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WARNING STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT!!!

Second Life has much to offer and tons of it is PG. There is however a sexual side to Second Life and with it tons of businesses have sprung up to cater to the kinks and desires of lusty residents.

I’ve seen it all in my time on the grid. Penises that operate and controlled on HUDs (Heads Up Displays), prim nipples one attaches to their avatar to achieve a more real look, vibrators, bondage equipment, blindfolds, ball gags, etc. If it exists in real life, it exists in Second Life and then some.

I’m not often impressed by pixelated sex equipment. I mean come on, it’s pixels!

Enter BNI Designs and the genius scripter behind the equipment – Kent Ozigard and his lovely partner Corina Skytower. They invited me over to check out their store and equipment. First thought, why the hell not but doubt I’ll see anything other than the usual St. Andrew’s Cross and some kind of wonky table with cuffs attached. So I took the teleport and popped on over.

I rezzed into a large open space filled with light and holy crap, fuck machines. Big, industrial sex machines. Wow. As I walked through the store, Kent and Corina explained the various functions of the machines and I was just blown away.

The textures were simple and elegant. The machines looked real. Not that I’ve ever seen anything like them in real life, but still. These things were amazing. Each machine had several functions, a menu with a variety of options and accompanying toys. They are very high-end and incredibly well done. There are two lines of toys, one in chrome and one in wood. They can be used by one or two people at the same time and all toys have cuffs that chain the user down to the toy. The dildos are texture changeable and all come with vibration abilities. Cuffs are included in all toys.

One of Kent’s favorites is the single pose toy called the AutoMan – an innocent looking ottoman (get it, automan/ottoman?) that when clicked suddenly springs up with points that chains attach to, a vibrating dildo rises up from the center of the seat and awayyyy you go. When you’re done with your fun, hop off the pose ball and all vestiges of naughtiness disappear right back into the seat and the ottoman is innocent once again.

To find out more about BNI Design’s really unique sex toy line, check them out at Fallen Angels strip club for the first in a series of demo events showcasing their line of equipment.
Visit BNI Designs

Event Date: Friday November 6th

Event Time: 6pm – 8pm SLT

Event Location: Fallen Angel Club

Kent Ozigard is Owner/Master Scripter of BNI Designs – BNI Designs is a new SL company focused on building high-end BDSM sex furniture. The company was founded by Kent Ozigard and Shayn MacKenzie. Shayn did most of the building while Kent scripted all the equipment. Kent is a relatively new resident to Second Life with a background in programming.

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The Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum Craftsman Build-Off Competition
PRESS RELEASE–For immediate release 19 October 2009
Contact: Barbara Collazo, FLWVM Education Director

SLURLS TO THE EVENT ARE TBA – WATCH FOR UPDATES!

Come one, come all! The Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum is hosting another build-off. This time the theme is Craftsman, or American Arts & Crafts. It’s a fun competition to see who can create the most functional and appealing building within the parameters set by the judges. As an SL builder you are invited to take part in this spirited building competition. We’d be honored and delighted to see you here creating away.

The Craftsman Build-off takes place the weekend of November 6-8, and we have some events ahead of time to whet your appetite! The deadline for entries is 6pm SLT November 5; after that, spaces will be filled if available. The entry fee is $L500 and entry information will be available beginning October 25.

First up is a class on Craftsman style, given by Troy Vogel. This will be held at the Museum on October 25 at 1pm SLT. Craftsman 101 will discuss the American Craft style, its context, uses and key elements. Prospective contestants won’t want to miss this!

Next, at 11am SLT on October 29, Supremius Maximus and Sensuous Maximus will offer a class on Advanced Building Techniques. They will cover tips for conserving prims while getting the most from them and making your builds look excellent.

The Museum’s Friday Night Fling on Friday, November 6 at 6pm SLT will kick off the build-off at 8pm. The contest will run until 6pm November 8, with Peoples’ Choice voting and formal judging after that. The Awards Gala is scheduled for 6-9pm SLT on Monday, November 9, with trophies and prizes given for the top three pro and amateur builds and a Peoples’ Choice award.

Awards include trophies in pro and amateur classes, cash prizes ($L500 top prize), and bragging rights. The winners in each category will be displayed at the museum, and all builders will receive a critique from the judges.

It will be an exciting couple of weeks! Come join us!

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There are hidden places in SL, secret places that hide magic and dreams.

A princess seeking knowledge and beauty wandered for days and nights to find a place she had heard only in whispers. “Mayhap you will find The Temple of Sighs”, said the whispers. “Within that ancient and lonely place is an oracle, a beauteous goddess that relies on a magic sculpture called the Thirteen Winds. In that is knowledge, poetry and art”.

