2011.03.28 13:00 - The Sleeper doesn't awake

The Guardian for this meeting was Agatha Macbeth. The comments are by Agatha Macbeth.

Agatha Macbeth: Evening Mick :)
Mickorod Renard: hi Ags
Agatha Macbeth: How are we?
Mickorod Renard: we are fine thanks,,and you?
Agatha Macbeth: Yeah, great ty :)
Mickorod Renard: nicer weather now thank goodness
Agatha Macbeth: Yes, been lovely here
Mickorod Renard: I had to cut down a big tree yesterday, as the winter had killed it
Mickorod Renard: :(
Agatha Macbeth: (I think your mic is open- I see green lines)
Mickorod Renard: lots say that,,i think something is wrong with my laptop
Agatha Macbeth: Ah, it's a laptop, that explains it
Mickorod Renard: I will find some headphones and plug them in
Mickorod Renard: yes~/
Mickorod Renard: whys that?
Agatha Macbeth: I think the mikes are automatic on L/T aren't they?
Mickorod Renard: proberbly..:)
Agatha Macbeth: I'm sure someone told me that once
Agatha Macbeth: Hehe, your lips are moving too :p
Agatha Macbeth: Ah - stopped now
Mickorod Renard: yes?
Agatha Macbeth: Oh, no
Mickorod Renard: or u mean the noise?
Wol Euler: hello mick, aggers
Mickorod Renard: erk
Mickorod Renard: Hi Wol
Agatha Macbeth: no noise - just green lines
Agatha Macbeth: Hiya :))) wb
Agatha Macbeth: (from the air)
Mickorod Renard: ok,,plugged head phones in
Agatha Macbeth: Say something...
Agatha Macbeth: Still see 'em
Agatha Macbeth: I hear you now :p  [apologies to Jon & Vangelis]
Mickorod Renard: howz that?
Agatha Macbeth: Say something else
Wol Euler: out!   [apologies to American readers for the cricket reference]
Agatha Macbeth: Naah
Wol Euler: leg before thingy, then
Mickorod Renard: nothing now?
Agatha Macbeth: That seems to have done it
Mickorod Renard: great,,thanks
Agatha Macbeth: Saves any possible embarassment later on ;P
Mickorod Renard: for sure, i am sure i have had others here in the house saying all sorts before
Agatha Macbeth: I'll bet :)
Agatha Macbeth: How's Wol feeling today?
Wol Euler: better
Agatha Macbeth: Great :)
Wol Euler: work was hard, I felt really slow
Wol Euler: half day tomorrow, yay
Agatha Macbeth: Aww
Mickorod Renard: yay
Agatha Macbeth: Yay!
Agatha Macbeth: How did the retreat go?
Mickorod Renard: I get a half day on wednesdays
Wol Euler: mostly great.
Wol Euler: it was very retreat-like, to an extent that surprised me
Wol Euler: but it requires a huge amount of discipline and dedication
Agatha Macbeth: Well that's something I don't have :(
Wol Euler: and ideally a special room / table / place for the weekend
Agatha Macbeth nods
Wol Euler: no, nor I. I found myself continually battling distraction
Agatha Macbeth: Did you 'learn' anything interesting?
Wol Euler ponders. I'm not sure what form "learning" might come in at such an event.
Agatha Macbeth: Me too
Wol Euler: I'm inclined to say that it strengthened some things and reminded me of others, and that perhaps this is more than enough.
Agatha Macbeth smiles
Mickorod Renard: tha sound positive Wol
Agatha Macbeth: Aye, tha does! :p
Wol Euler smiles
Wol Euler: it was very positive
Mickorod Renard: hey, do you want to hear a baby cry?
Wol Euler: uplifting, confirming, encouraging
Agatha Macbeth: Er....
Wol Euler: not if it means you pulling its toes, mick
Mickorod Renard: he he
Mickorod Renard: dont worry, i will manage with the noise myself :)
Agatha Macbeth grins
Mickorod Renard: I know, I can put my headphones on
Agatha Macbeth: Told you it was a good idea to turn that mic off
Mickorod Renard: yea
Agatha Macbeth: :)
Mickorod Renard: so Wol,,was it the sl retreat?
