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Dec 5 2012

Second Life Hunt: The Suicide Awareness Hunt

In the UK, according to the Samaritans 2012 Report, there were between 5000-6000 suicides (both male and female) in 2010. According to the World Health Organisation in the US there were around 0.012% in 2009. The WHO also states that the top three countries that have the highest Lithuania, South Korea and Guyana.

I don’t know any one who has committed suicide. The closet I’ve been is knowing someone who knows someone who has. I don’t understand why someone would do that, to me life gets hard, yes, but you work through it. You fight for it.

So doing the Suicide Awareness Hunt was good for me and any one who doesn’t know much about whatWhich Path will you take_001 drives people to suicide. Created by Second Life Resident Joshuan Banx, it was developed to help those who don’t understand, those who want to help but aren’t sure how to, and those who might need help but aren’t sure where to get it. Hunters follow the story of a girl named Juliana, and her family as they deal with Juliana’s suicide. Players are given the choice of choosing one of two paths, one path takes them on a journey to save Juliana and another takes them on a path if they are not sure how to save her.

It is a heart breaking yet informative hunt that will leave you with a better understanding of what drives people to suicide and how it can affect those around them even after their death.

The Mental Health Awareness Retreat is a parcel in Second Life, that gives help and support to those with mental health or those who are looking for resources on mental health.

The Suicide Awareness Hunt ends on December 15th. To Start the Hunt head over to the Mental Health Awareness Retreat and choose the path you would like to take. Check out their website for more details.

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Oct 3 2012

This Week in Second Life–Halloween!

Continuing events:

Haunted Fest: Party throughout the month of October for Halloween in Tribute City! Events include live djs, tribute bands, a Halloween photo contest, a week-long merchant’s fair and, of course, lots of tricks and treats! For more information and updates: http://tributecity.blogspot.com.

Arts:

Hackberry Hall: What you will find if you dare to open the door of this impressive old Victorian manor? Find out when you visit Hackberry Hall.

Arkhamville: Once up on a time in a land not so far away, there was a village where many dark and mysterious things happened and someone was murdered. Come solve the mystery of Arkhamville-talk to villagers, hunt for clues, explore the area. If you love to hunt and love to solve mysteries then this is the place for you. Just in time to get in the halloween spirit!

Scared To Death! Haunted House Ride: Bring your friends and come celebrate the season in this haunted house that features ridable pumpkin cars which seat up to 5 avatars! Come join the fun and have a spooky time!

More this Week in Second Life…

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Sep 23 2012

This Week In Second Life – Sep 23rd

Continuing events:

Arts:

Virtual Reality by Mexi Lane In 1995 Mexi Lane painted a picture titled Virtual Reality. Today, with the technology available in SL, Mexi is turning the painting to reality.

UWA Artists’ Choice Water Show The fourth Artists’ Choice exhibition from the University of Western Australia focuses on water as a theme. The full sim exhibition has been flooded to 100m with each of the 20 artworks on a separate island. Boats and swim balls are provided and there is an underwater park to enjoy. Go bumper boating and get some culture at the same time!

Bryn Oh’s Virginia Alone Virginia Alone is the real life story of an blind elderly lady living with mental illness. In her solitude she recorded her thoughts over 20 years on hundreds of cassette tapes which can be found and listened to in the environment. Virginia Alone is exhibiting in both Second Life as well as at the Santa Fe New Media Festival.

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Sep 16 2012

This Week in Second Life

 

Continuing Events

5th Annual Virtual State Fair: Feral Hog Invasion, White Grub Tunnel, Wild Water Rapids, House of Germs…The 5th Annual Virtual State Fair week sponsored by Cooperative Extension is a four region extravaganza of exhibits, rides, art, music and games. Line dancing nightly in Gertrude’s Barn. Check out the optional orientation area for new users. Held through Sept.16.

London City Disco Spectacular: Throughout September, visit London City for Disco Spectacular, celebrating all things disco with concerts every weekend from the people and bands who established this unique music genre.

