Warrior Brineen

A few examples of what I’ve been able to do.

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And my latest favorite…..

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Anyone else want to post their Picnik results?

Friday 23rd January was my second RezDay, and my beloved other half, Rik Pfalz organized a surprise party!  It left me speechless while a large group of friends stood and stared! Rik finally reveled the other surprise he had instore, a large red button with “Do Not Press” written across the front of it. I have penchant for pressing buttons I shouldn’t.

Never Press the Red Button

Pressing the red button released balloons, dance balls a embarrassingly large picture of myself created by Raul Crimson and a set of club lights complete the stage. Rik had organised for my favorite DJ GoSpeed Racer to provide the music for the evening.

Dancing at the RezDay Party

And finally, something that has now become traditional in SL on RezDays is the Poppins Challenge.  The challenge is to

climb, fly or teleport up to a great height and jump naked… open your Poppins Umbrella and float to the gently to the ground, snapping pictures or taking video footage as you go.

With Osiris Pfalz, and her camera in tow, I present my Poppins Challenge.

Osiris with her video camera

Those of you who have visited the Scribble Sim, will know of it’s unusual black and white build. In The Painter’s Garden some colour has been introduced, and scattered around the garden are pages from the gardener’s diary telling of the gardner’s struggle to put colour back into Scribble.

So grab a mate and head over to The Painter’s Garden before this build disappears.

Photo by Osiris Pfalz

Instructions:
1. Take a snapshot of your Home location in SL. (Post-process as much or as little as you wish; if you want to do a collage of things from your SL home, that’s cool, too!)
2. Post snapshot to your blog, plurk timeline, flickr stream, whatever.
3. Comment here (http://tinyurl.com/ctrl-shift-h) with link to your participation post/plurk/whatever.

Ctrl + Shift + H

This is my skybox / hide away / workshop. It’s 500m above my little shop, and contains some of my favourite art works, a skirt builder, photosphere, pose stands and a sofa to give it a welcoming feel.

My SkyBox

It’s a great place to hang out, check out skin and hair demos, inventory sort, try out new outfits or reading the latest Fashion magazine.

So what’s your Ctrl + Shift + H ?

So, the armoire diversity challenge is: dress your female avie with male clothing and accessorize it accordingly with the gender or vice-versa (dress your male avie with female clothing). And… show us the looks you have created. I am really looking forward to see the stuff everyone will come up with.

Not one for shopping for male clothes, I tried to find something that would be not just fun to try, but possibly something I would actually like to wear.  So I decided on a costume, and soon my search took me to SF Design, who have a variety of costumes to choose from. Remembering all the fun of the “Talk Like a Pirate Day” earlier this year, I grabbed the “Pirate Captain” complete outfit and TP’d back to my skybox to try on my new outfit.

Pirate Captain

This certainly is a complete outfit, Frock coat  (long or short), Shirt with frill attachment, Hose (Pants) and boots, with optional peg leg.  The Frock coat has collar and cuff attachments,  and although they are a bit large on my wee avatar, it does give a rather Captain Jack Sparrow (Jonny Depp) look.  The boots, being for  men, are way too large, but rather fun looking.  The lovely thing is that this outfit is transferable, but me thinks I will be holding on to this one for a while.

Pirate Captain with Lady Boots

Just as I was about to pack my new outfit away, I remembered a perfect pair of boots in my inventory to make my own spin on the Pirate Captain outfit.  These are the Baroness Black Boot from Digital Dragon Design, the buckles up the front of the boots, and the handy little pockets on the sides make these the ideal boots for any discerning Pirate Captain.

Bettie Page

Bettie was the inspiration behind CodieBastard Redgrave’s Boudoir Rouge Series which Codie explains as “an ode to beauty of all the great ladies of the metaverse”

Here is my humble tribute to Bettie Page, with greatful thanks to Codie for the “Bettie Page Pose” and to Osiris Pflaz for creating the bar stool.

