Happy Anniversary Split Screen-New Exhibits Now Open through December 31st. 2011

Visit Here: secondlife.com/secondlife/Beleza/128/128/9 or direct link here: SplitScreenHere.
December 1st brought in the most recent Spilt Screen installation. Be sure to be on the latest LL viewer, Firestorm, or some other mesh enabled viewer to see as intended.


Last night I ran over to Split Screen to chat with Dividni Shostakovich, the curator/owner who gave me a sneek peek, and I fist stepped into Artistide Despres', "Let These Facts Be Known". I was like, "Divi, what is this, some kind of political statement or something?" I think he blandly said, "Something like, yes". He's really pretty patient with me. Well no doubt about it after I completely rezzed it on my newly installed "Firestorm Viewer". I heard shouts of a peaceful protest, police riots, all kids of protesting in fact. And the words around the picketer sculpt were clearly a statement about government. My photos can't do it justice, as the buildings around this are very cool as well and just need to be experienced. This is an awesome build that really should be visited and Divi blogged it saying, " The title is taken from the Declaration of the Occupation of New York City, which presents a list of 23 realities of political and economic life in the US and often paralleled elsewhere, ranging from the foreclosure crisis to bailouts to the commodification of privacy to torture and more." He provides a great description of both builds in Split Screen actually so check out his blog too: http://dividni.blogspot.com/2011/11/happy-anniversary-with-artistide.html or direct link here: DiviHere.

After I absorbed the impressive and somewhat inciting exhibit of Artee who has been building since 2007 at New Caerleon, I hopped over to the "Other Side" to see Eupalinos Ugajin's "grace au Soleil" which means what?, "From the Sun".. I guess. I dropped down the entrance hole into a huge surreal sort of playground.There is a lot to see and do in this immersive installation. Enable media for this build. The note card says in part.. 1. A "Table des Captures"
2. "A very expensive machine by which Humanity tries to export Life before it destroys the Planet"
3. I needed a door…
and just behind a
4. "Window wondering where to land"
5. Random images in camera's chamber. Are you the source or one element of the final image?
6. Zoetrope: what will the dancer inside empty or fill tonight? Or maybe those walls are the ones who invent her mouvements ?
7. Will you find the mattress of your dreams flying around with the help of this helmet ?
8. I was told it is on the way to find an "invisible island" but what happened to the passengers ?
9. You just sat on one cube and you are now a Landscape Architect for a few seconds. Are you precise enough to bomb the 1% claiming "This is MY GRASS" below you ?"... and more
In other words it's a playground, ride around, click, check things out and enjoy.
Also check out Eupa's "Some Day My Cow Will Come" at Twofish.

These two latest Split Screen exhibits will run through December 31st at which time other artists will begin building their exhibits. Contact Divi in-world if interested in exhibiting.

Congratulations to Divi and Split Screen for an impressive full first year of amazing exhibits by some of SL's finest artists!

BOSL Winter Wonderland Fashion Show Dec 3rd.

The info. states: "BOSL WINTER WONDERLAND FASHION SHOW
DEC 3RD - 10 AM SLT at the Renaissance Galleria visit here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Renaissance%20Galleria/124/78/3314 or direct link here: WinterWonderlandHere.

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Paying homage to elegant and chic Japanese couture, the 2012 Miss Virtual World Finalists will compete before a panel of judges in the eagerly anticipated WINTER WONDERLAND SHOW on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. SLT! This will be your last chance to see the 2012 Misses on one stage prior to the final competition on December 17, 2011.

Real life Broadway Actor/Singer/Songwriter Tamra Sands will perform LIVE at this event on a breathtaking winter wonderland stage created by the incomparable Maddox DuPont. Each finalist has created her own mix-and-match "kimono gone couture" look for this competition in a winter theme that will astound and delight!

We will also pay tribute and bid a very fond farewell to an amazing woman who gave so much of herself during this past year, our 2011 Miss Virtual World, Serene Faith. As we say goodbye to Serene, we sincerely thank and appreciate the special and unique gifts that she brought to the title of Miss Virtual World: her exciting and elegant styling, her assistance and guidance in helping to welcome and bring the teens into the adult grid, her compassionate, selfless, and tireless work in raising money for the Japan Relief Fund, which helped the Japanese people devastated by last year's tsunami, and so many hours spent with appearances, lectures, and interviews. Her heart is always open and her elegance beyond compare, so please join us in a memorable tribute to this remarkable woman!

A special thank you to Dahriel Resident who created the stunning WINTER WONDERLAND SHOW poster.

You will want to arrive early to get a seat as we expect a full house for this event!"

Cocoon- Hope X-ll-Explore Second Life

Visit here:http://slurl.com/secondlife/Strand/93/21/49 or direct link here: CocoonHere.

