2010.10.14 13:00 - uh uh uh AH AH AH

The Guardian for this meeting was Lia Rikugun. The comments are by Lia Rikugun.

This was a session which happened during the retreat, I had a very bad internet connection there, and a lag that left like 10 minutes... Archmage remarks that the word "(failure)" is written behind my SL name, makes me think... :)

Lia Rikugun: hello archmage
Archmage Atlantis: hello also to u, Lia
Lia Rikugun: hello archmage
Lia Rikugun: very bad internet connection....
Archmage Atlantis: Why, may I ask, is there a word in parenthesis behind your SL name?
Lia Rikugun: no :)
Lia Rikugun: AHH finally something i wrote appeared
Lia Rikugun: argh
Lia Rikugun: only half of what i write appears
Lia Rikugun: ?
Archmage Atlantis: Perhaps only 1/2 of you is here
Lia Rikugun: is there a word?
Archmage Atlantis: Yes
Lia Rikugun: maybe
Archmage Atlantis: (failure)
Lia Rikugun: connection is *very* bad
Lia Rikugun: how are you?
Archmage Atlantis: Some connections are made without electronics

Archmage is feeling sad. Life and its bad moments.

Archmage Atlantis: sad
Archmage Atlantis: that is how I am
Lia Rikugun: it is a satelite connection
Lia Rikugun: apparently
--BELL--
Archmage Atlantis: I made friends with someone and alienated them within only a week
Lia Rikugun: oh
Archmage Atlantis: Usually it takes longer
Lia Rikugun: how did this happen?
Archmage Atlantis: I think of my father.....one of the strongest and most peaceful men
Archmage Atlantis: One day I saw him cry
Lia Rikugun: :)
Archmage Atlantis: Only that 1 day
Lia Rikugun: oh
Archmage Atlantis: And I no longer felt protected
Lia Rikugun: i can understand
Lia Rikugun: this happened to me when i saw my mother really sick
Archmage Atlantis: Yes, my mother cared for my father at his death in a way I was unable to care for her at hers
Lia Rikugun: weird, i didnt say this now
Lia Rikugun: i am sorry
Archmage Atlantis: One of my parokeets died a week ago....."little 'bird" was the name fiven
Archmage Atlantis: And "little blue bird" the other has been alone all week
Lia Rikugun: how is the other doing?
Archmage Atlantis: Seems ok, more vocal, seeking more attention
Archmage Atlantis: Parrokeets live in colonies, I think I shall have to
Archmage Atlantis: obtain a friend for him
Archmage Atlantis: it is difficult to socialize them
Archmage Atlantis: to each other
Zon Quar: hi
Lia Rikugun: hello zon
Archmage Atlantis: Have to hang a cage outside so they will meet before they can be together
Lia Rikugun: you will get a new one?
Archmage Atlantis: Isn't it time for the bell to ring
Lia Rikugun: hello bruce
Archmage Atlantis: Yes, I will
Bruce Mowbray: Hello, folks. . . sorry to barge in ike that but this is where I crashed this morning, so this is where I entered. . .
Lia Rikugun: (i have a very bad connection)
Zon Quar: hi bruce
Bruce Mowbray: yes, Lia -- me too, apparently.
Archmage Atlantis: None should be alone in this life......at least that is in my cosmology
Bruce Mowbray: Hi, Zon, Hi Arch, Hi, Lia.
Lia Rikugun: laggy...
Bruce Mowbray: Oh, Arch! You got a new parakeet???
Archmage Atlantis: My sister, here in SL, not in RL...is dying also
Archmage Atlantis: Not yet Bruce
Archmage Atlantis: soon
Bruce Mowbray: You have an SL sister?
Archmage Atlantis: Well dying in RL, sister in SL
Archmage Atlantis: Yes
Bruce Mowbray: OK -- now I understand. Gosh. Rough times.
Zon Quar: ah that must feel ...
Lia Rikugun: i am sorry
Archmage Atlantis: It is a time that comes
Archmage Atlantis: I put little blue bird on the patio a while this morning so he could hear the other birds in the woods around us
Archmage Atlantis: At least it is the cool season now
Bruce Mowbray: a kind thing to do, Arch.
--BELL--
Archmage Atlantis: Sometimes, I turn off the music for the 90 sec, but this time no
Archmage Atlantis: "I send an SOS to the world" - message in a bottle
Archmage Atlantis: seemed appropriate
Bruce Mowbray: I almost never play the streaming music -- take up too much of my allotted monthly gigabyte quota.
Bruce Mowbray: takes*
Archmage Atlantis: Smiles......it is the satillite....the channel comes in a different way for music
Archmage Atlantis: The Inet is DSL by landline
Bruce Mowbray: That might explain why I turned on streaming music about five minutes ago and still cannot hear it.
Archmage Atlantis: :)
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)

