BDSM Night

Another Friday night event at Cherry Street Nightclub resulted in a BDSM night. I was so very wound up and ready to throw a huge party! So I was talking with my sub during the day and decided that a nice, wholesome but kinky BDSM party was the way to go. "Wholesome" and "BDSM" used in the same sentence? Well let me tell you, there is lots to be said for BDSM couples and their kinks, especially in SL. But that's topic for a future post. It just seemed to make sense. Arrive in your best BDSM outfit or use your best BDSM device. Just an FYI, BDSM is dervied from Bondage, Discipline, Sadism and Masochism. It's not as bad as it sounds. If done correctly, it's a consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation and fantasy power role-play (RP). So if you've never tried it, don't judge.

My cat, Darren and Kitty at BDSM Night

The initial crowd was huge. Because my hostess Emi was forced to leave for 30 minutes or so, I was overwhelmed by the turnout crowd! I was getting music requests, which require tons of attention, plus there were oodles of people teleporting in to join in the festivities. People wearing silks, leather, floggers, basic signs (like Darren) and simple, strategically places leather straps as was my pride and joy, tulsym. It was a large crowd and I was so proud to show of my sub, cat. She fills me with such warmth and pride when I'm with her, no matter what we are doing. I was very nearly overwhelmed to say the least. We danced and I did my damnedest to play my son's requests for ICP and other bands but the mp3s I found were all corrupted, just like him. So no surprise there. But I did finally land him a tune of his liking, although he never expressed his appreciation... Typical of kids...

Kitty working the pole

Emi was a hugely welcome sight when she returned. She takes about 90% of the stress of hosting an event off of my shoulders. I don't know what I'd ever do without her. Regardless, lots of the attendees left early even before the contest ended which is probably a wonderful thing. We all worked ourselves up during the event and I suspect the couples all left to finish what my event started, and that's a good thing! The contest was aborted due to the fact that only my tulsym and Darren were left as contestants. My kitten would not have even been a contestant had I not insisted and I had to insist twice (which she will be punished for) before she would join the competition. I'm suspecting that she's beginning to enjoy my punishments which prompts me to dream up some more severe disciplinary actions for her.

In any case, it was a great event and I was so happy so see so many new people there. I cannot wait until people realize that Cherry Street is the place to be. To hang out and relax and enjoy all of the fun stuff there to experience. To quote the Stones, "Time Is On My Side".

All three Doms, Helios, me and Emi had our floggers out for the event. I was playfully dragging mine against cat's tender flesh and she abhors that. She has been so sassy lately (which turns me on) that I think I need to use the flogger to help her see the right path for us. I think I need to have her name, "tulsym" branded onto the handle of the flogger as it owns her sexy ass. She is such a wonderful submissive, but her protests only egg me on and make me more determined to totally own her.

Afterwards, my dear friend Nezzy logged on with some very good RL news. It's not my place to share that here with anyone, but suffice to say, we had cause for celebration. I spent the next hour dancing with her on the beach and playing catch-up with our RL and SL lives. Nezzy DJ's on a web site called fubar.com. Be sure and check it out.

After all that, I met with Darren and Clancy and Emi in the club to attend the weekly Nakkie Dance at Stroker'z sim. Unfortunately, this was one of those weeks that they seem to randomly skip. Hopefully they will hold one on next Friday. I so badly want my friends to experience the event there.

All in all a very enjoyable evening. I was able to play some requests, dress my slut up in scandalous clothes and show her off, pumping my ego, and enjoying the company of like-minded BDSM people. I think I'll keep repeating this event with enhancements every Tuesday and Friday. 

What A Weekend!!!!

