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Saturday, June 6, 2015
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Merry Christmas
and Happy 2015
I've been inspired and fired up about Second Life again since Phin, a few friends, and I have tried SLgo from OnLive. Take advantage of their 7 day trial like we did. It's pretty amazing.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Blog Changes
This is a WARNING to readers...
My blog is about to get very interesting... and adult in nature.
These are the new adventures of Zoe Connolly.
My blog is about to get very interesting... and adult in nature.
These are the new adventures of Zoe Connolly.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
SL Bloggers Christmas Party 2008
(Zoe and Phin on Christmas Day 2007)
Like last year, I'll be holding our Christmas Party in Caledon.
This year it will take place Saturday December 14th.
I'll have more details about the start time and exact location as it becomes available.
Also invited are EDF, RCAF, and members of Girls with Guns.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
5 Days of Fact and Fiction
Originally posted on Boned Wednesday 12 November 2008 for the SLBloggers Mix&Match Scheme ;)
A week ago I was given a TPS Report without courtesy of a cover sheet. Ignoring this little oversight, I read further. In this case the acronym TPS stood for "The Post Switch" as in the SLBloggers Mix & Match Challenge.
My assignment: Write about my 5 days away from SL and any SL related social media. I was not to login or post anything to Twitter, Plurk, etc. This was definitely cruel and unusual punishment, deviously outlined and insitigated by the infamous Botgirl Questi.
It was Sunday evening and my 5 days away from SL would begin after I logged off that night. I decided to make the most of it by having as much virtual sex with as many avatars as I could. Once several parcels were strewn with dozens of avatars with ambulatory issues, I logged off...dreaming of a new era for me in the real world. I've heard so much about it lately.
Day One: Worked RL Job. Read RL Blogs and various sites for US Election news. Dreamed about flying. Tormented my brother.
Day Two: Election Day. Voted. Went to work. Read more crap about the election.
Day Three: President-Elect Obama calls and asks if I would join his cabinet as Defense Secretary. Obama says he needs a diverse Cabinet and thinks a kick-ass virtual girl with guns who runs a virtual air force sends the right message of diversity and an alternative low-carbon footprint defense posture. I graciously accept as the first virtual world avatar to fill a Presidential Cabinet position. Huzzah!
Day Four: I get my affairs in order for relocation to Virginia and my new job at the Pentagon.
Day Five: Was very thankful for my week free from SL.
So there you have my week.
Huh? What?.... You don't believe this happened?
Perhaps you'll believe this one....
Day One: So far so good. Okay. I can get through this.
Day Two: Biting my nails. Irritable. Snapping at co-workers.
Day Three: Still irritable. Anger issues surface. After work I buy wine. I get home, watch TV, drink several glasses, and sob quietly at my keyboard.
Day Four: My hair is a mess today. No make-up. I'm all about the wine today. Can't wait to get home.
Day Five: I call in sick (hungover). I stay in bed most of the day.
Hah! Well this didn't happen either.
The truth of my 5 Day Experiment....
Days One Through Five: I was inworld everyday. I even thought of cheating and using an alt, but still... I popped inworld for at least 10 minutes as Zoe.
Truth is....
Although I spend far less time in SL as I once did, I would miss my friends if I was away too long, and 5 days is too long.
A week ago I was given a TPS Report without courtesy of a cover sheet. Ignoring this little oversight, I read further. In this case the acronym TPS stood for "The Post Switch" as in the SLBloggers Mix & Match Challenge.
My assignment: Write about my 5 days away from SL and any SL related social media. I was not to login or post anything to Twitter, Plurk, etc. This was definitely cruel and unusual punishment, deviously outlined and insitigated by the infamous Botgirl Questi.
It was Sunday evening and my 5 days away from SL would begin after I logged off that night. I decided to make the most of it by having as much virtual sex with as many avatars as I could. Once several parcels were strewn with dozens of avatars with ambulatory issues, I logged off...dreaming of a new era for me in the real world. I've heard so much about it lately.
Day One: Worked RL Job. Read RL Blogs and various sites for US Election news. Dreamed about flying. Tormented my brother.
Day Two: Election Day. Voted. Went to work. Read more crap about the election.
Day Three: President-Elect Obama calls and asks if I would join his cabinet as Defense Secretary. Obama says he needs a diverse Cabinet and thinks a kick-ass virtual girl with guns who runs a virtual air force sends the right message of diversity and an alternative low-carbon footprint defense posture. I graciously accept as the first virtual world avatar to fill a Presidential Cabinet position. Huzzah!
Day Four: I get my affairs in order for relocation to Virginia and my new job at the Pentagon.
Day Five: Was very thankful for my week free from SL.
So there you have my week.
Huh? What?.... You don't believe this happened?
Perhaps you'll believe this one....
Day One: So far so good. Okay. I can get through this.
Day Two: Biting my nails. Irritable. Snapping at co-workers.
Day Three: Still irritable. Anger issues surface. After work I buy wine. I get home, watch TV, drink several glasses, and sob quietly at my keyboard.
Day Four: My hair is a mess today. No make-up. I'm all about the wine today. Can't wait to get home.
