Boobies. Breasts. TaTas.

They are called many things and although they come in all shapes and sizes (large, small, saggy and perky), they have one thing in common: The ability to develop cancer.

Even though there is no cure yet, the annual Blogger Boobie-Thon is doing its part to make cancer a thing of the past. As she has for the past 3 years, Her Grace of Loch Avie's human will take part in this event.

www.boobiethon.com

During the first week of October people from across the globe can submit pictures of bare and covered breasts to raise money for breast cancer causes.

Founded in 2002 by Florida blogger Robyn Pollman (www.shutterblog.com,) the Boobie-Thon has grown into a well-known event, raising tens of thousands for breast cancer and blogger-charity causes, with over 1500 people contributing pictures. The Susan G. Koman Foundation has, in the past, been the largest recipient of the funds.

Both founders and participants are hoping to generate exposure and donations for a worthy cause.

Males and females can submit pictures of their breasts. The covered boobies are featured on the free area of the site. The price of viewing the bare breasts is $50.

Come join Eva Bellambi and me as we host the first ever Boobie Ball. This will be held in Winterfell at the Taure En Lor Ballroom on October 4th, noon to 2pm SLT. This is not a formal event. Please just come ready to have some fun and be generous with your Lindens.

Wear Pink if you like, and you may dance topless if you dare, in honor of the breasts and lives we are working to save.

There will be donation kiosks and vendors with items for sale. All proceeds will be donated to BoobieThon.com during their annual campaign. Miss Serra and Miss Eva will match all donations. So come see your donation to this worthy cause tripled.

Donations will be listed on the site as coming from Winterfell and Caledon's Boobie Ball.

Please contact Eva Ballambi or me if you have any questions.

... ever since a was a young elf, I have always had odd bits of antique furniture, sparkly trinkets, hand made furniture, strange chunks of metal, stacks and stacks of books around the house... not to mention the endless maze of work tables covered in numerous strange devices... all carefully labeled with "DONT TOUCH, this means YOU!"

So as a child of a hopeless tinkerer who never had the joy of learning about Steampunk (RIP daddy) I just HAD to take this test!

Ragamuffin? How fun! <3
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Hello all!

I would like to copy a post made by my dear friend Eds on her blog "Torrid Tales of a Compulsive Swooner"

I believe in the freedom of speech and realize to insure our freedoms we can't only give voice those who agree with us. That said, this morning I experienced a moment of pure frustration then the clouds lifted and I saw the light. I'm sure many others, use Second Life as a place of retreat, socializing, and expressing their creativity. I know sometimes when I log on, I am looking for a calm place to play away from real life drama.

Today was another one of those days, where I logged on and in one of my groups there were harsh words and drama. I am finding this to be occurring more often than ever before. The most simple solution would be to leave the group. Unfortunately that isn't always practical, such as when it is your land or community group. Instead of enjoying my morning, and dealing with my own RL dramas quietly and privately. I was treated to a drama.

That is when it dawned on me, while I didn't want to leave the group. I could MUTE the individual causing me stress. We can all chose what we want to hear, and what negativity we want in our lives. With mute I can banish it.

I am taking back my second life with the power of the MUTE. I encourage others to do the same. Why let it into your life? Make SL what you want it to be.

Thank you for the eloquent words my friend, I couldn't have said it any better... but I will add that I Wil not to be held hostage by the nut job in SL who is threatening me.

Just a small sample of the craziness of this man:

Serra Anansi: I have no intention of talking with you again about any issues of that day, it is over a week old and I have many time consuming commitments I need to take care of
Mr. W.B. : a simple yes /no wil answer
Mr. W.B. : did you or did you not say I am banned from Winterfell??? A simple yes /no will answer
Mr. W.B. : surely you hav etime to type Y or N
Mr. W.B. : or are you a coward
Mr. W.B. :not prepared to stand behind what you said
Mr. W.B. : well???
Mr. W.B. : I am sure Linden Labs wil be interestedMr. W.B. : I have checked
Mr. W.B. : do you want to lose it all???
Mr. W.B. : and if you as much as hint at my comments you have breached TOS and you and you company are done for, you have slandered my good name, that in (country removed to protect Mr. W.B.) is a crime
Mr. W.B. : an apology wil settle teh matter
Mr. W.B. : you have 24 hours
Mr. W.B. : or I serve documents on you C/- Linden Labs
Mr. W.B. : unless you want to talk this trrough
(Line removed do to the personal nature of the information given)
Mr. W.B. : and you discrediated ne in front of my peers
Mr. W.B. : that we disgracefull and un called for
Mr. W.B. : Serra
Mr. W.B. : afraid of the truth
Serra Anansi: Actually (name removed), as I told you, I have to get ready for work. I am in the process of doing so. I apologize if I didn’t make my self clear to you when we started

