Relay for Life (Corporate Teams) [sampled from 100-team, 300-team and 1500-team categories]:
Wal*Mart: $1,384,614.46 (9674 participants)
Starbucks Employees: $116,550.32 (1494 participants)
American Airlines: $213,838.81 (965 participants)
Relay For Life National Partners (Non-Corporate Teams)
US Jaycees: $134,346.20 (1255 participants)
Parrot Heads in Paradise, Inc.: $72,304.78 (418 participants)
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.: $36,843.62 (444 participants)
Relay For Life of Second Life - Convio (out-world) Fundraising:
130 Teams registered
407 Participants
US$14,899.62 raised
Relay For Life of Second Life - in-world Fundraising:
L$60,324,956 (~ U.S.$263,361)
Avatars: 1913 (who knows how many alts? [shrugs])
Steelhead Salmons
L$217,000 in-world (last year L$113,000)
US$800.00 out-world (#5!)
Monday, July 20, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
My Darien Mason ticket
(Ref: The Seneschelf Speaks)
The tracking number for your new ticket is #4051-6460234
| Summary: | Request to reconsider avatar banning |
| Ticket Type: | Technical Issue |
| Technical issue: | I've logged in, but there is a problem |
| Inworld Issue: | Avatar |
| Did you check the Knowledge Base?: | No, I did not check the Knowledge Base |
| Preferred Language: | English |
| Details: | I would like to request a reconsideration of the banning of Darien Mason. Darien was conducting extensive roleplay and did not mean to violate TOS, only to tell his stories effectively; he certainly did it inadvertently and without malice, intent to defraud, or any other possible malign actions. His absence leaves a huge hole in the societies of multiple sims (Caledon, Steelhead, New Babbage to start). He is very sorry for causing a problem, and wishes to come back with the single account under restrictions if you would take mercy on him (and all of us) and let him do so. Please do reconsider it. He adds so much to Second Life. |
| Reference Ticket number: | 4051-6388684, 4051-6457938 |
The tracking number for your new ticket is #4051-6460234
Monday, June 8, 2009
But... it was in Brigadoon!
You have received a message from Second Life:
Your object 'cavorite' has been returned to your inventory lost and found folder from parcel 'Caledon Rothesay' at Caledon Rothesay 125, -1 because it went off-world.
Your object 'cavorite' has been returned to your inventory lost and found folder from parcel 'Caledon Rothesay' at Caledon Rothesay 125, -1 because it went off-world.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Calan Mai hapus!
Cribbed shamelessly from Wikipedia:
In Wales, May 1 is a holiday known as Calan Mai or Calan Haf, which means the first day of summer. Celebrations start on the evening before, known as May Eve, with bonfires; as with Calan Gaeaf, the night before (Nos Calan Mai) is an Ysbrydnos, or "spirit night," when spirits are out and about and divination is possible. The tradition of lighting Midsummer bonfires happened annually in south Wales until the middle of the 19th century. It is the Welsh equivalent of the Goidelic Beltane.
Customs
References:
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calan_Mai"
In Wales, May 1 is a holiday known as Calan Mai or Calan Haf, which means the first day of summer. Celebrations start on the evening before, known as May Eve, with bonfires; as with Calan Gaeaf, the night before (Nos Calan Mai) is an Ysbrydnos, or "spirit night," when spirits are out and about and divination is possible. The tradition of lighting Midsummer bonfires happened annually in south Wales until the middle of the 19th century. It is the Welsh equivalent of the Goidelic Beltane.
Customs
- On Nos Calan Mai or May Eve, villagers gather hawthorn (draenen wen, literally whitethorn) branches and flowers which they would then use to decorate the outside of their houses, celebrating new growth and fertility.
- In Anglesey and Caernarvonshire it would be common on May Eve to have gware gwr gwyllt (playing straw man) or crogi gwr gwellt (hanging a straw man). A man who had lost his sweetheart to another man would make a man out of straw and put it somewhere in the vicinity of where the girl lived. The straw man represented her new sweetheart and had a note pinned to it. Often the situation led to a fight between the two men at the May Fair.
- Being the time between Summer and Winter, Calan Mai would be the time to stage a mock fight between the two seasons. The man representing Winter carried a stick of blackthorn (draenen ddu) and a shield that had pieces of wool stuck on it to represent snow. The man representing Summer was decorated with garlands of flowers and ribbons and carried a willow-wand which had spring flowers tied on it with ribbons. A mock battle took place in which the forces of Winter threw straw and dry underwood at the forces of Summer who retaliated with birch branches, willow (helygen) rods, and young ferns (rhedyn). Eventually the forces of Summer would win and a May King and Queen were chosen and crowned, after which there was feasting, dancing, games and drinking until the next morning.
- May Day was the time that the twmpath chwarae was officially opened. The Welsh equivalent of the Irish ceili is a twmpath. Through the summer months in some Welsh villages, the people would gather on the twmpath chwarae, (literally, tump for playing), the village green, in the evenings to dance and play various sports. The green was usually situated on the top of a hill and a mound was made where the fiddler or harpist sat. Sometimes branches of oak decorated the mound and the people would dance in a circle around it.
- Dawnsio haf, summer dancing, was a feature of the May Day celebration, as was carolau Mai, May carols, also known as carolau haf, summer carols or canu dan y pared, singing under the wall (songs being often of a bawdy or sexual nature). The singers would visit families on May morning accompanied by a harpist or fiddler, to wish them the greetings of the season and give thanks to "the bountiful giver of all good gifts." If their singing was thought worthy, they would be rewarded with food, drink, and possibly money.
- Common drinks during Calan Mai festivities were metheglin or mead. Sometimes it was made of herbs, including woodruff, a sweet-smelling herb which was often put in wine in times past to make a man merry and act as a tonic for the heart and liver. Elderberry and rhubarb wines were popular and the men also liked various beers.
References:
- Trefor M. Owen. Welsh Folk Customs. Gomer Press, Llandysul 1987
- Marie Trevelyan. Folklore and Folk Stories of Wales. EP Publishing Ltd, Wakefield 1973
- http://www.applewarrior.com/celticwell/ejournal/beltane/wales.htm, electronic version, by Hilaire Wood.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calan_Mai"
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Vaporware
Electra is a very fine computer (or should I say "difference engine"), but of course there's More out there. I wasn't feeling very good today; my concentration was not of the best, so I started playing with computer configurators on-line.
With the new CUDA developments between nVidia and BOINC, I'd love to have a quad-core dual-GPU system to do double-duty between SL and numbers-crunching. I'd be able to process six workunits for BOINC projects while I wasn't in-world. And with dual video boards, apparently I'd be able to process SL stuff with breathtaking speed (or so Dave suggested back when we were building Elektra).
My problem is that I can't read this shorthand they have for descriptions. How can I tell if it has two video slots, or USB ports on the front of the case, or how much cooling is optimal, or... lots of stuff. I need a Rosetta Stone.
Even if it is just for wistfulness.
With the new CUDA developments between nVidia and BOINC, I'd love to have a quad-core dual-GPU system to do double-duty between SL and numbers-crunching. I'd be able to process six workunits for BOINC projects while I wasn't in-world. And with dual video boards, apparently I'd be able to process SL stuff with breathtaking speed (or so Dave suggested back when we were building Elektra).
My problem is that I can't read this shorthand they have for descriptions. How can I tell if it has two video slots, or USB ports on the front of the case, or how much cooling is optimal, or... lots of stuff. I need a Rosetta Stone.
Even if it is just for wistfulness.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Steelhead Salmons 2009
Last year, as a new team starting late with a captain having no clue what she was doing, Steelhead contributed L$113,000 to the efforts to fight cancer.
This year, the Salmons get to reach out to First Life as well as second, and we have a GREAT START.
Join us in fishing for a cure! Follow us on the Steelhead Ning as well.
This year, the Salmons get to reach out to First Life as well as second, and we have a GREAT START.