Day Five: I call in sick (hungover). I stay in bed most of the day.
Hah! Well this didn't happen either.
The truth of my 5 Day Experiment....
Days One Through Five: I was inworld everyday. I even thought of cheating and using an alt, but still... I popped inworld for at least 10 minutes as Zoe.
Truth is....
Although I spend far less time in SL as I once did, I would miss my friends if I was away too long, and 5 days is too long.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
"How Real is SL?" by guest blogger Harper Beresford
I have the distinct honor and pleasure of having Harper Beresford as the guest blogger on my tiny little corner of the SLBlogosphere. How did this happen? This delightful happenstance occurred via Arminasx's and Vint Falken's Crazy Scheme Mix and Match challenge.
And now ladies and gentlemen.... Here's the lovely and gracious Harper....
And now ladies and gentlemen.... Here's the lovely and gracious Harper....
"How Real is SL?" - Is SL a game or is it another reality? If it is another reality, how close is it to The Actual World in which we live?
Subtitled: "Sanity is a madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled." ~ George Santanaya
Let me start off by saying what an honor it is to have landed myself on the blog of the doyenne of SL bloggers, Zoe Connolly's. I am not sure how that randomizer worked that Arminasx and Vint cooked up, but it sure landed me in a sweet spot--or rather, a precarious spot as I have been thinking about this blog all week, terrified I will come off as a blog mess.
That being said, the topic given to me first seemed like a softball. I mean, EVERYONE writes about the "reality" of SL. NPR did a story about the real money in SL. Cybergrrl investigates "RL" businesses in SL. A guy at Stanford found out that our behavior as an avatar changes how we deal with things offline and another woman at Queensland found out it improves our real-life social skills. Isn't Botgirl's whole blog a study of the reality vs. unreality of existing in Second Life?
So I subtitled the blog with my own chosen quote, because I think SL is a sort of waking dream. Anyone who has read my blog (all five of you), know that I fall deeply on the side of thinking Second Life is a reality. I have not changed my mind in the six months since I wrote my blog about that--this is not a game; this is my life and this is your lives.
So much of what I do on SL has very real consequences. I have personally felt the goodness of my interactions on SL come to fruition. I have personally taken money OUT of SL and put it into my own bank account to buy the computer that allows me to make more money. I had a darn good time going to Tampa and Berlin and meeting SL friends. And I felt real joy doing the flamenco all night with my friends, discussing art, music and where glow does and doesn't belong.
Right now, Second Life takes up a lot of our time, readers. We are forerunners, obsessed with its possibilities. We're a little nuts, but in a good way. We are putting our madness to good uses ;)
Not everyone will live their lives using this tool/media/means of communicating the way we will, but I feel in the future, everyone will have some sort of experience with a "virtual reality" and an "avatar," just as people all over the world now feel the lightness of being untethered to a phone line in the wall with their cell phones.
We just need to stretch our minds around that possibility a little farther than the local land auction. We need to acknowledge the power of this kind of virtuality to become a part of human existence just as storytelling, music, art, etc., are all parts of our cultures. This "waking dream" we live in for our Second Lives is quite "real" (whatever that means).
This avatar existence will translate to new, real life applications and possibilities. We ALL know that. Gosh, why do I need to reiterate this? (I hate being cliched.) We are taking this Rubic's cube of a reality and twisting and turning it in our hands, all in our ways, trying to find the right patterns in it to discover powerful tools and to absorb its potentially profound lessons. And doing this takes time. Let's cut Linden Labs and ourselves all some slack. This virtual stuff has been around a long time and it needs to evolve in its own time.
So that being said, I am going to go back in-world, dress up in my monkey avatar, and help a few newbies on Help Island, making this new world happen one newbie at a time.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Ning Blog » Blogging the metaverse on Second Life Bloggers
Holy Nekos!
Very nice news!
Ning Blog » Blogging the metaverse on Second Life Bloggers
Discovered this today...
Ning features SL Bloggers Ning on their own news Blog.
Ning Blog » Blogging the metaverse on Second Life Bloggers
Very nice news!
Ning Blog » Blogging the metaverse on Second Life Bloggers
Discovered this today...
Ning features SL Bloggers Ning on their own news Blog.
"Second Life Bloggers is a place for those who just can’t get enough of the virtual world. On top of keeping engaged in their 3-D lives, members aspire to blog “the metaverse one post at a time” on their network...."
Ning Blog » Blogging the metaverse on Second Life Bloggers
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Zoe and the coyness quotient
You Are a Coy Flirt |
 You may not seem like you're flirting, but you know exactly what you're doing. You draw people in, very calculatingly, without them even knowing. Subtle and understated, you know how to best leverage your sex appeal. A sexy enigma, you easily become an object of obsession. |
A curtsy to Joonie Jatho for the idea
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Friday, February 29, 2008
The Adventures of Chopper Chick!
Not a Second Life Blog, but it is a very cool aviatrix blog!
The Adventures of Chopper Chick!
".....A chick helicopter pilot fighting fires during the summer all over the U.S. as a contract pilot and during the winter flying for Corona Police Department, aerial construction flying, ferry flights across the U.S., frost control, and some news flights in Los Angeles....."