Wol Euler: O.O
     --BELL--
Mickorod Renard: have Imissed something?
Wol Euler: read back :) we've been talking about it since 13:09
Wol Euler: dunno where you were :)
Agatha Macbeth: Hehe
arabella Ella: Hiya everyone!
Agatha Macbeth: Hi Ara :))
Wol Euler: hello ara
Agatha Macbeth: Maybe Mick thought it was a RL retreat...
Mickorod Renard: Hi Ara
arabella Ella: Hey Wol, Aggers, Mick!
arabella Ella: I cant scroll back Wol
arabella Ella: :(
Wol Euler: I'll give you a nc then
arabella Ella: ty
Mickorod Renard: I have, but I read that bit
Agatha Macbeth is confused now
Mickorod Renard: I can see the need to take urself off to a private room
Agatha Macbeth: With a baby crying, for sure...
arabella Ella: thanks Wol
arabella Ella: will read it now
Mickorod Renard: yea, I get no peace
Agatha Macbeth: Now that IS distracting
Mickorod Renard: I dont seem to have any time these days
Agatha Macbeth: Yes, life is hectic
Wol Euler nods.
Mickorod Renard: thats why the rl retreat is the only chance for me
Wol Euler: are you going to Italy, mick?
Mickorod Renard: yes,
Agatha Macbeth: Italia...Italia!
Mickorod Renard: I havn realy got the time for that, but I have just buldozed it in
Wol Euler: good for you :)
Agatha Macbeth loves the image of Mick on a bulldozer
Mickorod Renard: :)
Wol Euler: cigar in the corner of his mouth
Wol Euler: like the boss of the A team, whats is name
arabella Ella: Mr O
Agatha Macbeth: Wasn't that Clint Eastwood?
Mickorod Renard: I feel a bit odd goin on the retreat when I have hardly been here since xmas
Agatha Macbeth: Aw, nobody will worry
arabella Ella: Hiya Bruce!
arabella Ella: Hey Blubbie nice to see you circling me :)
Agatha Macbeth: Hiya Brucie!
Bruce Mowbray: Hiya, everyone!
arabella Ella: Blubbie makes ara happy!
Mickorod Renard: Hi Bruce
Agatha Macbeth: And hello Bleu :)
Mickorod Renard: hi Bleu
Bleu Oleander: hey all :)
arabella Ella: Hiya Bleu and Foxtree!
Wol Euler: hello bleu, fox
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Bleu!
Agatha Macbeth: Thank goodness, thought it was gonna be an all-euro session
Bleu Oleander: :)
Wol Euler: nice pattern, bleu, I thought it was a leopardspot at first :)
Agatha Macbeth: A PAB pattern

Bleu Oleander: ty!
Bruce Mowbray: very nice, indeed.
Bleu Oleander: ty ty!
Bleu Oleander: partyish
arabella Ella: cool
Wol Euler: mmhmm
Agatha Macbeth: Nice cap too, Bruce
Bruce Mowbray: ty!
Bruce Mowbray: So, what's the topic today?
Agatha Macbeth: Well so far it's been mostly about the SL retreat
Bruce Mowbray: I'm sure that went well, yes?
Wol Euler: mmhmm
Bleu Oleander loves Wol's "bleu" outfit :)
arabella Ella: did anyone else here go to the SL retreat besides Wol?
Wol Euler: very enjoyable,
Wol Euler: ty :)
Mickorod Renard: not me
Wol Euler: from vitabela, I think I gave you the LM once
Bleu Oleander: oh yes
Bleu Oleander: lovely
Bleu Oleander: and very bleu

At this point, someone else arrived, but since she proceeded to spend the remainder of the session away, I could not ask if she was a returner or for permission to record, so she remains anonymous here.
Bruce Mowbray: Hello, (visitor).
