that even in SL we can't escape human tragedy. The family set up an in-world memorial and guests were able to set out floating candles with notes of remembrance. It was beautiful, but I think that eventually all of the prims were returned.

The second experience I had with the RL passing of an SL avatar was the death of Ginny Talamasca. I did not know Ginny personally but I was familiar with her work and loved her designs. When I heard the tragic news my eyes welled up and I spent a few melancholy days wandering the grid and contemplating the fragile nature of the human relative to the immortal avatar.
LDPW Memorial: Ginny Talamasca


Yesterday was the 2nd Annual Day of Remembrance in Second Life. It is a day to remember those avatars that have lost their RL people. The memorial was held at the new Linden Memorial Park created by the Linden Public Works Department. This park is intended to be a place for permanent memorials, peace, and contemplation. You can get more information about the park's inspiration and creation from Brent Linden's blog post or Dusty Linden's blog post.


The pictures of the park hardly do it justice, you'll need to visit to capture the full experience. And an interesting note to this story...while I was in the garden looking at the flowers people have planted to remember their loved ones a man dropped in. It was my SL mentor and he came to plant a flower for his son. I haven't seen him for over 2 years. SL is a very small world, isn't it?

Take me to your leader (Warning - Links ahead)

My gosh, it's been forever since I've posted. Where have I been!?! Oh oh oh, I know! I've been taking the break I've needed for a long time. And what do I do when I break? I dunno. But I did manage to snap some pictures so I picked one filled with goodies to share. In my off time I like to explore SL to discover the wonderful things my fellow residents have created.

The picture above was taken at Wandering Spirits. Along with a small 50's themed urbarn grunge city the sim features Kali Mead's Neat Tricks Gallery and a really well done SL photography tutorial. (Note: The gallery is turning one and Kali is celebrating with a photo competition and music festival. Look here for more info.)

You might wonder who that cute little alien is in the picture. It's me!! If you know me well you know that I'm a whore for freebies. Some might say just a whore, but that's a different post. Thanks to Serenity Semple at Lucky Kitty Crew I was alerted to this super cute cyber bot avie available for $0L at Cyberbunker. It has a script to change the color of the suit and the glow. In addition even though it's a smaller avie my regular AO and dance animations work just fine with it. So much fun!! (see pic below for close up.)

Finally, check out the sky in the above pic, so Rouge! CodeBastard Redgrave recently released some Windlight settings for her Rouge Sim and they are available here on her blog. They were created to complement her sim, but I couldn't resist trying them out elsewhere.

One more piccy for fun:

Mainland Fun!!

Fascinating. Long time ago I was cruising through a sim. I think I was probably following up a lead on a freebie or something. Uusually when I stop in for a freebie I try to take a look around at the neighboring parcels to see what people are up to. I came across a little parcel called The Gutter: Punk Rock Ghetto. It's a little block long ghetto that leaves a person feeling dirty and violated. So yeah, I couldn't help but to like it enough to remember it and return a few times.

But listen, this is the part that compelled me to write today....I was looking around at my parcel, the sim, and the surrounding sims this morning. I noticed some water to the West and went to check it out and...there, ONLY 2 SIMS AWAY FROM ME....The Gutter: Punk Rock Ghetto.!!!!! Amazing!! Just another reminder to me as to why I like mainland cuz i love to take walks through sims, and just looky at what I can find soooo close to home!!!

Pose: [LAP] Guns Blazing
Shoe: Juicy Slingbacks Tangering
Dress: Ingenue: Polka Love Halloweenie Freebie!
Bloody knees with bandaids: QC Designs, my shoppy at Paris New York Sim

Adventures in SL: Zee and Zora's Little Slice

I spend a lot of time in Second Life far away from my little piece of land poking my nose around other people's build, fascinated by the talent and creativity of our residents.  The other day I decided that maybe I need to spend some time at my home sim, visiting with the neighbor's, have a cup of coffee, watching the jellyfish go by. Huh? Jellyfish? Queen, what are you talking about? 

Simple.  I've got the best sim neighbors ever!  I've had my home in the Areumdeuli sim for over a year now and  I attribute my longevity in the same location to my wonderful neighbors Zee Pixel and Zora Spoonhammer, owners of Zee and Zora's Little Slice.  The interaction I've had with Zee and Zora since in the sim is a lesson in trust, and kindness between strangers in a virtual world.  Usually a person can't get a tour of my place without a few minutes from me about how great my neighbors are.  And, in addition to being good, solid, upstanding residents of Second Life, Zora developer and content creator, and Zee  supports her with promotion and distribution.  Wow! What a team!!