First of all, I need to talk about my new computer. What a wonderful thing. It's got a Pentium quad processor and tons of HD space. It's huge and it's heavy. That's good, right? And it makes less noise than my old (less than two years old) computer. So that's good, right? Well, it loads apps fast.. Lightning fast. I'm still amazed at how quickly it loads Second Life. My old computer would take at least a full minute to get to the splash screen. This one is there in seconds! I love it. But there's one problem... SL looks like shit in it. The underwater textures are either black or I shut off atmospheric textures and it's sandy as it should be, but then the sky above 1000 meters is charcoal black. What a piece of shit 3D card. So naturally I thought to put my old graphics card into the new computer. No go. The power supply cannot handle it. So next time I have time I'm going to swap power supplies and 3D cards. I'll keep you posted.

But for now, I have to focus on getting my RL work computer up and running and fortunately, everything was backed up. Getting to the backups has proved to be a challenge, but I know the files are there and I'm up to the task. Microsoft Windows is such a whore when it comes to restoring files. They are so paranoid that someone is going to copy something they shouldn't that they make it nearly impossible for someone to restore software and data that they have paid hard earned good money for. I say this now and I will strive to never say it again, but it's my credo... FUCK MICROSOFT SYSTEM REGISTRY!

There.... I feel so much better now that I've shot my load  :D

Relocated Crimson Nights

Alo and sami opened their new parcel for Crimson this weekend. I was honored to be invited to the christening. The DJ there was off the wall and when I grow up, I want to be just like him. I wonder if he teaches classes? Anyway, the old Crimson Nights is still there although a little bit different looking. You will still rez into a stage in front of everyone, which has always seem daunting to me, but you will also be greeted by everyone. Is there a method to Alo's madness? I dunno. In the end, let's just say I ended up dancing with my cock sock on and not much else except a smile. I had fun! That DJ was awesome! I hope to remember his name someday so that I can invite him to my place for an event at his discretion. He had every type of music.

Alo & sami

Who did I end up dancing with that night? Well, it wasn't my cat because she had RL to attend to (which MUST come first in my book, always) and it wasn't Lark - who is green with envy I'm sure because she was RL unable to attend the relocation - instead it was with someone who's name I cannot remember... I know, I'm a turd... She was a very nice girl and we ended up dancing naked and it felt wonderful, but in the end, I had to leave her due to the time of night. Thank you wonderful naked girl, whomever you were!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you naked girl!!!

After that incredible DJ was finished, I excused myself and headed for home to update some much needed questions for my trivia ball for Cherry Street. Alo's sub, sami and I got to IMing and I was pleasantly surprised to get to know her better. She has been a friend for a long time due to my friendship with Alo, but I never really did IM her directly on a more personal level. As I suspected, she is a wonderful woman. My buddy Alo is not an idiot and I'm sure he picks the best women. Sami is for sure, no exception. I invited her over to mine and cat's place and we had a wonderful visit. I cherish out time together with sami. I hope there will be many more.

Getting to know my best bud's sub and realizing what a lucky guy he is

I finally forced my DJ applications to cooperate with me so I'll be able to host and DJ parties this coming week. Hell, once I figured out the problems, I thought about throwing a party that night, but Emi was not in the mood for it and I cannot function properly without her aide. So I just wandered through inventory and played a few games of Solo Greedy. I did some exploring too, to find fun places for cat and I to explore when we have free time in the future. Oh, I hope her submissive mind can handle what I have in store for her!

Did I mention that not only is cat my submissive and that she is my SL partner and that I intend to wed her, but that I love her? Just making sure... She has made my SL incredible, beyond all hopes and expectations. She is my submissive, totally, but I belong to her too. I hate saying goodbye to her after some very brief encounters, but I would not trade those goodbyes for anything else in SL.

The Models

One of the features I have at Cherry Street Mall are the clothing models. These are female avatars that I dress up in the outfits available through the Nada's vendors there. They are supposed to stand in a clear tube, pose and rotate. They are there to show off some of the latest fashions and to provide eye candy for visitors. I use a text viewer called Radegast to log them on and have them sit on the invisible pose balls Lark and I made. This Radegast runs in minimized mode on my computer all day long. It does not tax the computer like the full 3D graphics viewer does because all that is displayed is text. Radegast will list hundreds of objects in the vicinity of the avatar but does not display them in 3D unless you tell it to.