Mickorod Renard: hi (visitor)
Agatha Macbeth: Hello :)
arabella Ella: could we have a better look Wol please?
Agatha Macbeth: Your cue to stand....
Bleu Oleander: ⊱✿•*☆¨*•.☾APPLAUSE ⋆*•:*.•*¨*♥ APPLAUSE ♥•*¨☆*•✿⊰
arabella Ella: wow lovely thanks!
Wol Euler beams
Agatha Macbeth: Okay, don't overdo it :p
Mickorod Renard: very nice Wol
arabella Ella: i simply love your taste :)
Bruce Mowbray: Yes, thanks, Wol!
Wol Euler: :)) ty, ara
arabella Ella: Wol knows i like to admire her taste and i do
Agatha Macbeth: We all do, I think
arabella Ella: hope so!
Bleu Oleander: hes!
Mickorod Renard: just think,,it wont be long to pab birthday
Wol Euler: :)
Bleu Oleander: yes!
Wol Euler: this weekend
    --BELL--
Wol Euler: my god I have to get something built for hte show, and a note written for pema's 7am
Bleu Oleander: friday april 1
Agatha Macbeth: (visitor) seems to be asleep - has she been here before?
Wol Euler: not that I know of
Wol Euler: we'd better ask
Bleu Oleander: not here now it seems
Agatha Macbeth: I'll IM her
Mickorod Renard: I got stuck once like that
Mickorod Renard: I couldn't log off and et was frozen
arabella Ella: so Wol did you manage to find a quiet space to be more disciplined for the SL retreat as i can understand what you meant about distractions
Agatha Macbeth: ET was frozen?
Agatha Macbeth: Did he phone home?
Mickorod Renard: he he
arabella Ella: LOL
Wol Euler: well, no, I just tried to develop self-discipline ;)
arabella Ella: Aggers picks them all up ...
arabella Ella: how sweet
arabella Ella: yes
Agatha Macbeth grins girlishly
arabella Ella: no wonder we had missed u so much Ags
Agatha Macbeth: Ah, but I'm back now :p
arabella Ella: brilliant!
Mickorod Renard: I dont think I am cut out for all the meditation stuff
arabella Ella: may i ask a question on another topic
Wol Euler: you don'T ahve to do it all mick :)
Wol Euler: nobody does
arabella Ella: has anyone here heard of Lampedusa?
Mickorod Renard: :)
Wol Euler: even the dalai lama takes a day off sometimes
Mickorod Renard: yes me
Bruce Mowbray: nope, not I.
Wol Euler: noe
Bleu Oleander: what is it?
Agatha Macbeth: I've heard of Medusa
arabella Ella: cummon Ags your geography is normally excellent
Bruce Mowbray: I've heard of the Dali Lama.
Agatha Macbeth: In Malta Ara?
arabella Ella: no
Agatha Macbeth: Oh
Agatha Macbeth: Greece?
arabella Ella: south of sicily too but it is a small island with 5,000 population that belongs to sicily
Mickorod Renard: have you ever noticed how many budhist teachers try and emulate the dali lama's laugh?
Agatha Macbeth: Right
arabella Ella: and it has a state of emergency
Agatha Macbeth: Oh dear
arabella Ella: since it received around 15K refugees from tunisia in the past few weeks
Mickorod Renard: its sinking
Wol Euler: wow
arabella Ella: and they now fear epidemics due to bad sanitary conditions and scarcity of water
Agatha Macbeth: Ooops
arabella Ella: and nobody knows of their existence and no one listens to their pleas for help
Mickorod Renard: was it in snow crash where they lash lots of boats together and sail from the far east to the usa?
arabella Ella: i dunno mick
Agatha Macbeth: Or was that the Americas Cup?
Mickorod Renard: he he he
Bleu Oleander: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12816340
Wol Euler: yes mick, the great big pacific raft
arabella Ella: thanks Bleu that is it
Mickorod Renard: thats it Wol
arabella Ella: very sad situation
Agatha Macbeth: Well if it's near Sicily maybe the Mafia can sort it out
arabella Ella: and my concern is that my island will soon be in a similar situation
Bleu Oleander: yes!
