Busy busy beaver…

•13 June, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Apologies folks for my continued silence. You might not have seen me around in SL much recently – this is because my RL has become unusually busy.

Also, as July approaches I’ve been doing a lot of building for this year’s Second Life Relay For Life. As well as our team ground, which is Egyptian-themed, I was also asked to design a sim for one of the entertainment areas. I picked ‘The Shire’ (Lord of the Rings) as my theme to coincide with the ‘Real and Imaginary Worlds’ theme of the relay. I’m currently building Bag End… and hoping I will be finished in time for the relay! Wish me luck folks :)

He says, She says… (part forty-three; of a chicken dinner)

•29 May, 2009 • 2 Comments

In which Ashlene makes newbies horny, Ginger offers some timeless wisdom and regulars at the Blarney discuss Emmie’s potential as a plumber.

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[2:35] Ashlene McMinnar: I thought I’d come here on time.. like 10 minutes prior.. and got some noob bumping into me, sitting on me, asking me where I lived and telling me to open up my dress. O.o

[3:32] Eria Ziemia: lol now I know why peopel not here, I had to ban them after Danton getting them in trouble
[3:32] Danton Thirroul: me?
[3:32] Danton Thirroul: moi?
[3:32] Eria Ziemia: yes you mister
[3:33] Danton Thirroul shakes head
[3:33] Eria Ziemia: si, tu
[3:33] Danton Thirroul: I think you will find its ALL Riko’s fault
[3:33] Danton Thirroul: All of it
[3:33] Riko Kamachi: eh? how’s it my fault?
[3:33] Roswenthe Aluveaux prepares to get her Deathnote out
[3:33] Eria Ziemia: nah is used to blamign you
[3:33] Danton Thirroul: if you have to ask- then its obviously clear you are the one to blame!
[3:33] Riko Kamachi: -.-
[3:33] Danton Thirroul: AND… it has to be said…
[3:33] Danton Thirroul: Riko just farted!
[3:34] Danton Thirroul: its TRUE!
[3:34] Riko Kamachi: I did not!
[3:34] Danton Thirroul: :)
[3:34] Riko Kamachi sits on D and kicks his face
[3:34] Danton Thirroul LOVES an intelligent and intellectually stimulating debate

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Relay for Life 2009: Support my team!

•20 May, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Hey folks!

I wanted to make a big song and dance about the team I’m running with this year in the Second Life Relay for Life event in July. *trumpet fanfare*

MINISTRY OF DANCE!!!!

…OK, no surprises there, this is exactly the same team I was on last year :P I’m also working with the fantastic Safra Nitely on our team build this year, it promises to be something special to fit in with the overall international theme of the relay.

Please please please visit our page and support us! There is no team member limit this year also, so if you are not on a team and looking for one to join, please feel free to sign up and we’ll pop round with the cookies to say hello :)

Ministry of Dance webpage URL: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=19490&team_id=451503

GO RELAY!

The XStreet saga continues…

•9 May, 2009 • Leave a Comment

A new e-mail from XStreet SL!

Important Information About Your Xstreet SL Account

Dear Riko Kamachi,

As of May 11th, 2009, in order to log in to your Xstreet SL account you must use your Second Life username and password. This means that you only have to remember one set of login credentials from this point forward. For more information, read the Xstreet SL Login Change FAQs.

Convenience? Great! However…

Advice from XStreet SL before the takeover instructed new users of the service not to use their Second Life password on XStreet, for security purposes. Sound advice. However…

Since this advice is now gone, does this mean that XStreet users are now more protected against hackers? There is no mention of more effective security measures in place on the XStreet SL website.

The e-mail mentioned FAQs for this change in policy:-

There will not be a capability to have an XStreet SL password that’s different from your Second Life password.

So in other words, those who wish to maintain their own security will now be unable to do so. Potentially, if an individual’s XStreet SL account is hacked, this means that a hacker would now not only have access to a user’s linden balance (and in turn their RL bank account and/or credit card), but also to their Second Life inventory, friends list, groups and land. Money transfers can always be traced, whether they are in Second Life or in the real world, and so easily rectified. Not so with the amount of damage a hacker could do to a resident’s actual account. It’s the difference between someone mugging you for your wallet and someone ransacking your house.

Given the choice between convenience and security – I would choose security.

He says, She says… (part forty-two; of a family planning clinic)

•5 May, 2009 • Leave a Comment

In which we discuss various domestic topics, such as human biology, food preparation and sports equipment.

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[9:14] Ihriel Ishtari: you know, the good thing about dating a zombie is that unlike most guys he would actually want you for your brains

[14:29] Danton Thirroul: DJ Iso and Riko… this team are SO dirty they would turn Hare Krishna into a BAD BOY!
[14:30] Riko Kamachi: hey, don’t lump me in with her!
[14:30] Riko Kamachi: she’s filthy enough on her own! :P
[14:30] Danton Thirroul: Isoko/Riobela
[14:30] Riko Kamachi giggles
[14:30] Danton Thirroul: one and the same
[14:30] Danton Thirroul: ]one aims for heaven, the other heads for hell
[14:31] Danton Thirroul: Riobela- a terrifying hybrid
[14:31] Isobela Capalini: pfft
[14:31] Riko Kamachi: and end up getting caught by the handcuffs around a lamppost?
[14:31] Isobela Capalini: we are so hot they had to split us
[14:31] Isobela Capalini: At least one of is sittign right behind Danton
[14:32] Danton Thirroul: You WERE conjoined twins- Riko got the morals, Iso the tolerance of hard alcohol
[14:32] Isobela Capalini: while he drives

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He says, She says… (part forty-one; of a perverted DJ)

•13 April, 2009 • Leave a Comment

The crimes of DJ Danton Thirroul, all laid bare…

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[Saturday night, and the Leaky Cauldron party theme is 'All Grown Up' - grown up Harry Potter characters. I had a very smart idea...]
[15:10] Danton Thirroul: hello Riko
[15:10] Riko Kamachi: hey folks
[15:10] Roisin Ballyhoo: omg… who knocked up Cho?
[15:10] Riko Kamachi: LOL
[15:10] Riko Kamachi: XD
[15:11] Roisin Ballyhoo: Riko… that’s not one of those creepy talking bellies is it?
[15:11] Riko Kamachi: no lol
[15:11] Riko Kamachi: why would i have one of those?
[15:11] Danton Thirroul: Soooo
[15:12] Danton Thirroul: creepy talking SL featus time!!!!
[15:12] Danton Thirroul: who fiddled with Cho?
[15:12] Roisin Ballyhoo: I dunno, but I just wanted to be prepared
[15:12] Riko Kamachi: oh god, this was a bad idea, wasn’t it
[15:12] Danton Thirroul: Not that bad
[15:12] Danton Thirroul: But we do wanna know who Cho did it wif?
[15:12] Danton Thirroul: Cho puts out!
[15:13] Danton Thirroul: CHo is DIRTY!!!
[15:13] Roisin Ballyhoo: Does Cho need a seat on the next Jerry Springer show?

[8:23] Kennef Riggles: thats the most perverse thing i ever heard
[8:23] Kennef Riggles: Danton saying “trust me”

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The fourth sign of the zodiac

•9 April, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Something that’s been on my mind a lot in the last few previous weeks has been Cancer, one of the world’s biggest killers. I always thought that it was a strange coincidence that the yearly Relay For Life campaign has its climax in the middle of July, right in the centre of the zodiac sign from which the disease derives its name. Maybe it isn’t a coincidence – maybe it was a deliberate choice. Personally, if I had made that choice, I would look upon it as an act of brazen defiance.

Here in Second Life your first impressions of a person are based upon an avatar – in most cases, the perfect human image. Drawing accurate conclusions from a person’s appearance is thus impossible. In SL, men can become women, the old can become young, the jaded can relive their childhoods, wallflowers can become society’s high fliers. Most importantly, people can hide those parts of their lives which trouble them, forget, and revel in a world in which RL limitations are thrown down like the walls of a prison.

A warning to new residents and old alike: every person you may meet in Second Life may be hiding something painful. They may be lonely, or clinically depressed. They might have money worries. They may be a single parent struggling to bring up their children who uses the virtual world to regain their freedom and self-worth. They might have Cancer.

Some weeks ago one of my closest friends in Second Life told me that they have Cancer. It’s pretty hard to describe the thoughts going through my mind since; fear, helplessness, the need to protect them. Long words and medical terms on a Wikipedia entry which, rather than giving me answers to my questions, confused me even more. The same brazen defiance against an elusive enemy, against whom I can do nothing.

Except relay. To outsiders to Second Life, a virtual relay may seem pointless; what good does sitting behind a computer pushing the ‘UP’ key for 12 hours straight do? The several million linden dollars we raised last year were raised from the sale of the creations of Second Life’s talented merchants, from DJs who donated their pay and tips to the cause, from the thousands who donated with reckless abandon. But the actual relayers? What did we actually give to the campaign?

