SL7B - The Temple of the Plywood Apple

"On the 20th of May 2007, the omnipotent Plywood Apple descended upon the grid. Dreams grew from the seeds of the plywood of apple, filling the grid with much beauty, their vivid sculpt maps brought impossible shapes into our eyes."

- The Birth of Sculpties in the Second Life by Istauri Arai -



Here we are at the Temple of the Plywood Apple. It is a creation for the SL7B event by Istauri Arai to honor the landmark event of sculpties coming to SL. The apple of course is the default prim used to display just how organic the shapes can get when you make sculpties.  I was really drawn to this display on my preview of the SL7B grounds and so I made it a point to come back to cover it. This time, I was able to bring Liam with me who told me he remembers the day he first got to work with the now famous apple. I like to joke with him that he is an old man in SL because he is older than the the birth of sculpties hehe. Anyway, you can see this swirling display of SL history at this Landmark. The next time you use a sculptie, remember the Apple :D




My Pink Windlight version! =)

Temple of the Plywood Apple
http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL7B%20Marvelous/29/29/22

SL7B - Callie Cline Dream On!

While on my preview expedition for Second Life's 7th Birthday, I ran into a builder whose also a friend, Callie Cline, who was working on her collaborative exhibit. I snapped photos and interviewed her about her take on the past, present, and future. I also get to ask her birthday message for SL. In my few months as a blogger, I've always a fan of Callie's artwork as she did a great job on a winter sim last year. It was a fun experience to have had reviewed her work in the past. For SL7B, here's some photos of the magic you can see at Callie Cline's.

Above:  Yep that's me flying with a balloon that's part of the Callie's magic. 
It was hella fun! :D

Here's a brief interview I did with her:

ME:  Hello Callie :) I see from your profile that you have been here since 2005. What brought you to Second Life, and what was it like back then?

Callie Cline: A friend invited me to try it. I thought it was boring and awkward...it was weird because there were Goreans and a lot of sex clubs and it was very hard to understand.

ME: As for the present, I see you are at the SL7B celebration. What is your contribution and what inspired what you are making?

Callie Cline: People and touching their lives are my inspiration.

ME: Looking forward, what do you think Second Life will become in the future and what would you like to see?

Callie Cline: I think SL will probably be smaller and I hope LL gets their vision back to just do business better caring for it's core customers.

ME: Lastly If you had a birthday message for Second Life, what would it be?

Callie Cline: My message would be, "May you have many more birthdays and may all the residents in SL realize that more of us are stronger then one of us and we all need each other to play an important part of the team." :)

- End of Interview -

Special thanks to Callie for taking the time to talk to me in the final hours before opening. Be sure to visit her exhibit at this landmark and when you get there, don't forget to use the teleporter to travel up  to her second level.



Have a Happy 7th Birthday celebration and if you see Callie,
tell her that Aubrey says hi! :)

caLLie cLine - dream on!, SL7B Enigma (66, 110, 21)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL7B%20Enigma/66/110/22

The SL7B Sim will open tomorrow,  
June 21st, 2010 at 10 am SLT

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL7B%20Unique/7/59/24
 

Happy 7th Birthday Second Life

 

I recently had the honor to slip under the velvet rope for this year's Second Life 7th Birthday celebration! The theme of Second Life's 7th journey around the sun is "Unexpected Collaborations." The celebration will be done on a massive scale such as we've seen with other celebrations like Burning Life. SL7B will take place on a total of 21 sims with over 300 exhibits and live performers. The sims will also be filled with the creative works of over 700 contributors. With my shiny press pass around my neck, I entered the party grounds and was quickly overwhelmed by the sheer size of the place. Take a look at this landscaped birthday message as just one example.



I wandered from one inspired build to another until I got very lost hehe.  I finally decided to randomly teleport using the map when I ran into a friend of mine, Callie Cline. I decided to interview Callie at that point. You'll be seeing the interview very soon. What I should tell you now is that this is an event that is not to be missed. You can join the festivities in honor of our favorite virtual world on June 21 at 10am SLT. The celebrations will last until June 27th so we all have a few days of partying together. I must say I'm excited about the creative builds, the freebies, the live events, and speakers we will see over the coming days. Have a look at these photos to get a nice idea of what to expect when the gates open.









Second Life has been so many things to so many people. For me it's a place to share my love of photos and blogging, as well as where I met my special man. I'm both happy and a bit surprised that SL is already 7 years old. Just a few more years and we will reach double digits! But I'm getting ahead of things XD. First, we will all have to see each other tomorrow to wish our dear second world a happy birthday.



Happy Birthday Second Life and many more!

Here is Limo to Main Party event tomorrow.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL7B%20Unique/7/59/24


The Sim will open on June 21st, 2010 at 10 am SLT.