Yaku joins us and sits on my shoulder. He was using a text-based SL client :)

Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Yaku!
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey eveyone
Lia Rikugun: hello yaku
Zon Quar: hi yaku
Archmage Atlantis: Hi Yaku......new look?
Lia Rikugun: flying away
Yakuzza Lethecus: nice to see you unstuck bruce
Yakuzza Lethecus: i don´t seemyself actually
Bruce Mowbray: Thanks, Yaku -- and thanks to everyone who supported the "FREE BRUCE AND BLUB" movement.
Lia Rikugun: we are using the same bad intenet connection.. yaku and i :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: but i still had a rough time loggin in actually
Bruce Mowbray: It seems to be going around, Yaku.
Archmage Atlantis: :) = Blub was always free......Bruce just needed to think about I.......just guessing......my non-human friends generally know before I do
Archmage Atlantis: But they are more polite than I am able to be *g*
Bruce Mowbray: yeppers, Arch, you are right. Blub continued to make bubbles - - an ever constant companion . . . and patient, too.
Archmage Atlantis: :)
Archmage Atlantis: So tomorrow, pet store......find a parrokeet that wants a home
Bruce Mowbray: Yayyyy! Good idea, Arch!
Archmage Atlantis: Funny how it is obvious which one wants to be the one
Archmage Atlantis: Tho, this time it may be two
Yakuzza Lethecus: do i sit on an unused pillow ?
Yakuzza Lethecus: and not in the water ?
Lia Rikugun: you sit on my shoulder yaku
Archmage Atlantis: Actually, Yaku
Archmage Atlantis: Lia's shoulders in my viewer
Lia Rikugun: :)
--BELL--
Lia Rikugun: heavy
Archmage Atlantis: All the pillows to my other side are open
Lia Rikugun: hahaha
Lia Rikugun: now is good yaku
Archmage Atlantis: Ok, so it is SL that is having sunspot reactions, not just me
Bruce Mowbray: Seems like many are experiencing SL's "play" today.
Lia Rikugun: hello storm
Bruce Mowbray: Hello, Storm.
Storm Nordwind: Hi everyone
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey storm
Bruce Mowbray: Hello, Alfred.
Alfred Kelberry: storm! unusual hour for you :)
Zon Quar: storm. alf
Archmage Atlantis: Like that old saw.....which came first, the solar flare, or the insanity
Storm Nordwind looks at PC clock... 2:33 PM ... hmm...
Lia Rikugun: oh hello alfred, hello storm
Alfred Kelberry: oi :)
Alfred Kelberry: i don't see you often at 1pm session, stormy
Alfred Kelberry: nice hat, yaku :)
Storm Nordwind: This used to be my regular one - a long time ago
Alfred Kelberry: oh
Alfred Kelberry: well, good to see you :)
Storm Nordwind smiles