My good Friend Cafi suggested I might like this sim and handed me a landmark. He knows what I love and this was it. This sim is loaded with beauty, unusual, pose balls, stray lights, magic doors, flying elephants and baloons (big and small) faces in rocks, gargoyles, flowers and grasses, crazy trees, a giant mother turtle with a building on her back and two babies nearby, a steampunkish air ship, colors colors everywhere, more pose balls, moving waters, and did I say colors?, bubbles, statues, skywriting, birds and butterflies, a huge treehouse, boats and so much more. Yes.. I love it all. I was joined by friends Belinda Barnes, Burly Tigerpaw and Gimee Sorbet. There is a lot to see, so don't miss a bit of it. The sim is by rikku Yalin.









So, yeah.. I took a lot of photos.. : )

The Dark Swamp-Explore Second Life

Visit here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Dark%20Swamp/128/128/27 or direct link here: TheDarkSwampHere.
My friend Toogy IM'd me today saying she was thinking about going out as a dark fairy. After some discussion we decided to go play together and maybe take some photos. I was headed to "The Dark Swamp" anyway, and the place worked out great for some playtime and photos/filming as it is very beautiful with pretty water, grasses, trees, a swing that all go well with windlights. I made a short vid to the Pan's Labrynth song.

This is a Cherry Manga build so you know it's great. There is a shop and tps to some sky areas and the shop sells some very nice things and some fun stuff at great prices. Perfect for fairys : ) The sim info. says, "Very low price items by Cherry Manga and Loup Erin.
Skins, Tattoos, clothes and accessories, complete avatars. Furniture and home decoration, garden plants and tree. Art sculptures."

Tajuk Oasis - Explore Second Life

Visit Here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tajuk%20Oasis/171/66/33 or direct link here: TajukHere.


I popped into this next explore to the tune of the "My Name I Michael" song playing in their sim which I thought was cute considering I haven't heard that song for ages and this is an adult Gor role play sim. It was actually Gorian Radio that played a wide variety of music while I was in the sim. In this place you have to wear the meter even if entering as an observer. They had some specific guidelines at the entry so I conformed. When I exited the landing cave I was pleasantly surprised at the very cool build I viewed below me. I strolled around and enjoyed my first SL sand storm and I entered some very cool caves. Of course my curiosity got the better of me so I allowed myself to drop into a type of cistern or hole in the cave floor only to find myself trapped in a shallow watery area. So I cheated and flew out since no one came to my rescue. The place has great waterfalls and other scenic areas. It sits right next door to City of Tor. I was really pretty impressed with the scenery. It looks like they have Gor events scheduled too. The radio personality talked of events in the city of three moons, and this place has three moons, so must be the place. Check it out if you have interest in this.

Linden Realms

Experience a whole new side of Second Life in Linden Realms — quest, conquer and gain Linden Dollars! For Premium Members only. Visit here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nysray/128/128/79 or direct link here: NysrayHere.



So I've been hearing about the premium beta of Linden Realms for premium members and got curious. Apparently there are various "portals" around the grid to go to special places, and get free things. I went to the SL destination guide and saw some of these listed. I saw at least 6, Nysray, Bricker, Prodesse, Exemplar, Formonsa, and Mirus. I tp'd to Prodesse and asked someone there was what going on and the purpose. She said the area is a sandbox for premium users. I figured there had to be much more to it than that. So I tried the next one, Nysray. When there I picked up another gift pack that contained furniture crafted by Colleen Desmoulins of The Loft.

There is a zip line to a portal in Nysray. Kara on Phoenix viewer saw the portal as a big grey blob but Krys saw the portal as a cool entrance portal (as she is on Firestorm and can see Mesh) and Kara followed her in. Once in it automatically loaded a whole different interface and game. It automatically attached a hud. It had a menu and explained in script what to do. The first challenge was to gather 3 colored crystals. In my first attempt I wandered into some bad water trying to pic up a crystal and was instantly killed and sent back to a landing point. My next attempt got me killed by a moving bolder type thing that chased me and ran me over. I switched directions going up a hill to pick up some crystals of two of the needed colors. From there I cam'd the area for the elusive red crystal and to see what was around. I saw huge rocks with faces spewing lava boulders that also looked lethal and other interesting sites.

The graphic design was of a more cartoonish nature than SL. Parts of it are mesh. I'm not totally into quests or games if given a choice of my normal social interactive SL type play, so that was about as far as I got. I asked someone else there what they thought of it and the response was, that it's interesting, but not exciting. Exactly what I thought. I am wondering if LL made this for new avatars to learn how to manipulate in the form of a game, and/or as a reward for premium users, maybe geared more toward newer users or something. Or maybe it's in part testing some things. Maybe I'm not a typical gamer. SL to me is very social and more about what yo make of it. No rules or getting killed by a rock involved in my normal play. Anyway, it was very interesting and I guess some people really like it a lot. Maybe a fun way to gain extra Lindens. Here's what SL site has to say about it: " Linden Realms takes you through basic exploration and game-play, where you can earn Linden dollars by gathering gems and completing quests." Read more about it here: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Linden-Realms-Frequently-Asked-Questions/ta-p/1057471 or direct link here: LLRealmsInfoHere.

Black Friday

Shop till you drop then come home and decorate. SL is loaded with sales and freebies today too. I just decorated my SL home with some great quality freebies and gifts and now I am on my way out to decorate my RL home. Happy holidays everyone. 29 days until Christmas!