Opal

One of the really nice things about this text viewer is the radar. Each of the avatars has a radar built into Radegast that has a region-wide range. So I can see if any of my friends are hanging around at a quick glance. It also shows new visitors which is important when trying to build up the traffic rating for the sim. Building the traffic rating will allow for the sim to be listed higher in search results. This is important because the higher the listing, the more likely the searcher will be to click on your teleport link and visit.

Jolene

Jessiewild

One funny aspect of having these models stand around all day on an adult rated free sex sim is the number of times they get "hit" on. It's almost always in IM and even though the models are wearing a tag that identifies them as a model, and even though they are set to Busy Mode, they still attract attention from many of the men. I don't see these IMs or "pick-up lines" most of the time. I run the text viewers in the background. But sometimes, just before shutting them down for the night, I'll notice a long public chat or private IM. There are a lot of people out there who have female AVs but are really males. In the case of these models, they are on auto-pilot and unattended, but how do these prospective suitors know that if there is anyone behind the AV, that it's even a female? (Now there's an idea for another post) They must know that I would not be able to hire someone to stand in a glass tube and look pretty for their SL existence, right? How boring of an SL would that be?

In any case, I think the models are here to stay. Unless I decide to do away with the shopping mall - which I may do because there is not much going on there and they take up a lot of room - then I think it's nice for people to be able to look at 3D representations of the products they might be purchasing.

Life In The Slow Lane

It's been several days since I've posted anything here. The main reason is my computer has fried. I have it into a local shop now to see if they can salvage the data from the hard drive but they've had it for 4 days now with no luck, so it doesn't look too promising. I'm on a borrowed computer now which is working out okay, but it's a fair bit slower than mine and it does not have my music streaming software on it so I have been unable to DJ events. But SL goes on so here are a few things that took place over the last few nights.

Clancy DJ'd an event last night that Emi setup. It was "Dress Up" night. Most took that to mean formal wear but I figured it meant to wear something that I don't normally wear and Zuri took it that way too. So Zuri and I danced to the country music Clancy was playing for the entire event. Suni ended up winning the contest with the most votes. Congrats Suni! Darren showed up just after the event ended and I really wanted to visit with him but it was late for me so I said my good nights to everyone and logged off.

The night before was supposed to be my event but I was unable to stream the music. So I found a nice classic rock music stream and Emi came up with a "Wing It" night. We all wore wings and had a great time. It was kind of nice not having to be distracted by DJing, so I was able to enjoy the party more. Nezzy showed up and ended up winning the event with the most votes. Cat made it there too. It was wonderful dancing with her and her soft white wings. I had on some metal wings, so that made for quite the contrast with cat. Trivia was great! But Darren won most of the questions because that trivia ball is repeating itself quite a bit and Darren has an excellent memory. I really need to take the time to get some more trivia categories for that thing.

Speaking of projects, I'm working on an underwater ballroom right now and it's coming along well. I'll need to plan an event for its grand opening here soon.

Three Very Cool Things

Due to computer problems I'm having, I was unable to DJ at my event last night. I'm confident I can get these problems figured out, but it's going to take time. I might even enlist the aid of a local computer shop. They have all the diagnostic tools which I am lacking. So Emi, ever so helpful and thoughtful, asked Alobar and sami to fill in for me as DJ and host, to which they agreed.

