What Is This Crap?tag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://12009-07-04T22:07:30ZThose who deny the existence of robots may be robots themselves.Movable Type 3.37"Minos condemns it to the seventh gulch"tag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188982009-07-04T21:49:40Z2009-07-04T22:07:30ZNel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, ché la diritta via era smarrita. Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte che nel pensier rinova la...http://isfullofcrap.com/
Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita.
Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura
esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte
che nel pensier rinova la paura!
Who was your Virgil?
Who met you in the dark woods to turn you back to the light?
Or was it sheer dumb luck?
Every so often, I think of Rob/Champion and wonder why it is that my gun jammed and his didn't.
Maybe if I listen to the wind passing through the leaves a bit longer, I'll find some answers.]]>
Explorertag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188972009-07-04T14:25:26Z2009-07-04T15:11:25ZI found a Steampunk build at SL6B that was giving away men's and women's explorer outfits. So, I mixed and matched, decided the men's coat-tails worked better as a skirt, hiked up the glitchpants a bit to show more leg,...http://isfullofcrap.com/
I like it.]]>
One of the few things I've learned in my dirty life and times...tag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188942009-07-04T13:14:49Z2009-07-04T14:13:07ZOne of the things that I've learned over the years is that you don't fuck with your best customers. Yes, when they get leverage over you, your best customers can fuck with you. There is always the implied threat that...http://isfullofcrap.com/
Ham Rambler of Dublin:
(110.2kgs) SL brand police on my back again. Applying new rules retrospectively is such a pain and EXPENSIVE!
When people ask me about music in Second Life and who's doing it right as well as doing it on-the-level, Ham Rambler and the Dublin crew are straight-up people. They don't bullshit, they run a tight ship, produce quality sims, have a top-notch promotion and marketing effort, and treat people as well as you can treat them.
They love what they do, and they also know how to have fun while doing all this. There's a lot of people who, after all they do, see this as a chore or an obligation they're sick of.
You do not get the sponsorships he gets by leaving a bloody trail up the mountain. You get them through teamwork, diligence, and a strong moral core.
You know, Banana Stein got fucked by the branding rules to the tune of thousands of bucks. He was a very strong supporter of live music. Now, he's got the Cisco thing keeping him busy and has spread his portfolio across other worlds. (Dive Bar Radio is a good reminder to keep heavily invested in the REAL world and love the hell out of life.)
I can't imagine what the Lab is going to cost Ham with whatever they're nagging him about. But if he's growling openly, that's a very very bad sign.
The people who get dragged down by the BS and the drama and who get fucked around with too much are called: Derezzed. They are ex-customers. They do not bring in revenue.
They get replaced by playlist deejays. They get replaced by crappy "Tribute" acts that violate intellectual property law by illegally using the likenesses and music content of major acts who will get all sorts of scatter-shot lawsuits naming anyone and everyone associated with the content theft.
They get replaced by all the boogeymen that Tukso Okey rants about every week. (he's still doing that, right? Or is he playing repeats now? Not that you can tell...)
As as someone who cares about the music community on the grid as much as I do, this makes me feel very uncomfortable. And "Maybe I should continue to dustbin my plans for more Edloe/Nowhereville model sims because that just means more for all to lose if someone finds an old rule and goes BOO!"
I think I've got to agree with SecondLie here...
@Ham_Rambler Did you say "SLáinte!" in Fibber McGees and them aresholes in Legal not know Gaelic? Tell 'em Pogue Mahone!
Hah. And a big old Foor Gevuntah on you, bag-head.
I'm going to take a wild guess that it's the fact there's only one noun in "Dublin inSL" instead of the required two, and the Lab didn't grant him a variance despite his prominence in the music community and value as a customer. Yes, Ham? No?
Hrm. I wonder when they'll go after "Tunes inSL Gallery Project" because people keep referring to it as "Tunes inSL." My counter-argument is and always will be that their CEO knows how to get the full project name right and that I don't make a dime off of the effort, I don't accept free tracks for what I do, and it's a wonderful way to piss off 50+ musicians at once.
Hrm... what are the rules over at Blue Mars? What are the rules at Metaplace?
Ham's going to be at SLCC, right? Or will this drive him to Tea Party?
Perhaps there needs to be a panel on the Business Track: How not to get fucked around with.
Is that one Hiro or Hydra?
You know, Drew Carey writes a lot about Second Life in his blog. And he brings in a lot of people.