Bettie Page Pose

Credits

Lingerie:- Insolence – Lily Purple Satin

Shoes: - Tesla – Natasha Pointy Stiletto

Skin:- SdR II Tone C

Hair:- ::69:: J.LO / ETD Juliana

Jewellery:- Persona, Gold Circle earrings

Poses:- Boudoir Rouge / [LAP] – Paulette

Props:- Osiris Pfalz

Models Gabby Panacek and CodeBastard Redgrave with designer Eshi Otawara

After the show we went back to check out Eshi’s Store, where yours truly purchased one of the fantastic Koi Spring  in Blue from the show.

Koi Spring in Blue

A large crowd of avatars gathered at The Rose Garden on Elysian Isle and like the characters in any of Terry’s books they were diverse, but all with one thing in common, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the great man himself.

Right on 12pm (SLT) Terry arrived!  (Terry’s SL name is TerryPratchett Morpork )

[12:00] TerryPratchett Morpork: Hello everybody! Sorry, I’m new at all of this kind of stuff and so can anyone tell me how to get the rocket launcher?

After much LOLing we got down to the serious business of Q & A time.

[12:01] Michaelx Beerbaum: Question is if Second life will appear in one of the books

[12:02] TerryPratchett Morpork: As far as I am concerned, my books are Second Life.

[12:03] Matty567 Dallagio: Why was “Nation” not set on Discworld?

[12:04] TerryPratchett Morpork: Good question; for one thing, the fact of it being on Discworld would change all kind of things that I could do. After all, Nation is hardly full of laughs. Setting Nation on a thinly disguised “alternate” world does, I think, give it more power and urgency.

[12:05] Matty567 Dallagio: Why a slightly alternate Earth instead of the real one?

[12:07] TerryPratchett Morpork: Because the real one has already happened. I wanted this world, but with a few interesting alterations. One details I’m sure you will have noticed is that Carl Sagan is still alive in that alternate earth.

The questions were coming too fast so it was decided that  ImmortalitySou Ballinger would be the residents spokes person. All questions were IM’d to ImmortalitySou.

[12:09] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: okay first question: What was the inspiration behind the book?

[12:12] TerryPratchett Morpork: I came up with the idea in 2003 and it was not long before I was going to do a talk and signing in Folyes in London. I was so excited that I told Sarah Lefanu and I’m glad that I did because she is one person who can vouch that I came up with the idea before the big Asian Tsunami.

[12:11] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Q: Hi Terry, how does it feel to be in a virtual world were everything is possible and wierd is excepted as normal from Carl

[12:13] TerryPratchett Morpork: I think I’ve lived in one of those for the past 60 years )

[12:14] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Have you any thoughts on how your characters (from Nation, Discworld, Carpet People ) might react if they found themselves in Second Life ? from SignpostMarv Martin

[12:16] TerryPratchett Morpork: I think Sam Vimes would be very annoyed, whereas the witches would just deal with it. I have to say that I quite like the idea of Second Life, because it is a totally human activity. Monkeys wouldn’t be able to join.

[12:15] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Any plans to do another non-Discworld book soon? from Charis Parx

[12:17] TerryPratchett Morpork: I did not know about Nation until the idea hit me. I had no advance warning and that is how it happens. Sometimes an idea comes out of nowhere and grabs you by the throat.

Terry Prachette answers Questions in SL

[12:16] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Q: Q: What are you views on people in second life creating people, places, and things from your books and either giving or selling them to other players. from Dedric Mauiac

[12:19] TerryPratchett Morpork: It would be interesting to see what the law could do about Second Life! Regrettably for you, copyright and trademarks exist everywhere, but in reality I see this sought of thing as fan activity.

[12:17] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: First of all: THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SL! ^.^ (yay!) – Q: I noticed that religion was a major topic in “Nation”, how did the response from readers look so far? from Jo Sapeur

[12:21] TerryPratchett Morpork: Religion; fantasy writers like religion. It’s so interesting to play with and it is a great forum for asking questions.

[12:19] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Do you think Moist Von Lipwig would have managed the banking system better than those currently in charge? from Ciaran Laval

[12:22] TerryPratchett Morpork: It seems that, primitive as it is, the Discworld economy is considerably more stable than the one here. And, come to think about it, Moist’s solution to the problem was not a long way from what has been done over here…

[12:21] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Terry we know you are a fan of computer games like Alien vs Predator, what do you make of Second life which doesn’t appear to have a plot or goal? from Trago Mills

[12:24] TerryPratchett Morpork: Oblivion is my current computer game of choice, specifically because we (me and Rob) discovered modding, and I get a thrill from the thought that thousands of people write some wonderful mods and distribute them at no cost.