DJ Alo and hostess sami

Alo typically plays blues but last night he touched on a little bit of everything. It was a "Come As You Are" event and it was a lot of fun. Alo is really good at trivia so I fired up the trivia ball and he and Darren went at it. Emi and Clancy were there, Zuri was with Darren and Alo and sami's friend Lulu showed up. She was holding her own in trivia too. It was great having Nite back again and I had three old friends show up! First of all Licia showed up in a white bikini. She and I danced for most of the event. Then Nezzy and mikia popped in! I had not seen those two in such a long time. Nezzy had been to one of the beach events about a month or so ago, but mikia has not been online in a long time. I'm flattered that they chose to spend their limited time at our event. It was so nice catching up with them too.

Nezzy and mikia

Near the end of the event, my luscious cat shows up. I took a few dances with her and found that she was going to be able to stay online for a while. In the mean time, Darren and Zuri are making wedding plans! They were trying to figure out how to have their ceremony when all their friends could be online together. They were shooting for Sunday evening but cat could not be certain when she could be online over the weekend so Zuri made the call; the wedding is to be right now!

Darren and Zuri's wedding

So after the event, we said our goodbyes, donned formal attire and Darren TP'd us. Darren and Zuri had been working on an outdoor chapel up in their massive skybox. It was very nicely done. So without any rehearsal, I was informed that I would officiate. Cat was TP'd away to be with Zuri as she prepared for the wedding. Some of the couple's very close friends showed up including Robot and of course Emi and Clancy among others. Zuri was absolutely stunning in her wedding gown. A white flowing outfit which showed lots and lots of skin, which is how it should be in my humble opinion. Nat and cat wore brides maids gowns. The vows were short but very sweet and moving. I love weddings.

After the ceremony, we were invited down to their beach for dancing. I was itching to get out of my tux so I was glad for the new location. After yanking cat into the water to battle a monster octopus with me, I unleashed her and we began dancing and congratulating the happy couple. Needless to say, any friends of Zuri's and Darren's must be awesome people. The conversations were fun and uplifting. There's nothing like a celebration with good friends. There's nothing like a romantic wedding either. I do love weddings but I swore I would never get married again, but...

"Will you marry me?"

I could not help myself. Here I had my pet in my arms. She deserves nothing less than the very very best I can give her and that means anything and everything. I was suddenly overcome with love and joy and dropped down on my knee right then and there and asked her to marry me. It may not have been the best time or place for the proposal, but it sure felt right. Fortunately, she agreed to my proposal and we ended up having something else to celebrate that night too.



After the celebration, I took cat home and tucked her into bed. It was the most memorable night for me ever. I look forward to making the wedding plans and such, but there is lots of time. I have my underwater project to see to also and cat has been enjoying helping me with that. Now we have another project to work on together.

Aloha

Hawaiian Luau at the nude beach

Tuesday night is one of my regularly scheduled events for Cherry Street Nightclub. So I logged on a bit early and tried to think up a theme for the event. I really wanted to have the event at the nude beach I guess because I like that place so much. It's tricky to hold an event or contest there though because most contests are based on what your avatar wears. If you are nude, there are not a lot of options. So I asked my girl about it and she only took 10 seconds to come back with, "Hawaiian Luau. Then you can give a lei out to everyone and they can then say they got lai'd at the party". Made great sense to me! So I went to marketplace and found a couple of boxes of transferable leis to hand out, wrote up group notices and sent them out. Then I went to fire up my Sams Broadcaster and nothing... It would not connect with the music database software. There are no other options with that app, just that it works or it doesn't. I had run into this problem once before in the past and could barely remember what the solution was, but I knew that I was not going to be able to repair it this evening so I left the music stream on Classic Rock and we moved ahead with the event. As it turned out, it was much more successful than I thought it would be. This makes me wonder about the value of a live DJ. But that will wait for a future post. This one is about how much fun that nude beach is.