Join us in fishing for a cure! Follow us on the Steelhead Ning as well.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
YAY! I'm an official VKC trainer!
For those of you (all one, apparently) who might not be familiar with it, the Virtual Kennel Club was founded by Enrico "Rico" Genosse to promote adoption (OK, "sale" if you want to be all OOC about it) and training of dogs ("canidroids") which he built and scripted.
In no particular order, the VKC adopts out Bloodhounds, Irish Wolfhounds, Labradors, Australian Shepherds, Rottweilers, Chihuahuas, Bichon Frises, Newfoundlands, German Shepherds, Dobermans and Chow Chows. (You can't get the hyenas any more unless somebody's feeling really generous.)
Watch the film: VKC... The Story Begins
When Steelhead's Port Harbor was being pre-booked, I wrote to Mister Genosse about opening a dog park in Steelhead - and instead, he suggested I run it! We worked out arrangements to pay for the land, I started landscaping it into a space for people to enjoy the view as well as the dogs, and eventually when our schedules synched up, he gave me the Trainer test and the contract!
Without trying to make fun of Mister Genosse, it was kind of funny. The current trainers, especially Rosanna Himmel, did a really good job of preparing me over a series of about four training sessions. The test was to teach the dog a trick - pick up a frisbee, go around a pole at one end of the space, then cross back, go around/over/through a fence and drop the frisbee on the other side. First thing I asked was if I had been made a friend of the the test dog, a very handsome Chow Chow. This would allow me to give the dog commands almost as if I were his owner. Ooops. He fixed that quickly.
Then we got the spare frisbee out of the way.
See, VKC dogs can "see" objects when they've got active scripts in them, like Uni Ninetails's trees for instance. The post that the dog was supposed to circle was set like this, but somehow it acquired a very odd name -- the same one I was wearing at the Steelhead "Phantom of the Opera" masquerade dance! Rico thought I was joking when I told the dog to "go the mushroom of the catacombs", but honestly, that's what the post said. I don't even think I was wearing my RPTool.
He had some tricky bits - the dog wouldn't "go" to the post, after the name was fixed, because his "go" command had been changed! I spotted that and fixed it quickly, then taught the dog some marks, locations for the dog to remember and be able to be directed to. A little more fiddling and plotting on my part, and the chow nicely left where I was standing, circled the post, headed for the fence, stopped where he was to drop the frisbee, circled around the other end of the fence and returned to me with a nice little playful rollover to finish.
One problem - he didn't take the frisbee. "chow take frisbee" (dogs don't like capital letters). No response. Well, well, well. Another sneaky challenge! "dog forget take" - this should have removed a taught, overlaying behavior and returned "take" to the default action. Except... now the dog didn't do anything. "chow help" - this lists all the dog's marks, instincts, tricks and status. "chow list take" - no response at all.
Ooops. This broke "fetch" too, of course, because "take" is part of "fetch". It was more adventurous of a test than we expected! We found a script bug! He said I passed. :D
Now my beautiful park will be opening Friday - we'll take about an hour for final setup with proper signage and such, then the public is welcome at 5 PM, just enough time for people to check things out before Steelhead's Mardi Gras dance at 7. AND there'll be a special VKC event on Saturday too!
Oh, and for no good reason at all:
Adopshun by lolcatz - Not so grate acksually
In no particular order, the VKC adopts out Bloodhounds, Irish Wolfhounds, Labradors, Australian Shepherds, Rottweilers, Chihuahuas, Bichon Frises, Newfoundlands, German Shepherds, Dobermans and Chow Chows. (You can't get the hyenas any more unless somebody's feeling really generous.)
When Steelhead's Port Harbor was being pre-booked, I wrote to Mister Genosse about opening a dog park in Steelhead - and instead, he suggested I run it! We worked out arrangements to pay for the land, I started landscaping it into a space for people to enjoy the view as well as the dogs, and eventually when our schedules synched up, he gave me the Trainer test and the contract!
Without trying to make fun of Mister Genosse, it was kind of funny. The current trainers, especially Rosanna Himmel, did a really good job of preparing me over a series of about four training sessions. The test was to teach the dog a trick - pick up a frisbee, go around a pole at one end of the space, then cross back, go around/over/through a fence and drop the frisbee on the other side. First thing I asked was if I had been made a friend of the the test dog, a very handsome Chow Chow. This would allow me to give the dog commands almost as if I were his owner. Ooops. He fixed that quickly.
Then we got the spare frisbee out of the way.
See, VKC dogs can "see" objects when they've got active scripts in them, like Uni Ninetails's trees for instance. The post that the dog was supposed to circle was set like this, but somehow it acquired a very odd name -- the same one I was wearing at the Steelhead "Phantom of the Opera" masquerade dance! Rico thought I was joking when I told the dog to "go the mushroom of the catacombs", but honestly, that's what the post said. I don't even think I was wearing my RPTool.
He had some tricky bits - the dog wouldn't "go" to the post, after the name was fixed, because his "go" command had been changed! I spotted that and fixed it quickly, then taught the dog some marks, locations for the dog to remember and be able to be directed to. A little more fiddling and plotting on my part, and the chow nicely left where I was standing, circled the post, headed for the fence, stopped where he was to drop the frisbee, circled around the other end of the fence and returned to me with a nice little playful rollover to finish.
One problem - he didn't take the frisbee. "chow take frisbee" (dogs don't like capital letters). No response. Well, well, well. Another sneaky challenge! "dog forget take" - this should have removed a taught, overlaying behavior and returned "take" to the default action. Except... now the dog didn't do anything. "chow help" - this lists all the dog's marks, instincts, tricks and status. "chow list take" - no response at all.
Ooops. This broke "fetch" too, of course, because "take" is part of "fetch". It was more adventurous of a test than we expected! We found a script bug! He said I passed. :D
Now my beautiful park will be opening Friday - we'll take about an hour for final setup with proper signage and such, then the public is welcome at 5 PM, just enough time for people to check things out before Steelhead's Mardi Gras dance at 7. AND there'll be a special VKC event on Saturday too!
Oh, and for no good reason at all:
Adopshun by lolcatz - Not so grate acksually
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Relay For Life in Second Life has officially begun
RELAY FOR LIFE
TEAM CAPTAIN!!!
- Ask people you like to be with and who you trust. Choose greatness!
- Have a team kickoff to recruit new members and get things going
- Set a team fundraising goal of at least $100/person or $1000 for the team
- fundraising year around will lead to more success and less burnout
- don’t forget to plan some on-site fundraisers for the day of Relay
- see the Encyclopedia of Fundraisers for great ideas get creative with FUN-raisers that the whole team can help with and enjoy
- Select a co-captain to help you
- Organize your team by forming team committees
- Lay out team fundraisers on a calendar and discuss team members responsibility for each
- delegate
- trust and support your team members
- Communicate, communicate, communicate!
- have regular team meetings
- copy and distribute the Relay newsletters
- do a team newsletter
- call and email with updates, good news (“Kimberly just got a $20 donation!”), reminders about fundraisers, upcoming team meetings, etc.
- Attend team captain meetings or send someone in your place
- pass along information you get at team captain meetings
- keep your team informed about incentive prizes, rules, games, contests, etc.
- Make sure you turn in your registration fee and form by the deadline. Don’t forget to turn in any other forms needed by the Relay committee.
- Motivate, excite and enthuse your team
- dedicate your team’s efforts to a cancer survivor share information about the American Cancer Society programs and services that you receive at team captain meetings
- be their cheerleader and their biggest fan!
- ask survivors that you know to come to Relay and walk in the Opening Lap
- hang Relay posters, banners, balloons in your office
- Take up the fight against cancer and volunteer to help with ACS programs and services. The ACS is always in need of volunteers. There are many opportunities for you and your entire team to get involved – from driving cancer patients to and from treatment to educating others on the importance of prevention and early detection to helping with the American Cancer Society’s legislative agenda by becoming a grass roots advocate.
