SL15B Finale

I logged in to SL last week and my friend, August West, reminded me it was the official final day of SL15B. He tp'd me and the huge cake stage was literally imploding or maybe exploding is the right way to describe what was going on, following a show.  I was lucky enough to see so many pieces of the cake stage falling from the sky onto the spectators, bouncing around in all its beautiful, lit, colorful glory.  There are many videos of it out on Flickr and Youtube coming down, with pieces dropping and bouncing around the avatars.  Afterward we visited his friend Bridget's crystal tree exhibit then took the pod tour for a last look at the exhibits. I had to grab a few final pictures to save on my blog.  This is an annual Second Life birthday party/community convention, with many exhibits by residents, some huge special exhibits and tons of events, music, etc. The shopping area closed July 2nd and I was able to get my free 500L Blueberry shopping gift card they gave out to all visitors, which was a nice treat especially considering the whole event was totally free.   If you've never been to one of the past SLB events, be sure to keep your eyes open for next year's, as its a annual must see event.

 Before:

 
 and after...
 

Bridget's crystal tree exhibit
 

 The pod tour
 

Various exhibits we passed on our tour

 
To see more images click directly on a picture and it will take you to my Flickr where I have plenty more and they can be resized. There is a Flickr group with some great pics taken by others and some video. There are also some videos on Youtube.

SL15B Open!

SL15B-see prior post for more info.
Visit the Crystal Rotunda Mainstage here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL15B%20Exhilarate/75/177/23

SLurl to The Serpent: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL15B%20Mesmerize/133/12/30

Schedule link here: http://www.slcommunitycelebration.info/sl15b-master-schedule/

Be sure to make your way to an official landing spot to get your free welcome package with landmarks, freebies/swag, ride the tour pods, enjoy the hunt, visit the over 200 resident exhibits, have some fun at the many ongoing events (see official SL15B web site for calendar of events), time capsule, 2 parcels of freebies, and explore!

Their welcome note starts off: "Welcome to the SL15B, the big crystal birthday party of Second Life with a large program of events. The SL15B runs with all events from 17. June to 24. June 2018, in addition, the sims are open until 30. June 2018 to explore them."

Every year there are one or two builds that just WOW me.. and this is it! Looks like it was made by Walton Wainwright (faust.steameer) The Serpent. It's huge and there is a stage area for events inside the building that is impressive.


Once again the cake stage is also huge and gorgeous.
  And tonight I caught a Toxie show, which was great as always.
  Here is a good landing area that includes the info you need.
 

SL14B, Second Life Annual Community Celebration Opening Day Sunday June 18th

Visit the welcome area here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL14B%20Impressive/96/122/80
A greeter at the main landing area gave me a wearable hud map, a had and flag.  The hud map is very handing in gettiner around.  They do have the moving pods again too for a nice tour.  Another good landing area is here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL14B%20Stupendous/128/128/18

The Second Life Community Celebration runs from June 18th through the 25th.
Visit their official web site for full details, daily event schedule, more landmaarks, etc here: http://www.slcommunitycelebration.info/

Their theme this year as stated in part from their website states "Our theme for SL14B is “Carnivalesque!” If this is a birthday, then we’re going to have a festival worthy of Second Life®! Strike up the band, toss on your glad rags, and join us at the SL®14B Community Celebration as we hit the carnival."

The annual Second Life community/birthday celebration is underway and I stopped by for opening day as I was busy RL for the press day.  I have to say, there was one corner I was very excited about from the minute I saw it.   This was the area of Stupendous Stage Left, The Guardian, by Faust Stamer/Walton F. Wainwright , direct SLURL here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL14B%20Stupendous/119/200/26) which caught my eye.  Atop this creature sits a cool venue too that was filled with music and dancing visitors.  It's absolutely huge and delectably eclectic and steampunk looking in design. The 3 headed armoured creature moves its heads, blows steam out its nostrils, has a pool at its base you can walk in and be teleported up to the glass tented stage dance and show area he holds atop his back. And believe me, once you've climbed the many steps up to the initial pool, you are ready for that cool teleport. There are some other large and very nice builds in this general area and in all the sections of this huge 18 sim community celebration.

I also very much loved Pan's Labrynth and ultimately Neverland Soiree here.. I hope: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL14B%20Wonderous/236/27/24

Once again there are associated Linden freebies/prizes (see their home web site for landmarks under the SLURLS tab) there are also SL birthday sales going on around the grid and on the SL Marketplace.

Happy 14th birthday Second Life and to all the residents.  Come out and enjoy the wonderful variety of builds, art, music and other entertainment, etc. representing many of the things residents make and do to contribute to everyone's pleasure and experience.