The Adventures of Chopper Chick!
The Adventures of Chopper Chick!
".....A chick helicopter pilot fighting fires during the summer all over the U.S. as a contract pilot and during the winter flying for Corona Police Department, aerial construction flying, ferry flights across the U.S., frost control, and some news flights in Los Angeles....."
The Adventures of Chopper Chick!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
The Next Second Life Bloggers Party.....
The Next Second Life Bloggers Party.....
The hosts for February will be Ravishal Bentham and GoSpeed Racer in the Sailor’s Cove sim on Sunday February 24 from 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM SLT.
The host for March is Crap Mariner…specific date and time are yet to be determined.
April is still open if anyone would like to go for it. Anyone remember offhand when I hosted the first one? Was it May or June? So much has happened since then I can’t remember.
The hosts for February will be Ravishal Bentham and GoSpeed Racer in the Sailor’s Cove sim on Sunday February 24 from 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM SLT.
The host for March is Crap Mariner…specific date and time are yet to be determined.
April is still open if anyone would like to go for it. Anyone remember offhand when I hosted the first one? Was it May or June? So much has happened since then I can’t remember.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
November Second Life Bloggers Party
SLBloggers!.....Hosted by Nikk Huet, our November Second Life Bloggers Party will be held at the new Tribute Island sim on Saturday the 10th from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM SL Time.
The theme will be "Come as you are, or come as you want to be"
Radio Riel will be spinnin' the tracks.
The theme will be "Come as you are, or come as you want to be"
Radio Riel will be spinnin' the tracks.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Second Life Bloggers Group Logo Contest :: The votes so far...
The polls are still open for the Logo Contest until Sunday the 16th at 12:00 PM SL time.
The votes so far are spread as follows:
Vint = 7
Looker = 4
Oolon = 2
Tiana = 1
Dalien = 1
Calantha = 0
Don't be discouraged if you're not in the top 2. There's still plenty of time for advertising, kissing babies, mudslinging, etc....
Make sure your readers know about the contest and encourage all Second Life Bloggers group members to vote.
I'll accept votes via IM, notecard, and email zoeconnolly (AT) gmail (DOT) com
The votes so far are spread as follows:
Vint = 7
Looker = 4
Oolon = 2
Tiana = 1
Dalien = 1
Calantha = 0
Don't be discouraged if you're not in the top 2. There's still plenty of time for advertising, kissing babies, mudslinging, etc....
Make sure your readers know about the contest and encourage all Second Life Bloggers group members to vote.
I'll accept votes via IM, notecard, and email zoeconnolly (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Monday, September 10, 2007
Second Life Bloggers Group Logo Contest :: Voting now open
Voting for the best SL Bloggers Logo is now open for members of my Second Life Bloggers Group.
I'll accept votes via IM, notecard, and email zoeconnolly (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Here are 5 of the 6 entries available for viewing at my office in Antiquity Cove. The 6th entry from Dalien Talbot can be seen on flickr
Here are the entries at my office on the 2nd floor...
...from left to right...
1) Tiana Meriman
2) Calantha Theas
3) Vint Falken
4) Oolon Sputnik
5) Looker Lumet
On flickr....
6) Dalien Talbot
Voting will end on Sunday September 16th 2007 at 12:00 PM SL time with the winner announced that afternoon.
Special thanks to dinee Ghia for providing half of the 5000 Linden cash prize with me.
I'll accept votes via IM, notecard, and email zoeconnolly (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Here are 5 of the 6 entries available for viewing at my office in Antiquity Cove. The 6th entry from Dalien Talbot can be seen on flickr
Here are the entries at my office on the 2nd floor...
...from left to right...
1) Tiana Meriman
2) Calantha Theas
3) Vint Falken
4) Oolon Sputnik
5) Looker Lumet
On flickr....
6) Dalien Talbot
Voting will end on Sunday September 16th 2007 at 12:00 PM SL time with the winner announced that afternoon.
Special thanks to dinee Ghia for providing half of the 5000 Linden cash prize with me.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
SL Bloggers Group News for Sunday September 16th
The Logo Contest Entry Phase will close at 12:00 PM SL time today.
I'll open voting as soon as I get all logos displayed, but I still need Looker and Dalien to send me their logos with full-permissions.
I'll accept votes via IM, notecard, and email zoeconnolly (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Also, I'll have an officer meeting at 2:00 PM SL time today. This is closed to officers and invited guests only.
I'll open voting as soon as I get all logos displayed, but I still need Looker and Dalien to send me their logos with full-permissions.
I'll accept votes via IM, notecard, and email zoeconnolly (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Also, I'll have an officer meeting at 2:00 PM SL time today. This is closed to officers and invited guests only.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Pownce : Zoe C.
Pownce : Zoe C.
For those of you who use Twitter and are heartbroken now with the extended Twitter downtime, why not try Pownce, my new micro-blogging, social networking favorite gizmo
Pownce : Zoe C.
For those of you who use Twitter and are heartbroken now with the extended Twitter downtime, why not try Pownce, my new micro-blogging, social networking favorite gizmo
Pownce : Zoe C.
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