Brox was the host and the lovely Emi showed up to support the event and she brought Clancy with her. My pet was going to be a bit late so I focused on group announcements. I believe we ended up with event participants from all four of the groups I sent notices out to including Cherry Street, Hells Angels, Brox's Fans and Golden Cage. Ken showed up and the party got underway. I activated the contest board and the trivia ball. The questions were actually not all pirate questions this time and that made for much more fun. Wronger popped in and the poor girl had trouble all night long with her appearance. This has happened to all of us on more than one occasion I'm sure. It doesn't matter how fast your internet connection is, sometimes your inventory items simply will not load up. In her case, her upper body would stay gray colored all night long. Sometimes even her hair would not rez in. She tried everything: Switching viewers, rebaking, replacing, changing group tags, teleporting, editing appearance, all of it and while she did seem to rez in a little better each time, it was one of those hopeless SL asset server issues. I'm certain that the next day, she had no troubles at all with her inventory. It's just the way it goes.

Cat showed up in a grass skirt and coconut shell top along with a lei of course. It did not take me long to find my handy Ronco pocket mower and get rid of the pesky skirt. She was soon dancing nude with me as she is intended to. About that time, everyone started losing clothing all except for the leis. Cowboy and his Mrs. Miley arrived, then Yin and Darcy. Most everyone was having a lot of good luck with the trivia questions and that always makes for some good competitive fun. Cowboy won the event and people stayed afterwards for quite a while. Cat and I headed out to say our good nights to each other. Brox did a good job hosting and my evening was quite easy as I did not have to worry about the music.

The next night, Clancy held a Cowgirl/Cowboy event. It started out kind of slow so I focused on finding cowboy gear to dress in. Emi was unable to make group announcements (some sort of SL glitch) so I did that. Clancy composed the announcement and all I had to do was send them out. Emi wore a very cool cowgirl outfit and took to the pole. Ian and Darren and cat and others arrived later on and we had a good time then. Clancy played mostly country music all night and I discovered that it is cat's favorite music, so I told her to make a list of titles she likes and that I would see about getting some of them to play at the next event.

Afterwards, it was time to go shopping for a new bed. The old one was good but lacking in a few minor areas so it was time to at least try out some new ones. Cat suggested the same guy who created the beach lounger set she has which I'm very impressed with, so we went to his place. He had some very good looking beds with the 'extras' I required. The cost was not too bad so we started trying them out. Suddenly I notice Windmaster on my radar. Come to find out, he and cat are friends and share some of the same interests. He answered many of my questions about the beds and pretty much amused himself with watching us test them out. We decided on a look and style that would work for our bedroom and bought it. We said our goodbyes to Windmaster and headed for home. What happened next was.... incredible! No pictures, I was too damn busy. It will take months to explore all of the possibilities of this bed. It has much more in it than meets the eye. If you are into BDSM or group sex, Windmaster's place is worth a check. He also gave me a discount for purchasing in his store rather than on Marketplace so keep that in mind too.

We Won!

Cat and I entered a BDSM portrait contest at Crimson Nights owned and operated by my good friends Alobar and sami. I tried to get a professional to take the photo but even though I know 3 of them personally, I could not find any of them free at a time when cat and I would both be online. With the deadline approaching, I decided to take the pic myself and did some fine touches in PhotoShop. We took several pictures from around our place but when I saw this one, I knew it embodied the essence of the D/s lifestyle. 

The winning photo

So I entered the photo in the contest and pretty much forgot about it. Then last night, Emi (who was also in the contest) IMd me and told me that we were in 1st place. I asked her how long before the contest is over and she told me in just a few minutes. I thought it was going on for another week or so! So she TP'd me over to Crimson and they were having an event there. I asked Lark, who also contacted me about the contest, what the theme was and she told me BDSM. It was nice that I didn't have to dress up. And sure enough, Alo announced over the air that they were choosing winners soon. Before I knew it, I had been passed the prize money. I never win these things! Yeah, I've helped others win but never won one myself. And I did have help of course from cat. When I passed her half the prize money, she passed it back saying something about spending it on the club. Bullshit. I intend to take her out shopping.