Wol Euler: The 127 who arrived early on Tuesday pushed the migrant numbers to about 5,500 on Lampedusa.
Wol Euler: it says there.
arabella Ella: over 15K arrived on Lampedusa in the past few weeks
arabella Ella: many have been transferred by boat to Sicily
arabella Ella: but more arrive each day
Agatha Macbeth: Hope there's plenty of food then
arabella Ella: water is a problem
arabella Ella: and sanitation
arabella Ella: and today 500 arrived here mainly somalis from libya
Mickorod Renard: its a mad hous everywhere
arabella Ella: including quite a few women and children
Agatha Macbeth: The Med is a busy place right now
Bleu Oleander: http://af.reuters.com/article/tunisi...72R1ZZ20110328
arabella Ella: did any of you see the video of the Libyan woman who was raped and tried to tell her story to the european journalists in their hotel and she was arrested and abused in front of their eyes?
Mickorod Renard: if you had the power to do anything what would you do to help?
Bleu Oleander: say that Ara ... terrible
Mickorod Renard: yes I did
arabella Ella: i dunno mick what anyone could do really
arabella Ella: the journalists did their best and it wasnt enough
Mickorod Renard: is there any one country that could accomodate so many?
    --BELL--
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Dash.
Mickorod Renard: or perhaps the international community could issue places to distribute folk about?
Wol Euler: shhhhhh
Mickorod Renard: hi Dash
Dash Earthboy: :)
arabella Ella: this is an update in today's guardian about the Libyan woman: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011...parents-threat
Wol Euler: shhhh

[For some strange reason, I suddenly teleported home here - maybe I hit something I shouldn't have]
Agatha Macbeth: Dunno what happened there
Wol Euler: wb aggers
Agatha Macbeth: Hi Dash
Wol Euler: hello dash
Dash Earthboy: greetings all!
Bruce Mowbray apologizes for speaking during drop -- didn't have his sounds turned on and wasn't watching.
Bruce Mowbray: Hi, Dash.
Dash Earthboy: hey Bruce
Agatha Macbeth: I seemed to have dropped myself Bruce
Bleu Oleander: hi Dash
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Korel.
Dash Earthboy: hi Korel!
Bleu Oleander: hi Korel
Dash Earthboy: hey Bleu
Agatha Macbeth: Hello Fr...er Korel
Wol Euler: hello korel
Bruce Mowbray: Looks like (visitor) is into a prolonged "drop."
arabella Ella: this is the CNN video not for the squeamish http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/af...man/index.html
Agatha Macbeth: Hm, she has been since she arrived
Agatha Macbeth: Hello again (visitor)  :)

She's awake!
(visitor): lagging as hell
(visitor): hi all
Agatha Macbeth nods

She's asleep again!
Agatha Macbeth: Gone again....
Mickorod Renard: erk, i have a web page obscuring sl
Agatha Macbeth: I don't see it :p
Dash Earthboy: :)
Dash Earthboy: so much bad news in the world today...
Bruce Mowbray: The article says that the woman is a lawyer. . .
Bruce Mowbray: I'd not heard that.
Dash Earthboy: i'm still trying to recover from a suspicious fire outside which cost me a boat I'd got for my son and I a dozen years ago and the trailer we built to haul it
Wol Euler: :(
Wol Euler: sorry to hear that, dash.
Agatha Macbeth: OMG
Dash Earthboy: the fire was on St. Pats Day
Mickorod Renard: :(
Agatha Macbeth: (Where did Ara go?)
Bleu Oleander: Korel, does virtually smoking help you to cut down your RL smoking?
Wol Euler: :)
Mickorod Renard: dunno, crashed
Bruce Mowbray: Oh, Dash -- I'm sorry to hear that ---
Agatha Macbeth: Ah
Dash Earthboy: virtually smoking?
Korel Laloix: Very much so.
Korel Laloix: No idea why.