~end of chat~

I have not slandered or defame Mr. W.B. in any way. I think he is just mad that I called him out on his actions in a public forum where most people mostly just let him rant and rave with out any kind of reproductions. And to be honest, after he hurt a friend of mine and tricked me into refunding him over 87,oooL ($315USDwhich he had no right to according to the covenant he agreed to when he bought land in Winterfell) I just couldn't let him get away with his lies.

I have spent my 5 years in Second Life trying to create a world where all people are equal. I created Winterfell as a safe haven for the people who felt they didn’t have anywhere else to call home in Second Life. It is written in my Covenant that while I do not demand that you like your neighbors you do have to respect your neighbors. Discrimination is the first thing that will get you kicked out of Winterfell.

I have a long track record of tolerance and acceptance of people who have different outlooks, abilities, goals and desires in SL. But this man has made the life of my friends difficult, has actively fostered drama and discourse in the community groups I belong to and from what I am hearing from more and more people has been a difficult person to swallow on many occasions.

Because he can’t be removed him from SL or the groups I belong to, I will remove him from my personal SL experience. I ask that anyone who knows who I am talking about, stand up to him… don’t let him ruin your SL experience… voice your distaste for his actions and then mute him.

Much Love,
Miss Serra.

I am looking for four photographs that show off the beauty and splendor of Winterfell to use in the header image above.

I will take entries through September 15th. Not only will I use the four that I like best, I will pay 1,oooL for each image, even if they are all from the same photographer!

Send me your 512x512 full mod images in SL - name the images with your name and the number of the image. Example: Joe Schmoe 1 of 3, Joe Schmoe 2 of 3, Joe Schmoe 3 of 3... you get the idea?

See you on the 13th!!
Miss Serra

I am so bad!!! I forgot the 13th was coming up... I really do need a babysiter!

I know it is short notice, but I do hope you can make it!!

September 13th, 6-8pm SLT, Taure En Lor - Grove of Dreams

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell/128/95/25

After a month of planning and building and revising and biting my nails and swearing and cheering, tomorrow is the day I start moving the new Winterfell build down to the ground level. I decided to build it up at 650m to give myself time and privacy to really work out what I wanted the new area to look like. And not disrupt the venders or visitors, which I think I did despite my best intentions.

Starting tomorrow night at around 8pm SLT I will start returning the old shops, taking what I can of the build into my inventory and doing the first round of terraforming in preparation for the new build to be moved down.

I figure that will take about an hour to two hours (with the normal interruptions that SL and RL provide), after that I will cross my fingers and carefully lower the new building down into place and do another round of terraforming. It shouldn’t be too hard; I have it linked up into about 8 pieces… OH, maybe I will rezfoo it tonight!! Great idea Serra… LOL!!

If I can get the new build into a rezfoo tonight, the instillation shouldn’t take long at all, hour tops with the extra tweaking of the land. Then I will bring all the merchants shops down that I can and IM the ones I can’t or don’t have a new shop set up. Hopefully there are a good number of merchants online and I won’t have to get nasty about getting set up in time for the opening party on Saturday.

Then comes the art and furniture and then finally I will move down the trees and install the secret, which will take a good deal of terraforming, but hopefully if I do it right throughout the process of getting things down from 650, it wont be much work at all.

I will be doing things slowly and carefully, but I hope I am over estimating the time it will take to move everything down. I would like to spend the rest of the night and following morning shopping and building some more furniture… and setting up my own store. Yes, you read right! I will have a store in my own sim FINALLY! Took me long enough don’t you think?