Crimson Nights: Emi, Lark, Alo, sami and me just before announcing

 the winners

So the event ends and Emi (who won 2nd place) and I went to Cherry Street to play some Greedy. Lark went to an event that Alo was DJing at TPE Lounge. It was best in blue. After the event, Lark IMs me to tell me she won that event! I think we all 4 should have bought lottery tickets that day.

Another Beach Party

My nephew Broxton was planning an event for Saturday night. He wanted a playlist for the party and I was able to get nearly all of the music he wanted. Unfortunately, he never showed up that night. Because my pet was unable to logon due to RL responsibilities, I was considering logging off and planting myself in front of the TV, but that didn't sound like much fun. So I went ahead and threw Brox's party anyway. I cued up Brox's playlist and added a few tunes that I like then took over the parcel stream. Made a few group announcements and people started showing up. It was a nude beach party but we didn't play spin the bottle like last time. This time we simply danced. I had a very good time dancing with Clara and found out that she is very good at trivia.

No spin the bottle this night but it doesn't have to be sex all the time, right?

Darren, Zuri, Ken, Kitty, Emi, Clancy and a new girl, harly was there also. Later on, Robot and a friend of hers showed up too. It was a fun party and a whole lot better than watching TV. Everyone was pleasantly surprised with the couples dance and sex animations in the dance controller. It raised a lot of eyebrows and had people moaning with delight. I later donned my Carl Edwards shirt (and nothing else) to tease Emi about her guy's poor finish in last weekend's NASCAR race. Come to find out that about the time I was wearing that shirt, Carl won the Nationwide Series race. So I guess I will need to put his shirt back on again tonight for good luck as he races in the Sprint Cup Series race tonight.


Last nights party just reinforces my theory that you don't need to plan ahead for a week to pull of a fun party/event. Nobody has a planned routine in SL. Things just happen. Either people have plans and are busy or they have free time and are looking for some fun. Fortunately, last night was destined to be a party night.  

Doctor and Nurses Party

Friday night started out normally. I logged in one hour early to get my DJ apps setup for the event. Kitty had suggested earlier that a Doctor and Nurse theme would be nice for a change so I bounced it off of Emi and she liked the idea too. About that time my pet logged in. She did not have much time to stay so we started dancing. The dances became quite erotic and eventually one thing lead to another. Let's just say that I"m glad Emi wrote up the group announcement and that I already had a few songs cued up in the player. It's always so wonderful and intense when cat and I get together.

Sexy and naughty nurses abound.

I donned my surgeon's outfit and grabbed my family sized tube of KY jelly. I was Dr. Jellyfinger and was giving out free exams for the night. I put L$300 on the contest board and away we went. It started off quite slow until Clancy showed up and started group IMs and getting people to wake up and actually come to the event. If not for him, I'm not so sure anyone would have showed. So thankfully, Clancy was there and took care of the guests coming in. Some of the nurses outfits were quite erotic. Zuri's was skimpy and bloody and another nurse there had on hardly anything more that a few strategically place strings. It appeared she was taking some guys temperature rectally. All in all, a lot of fun.

I received a few song requests which I was able to find and then there were the new songs that Broxton had requested. So it was a nice mix of mostly pop and rock music. The trivia machine was pumping out the pirate trivia and most every question was answered correctly by various participants there toward the end of the event. An anonymous donation was made to get the contest award up to L$1000 and that brought in a few more people. Cat showed up and we began to dance. She tp'd in her 'son' Loki whom I finally got to meet after hearing so much about him. He was quite good at answering the trivia questions too, once they switched from pirate trivia to general trivia. Darren and Zuri took time out from their construction of their new home to party with us too. In the end, the nurse with the strings on won the contest by only one vote, but that's all it takes sometimes.

Cat and I excused ourselves after the event and I leashed her and lead her out to the nude beach. We had very little time to say our goodnights and I wanted to make the very best use of it. After cat left, I IM'd Clancy and Emi and thanked them for all their help. I could not have done it without them. At the end of the night it's nice to look back and realize that while some of these parties can be a lot of work and expensive to boot, new friends are made and good times were had. That's what it's all about.

