Oona Made an Edie Screentest Video
I didn’t procrastinate this time.. score!
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Oona
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Fanny
What!
Oh my rolls eyes … yes, I guess Izzy chose the form of a Notecard to inform about the Landimpact madness of some to keep it private. I have to admit, though, that I am a bit annoyed and having a hard time to hold back right now. But … I will. I won’t even lose a word about a certain Official-Someone.
Sheesh!
But if there is need for a class how to count prims, let me know. I can teach it.
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FeelsEmpty
I deleted all my prims!
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Izzy
I’m so sorry about this Feels. Prim shaming was not at all my intention! You’re an amazing participant here at MU and I specifically said in the notecard that I’d rather have YOU rez 900 prims than 100 from someone who never shows up.
It was not my intention to have you or anyone else delete anything.
But I had to say something. It’d be irresponsible of me to say nothing and just let the sim crash.
It’s always been the MU vision to be very flexible. The pieces you’ve created are fantastic!!! I was sad when I saw you’d derezed them.
I apologize Feels. This was not my intention.
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FeelsEmpty
haha I’m not really annoyed relax
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Izzy
Prim Shaming! The secret shame!
It’s time to come out from the closet, declare your Prim Hog Pride! We’re consumers! We like stuff! Be Proud!!!
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Fanny
Feels, there was not even a letter about having to delete all your prims.
But yes, there is a limit each of us can use.
The same as anywhere in SL.
But for free.
Isn’t this great?And, Izzy, IF there is someone who has to apologize then it is me. I am sorry that my annoyance about a certain person lead to my post.
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FeelsEmpty
I was gonna delete them anyway I got bored of them. gonna IM ya
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FeelsEmpty
Hmm Fanny! You really didn’t have to be catty about Michael ya know. He introduced me to MU and I wouldn’t even be on SL because of him. I know he got a bad rap for his GOOD interview but if you move past that you’ll see that he’s recanted his views and has been discovering new things. We’re all learning and if you have something to say to anyone it’d be more constructive to message us directly and educate, rather than than throw shade like that. I respect your work and am a little disappointed you unfriended me over this!
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Fanny
/me pokes your eye 😀
We are just busy with talking in IM, so I may.
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FeelsEmpty
I’m sorry!!! I could have sworn I did
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FeelsEmpty
Also FYI I wasn’t annoyed at this at all just being facetious about that part in Izzy’s note which said it wasn’t meant to shame anyone I found it funny.
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FeelsEmpty
Lol I’m not really annoyed relax
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Myra
The answer to the art riddle:
http://mediciuniversity.co.uk/creativity/an-art-riddle-why-is-this-called-art/Short answer: It’s 8-bit ascii. There’s a longer explanation in the comments of the creativity post.
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Vanessa
Mime Thru Time!
by SketchSHE
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Oona
This is so good I think I may need to watch it twice. Merci beaucoup Vanessa!
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Ryan
A2Z Challenge
Who’s doing Astrid’s April A-2-Z challenge!? You can post links to your posts in the comments HERE!!
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Ryan
Here’s one!
http://correspon.dance/a-is-for-alive-
Myra
B is for balance.
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Myra
C is for Cemetery.
Two pics, today, since I couldn’t decide between the two of them:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/myrawildmist/16836114948/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/myrawildmist/16401493094/Let me know which one you like. I think they’re fairly different.
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Myra
I’ll give it a try, too. My first one is easy – my ART riddle. I’ll post my A2Z in flickr.
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Myra
Should we post our links, here, or would that get to be too much?
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Oona
I would post the links here Myra. 🙂
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Myra
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Ryan
Awesome Myra! If it’s just a few peeps participating we can just keep adding new links to this post. If we get more, we can make more links pages… probably this one is good for a while!
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Oona
Here is my first entry in A-Z, that I’m doing with Bad Ryan. 😉 My letter is B! http://correspon.dance/b-is-for-blue-fairy/
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veyot
Oh I am way ahead. I am already on letter I. Doing a different poet everyday.
http://veyot.tumblr.com/-
Oona
Awesome Veyot, keep posting so we can go read them 🙂
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Will Ryan save me from the dinosaurs? Come read and find out….
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Myra
Forgot to post my link, yesterday, but I did it.
D is for Dream Dance:
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Tomorrow’s post is early, though. 😀
E is for Elephant.