I believe I’ve found the answer.

Hope.

I made a promise to that friend that this year I would run for her. And run I will. Because there is *always* hope.

Item suggestions for you!

•5 April, 2009 • Leave a Comment

This week, another round of XStreet SL e-mails went out to the populace of Second Life. Did you get one?

Mine began:

Greetings, Riko Kamachi. You’ve been missed at www.xstreetsl.com!

Thousands of new items have been posted since you last visited Xstreet SL and hundreds more are listed every day! We’ve got just what you’re looking for right at your fingertips — lag-free and no teleporting required.

Having been on the website only an hour previously (although admittedly only to *search* for products), I figured XStreet SL was being pretty needy. I sincerely doubted, for a start, that ‘thousands’ of items had been posted since my last visit if only ‘hundreds’ are posted in one day. Something told me that this is a spam e-mail.

I could be wrong, however! The e-mail promised me handpicked suggestions of ‘just what I’m looking for!’ Always being open to seeing the creations of fellow residents, I clicked off the setting which blocks embedded images in my e-mail.

Would anyone like to guess at what XStreet SL was thinking when they recommended these particular items to me?

Latex Station – Full Latex Suit Waxy Black
*.*! Addoro !*.*_GlamorousAmazon
Immerschoen Girl – Vinyl/Lack Panty Set RS#3

I don’t know whether to be offended or amused. Though XStreet does have one thing in their favour – they were spot on with two of the other things they recommended. It’s an almighty shame I already own them.

He says, She says… (part forty; of a St. Pat’s parade)

•26 March, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Because the one thing you want to do in a maxed out sim of 97 people is haul some serious float. This one is dedicated to my fellow floatees, the Highland Marching Band, the fabulous Sitearm Madonna and the courageous Ginger Marseille, who spent most of the parade (on all three occasions) being continuously run over and/or squashed by my float. Ooops!

Oh, and certain Dublin DJs *cough*Danton*cough*Iso*cough*Loopy can bite me.

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[3:50] Riko Kamachi: jiggy jiggy?
[3:50] Mash Rhode: hahaha
[3:50] Riko Kamachi: oh, dance.
[3:50] Kezzy Forwzy: JIGGY JIGGY!
[3:50] Kezzy Forwzy: Hoooo!
[3:50] Riko Kamachi: *:-.,_,.-:*’´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`’*:-.,_,.-:*
[3:51] Ham Rambler: jiggy jiggy
[3:51] Kezzy Forwzy: +*✰*+ oooOOH-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-OoOoOoOo !! +*✰*+
[3:51] Mash Rhode: jayses
[3:51] Jaynie Carter: was half expecting Ham to tear off his shirt and reveal nipple tassles
[3:51] Kezzy Forwzy giggles
[3:51] Phooka Heron: haha
[3:51] Kezzy Forwzy: i wouldnt be surprised Jaynie
[3:51] Phooka Heron has some nipp …
[3:51] Phooka Heron coughs
[3:52] Riko Kamachi: i think mash is more likely to do that
[3:52] Jaynie Carter: maybe too early in teh mornign though
[3:52] Kezzy Forwzy has nipples
[3:52] Jaynie Carter: Had Mash linmed up for the nude parachute jump for Red Nose Day
[3:52] Riko Kamachi: XD
[3:52] Mash Rhode: hey i dance like this in rl
[3:53] Kezzy Forwzy: i remember watching you dancing like this in Fibbers Mash
[3:53] Riko Kamachi: LOL
[3:53] Ham Rambler: We know, Mash, we’ve seen you
[3:53] Mash Rhode: after many beers
[3:53] Mash Rhode: im rubber
[3:53] Phooka Heron: scary stuff
[3:53] Phooka Heron: so we were told :p
[3:53] Kezzy Forwzy: fuck after many beers anyone is a professional dancer/singer/ songwriter
[3:53] Ham Rambler: ohh.. Rubber? Thats a confession to make note of
[3:53] Riko Kamachi: LOLLLL
[3:53] Mash Rhode: legend in me own mind