Bleu Oleander: that's good
Bruce Mowbray worries about second-hand virtual smoke.
Korel Laloix: lol
Wol Euler: agreed
Agatha Macbeth: :p
Wol Euler: satisfies the craving, perhaps...
Bleu Oleander: on some level you're satisfied
Wol Euler: yep
Korel Laloix: Probably bad here as well.
Wol Euler: the electrons get all dirty.
Agatha Macbeth wipes the electrons
Bruce Mowbray: OH WOW! I can see MUCH better now!!
Bleu Oleander: can you have effects from virtual second hand smoke?
Agatha Macbeth: Yay!
Dash Earthboy: been watching the actors in old Alfred Hitchcock shows...the screen doesn't seem to be tarring up
Wol Euler: virtual effects yes :)
Bruce Mowbray: I hear it can stunt your grooooowwwwwth. . . .
Bleu Oleander: I think so
Agatha Macbeth: wb Ara
arabella Ella: Hiya!
Bruce Mowbray: Bye Ara.. GTSYA.
Korel Laloix: Too late. smiles
Dash Earthboy: wb Ara
Bruce Mowbray dies from laughing....
Bruce Mowbray: Ooops.. Hit the wrong hot key.
Agatha Macbeth: Actually I *can't* see most of you...
Wol Euler: hello ara's hair and shoes :)
Agatha Macbeth: It's the invisible woman
arabella Ella: oh
Wol Euler: ah, there you are :)
arabella Ella: i can see me
Wol Euler: just popped for me too
Bleu Oleander: i c u
Bruce Mowbray: I can see you - and so could Blub.
arabella Ella: Blubbie!
Bruce Mowbray: Wipe off your electrons again.
Agatha Macbeth: Ah - better
Dash Earthboy: see & saw
Bleu Oleander: Blubber :)
Bruce Mowbray: yeppers.
Agatha Macbeth: Bruce seems to have shrunk
    --BELL--
Bleu Oleander: wow cap is bigger than you are Brucie
Bruce Mowbray: 2nd-hand smoke does not stop the growth of cap - only of humans.
Wol Euler: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Plead diminished responsibility Bruce
Wol Euler falls about laughing
Agatha Macbeth: onigokko
Dash Earthboy: I'm hoping to see more people from South America here in SL...here's some news about Brazil: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...F12118&h=a1db7
Agatha Macbeth: stop
Agatha Macbeth: I needed that
Wol Euler: :)
Bleu Oleander: now I can leave ...... bye all, take care :)
Wol Euler: :)))
Dash Earthboy: bye Bleu
Agatha Macbeth: C ya Bleu
Wol Euler: bye bleu, take care
Bruce Mowbray: I need to go also,
Bleu Oleander: c u :)
Mickorod Renard: bye bleu
arabella Ella: bye Bleu Bruce Blubbie
Bruce Mowbray: May all be well and smoke-free happy.
Agatha Macbeth: Bye little Brucie
Bleu Oleander: everyone work on their A of B projects!!!
Dash Earthboy: bye Bruce
Mickorod Renard: bye bruce
Bruce Mowbray dies from laughing....
Wol Euler: bye bruce
Agatha Macbeth: I'm trying Bleu
Wol Euler nods
Agatha Macbeth: (very trying)
Wol Euler pouts
Agatha Macbeth: Oooh
arabella Ella smiles
Agatha Macbeth: Wonder if (visitor)'s gonna wake up before the session ends?
Wol Euler: :)
Wol Euler: maybe we'd better rename her in the log, just to be on teh safe side
Agatha Macbeth: God, are we THAT boring?
Dash Earthboy: i know how she feels tho after all the thunderstorms through the night
Agatha Macbeth: Erk
Dash Earthboy: i'm hanging by a thread myself
Wol Euler: actually, I'm going to move on too.