I wonder when he'll get harassed for not having the disclaimer on the side of his blog.
Another high-profile, well-mannered customer that shouldn't be fucked with to fuck with, I guess.]]>
Retrotag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188902009-07-04T00:02:33Z2009-07-04T00:04:21ZI know what Steampunk is by definition Retro, being a faked up century or so old, but Fifties Retro has its appeal: Yeah, I went nuts at the Hair Fair, then saw Ingenue's build. I spent a lot at their...http://isfullofcrap.com/
Yeah, I went nuts at the Hair Fair, then saw Ingenue's build.
I spent a lot at their store in Lo Lo.
Oh well. At least this money was worth something back in the Fifties.]]>
Hair Fairtag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188882009-07-03T16:52:27Z2009-07-03T17:49:23ZOkay, I'm making my first trip to the Hair Fair. Sure, Pandora's gifted me her clockwork hairstyle (which I still need to dig out the grey color of and wear for a photo), but this is my first run at...http://isfullofcrap.com/
(I say rip them two new assholes... one for their head to go up, one for the stick to go up... AND ONE FOR MY BOOT!)
Sure, I'm reluctant to toss my key and run the experimental nuclear power pack (Dedric says it only explodes 20% of the time now), but going around with 254=prim boots and skirts and dagger-belts and scripts out the wazoo (Does Stroker sell an Xcite wazoo yet?)... there's a word for that kind of thing: asshole.
I know, I know - people don't like it when other people get all ARC-Nazi on the crowd, but there's a point beyond which you're thumbing your nose at everybody else and ignorance is no excuse.
Even worse...
YOU THREW A MECHANIZED LIFE PRODUCT IN THE DUMPSTER???????
YOU... EVIL... BASTARDS!!!!
My God, I gush over the CogKiosk and CogHUD and CogBoard every Thursday to the point that people are buying the things just to shut me up... and you know what? THEY start to gush like I did, and we gather on Sunday mornings at the Gushing Church to perform in the Gushing Choir A-FUCKING-MEN!
If Codie needed a kidney, I'd give BOTH of mine just so she'd have a spare. Hell, if she were a cannibal and said "You know what... I could go for some kidney." I'd be on that cutting board with a carving knife begging the chef to let her have mine.
If that isn't love for a product, I don't know what is.
I'm going to rez a pike by my Clocktree for the day I meet the person who threw out Codie's stuff.... THEIR HEAD WILL BE MY TROPHY!
Oh... the styles... right...
I like this one the best so far. The ribbon is flexi, and it has a kind of tomboy feel to it.
(It's John form *KISS* ... a man's style. Duh. Added Low shine and .05 glow.)
We'll see if it works with the hat.
Okay, time to get ready for Science Friday... and head back for more hair!]]>
Swallowing Sidewalkstag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188862009-07-02T19:29:33Z2009-07-02T19:41:43ZThe sidewalk is being swallowed by the grass: I love to look at these swallowed sidewalks closely to get a feel for how to make sidewalk edges natural....http://isfullofcrap.com/
I love to look at these swallowed sidewalks closely to get a feel for how to make sidewalk edges natural.]]>
On the other hand...tag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188852009-07-02T14:15:47Z2009-07-02T14:29:52ZI'm taking a 4-day weekend. I woke up feeling not quite 50% and thought about toughing it out at work for one more day so I could crash into a 3-day weekend. Then I thought about the air conditioning being...http://isfullofcrap.com/
I woke up feeling not quite 50% and thought about toughing it out at work for one more day so I could crash into a 3-day weekend.
Then I thought about the air conditioning being broken at work for three days, air pushers shoved into the open doorways that weren't good enough. I thought about the fan on my desk that I had to bring in myself.
Since repairing the problem isn't a high priority, it seems, they've provided an alternative solution with the paid time off program, right?
This ickiness will probably clear up in a few hours, I hope. Just in time to walk to the movie theater.
Wait! you say. Isn't that a 20 minute walk in 100 degree heat?
I can handle a 20 minute walk in the heat with a bit of a temperature better than 8 hours of sitting in a warm room trying to "focus on everything at once."
Ooooh... and there's diet Coke in both places, too.
See?
(Excuse me while I flip a coin to see which I'll do first... throw up or shit profusely.)]]>
Blow out the candles and head to work...tag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188842009-07-02T13:32:04Z2009-07-02T14:07:15ZPhaylen takes a bow and... heads to work. Whenever someone I know gets a new job after a long stretch of time out of work, I remind myself of the following quote form the movie Dave: If you've ever seen...http://isfullofcrap.com/
Phaylen takes a bow and... heads to work.
