A couple of months ago I got an e-mail to my Flickr, telling me that I’d been selected to have some of my images included in a virtual exhibition in Florence, Italy. I was seriously chuffed- I mean I don’t use Photoshop or anything on my images, I just take photos, so as you can imagine the idea of having some of my snaps included in an exhibition was a huge boost. Imagine my astonishment then when I get an e-mail asking me to collate 55(!!!) of my images in JPEG format and send them off for inclusion. Fair enough, but owing to RL commitments I’ve been too busy to set about the time to collate all the images required…I was planning on doing that this week. I was really disappointed when I requested extra time in response to their last e-mail to be told, nah sorry, not interested, we’ve got to start work on the catalogue! (This was despite their previous e-mail stating that if you needed extra time there was a possibility this could be arranged)Fine, I’ve lucked out..I’m sore and I’m having a whinge, BUT you can’t just ask someone to contribute 55 of their pictures along with an accompanying biography and notes when they live a real life which means they have a job to go to and a house to run. I would have had no problem signing the release form and just letting them copy the pictures from my Flickr-after all they’d seen and selected them in the first place, but enough of my moaning. I’m really sad I won’t be a part of the exhibition, but I do wish all the artists who will be participating the very best of luck with it.
Category: virtual worlds
Amanda and Fukmi’s Wedding
Over the weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to be Maid of Honour at Amanda and Fukmi’s wedding. It was a lovely event, the vows were beautiful and there was quite a crowd to see the happy couple get hitched:) Of course I shed a tear (I always do at weddings) and even though this is Second Life, the emotions expressed were very genuine….Congratulations Amanda and Fukmi and here’s wishing you both a wonderful Second Life together!
Calla Weekend Sale!
Go and get lovely hairstyles such as this one, ‘Iris’, for only L$50!!
It’s happiness in hair form, I tells ya! This weekend only! QUICK!
Real Life Summer 0 Second Life Summer 1
The sun is shining in RL…do you honestly think I’m going to chain myself to a PC in this weather? Well, ok..you have a point…If ‘Flaming June’ is giving you a flaming headache, fear not because you can still get your summertime fix on the grid!
Here’s a few reasons why Summer in Second Life rules!
1. Summer rules in Second Life because you can celebrate the spirit of summer 24/7 365 days a week. Just find a summery sim and you’re sorted!
2. You don’t get tan lines. There are skins that feature these, but I’m sure readers of this blog wouldn’t be the kind of folks who would indulge…
3.You don’t have to apply sunscreen in SL, rendering yourself similar in appearance to a very well greased kipper, and you don’t have to re-apply it once the wind blows a bit of sand in your direction and turns you into sandpaper. Obviously you can get body oil textures in SL, but I refer you to my previous comments about skins that feature tan-lines, as often the two go together. People..DO NOT DO IT!!
4. Virtual ice-cream contains no calories, and you can eat the biggest sundae you want without barfing up afterwards! This is of course providing your Avatar isn’t ‘barf-enabled’. If you are? Unlucky!
5. Should you feel inclined to go surfing/ride a giant inflatable banana/swim in shark infested waters then you can, all without getting wet! Amazing stuff this isn’t it? ( You can tell I’m running out of ideas here…gahh!)
6. Sunburn doesn’t happen UNLESS you are using your wireless network to log into SL from the garden, and have thrown caution to the wind regarding adequate self-coverage. You rebel you!
7. (This one is kind of tied in 4) Barbecues – you can have as many as you want, invite your friends round and drink beers aplenty WITHOUT the hangover or the food poisoning! No more “I think this could do with a couple more minutes” as you bite into a semi-raw yet still burned to a crisp chicken leg!
8. You don’t get jet-lag teleporting to beaches or sea sickness. You don’t get stuck in Terminal 5 either, as your luggage flies off on its own holiday to Italy. Why bother going on holiday in real life when you can do a SL vacation for free? The SS Galaxy has so many features that you could actually spend your holiday on board without having to leave the ship. I actually rented a cabin for a fortnight there last year…ahem.
9. You can sight-see without worrying about getting mugged (unless you want to..kinky chuff!) Being griefed of course is a completely different matter…
10. Last, but not least..NO MOSQUITOS! you won’t get bitten by any manky nasty buggery bugs in a SL summer. Not unless you want to of course.
In fact…here’s a challenge for the SL skin designers, is anyone making a holiday skin replete with tan lines, sunburn AND Mossy bites for that truly authentic summery touch? ;P
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