[12:25] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: April Kohl: If you haven’t already got too many questions, could I ask: “Was there any novel you found particularly difficult to write?”

[12:27] TerryPratchett Morpork: Probably it was Nation. Probably because I wrote the first draft in six months and then spent the next six months wrestling it into the right shape.

[12:28] TerryPratchett Morpork: For obvious reasons, mostly because I am the poster boy for the battle against Alzheimer’s, there have been quite a number of days when I have been unable to write a word.

[12:28] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Kelli May: I hope this isn’t too morbid, but a lot of the characters in Nation question why fate or the gods have inflicted various trials on them. Is this a question that’s on your mind these days?

[12:30] TerryPratchett Morpork: Err, no. I don’t believe in Gods.

[12:31] Harmony Linden wonders if Terry believes in potatoes?

[12:32] TerryPratchett Morpork: Yes, I actually have a small potato in my coat pocket. In time of hunger a potato is more likely to be more useful than prayer.

[12:29] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Jo Sapeur: How long does it usually take you to write a book?

[12:31] TerryPratchett Morpork: For Unseen Academicals I won’t even hazard a guess. But for the last several years I have only done one book a year because of all the other distractions placed on an author’s life. Put it another way: Don’t ask a man to reply to every email AND do a full thousand words a day

[12:31] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Carl Blue: Which of your characters do you feel is most like you?

[12:33] TerryPratchett Morpork: There is probably a bit of me in all the major characters. I would like to be like Sam Vimes, but deep in my heart I know I am Rincewind.

[12:32] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Salaamata Afarensis: my wife Ab (sadly at work) asks: it seems from reading the early Discworld novels that you grew to respect characters like Granny Weatherwax and Sam Vimes the more time you spent with them. These two characters, in particular, have come to represent standards of ethical behavior. Do you find that your relationship with the characters in the books has changed over time?

[12:36] TerryPratchett Morpork: That is a good question. It seems to me that if you get a character just right, they start doing the work for you. It is as if they become a subroutine in your own brain and you are right when you point out the similarity between Granny and Vimes; you might notice that both of them seem at every stage to be fighting some internal demon.

[12:33] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Ciaran Laval: Would you like to see more of your books repoduced on film in the fashion they haven been by SKY?

[12:38] TerryPratchett Morpork: Yes, but I don’t have any particular hopes for Hollywood. Besides, I like the British stuff, even though the budget is much lower than it might be in the States, I can get involved at just about every stage in the production. To an author, that is worth a great deal.

[12:38] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: DeutroJesaja Gothly: I know you don’t belive in gods, but do you mind if books or quotes from your books is used in Christan teaching for young people?

[12:40] TerryPratchett Morpork: Not at all. I have no problem with the existence of Jesus Christ, who I think was very probably a wise man and a compassionate teacher. It’s just that I don’t believe in the same god that he believed in

Good crowd at the Q & A time with Terry Prachette

[12:41] TerryPratchett Morpork: As an aside, myself and Rob would like to wish Lisa and Jason ‘Discworld Anthony’ our very best wishes on the birth of their baby Isobel.

[12:40] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Vernes Veranes: Where in Second Life can I buy a complete SL-version of the book? Is Second Life even concidered a Niche market?

[12:42] TerryPratchett Morpork: All I can tell you is that my publishers are watching this event. They are probably disguised as palm trees.

[12:43] Sweetie Saunders: what is Colin disguised as?

[12:44] TerryPratchett Morpork: Colin would be disguised as a bottle of wine.

[12:45] TerryPratchett Morpork: Actually, maybe a Pina Colada. With an umbrella.

[12:42] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Carl Blue: Whats you fave book, not your own?

[12:45] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Willi Reino: when you read for relaxation, who are your favourite authors?

[12:46] TerryPratchett Morpork: I have a whole library shelf of favourite books. However, I still think that one of the funniest and best works of fiction was the “Evolution Man” by Roy Lewis. My favourite bedtime reading at the moment is “Feeding Nelson’s Navy” by Janet MacDonald. Believe me, it’s considerably more thrilling than the title might suggest.

