Whotter plays golf in Second Life

Whotter has picked up a new hobby: he has been playing golf in Second Life the past week.

 

It all started when Whotter wanted to go out into nature and joined my friend Lucky on a trip around Rainbow Valley North Golf Course. Seeing all the trees and grass and the waterfalls around must have done it: he picked up a golf outfit the next day and started practicing...

 

He didn't even do too badly: he claims retrieving balls from the water is a specialty. Who knows, as an otter... Now he has set his eyes on competing in the Rainbow Masters, in April. I hope he won't be too disappointed when he doesn't win the big prize in the tournament.

Whotter has extended his practice to Street Whores now too. This resulted in Ngoc and Jess discovering a strange object behind the door of the Down Detective Agency. Unknowing that this was the marker for a golf ball's position, they quickly shut down the agency and marked it up for a cleanup operation by TAPS*

 

As of today, the agency is still closed, as the ower hasn't paid the cleaning bill for an 'alien object' yet. More news to follow...

*TAPS: Topless Alien Prim Sanitation

Whotterworld

We received news that Whotter had rented one of the apartments, in the big flat blocks at the northern side at Street Whores. This seemed a bit strange. Why would he rent a flat if he already has a place to live?

 

It soon became clear though: his sister Ngọc had accompanied him in his quest to rent a top-floor apartment and convert it into something we didn't have yet in town: an indoor swimming pool.

 

We're not sure all the neighbours of the new swimming pool will like this initiative, escpecially the ones living straight below it. Let's hope this all ends well and without too much damage...

If you want to visit it: the place is called 'Whotterworld'.

 

A battle against the 'Online Safety Bill'

A controversial British 'Online Safety Bill' that will be enforced starting March has quite the overreach when it comes to fundamental human rights, privacy foremost. Jess has blogged about it in two recent posts on her website. I will link them here.

In the first post she outlines what the possible consequences are for her website and what options she would have as a provider of (Second Life) pornography in the UK:

How the UK ID Verification Law Threatens Online Privacy and This Website 

In the second post she outlines how the platform is a direct attack on creativity, privacy and free expression and she sets out her own action/campaign against it:

Natural Porn Enemy of the State | Fighting for Privacy and Freedom 

One of the things she has out is the T-shirt of course. There is also a protest sign. Both are available on marketplace, or inworld at the X-Sisters Shop.

Meanwhile the Cheng family is now fully in her outfit, minus Whotter of course. Only the sign will fit him so far...

Winter and a new year at Street Whores

The holidays are over and I am happy things return a little bit to normal for me now. I like one-on-one contact better than all the social pressure with the holidays.

We had a lot of fun at Street Whores though, with the Home Decoration Contest and the Christmas Party. On New Year's Eve (whenever that is in SL as we are all in different timezones) Jess had lit fireworks that went off every hour.

 

Virginia Stella organised 2 DJ's for the Christmas party and made these wonderful photos. It was a lot of fun, but oh boy, was I tired afterwards.

Meanwhile, Whotter and Ngọc befriended my friend's daughter Kvêta. One day after the weekly Second Life rolling restart I suddenly saw them all stand together on my roof, overlooking the streets. It was a bit strange to see Whotter and Kvêta not going at eachother's throats.

 

 

Otherwise, it is business at usual. With just the little change that my house is getting a bit small now, with my daughter now providing a large chunk of the family income. I had to get myself earplugs.

A sister for Whotter

We all know how crazy Second Life can be. The past weekend it brought me and my son Whotter an addition to the family: Ngọc. Due to our home location she had to be born fully-developed and 18+. What can I say? It saves some work buying child avatars and accompanying furniture?

Ngọc Diệp Thị Cheng was born with everything fully developed and all mature. As actually most of us choose to do in this virtual thought. Now that is a thought for you.

As sure as she is actually allowed in my home, you are all invited for... well not the baby shower, geez, how do we call the arrival of a mature daughter into this world?

/me sighs

A dance to remember Rachael

Today marks a year since Rachael Ezvalt, my old friend at Street Whores, passed away. We had a little dance last night to commemorate her. At her Memorial Garden at X-Sisters.

 

 

Winter, her partner, came too. She always had beautifully crafted avatars. This time she was a blue dragon, a new shape for us. We looked a bit through the messages left over the past year and made ourselves ready for the dance. Most friends walked in soon after us.

 

 DJ Zach played the set, mostly consisting of songs that Rachael once played herself as DJ or requested. He also included some from her SoundCloud. Some of us wondered who would count the fish in the fishtank, a job Rachael would have reserved for the new trainees at X-Sisters... Whotter volunteered, but we told him he would not be allowed to count fish.

And of course, the boxbot heads returned once again...

 

Whotter Moved out

 

I brought a client to my room and much to my surprise, found whotter sitting in front of my bed. That wasn't very convenient: no one expects an otter in the room when they hire a prostitute. They may fear getting bitten and so. We don't want that... So I sent him off.

Whotter didn't like the idea either it seemed. He hit me up afterwards and expressed his need for more privacy. So I decided to help him find a nice place for himself. But not too far away: family sticks together, after all.
It didn't take me long to find him this nice bungalow tent he could setup on the roof.

It even provided him with the most fantastic view down over the alley and the streets beyond. I think Whotter will really enjoy his new room here on the roof.