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How to stage a dance production in Second Life

What started as a crazy idea around a kitchen table in early February is now less than a day away from becoming real. The show opens for the first time this Saturday, April 27th, 2013 at 2pm SLT at the Basilique Playhouse. So how does one actually stage a dance number in Second Life? Well, [...]

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Photo of Vaneeesa Blaylock in a black dress. Close on her angry face. Her arm is a blur as it swipes forward to slap her sister Fiona.

Slapping My Snotty Sister

My stupid sister Fiona opened an art gallery featuring pix of OUR FAMILY NAKED!? Is she stoopid? Anyway, as you can see in the video “Touts” this kind of lead to a slapping fight between us. Oh well. She deserved it!

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two avatars in a grassy plane. Xue Faith wears a sweater and rides a bicycle. Miso Susanowa stands in an elegant black dress

Poem Readers Wanted!

Second Life / Virtual Artists’ Alliance / Haiku Speedbuild event wants YOU to read poems! For our April events we’ll be using poems from Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda’s book Love Poems. Each week we use 4 poems and participants pick one to inspire their sculpture creation. I’m looking for peeps who’d like to make short [...]

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What’s in a Meme?

Before I get into the post, I must apologize as I haven’t posted here in over a month. I’ve been preoccupied with real life a bit so wasn’t able to get to writing a post here. However, now that it’s my spring break and I have life a bit more back in order, hopefully you’ll [...]

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The Piano Player – Part I/II

The piano player sat at the edge of the cliff. Beside him, the unused telescope monitored the lost horizon where a wounded lighthouse continued to shine, its static light pointing vaguely to the sky. Small silver waves sparkled toward the shore where the remains of an old dinghy rocked back and forth wondering about past [...]

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That's me, Canary Beck, Singing in Second Life

How to start singing live in Second Life (with Audio)

Welcome back me! You might be wondering: “Who the heck are you and why are you in my inbox?” Well, I don’t blame you, it’s been over over 2 months since I wrote an article for iRez. I want to share a whole bunch about what I’ve been doing that’s been keeping me away, but [...]

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My Valentine

“Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” Kahlil Gibran I just wanted to wish you all a Happy Valentine’s Day and I hope you are rising for a One Billion Rising event tomorrow, either in real life or in second life!

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Of A Valentine’s Past…

Andrea66 Resident sent you a notecard. He hesitated, his heart hammering wildly while the notecard loaded. It covered half of the screen, a sarcastic metaphor sneering at his life.  “My Love, I sit here where we usually sit, waiting. I sit here, wondering. An ocean parts our two worlds, an ocean filled with smiles and [...]

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Roses

This is my 25th post on iRez and I wanted to do something really exciting and spectacular for it but I’ve been so bogged down with work that I just went with a boring old headshot again. Hopefully the next 25 posts will be more exciting! I did want to express my gratitude to Vaneeesa [...]

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Photograph of a train of noob avatars crossing a bridge over the Leda sim and with the typography "Noob Avatar Pride Parade" on top of the image.

Noob Avatar Pride Parade – Machinima

I think this was the most fun parade so far. I loved being a noob again, walking around without an AO was kind of liberating!

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One Plus One Equals Three (Part II)

I bite my lip as I hand my daughter Mia over to Frank, my partner. The urge to ‘snatch’ her back is overwhelming. I watch them both like a hawk, not resting for one moment.  After what seems hours, but is in fact minutes, Mia is finally handed back to me. The next few days [...]

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Strawberry Singh Gift Certificates

Know what they call virtual photographer Strawberry Singh in the hallways of Linden Lab in San Francisco, California? It’s not Ms. Singh or Strawberry or even Berry… they simply refer to her as The Legend of The Lab. If you visit SecondLife.com and you’re “logged in” you’ll go straight to your dashboard. If you’re not [...]

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One Plus One Equals Three (Part I)

The doctor walks into the recovery room, her smile hidden below her mask as she places the bundle of blankets into my arms and backs away. I look down at the bundle and as my eyes settle on my daughter Mia’s face, love overwhelms. I look up at my partner, Frank, and see he feels [...]

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ScreenCap of about 48 avatars assembled at virtual Sydney Harbour on the Virtual Australia SIM in the 3D Virtual World of Second Life

VB43 – Cast

Animal Avatar Pride Parade 48 avatars participated in Saturday’s Animal Parade in Sydney Harbour. Starting in front of Danish architect Jørn Utzon’s legendary Sydney Opera House (started 1959, completed 1973) we walked 3 loops of a course that took us across the Harbour Bridge (1923 – 1932) from the Sydney central business district (CBD) to [...]

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Beachwood Club: House Music UK SL

  I went to a fun dance club I hadn’t been to before, The Beachwood Club, a house dance club of UK / Second Life. Great tunes, cool DJ’s and I met a couple of cool peeps, s a f f r o n, and Rob Danton. haha, I saw s a f f r [...]

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ScreenCap of VB43 Animal Parade in virtual Sydney Harbour, showing various animals marching.

Animal Parade Machinima

Video filmed at VB43 – Animal Parade on 19th January 2013

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ScreenCap of Second Life Marketplace website showing a selection of animal avatars for sale

In Case of Trouble finding an animal avatar you like.

Best place to start your search for a new animal avatar: Second Life Marketplace / Animal Avatars

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Participants in VB42 Avatar Pride Parade during their walk across virtual American universities from New York to Chicago

VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade – Machinima

Above is my machinima from the Second Saturday of 2013 Avatar Pride Walk, and below is my machinima from the First Saturday of 2013 “Dress Rehearsal.” VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade • Second Saturday – Pride Parade • First Saturday – Dress Rehearsal • First Saturday – Being Yordie Sands • VB42 Previz

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Photograph by Yordie Sands

S&TVC – The Girlfriend

It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about the new direction I was planning for my second life, a step into Second Life’s sex culture. I was attracted to the idea of a “date auction” but hadn’t really thought about how I’d get there or where this would lead. I simply jumped into the adventure expecting I’d discover what I [...]

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Six – Part IV/IV

When they got back to the café, after burying William Andrews, the mood was somber. Carver didn’t cook. He opened a few tins of fruit, placed it on two plates and poured the syrup over it. “Sarah, we must stick together.” He shifted in the chair, the fruit on his plate untouched. “You do understand [...]

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