[12:53] TerryPratchett Morpork: Believe it or not, I seldom read a novel these days. Nearly all the books in the 3ft pile beside my bed are social histories or the biographies of intereting, if not important, people. I’m also a sucker for the kind of books with titles such as “Picky – The History of 500 Years of Snot in Britian”.

[12:46] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Charis Parx: If you had a day with no demands on you at all, what would you do with it, BESIDES writing.

[12:48] TerryPratchett Morpork: What do you mean, besides writing?

[12:53] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Samantha Poindexter: Any chance we’ll ever see Esk of Equal Rites again?

[12:55] TerryPratchett Morpork: I think that if the last Tiffany Aching book, which will be called “I shall Wear Midnight”, gets finished it will probably re-introduce Esk.

[12:55] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: DeutroJesaja Gothly: Howcome everybody knows a Granny and a Nanny?

[12:57] TerryPratchett Morpork: Because they are a widespread social sterotype and I am an observant author.

[12:58] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: April Kohl: Many writers and publishers in modern magazines talk about how much more difficult it is to get a first novel sold now than it was even ten years ago. Do you think you had it easier than the new kids on the block?

[13:01] TerryPratchett Morpork: I don’t think it was all that easier when I started, but the parameters have changed. If you can go on a comedy show and are on the telly long enough, and sometimes not for all that long, getting a novel published appears to be very easy and sometime you don’t even need to write it.

[13:02] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: SignpostMarv Martin: for Terry: There haven’t been any full-length official Discworld games since Discworld Noir in 1999- now that Discworld films are being made, are there any plans for new games to be made ?

[12:42] SignpostMarv Martin: ^as an addition,

[12:43] SignpostMarv Martin: Would Terry consider a Discworld-based MMO, perhaps using something like OpenSim as the underlying tech ?

[13:02] TerryPratchett Morpork: What is an MMO? What is OpenSim? Can we accept for a moment that I’m not that engrossed by online activities?

[13:03] SignpostMarv Martin: Massively Multiplayer Online game

[13:03] SignpostMarv Martin: lots of Discworld fans running around the back of the disk of a virtual Great A’Tuin

[13:03] SignpostMarv Martin: OpenSim: open source Second Life server

[13:03] TerryPratchett Morpork: Then no.

[13:06] TerryPratchett Morpork: Early in 2003 we had approaches from about 5 or 6 games developers. I told them all to go away and knock up something that would show me that they had a grip on what Discworld would be about, and none of them came back. I’m not unhappy about that. Certainly I would require a new Discworld game to be as immersive as Thief II and with the sound and graphics suitable for the times.

[13:03] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Jo Sapeur: Is there a chance that you will return to SL for another Q&A session? I have several friends who are mourning because they couldn’t come after the the sim was full.

[13:08] TerryPratchett Morpork: I think you’re going to have to improve the graphics considerably before I come back to Second Life. The graphics in Oblivion allow you to see the graphics in the bottom of a pond and I think that came out in 2002.

[13:06] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Dedric Mauriac: Have you ever drempt that you were in one of your novels?

[13:10] TerryPratchett Morpork: No, but I have often dreamt of scenes, usually just before I wake up.

[13:08] ImmortalitySou Ballinger: Question from Siyu for Terry: Both you and Neil Gaiman’s visions of Death are pretty similar in some ways. They’re very human and more friendly than the typical grim reaper image. I know you two have worked together, did you guys talk about Death at all in morbid moments?

[13:09] Lasynda Shichiroji: Are there any plans to do another book with Mr. Gaiman? I absolutely *love* Good Omens

[13:09] Tenebrous Pau: hehe… Good Omens movie PLEASE thanks… lol

[13:09] Sweetie Saunders: there was a great panel in Noreascon with Terry and Neil about Death

[13:14] TerryPratchett Morpork: Good Omens movie? Regrettably people with enough money do not share your desire. The same could be said about Mort.

[13:18] TerryPratchett Morpork: Folks. We are now overtime on this chat and so I’m off to hang about on Nation island for a bit. Cheerio.

Special thanks to SignostMarv Martin whos transcript of last night’s event was much better than mine!

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