Thanks!

Huge Ty to Cash and Kathy for the many wonderful birthday presants! Love ya! PR on the Earthstone heart locket jewelry set which also comes with matching earrings. 'Plays music, opens and closes the heart locket and scrolls through the images I've loaded upon touch.

SLB13, Happy Birthday Second Life!

Visit here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL13B%20Pizzazz/128/128/22
SL official SLB 13 site with daily schedules and all info.: http://www.slcommunitycelebration.info/
More SL info. : https://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Celebrate-Second-Life-s-13th-Birthday-with-Us/ba-p/3040332
Official landing area and welcome center on the air ship here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL13B%20Impressive/119/191/127
MadPea SLB13 landing spot: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL13B%20Spellbound/128/128/25

This year’s theme for the SL13B Community Celebration is “The Shared Adventure.”

It's that time of year again for the Second Life Birthday party!  The above first link takes you straight to the big birthday cake stage made by Mikati Slade. Inside the cake is the stage area where there is a lot of music and dancing, djs, etc.  There are various other stage areas and the place is loaded with tons of fun things to see and do and events.  The pod tours are back, as well as the free gifts.  For the schedule and all info. check out the 2nd link above. The last link is the welcome area which is a great place to start, get links, info, gifts, enjoy entertainment, etc.   The SLB13 runs today through July 3rd.

 


(The welcome area ship above, the official logo below and MadPea at the bottom)


(MadPea ride)

Happy Birthday Kathy!

SLB 12 Coming This June: Apply Now

Check out the official web site to apply to exhibit, perform, volunteer, do media and help in a variety of ways.  http://www.slcommunitycelebration.info/our-theme-sl12b/logos/

This June the theme of the Second Life community birthday party is "What Dreams May Come."  This comes from the soliloquy from Shakespeare's Hamlet, "To be, or not to be.."  From the blog site.."We want to see your dreams, what do you imagine for the future, what are your aspirations, or what is your own personal flight of fancy?"  Hurry over to the site and sign up to be a part of this annual exciting event.

 

Grand Opening Educational Sim and Birthday Party Saturday

Visit here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/UWA%20Virlantis/128/128/23

(addendum: adding some sneak peek photos of Soni and the sim)

SL10B Bear

SL10B Bear a video by Kara Trapdoor on Flickr.

Visit here for your free SL10b bear: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/SL10B-Bear-Avatar/4944841

Ok, I added the tutu skirt. 

Shopkeeper Linden's SL Marketplace offers this free bear along with other SL10b freebies.  The site states:
"The past ten years have seen Bears play an important part of the Second Life experience. To pay homage and celebrate the history of this noble animal, we have created a limited edition SL10B Bear avatar that comes ready to have a good time!\

**Materials**
This item is one of a handful of items using the new Materials feature. This feature allows more detailed surface texturing and reflection without increasing the overall render cost of using the item inworld. Your object will work without the Materials Viewer, but will be even more amazing with a Viewer that supports this feature. To learn more about Materials, and get the Beta Viewer, please see http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Materials-Beta-Viewer-Launches/ba-p/2030021.

** SL10B **
SL10B is here! SL10B is the 10th anniversary (or birthday) of Second Life. We are thrilled to celebrate 10 years of community and creativity and have generated this special content to help out! Many of our items are unlimited, so grab these on the Marketplace or inworld starting June 16, 2013 at the SL10B regions. Some of our items are very special and only available inworld at the SL10B regions--and only in limited quantities. Keep checking back, because we’ll be adding new items through the end of June 2013! If you’d like to learn more about what else is happening to help celebrate SL10B, please see the Featured News blog post about SL10B (http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Celebrate-a-Decade-of-Second-Life/ba-p/2033461)."

So Keep an eye open for the fun products then visit SL10B starting June 16th!

Happy 3rd Birthday BOSL Radio

Happy 3rd Birthday BOSL Radio, a photo by Kara 2 on Flickr.

Party pic from the BOSL 3rd birthday party at Studio 4 --  Congrats BOSL radio!

SL10B June 16-29, 2013--Submit Applications and Be a Part of "Looking Forward. Looking Back" 10 Years

SL10B, a photo by Kara 2 on Flickr. (logo credit: Harlequin Rhode)

Visit the official site for all the details: http://slcommunitycelebration.com/
It states: "The SL10B Community Celebration is Second Life’s 10th anniversary resident-run gala celebration, and it happens from June 16 to June 29. This year, we’ll have 20 sims cram-packed with art, exhibitions, information, and events."