Whenever someone I know gets a new job after a long stretch of time out of work, I remind myself of the following quote form the movie Dave:
If you've ever seen the look on somebody's face the day they finally get a job, I've had some experience with this, they look like they could fly. And its not about the paycheck, it's about respect, it's about looking in the mirror and knowing that you've done something valuable with your day. And if one person could start to feel this way, and then another person, and then another person, soon all these other problems may not seem so impossible. You don't really know how much you can do until you, stand up and decide to try.
I'm also reminded of the end of Labirynth. A girl in her room surrounded by the memories and puppets, moving forward with her life and wanting to look back now and then... wondering...
We'll be here if you need us.
But really... GET YOUR ASS UP AND OUT OF BED AND OUT THE DOOR! YOU'RE LATE FOR WORK!]]>
Music and Metaplace/SLtag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188802009-07-01T15:10:30Z2009-07-01T15:23:13ZThe former Cory Linden was on Metaplace yesterday discussing various topics, but here's a highlight of the music discussion: CoryOndrejka: we know that music has been a killer app in virtual worlds -- both in SL and MP CoryOndrejka: which...http://isfullofcrap.com/
discussing various topics, but here's a highlight of the music discussion:
CoryOndrejka: we know that music has been a killer app in virtual worlds -- both in SL and MP
CoryOndrejka: which makes a ton of sense
Raph: I am not sure we have wrapped our heads around what all the usecases are. I tend to think they lie around the notion of co-presence
CoryOndrejka: music has long been a great infection vector for new technology
CoryOndrejka: plus, as you just said
Raph: Music is a great case where co-presence just makes the experience richer
CoryOndrejka: being able to coexperience music makes for a much more enjoyable experience
Raph: Last night I sat in the lobby of this theater and played guitar for people for two hours
Raph: It is a surprisingly intimate experience
Raph: even when all I was doing was playing MP3s, not even live
CoryOndrejka: we hear that from SL musicians as well
CoryOndrejka: we're seeing that on iPhone music games as well
Raph: Is the music industry going to jum into this space then?
Raph: I mean, you can MAKE it jump now, right? ;)
CoryOndrejka: well, labels, musicians, and fans have all been jumping in for a while
CoryOndrejka: the challenge, like much of online, is balancing when awareness is the challenge (ie audience building) versus monetizing the audience you have
CoryOndrejka: what makes VWs cool is that we see explorations of all kinds
Raph: The variety of worlds users make always blows me away
CoryOndrejka: The experience of music, as we all know, extends well beyond a transaction around a little plastic disk, so virtual worlds offer some great options for extending that experience, through interaction with other fans, richer content, connecting to the web, etc
A tornado of buzzwords, or is there a practical way to that that co-presence/intimacy to a higher level?
Lots of folks are bouncing against that challenge of audience building and monetizing the audience they have... who's succeeding at that and how?]]>
Panicstag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188792009-07-01T14:24:27Z2009-07-03T16:53:09ZPanic is the result of fear. Fear is often the result of not knowing something. It looks like the threat to Australian users of Second Life may not be as great or imminent as previously thought. Or... is it? Via...http://isfullofcrap.com/
It looks like the threat to Australian users of Second Life may not be as great or imminent as previously thought.
Or... is it?
Via Dusan "Doogie" Writer, Linden Lab states:
“Linden Lab has received no indications from the Australian government that it plans to block Second Life and will keep our community apprised of any developments on that front. In the meantime, we want to assure Australian Residents that Second Life remains accessible and functioning in your region.
Um... if you read into that, it's not exactly a statement that says "We're safe. Relax. They won't block us. Have some pie." It's more of a statement that says "Well, they're not saying anything, so..."
Or am I misreading that?
I'd think that Linden Lab ought to get a definite statement out of Conroy and the Australian Government. After all:
Australia has and will continue to be an important market for Linden Lab, and we’re committed to providing the best possible Second Life experience for the users in that market. Some of the most exciting uses of Second Life have come out of Australia, a diverse community of Residents that includes major universities, large enterprises and many thousands of consumers, who spend hundreds of thousands of hours inworld each month.
Commitment requires a level of certainty and pursuit of specifics that "has received no indications" doesn't quite meet.
I haven't received any indications that the guy sitting next to me at the bus stop would pick up a chunk of concrete and try to brain me.