Maybe you'd like a nice place to relax and visit with friends while you watch the jellyfish float by? You can! Thanks to Zee and Zora.  

How about some snake charming in the Curiosity Shop? Yep, that's a Zee and Zora. Picnic by the pond? Zee and Zora, too.  Zora created the intricately detailed pond, fish, water...there's a construction kit in the Curiosity shop so you can have one too!

(psst, check out the bots in the sky behind me! It just occurred to me, is my robot fetish showing?)

I bet most of you don't know that if your draw is set high enough you can see a Giant Topographical Scupltie Earth (with real time cloud data) from the balcony of my shoppy.  Yes, again...Zee and Zora.

One of my favorites: The bots that shuttle supplies across the property.  I often will sit on the stoop of my muni building and watch the little buggers work, work, work.  It's so easy to explore all of these wonderful creations, just tp into Zee and Zora's Little Slice and check the directional signs.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!!!! In addition to building so many wonderful things in-world and making them available for you to take home (check the Curiosity Shop), Zee and Zora create tools to help other SLer's create.  Check out CCCCybernetics for access to Zura's newest creation, a "morph target UV mesh library and models for AC3D."   For more info you can check out the Second Life Forum. Content creators, this is a must have. MUST.  If you scroll down while visiting their site, you'll find Zora's Sculpted Prim Export Plug-in for AC3D.  Amazing.  But, this is where my head starts to spin from all the tech lingo, so I'm going back to sit on my stoop, sip a gin fizz and watch the worker bots do their thing.

The Enjoyment of Art - Shunga

In the midst of a beautiful Japanese sim, the HOSOI Ichiba, Erotic Art Revealed gallery lies beneath the busy hustle and bustle of the marketplace.  It's a lovely collection of erotic art showcased in a tranquil, private room where one can enjoy uninterrupted.  Spend some time with each picture.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that each piece told a different story, each of the subjects conveyed a different emotion. 

Take for example the picture below....

Oh sorry, I seem to be blocking some details, but look at the way he's taking her and at the same time embracing her leg, kissing her knee.  He certainly seems to be enjoying himself, as does she.  And they seem oblivious to the conversation taking place behind them.  Perhaps an arrangement being made to start their own little tryst? mmmmm, I love art.

For more detailed information about the gallery in sim check out the HOSOI Ichiba site.

Adventures in SL: SPACE EXPLORERS!!!!!

Originally uploaded by Queen Coronet

So last night I was minding my business...just puttering about in SL when I noticed in one of my groups some chat about a search for a moonbuggy.  I knew that the kitties of the Lucky Kitty Crew run by Serenity Semple were on a freebie hunt @ a space sim but had no idea that moonbuggies were involved!! I quickly strapped on my space gear, checked and double checked my anti-gravity animations and grabbed my good friend and amazing DJ, Treven Zabelin.  TO SPACE!!!

We landed at the Privateer Space sim at a docking station and thankfully you can get your own private space ship for exploring.  From there Treven lead the way as we flew around to the different planets.  We landed on Mars and got out to walk around, collect a few space rocks... poke our noses into crevasses. 

It was then that I saw out of the corner of my eye...a moonbuggy!! I quickly hollered out to the driver, Aley,  to inquire about the gorgeous little vehicle.  Aley motioned to me to hop on and off we went!  So there I was, riding the hood of the moonbuggy, and being guided into the depths of this amazing sim.  Suddenly it occurred to me that this Aley knew this place inside and out, in a way that only someone who has spent many hours, even days or months would know a place.  *smacks herself on the head* Duh!!! ALEY IS THE GENIUS  THAT OWNS AND DEVELOPED THE SIM!!! 

A few minutes later Treven joined us and he and I enjoyed a private tour of Privateers Space.  Aley has reall done a wonderful job on this place.  It's the only sim that has a fully functioning laundry room.  Every detail has been thought of, textures, shapes, sounds, and even designed to accommodate the everyday pc user.  Amazing!

Once in awhile something will happen.... a memorable SL moment that could not be duplicated.  I was happy to share it with my friend, Treven.  Glad to have been an inspirational creator, Aley.  It's times like this that remind me that sometimes ya just need to take that random LM and see where the pixels winds take ya.