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Tag: Relay For Life
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Second Life Newser: Announcement: Relay Registration Opening Today
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The Green Fairy and the Undiscovered Country
Willow Leafstorm’s new music venue in Steelhead Nevermoor opened with a set of truly cathartic 80’s dance music – almost everything was a remix or a cover. And unlike some “all cover” sets, each song was… great in its own right. I heard old favorites sound new – and had completely different reactions to some of the lyrics, because I was hearing them in light of some of my most recent experiences out there in untidy, noisy, fragile RL.
I stumbled into a fun game: “Kiosk Challenge.” There was a Relay For Life kiosk in the corner of the venue, and as it was a new one, it had a $L0 balance. So I automatically “fed” it a bit, as I do now when I encounter a zero-balance kiosk inworld. A bit later on someone else “fed” it, and I upped the ante – briefly. It went like this:
[19:32] Lelani Carver: Kiosk needs moar love! I will match everything up to $L1000 tonight.
[19:32] RFL of SL 2012 Official Kiosk Large: Thank you for your donation!
[19:33] [REDACTED Steelhead Clockwork Chum]: OK!
[19:33] Lelani Carver: Challenge thrown down!
[19:33] RFL of SL 2012 Official Kiosk Large: Thank you for your donation!
[19:34] [REDACTED Steelhead Clockwork Chum]: CLOCKWORKS RULE … the mail.
[19:34] Lelani Carver: ACCEPTED
[19:34] [REDACTED Steelhead Steampunk Chum]: â–£ â–¤ â–¥ ѕтєᴀмÏᴜɴкѕ ᴅᴠɪт ωɪтн ᴅєνɪςєѕ â–¥ â–¤ â–£
[19:34] Lelani Carver: There, I’m tapped out – that was quick!!!Second Life may have a policy against quoting chat logs without the permission of all participants, so I have cleverly redacted two entities without stomping all over the humor of it all. I invented the game after a few donations came in after mine; it seemed like a thing that you do. My little “challenge” was accepted and disposed of within a few seconds. I actually went a bit over my self-imposed $L1000 limit, because my little clockwork chum countered my last ante-upping with the whole thousand virtua-clams, which of COURSE I matched. Shortly afterwards, the Steelhead Salmons team captain, Fuzzball Ortega, remarked in group chat (he wasn’t at the dance) at how $L2240 had been donated in less than 2 minutes.
See, that didn’t take long!
I still don’t have much time for inworld stuff – I’ve managed to make it to some events, but can’t quite settle down to refresh my products and building skills just yet. I’ll need to immerse myself in work later, but right now… I need to just be, and listen, and chat, and laugh.
Most evenings this week we’ve been commuting to the border of the Undiscovered Country to watch someone we love wait, restlessly and impatiently, to cross over. There’s very little we can do. We’re going down tomorrow, and Monday too (though surely not, if there is a merciful Deity). We give love, we give support, we try to wrestle restaurant checks out of the hands of family members when we manage to drag them away from the Borderlands Hotel for a break and a meal.
Sorry for the obscurities, that’s the most detail I’m prepared to give.
Anyway, tonight’s gathering was what was needed, although some of the old songs gave me a start because certain phrases in the lyrics jumped out at me in odd ways. Like “Wouldn’t It Be Good” by Nik Kershaw. The remix we heard tonight was uptempo, faster, and not as long. But there’s a newer live version that Nik did in Norway (with some of his original band) that’s somehow deeply satisfying.
In the original video from 1984, the song’s protagonist was some kind of lonely, sick alien in a hep-cat multimedia zoot suit, a little like Ford Prefect putting out his electronic thumb and hitching a ride with the Vogons. Funny thought, that… laugh it up, Fuzzball!
But all this time we’re keeping vigil at the Borderlands lately, my mind is constantly racing. I lost it a little tonight (or at least, the typist did). So I turned the volume up and danced it back in.