(Gee, I love this city.)
I'm looking forward to a statement that reads more like: We have talked with the Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and his staff about the situation. After expressing our concerns, we have been assured that Second Life will not be blocked by any involuntary filtering software schemes imposed by the Australian Government.
Such a statement would show that:
A dialogue has taken place between LL and the Communications Ministry.
Minister Conroy has been made aware of what Second Life is.
An agreement has been reached between Conroy and LL.
Australian customers can be assured that they will either have access or grounds to have Minister Conroy removed from the Communications Ministry/Government.
Is it possible to get such a statement?
I'm not sure. But considering all of those major universities, large enterprises and many thousands of consumers, don't they deserve such certainty?]]>
Obsessiontag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188772009-07-01T13:27:19Z2009-07-01T13:42:11ZIt looks like this Rabbi Writer guy has the hots for my sister, because he keeps building for her around the periphery of the TMA community... Gee. A grave. Most men send flowers and chocolates, you know. I can't wait...http://isfullofcrap.com/
Gee. A grave.
Most men send flowers and chocolates, you know.
I can't wait for them to get partnered, although do I go as a groomsman or the maid of honor... or both?
I find it amusing when a person who isn't a real rabbi names himself Rabbi, engages in low-grade harassment of a woman who really doesn't need the additional stress (not exactly the behavior you'd expect from a rabbi towards a community leader), and gets huffy about the details of what may or may not be his religion.
Me, I'm full of crap. Always have been, always will be.
But at least I'm honest about it, eh.
So, who's got a Class 5 island to sell?
I'd prefer to buy it off of a friend that's trying to offload theirs.]]>
OmniPrim's new home...tag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188762009-07-01T13:09:13Z2009-07-01T13:23:22ZOmniPrim has a new home: Feel free to read him all sorts of lousy 100 word stories from the bookshelves. I wrote two last night, but didn't bother recording them, so it's another twofer afternoon. It happens when I get...http://isfullofcrap.com/
Feel free to read him all sorts of lousy 100 word stories from the bookshelves.
I wrote two last night, but didn't bother recording them, so it's another twofer afternoon.
It happens when I get really, really tired. I know I conked out a bit after 10 Texas Time.
I can't remember half of the play last night. I remember pencils and clocks and phones and other weird stuff. And a talking computer. And...
I do remember the launch of the Peace Center:
Thanks to everyone who came out last night.
I have a good feeling about it, and I look forward to working with Louis on some information displays, maybe a nice walkway... that kind of thing.
]]>
The Peace Center on the Beachtag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188732009-06-30T13:02:38Z2009-06-30T13:25:43ZLouis Volare is getting settled into Nowhereville... He's sharing another Improv For Peace tonight at 6:00PM SLT. Afterwards, get ready to dance on the umbrella... a mystery deejay is spinning tunes. (GoSpeed and Rav get the night off for once....http://isfullofcrap.com/
Louis Volare is getting settled into Nowhereville...
He's sharing another Improv For Peace tonight at 6:00PM SLT. Afterwards, get ready to dance on the umbrella... a mystery deejay is spinning tunes. (GoSpeed and Rav get the night off for once. It's about time they get to sit back and relax.)
Check Events - Live Music for the listing, search for the green dots on the map (control-M) on the Nowhereville sim, or IM me. (I'll probably ask if the listing in Events vanished and Nowhereville is missing from the map.)
I'm sure that he will appreciate any and all suggestions on the build by the bridge and the beach. (My first thought is a tiny seat or two for Schmoo and guests.)]]>
Dallier's Hoaxtag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188722009-06-30T12:46:56Z2009-06-30T13:01:35ZAnd with a final message, The OmniPrim returns to the future... Thanks to everyone for asking such great questions, having a laugh or two, and helping to raise the bar on improv comedy on the grid. The poseballs... priceless. (Worshiping...http://isfullofcrap.com/
Thanks to everyone for asking such great questions, having a laugh or two, and helping to raise the bar on improv comedy on the grid.
The poseballs... priceless. (Worshiping false idols may be against the Ten Commandments, but it's totally cool with the TOS, eh.)
And I got my wish: Lauren wants to do a Reiner-Brooks style act with this at her open mike on Wednesdays.
We did a few minutes via Voice at the SL6B center stage last night and I think it went pretty well (despite my having pounded two shots of JD after the 4PM finale.)