- Have a Team Wrap Up Party
- review the team’s activities, fundraisers, etc. to find out what worked well and what could be improved
- distribute/announce any awards your team won.
- you can even have your own awards for your team’s Top Fundraiser, Most Laps Walked, etc.
- start planning for next year’s Relay !
- HAVE FUN ! !
Thursday, February 5, 2009
A sim to keep an eye on (or watch in terror, as appropriate)
Caliburn Susanto, Friend to All (really, he's a great guy!) posts previews of the new Arkham sim -- and invites people over.
Take a look here!
Take a look here!
A RL Tiny!
From ABC News: Fifteen-year-old Jyoti Amge of Nagpur, India, is the "world's smallest girl," according to the Indian Book of Records. She was born Dec. 16, 1993, and now measures just 1 foot, 11 inches tall, and weighs 11 pounds. Doctors say that it is unlikely that she will grow any taller than her current height.
(BARM/Fame Pictures)
http://a.abcnews.com/images/Health/fame_jyoti_080408_ssh.jpg
http://a.abcnews.com/images/Health/fame_jyoti_2_080408_ssv.jpg
http://a.abcnews.com/images/Health/fame_jyoti_3_080408_ssh.jpg
(She needs a "Mind Below" sign, or at least a helium balloon....)
(BARM/Fame Pictures)
http://a.abcnews.com/images/Health/fame_jyoti_080408_ssh.jpg
http://a.abcnews.com/images/Health/fame_jyoti_2_080408_ssv.jpg
http://a.abcnews.com/images/Health/fame_jyoti_3_080408_ssh.jpg
(She needs a "Mind Below" sign, or at least a helium balloon....)
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
A view of Avaria
I've had occasion (see the Mushroom Hunters' Ning for why) to tromp around a lot of Avaria recently, and this well-done slideshow of photography both from the floating buildings and the widely-varied environment on the ground really does a beautiful job of showing off this astonishing land.
(What, a cavern? I've missed something?!)
P.S. Good soundtrack.
(What, a cavern? I've missed something?!)
P.S. Good soundtrack.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
I GOTTA SNOWDROP!
[10:09] Denver Hax: and the clue is as follows : one who stands apart from the sacrifice, yet was once one upright.
[10:10] Tanarian Davies: ...that's it?
[10:10] Denver Hax: yep :)
...
[10:10] Tanarian Davies: Oh. I have an Idea.
...
[10:16] Denver Hax: and we have a winner
[10:16] Tanarian Davies beams!
#15 of 22
[10:10] Tanarian Davies: ...that's it?
[10:10] Denver Hax: yep :)
...
[10:10] Tanarian Davies: Oh. I have an Idea.
...
[10:16] Denver Hax: and we have a winner
[10:16] Tanarian Davies beams!
#15 of 22
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Dr. Malegatto Alter's "12 Days of Mad Scientists Christmas" (with commentary)
From Steelhead's holiday storytelling event (with a few edits for smoothness - and possibly broken ascii art, sorry):
[20:49] TotalLunar Eclipse: Well I do not look like a bad kitty, or ETK but Malegatto Alter's human had a family emergency
[20:49] Doc Wrangler: YA LUNAR!
[20:49] VelesJaeger Munster: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[20:49] Elegia Underwood: Lunar Elf Lord!
[20:49] CeAire Decosta: Eeek!
[20:49] Doc Wrangler: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
[20:49] Tanarian Davies: Oh noooo.
[20:49] Annechen Lowey: Oh, no.
[20:49] Elegia Underwood bows low.
[20:49] VelesJaeger Munster: Zorry to hear dot. Hy hopez efferyting iz hokay for her.
[20:49] Elegia Underwood: NOOOOOoooo.
[20:49] Riven Homewood: yes, I do too
[20:50] CeAire Decosta: Ditto to what Veles said.
[20:50] TotalLunar Eclipse: She herself is fine, but out of town
[20:50] Forelle Broek: tritto
[20:50] Elegia Underwood: And I was so looking forward to finally meeting the famous scientist. I hope all is ultimately well with her.
[20:50] Doc Wrangler: Send her our warm wishes, Lunar.
[20:50] CeAire Decosta: And to her family.
[20:50] TotalLunar Eclipse: I will *smiles*
[20:50] VelesJaeger Munster: Goot, tenk hyu.
...
[20:52] TotalLunar Eclipse: I was using voice earlier but there is no way I am going to sing 12 Days of Christmas
[20:52] Nabila Nadir: foo
[20:52] CeAire Decosta: Awww - Darn!
[20:52] Tibouchina Freschi: double foo
[20:52] Doc Wrangler: SING IT! SING IT!
...
[20:52] TotalLunar Eclipse: :P no
[20:52] CeAire Decosta: Just start with 12 and go down!
[20:52] Tanarian Davies: Pleeeeease?
[20:52] Doc Wrangler: FIIIIIVE...!
[20:52] Riven Homewood: We'll help you
[20:52] Annechen Lowey: Not even in Elvish?
[20:52] TotalLunar Eclipse: I will be reading after this, and using voice... but not singing
[20:52] Tibouchina Freschi: we will
[20:53] VelesJaeger Munster smiles encouragingly!
[20:53] TotalLunar Eclipse: and my name isn't Chauncy!
[20:53] Tanarian Davies: What Missus Decosta said... oh. Reading is OK.
[20:53] Nabila Nadir: lol
[20:53] Doc Wrangler: Ship ahoy!
[20:53] Riven Homewood: You'll never live that name down :-)
...
[20:54] TotalLunar Eclipse: What I am reading is, the 12 days of Mad Scientists Christmas by Malegatto Alter, our own evil tiny kitteh
[20:54] VelesJaeger Munster: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[20:54] KlausWulfenbach Outlander looks quite interested
[20:54] bowlofnoodle Tomorrow: Aah!
[20:54] Nabila Nadir: She's mad, MAD I tell you!
[20:54] Hotspur Otoole: Chauncey.
[20:54] VelesJaeger Munster: Uf courze.
[20:54] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me..... a tock lobster in a warehouse.
[20:54] Tanarian Davies: Tock?
[20:55] Greegar Hellershanks: lek clenk
[20:55] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Clockwork, perhaps.
[20:55] CeAire Decosta: (It goes with tick....)
[20:55] VelesJaeger Munster: Or t iz bezide r.
[20:55] TotalLunar Eclipse: (if no one has been to her warehouse there is a massive metal lobster)
[20:55] Greegar Hellershanks: tock lob-stah!
[20:55] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Ah, haven't seen it yet.
[20:55] VelesJaeger Munster: Heh. Zoundz like fon.
[20:56] Tanarian Davies giggles at Greegar
[20:56] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me... two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in a warehouse!
[20:56] Hawc Decosta: Armored Lobster, my favorite dish!
[20:56] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Tesla coils, very useful.
[20:56] Riven Homewood: can you use them to cook the lobster?
[20:56] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[20:57] Greegar Hellershanks: de cogs is to bost up de shell zo hyu ken eat it?
[20:57] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[20:57] Tanarian Davies: Is that four pair, or two pair?
[20:57] Elegia Underwood giggles... & giggles are not common to her kind.
[20:57] Annechen Lowey: at least it was an even number.
[20:57] Tensai Hilra: 4 pair *smiles*
[20:57] Doc Wrangler: Four LEFT gloves.
[20:57] CeAire Decosta: I would think potholders might be more useful at this point.
[20:57] TotalLunar Eclipse: Probably pair... have you seen the amount of crates full of rubber gloves at her place?
[20:57] Greegar Hellershanks: meybee de alle right hond glovez?
[20:57] Riven Homewood: Good to have rugger gloves around Tesla coils
[20:58] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[20:58] Doc Wrangler: So true Riven
[20:58] Elegia Underwood: Wow!
