2 years old...

Saturday, Nov. 14 was my 2nd birthday inworld. Does that make me old? I
think in virtual terms I am no longer the spring chicken. It doesn't make
me a veteran either.
Last year, when I turned 1, I held a huge party at The Brick to celebrate
this milestone. I had 7 music performances scheduled, even though the first
on the schedule didn't show up...so I had 6 hours of great music provided by
some of Second Life's most talented artists.
This year, however, I didn't have a party, at least not like that first year,
and the reason being, I honestly didn't want to spend time and money on getting
the entertainment for the party set. After a busy RL day on my actual rez day,
I am glad I didn't. The plan, was not to have a party, but maybe just a few friends
over at The Brick with some funk music and dancing. No invites were sent, other than
when the time felt right to switch the stream did I decide to call on people.
I just started iming whoever was online. I wasn't disappointed in the turnout. I had 16 people show up...ok, so maybe 3 of them weren't on my invite list, they were people who just showed up at the club because, well, it is public. Still, it was great to not have one person complain about the music. They all danced, we all chatted with each other if not much, still, it was a social night.
About an hour and half into this little gathering, people started to fade out, and leave. I didn't mind it too much, because for an hour and half they stayed and "partied". It was a good time.
Later, my favorite person inworld showed up, and the night was made perfect by the 3 hours of dancing that followed.
Happy Rez day, indeed.

The CD we've been waiting for..

My best friend on SL released a RL CD this Tuesday. It's been a year in the making, and I'm sooooo excited to get it. Ganjo recorded it in his home studio. His website has samples of the music on the cds(yes, he had released one before, and yes, I own that one too), and hearing the preview, I know I'm gonna love it. It's very cool to be here in SL and hear him performing the songs live and streaming to SL..I love going to his gigs and hearing him perform. Knowing some of the songs he sings in SL are going to be on the CD make it even moe exciting to be receiving one soon.
I can't wait!

Fashion Show

So a couple of weeks ago I was at a store I favored for beautiful dresses and gowns(just because I felt like it and I had a little linden to spend on myself) and while I was there, I was approached through IM from someone who was looking for models for their bridal show and would I be interested?
I've done some "modeling"- on SL that usually means working as a customer service rep for a store. They give you the items they want you to "model", usually new releases they want to fly off their "shelves". I've done some of this kind of "modeling", but never the runway type.
Rather disinterested, because I figured maybe it wasn't what it seemed, I replied "sure" to her, and she sent the info to me. The notecard she sent had a little information for me, but mostly it was for me to fill out and return to her. An application, basically. She told me she'd get back to me fairly shortly.
So I did hear from her, and last week we had a meeting to discuss exactly what we would be modeling, etc. There were 7 of us who were "hired". After checking out the runway we would use, and discussing the assigned designs to be worn, we planned for practice throughout the week before the show, which was set up for today, May 23rd.
There were 7 of us, but there might as well have been only 1. One of the 7 felt because she had modeled on runways on SL many times that she was the expert. She felt it was ok to talk down to the rest of us, including the person who was guiding and for the most part, organizing this event alone(since the other person involved was unable to access the internet). It came down to a catfight the day before the show, because one of the other 7 decided she needed more time on the runway..whereas the rest of us took our 20 second posing at the end of the runway, she needed a minute or close to it for her two turns. It may seem petty, but when the rest of us are given a short amount to stay at the runway, well, it should be the same for everyone else...
It resulted in a huge catfight where egos were challenged, names were called, and it felt that things were falling apart. Fortunately our guide showed up and tried to smooth everything over. It was clear we were not all working as a team. That was evident when the ability to practice one last run with everyone present for once was shot down by Mrs. Diva and Mrs.limelight decided to leave because they felt no more practice was needed. The rest of us did what we could without the missing pieces and it went well, no more drama.
My sl bf Carson and my bffs Ganjo and Noma said they would come to the show. It meant alot to me that all 3 showed up.
I find it slightly funny that after arriving to the event and getting dressed in my first outfit, which was a tea length wedding gown, that I felt nervous. NERVOUS. I think I was more afraid of missing my queue.
The show went out as planned. The announcer's voice was too loud but at least we had some decent music to walk to. It went by very quickly. The show was over within 30 mins. After all of us had our turns we all lined up on the catwalk for everyone to see. Then we all walked back behind the curtain and got dressed. Funny, I made sure I made outfits for quick changes for the show itself, but neglected to make one for AFTER the show? LOL. So I had to find something to wear quick.
After the show I went out and greeted my 3 bffs who were so kind to make me feel like I did a great job.
It was fun, despite the drama...and it looks like I'll be doing another show in a few months. I'll keep you posted!

FUNKY

It's 10:54 pm SLT(Pacific) and I'm sitting here..sitting, not dancing like I usually would- to the funkalicous sounds coming from Mr. Funky himself, Ganjo Mokeev. The man to me, sounds a lot like Lou Rawls on certain songs, other times, he sounds like Ganjo..either way, he sounds really good.
One of these days I'll figure out how to record him singing on SL so ya'll who aren't on SL can hear him..this guy is definitely talented...what do you expect for a guy who's been in the music business for 30+ years?
Keep on funkin' us out Ganjo!

Friends

The more I'm on SL the more I am really questioning the "friends" I have on there. I had stated on my profile that I had 5 that I could count on as being good friends, but it seems like that number is, unfortunately dropping.
I can count 4 people that I'm friends with on SL. People that have been more than just acquaintances within the last year or so.
Piper left SL for personal reasons(technically she's still my friend, just not on SL anymore),and I miss her.. which leaves me with 3. I'm happy with these 3. None of them have done anything to piss me off or betray me. Shania may not be on much these days as RL has become more important(as it should)as of late.. I'll always love Noma, not only does she have a good ear, but we both feel comfortable about talking about most things. It's the same thing with Ganjo. Ganjo will try to make me laugh(and usually does)if I'm not having a good day, or just need to laugh. All three have stood by me in my darkest RL days and know how to lift me up..and for that, I'll always be grateful to them. LOVE YOU GUYS!