Check out the site to see how to submit applications to exhibit, perform, and be a part!

I received inworld info on the upcoming SL10B which should be a great since it's the big 10 and they are always fun anyway! The latest release states:
"Read the SL10B blog – there will be regular updates and information posted there!
http://slcommunitycelebration.com/
You can also follow us through various social media:
Our Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/groups/SL10B/
Our Twitter stream – https://twitter.com/SLBCommunity
Our Flickr Group - http://www.flickr.com/groups/2187760@N21/
We also have an information group inworld - "The SLB Community" (without the "") - it's free to join so sign up inworld to hear announcements there before you hear them anywhere else.
The theme of the event will be: Looking Forward, Looking Back.
~~Some key dates for your calendar:~~
April 15 Volunteer/Performer, Exhibitor Applications open
May 20 Volunteer/Performer, Exhibitor Applications close
~~How can I be part of this?~~
As Exhibitors are invited to show off their community and its special nature to others.
You might prefer to join the team of Hosts (greeters) welcoming all the visitors and handing out gifts, helping find locations, mentoring any newcomers who might need extra help and making the party happen.
Stage Manager or you are a DJ or Live Performer and would like to share your talent from one of our stages. Or perhaps you want to share your passion and knowledge as a Presenter through a lecture or roundtable discussion in our Auditorium. Others of you might be interested in Security or Public Relations. We’re looking for your energetic participation in all of these roles."

Dividni Shoshtakovich's Birthday

My good friend and owner/curator of Split Screen Installation Space had a real life birthday recently.  The gang threw me a surprise party for my birthday that was shortly before Divi's.  So when Divi said he didn't want a party for his, I immediately began scheming with the other two Divi's Divas.  Isabelle Mavendorf did an amazing job with the set and choreography/dj, Emma Portilo coordinated, and I contributed venue and ideas and in the end we ended up with a little production. We all 3 prepared roasts to last him another (how many years is it now Divi?)   I won't mention how the actual party turned out since Divi is the master at avoidance, but in the end I was able to film a little bit of the song and dance at a later date to preserve it all.  Some of it's sort of an inside joke, since we got together last year and sprung a surprise makeover on Divi ending in the fuzzy full body animal pajamas and a short machinima to preserve that event as well ... track back here for more on that: http://karasecondlife.blogspot.com/2011/08/makeover-otherwise-known-as-project_05.html
So this year when we burst out of the cake to dance of course we had to wear those same fuzzy outfits.  Later we followed up with presenting the roasts all the while Divi sat on the hot seat, a special on fire electric chair (another inside joke, since we often drive Divi a little, you know, he wears that straight jacket).  Finally we did a little burlesque Cell Block Tango, becuase of course Divi ... had it coming. 

But he knows we all love him dearly.  A few special friends also attended the later filming date.  Thanks everyone.  The vid is small here so I'll add some stills.  Again, hope you had a great birthday this year Divi and just wait till next year. : )

In case you are wondering:   I'm in pink bunny, red burlesque, and yellow dress.   Emma is white cat (I think), white/black burlesque and red/black outfit, and Izzy is black/white panda, blue burlesque and white gown.  Also thanks for hanging out at the filming Gus, Kathy and David, and of course the man of the hour Dividni Shoshtakvich. 

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As a side note, Divi's SSIS Art space ranked #3 in Levity Magazine's top 10 galleries in Second Life.  I have to say I'm proud to have been a regular supporter in it's first year and Divi has done an amazing job of keeping it going strong.  Check out his blog for all things SL art and more SSIS information here: http://dividni.blogspot.com/

BOSL Radio's 2nd Birthday Party -24 hour stream and party!

Visit Here at 10am SLT: http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Frolic%20Sim/129/107/25 or direct link here: BOSLRadioFrolicHere.

Frolic Millso CEO of BOSL will host the final 2 hours of the 24 hours BOSL Radio 2nd birthday party radio stream event this weekend. The dj's have been having a blast with this 24 hours party in various locations around the grid and the final 2 hours will be located at the above SLurl Frolic's special place all set up for guests. I popped in early for a few pics and it looks like it will be a lot of fun, as the entire weekend has been.

(BOSL CEO Frolic Mills)

(The tables are set up for the grand finale)

I took a few party pics along the way:

(CottonCandy Teardrop, DJ and BOSL Radio Exec. on location for the party at Egoisme)


(DJ Sonicity Fitzroy)

(BlairBond performed following DJ Soni)
Crowd Shots:

(Ariel view at Egoisme)

(Belinda Barnes)

(Ramses, Sweetvincent and Jakub)