[20:58] Greegar Hellershanks: Hooh!
[20:58] Elegia Underwood: He must've loved her a LOT!
[20:58] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[20:58] Nabila Nadir: wow!
[20:58] CeAire Decosta: Flying high now!
[20:58] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Hmmm, needs a hangar now.
[20:58] Hawc Decosta: Or 5.
[20:58] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...six mobs a yelling
[20:58] CeAire Decosta: Careful, might get six of them.
[20:59] Nabila Nadir: uh oh
[20:59] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Ach, the mobs.
[20:59] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[20:59] CeAire Decosta: What are they yelling about?
[20:59] Greegar Hellershanks: hooh!
[20:59] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[20:59] Hawc Decosta: pitchforks and torches all a glow!
[20:59] Greegar Hellershanks: hy don lek dem
[20:59] Nabila Nadir: I think it has something to do with the giant lobster....
[20:59] Doc Wrangler: Love them airships...
[20:59] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Oh, mobs are always indignant about random monsters, or missing children... poisoned streams.
[20:59] Elegia Underwood laughs at Hawc.
[20:59] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...seven folks a screaming, six mobs a yelling
[20:59] Elegia Underwood: This is a seasonal mob, Herr Baron!
[20:59] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[20:59] Greegar Hellershanks: huh-hoh
[21:00] CeAire Decosta: I think we have a riot on our hands.
[21:00] Annechen Lowey: Ah, the mob was useful after all. - volunteers.
[21:00] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[21:00] Tanarian Davies: Mad science does that.
[21:00] Tanarian Davies nods solemnly.
[21:00] Tensai Hilra: hehe
[21:00] Greegar Hellershanks: vy he not geef minions? deez zum kreppy troo loffer
[21:00] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...eight rats a running, seven folks a screaming, six mobs a yelling
[21:00] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[21:00] Tanarian Davies: Giant rats?
[21:00] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[21:00] CeAire Decosta: The rats were trying to get out of the way.
[21:00] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Not the rat-stretching machine at work....
[21:00] Hawc Decosta: Call out the Jaegers for Riot Control duty and vermin extermination!
[21:01] Greegar Hellershanks: ken ve eat de retz?
[21:01] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...nine minions missing, eight rats a running, seven folks a screaming, six mobs a yelling
[21:01] Nabila Nadir: missing?!
[21:01] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[21:01] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Missing! That won't do!
[21:01] Greegar Hellershanks: dey kidnep de minionz?
[21:01] Annechen Lowey: not properly trained.
[21:01] Searra Weatherwax: ROUS
[21:01] CeAire Decosta: How can you miss a minion?
[21:01] Elegia Underwood murmurs, in between fits of laughter, "I loooooove Steelhead."
[21:01] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[21:01] Tanarian Davies giggles
[21:01] Doc Wrangler: I love that airships part. That's my favorite.
[21:01] Tibouchina Freschi: BIG airships
[21:01] Hawc Decosta: Yes, none of us have enough of them, so hard to get good help!
[21:02] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...ten labs a burning, nine minions missing, eight rats a running, seven folks a screaming, six mobs a yelling
[21:02] Nabila Nadir: d'oh!
[21:02] Greegar Hellershanks: hommmm
[21:02] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[21:02] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: The experiment -- ruined.
[21:02] Annechen Lowey: niss your minions and the lab is in flames, and you lose your hat.
[21:02] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[21:02] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Very sad.
[21:02] CeAire Decosta: Maybe that was the experiment?
[21:02] Doc Wrangler: THE LAB! IT'S BURNING!
[21:02] Greegar Hellershanks: hyu ken ztart offer, Herr Baron
[21:02] VelesJaeger Munster: Lebz dun vork vhen dhey iz borning.
[21:02] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...eleven beakers bubbling, ten labs a burning, nine minions missing, eight rats a running, seven folks a screaming, six mobs a yelling
[21:02] Hawc Decosta: Tensai, have you been littering bombs near the warehouse?
[21:02] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[21:03] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[21:03] Annechen Lowey joins in, "Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!"
[21:03] Tensai Hilra whistles and looks innocent
[21:03] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Of course they're bubbling, the lab is burning and they're boiling over.
[21:03] Greegar Hellershanks: zee, de beakes in booblink . Iz lookink bedder all ready
[21:03] CeAire Decosta: Yeah, if the lab is burning that would be hot enough to melt a beaker.
[21:03] Greegar Hellershanks: ho.
[21:03] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...twelve diff'rence engines, eleven beakers bubbling, ten labs a burning, nine minions missing, eight rats a running, seven folks a screaming, six mobs a yelling
[21:03] Remington Pinion: beakers are boiling I am sure from the heat of the fire
[21:03] Nabila Nadir: oooh!
[21:03] Greegar Hellershanks: hyu kent mealt de beaker ontil iz vinished bobblink
[21:03] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[21:03] VelesJaeger Munster does Beaker impression (from the Muppets)
[21:03] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils..
[21:03] Annechen Lowey giggles, "Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!"
[21:03] Elegia Underwood: Here comes the finale!
[21:03] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Ah, but if the difference engines are in the labs... there's not much of a point of them as a gift.
[21:03] Doc Wrangler: Diff'rence engines? What's the difference?
[21:03] Tensai Hilra: making up for it with the difference engines
[21:03] TotalLunar Eclipse: AND A TOCK LOBSTER IN THE WAREHOUSE!
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: ***** APPPPPPPLLLLAAAUUUSSSSEEEEEEE***********
[21:04] Nabila Nadir: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] CeAire Decosta: .-'`'-. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE .-'`'-.
[21:04] CeAire Decosta: Bravo!
[21:04] Searra Weatherwax: HOOOOOOOO!!!
[21:04] Hawc Decosta: And a tock Lobster in the Warehouse!
[21:04] Forelle Broek: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Tibouchina Freschi: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*.(¨`•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸(¨`•.•´¨).¸..(¨`•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸(¨`•.•´*•. ¸.•´ ** `•.¸.•´ `•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: `*•.,_,.•*(¸.•*´♥Steelhead Rocks!!♥`*•.¸)`*•.,_,.•*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸(¨`•.•´¨) (¨`•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸`•.¸(¨`•.•´¨)..•´¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸`•.¸.•´¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] KlausWulfenbach Outlander applauds
[21:04] Hotspur Otoole: brava!
[21:04] CeAire Decosta: .-'`'-. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE .-'`'-.
[21:04] CeAire Decosta: Bravo!
[21:04] Greegar Hellershanks: Hoooo!
[21:04] Annechen Lowey giggles and scares the cat.
[21:04] CeAire Decosta: :*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:
[21:04] VelesJaeger Munster: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Remington Pinion: Hoooo!
[21:04] Hawc Decosta: .-'`'-. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE .-'`'-.
[21:04] Hawc Decosta: Bravo!
[21:04] Tanarian Davies: Hoooo!
[21:04] Annechen Lowey: `*.¸.*´ APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´
[21:04] Hotspur Otoole: I was deeply mmoved.
[21:04] Hawc Decosta: Hoooo!
[21:04] Riven Homewood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Annechen Lowey: `*.¸.*´ APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´
[21:04] Hawc Decosta: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAAAHHHHHHH!!
[21:04] Hawc Decosta: *beats chest*
[21:04] Hotspur Otoole: or was that something I ate?
[21:04] VelesJaeger Munster: HOOOOOOOO!!!
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: `*.¸.*´
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*.(¨`•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸(¨`•.•´¨). I .(¨`•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸(¨`•.•´*•. Love .•´ `•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: `*•.,_,.•*(¸.•*´♥ Steelhead! ♥`*•.¸)`*•.,_,.•*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸(¨`•.•´¨) (¨`•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸`•.¸.•´¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: `*.¸.*´
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: Hey!
[21:04] Riven Homewood: HooHooHoo!! HooHooHooHooHoooooo!