Upcoming Events

Peace Weekend & Spirit Fair 2012: Join the celebrations at the three-day International Peace Event at Nirvana Island, held the weekend of September 21–23. Over 40 spiritual organizations, musicians and performers will gather on Nirvana Island in a celebration of peace and unity in honor of the United Nations International Day of Peace, which is a day devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples.

John Taylor Live Event: John Taylor of Duran Duran will stop by Second Life to present his new book “In The Pleasure Groove: Love, Death & Duran Duran” live to the SL fan community on Sunday, Sept. 16th at 3 p.m. (Pacific). John will read an excerpt from his book live and then do a short Q & A. Access is limited to members of the official in world fan club group only. For More information check out their website.

 

More events on This Week in Second Life Page

Aug 20 2012

This Week in Second Life

Continuing Events

Fashion Voodoo:  An urban style fashion fair held through August 30th, 2012. Hosted by Depraved Nation, this event features over 100 brands and new, exclusive items.

Hot Bay City Nights: Looking for a sweet rod or cool classic? Come to Hot Bay City Nights and view the wares! Hot Bay City Nights is a week-long event featuring DJs, Love music, a charity car wash, a bikini contest, and lots of hot cars! Held from Aug. 18-25 in the Bay City Fairgrounds.

Vintage Fair 2012: Vintage Fair, held through Aug.29, showcases 250+ designer brands with each exploring inspiration from the vintage eras of 1920-1980. There’s also "antique" fashions (pre 1920s). Discover new and exclusive items from every brand while enjoying live music and deejay performances each event day. For more information check out their website.

Upcoming Events

The DXclub Flea Market 2012: An event that features two days of live deejays and music, as well as stall shopping and great sales! The event is held Aug. 25-26 with live deejay performances from 3-9 a.m. (Pacific)

Bi-Annual Cart Style: Wash’s Biannual Cart Sale, held Aug. 15-Sept. 5, features original items for L$10 or less from 85 participating designers

 

Exhibitions

Mysterious Wave:  An immersive, minimalist exhibition filled with surreal artworks by the Mysterious Wave team including artists Cherry Manga and Anley Piers.

Synesthesia at Split Screen: Music and color join together in Synesthesia, a limited time exhibition from Giovanna Cerise at Split Screen.

Fundraisers

The Pink Ribbon Fair: The Pink Ribbon Fair, held Aug. 4-25, is a fashion charity event that aims to raise funds for the American Cancer Society to help the fight against breast cancer. For more information check out their website.

Hunts

Menstuff &Homestuff Hunts: Calling all hunt lovers! The team behind one of the biggest hunt brands in SL brings you Homestuff and Menstuff: two hunts for home décor addicts and male fashionistas. There are over 200 designers taking part in both hunts, so happy hunting! Runs August 3 -September 3.

Newcomer friendly hot spots

Italy in the World: Italy in the World is a newcomer-friendly destination for Italian-speaking residents of Second Life.

Aug 7 2012

What did I Say?

Yes it’s been a long time between drinks and although I can’t be in world as much any more, I did feel motivated to put together a quick post with some free fashion finds for your edification. And oh by the way in case you didn’t already know, it’s also Menstuff hunt month – so enjoy:

He wears:

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Dec 15 2011

The Renaissance Hunt – So Far

Fashion Writer Look Stoop and I went on the new Renaissance Hunt, and got a lot of awesome stuff. Let’s get the review bit of the hunt out-of-the-way.  It was not to hard and not to easy, the right kind of difficulty for a Second Life Hunt. The hunt clues were very clever in some destinations and others seemed as if they didn’t even bother trying to make or hide the hunt gift. There was a maze, which was once again the right amount of difficulty, not too easy not too hard. It was mostly the destinations that intrigued us more than the prizes. The different Renaissance and Medieval themed places amazed us, and peaked my already developed interest in the Medieval culture of Second Life.  Worth doing for the destinations, some gifts are good, others not so great.

