The 100.000L photo contest

Yes, you read that correctly: there is a photo contest going on and the winner is supposed to get 100.000L! It all feels a bit chaotic, but the contest runs until the 30th of June.The contest is named 'Celebrate a whore photo contest and instructions are to be found at Bar No.5, where the winners will be announced on 2 July at 2PM SL time.

Whotter is confident his fish photo will win him 100.000L

I will show my submissions for the contest later on. Of course I could not take part in it without Whotter getting involved somehow. So here he is, sneaking up on me and posing with his big fish, while I am taking a nap after my photoshoot.

An eagle avatar

I walked into the No.5 Bar the other day and a fan and reader of my blog was there. He sent me this wonderful gift:

He gave me this eagle avatar. In the picture I changed the pattern into a bearded vulture, but that's just as pretty, don't you think?

Sometimes, scouring the street, I can feel like I am an eagle, or a vulture even. Scanning the area for prospects, approaching some, ignoring or even avoiding others. The hunt can be exciting!

Of course, Fiver, the bar's owner, looked at me and then asked around in the room: "Who turned Tsai into a bunch of feathers?"

Virtual Cultures in Pandemic Times premiere

 

For 2 years Second Life film maker Draxtor has been working on a film on virtual cultures during the coronavirus pandemic. Last weekend Whotter and I had the chance to be present at it's premiere. Over a 100 avatars gathered in the in-world cinema. I don't recall having sseen so many avatars in one place in Second Life in many years. Usually regions are limited to 35 or 40 avatars or so.

I will embed the film here, with the first paragraph of it's accompanying text.

 

 

Since March 2020, Draxtor has been following UC Irvine Department of Anthropology researchers Tom Boellstorff, Evan Conaway, Chandra Middleton and Sandy Wenger around Animal Crossing and Second Life to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping online interaction. In the film, protagonists from all over the world open up about their anxieties and everyday challenges during the last two years, and share what virtual worlds and social games mean to them in the context of a global health crisis.

Fuck you, Putin

 

This is what we say to Vladimir Putin

Where has Tsai Cheng been?

 Yes, you are probably wondering:

"Where has Tsai been?"

Well, actually I have been at the Second Life Bookclub a lot. With Whotter, who has his own tiny seat. He thinks it's a VIP seat of course and yesterday venue designer Ruby Geek even placed it on a table. Now Whotter surely thinks he is a Very Important Person...

 Meanwhile whores have been whoring, or drinking, like these 2. Waiting for 2020, 2021, to be over and life returning to normal. Like Second Life ever would be...

Where has Whotter been? Well, besides coming with me to the Bookclub, thinking he is a famous author, he has mostly been selling the girls fish and chips. Which is not a wise thing to buy from him. He has probably caused his fair share of obesity and food poisoning by now.

But what can I say? It probably eliminates the competition...

The summer slump has started

The Urban Dictionary says about the 'summer slump':

A period during summer in which a person performs inefficiently due to the excessive amount of free time on their hands.

Causes: Lack of school or a job, absence of friends, insufficient funds, and/or lack of transportation.

For me it is: lack of business. All good, hardworking husbands and boyfriends are on vacation with partner and kids. And, God* forbid, they may even have sex with their wives. The poor things. Meanwhile we are bored to bits here. Even the bar is empty now.

So this is how Chrissy and I walked into the bar at the opposite side of the street. Well... guess. No one there either of course. So we amused ourselves for a few minutes and then walked back into Bar No.5 for a cup of coffee and something to smoke.

August really is the worst. I should go on vacation too.

But then, someone should go on vacation to here, right? As this photo by Chrissy shows, it does get pretty hot here, even in August.

 

* I am not even religious, but I guess this is an expression.

From bar to brothel

 "A fucking great sunday, " Fiver said and she was right.

The photo that barmaid Candy got me said it all. But I had just been missing out on the fun, arriving late to the scene. No cock and most important, no cash for this virtual whore.

Fiver's little bar has been doing exceptionally well. She sells beer and whisky there and has a bunch of sex furniture. The idea was just for the girls to hang out there though, originally. The men could buy them beers, after which the empty bottles can be recycled for a few Linden Dollars in the alley at the back. Now it is just packed with whores and clients on some days and they all seem to do very well.

As long as they arrive in time. I didn't...