[21:04] VelesJaeger Munster: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
...
[21:04] CeAire Decosta wipes a tear from her eye....(from laughing so hard!)
[21:04] bowlofnoodle Tomorrow: YEAH!
[21:04] Doc Wrangler: WOO-HOOO! AIRSHIPS!
[21:04] Remington Pinion: brought me to tears, but I am sure it was a reaction to the bubbling beakers
[20:49] TotalLunar Eclipse: Well I do not look like a bad kitty, or ETK but Malegatto Alter's human had a family emergency
[20:49] Doc Wrangler: YA LUNAR!
[20:49] VelesJaeger Munster: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[20:49] Elegia Underwood: Lunar Elf Lord!
[20:49] CeAire Decosta: Eeek!
[20:49] Doc Wrangler: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
[20:49] Tanarian Davies: Oh noooo.
[20:49] Annechen Lowey: Oh, no.
[20:49] Elegia Underwood bows low.
[20:49] VelesJaeger Munster: Zorry to hear dot. Hy hopez efferyting iz hokay for her.
[20:49] Elegia Underwood: NOOOOOoooo.
[20:49] Riven Homewood: yes, I do too
[20:50] CeAire Decosta: Ditto to what Veles said.
[20:50] TotalLunar Eclipse: She herself is fine, but out of town
[20:50] Forelle Broek: tritto
[20:50] Elegia Underwood: And I was so looking forward to finally meeting the famous scientist. I hope all is ultimately well with her.
[20:50] Doc Wrangler: Send her our warm wishes, Lunar.
[20:50] CeAire Decosta: And to her family.
[20:50] TotalLunar Eclipse: I will *smiles*
[20:50] VelesJaeger Munster: Goot, tenk hyu.
...
[20:52] TotalLunar Eclipse: I was using voice earlier but there is no way I am going to sing 12 Days of Christmas
[20:52] Nabila Nadir: foo
[20:52] CeAire Decosta: Awww - Darn!
[20:52] Tibouchina Freschi: double foo
[20:52] Doc Wrangler: SING IT! SING IT!
...
[20:52] TotalLunar Eclipse: :P no
[20:52] CeAire Decosta: Just start with 12 and go down!
[20:52] Tanarian Davies: Pleeeeease?
[20:52] Doc Wrangler: FIIIIIVE...!
[20:52] Riven Homewood: We'll help you
[20:52] Annechen Lowey: Not even in Elvish?
[20:52] TotalLunar Eclipse: I will be reading after this, and using voice... but not singing
[20:52] Tibouchina Freschi: we will
[20:53] VelesJaeger Munster smiles encouragingly!
[20:53] TotalLunar Eclipse: and my name isn't Chauncy!
[20:53] Tanarian Davies: What Missus Decosta said... oh. Reading is OK.
[20:53] Nabila Nadir: lol
[20:53] Doc Wrangler: Ship ahoy!
[20:53] Riven Homewood: You'll never live that name down :-)
...
[20:54] TotalLunar Eclipse: What I am reading is, the 12 days of Mad Scientists Christmas by Malegatto Alter, our own evil tiny kitteh
[20:54] VelesJaeger Munster: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[20:54] KlausWulfenbach Outlander looks quite interested
[20:54] bowlofnoodle Tomorrow: Aah!
[20:54] Nabila Nadir: She's mad, MAD I tell you!
[20:54] Hotspur Otoole: Chauncey.
[20:54] VelesJaeger Munster: Uf courze.
[20:54] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me..... a tock lobster in a warehouse.
[20:54] Tanarian Davies: Tock?
[20:55] Greegar Hellershanks: lek clenk
[20:55] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Clockwork, perhaps.
[20:55] CeAire Decosta: (It goes with tick....)
[20:55] VelesJaeger Munster: Or t iz bezide r.
[20:55] TotalLunar Eclipse: (if no one has been to her warehouse there is a massive metal lobster)
[20:55] Greegar Hellershanks: tock lob-stah!
[20:55] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Ah, haven't seen it yet.
[20:55] VelesJaeger Munster: Heh. Zoundz like fon.
[20:56] Tanarian Davies giggles at Greegar
[20:56] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me... two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in a warehouse!
[20:56] Hawc Decosta: Armored Lobster, my favorite dish!
[20:56] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Tesla coils, very useful.
[20:56] Riven Homewood: can you use them to cook the lobster?
[20:56] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[20:57] Greegar Hellershanks: de cogs is to bost up de shell zo hyu ken eat it?
[20:57] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[20:57] Tanarian Davies: Is that four pair, or two pair?
[20:57] Elegia Underwood giggles... & giggles are not common to her kind.
[20:57] Annechen Lowey: at least it was an even number.
[20:57] Tensai Hilra: 4 pair *smiles*
[20:57] Doc Wrangler: Four LEFT gloves.
[20:57] CeAire Decosta: I would think potholders might be more useful at this point.
[20:57] TotalLunar Eclipse: Probably pair... have you seen the amount of crates full of rubber gloves at her place?
[20:57] Greegar Hellershanks: meybee de alle right hond glovez?
[20:57] Riven Homewood: Good to have rugger gloves around Tesla coils
[20:58] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[20:58] Doc Wrangler: So true Riven
[20:58] Elegia Underwood: Wow!
[20:58] Greegar Hellershanks: Hooh!
[20:58] Elegia Underwood: He must've loved her a LOT!
[20:58] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[20:58] Nabila Nadir: wow!
[20:58] CeAire Decosta: Flying high now!
[20:58] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Hmmm, needs a hangar now.
[20:58] Hawc Decosta: Or 5.
[20:58] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...six mobs a yelling
[20:58] CeAire Decosta: Careful, might get six of them.
[20:59] Nabila Nadir: uh oh
[20:59] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Ach, the mobs.
[20:59] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[20:59] CeAire Decosta: What are they yelling about?
[20:59] Greegar Hellershanks: hooh!
[20:59] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[20:59] Hawc Decosta: pitchforks and torches all a glow!
[20:59] Greegar Hellershanks: hy don lek dem
[20:59] Nabila Nadir: I think it has something to do with the giant lobster....
[20:59] Doc Wrangler: Love them airships...
[20:59] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Oh, mobs are always indignant about random monsters, or missing children... poisoned streams.
[20:59] Elegia Underwood laughs at Hawc.
[20:59] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...seven folks a screaming, six mobs a yelling
[20:59] Elegia Underwood: This is a seasonal mob, Herr Baron!
[20:59] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[20:59] Greegar Hellershanks: huh-hoh
[21:00] CeAire Decosta: I think we have a riot on our hands.
[21:00] Annechen Lowey: Ah, the mob was useful after all. - volunteers.
[21:00] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[21:00] Tanarian Davies: Mad science does that.
[21:00] Tanarian Davies nods solemnly.
[21:00] Tensai Hilra: hehe
[21:00] Greegar Hellershanks: vy he not geef minions? deez zum kreppy troo loffer
[21:00] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...eight rats a running, seven folks a screaming, six mobs a yelling
[21:00] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[21:00] Tanarian Davies: Giant rats?
[21:00] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[21:00] CeAire Decosta: The rats were trying to get out of the way.
[21:00] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Not the rat-stretching machine at work....
[21:00] Hawc Decosta: Call out the Jaegers for Riot Control duty and vermin extermination!
[21:01] Greegar Hellershanks: ken ve eat de retz?
[21:01] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...nine minions missing, eight rats a running, seven folks a screaming, six mobs a yelling
[21:01] Nabila Nadir: missing?!
[21:01] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[21:01] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Missing! That won't do!
[21:01] Greegar Hellershanks: dey kidnep de minionz?
[21:01] Annechen Lowey: not properly trained.
[21:01] Searra Weatherwax: ROUS
[21:01] CeAire Decosta: How can you miss a minion?
[21:01] Elegia Underwood murmurs, in between fits of laughter, "I loooooove Steelhead."