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I’ve created a page on my blog for the challenge and am caught up to D…
D is for Draft
http://cozeysl.com/a-2-z-challenge/-
Neeva
So glad you are participating in this one, Wendy
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Oona
Great job Wendz 🙂
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Oona
F is for Friends. http://correspon.dance/f-is-for-friends/
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Myra
F is for Fallen.
My first NSFW photo. Guess which color I blush.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/myrawildmist/16454535563/-
Oona
There is a lot of blush in there, love it! 😉
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Oona
H is for Hat and Hole, blogged here: http://correspon.dance/h-is-for-hole-and-hat/
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astrid
Wow ‘Astrid’s’ challenge and I’ve so been slacking at it! I’ve got a lot of catching up to do!
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Myra
Catching up, too.
G is for Green Screen.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/myrawildmist/16910428539/
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Myra
H is for Hang:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/myrawildmist/16919053648/If you liked the latest Tomb Raider, you might like this one.
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I is for Infiltration. I ninja’ed this one. ; )
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J is for Jump
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Myra
K is for Klimt:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/myrawildmist/17131011341/in/photostream/L is for Loveless:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/myrawildmist/16950520068/in/photostream/M is for Murder Mystery:
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N is for Naughty:
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O is for Omen
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P is for Pink. Extreme Pink.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/myrawildmist/17170341756/
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Ryan
Campus Closing for 30 Days
Hi all, we’ve been given an order by the LEA Artist-in-Residence, Land Grant Committee to cease operations at LEA23 for the next 30 days. Full details here:
http://agentof.ch/aos/sour-grapes/-
Oona
Bad Ryan. Oona stamps her foot.
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Neeva
While Bad-Ryan was clearly wrong about MU not needing a naked drawing class, he is right about the campus closing down for 30 days. I know this because April 1 is international Tell The Truth day. Right?
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Ryan
Correct Neeva! Nobody would lie today!
PS: you look fantastic today!
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Paypabak Writer
Thought I’d share something of a consciousness-raising post and how one can take a meme challenge in a different direction:
The expectation is to use the very thoughtful questions Strawberry Singh provided and answer them. I was working on a response without the questions when I came upon the video. It’s powerful enough on its own but I dislike merely reblogging something without an added value, so it was serendipitous.
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Oona
“We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” —Marianne Williamson (often credited to Nelson Mandella)”
Great quote. If only we would concentrate on shining our light every day instead of squashing the light of others.
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Pearl Grey
Agreed
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veyot
Laserskater, FeelsEmpty and I are planning an Artcar race, Friday at 11AM. You will receive the car through VBFriends mail. The first lap will be a pace car lap, around the Medici sim, and then drivers will rev up their wearable cars and race to the finish. Winner will have his portrait hung in the Mu Travel office. An evening race will be scheduled upon request. Prize ribbons also go to the best decorated cars.
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Izzy
So exciting Veyot, Laserskater & Feels Empty!
Will the Cars be going out in advance of Friday morning? So Rally Participants will have time to decorate?
The winner’s portrait hung in the MU/Travel office?? – That’s Gold!!
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Neeva
I can’t make the race at that time, but I want to decorate a car. So much more fun than decorating an Easter egg.
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Myra
I posted an art riddle. Yes, very strange, I know. It kinda came to me when I was making a new piece, today. I hope it’s not too obscure. If you’re curious, it’s posted over at MU/Creativity.
http://mediciuniversity.co.uk/creativity/an-art-riddle-why-is-this-called-art/
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Oona
I love riddles. 🙂 This is a hard one!
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Myra
I think it is a hard one. I don’t think I’d get. My mind just happened to be wandering this particular path that day.
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Paypabak Writer
Is it okay to guess? I am seeing parts of the letters that spell ART. Is that it?
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Myra
Sure guess. Of course. The answer is up, now, but don’t peek if you want to figure it out on your own. : )
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Paypabak Writer
My post on the Anthea Sharp talk last Sunday (3-29-2015):
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Oona
Great article Pay. :)There was a fabulous turnout, and Myra and all involved did great organizing. 🙂
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Oona
Neeva doesn’t deserve to be lumped into ‘all involved’. I just had to clarify that. 😉 She deserves equal billing. 🙂 🙂
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Myra
Good article, Pay. Thank you for doing that.
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Neeva
Nice distillation of Anthea’s event Paypaback! You really captured the essence. I’m pretty sure Anthea Sharp will end up linking to it from her social media.