I'm not sure which I like better... Voice or text. Maybe we'll experiment with each and see which we're more comfortable with and what the audience likes best.
I kind like the idea of a straight-man with two rival OmniPrims.
Oh, and check my Picks for something Lailu told me that completely blew my mind.
So many things wrong with that sentence, eh. My therapist is going to need therapy.
I thought for a bit about what song would have fit with the theme of the build.
"I Will Wait For You" by Matthew Ebel sounds about right. ("Join The Conversation" fits as well.)
What the hell am I going to do now for Burning Life?]]>
Snakeoil by the gallon...tag:firstlife.isfullofcrap.com,2009://1.188692009-06-29T14:23:01Z2009-06-29T15:46:58ZMore comparisons between apples and oranges by an Internet marketer trolling for links... and Hamlet gives him the attention he wants. *sigh* Time to bring out the hammer: I agree with my cohort SecondLie... this is like trying to compare...http://isfullofcrap.com/
Hamlet gives him the attention he wants.
*sigh*
Time to bring out the hammer:
I agree with my cohort SecondLie... this is like trying to compare the engines of a John Deere and a Porsche, then mowing your lawn with the Porsche.
Abraham's being a marketing troll for links, doing yet another SL-bash that's behind the curve of his equally-incapable marketing cohorts.
These are different tools with different features and requirements. To an SL-er, Twitter can be a tool to circumvent 25 group limit and the EPIC FAIL that is groupchat. Or it can be an offline chat mashup. Or it can be a way to follow headlines, scores, etc. without a full RSS reader.
Maybe some folks prefer the Pandora streams, other folks want the whole music venue 30-second-shoutcast-lag-live experience, and others want to buy CDs and smoke a joint in the tub and be left the heck alone... each has its appeal, each has its use, each has its audience.
And as long as there's differences, well, there will be folks like Chris Abaham trying to make comparisons and declare winners.
I mean, yeah... the Iranian Counter-revolution appears to have used heavy Twitter traffic for organization and getting the word out while SL was too bulky... when the Basij is chasing you with iron bars, the last thing you need to do fire up SLim to debate riot tactics and the nuances of making democracy work under the Koran while your avatar mimics your thrashing gestures due to Mitch Kapor's Wondercamera in Snowglobe for Farsi.
Might as well call their state-run media an epic failure for not addressing that need, too... and hanging posters while police and mercenaries roam the streets tearing them down... and other media.
Nope. Focus on SL. It's the in-thing to compare everything to, you know, just to highlight its weaknesses.
Meanwhile, at SL6B on Saturday, a 50+ avatar crowd appeared on Cyro to discuss the concerns about the new Australian communications minister's online crusade to censor/block various internet services. Australians were there with their perspectives, added a few facts to fill in the gaps, educated some of us yee-haw Yanks, proposed a few ideas... (audio transcript at SLPN, btw)
For that, it worked. And it would NOT have worked on Twitter because a lot of the discussion was way longer than 140 characters long (minus hashtag footprint) and the concurrent discussion would have taken time to follow and re-follow people... a total mess.
Instead, pop into same virtual space, fire up microphone, add a bit of civility in taking turns to take or the principles of creative cacophony, and boom. An hour well spent.
So, Chris Abraham, does that mean Twitter is an abject failure because SL worked for the Aussie talk and Twitter was good only for promoting it?
Internet Marketers. Like Billy Mays, but pushing virtual snakeoil. Ugh.
Thanks,
-ls/cm
Instead of making hare-brained linktroll comparisons, perhaps marketers should be looking at all these sites to see what purposes they serve well, how they complement each other, how they can connect better, and which of these blowhards will replace Billy Mays now that he's dead.
I'm hoping it's something like The Gathering in Highlander. That way, we end up with the best of the best peddling crap to the masses, and the rest all end up with a significant distance between their heads and necks.
SecondLife's customer base represents a cacophony of markets.
They're not dumb and gullible like the mass consumer markets (but they have their dumb and gullible moments... just not in the same ways).
Marketers have failed to understand that audience/market, and instead of trying to understand it, they've tried to exploit it and, in their failure, just attack it now.
You know, while I was gorging at Cabo's yesterday before the game, I saw bowling on the televisions.
Maybe marketers should compare Second Life to the obviously vastly superior experience of eating way too much food, watching two sponsored teams bowl at a bankrupt Six Flags, and going to a baseball game?
Nah. I like the Highlander idea better... who's got some secondhand swords they can ship out?]]>
Who was your Virgil?