[21:01] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[21:01] Tanarian Davies giggles
[21:01] Doc Wrangler: I love that airships part. That's my favorite.
[21:01] Tibouchina Freschi: BIG airships
[21:01] Hawc Decosta: Yes, none of us have enough of them, so hard to get good help!
[21:02] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...ten labs a burning, nine minions missing, eight rats a running, seven folks a screaming, six mobs a yelling
[21:02] Nabila Nadir: d'oh!
[21:02] Greegar Hellershanks: hommmm
[21:02] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[21:02] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: The experiment -- ruined.
[21:02] Annechen Lowey: niss your minions and the lab is in flames, and you lose your hat.
[21:02] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[21:02] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Very sad.
[21:02] CeAire Decosta: Maybe that was the experiment?
[21:02] Doc Wrangler: THE LAB! IT'S BURNING!
[21:02] Greegar Hellershanks: hyu ken ztart offer, Herr Baron
[21:02] VelesJaeger Munster: Lebz dun vork vhen dhey iz borning.
[21:02] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...eleven beakers bubbling, ten labs a burning, nine minions missing, eight rats a running, seven folks a screaming, six mobs a yelling
[21:02] Hawc Decosta: Tensai, have you been littering bombs near the warehouse?
[21:02] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[21:03] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!
[21:03] Annechen Lowey joins in, "Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!"
[21:03] Tensai Hilra whistles and looks innocent
[21:03] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Of course they're bubbling, the lab is burning and they're boiling over.
[21:03] Greegar Hellershanks: zee, de beakes in booblink . Iz lookink bedder all ready
[21:03] CeAire Decosta: Yeah, if the lab is burning that would be hot enough to melt a beaker.
[21:03] Greegar Hellershanks: ho.
[21:03] TotalLunar Eclipse: On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...twelve diff'rence engines, eleven beakers bubbling, ten labs a burning, nine minions missing, eight rats a running, seven folks a screaming, six mobs a yelling
[21:03] Remington Pinion: beakers are boiling I am sure from the heat of the fire
[21:03] Nabila Nadir: oooh!
[21:03] Greegar Hellershanks: hyu kent mealt de beaker ontil iz vinished bobblink
[21:03] TotalLunar Eclipse: FIVE BIG AIRSHIPS!
[21:03] VelesJaeger Munster does Beaker impression (from the Muppets)
[21:03] TotalLunar Eclipse: Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils..
[21:03] Annechen Lowey giggles, "Four rubber gloves, three brass cogs, two Tesla coils and a tock lobster in the warehouse!"
[21:03] Elegia Underwood: Here comes the finale!
[21:03] KlausWulfenbach Outlander: Ah, but if the difference engines are in the labs... there's not much of a point of them as a gift.
[21:03] Doc Wrangler: Diff'rence engines? What's the difference?
[21:03] Tensai Hilra: making up for it with the difference engines
[21:03] TotalLunar Eclipse: AND A TOCK LOBSTER IN THE WAREHOUSE!
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: ***** APPPPPPPLLLLAAAUUUSSSSEEEEEEE***********
[21:04] Nabila Nadir: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] CeAire Decosta: .-'`'-. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE .-'`'-.
[21:04] CeAire Decosta: Bravo!
[21:04] Searra Weatherwax: HOOOOOOOO!!!
[21:04] Hawc Decosta: And a tock Lobster in the Warehouse!
[21:04] Forelle Broek: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Tibouchina Freschi: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*.(¨`•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸(¨`•.•´¨).¸..(¨`•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸(¨`•.•´*•. ¸.•´ ** `•.¸.•´ `•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: `*•.,_,.•*(¸.•*´♥Steelhead Rocks!!♥`*•.¸)`*•.,_,.•*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸(¨`•.•´¨) (¨`•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸`•.¸(¨`•.•´¨)..•´¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸`•.¸.•´¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] KlausWulfenbach Outlander applauds
[21:04] Hotspur Otoole: brava!
[21:04] CeAire Decosta: .-'`'-. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE .-'`'-.
[21:04] CeAire Decosta: Bravo!
[21:04] Greegar Hellershanks: Hoooo!
[21:04] Annechen Lowey giggles and scares the cat.
[21:04] CeAire Decosta: :*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:
[21:04] VelesJaeger Munster: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Remington Pinion: Hoooo!
[21:04] Hawc Decosta: .-'`'-. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE .-'`'-.
[21:04] Hawc Decosta: Bravo!
[21:04] Tanarian Davies: Hoooo!
[21:04] Annechen Lowey: `*.¸.*´ APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´
[21:04] Hotspur Otoole: I was deeply mmoved.
[21:04] Hawc Decosta: Hoooo!
[21:04] Riven Homewood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Annechen Lowey: `*.¸.*´ APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´APPLAUSE `*.¸.*´
[21:04] Hawc Decosta: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAAAHHHHHHH!!
[21:04] Hawc Decosta: *beats chest*
[21:04] Hotspur Otoole: or was that something I ate?
[21:04] VelesJaeger Munster: HOOOOOOOO!!!
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: `*.¸.*´
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*.(¨`•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸(¨`•.•´¨). I .(¨`•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸(¨`•.•´*•. Love .•´ `•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: `*•.,_,.•*(¸.•*´♥ Steelhead! ♥`*•.¸)`*•.,_,.•*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸(¨`•.•´¨) (¨`•.•´¨)¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸`•.¸.•´¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. ¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: `*.¸.*´
[21:04] Elegia Underwood: Hey!
[21:04] Riven Homewood: HooHooHoo!! HooHooHooHooHoooooo!
[21:04] VelesJaeger Munster: *:-.,_,.-:*'´ `*. HoOoOoO!¸.*´`'*:-.,_,.-:*
...
[21:04] CeAire Decosta wipes a tear from her eye....(from laughing so hard!)
[21:04] bowlofnoodle Tomorrow: YEAH!
[21:04] Doc Wrangler: WOO-HOOO! AIRSHIPS!
[21:04] Remington Pinion: brought me to tears, but I am sure it was a reaction to the bubbling beakers
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Missus Lowey was windowshopping
...and found this:
Life's Journey by K & Company: Cotton Novelty Print | |
Contents: 100% Kona® Cotton | |
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Because Annechen said to
Worked on Magic shoot from 18:00ish to around 23:00; bought Teleri Magic a skin because she hadn't been shopped yet (L$200).
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Work for the Shirtless project
Missus Lowey said to make note of this, so here even if it's kind of public, I can't lose it.
Poses purchased: 15, 10 @ L$100, 4 @ L$75, 1 @ L$25 (but not all for the shoot)
Set built: 4-5 hours. Materials on-hand, no direct purchases.
Photos taken, submitted or not: myself, Miss Magdelena Kamenev, Misses Selle and Desdamona Magic, Baron Klaus Wulfenbach,Mister Herr Günstling Messenger.
Retouching done: On Miss K's (just a little); some on one of the Baron's; a lot on Günstling's and one of Missus Lowey's. Time taken on the long ones? Ummm... say 30 minutes each? I had to replace a floor in the Baron's case and fix the $%#@*!! mesh on Missus Lowey's.
...I'm not used to keeping track of this sort of stuff.
Poses purchased: 15, 10 @ L$100, 4 @ L$75, 1 @ L$25 (but not all for the shoot)
Set built: 4-5 hours. Materials on-hand, no direct purchases.
Photos taken, submitted or not: myself, Miss Magdelena Kamenev, Misses Selle and Desdamona Magic, Baron Klaus Wulfenbach,
Retouching done: On Miss K's (just a little); some on one of the Baron's; a lot on Günstling's and one of Missus Lowey's. Time taken on the long ones? Ummm... say 30 minutes each? I had to replace a floor in the Baron's case and fix the $%#@*!! mesh on Missus Lowey's.
...I'm not used to keeping track of this sort of stuff.