If she does, do you really want to amplify Michael’s newb quote about how creepy and pervy all avatars are as the lead in your post? There is a good chance this post ends up getting read by more non-SLers than SLers. Anyway, worth thinking about.
Thanks again for the link.
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Paypabak Writer
I don’t usually change a post so radically, Neeva, but I’ll make an exception because I may have more to say about that guy anyway. His website is execrable in terms of usability/readability. Or I may just let it go. I just posted about making mean comments, so best to keep quiet. Anyway, thanks for the heads up.
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Paypabak Writer
Now that I’ve fixed it … all done in less than two minutes … I like it much better anyway.
BTW, I am thinking about a sailing party for the 18th of April and will work out some kind of invite for MU writers.
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Neeva
Sailing sounds great to me!
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Paypabak Writer
I may lay off michaelgreenwhatever. I was able to recognize that he put up a link to my Mean Comments post. I was surprised and delighted. See:
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Oona
I also would enjoy sipping expensive champagne on anyone’s yacht. 😉
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Ryan
Oona Fawkes & the Grey Dossier
Are you as excited as me? New Blog Post!
http://agentof.ch/ange/oona-fawkes/-
Oona
“But try to exchange something. And never worry about “losing” something. The most meaningful things in life cannot be lost by sharing. They can only become even more precious.”
<3 What a beautiful series of words strung together. I will add, I think I’m settled and not ready to move again for about a month. 😛
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Pearl Grey
I’ve been considering different ways that I can exchange at MU, including the learners I’ve never met or that I see around and never talk to. Feel free to contact me with any ideas.
Anyway, I’ve been mulling over some ideas to do a blog post regarding Bad Ryan’s Agent of Chaos post called “Why Bother?” I just reread it and noticed that comments have been activated six hours ago.
/me points at it.
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Oona
Hey Pearl 🙂 I’d love hear that blog post about Bad Ryan. 🙂
As for exchanging with other learners, I enjoy trying to find new ppl to meet that I haven’t before. Its not always easy it seems and sometimes my fear of rejection works its way up into my head, but overall – I’ve had few problems and many surprises. And…. I think I’ve made some of the best connections I’ve ever made anywhere else in Second Life. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, MU is one of my fav places ever for what its about, what it gives and who is here. Its a hidden gem. 🙂
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Pearl Grey
I agree Oona; it’s a hidden gem. And I’ve made a few great connections that will last longer than MU.
I’ve kept my invitations to collaborate simple to make them more do-able and I’ve had to say no to some because they’re beyond what I can do.
The rejection part is a little scary, I know. Who wants to feel like an interloper?
I’ve found that being on the sim at different times of the night and day when possible can result in pleasant surprises.
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Pearl Grey
Thank you Whiskey Monday, Drax, Inara Pey, Linden Lab, creators in virtual reality and beings of the universe.
https://modemworld.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/the-drax-files-28-art-and-sl-as-cathartic-renewal/
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Neeva
And thank you Pearl Gray, for waking me up to an SL artist I didn’t know about with this link, and for your pictures and words, your quiet little oasis of a studio, and for your sweet, inclusive spirit.
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Pearl Grey
Yeah, about that; it’s how I prefer to roll. It isn’t a sign of weakness or lack of discernment.
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Neeva
Agrees completely. I don’t think having a peaceful beautiful studio or being sweet and inclusive of people you encounter implies weakness or lack of discernment at all.
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Glad Kidd
Dear Classmates,
Please accept my sincere apology in advance for touching your stuff. I get bored easily and end up peering in windows, caming artwork, studying objects for hours. I was told I was probably a cat in a previous life due to my insane curiosity. So if you see me poking though your things please dont be insulted. Im merely dissecting, digesting, and appreciating your works.-
Emma
Dear Classmates,
What she said.. i do that too and have been doing so since i came to MU and got a place.. oh no wait.. since i began with SL..?
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Oona
I don’t mind at all, unless i’m in the house naked… then at least let me put clothes on. 🙂
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Pearl Grey
Anyone’s welcome in my studio. I look at stuff too but I flit around and don’t stay long.
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Izzy
You do know that there’s a “Perv Camming” jar on the corner of my studio, right? L$5 / incident. Self reported!
Show me the Lindens, creepers!
note: all proceeds go to Friday Beer Fund.