I got it bad
You don’t know how bad i got it
You got it easy
You don’t know when you got it good
It’s getting harder
Just keeping life and soul together
I’m sick of fighting
Even though i know i should
The cold is biting
Through each and every nerve and fibre
My broken spirit is frozen to the core
Don’t wanna be here no moreWouldn’t it be good to be in your shoes
Even if it was for just one day
And wouldn’t it be good if we could wish ourselves away
Wouldn’t it be good to be on your side
The grass is always greener over there
Wouldn’t it be good if we cold live without a careYou must be joking
You don’t know a thing about it
You’ve got no problem
I’d stay right there if it were you
I got it harder
You couldn’t dream how hard it got it
Stay out of my shoes
If you know what’s good for you
The heat is stifling
Burning me up from the inside
The sweat is coming through each and every pore
Don’t wanna be here no moreWouldn’t it be good to be in your shoes
Even if it was just for one day
And wouldn’t it be good if we could wish ourselves away
Wouldn’t it be good to be on your side
The grass is always greener over there
And wouldn’t it be good if we could live without a care -
Endgame Approaches
Still have not been inworld much aside from attending the Steelhead StHelens volcano party, which was a much-needed distraction (and great music by DJ Fuzzball and much SQUEEE-Ing by the presumptive Missus Ortega).
It was a wonderful evening. Pictures are on my inworld profile feed.
It appears our dear one is in the endgame. We can only hope for comfort and peace. She is certainly not alone, and neither are we. If you can spare some Lindens, please donate generously to the American Cancer Society/Relay for Life.
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NPR.org » Komen Charity Ends Grants To Planned Parenthood
This is disturbing and so very wrong.
The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women.
The change will mean a cutoff of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants, mainly for breast exams.
Link: NPR.org » Komen Charity Ends Grants To Planned Parenthood
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#SL Fundraising: Picture Taken Down After NWN Post Gives Wrong Impression
For the second time this week a picture used to illustrate a Second Life news blog caused a false impression and seemed to link a respected event or charity with scandal. Yes, it’s another NWN post by Hamlet Au causing the confusion. No linky-love for him, Google amongst yourselves. The first time was bad enough.
Fortunately, Au took the image down late last night or early this morning. Unfortunately his blog is widely read and the damage has already been done, not easily to be repaired by an update buried in the comments.
This time, an event picture from the widely respected Relay For Life cancer fundraising charity was used to illustrate a story about the current “fake charity receipt” scandal, which broke on SlUniverse and Twitter the other day. Au was very careful to mention fact-checking, sources, and not to mention the charity by name…which everyone already knows. So all that care, associated with the RFl picture, seemed to imply the scandal might go farther.
At a Steelhead group event last night, our award-winning fundraising coordinator for RFL was not pleased. He noted that the image topping Au’s post seemed to imply that Relay for Life was the charity in question (Au did call RFL the “gold standard” of inworld charities). However, our coordinator also mentioned the earlier post, that referenced the wrong image/event/sim, and snarked that it was probably just another NWN mare’s nest.
“I’m very, very happy that this scandal was NOT about RFL.”
It absolutely was not. RFL, as I said, is the gold standard, which is why I included a screenshot of their site, as the role model. However, because I don’t want anyone mistaking even for a second my intention, I removed the image.
Posted by: Hamlet Au | Saturday, January 07, 2012 at 01:36 AM
Unfortunately the image already gave the wrong impression last night, even if only momentarily. A prominent, award-winning RFL fundraiser mentioned it in group chat, with the caveat that you probably did not mean to associate the charity with the scandal, which was already well known.
A picture is worth a thousand words; the exchange rate in $L is subject to change.
Posted by: Lelani Carver | Saturday, January 07, 2012 at 04:19 AM
via (no linky love) New World Notes: SL Fundraising Scandal Strongly Suggests Need to Work Directly With Real World Non-Profit Organizations
Yeah, I piled on. It was irritating to see yet another fuss made over at NWN whose end result is more eyeballs on ads, and oops, my 3 or 4 non-spambot readers may add to that.
On the other hand, thanks to Crap Mariner’s blog roll posts, I’m now following a much more interesting blog, Zak Claxton’s. He posted photographic proof that a charity gig he played at helped to feed a passel of very cute Kenyan kids. Doesn’t look ‘shopped… 😉
All this musing on Second Life charities (which is most worthy? Which is most transparent?) has me thinking. We’re (that’s the household we, not the royaly we) waiting for the shoe to drop with a RL family member; in fact we’re going to a family confab tomorrow at which… Something will be announced??? We’re not sure, but the auguries are not good.
I’ve decided to throw a lot more effort into Steelhead’s RFL fundraising campaign/slog/marathon this season. And if Mistletoe holds any Love148 events, I’m in for those, too.
Lelani Carver is a Steampunk resident in Second Life who blogs a little about everything, and about nothing of any importance. She sells odds and ends inspired by her real and virtual lives at her store in Steelhead St Helens or on the Second Life Marketplace.