Monday, September 15, 2008
I got to tell a story!
The Falling Anvil in Tamrannoch, Caledon, has a regular storytelling event in the biergarten. Here, let me share the description:
So instead of the photos I've promised for this journal, here's my story instead:
A very long time ago, when there were few people in the land, and the gods themselves were young, There lived a woman in simple means, as did all people then. She dressed in rude clothing of animal skins, as most of the art in craft was not yet developed. She was going to have a child, and was well along in her pregnancy, when her mate, angered for no good reason - perhaps a bad hunt, or merely a nasty temper - struck out at this woman, whose name we shall never know, and hit her so hard he killed her. Of course, having no-one around to try any drastic measures, when her spirit departed her body, her child's did as well.
Now, instead of drifting off to a peaceful afterlife, the soul of the woman and her unborn daughter came to the Well of Souls. The goddesses had started collecting the souls of women wronged by violence and protected them in this sacred space for some future rebirth. After many centuries, the goddesses, now known as Artemis and Aphrodite, Hestia and Demeter, and Athena decided to create a new race. They took the souls from the Well, all but one, and sent them to the bottom of the Aegean Sea, where Gaea's body formed around each one. And as these new beings found their legs and walked up out of the water, the race of Amazons was born.
The first was Hippolyta, and she was named as Queen. The second to emerge was Antiope, and she was set to rule with her sister. The goddesses gave them Girdles of Gaea, magical belts that would strengthen them and enhance their abilities. So the Amazons settled on the great plains of what we now call Asia Minor, in their city of Themiscyra. Antiope was War Queen, in charge of fighting off the tribes who would seek to subdue a 'bunch of women'. Hippolyta ruled over civic matters and was the judge for the community. They both took counsel from their High Priestess, as the Amazons worshipped their Divine Mothers with great devotion. They became legendary as great warriors, although they never sought to conquer as did the male-run kingdoms around them.
This sadly attracted the attention of Ares, for as the God of War, he was always drawn to carnage. He resented the Amazons for not following his ways of war and chaos, and plotted against them. He whispered in the ear of his half-brother, Herakles, and arranged for him to go to Themiscyra to steal the Girdle of Hippolyta. Herakles and his men approached the city, and as they apparently came in peace, they were welcomed likewise, and feted by the Queens themselves. Hippolyta found him well-favored, and perhaps let her guard down more than her more suspicious sister would have done if she alone were Queen.
But Herakles had no interest in a woman who could match his strength of will and arms; he had his men drug the wine served at the grand feast, and when the Amazons were incapacitated, the men turned on them, killing those they could not capture, and dragging the whole nation, from the youngest (for the nation would adopt girl-children abandoned by other tribes) to the most revered priestess. Their captivity was horrible, for not only were they made the lowest of slaves, but the Greek men resented the Amazons as Ares had tutored them, and raped them, and beat them, and treated them worse than any animal.
Hippolyta prayed and prayed, begging the goddesses to forgive them for her weakness and offering her life for those of her sisters. Eventually, they came and rescued the Amazons. But when their bonds were loosened, and their minds cleared of the drugs and brutality, the Amazons turned on their captors, in the same vicious way they had been treated, and killed all they could reach. This displeased the goddesses.
When they had led the Amazons to their new land, an island hidden by the gods from the rest of the world, they told the Amazons two important things. Firstly, they must always wear their shackles around their wrists, as a reminder both of the price of their slavery, and the necessity of obedience to the gods. Secondly, as penance for their slaughter of the Greeks, they must guard Doom's Doorway - their island was over a weak spot where one of the Hecatoncheires was held imprisoned, along with other destructive monsters.
Antiope rejected the Gods, gave her girdle to her sister, and led off half the Amazons to fight to regain Hippolyta's girdle, and their story is for another time. The Amazons who stayed with Hippolyta re-founded Themiscyra, and other than occasional excursions from Doom's Doorway, lived happy and peaceful lives in harmony with the gods.
One day, a stranger came to their island in a strange machine - her arrival was unnoticed, as Philippus, General of the Amazons, was leading a losing fight against the giant working his way from Doom's Doorway. She wandered around for a little while, and came across the battle. Now, her name was Diana; and her country was at war. She knew a fight when she saw one, and leapt into the fray without a question. Pulling her service .45, after being grabbed by one of the hundred hands of the monster, she fired at it point-blank! The new weaponry was painful to the monster in a way no sword had ever been, and it retreated far enough that the Doorway was able to be sealed once again.
Diana was too badly hurt, though, and she died there on Paradise Island as a hero to the Amazons. They took her jacket with its unusual insignia, and her weapon, and placed them in the temple.
About that same time, Hippolyta found herself longing for a child. She did not know that her soul had harbored another next to it in her last incarnation, but now she felt that closeness calling to her. The gods instructed her to make a figure of a baby from the clay of the island. When it was perfected, the most flawless sculpture of an infant you ever saw, they brought the last soul from the Well of Souls, Hippolyta's unborn daughter, a pure soul untouched by any evils of the world, and brought the clay baby to life. They breathed gifts into her, of strength and speed and knowledge (for Hermes, being Hermes, fell in with the goddesses as well). And her mother gave her the name of one of their greatest heroes: She named the princess, "Diana".
And eventually the whole world would know that name. But that also is for another time.
The stopping point. :)
Story Session at the Falling Anvil -the League of Extraordinary GentlewomenI decided to tell the story below, with great nervousness on my part as I hadn't reviewed the details in some time (and couldn't find a retelling anywhere quickly!), and was unprepared and aaaaauuugh.
Women of wit, wiles and wisdom; clever and adventurous lasses, wicked (or winsome) witches; vile villanesses, keen-eyed warriors, and resourceful female persons of all descriptions whatever, the Theme this time is....Women and their stories! All bards, storytellers, griots and creative liars are invited to join us with tales of adventures, triumphs, tragedies, and miscellaneous events comic or the cosmic, involving women and the ways they make their way through the world.
Sponsored by the Caledon Library, the Clan of Seafarers and Storytellers, and the Storytelling Guild
So instead of the photos I've promised for this journal, here's my story instead:
A very long time ago, when there were few people in the land, and the gods themselves were young, There lived a woman in simple means, as did all people then. She dressed in rude clothing of animal skins, as most of the art in craft was not yet developed. She was going to have a child, and was well along in her pregnancy, when her mate, angered for no good reason - perhaps a bad hunt, or merely a nasty temper - struck out at this woman, whose name we shall never know, and hit her so hard he killed her. Of course, having no-one around to try any drastic measures, when her spirit departed her body, her child's did as well.
Now, instead of drifting off to a peaceful afterlife, the soul of the woman and her unborn daughter came to the Well of Souls. The goddesses had started collecting the souls of women wronged by violence and protected them in this sacred space for some future rebirth. After many centuries, the goddesses, now known as Artemis and Aphrodite, Hestia and Demeter, and Athena decided to create a new race. They took the souls from the Well, all but one, and sent them to the bottom of the Aegean Sea, where Gaea's body formed around each one. And as these new beings found their legs and walked up out of the water, the race of Amazons was born.
The first was Hippolyta, and she was named as Queen. The second to emerge was Antiope, and she was set to rule with her sister. The goddesses gave them Girdles of Gaea, magical belts that would strengthen them and enhance their abilities. So the Amazons settled on the great plains of what we now call Asia Minor, in their city of Themiscyra. Antiope was War Queen, in charge of fighting off the tribes who would seek to subdue a 'bunch of women'. Hippolyta ruled over civic matters and was the judge for the community. They both took counsel from their High Priestess, as the Amazons worshipped their Divine Mothers with great devotion. They became legendary as great warriors, although they never sought to conquer as did the male-run kingdoms around them.
