Another huge benefit of SL!

The chance to take a class on poses in photography from Raul Crimson!

Cool eh?

As a bonus - my favourite elf and I finally got to be in the same room together. First time ever!

This was a really good day. :)

Dizzy Banjo & Visit Mexico! Love this place!

One of those days that couldn't happen anywhere but SL. :) Got a group im from Dizzy Banjo asking for volunteers to head to Visit Mexico. Gee - playing in Mexico with Dizzy or continuing with my mind- numbing script transfer project? No contest!

Dizzy will post the pics of us all on his Flickr page. If you haven't been to Visit Mexico you should go - and notice the fabulous music that Dizzy contributed to the build. Good news this morning that they've recieved confirmation of another year's funding. So this destination will be there at least that long.

Max Morgan

Went to Gibson Island to hear a new musical talent in SL - Max Morgan. If you get a chance go listen. :)

Relay for Life Flags and Sign Package

I've added a few new flags around my home parcel and Aintree Gardens. If you don't have your copy of the Relay for Life flag and sign package yet send me an im - I'll pass one to you. :)

PS - in answer to some queries/comments - Yes, I am a Canadian. And yes I give my time and money to the Canadian Cancer Society. But that doesn't mean I can't support the efforts of the American Cancer Society in my own virtual backyard (as it were). :)

Hurrah for 1.25.6!

I don't know what the Apache2 Process is - but the rolling restart this morning was supposed to fix a performance problem (read Lag). And it would appear that it did!

After the restart I did all the things in the garden that usually caused me to start tearing out my (virtual) hair, clear cache and mumble obscenities. Didn't happen :) I'm sure lag hasn't been erased on the sim but it's so much improved that I might have to find a rl t-shirt that reads 1.25.6 - they are now my lucky numbers. :)

Party on Taylor Bay

Across the street from (one side of) Aintree Gardens on Taylor Bay is a party/dance parcel. This saturday (March 7th) starting at 7:00 pm SLT there will be back to back concerts by virtual bands Nickelback (7:00 to 8:30) and Motley Crue (8:30 to 9:30).

On March 29th there will be a day long car show, drag races and concerts by virtual AC/DC and Kid Rock. I'll post more about that day, and the extensive preparations underway, closer to the actual event. :)

If you like those bands and like to dance then I think you should try and be there!

Skye Faery Castle

Alex Bader has built the most incredible new castle! You know I love my Steampunk Castle - one of his builds. This one is called the Sky Faery Castle. If I didn't already have my Steampunk I would buy this one - all 900 and some prims of it. And those prims don't include the amazing furniture he's showing inside.

The castle is huge, has these beautiful curved lines and he's done terrific textures (something I fussed with on the Steampunk Castle).

The great hall.

This throne is for sale but isn't included with the castle. The same holds true for the other pieces on display.

I know these are dark but I didn't have a torch with me. This is a room to the side of the great hall and up a level.

Up a flight of stairs on the outside of the castle and I came to another level with more rooms, including the bedroom (with a really cool bed).

If you go down from the great hall - using this amazing staircase - you wind up in the basement.

Press the right part of the wall down here and you open the door to the dungeon.

A person could have sooooo much fun in this thing. It's really really special.

One word of warning - I tried to investigate the tower next door to it - thinking it might be for sale too. I wound up "dead" and transported back to my own castle.