Storm placed the buildings in different positions and redesigned

Storm Nordwind: But I'm experimenting with building placement
Alfred Kelberry: how's packing of kira building coming along?
Storm Nordwind: That's done, and a copy installed nearby to see what it's like
Storm Nordwind: Together with a copy of the village hall
Lia Rikugun: hello alfred
Alfred Kelberry: ah, that's what it was that i saw :)
Archmage Atlantis: May I ask why the building is being packed? Funding?
Alfred Kelberry: oi, lia :)
Storm Nordwind: To save $2400 a year Arch :)
Archmage Atlantis: Understand
Alfred Kelberry: i don't think kira activities will be affected by this change
Bruce Mowbray: I hope not. . .
Archmage Atlantis: Funding is difficult always, now more than ever
Alfred Kelberry: apart from new location
Bruce Mowbray is grateful to Storm for doing all that work.
Storm Nordwind: Thank you Bruce :)
Archmage Atlantis: Yes, ty for telling Storm ty
Alfred Kelberry: at least kira doesn't have to run away to opensim :)
Storm Nordwind: not yet at least :)
Alfred Kelberry: hehe
Archmage Atlantis: ThreeDee already did over a year ago
Archmage Atlantis: Institutions are falling, imo
Alfred Kelberry: well, vic and i are involved in opensim transition discussion, so when time comes we'll be ready :)
Lia Rikugun: (laggy)

monkey retreat...

Alfred Kelberry: yaku, how's the retreat going?
Yakuzza Lethecus: well, it´s nearly finished
Alfred Kelberry: yes, you look a bit tired :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hordes of monkey are all around :)
Alfred Kelberry: hmm
Storm Nordwind: I would like to invite everyone (who wishes to) to take a look at the placing of the Cafe and the hall immediately after this session. And perhaps tell me what they think :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: but only in my mind :) *smiles*
Alfred Kelberry: i'd love to :)
Alfred Kelberry: yaku, what monkeys?
Bruce Mowbray: There is a Ways of Knowing session at 2 p.m. slt (right after this session) . . . Will the Cafe be ready for that?
Alfred Kelberry: i remember it was wol's idea
Storm Nordwind: The original Cafe is still in place
Bruce Mowbray: Monkey minds?
Bruce Mowbray: OK -- Thanks, Storm.
Alfred Kelberry: the new cafe is underneath it. right, stormy?
Storm Nordwind: I have created another portable one with only 1/3 the prims
Yakuzza Lethecus: exactly bruce :)
Alfred Kelberry: what is a monkey mind, bruce?
Storm Nordwind: The first of those is underneath, yes. There is a copy in a possible new location just a few yards from right here
Bruce Mowbray: ;-) A pretty good description of my own mind, actually.
Alfred Kelberry: hmm...
Lia Rikugun: uh uh uh AH AH AH!
Alfred Kelberry: must be some idiom that i don't understand
Storm Nordwind giggles at Lia
Lia Rikugun: :)
Storm Nordwind: It's also a business idiom as well as a spiritual one
--BELL--
Alfred Kelberry: btw, storm mentioned that cafe may be on ground level. i gave it a thought and rather like it :)
Alfred Kelberry: oi, mick
Mickorod Renard: Hi everyone
Alfred Kelberry: ah, "unsettled mind"
Alfred Kelberry: i like this term better :)
Archmage Atlantis: It is what we all use to survive *g* ---- our monkey minds :)....and hiya, Mick.....
Bruce Mowbray: Definition: Describes a mind that jumps from thought to thought like a monkey jumps from tree to tree. The monkey mind is not content with exisiting in the present moment, but rather engages in the thoughts that pass through.
Mickorod Renard: :)
Bruce Mowbray: Hello, Mick.
Alfred Kelberry: thank you, bruce :)
Mickorod Renard: Hi
Lia Rikugun: hi mick
Mickorod Renard: what was the original word that u have defined?
Zon Quar: mick
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey mick
Storm Nordwind: excuse me - brb
Mickorod Renard: Hi Lia,,are u at the retreat?
Bruce Mowbray: "Monkey mind"
Mickorod Renard: ahh i see
Bruce Mowbray: Al had not heard it before now.
Mickorod Renard: I have a bit of both I think
Bruce Mowbray: I like Arch's idea that our survival depends on minds that can leap from branch to branch, though.
Mickorod Renard: yes, thats likely
Bruce Mowbray: Hello, ara.
Mickorod Renard: Hi Ara
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey ara
arabella Ella: Hiya!
Lia Rikugun: hey ara
Archmage Atlantis: Grecians to you, Ara dear *g*
arabella Ella: hey two retreaters here tonight wow cool!
Alfred Kelberry: yaku, i thought retreat is supposed to calm those monkeys
Liza Deischer: hi everyone :)
Bruce Mowbray: Hello, Liza.
Alfred Kelberry: oi, liza :)
Liza Deischer: hey Storm