Finally, when it seemed she’d never find it, she climbed up a massive mountain and came upon a vale with ancient columns. The light glowed the sacred purple of the goddess’ gown and with a gentle nod from the goddess, the princess touched upon the sculpture which gave her the knowledge of the thirteen winds.

Thirteen Winds

I.

Yoked to the mill, the wind
kneels,
and with a flick of his index
spins the child’s pinwheel.

II.

The wind
staggers
taking off
rooftops
in an effort to
support
drunken
legs.

III.

Human voices are carried
to the presence of God
on the deafening wind.

IV.

It is difficult to
determine one’s direction
when all four winds
are blowing at once.

V.

The weary wind
drops everything in its hands.

VI.

When the wind blows,
scraping its blade across miles of plains to the edge of the horizon,
love is no small anchor.

VII.

A woman
throws her hair into the wind,
leans into an invisible embrace.

VIII.

Without realizing it
a man can stand in the eye,
be made more firm
by hurricane winds.

IX.

The wind
reminds the soul
that it was once
unhindered by flesh
unburdened by bone.

X.

The soul cleaves to physicality
resists the wind’s embrace
refuses to return to
disembodiment.

XI.

Ubiquitous,
the wind’s absence is most
Conspicuous.

XII.

The sun inspires
worshippers to raise hands and song.

The moon lulls
worshippers into soundless meditation.

The wind,
having no worshippers,
must demand submission
thus, forcing forward the heads of the trees,
the sacrifice of leaves.

XIII.

There is strength in solitude:
one red rose,
the diamond as solitaire.
What is so frightening then,
about that single note,
the sigh of wind?

Sculpture and original poetry by Eliza Quinzet (previously published in 2007 by RL Eliza) of Pygmalion Gallery. The Temple of Sighs is secret.

Eliza will be revealing her Fall collection or art glass and sculpture on Monday 19th, 2009
Meet the artist 3pm 5pm and 7pm to 9pm

Popularity: 35% [?]

Title: Skin & Shape Expo ‘09
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/KMADD%20Events/7/151/22
Description: To benefit the Susan G. Koman Foundation
Start Date: 2009-09-26
End Date: 2009-10-10

Popularity: 16% [?]

One of the things I spend a lot of time on in Second Life are hunts. Grid-wide, store, sim – if it’s some kind of a hunt, Jaily Bailey and I are there with bells on. We wear our low lag clothes and hair, work together and hunt, hunt, hunt.

I’ve met amazing people on hunts and found great stores. I’ve battled the lag monster, crashed or teleported under buildings instead of in them. Hunt gifts range from the amazing, to the ordinary and finally, to the “holy hell what the hell were they thinking and why would anyone want that” categories.

There are stores like Nushru that I really love. Landing there always makes me smile because I land in a Monet-like field of flowers, the hunt gifts are not impossible to find and there are always pretty dresses to ooh and ah over. Stores like that just make me smile and want to come back.

My friends and I are currently working on a few hunts. There is the Cinderella’s Slipper Hunt, the Slice of Summer, a Shopping Bag hunt, Passions and a few others. We’re busy girls.

I was working on Cinderella and things were going great till I hit a rough patch. The sim we were on (not giving the name because the hunt is still going on and I don’t want to ruin it for anyone) was beyond laggy and moving was a chore. To top it off, we couldn’t find the slipper to save our lives. The hint was “Hello mari Malaspina, Uh, “Woody” bird is happy to see you.” Well we searched and searched and we did find a wooden bird but couldn’t find that darned slipper. I also fell off a wall about five times and walked into them even more. Call me Grace – in SL I am as clumsy as in real life only without the bruises and scrapes. Thank God for my indestructible second skin.

I crashed twice in the process and was getting really annoyed when I noticed that the wooden bird had a REALLY large penis. I mean it was BIG. I started wondering, “why the hell does a bird have a penis?” and I clicked on it. Yeah, I know – I’m a naughty wench. So I click the penis and it says it’s the Cinderella’s slipper. IT DID NOT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE A SHOE!! Nor did it look like any of the other shoes I’d seen in the hunt. Nope it was obviously meant to be disguised as a penis, especially when coupled with the hint “Woody bird is happy to see you”. I’m not easily offended, in fact I would have found it hilarious if it had not been so intentionally misleading.

Well Woody, glad you were happy to see me, even happier that I found the penis, er shoe and yeah baby, I’m going to the ball!

**since the writing of this post, the sim owner (an awesome person with a great sense of humor) moved from the laggy sim and is happily designing fun clothes that look great on.

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