[4:00] Riko Kamachi: what’s okra?
[4:00] Chromium Zessinthal: well not all ot but a good bit of it
[4:00] Phooka Heron: lady’s fingers – bhindi
[4:00] Ham Rambler: its a large flightless bird
[4:00] Riko Kamachi: oh
[4:00] Ham Rambler: lives in the desert
[4:00] Ham Rambler: eats lizards
[4:01] Phooka Heron: nah – that’s ostrich Ham
[4:01] Zippedy Zabelin: I thought it was a chat show host…
[4:01] Kezzy Forwzy: and small children
[4:01] Riko Kamachi: LOL zippedy
[4:01] Ham Rambler: tasty with a bit of tomato sauce
[4:01] Chromium Zessinthal: lady fingers???
[4:01] Ham Rambler: craps evreywhere

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He says, She says… (part thirty-nine; of an unmentionable number)

•25 March, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Conclusive proof that the various denizens of Dublin in SL and the SS Galaxy are entirely obsessed with boobs, butts and panties. You sick, sick people.

(P. S. Sorry about the delay in posts, folks… I’ve been unavoidably distracted by RL and also by the fantabulousness that was the Dublin in SL St. Patrick’s Week celebrations!)

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[14:56] Riko Kamachi: CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!
[14:57] Campanula Goldlust: CHOOONNNNNN
[14:57] Doramia Aeon: CHOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
[14:57] Angus Mesmer: tsk…
[14:57] Danton Thirroul: CHOOOOOOOONAGE!
[14:57] Roisin Ballyhoo: is having Multiple HOOGASMS!!!!
[14:57] Roisin Ballyhoo: Hoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[14:57] Miranda Milestone: Hooo!! Hooo!! Hooo!!
[14:57] Miranda Milestone: Hoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[14:57] Riko Kamachi claps a hand over angus’s gob
[14:57] Eria Ziemia: lol Riko
[14:57] Doramia Aeon: ewww Riko
[14:57] Doramia Aeon: isn’t that sticky?
[14:57] Riko Kamachi: what, eww?
[14:57] Campanula Goldlust: has he got a gob???
[14:57] Miranda Milestone: Riko is sticky?
[14:57] Miranda Milestone licks riko
[14:57] Doramia Aeon: lmao
[14:58] Riko Kamachi: WTF
[14:58] Darth North: i read that as knob, not gob
[14:58] Ham Rambler: Gimme Gimmee Gimmee a Pizza After Midnight !
[14:58] Doramia Aeon: y’all are crazy
[14:58] Roisin Ballyhoo: make sure you got the front gob….
[14:58] Mash Rhode: lol
[14:58] Doramia Aeon: omg, lol
[14:58] Eria Ziemia: what is a gob?
[14:58] Sharples Oh: lol camp ”a gob”
[14:58] Doramia Aeon: Pizza!!!!
[14:58] Campanula Goldlust: lol ham
[14:58] Mash Rhode: oh no
[14:58] Miranda Milestone had pizza for lunch
[14:58] Doramia Aeon: with bacon
[14:58] Riko Kamachi: you guys are insane
[14:58] Campanula Goldlust: hehe
[14:58] Eria Ziemia: pizza?
[14:58] Roswenthe Aluveaux: pmsl
[14:58] Doramia Aeon: yes Riko
[14:58] Sharples Oh: kebab after midnight
[14:58] Roisin Ballyhoo: your point?
[14:58] Mash Rhode: dont ask Eria
[14:58] Doramia Aeon: Mira has freud in her
[14:58] Eria Ziemia: is with Sharples ont hat one
[14:58] Campanula Goldlust: chips…mmmmmm
[14:58] Ham Rambler: of COURSE we are, Riko..come and JOIN US !

[13:31] Danton Thirroul hols his panties
[13:32] Danton Thirroul: wait
[13:32] Danton Thirroul: these are not MY panties!
[13:32] Riko Kamachi: D IS WEARING PANTIES!
[13:32] Echo Cooke: D is wearing a thong
[13:32] Danton Thirroul: Whose panties are these I am holding?
[13:32] Busy Bravin: lol DANTON NOW WHOSE WOULD THEY BE>?
[13:32] Isobela Capalini hands Danton her pink “Clean” Thong
[13:32] Danton Thirroul sniffs
[13:32] Busy Bravin: eeewww
[13:32] Danton Thirroul: Don;t recognise ‘em…
[13:32] Isobela Capalini: Dumpster diving again?
[13:33] Tigerlilly Andrew: damn i cant see…..hes stood behind a pillar……its always the damn same….he wears a kilt and i get sat at the back……grr. lol
[13:33] Riko Kamachi: D, did you just SNIFF iso’s pants?
[13:33] APPLAUSE: A Hearty round of applause bursts from the crowd

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