Feel free to come and gawk at me while I do the move!

Much love and kisses!
Miss Serra

Threik Wilkinson in SL - Keith R. Ainsworth in RL - reads from his book of poetry The Courage of Intimacy. Life, death and the relationships we forge between: The Courage of Intimacy is a collection of modern poetry exploring the fundamental human need to connect with others.

3:30pm to 4:30pm SLT
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell/128/126/21

... and you have the waterways which must be kept open to sailing, and you want some land to be open to wandering visitors, but you would like to keep them out of your private areas… visitors falling in love with the area for its beauty and charm and then hopefully wanting to move in, is what will keep Winterfell flourishing and vital.

How can you make it easy for visitors to know where they can and where they shouldn’t wander?

EASY!

All islands should have parcel divide enabled, so you can do some snazzy land management to let visitors know where they are welcome to explore in a few easy steps:

Step one: Name your sim something neato like “Sea of Rosy Sunsets – Open for sailing” or what ever suits your fancy!

Step two: Cut a parcel around the land mass of your island and name it something like “Land of Hippo – Open to Public” or what ever is appropriate.

Step three: Cut a parcel around your home or just a section of your home and name it something like “Marshmallow Manor – Open by Invite Only” again, what ever suites you and your home.

Step four: This is for the people who really want to be left alone! You can then add a security syetem on the section of land you want to be fully private. I HIGHLY recommend you to use “Star Security“ It has a nice particle test system, so you can press a button and see spheres of particles to show you the height and width etc of area it will scan, boot range, etc. It is also low lag and the particle setup really helps you understand what you are protecting.

Security notes: I request that you only protect as much of your building and land as you need to be comfortable, and no higher than 30 meters high. Give AT LEAST 30 seconds of warning time, lag and other SL issues can delay visitor’s ability to comply with your security settings and boot them home and cause the hapless visitor to get a sour feeling about Winterfell. If you protect a specific room in your house, and it is a reasonable size area that you have given plenty of warning with the other land parcel names and settings, and if you are careful with the security radius settings, you do not need to offer people any warning time at all.

I hope this helps everyone, and I do hope I didn't add any confusion, but as always... respond here if you have concerns or comments.

Much Love
Miss Serra

I finally gave into my itchy building finger and have started a rebuild of the village and palace in the heart of Winterfell. Because this its been eight whole months since I did any revamping and I feel this build is a bit more special than anything else I have done, I will be having a huge reopening party!

Music and entertainment provided by Gabrielle Riel of Radio Riel.

Prizes and trivia and other nonsense provided by little ol' me and my W.I.C.K.E.D.team.

Please stop by August 23rd 2pm - 4pm SLT and help me bless the new village and palace with good cheer!

I am so behind on my shopping... so behind on so many things!

While perusing my favorite designers blogs, I came across this dress by Hyasynth Tiramisu of Silent Sparrow. Oh la la!! I love the waist line!! I got the white one in the middle. Pretty!



Silent Sparrow was the very first time I ever found clothes in SL that made me say "OH YES!!! EXACTLY" Flair, style and grace... with a dash of whimsy and humor. If you have never been to the Silent Sparrow island, please do... you wont be disappointed.

Every thirteenth of the month I host a little meet and greet for the residents of Winterfell. In the past the time for the party was pretty much "when ever I want" but that makes it hard on people to plan on attending.

Being that most thirteenths will fall on a weekday and not a weekend, and I have limited hours on week nights, I have decided that the party will be at 6pm SLT on the thirteenths that fall on weekdays.

On the days that the thirteenth falls on a weekend, I will do everything in my power to have the party at a time when the residents who live in non north american time zones are more likely to be able to attend.

On the oh so groovy days that the thirteenth falls on a Friday, I will be sure to set up something super extra special!

And to commemorate my finally sitting down to figure out a set schedule for this event, I wrote a poem!! LOL, it's not very good... but I had fun writing it!

Much love,
Miss Serra

I have been gone for a while, but now I am back!

I will have a new release in a few days, stay tuned!