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Paypabak Writer
Check is in the mail, Izzy. My studio has no walls, so by all means click on the Home page of my blog/media object and check out my latest posts, pose on various pose stands–I do wish you could click through the poses in my sphere but I can’t do anything about it. Unlike a cat, I don’t rub against things, but otherwise, I found Gladd’s metaphor applied to me, too.
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Myra
Inspect my build. Poke through my stuff. Look at my dirt (There’s literally dirt in my build.). You can even use the sofa.: ) Watch out for the crows, though.
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Ryan
So, uh, I really hope I don’t have to sing Britney for karaoke night, again!
But, uh… I’ve written a blog post:
Good Ryan:
• agent of change / feminine energyActually, um… I wrote two…
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Oona
Good and Bad…. hmmm split personality or what! We shall see which side wins out.
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Pearl Grey
I read them both and have made a secret bet with myself which one will win.
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Glad Kidd
Annoyed I cant figure out how to update my profile photo….le sigh….
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Xue
Oh hey Glad, sorry for any confusion! Do you mean your “icon” or “avatar” like we see on this post? That isn’t stored here on MU/Talk, but uses the “universal” “Gravatar” here:
http://en.gravatar.com/houseofbattleWhatever photo you select there will be shown here.
And on various other sites that:
1. Use Gravatar
2. You signed up for with the same emailIf you wanted to have different pix for use on different sites, you’d just make 2 Gravatar accounts with different emails. Then whenever you signup with “Email-A” at a site, you’d get “Gravatar-Image-A” and the same with “B”. If you do want to change your email here on MU/Talk, just edit your profile and enter the new email and save.
I hope I didn’t make that more confusing!
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Glad Kidd
Yay! Thanks so much. Think ive got it now!! Maybe….hopefully lol.
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Vanessa
Anthea Sharp Live Stream!
See you in-world for Anthea Sharp at noon SLT today!
If you can’t make it, watch the live stream!
http://www.twitch.tv/vaneeesab-
Myra
That’s so awesome you set that up, Vanessa. Really smart thing to do.
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Vanessa
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veyot
Dance Anywhere Video
The dancing was great fun! If I missed anybody’s name, let me know.
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Izzy
Incredible Friday!
Did you catch how many awesome things happened @MU yesterday!?
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Oona
Yay… Fawkes sounds dirty though. lol While I miss my old neighbourhood, I’m enjoying the process of rebuilding in Vashti. Although I’ll always be a Nostro girl at heart. pours some liquor on the ground for my homies back in Nostra As for moving every week – I’ll have some of what Izzy is smokin’ BUT if i was challenged… i do have a hard time resisting a challenge. 😛 Please don’t challenge me though…. cries lol Wishing Feels the best in Nostra! Hope your first keg party rawks!
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Neeva
Yeah, a lot happened on Friday. But did you see how much happened on Sunday! So much activity on campus, both formal and informal. I’m afraid our calendar will never be able to capture the spontaneous stuff like the pink-pillow-bus sky tour or Onna kickboxing my tower until it collapsed while a crowd cheered her on. You just have to be here to get in on that good stuff.
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veyot
For Dance Anywhere, we danced everywhere. It was great fun. If I missed a name, or mispelled anything, let me know.
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Vanessa
Fantastic video Veyot!! Thanks so much for joining us and thanks for this wonderful document of our day!
It’s now on our official Dance Anywhere page!
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Neeva
Oh I loved this so much. There are some really beautiful shots, and it seems like you slowed down the dances sometime which was really effective. It was so fun to see you all dancing at my studio around the big blue feet of muse’s and my collaborative sculpture.
I logged into the event on iPad, so couldn’t see where you were or what was going on, so your video really is my visual memory of the event. Thanks SO much for posting it!
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Oona
This is marvellous Veyot! You’ve got great editing skills!! 🙂 Bravo.
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Myra
What a wonderful video! Thank you, Veyot.
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Elle
Great work, Veyot! Thanks for sharing it.
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Fanny
Big Avatar On Campus Week 3: Art Oluja
Seven nights I slept so good with the Trophy next to me – time to pass it on to the next Big Avatar On Campus.
You all may have read this more than one time already, but it is true that it is not easy to decide for one person. However, the BAOC Award for this week goes to Art Oluja for her Editor work and lots of interviews she did so far. I hope to see her some time today to present her with the Trophy.
I also thought that a picture with the several states of metamorphosis may be nice, so here it is.
The history of the BAOC Trophy so far …
On the left side Izzy’s creation which went to Neeva, in the middle you can see Neeva’s light-projector which went to me and on the right side my interpretation which goes to Art. Izzy’s first primitive object is still part of it as well as one of Neeva’s (means showing them as creator).
Now, next Friday it will be Art’s turn to pick the Big Avatar On Campus for week 4. She can add something to the trophy and pass it along to the next BAOC … and yes, I stole this sentence from Neeva’s post.
Congratulations Art!
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Oona
Congratulations Art! How exciting! 🙂 🙂
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Izzy
I’m with Oona!!
Congratulations Neeva!
Congratulations Fanny!!
Congratulations Art!!!I know Art had other plans for time here at MU. Then there was that night when Newton and I kept her up all night talking, and the next morning MU/Creativity was born and Art was the editor! So much lovely work and such community spirit!
Go Art!!!
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Neeva
@Art. Congrats Art! Thanks so much for your work on MU’s Creativity magazine. I love how your head is so full of ideas and enthusiasm. Your presence has really added to the community at MU.
@Fanny. I love the picture of the trophy’s evolution! Great pic and great pick.
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Elle
Congrats Art!!
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Art Oluja
Whaaaaat the trophy lands on my doorstep how awesome, thank you all!
I’m in love with the metamorphosing of this trophy (of course I would be haha!), and I’m tempted to go on about how its a wonderful metaphor for how I like to think of MU, in that exquisite corpse creative process sort of way. It’s been a pleasure being a part of MU and getting to know so many creative people, it’s quite a rush of inspiration, and I’m looking forward to more of it!
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Oona is discussing. 
Myra, 
Neeva, and 
Glad Kidd and 
Elle, 
Art Oluja, 
Paypabak Writer
Another “lecture” on social networking and blogging:
Comments welcome here or on the Tumblr site: see two links for making comments at bottom of thbe page or us Disqus.
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Tiffany Mosienko
Hi neighbor! I do have a question for you, Paypabak. How do you manage identity across all these modalities? Is that important to you? I used to think SL was great because it had many media all together, kind of all-in-one. I’ve not done as much blogging over the years as you have (and now playing catch-up). But I’m interested to know how platform-hopping affects your sense of self. From an archival standpoint as well (clearly you’ve done some reflection with this post), how do you consider the multiplicity of self and place in virtual space?
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Neeva
Thanks for the blog post. I always enjoy reading your thoughts. It is also really convenient and appreciated when our bloggers post a link to their writing on MU talk.
@Tiffany. really thought provoking comment. For me, just this year has seen Neeva-self leaping beyond SL with my own email. Then MU enticed me to add Flickr and visit Pearl and paypabak and your blogs, then avatar friends have got me on Gtalk and Slack. SL used to seem like the entire world to Neeva-self. Now it seems like one (beloved) dimension in Neeva’s wider multiverse.
im still sorting out what that means to identity and the experience of being multiple.I have heard of a novel where the premise is the person’s avatar shows up at her front door in RL with suitcases and moves in. How would your avatar be as a housemate? Would he or she get along with your real life self? How would they be the same or different?
PS: I do read italics paypabak. 🙂
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Pearl Grey
Yeah, I read the italics too. 🙂
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Paypabak Writer
Oh, I’m in trouble now!! (Italics is not a safe haven!)
Great question, Tiffany, and I love your response, Pearl! I definitely have this sense of digiphrenia (I am fearfully attracted to this: http://www.rushkoff.com/present-shock/) managing these identities but that’s part of what I meant by it keeps one honest. Managing fantasy identities over all of these platforms either cracks you up or it forces you into a wholeness that sustains you.
I absolutely adore Vaneeesa Blaylock! Talk about your Mistress of Multiple Identities! Every week she has a different name, and that is the unscratched surface. I keep telling myself, “I must resist, I must resist!” She’s like the effing Borg with her invitations to this or that shiny new social platform! (Pearl mentions Slack, so help me, God!) If I met that woman in first life and she is anything like her avatar, she would dazzle and wear me out in ten minutes. On a good day, reinforced with coffee and properly dressed. I blame her for this present predicament of being Blogger-in-Residence at MU. (The use of “blame” in the previous sentence is equivalent to “thank, or to give credit.”)
As I try to relate in my post, with Flickr, Plurk, Second Life and Tumblr, I manage well enough fairly well-defined avenues for expressing myself with media with which I feel comfortable and which fulfill my desire to share my aesthetics and Slife. Medici U is certainly another platform within the Second Life platform where my play/work as an avatar is challenged. It’s another metagame within what I feel is the ultimate in metagames.
