Mix'n Match

Following that professional lobbyist answering to the name of Princess Ivory (she would do great at Capitol Hill, but being of royal blood she hates everything related to the republic) I joined the Second Life Bloggers Mix'n Match initiative. See here and here (the blogs of Vint Falken and ArminasX Saiman, the promoters of the initiative) for the details.

I immediately started to regret it. I am scared like hell that I will make fun of myself and I probably got a topic I have absolutely nothing to say about. But well ... now I am on the dancefloor so I better dance (that is Italian, do you say that in English ? :) )

Wish me good luck! :D

W

Libris no more

Libris no more
Originally uploaded by Wildstar Beaumont

Miss Serra just held a meeting in Winterfell, about the openspaces crisis. Among other plans she also said that her own private home, Winterfell Libris, will have to go. Libris is the sim just outside my Star Port, probably the view I enjoy most when I am logged in. I spent hours on the deck of the Morning Star looking at the sunsets behind it. And now it will be no more

So much beauty lost

W

will much beauty be lost forever ?

Maldoror in daylight
Originally uploaded by Wildstar Beaumont

I have always considered this picture one of my best SL captures. It is Winterfell Maldoror, just east of my home in Ebonshire.

Maldoror is a void (or openspace, as they are officially addressed). I have seen literally hundreds of these sims being born since the year began, giving people the opportunity to have their own private space away from drama and harassment, let creativity work and almost always giving birth to places of great beauty. I have seen thematic regions grow rapidly, adding new areas that I never tire to explore and look with amazement. It is incredible how much beauty and diversity people are able to create.

Today I have spent most of the time reading about the new policy that will probably kill forever these opportunities. People are angry, sad, crying. And I understand all of that.

What bothers me most is that feeling, that I am sure many have experienced, and that, despite wanting to be optimistic at all costs, so many time already in the past told me that things were changing. I felt it as school, in relationships, in workplaces. And now that same feeling in here in SL. I am already being told and reading about people leving SL. Some can be seen even here in the right colums among the blogs I read.

I feel sad today

W

the new policy on Openspaces

the new costs for void sims sound suicidal. LL is chopping the only growing part of SL

do they think they are going to fill Nautilus this way ?

too much SL ?

Today I was at a RL party (yes, I know ... I have strange habits).

The place was beautiful, on a hilltop overlooking the sea. At a certain point I knew that Orion was about to rise but it was dark by then and I did not know which direction. Istinctively I started looking left and right for the minimap to use as a compass ...

That is bad, is it not ? :)

guardian angels

Guardian Angel
Originally uploaded by Wildstar Beaumont

there are moments when one feels lonely, sad, lost, miserable. there are these moments ... no way to avoid them

yet, if you look carefully, these are the moments when you notice them most: they can look very different: rich and poor, wise and fools, nobles and commoners, princesses and clerics, humans and elfs, nekos and fairies, vampires and mermaids, shy and naughty

they act in very different ways: with a message or an email, a call or a smile, a comment, a pat on the shoulder or they offer their shoulder. They do not let you sink, they force you on your feet, they make you talk, they make you vent, they make you come out of your hideouts, and doing so you are lost no more

they are your guardian angels, and they care about you

sailracing

This is a "live" post: I am attending a sail race (as a spectator) in the Zinneman sim of the United Sailing Sims.
These boats are SOOOO fast ! The wind fills the spinnaker and pushes them faster and faster ! Just being here and watching is great fun!



I can't image the fun being in the race ! :))



have fun with a sail race !

W

milk wood

As it may be know to my few readers, I love to attend to in-world literary events, and especially to live readings.



I told before about the first reading of Aianna, that I consider the start of my serious dwelling in Second Life. Aianna has read in many in the past months: Faeria, Alurel, Winterfell ... and Milk Wood.



Milk Wood is an extraordinary institution: thanks to the commitment of Harriet Gausman, the soul behind the Guild of UK writers, almost every day it is possible to find event of the highest quality and entertainment: readings, poetry, novels, discussions, reviews, trivia. Milk Wood is based in the Scotland sims, Scotland Plarmigan and Scotland Inchlonaig, where there are reading areas, residential areas a merchant village dedicated to writers, all in a beautiful natural landscape.







I started attending Aianna's readings and more and more I became fond of other writers I learned to know there, talented people like Cora Hawker (fantastic horror and thrillers), Huckleberry Hax (master of virtual worlds novels), and Morgue McMillan (lovely poet), just to mention those I listened to several times, and apologizing to those I am forgetting.









I spend now 2-3 times per week at Mild Wood, thanks also to their European-friendly schedule and it is always with great pleasure.

Places like Mild Wood show once again the magic that can be found in SL.

Be well my friends, until the next time :)

W