About Relationships

Relationships in SL can be multi-depth, multi-level. Never forget that there are real people behind the control of the 3D avatar. It does not matter if they are new (noobs), old (content creators), neko (furries and kitty cats), demons (my brother Kaboom), dragons, vampires, licen, tinies, ogres, unicorns, sluts, whores, warriors or humans, they are all very real people controlling the avatar with very real egos and very real feeling. Treating your fellow SLer as such will get you far in Second Life.

Char, an exceptional pole dancer

More times than I can hope to count, I hear about someone insulted because an avatar was either too new or was on the edge, or beyond the edge, of what is considered "normal". There is nothing "normal" about SL. Think about it; you can fly there. You can create things without having to run down to the hardware store and buy building materials. You can alter your looks (and in the case of noobs, this is highly recommended). You can dance all night long without fatigue. You can "live" underwater without gills. You can even be "killed" without anymore pain than being sent "home". The list goes on and on. I used to get a kick out of the women who would be neko kitties. I would ask them, "how does your tail stay held in place?". It goes without saying that I did not make many friends with that line. But my point is, "infinite diversity in infinite combinations". Words spoken by Star Trek's Vulcan Science Officer Spock, are words to live by in SL. Tolerance is the key.

Some people can be intolerant of this sort of behavior.

Let's take for example my relationship with my submissive woman, cat. I never capitalize her name because she is my property. She is owned by me. She is NOT lesser than I am, probably greater than I am, or at least equal, but she has given herself to me completely and trusts in me so. In my humble opinion, there is no greater act of love and trust. When cat and I go out in public, we prefer to be attached. That is, she wears my collar and I attach my leash to it, leading her around. She feels bound to me by honor, love and trust. Yet we have to be careful where we wander. If the sim is rated PG (Parental Guidance) then the leash is not an option and I may need to consider covering her nipples and posterior more than I prefer. If the sim is rated M (Mature) then we know that it is populated by adults and we should be okay to practice our way of life there. If the sim is rated A (Adult) then, anything goes and we can let down our guard and enjoy ourselves. But even on adult rated sims, people can feel insulted by our lifestyle. Many women may think that leading cat around on a leash is demeaning. Nothing could be further from the truth though. It is not the scope of this writing to go over all the nuances of D/s lifestyle, but suffice to say that without understanding our lifestyle, you cannot possibly understand why it is necessary for cat to be leashed. The point here is to keep an open mind. I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would want to be a dragon, but that's not to say I would shun dragons. As a matter of fact I have two dragons as friends. To each their own. They cannot be a dragon in RL, therefore they might as well be one in SL and people should be tolerant of that.

So long as it is realized that someone real is operating that avatar, that they are not just a graphic in a computer game, then everyone should be able to get along very well. The only exception might be "griefers". Griefers are people who's mission is to cause trouble and upheaval. They get off on that I guess. I'm fortunate in that I have not had to deal with very many griefers in my 3 years in SL, but they are there and often times even group together to cause mischief. As hard as it is to believe, these are still real people too. They most likely feel they are misfits or anti-social but they are still real people. The first griefer I had to deal with was years ago back when I had my first parcel of land. I was sitting in a hot tub with some naked woman. Life is grand! And this guy starts complaining that he has bought my land for L$1 and that he needs for us to vacate the land so he can move in. Well, the land was not set for sale so I knew right then he was lying. After about 15 minutes of him becoming more and more agitated I had to wonder why anyone would want to get upset in SL rather than sit in a hot tub with a naked woman? To each their own. I banned him from the property and muted him so that I could focus my attentions back onto this naked woman.

Your SL is what you make it and what you want it to be, but it's important to remember that it's a social network too and that interaction with other real people in avatar form is a major part of it all. Interacting with others makes the SL experience very rich and full. You will meet people from all over the world and that's all done right in the comfort of your home.

