DJ Bine

I think I have fallen in love a little bit with Active Child. I love the sound of the harp and of Pat Grossi. They are on a world tour right now, and I saw that they are coming to Copenhagen too. So Manse and I are going to Lille Vega to see them on Marts 5. It is going to be so great.

Playing House Feat. How To Dress Well [Official Video] from Active Child on Vimeo.

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In Autumn 2010 Michaell and I got a beach together (I wrote about it here). It was primarily my beach, but Michaell used it too and contributed as well. Then one day our neighbours introduced a huge rock right in our view of the ocean. That was very uncool. I know you can derender, but with Firestorm I had to derender every time I logged in and in Kirsten I couldn’t derender at all. The Estate Management didn’t really want to deal with it, so we decide we were leaving.

So late December I got a Space Navigator to help make my filming more fun. I used it the first time when I filmed our beach. I see now that I used it way too much. But I cannot redo the filming of our beach, as that is long gone. But we still have it here:

The music in the video is 7 Day Visa : Que Quiero (ft. Anji Bee). Buy it on iTunes.

It is a bit rough – I don’t know how to do the camera so it doesn’t look so edgy, and what is up with the colours? Any how… Here it is. My first attempt:

The tune I used here is Buck UK Once, and you can get it here.

I saw an article on New World Notes about a project that inspired me to make this collage. I think it is amazing to see how the Bine Rodenberger avatar has changed over the years. Or to be more precise; how little she has changed. SL has changed a great deal, but the essence of Bine Rodenberger has stayed the same. See more here: Flickr.

Lately I have been using so much energy trying to figure out what is wrong with Stefan. I care so much about him, but it is impossible to have any kind of relationship with him in SL. I thought it was so strange that we could be so good friends RL and then stink so much in world. My thoughts have thrown me off the rails a few times – I get very emotional – but I think I have finally come to realize that we are not meant to hang out and have fun in SL.

It was very sad to realize this, but it has also been a kind of relief. I don’t have to use my energy on that any more. I feel free in some way. Free from the emotional turmoil that he has given me. So much time wasted… But so much about Stefan and Bine in SL seem to be time wasted… So I asked him to come and join me one last time in SL, and I got him to jump on a pose-ball for me. A pose-ball called Broken Doll. I thought it would be a fitting end to Stefan & Bine, because I do feel that something has broken.

Things have been broken, and we both know it. I think it was rather big of him to come over and do this pose with me. I don’t know any other avatars that I have been fighting so much with who would do that. I do love his pixels. I think he looks so damn good, and I hope I can pervade him so come and jump on other pose-balls in future, but only time will tell. So far this marks the end of our SL adventure.

But this is not a sad post. I have my haven – my safe haven; Michaell, and Michaell was there for me yesterday.

Unfortunately Michaell and I lives on opposite sides of the world, and we don’t have much online time together. It is a real shame, because I think if we did, I wouldn’t get into so much trouble… Life is a learning curve, and Second Life only accelerates this. So really… I should know better. But for now I am happy. Happy that I can devote my love and my energy in SL to my Haven, my Love, my Partner – at least until next time when I get bored and get into trouble…

Bryn Oh has a new exhibit in Second Life called Anna’s Many Murders (SLurl). I went to see it a while back with Gora and we met the artist Bryh Oh. It was really funny because Gora thought Bryn Oh was a bot, so when I started talking to Bryn Oh, Gora was embarrassed and then got so star struck that she couldn’t say anything.

We really enjoyed the work and now I found this machinema that combines the music from artist Sean Ryan and the Bryn Oh installation.

Sean Ryan started out as a music performer in SL – Skye Galaxy – but he has since broken out RL and performs live gigs now in the real world. It is a very nice story.

Excellent stuff

Eskmo: “We Got More” (Ninja Tune) from ESKMO on Vimeo.

I have loved the Lost Garden of Apollo. It was one of my favourite places to hang out when I started logging in to SecondLife. I haven’t been there much lately, but I still liked to revisit from time to time when I felt I needed something familiar and calm. But that option is no long possible.

I bought one of the lanterns of Apollo a while back. I am glad I did now. It is as pretty as the SIM and I love watching it.