Wol Euler: it's been a tiring weekend and a long day at work
Wol Euler: goodnight all, take care
Agatha Macbeth: Okay, hit the hay
Dash Earthboy: g'nite Wol
Mickorod Renard: and the clocks change
arabella Ella: nite Wol tc
Wol Euler: that too
Mickorod Renard: bye wol
Agatha Macbeth: Schlaf gut <3
Mickorod Renard: take care
Wol Euler: danke, liebling <3
Dash Earthboy: ya Mic that's another obstacle
Mickorod Renard: I am sure life could be less complicated
Agatha Macbeth: Oh yeah, thank God we're synchronised again
Agatha Macbeth: Sessions starting at 8PM are just too early for me
arabella Ella: oh yes Ags i hate it when the US changes time a few weeks before us
Agatha Macbeth: Well if it HAS to be done, why not everyone do it together?
arabella Ella: precisely
Agatha Macbeth: Makes more sense
Mickorod Renard: maybe it would make the world spin around too fast?
arabella Ella: in other words it makes no sense to have it as it is
Dash Earthboy: i seriously do not understand the whole time change deal for industrialized countries
Agatha Macbeth: Never thought of that Mick
Mickorod Renard: :)
arabella Ella: i like summerime with longer evenings
Agatha Macbeth: Yes, me too
Mickorod Renard: yes, I am all for keeping warmer weather longer
arabella Ella: yes that too mick
Agatha Macbeth: The day seems to be over too quick in the winter
arabella Ella: on sunday here people were actually swimming in the sea - tourists of course
Agatha Macbeth: Brits probably :p
arabella Ella: and the sea was incredibly beautiful and calm ... a dream
Mickorod Renard: perhas we could work during the winter, when the day is shorter, and have the longer days off
arabella Ella: may not be brits Ags
arabella Ella: brits now find eurozone too expensive
Agatha Macbeth: Well you know what we're like when we see the sun
arabella Ella: yes
arabella Ella: you can recognise the brits from their strappy dresses at the moment
Agatha Macbeth: Strappy dresses eh?
arabella Ella: yes
arabella Ella: the locals here are still in winter jumpers
Agatha Macbeth: Don't think I have one
arabella Ella: and the tourists in full summer gear
Agatha Macbeth: That's tourists for ya
arabella Ella: sandals strappy dresses shorts mini skirts
arabella Ella: LOL
Agatha Macbeth: What's the temperature like?
arabella Ella: around 20 daytime
arabella Ella: 11 at night
Agatha Macbeth: Hm, warm enough
arabella Ella: so nice
arabella Ella: best time of the year
Agatha Macbeth: What does it get to July/August?
arabella Ella: 35 daytime
Agatha Macbeth: OMG
arabella Ella: with sea temp at 23-24
Mickorod Renard: I had to cut a big tree down yesterday, it died in the cold this winter
arabella Ella: owwwww
Agatha Macbeth: Aww
Mickorod Renard: quite a few have here
Agatha Macbeth: Surprised that doesn't happen more often
Dash Earthboy: we've already had some 80F days in Atlanta this month
Mickorod Renard: yes
Agatha Macbeth translates 80F
    --BELL--
Agatha Macbeth: Mm, about 27C
Mickorod Renard: sneaking off home
Dash Earthboy: 80F is about 27C
Dash Earthboy: yep
Agatha Macbeth: Sneak well Mick, take care
arabella Ella: nice
Mickorod Renard: I tend to take off 32 then halve the remainder Ags
Agatha Macbeth: Now that *is* warm
arabella Ella: i mean 27 is nice weather
Dash Earthboy: yes but the pollen!
Agatha Macbeth: I find over 25 uncomfortable
Mickorod Renard: as a roundabout conversion
Dash Earthboy: good idea Mic
Agatha Macbeth: Magic Roundabout?
Dash Earthboy: yep
Agatha Macbeth: Oh, he's gone
Dash Earthboy: well, I best be on my way too
Agatha Macbeth: Guess I'll be off too
Dash Earthboy: gtsy
Agatha Macbeth: I've got the log
arabella Ella: nite Ags TC
Agatha Macbeth: Bye Dash, night Ara
Dash Earthboy: nite all

And our visitor was still fast asleep when we all left!!!   Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.................