Beach Party

The evening started off earlier than usual last night. I was working on that new teleport system for the sim when Emi contacted me letting me know that DJ Clancy would not be able to attend his event, nor would Alobar be able to fill in for him. She also told me that she would likely not be able to attend. While the Wednesday night events are a relatively new addition to the club lineup, I figured I may as well throw a party. Nothing complicated nor expensive, just a beach party. I thanked Emi and told her not to worry about a thing.

Shortly after that, Lark logged on and I TP'd her over to check out my new teleport system. She tested a few destinations and was happy with it. Lark's opinion means a great deal to me because she used to construct themed sets for Rising Sun Blue's club and has a great deal of building experience. Once we finished playing with the teleporter, she asked about any new Nada's fashions. So I lead her to my affiliate shop and showed her my latest vendors. She found at least one outfit she liked and purchased it. Thank you Lark! I have yet to fill the newest section of my Nada's shop with all of the nearly 400 designs available. That's just one of the things on my "to-do" list.

Lark had to logoff but the timing was perfect because I needed to get the beach area setup for the party. Cat logged on just minutes later to say hello and to let me know that she would be on later either during or just after the party. We did some quick catching up then said our goodbyes. Her hellos and goodbyes are simply the best. I was still wearing my tuxedo from the wedding the night before and she was wearing something suitably revealing as per my wishes and her tastes.

Spin The Bottle

After cat's goodbye, I got to work on setting up for the party. I was a few minutes late but nobody shows up on time for these things anyway. I decided there would be no contest but I certainly did want to have trivia running. It's such a good ice-breaker. So I placed and activated the trivia device, wrote up a quick group notice and sent it out to Cherry Street, Hells Angels and Zuri's group. Almost immediately, Clara showed up along with Emi (whom I did not expect but was very pleased she made it). We started dancing and I started my music stream. I never did get my mic setup because things started happening fast after that. Emi started playing with the Spin the Bottle game. This game can get pretty intense. It's not like the spin the bottle you may have played in your teen years, this one is most certainly adult oriented. This game has been known to frighten some players away once they figure out what is involved and I was certain that was the case with Clara when she poofed as it became her turn to spin. After all, she does not know us. As it turns out, she was simply having trouble with her internet connection and returned immediately. So the three of us continued to play and to my relief, Clara was obviously enjoying herself.

Every so often, someone would TP in and observe for a while then leave. This version of Spin the Bottle is not for everyone so I was not surprised when they'd leave, but a gentleman named  Angus showed up and stayed. He was wearing traditional Celtic attire, which I admired, but he quickly removed it. He was eager to join in and having another male to help me out with the two females makes a huge difference. Poor Clara would crash out every so often though and her frustration was evident, but she was able to keep logging back on quickly and pick up right where she left off. Finally a woman named Kat popped in and was also eager to join in. So now there were five of us and with this game, the more the merrier. The trivia was going and both Angus and Clara were doing quite well with it. The Spin the Bottle game was getting hotter too. Then Emi IM'd me letting me know that a friend of hers just logged on and she needed to leave for a visit. So we bid her farewell and continued on with the bottle game. It went quite well despite having only the four of us playing and the surprised reactions to some of the poses from my new guests were quite amusing. Lots of jokes and laughter. That's what it's all about!

I let the event run a little longer than scheduled only because I knew that when I left, the party would break up, but it was pretty late for my time zone and before I did leave, I encouraged my new friends to explore the sim and enjoy some of the other 'toys' there. We said our goodnights and I left for home.

Hellos and Goodbyes

Just as I was getting my apps shut down to retire for the evening and beginning to write a note to leave for cat, she logged on. She did not have much time but I was so happy to see her. We quickly got together and paid a visit to the dungeon. A perfect ending to a perfect evening.