Pink Delight

I adore ZsaZsa's, the store is so fun!  I have several of their wigs. When I need cheering up, I like to go over there and look at all the fancy things. The store design is great and all the products have a quality and style I am in awe of. I was always a bit of a tomboy, so I appreciate some fashion tips from those who know how to put the Queen in Queen Bee.

In other news, the sim I used for the location of the fashion shoot is a great happy place that I want to recommend for a nice date or just a quiet place to think in. Good sim design is made of  beautiful scenery, very thought through details, and a realistic feel, and this sim has it all. It all starts with a smile.

Outfit details:


Hair: ZsaZsa's: Queen B Wig, Rigged, Pinks, new
Dress: Prism: Carmen in Cherry Delight, TRPH5, 5L$
Heels: AshMoot: Corina, Easter Market until 16th April
Ring: Moon Amore: Amore, dollarbie
Eyes: Inkheart: Glimmer, Blue Sky, Marketplace, Thanks InkHeart!
Skin: NousVous: Marilyn Diva Star, Fair BJ, THF-2014, Hipster fair, old
Earrings: Vershe: Cinnabun, Gift
Bag: Miel: Courier bag, old FLF

Pose: Lalochezia Poses & Gallimaufry: Oops,3,  old Fifty Linden Friday

Location: It all starts with a smile, Onyx Isle

Party to Stop The Hate

Here is a party invite for everyone who wishes to show their support to the Stop The Hate project. A gallery at the party place is showcasing some of the pictures from the Flick group, and Dj Poppa is playing music to dance to. The party is this Saturday, 15th of March, 2-4 pm SL time.

You still have time to participate in the Stop The Hate project with a picture of your own, for the rest of March. The Flickr group is here. (Some of the material in the group and at the party is adult in nature).

We posted about the Stop the Hate project earlier and our image for it got a good 
response on Facebook.  Big thanks to everyone who liked it and shared it.

Take a Stand

There was a series of homophobic attacks in social media. The friends of the victim decided that this has to stop. They took it upon themselves to show love, hope and acceptance. They are doing this by producing powerful images and writing about the damage hateful words can do. They show support for everyone, who gets bullied for who they are.

I think Finn Millar said it well in his notecard about this project: "Gay, Straight, Lesbian, Bi or Transgendered, we are all feeling people. No one deserves to be bullied this way. "

There is a group in Flickr where you are welcome to share your own messages. Take a stand with us against hate, against bullying. Spread healing words and images. This will show those who need to see it, that they are not alone and that we do not let our friends get bullied. You can post your images in your blog, in your own image sharing pages, anywhere and everywhere in social media. Make them into posters to put up in your home or business, where ever you wish.

The Flickr group is here. Please note that some of the content in the group is adult in nature.

(This project did not originate in our blog, so rather use the Flickr group as a source when writing about it, so that the credit goes to whom it belongs to, thank you).

Here is what we came up with for the Heimo contribution to this project.

Pride in Second Pride

Second Pride has been through some turmoil during it's time in Second Life. But I decided to make a post about why Second Pride is a positive influence and the people working hard to make it all happen should feel proud of their accomplishments.

Because that is what Second Pride should be about: pride in the things we can do together and for each other. Pride in the fact that no matter what society might still say, or what we may hear in our daily lives, we have a place in this world and we belong. We can help charities and causes that are important to us and members of this community. We can have fun. We can contribute and have a safe environment to be ourselves. We can share our experiences, our hopes and dreams with people who understand what we are going through. Second Pride is all that and much more. Yes, it has had it's share of drama and heart ache and frustrations, but those should not cloud the importance of it.

There have been many memorable moments over the years, of course. This here is just an example of a weekend that for me was a very positive experience.

First on Saturday 21st of September, 2013, there was a charity event held at Spinners LGBT Community Center, benefiting the Free2Luv.org charity. Between noon and 6pm SL time, dj's Karl Kalcheck, Andy Long, Hotboy Lockjaw and "guest performers in high drag" made sure "Life is a cabaret: a night of drag" was fun for everyone who attended.

On Sunday 22nd September, 2013, there was a meeting of the Second Pride board, open for membership, and as you can see from the meeting minutes, it went smoothly. Afterwards people were treated to a tour of the new premises.

I have to say, that everything already looks very nice. The layout is sensible and will be benefitial to the many nonprofits that will be housed on the sim. There is a versatile and modern meeting space that charities can take full advantage of. They can also plan events in order to introduce themselves to the general public. I find the new plan more accessible to the public, which will bring more attention to each of the organizations. Hopefully it will also make it easier for them to collaborate. The conference hall is streamlined and efficient and I found it pleasant to attend a meeting there.

Jak Calcutt, appointed as the temporary building chair, before a new one can be elected, has done an amazing job. And I am not just saying that because he and a hard working Second Pride board member Karl Kalcheck have made me a very proud Second Life niece.

(Posted by Pieni)