This sadly attracted the attention of Ares, for as the God of War, he was always drawn to carnage. He resented the Amazons for not following his ways of war and chaos, and plotted against them. He whispered in the ear of his half-brother, Herakles, and arranged for him to go to Themiscyra to steal the Girdle of Hippolyta. Herakles and his men approached the city, and as they apparently came in peace, they were welcomed likewise, and feted by the Queens themselves. Hippolyta found him well-favored, and perhaps let her guard down more than her more suspicious sister would have done if she alone were Queen.
But Herakles had no interest in a woman who could match his strength of will and arms; he had his men drug the wine served at the grand feast, and when the Amazons were incapacitated, the men turned on them, killing those they could not capture, and dragging the whole nation, from the youngest (for the nation would adopt girl-children abandoned by other tribes) to the most revered priestess. Their captivity was horrible, for not only were they made the lowest of slaves, but the Greek men resented the Amazons as Ares had tutored them, and raped them, and beat them, and treated them worse than any animal.
Hippolyta prayed and prayed, begging the goddesses to forgive them for her weakness and offering her life for those of her sisters. Eventually, they came and rescued the Amazons. But when their bonds were loosened, and their minds cleared of the drugs and brutality, the Amazons turned on their captors, in the same vicious way they had been treated, and killed all they could reach. This displeased the goddesses.
When they had led the Amazons to their new land, an island hidden by the gods from the rest of the world, they told the Amazons two important things. Firstly, they must always wear their shackles around their wrists, as a reminder both of the price of their slavery, and the necessity of obedience to the gods. Secondly, as penance for their slaughter of the Greeks, they must guard Doom's Doorway - their island was over a weak spot where one of the Hecatoncheires was held imprisoned, along with other destructive monsters.
Antiope rejected the Gods, gave her girdle to her sister, and led off half the Amazons to fight to regain Hippolyta's girdle, and their story is for another time. The Amazons who stayed with Hippolyta re-founded Themiscyra, and other than occasional excursions from Doom's Doorway, lived happy and peaceful lives in harmony with the gods.
One day, a stranger came to their island in a strange machine - her arrival was unnoticed, as Philippus, General of the Amazons, was leading a losing fight against the giant working his way from Doom's Doorway. She wandered around for a little while, and came across the battle. Now, her name was Diana; and her country was at war. She knew a fight when she saw one, and leapt into the fray without a question. Pulling her service .45, after being grabbed by one of the hundred hands of the monster, she fired at it point-blank! The new weaponry was painful to the monster in a way no sword had ever been, and it retreated far enough that the Doorway was able to be sealed once again.
Diana was too badly hurt, though, and she died there on Paradise Island as a hero to the Amazons. They took her jacket with its unusual insignia, and her weapon, and placed them in the temple.
About that same time, Hippolyta found herself longing for a child. She did not know that her soul had harbored another next to it in her last incarnation, but now she felt that closeness calling to her. The gods instructed her to make a figure of a baby from the clay of the island. When it was perfected, the most flawless sculpture of an infant you ever saw, they brought the last soul from the Well of Souls, Hippolyta's unborn daughter, a pure soul untouched by any evils of the world, and brought the clay baby to life. They breathed gifts into her, of strength and speed and knowledge (for Hermes, being Hermes, fell in with the goddesses as well). And her mother gave her the name of one of their greatest heroes: She named the princess, "Diana".
And eventually the whole world would know that name. But that also is for another time.
The stopping point. :)
Friday, August 22, 2008
I'm not ungrateful, I'm just /late/!
I had the best First Rezday party...! Actually, my rezday is September 5th, but Annechen's... um, Missus Lowey's is earlier, mine's later, and Myfi's rezday AND birthday are just about splitting the difference between us, so we had it this past Sunday, the 17th. Myfi made time specifically for it, so we didn't have to celebrate her in absentia - that was a sort of present in itself.
Duchess Gabrielle herself DJ'd for us, and did a set for each of us specifically, plus a handful of the Mad Science Playlist from way back at the Kittiwick Town Consulate's official opening. Therefore, you know the music was absolutely fantastic. The three dogs followed us into the pavilion, and it got even more canine when Melanippe brought her Irish Wolfhound Prokris, Kara her Aussie, Oscar, and Mister Pinion's Aussie, Jo. Annechen even let Hans loose, and he wandered around fearlessly, meowing his head off.
Lots of people came; Miss Riven Homewood even gave me a present made by the famous sculptor Madcow Cosmos! It's a marvelous and Kemetic (OK, ancient Egyptian)-y "sun beetle" to hang on a wall. Miss Emilly Orr gave me a delightful green and white Tiny dress that makes me look like lamb in mint sauce (hee). And of course, the Consulate staff gave me the party in the first place. Melanippe also brought the Justice League with her! Yes, I had Superman and Supergirl at my party, and Captain America, and a Green Lantern, too!
Miz Tensai put on a different stream after the Duchess had to leave, and people danced for hours more. I only regret I didn't get any pictures, because I was still Tiny and trying to avoid being stepped on, and it was too difficult to wrestle with my camera and enjoy myself at the same time.
Thank you Consulate, Steelhead, Caledon and Justice League Unlimited. You made it great.
Duchess Gabrielle herself DJ'd for us, and did a set for each of us specifically, plus a handful of the Mad Science Playlist from way back at the Kittiwick Town Consulate's official opening. Therefore, you know the music was absolutely fantastic. The three dogs followed us into the pavilion, and it got even more canine when Melanippe brought her Irish Wolfhound Prokris, Kara her Aussie, Oscar, and Mister Pinion's Aussie, Jo. Annechen even let Hans loose, and he wandered around fearlessly, meowing his head off.
Lots of people came; Miss Riven Homewood even gave me a present made by the famous sculptor Madcow Cosmos! It's a marvelous and Kemetic (OK, ancient Egyptian)-y "sun beetle" to hang on a wall. Miss Emilly Orr gave me a delightful green and white Tiny dress that makes me look like lamb in mint sauce (hee). And of course, the Consulate staff gave me the party in the first place. Melanippe also brought the Justice League with her! Yes, I had Superman and Supergirl at my party, and Captain America, and a Green Lantern, too!
Miz Tensai put on a different stream after the Duchess had to leave, and people danced for hours more. I only regret I didn't get any pictures, because I was still Tiny and trying to avoid being stepped on, and it was too difficult to wrestle with my camera and enjoy myself at the same time.
Thank you Consulate, Steelhead, Caledon and Justice League Unlimited. You made it great.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
More pictures from RFL
From Mister Donovan Messerchmitt, a dozen snapshots of Steelhead Salmons pounding the pavement and gathering around the train station during Collapsing Closing Ceremonies.
From Miss Riven Homewood, pictures of various builds (especially Castle Wulfenbach) and her especial friends in the Magic Sisters, Selle and Desdamona who walked a couple of laps themselves. (She has quite a few pictures, but hasn't tagged all the RFL ones.)
From Miss Eladrienne Laval, the Steelhead build/Castle Wulfenbach and some wanderings around the Heroes sims.
From Miss Krystine Qinan, several including a beautifully and subtly accented portrait of the Europan Consul and Vice Consul on board the Castle Wulfenbach, during Miss Eugenia Burton's group portrait photo session (results forthcoming).
The Second Life Relay For Life Flicker group
...and more to come, but I should have been in bed two hours ago. :)
From Miss Riven Homewood, pictures of various builds (especially Castle Wulfenbach) and her especial friends in the Magic Sisters, Selle and Desdamona who walked a couple of laps themselves. (She has quite a few pictures, but hasn't tagged all the RFL ones.)
From Miss Eladrienne Laval, the Steelhead build/Castle Wulfenbach and some wanderings around the Heroes sims.
From Miss Krystine Qinan, several including a beautifully and subtly accented portrait of the Europan Consul and Vice Consul on board the Castle Wulfenbach, during Miss Eugenia Burton's group portrait photo session (results forthcoming).
The Second Life Relay For Life Flicker group
...and more to come, but I should have been in bed two hours ago. :)
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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