What's To Come in '08

In our continuing pursuit to provide you with the best know how for your slives, we are sharing our secret insights into the year ahead...

Guen predicts...

• We'll learn that the Lindens are all really aliens and Second Life is their master plan to brainwash us all. All your bases are belong to us!!!
• "Detachable Penis" by King Missle will be the new intro music heard while logging into SL.
• More popular TV shows will see the potential in using Second Life in their plotlines. Eventually real life actors and sets will be replaced with Second Life Avatars and sims when TV studios see just how many production costs they save by doing this.
• Following in the footsteps of such names as U2, Duran Duran, & Suzanne Vega... the next big music artist to break their way into the Second Life scene will be...... YANNI!

Kitty's predictions:

• In July a 32 year old woman from Connecticut unknowingly bumps into her own alt whilst shopping in Maitreya. They partner at the end of august and the relationship seems to be going well
• Rolling restarts are banned after one residents dies 'restart surfing'
• In March the first 'direct connect' between a human brain and the second life grid occurs. Unfortunately, James Underwood crashes during tp testing and loses half his memory
• In October Billy Johnson will become the first human to be born in Second Life
• After the dive in television viewers during the 'black spring'. Soap opera writers look to the metaverse for inspiration. Eastenders gets record viewers after it airs an episode when Phil Mitchell gets orbited to 120 million meters and finds his brother Grant
• Pop eats itself sometime around easter.
  

Jelly: predickshuns... i haz em

• Sculpted prims will become flexi. Someone will invent flexi sculpted flacid penis and sine wave will animate the first cockman dance for the new sculpted flexi flacid penis!
• bits & bobs will invent ppl to have sex for you on their balls. The male will be shiny blue, the female shiny pink
• Jellybean will run for president, but end up winning govenor by default on account of the real governor linden being caught in a comprosing position with phil linden and a child av in a casino. And i'm sure there was candy & an elvis costume involved - the child was wearing a lolita dress & has been alledged to be Gorgeous Yongo a.k.a Gogo Lolita

Rosie Predicts...

• By April all new clothing releases will be made entirely of sculpties... the expression 'frostied' will be born of the countless moments of waiting for people to rezz around you
• By December there will be 235431287924 additional fashion blogs on the Fashion Feed. Each new one will be added to the feed approximately 7 weeks after the blog author's request. Many 'reviews' of new releases will be blogged before they are on the feed... but fortunately every existing site on the feed will have already covered them.
• By April CNN will figure out what *is* news in SL
• My magic 8 ball.. uh I mean my 'vision'... is kind of cloudy about this one but it looks like "review copies" will actually be used for reviews
• In September, after an unfortunate Linden run-in with a furry waving around his ginormous pelty tool, Yiffing will be banned gridwide
• I predict that Laylah and Orchid will return shortly with more slife-altering predictions for you :P

What do you forsee for 2008?

SLunchtime Poll Results - Last Week (Santa's List)

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.:-CATNIP-:. Asshats & Other Oddities

Yeah you read that right... I said ASSHAT!


One of just a few items you can find at a little store on SL called CATNIP.

I actually happened upon this gleeful little joint on a recommendation from the General Manager of Sanctuary Rock (hi, Mirari!!!) who owns every damn item sold at this store. The place is actually part of the Hysteria Sim with a focus on Nekos, but even if you're not a Neko the schtuff sold here is hilarious.

Started by Akasha Wachmann & Kisten Bailey, this joint started with just a few silly ideas in their silly little minds. Now most Nekos, Furries and other fluffy folk on SL know about this place.

When you walk in you're greeted by a vast assortment of accessories that all pretty much have a 'tongue-n'-cheek' feel.

In one corner of the front is a selection of whimsical belts such as the Cereal Killer, Pride, and the EMO.


My favorite so far is the Vandal with toilet paper, spray paint, egg carton, and even some firecrackers.


Yeah I have to do insets on these things because they're all so incredibly detailed. Even each decal and label is worth zooming in your camera for.

In the newly expanded back room there's a few furniture items for kitties such as a tire swing, cuddle furniture & a milk martini glass. The thing that really caught my attention is the array of IVs on the far back wall.


Did I mention the attention to detail on these things? Check out the Coffee IV...