Who met you in the dark woods to turn you back to the light?
Or was it sheer dumb luck?
I like it.]]>
Yeah, I went nuts at the Hair Fair, then saw Ingenue's build.
I spent a lot at their store in Lo Lo.
Oh well. At least this money was worth something back in the Fifties.]]>
YOU THREW A MECHANIZED LIFE PRODUCT IN THE DUMPSTER???????
YOU... EVIL... BASTARDS!!!!
My God, I gush over the CogKiosk and CogHUD and CogBoard every Thursday to the point that people are buying the things just to shut me up... and you know what? THEY start to gush like I did, and we gather on Sunday mornings at the Gushing Church to perform in the Gushing Choir A-FUCKING-MEN!
If Codie needed a kidney, I'd give BOTH of mine just so she'd have a spare. Hell, if she were a cannibal and said "You know what... I could go for some kidney." I'd be on that cutting board with a carving knife begging the chef to let her have mine.
If that isn't love for a product, I don't know what is.
I'm going to rez a pike by my Clocktree for the day I meet the person who threw out Codie's stuff.... THEIR HEAD WILL BE MY TROPHY!
Oh... the styles... right...
I like this one the best so far. The ribbon is flexi, and it has a kind of tomboy feel to it.
(It's John form *KISS* ... a man's style. Duh. Added Low shine and .05 glow.)
We'll see if it works with the hat.
I love to look at these swallowed sidewalks closely to get a feel for how to make sidewalk edges natural.]]>
I woke up feeling not quite 50% and thought about toughing it out at work for one more day so I could crash into a 3-day weekend.
Then I thought about the air conditioning being broken at work for three days, air pushers shoved into the open doorways that weren't good enough. I thought about the fan on my desk that I had to bring in myself.
Since repairing the problem isn't a high priority, it seems, they've provided an alternative solution with the paid time off program, right?
This ickiness will probably clear up in a few hours, I hope. Just in time to walk to the movie theater.
Wait! you say. Isn't that a 20 minute walk in 100 degree heat?
I can handle a 20 minute walk in the heat with a bit of a temperature better than 8 hours of sitting in a warm room trying to "focus on everything at once."
Ooooh... and there's diet Coke in both places, too.
See?
(Excuse me while I flip a coin to see which I'll do first... throw up or shit profusely.)]]>
Gee. A grave.
Most men send flowers and chocolates, you know.
I can't wait for them to get partnered, although do I go as a groomsman or the maid of honor... or both?
Feel free to read him all sorts of lousy 100 word stories from the bookshelves.
I wrote two last night, but didn't bother recording them, so it's another twofer afternoon.
It happens when I get really, really tired. I know I conked out a bit after 10 Texas Time.
I can't remember half of the play last night. I remember pencils and clocks and phones and other weird stuff. And a talking computer. And...
I do remember the launch of the Peace Center:
Thanks to everyone who came out last night.
I have a good feeling about it, and I look forward to working with Louis on some information displays, maybe a nice walkway... that kind of thing.
]]>
He's sharing another Improv For Peace tonight at 6:00PM SLT. Afterwards, get ready to dance on the umbrella... a mystery deejay is spinning tunes. (GoSpeed and Rav get the night off for once. It's about time they get to sit back and relax.)
Check Events - Live Music for the listing, search for the green dots on the map (control-M) on the Nowhereville sim, or IM me. (I'll probably ask if the listing in Events vanished and Nowhereville is missing from the map.)
I'm sure that he will appreciate any and all suggestions on the build by the bridge and the beach. (My first thought is a tiny seat or two for Schmoo and guests.)]]>
Thanks to everyone for asking such great questions, having a laugh or two, and helping to raise the bar on improv comedy on the grid.
The poseballs... priceless. (Worshiping false idols may be against the Ten Commandments, but it's totally cool with the TOS, eh.)
And I got my wish: Lauren wants to do a Reiner-Brooks style act with this at her open mike on Wednesdays.
We did a few minutes via Voice at the SL6B center stage last night and I think it went pretty well (despite my having pounded two shots of JD after the 4PM finale.)
I'm not sure which I like better... Voice or text. Maybe we'll experiment with each and see which we're more comfortable with and what the audience likes best.
I kind like the idea of a straight-man with two rival OmniPrims.
Oh, and check my Picks for something Lailu told me that completely blew my mind.
So many things wrong with that sentence, eh. My therapist is going to need therapy.
Time to bring out the hammer: