It’s weird that I BSoD’ed in the middle of 02-01 around the part where the black couple were tailing Scully in the airport. Anyway, I am really getting into the world of the X-Files now. I’m starting to see things! o.O And becoming something of a TV veggie. 11 days left.

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I’ve always wondered why they didn’t combine SketchUp with Earth, integrating a sort of communication/avatar “manifold” to create a virtual world.

Lively seems to betray Google’s lack of understanding of virtual worlds. It’s not really the 3d chatroom feature that draws people to it. It’s the collaborative elements, content-creation, and also its ability to be as open-ended as the real world, so that people would stay in it to do basically everything. Lively seems only a slightly more graphical version of IMVU. And yet, since it’s from Google, everyone falls in love with it at first sight as if it’s the emperor’s new coat…

This Shakespearean Theatre Company’s artistic director says to the big G, “More matter and less hype!”

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Overall it is really quite impressive how strong the plot and execution of the first season so far is - I guess when you’re dealing with some unlikely phenomena as visually manifested by tech from the early 90’s, that’s a necessity! 

The elevator problem is seen in Episode 7 in the “ghost in the machine.” When Mulder’s old partner is killed by a falling elevator… would it make more sense if the guy is floating rather than pushed down?  Even if the elevator were being *pushed* greater than gravity in downwards acceleration, he would feel lighter rather than heavier as shown in the pic where he sort of cowers squooshed in a pile.

13 could almost have been a rip from Green Mile. Psychic touched-by-mysterious-force deathrow inmate can see things and channel with the dead. Political forces prevent Scully from successfully preventing his execution, even though Scully believes he has some sort of mysterious link. 12 has the interesting twist where we see a bit of Mulder’s past and a glimpse of his romantic life; was the other way around. (Interesting foreshadowing in 11, when Mulder gets a call from Deep Throat, and Scully asks jocularly if he’s going on a date.) When Scully went on a date with divorced guy, Mulder didn’t seem jealous, just focused on the case… unlike Scully, later, with M&P.  13 is also the switch where Scully started believing, and Mulder didn’t. (He used something that Randi would have done - and yet shouldn’t he understand that psychic phenomenon isn’t as clear-cut as being able to see the answers on a multiple choice exam? The crux of the problem is that it’s extremely unlikely to occur under a controlled environment, unless the subject grows acclimated to it and the right time strikes… In a way, it is almost like how some people cannot get any work done if they aren’t in their work environment.) The acting has been rather great. The alleged psychic man’s testimonial ranged from “fake tone” to “real” - to even “realer”, as the flashbacks started.

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UPDATED
Contact: Ina Centaur
July 4 2008

RFL Grand Finale Vendor Fair & 4-Sim Fashion Show

Skin City, Second Life: The “RFL Grand Finale Vendor Fair” opening on July 1st, and running until the end of Relay of Life on July 19th, features some of RFL 2008’s best fashions. An invitational “RFL Grand Finale Fashion Show” showcasing these RFL fashions live on the runway will occur on the Sky Globe 4-sim stage on 7/6 @ 1 PM and 7/7 @ 7PM SL Time (GMT-7). All proceeds of the event will benefit the American Cancer Society through the Relay for Life venture on Second Life. But, most interestingly, every single component of each outfit — from skin, to hair, to shoes, to eyes, to clothing, of course — is an RFL item.

The following fashion brands will have their RFL fashions shown live on the Sky Globe 4-sim runway:

Alienbear Designs
_AR Another Realism
Bailers
Bewitched
Enchant 3D
Eros by Keth
~flirt~
french Kisses
Haute Style & Co
House of Heart
IC-Skins
Magika
Mirada
Nicky Ree
Nova
Opium
PrimPlay
Sam’s Secret
Shiny Things
Tesla
Topaz Square

All fashions can be purchased directly in the Vendor Fair adjacent to the fashion show venue at the Sky Globe, Skin City.

ABOUT THE SKY GLOBE:
550 meters above the SL Globe Theatre, the Sky Globe is a postmodern architectural building spanning the intersection of 4 island simulators, with the stage on its own sim adjacent to three audience seating venues in neighboring island simulators:
http://Slurl.com/secondlife/Skin%20City/245/33/632
http://Slurl.com/secondlife/sLiterary/31/24/632
http://Slurl.com/secondlife/Shakespeare/232/231/632

ABOUT SKIN CITY
Since August 2007, Skin City has been the one-stop place to see a wide selection of skins, shapes, eyes, and other avatar accessories on SL. The build is grayscale based on Frank Miller’s Sin City (theatrical version), and only the various shops give it color. Visitors are told: Turn the right corner in Skin City, and you can find anything. Merchants are told: We are noir until you!

Vendor Fair @ http://Slurl.com/secondlife/Skin%20City/220/85/555

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On behalf of RFL and fashion in Second Life, Skin City invites all
designers who have created items for RFL to participate in the RFL
Grand Finale 4-sim Fashion Show and Vendor Fair at Skin City and
vicinity.