You can't tell in the picture but the liquid inside does move and the Coffee one comes with a steaming and non-steaming version. Also up on the wall are beverages such as Red Bull, Pimp Juice, and of course... the DEW. For the holiday season there's even Egg Nog.

So hop on down to CATNIP and grab some crazy goodies for you or for a wacky holiday gift. You're sure to get a laugh and a few people asking "Where in the world did you get that cool [insert silly CATNIP accessory here]?"

What's Wrong with the SL Clique?

What is it? That you don't belong to one? Is that what you're busy whining about? To all the naysayers, that will say "I don't have a clique, I have friends." You're so full of crap. Haha! Even pathetic losers have their own clique... it just sucks and no one wants in... that doesn't mean you are an individual or unable to be classified within a 'clique'. it just means you're sad and most likely emo. Everyone has a core group of people that they hang with, hence a clique.

Let's start with the definition of a Clique...
A clique is a coalition whose members associate regularly with each other on the basis of affection and common interest, such as listening to music and blogging for fun, and possess a marked sense of common identity. All members of a clique interact with one another, though there may be core members, primary members, and secondary members.

Ohhhh and let's use it in a sentence or two...
Yo!? That clique that listens to music and blogs for fun is off the heezy fo sheezy! Who is that longer haired neanderthal girl who is always hanging with the JellyBean Madison Clique?

I'm personally all for SL cliques. For one they make SL seem smaller & more cozy. Who doesn't love to have a few or 10 close friends that you can share stuffage with? Then again, I'm part of a clique so I really have few negatives about it. A clique is sort of like a sorority, but not as evil.

The problem with cliques is that hearing the word conjures up all kinds of ideas about being excluded through the use of common techniques such as:

• code language or another type of communication that excludes everyone not in the fic

• "inside joke"... Oh don't we all love using that expression when explaining what we're talking about to someone not quite in the know? Though the use of this expression reaffirms the sense of belonging to those who have already secured their place within the clique, using this popular refrain can make others feel totally excluded.
  

These things naturally occur among friends or any group of people who have 'history'. Capitalizing on using these things for the sole purpose of excluding others does not make your 'group' a clique. It just makes your 'group' a band of merry assholes.

What kind of clique are you in?

Kitty's Fate in Your Hands

*Updated*


Well it seems I may have overreacted and said a hasty goodbye to Miss Kitty Lalonde. I have read her apology and honestly, she had me at "teh lolcat..." ::tear:: But, to ensure I make the right decision, I've decided to ask you, the loyal reader, if Kitty should indeed be welcomed back into the MG fold. Is her apology enough? Will she really live up to her promises to be less... evil?

Poll will only be up for one day. Please vote wisely. The future of the sl blogosphere depends on it.

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Meat 'N Greet: Alexx Markova

*Favorite Color:

although I don't have a favorite color, the one I prefer is black, since it goes with everything. Except in decoration...

*SL Rezzday:

28/10/2007 but I've actually been here for over a year on a previous avie that died in a horrible, horrible accident

*Favorite animal and why?

The rhinoceros because it is a pacific creature but when angry it becomes a force to be reckoned with

*What factors did you take into consideration when creating your av?

I went for realism, I also tried to have my avie look like me as close as possible so that I can try different styles on him and see what would look good on me in rl

*what's the most embarrassing thing you've done for a girl/guy/furry?well the first time I had sex in sl was quite embarassing

*What's the last book you read?

photoshop for dummies!

*What's a movie you could watch over and over?

I'm not a big movie fan but I cant get enough of the "who's line is it anyway" episodes

*You could never date someone who _____________ (fill in the blank)

isn't able to hold an interesting and captivating conversation.

*If you could trade slives with one other avatar for a day, who would it be?

I would love to be Helyanwe Vindaloo for a day so I can find out how she makes all that awesome hair

*Who would you most like to collaborate with in sl?

I'd love to work with Shiva DeVaux. She makes awesome furniture. I also would love to work with everybody I have in my flickr list.

*Favorite thing to do in SL?

I love making poses, most of them are very random model poses but they are fun to do and I love it when I see them used in pictures.

SLunchtime Poll Results - Last Week (Acceptable Alts)