meeting people in RL at the retreat

Archmage Atlantis: I have a question of those who are retreaters, tho it may get me in trouble.......does meetin someone in RL change the relationship in SL? and if so, for good or bad?
arabella Ella: Hiya Liza Hiya Storm!
Storm Nordwind: Hi Liza
Liza Deischer: .
Storm Nordwind: Hi ara
Alfred Kelberry: storm, you sat on my foot :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey liz
Lia Rikugun: hi liza
Zon Quar: liza
Lia Rikugun: i think it changes it for good
Zon Quar: ara
arabella Ella agrees with Lia!
Alfred Kelberry: *passes mick* nice tail, mick :)
Lia Rikugun: it is somehow still different to meet the person in real
Lia Rikugun: for me at least
Archmage Atlantis: Chuckles, the choice to be boxy can create confusion among the non-boxy :)
Mickorod Renard: its grown on me
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, it provides more kind of a real sense for the ppl and increases the trust level i guess
Alfred Kelberry: retreat is an awesome idea
Bruce Mowbray still wonders if all of these avis have RL biological avatars. . .
Alfred Kelberry: i hope to attend it one day
Alfred Kelberry: bruce :)
arabella Ella: would be lovely if you could Alfie
arabella Ella: maybe Malta in january 2012?
Alfred Kelberry: thank you, ara :)
arabella Ella: :)
Alfred Kelberry: i hope 2011 :)
Bruce Mowbray: or New Orleans in January of 2011.
Bruce Mowbray: of Halifax, Nova Scotia in the summer of 2011.
Alfred Kelberry: i thought it's at least 2 times a year, no?
Alfred Kelberry: ah, right
Bruce Mowbray: 2X PER YEAR IN BOTH HEMISPHERES.
Mickorod Renard: dont forget Florence in easter
Alfred Kelberry: halifax sounds lovely
Bruce Mowbray: Oooopsss -- sry -- hit the cap lock by mistake.
Liza Deischer: yes four times in total
arabella Ella: yes four times a year
arabella Ella: so we are all spoilt for choice
Bruce Mowbray: I shall be moving along now -- May all be well and happy.
arabella Ella: oh bye Bruce be happy too!
Alfred Kelberry: bye, bruce. don't get frozen :)
Archmage Atlantis: Oy, last time I was in New Orleans, I woke up outside Commander's Palace on the street.....tg I was younger then
Lia Rikugun: bye bruce
Liza Deischer: bye Bruce
Mickorod Renard: bye Bruce
Archmage Atlantis: bye
Alfred Kelberry: archy, you want to try it again? :)
Archmage Atlantis: I'm taking the 5th on that Alfie
arabella Ella: ah Arch you would have to explain the implications to those of us who have no ideas about New Orleans
Lia Rikugun: (will leave soon too, very tired and laggy :( )
Mickorod Renard: owwww,,lovely to see you again though Lia
--BELL--
Alfred Kelberry: *hugs lia* :)
Archmage Atlantis: Oh, think of it as the biggest frat party ever created, combined with good food, and happy people, Ara
Lia Rikugun: (getting only half the chat log...)
Archmage Atlantis: It is time to go
Yakuzza Lethecus: nacht lia
Archmage Atlantis: Hugs to yawl
Lia Rikugun: see you all bye
Zon Quar: bye all
Liza Deischer: bye Lia :)
Liza Deischer: bye Arch, zon
Yakuzza Lethecus: where will the wok session be?
Alfred Kelberry: i guess it's a new kira cafe tour time now :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: bye aqrch
Storm Nordwind: If anyone would like to comment on the new placement of the Kira Cafe I'm walking there now
Mickorod Renard: bye Arch
Alfred Kelberry: yaku, same place
Mickorod Renard: Hi Storm
Liza Deischer: okay coming along :)
Alfred Kelberry: let's go! :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: i don´t see cal or gaya in radar range
Storm Nordwind: The old Cafe is still in use!
Yakuzza Lethecus: is the cafe further away now?
Yakuzza Lethecus: hmm