The RFL Vendor Fair is open to the public from 7/1 to 7/14; designers
may start setting up in the metro region starting on 6/25. The RFL
Grand Finale Fashion Shows are on Sunday 7/6 @ 1 PM SL Time and Monday
7/7 @ 7 PM SL Time. Both events will have search parcels designated
shortly before they open. All designers are welcome to participate in
either or both events. Details below.

RFL Vendor Fair: The RFL Vendor Fair is meant to be a final display of
your RFL designs, and also as a small showcase of the non-RFL designs
you feel represent you the most. To participate in the vendor fair,
you must RSVP by 6/26 11:59 PM SL Time to Ina Minotaur by dropping off
a notecard named “RFL Vendor Fair: (Your Store / Name)” with ad photos
of all of your RFL items, and a rough minimum and maximum prim count
for your proposed store space. Space for the duration of the Fair is
donated by Skin City, and available on a first-come-first-serve-basis.

RFL Fashion Show on 4-Sims: This fashion show will be accessible to
the maximal amount of local audience members, and will be one last
chance for people to hype and rave about these RFL fashions live on
the runway. The only requirement is that each outfit must feature an
item on sale in an RFL vendor. To participate, please drop off a
notecard named “RFL Fashion Show: (Your Store / Name)” to Ina Minotaur
by 6/27 11:59 PM with:

1)       a specific outline of the exact outfit combination(s) you would
want the model(s) to wear—be sure to indicate which outfit item is an
RFL item, and also, if you don’t have preferences for non-RFL outfit
components, please state so. Do NOT drop outfit inventories on Ina
Minotaur.  You will be given more information after processing. You
must show a different RFL item on each model, but there is no explicit
limit on how many models you can clog up
2)      a brief biography about you/your store. LM’s, blog links, and other
information also welcome. Optionally, you may also include exact item
descriptions for the MC to announce.
3)      specify whether you would want to be included in the fashion show
machinima to be distributed for free inworld, and also on youtube,
blip.tv, google videos, and similar media.

The show is pro bono for RFL.

Here is a LM that gets you close to the event location. An exact parcel
will be segmented out when the fair and show open:
http://Slurl.com/secondlife/Skin%20City/225/16/563 

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Everyone has a crush on me!

In other news:

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     Winia is a idealized realistic girl. The pack comes with freckles and different eyshadow and undershadow variations, and also a pale vampire-goth/tone. Also includes convenient necklace, which you can hang your logo on. Winia is a pack based on my latest skin releases in my store IC-Skins on Second Life.

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(Yes, I am starting to use my blog as whore for someone else’s PR.)

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Come one, come all! Here’s a schedule of some of the Linden-hosted events held during the Concierge Party. There will be five islands available for meeting, greetings, and hanging out. All times are SLT (or Pacific Daylight Time).

00:00 ~ 01:00    Big Game Hunting With Leo
01:00 ~ 02:00    Maggie’s Global Dance Party
02:00 ~ 03:00    Crazy Chariot Races With Kosmo
03:00 ~ 04:00    Host Ask the Oracle With Kyle
04:00 ~ 05:00    Crazy Chariot Races With Kosmo
05:00 ~ 06:00    Primtionary With Guy
06:00 ~ 07:00    Hosted by Harmony & Jay
07:00 ~ 08:00    Hosted by TJ
08:00 ~ 09:00    Let’s Make A Dee(l)  — part 1 of 2
09:00 ~ 10:00    Spike & Izzy’s 80s Bash
10:00 ~ 11:00    Spike & Izzy’s 80s Bash
11:00 ~ 12:00    House Party with ethan
12:00 ~ 13:00    House Party with ethan
13:00 ~ 14:00    Host Ask the Oracle With Kyle
14:00 ~ 15:00    Host Ask the Oracle With MJ
15:00 ~ 16:00    Maggie’s Global Dance Party
16:00 ~ 17:00    Let’s Make A Dee(l) — part 2 of 2
17:00 ~ 18:00    Jump, Jive and Wail With Belinda
18:00 ~ 19:00    Jump, Jive and Wail With Belinda
19:00 ~ 20:00    Hosted by Rowan
20:00 ~ 21:00    Primtionary With Guy
21:00 ~ 22:00    Hosted by Rowan
22:00 ~ 23:00    Big Game Hunting With Leo
23:00 ~ 23:59    Big Game Hunting With Leo
Leo is actually Leo the Lion. So Cute!

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A looong while ago (last year, actually!) Cyanide and Dedric tagged me. Here is my tagback.

1 I’m not an actual blonde in RL :-O
2 I love classical music
3 I got a pcgamerbike even though I’m more often underweight in RL than overweight >.<
4 I love SL!
5 I love black olives
6 I would love to be an artist 24/7, but life, ego, and reality, wouldn’t let me.
7 I love GuitarHero!
8 I played the piano, the viola and violin, and xylophones and drums and GuitarHero!

(Alphabetical order)
1 AM
2 Codebastard
3 Dahlia
4 Edgware
5 In
6 Qarl
7 Shenlei
8 Spin

Dedric

Cyanide

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