For more information on the Renaissance hunt, check out their blog and the hunt will be going on until the 31 December 2011 so get in it while you can!

Dec 6 2011

Men Only Hunt…. Again

I’m finding some really great gear as I continue to unpack and sort, this time around, another skin and outfit:

 

 Steam’s style:

Skin – VERO MODERO: James. V3, MOH gift #34
Shape – [Anatomy]: MOH special shape, MOH hunt gift #64
Hair – Ali & Ali: Ace hair, auburn, MOH hunt gift #7
Piercing – *JD* Design: *JD* Mouthpiercing Cross, MOH hunt gift #49
Outfit – Lotus Noir: Turtle duffle, MOH hunt gift #68
Shoes – [bubble]: Beehive sneakers, MOH hunt gift #55
Pose – Art Body Store : Man in a fuckin cold day #06, MOH hunt gift #81 

By now I bet you already know where you need to go to get the SLurls!

 As always the items shown were available at the time of writing at no cost or the cost indicated , but no warranty is given that they will continue to be so – that is totally at the discretion of the Store Owner/Designer.

Keep having fun.

Words: Steam Engineer
Photography: Steam Engineer

Dec 4 2011

Men Only Hunt Part Two

My hunting continues, this time I’ve crunched through another whole bunch of stores and this is what I’ve put together this time around:

Steam’s style:
Skin – Belleza: MOH skin gift, MOH hunt gift #2
Shape – Sweet Sin: Shape 34, MOH hunt gift #59
Hat – Yulicie: Octavio – black, MOH hunt gift #46
Sunglasses & Gloves - FA Creations: Black gloves and Dark Glasses, MOH hunt gift (part only) #35
Piercing – iPoke: Minotour, MOH hunt gift #32
Necklace – Just You Jewels: Necklace men snake, MOH hunt gift #3
Tank – Kennedy’s: A7X tank, MOH hunt gift (part only) #43
Jacket & pants – American Bazaar: Black blazer & Street Jeans, MOH hunt gift #1
Belt – Chaos, Panic & Disorder: Wolfs Heads Belt Buckle, MOH hunt gift #40
Pose – Art Body Store: Man in a Fuckin’ Cold Day #09, MOH hunt gift #81

I think I’ve got a few more posts in me yet, I’ve picked up some pretty fantastic gifts and I’ve not even finished yet!! The starting point is at American Bazaar and you can find all the details on their blog here.

 As always the items shown were available at the time of writing at no cost or the cost indicated , but no warranty is given that they will continue to be so – that is totally at the discretion of the Store Owner/Designer.

Keep having fun.

Words: Steam Engineer
Photography: Steam Engineer

Dec 2 2011

Men Only Hunt

If you’re male you’d have to be living under a rock (anythings possible in SL after all) not to know that the latest men’s only hunt is now underway. Sponsored by American Bazaar and Belleza (yes, you read it right, Belleza) starting December 1 and running through to December 17 you can go and find yourself around 90 gifts of male goodness all gratis. A bunch of fantastic stores have some great stuff out for you – below are a few items I’ve picked up so far and I’ve only been to 25 or so stores…

 

 

Today Steam is wearing:
Skin – ::Shiva:: S-CK MOH skin, hunt MOH gift #20
Shape -  ::Shiva:: S-CK, MOH hunt gift #20
Hair – Ali & Ali Designs: Ace Hair, MOH hunt gift #7
Tongue – [Acide!]: Hey!, MOH hunt gift #26
Outfit – Envious Creations: Holiday Lovin, MOH hunt gift #10
Pose – Art Body Store: Man in a fuckin cold day #08, MOH hunt gift #81

You can find all the SLurls here at the American Bazaar blog.

As always the items shown were available at the time of writing at no cost or the cost indicated , but no warranty is given that they will continue to be so – that is totally at the discretion of the Store Owner/Designer.

Keep having fun.

Words: Steam Engineer
Photography: Steam Engineer