Is it worth it? As we say on Tumblr, Fuck Yeah! How have I been writing so long and not had such wonderful responses in quantity and quality as I have experienced in the short time MU has been open? I am drinking of other amazing bloggers’ nectar and finding sustenance to overflowing. MU may disappear after June 30, but it will resonate in the depths of my heart for a long, long time.
Pearl Grey
I’ve written a blog post with some thoughts about learning parties, different approaches to participation and collaboration, etc. It’s about 1530 words but I don’t really want to cut any more of it out. https://virtuallyeveryoneiscreative.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/more-thoughtful-thoughts-about-mu/
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Oona
Great article. 🙂
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Elle
That’s a great article, Pearl, many good points!
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Tiffany Mosienko
Beautiful photos and thoughts, Pearl. I agree that commitments for virtual world art can be very taxing and time-consuming. It’s different for everyone and there is no such thing a normal Everyone is learning and participating at their own pace.
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Neeva
Thanks for the link. I enjoyed reading your post.
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Newton
Thank you Pearl. Art and the way we interact with our art can be – is – quite personal. But not only does “our process” come heavily into play as creators, but also there is the “SL factor,”where – in general – we have highly personalised expectations of what the experience is going to be like. For me, this was the hardest thing about adapting to any community in SL, that “Nothing happens the way we expect it to.”
The people making the rules at Medici are also artists in the process of the “meta” creation that is Medici University, having THEIR own experience.
And by the way, thank you for the conversation last week – it was wonderful getting to know you better.
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Newton
I should add, “making and changing” the rules, because we all can contribute to them.
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Pearl Grey
Thank you Newton.
Your sister has also reminded me (when I’ve expressed anxiety) that the artists in the process of the “meta” creation of MU are having their own experience. I wish I felt a sense that they are enjoying it more and that it’s flowing a bit more to their expectations.
It’s important to me too that MU is successful, not only for all the emotional investment and other resources the meta artists have put into this but also for modeling effects for the future.
It’s sad that there’s a waiting list for studios while some are being rarely used. In my opinion it affects us all. I know I’m feeling it.
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Pearl Grey
Thank you for reading and responding.
Izzy
A-2-Z Challenge-4-April!
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/what-is-blogging-from-to-z.html
Hey Learners!
Astrid’s challenging us to do A-Z in April! If you’re a blogger, you could Blog A-Z. But everybody can play! Photographers can Flickr A-Z, Chefs can Pinterest A-Z, Tweeters can Tweet A-Z, etc!
We can setup a place to feature what the participants are up to, or maybe 2 places, 1 inworld and 1 online!
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Paypabak Writer
Mercy! I did this last year with the Alphabet Inventory. Hmmm.
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veyot
i would do it on tumblr. Poets A-Z here is the first. http://veyot.tumblr.com/
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Oona
I love this idea, count me in, on Flickr.
Izzy
A Few Numbers
- There’s a bit over 7 billion people alive today.
- About 3 billion of us have internet access
- There are about 1 billion webSITES
- 75% of those are “parked” so about 250 million sites
- Bing indexes about 5 billion webPAGES
- Google indexes about 50 billion webpages
- In the middle of such vast oceans, the 70 of us @MU have the chance to build a small, real, compelling community. It’s about what we share. About what we give. About what we create together.
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Pearl Grey
Totally with you on # 7 Izzy. The window is open for a finite time.
Izzy
Easy A
Don’t stress learners! @MU it’s always an Easy A!
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Myra
I love that song.
Tiffany Mosienko
Announcing: Media Archaeology 200: the Electric Image
Part 1: the Modern Image to Network Television
Part 2: Video Art
Part 3: Theory and Aesthetics of the Electric Image
Media Archaeology 200: the Electric Image exposes learners to the history of the electric image and its contemporary modalities. Part 1: the Modern Image to Network Television dissects a variety of early media technologies from electricity and photography to celluloid film, radio, sound recording and network television. The Modern Image to Network Television is presented as an illustrated web guide for learners; learning can begin right away. Part 2: Video Art, will be an in-world lecture at Camilla 15 at Medici University in Second Life and discusses artists’ use of video cameras and the recorded video image, and early computer graphics. Artists’ experimentation with form and the relationship of video art to pop culture and early computer graphics will also be discussed. Part 3: Theory and Aesthetics of the Electric Image (also at MU) explores the relationship of contemporary cultural forms to their hybrid histories. Internet motion, multimedia and computer motion and visualization are compared to their relative mechanical counterparts, eliciting theoretical constructs suitable to Internet video, machinima, and other new media forms. Part 1: The Modern Image to Network Television is available now as a multimedia web guide. Dates and times for parts 2 and 3 lectures and discussions inworld at MU will be announced shortly.
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Izzy
Oh wow Tiffany! Super awesome! Thanks for doing this!!
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Elle
Tiffany,
I want to go through this carefully when I have time, but it really looks great! That’s a lot of work.
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Elle
Tiffany,
Had some time to go through your web page properly. It is great! Thank you so much for the historical background information. It really helps to put things in context.
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Myra
Anthea Sharp event on SL Calendar.
I’ve added the Anthea Sharp event to the SL calendar, too. If anyone wants to know how to do this for other MU events they might want to publicize more widely, just let me know.
https://secondlife.com/my/community/events/event.php?id=6278988
Also, does anyone know the closest landing point to the event? I’ll add it to the event once I figure that out.
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Paypabak Writer
You will probably need to explain to visitors that they need to walk to the actual site as precision TPing is not allowed. You may be able to get signs put up pointing to it.
You might let people know that Anthea’s first book in the Feyland series is free for Kindles!
Xue
Gravatar!
psst… if anybody’d like a cool photo icon instead of those blue, sideways “G” thingys, it’s super easy!
Just drop by
http://gravatar.com
Make a free account with the same email that you signed up on MU/Talk with, paste a photo there, and voila! Your awesome mug will populate all your stuff over here!
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Myra
You can also get your gravitar icon through wordpress.com when you register on their site. You get a freebie blog, there, when you do, so it’s an option worth considering.
If your privacy is an issue – blogs often log IP addresses – consider trying CyberGhost. It’s free and mixes up your IP address for you.
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Xue
Yes Myra! Going to Gravatar or WP.com is more-or-less the same thing. (they’re both from Automattic) either way will get you the same thing.
If you only want an Icon, just go to Gravatar. You can always have a blog at any time later, still free & easy.
If you’d like a blog, as Myra said, you can go to WP.com and do both. And of course, you can sign up for a free blog without any obligation to use it! :+]
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veyot
Have you seen the vandalism done at MU? I was horrified when I saw these broken windows.
My husband warned me when I enrolled at MU that I was too old to fit in with the students. The rock music and the flashing lights do bother me, but after all, I just can’t sit around and watch Dr. Oz everyday. Now, about these windows. Do you think it was ravers on their way home from late dances at Katyporryopolis?
Love, Aunt Veyot
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Izzy
“Vandalism” is often an entitled perspective. We tacitly allow money and power to colonize another culture. Then when this dominated and marginalized culture tries to reclaim itself, to push out the foreign invaders, to decolonize itself, they are called “vandals” and hauled off to trial.
Perhaps it is not the “vandal” who graffiti wrote on the “Disney Princesses” billboard who is the social ill, but The Walt Disney Company itself with it’s hegemonic imposition of gender and beauty stereotypes.
As there is no 5th of November in Spring Semester, I propose that we celebrate Guy Fawkes Night on the 5th of May!
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Oona
lol @ watching Dr. Oz. But I think one is never to old to learn.
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Izzy
You CAN teach an old avatar new tricks!!!
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AlexandreLois1
Wushu and magic
Wushu and magic
In uni were interesting activities Wushu and found that many are interested in magic. I propose to draw attention to the magical side of the computer. In the “second Life” a lot of magic. If you see this page, will become clear point.
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Elle
Hi Alexandre,
I think I like the idea of the magical side of the computer and definitely like your music. 🙂
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AlexandreLois1
hello Elle
Yes, it’s a very interesting thing. Would be great if your computer will play with my computer chess. So we show their magical nature. Download the program here. http://www.infinitychess.com/Downloads-
Elle
Hi Alexandre,
I looked at the site, do the computers do the actual playing or the people?. I’m pretty sure my “chess brain” died a while ago. 🙂
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Paypabak Writer 14:12 on 03/04/2015 Permalink |
Wonderful!!
Edie 18:19 on 03/04/2015 Permalink |
How great Oona!
Who needs me! Yes! It should just be a self-service screen test station! I’ll try to make a couple more “stand” animations for peeps and perhaps add a few more props. You’ve done a stellar job!