2013.11.03 13:00 – Expanding space; exploring new sims

The Guardian for this meeting was Aphrodite Macbain. The comments are by Aphrodite Macbain.

I have taken the liberty of rearranging some of the comments to make the conversation flow more coherently. Aphrodite

Aphrodite Macbain: Hello Bruce
Bruce Mowbray: Heya, namaste, and greetings, Aph!
Aphrodite Macbain: Glad you could make it.
Bruce Mowbray: Do you know, "What Does the Fox Say?"
Aphrodite Macbain: The time change is confusing people!
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Aphrodite Macbain: No, what does she say?
Bruce Mowbray: I will show you....
Bruce Mowbray: just a sec, please.
Bruce Mowbray: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TJU1r2mazU  (This is NOT the original version.)
Bruce Mowbray: This is the original version:
Bruce Mowbray: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE

Bruce Mowbray: Heya, Candace!
Candace Ducatillon: Greetings to you both
Aphrodite Macbain: How are you Candace- did you go to the exhibition opening on balloons?
Candace Ducatillon: Yes, I did ... and no pun intended ... I was blown away!
Aphrodite Macbain: lol
Bruce Mowbray: DARNIT! I had to MISS that!
Candace Ducatillon: Sere did an incredible and extensive work. Bruce- It will be up until January sometimes

Aphrodite Macbain: Candace- meet Bruce Mowbray- one of my oldest friends in SL
Candace Ducatillon: I am happy to meet you Bruce.
Aphrodite Macbain: he used to come to the coffee meetings in Sorrentina but is too busy now :(
Bruce Mowbray: Happy to meet you too, Candace!
Candace Ducatillon: Your name sounds familiar so we may have met before.
Bruce Mowbray: Yes, we've met before...
Aphrodite Macbain: Yes- most likely at the cafe
Candace Ducatillon: ah yes ... of course.
Bruce Mowbray: Yes, perhaps at the Cafe!
Bruce Mowbray: How did the balloon duel go, Aph?

Aphrodite Macbain: It went well-very impressive: 2 beautiful balloons

Bruce Mowbray: Did anyone win?
Aphrodite Macbain: not really, someone got shot in the arm
Candace Ducatillon: It was not a matter of winning really ...
Bruce Mowbray: oh dear.
Aphrodite Macbain: first blood
Aphrodite Macbain: one of the seconds got shot- Hugo Dieter
Candace Ducatillon: they decided to end it at the slight injury of the second.
Candace Ducatillon: :-)
Bruce Mowbray: oh my.

Aphrodite Macbain: we bandaged him up and gave him coffee laced with something stronger
Bruce Mowbray: The sight of blood?
Bruce Mowbray: Good for you!
Candace Ducatillon: Aph is always to the ready!
Bruce Mowbray loves coffee laced with something stronger.
Aphrodite Macbain: The cafe was full yesterday- everyone was excited about the duel
Bruce Mowbray: I'll bet they were!

Candace Ducatillon: Indeed we were ... quite the extravaganza
Aphrodite Macbain: and maybe it was the rum, but people became very garrulous
Bruce Mowbray: Sorry to have had to miss it.
Aphrodite Macbain: nods
Candace Ducatillon: If you visit the Royal Ning website, you can see photos if you like.
Bruce Mowbray makes note. /... "Royal Ning website...."
Candace Ducatillon: www.royalcourts.ning.com

Aphrodite Macbain: It's a great website
Bruce Mowbray: TY!
Aphrodite Macbain: lots of blogs and pictures
Aphrodite Macbain: It has also given me an opportunity to write creatively
Bruce Mowbray: kk, I'm bringing it in now.
Candace Ducatillon: yes ... still waiting for you to lure me in. :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: to role play?

Candace Ducatillon: let us not go that far ... yet!

Aphrodite Macbain: how far DO you want to go Candace?
Candace Ducatillon: a mention ... step by step for me. !!
Candace Ducatillon: :-)
Candace Ducatillon: never sure how to answer that !!
Candace Ducatillon: okay
Aphrodite Macbain: The first step is to join a role play event - even as an extra...
Candace Ducatillon: it scares me though, because I feel I am not quick enough with imagination

Sims to visit; spreading our wings, exploring new spaces

Aphrodite Macbain: Did you get my email about the Guardian discussion this a.m. and the subject for our discussions today Bruce?
Bruce Mowbray: Yes, I did.
Bruce Mowbray: and I've been thinking about your question.
Bruce Mowbray: but the only other place I go is the Chelsea Hotel and Seth's classes.
Bruce Mowbray: Perhaps Blub goes to other sims,,,,, I'm not sure.
Bruce Mowbray: THERE it is!

Looks at her watch:

Aphrodite Macbain: I suspect people aren't here because the change of time
Candace Ducatillon: ah!
Aphrodite Macbain: especially those in Europe
Candace Ducatillon: wish they would leave the clocks alone personally.
Aphrodite Macbain: nods
Aphrodite Macbain: but it was nice getting that extra hour this morning
Candace Ducatillon smiles in acknowledgement
Aphrodite Macbain: I am thinking of inviting this group (the one that is usually here) to visit Sorrentina
Aphrodite Macbain: ah here comes WOl
Candace Ducatillon: Oh ... yes!
Aphrodite Macbain: Candace- meet Wol.
Aphrodite Macbain: Wol comes in many forms and shapes and sizes
Candace Ducatillon: Happy to meet you Wol
Wol Euler smiles.
Wol Euler: heheheh
Aphrodite Macbain: Wol, Candace is a friend from Sorrentina
Wol Euler: hello Candace, likewise
Candace Ducatillon: Thank you.
Wol Euler: I guessed as much from your appearance :)
Aphrodite Macbain: smiles
Candace Ducatillon: Yes ... it's a giveaway :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: It's a challenge for me to keep changing costumes - don’t know why I worry about it
Wol Euler: that might be a good topic someday :)
Wol Euler: k
Candace Ducatillon smiles
Aphrodite Macbain: changing?
Aphrodite Macbain: clothes?
Wol Euler: or worrying about it
Aphrodite Macbain: nods
Aphrodite Macbain: Speaking of clothes- here comes Stevenaia (who wears a magnificent kimono)
Wol Euler: sayonara stevie
Aphrodite Macbain: Candace, meet Stevenaia
Candace Ducatillon: Happy to meet you Stevenaia
Aphrodite Macbain: a long term resident of PAB
stevenaia Michinaga: waves to Wol, Aph and Candace
Aphrodite Macbain: Stevenaia- meet Candace, a friend from 18th century Italy
stevenaia Michinaga: Hi Bruce
stevenaia Michinaga: greeting and welcome Candace
Bruce Mowbray: Heya, namaste, and greetings!
Candace Ducatillon: Thank you
Bruce Mowbray: (I don't think I have EVER had this much lag before!)
Aphrodite Macbain: I looked for a kimono yesterday, Stevenaia, but couldn't make up my mind. They were all exquisite. I’ll have to make do with an already bulging wardrobe
Wol Euler smiles.
Wol Euler: I'm lagging too, Bruce, not just you
stevenaia Michinaga: a test of patience
Candace Ducatillon: Do you sometimes dress here according to a theme? or just come as ones feels?
Bruce Mowbray: I'm still getting enormous lag. Will try it once again.....
Wol Euler: it tends to the latter, Candace
Aphrodite Macbain: yes
Candace Ducatillon: ty

Wol Euler: I can't think offhand of any time we all dressed up
Wol Euler: except for the PaB birthday party
Aphrodite Macbain: except for anniversary parties
Wol Euler: right
Aphrodite Macbain: snap
Candace Ducatillon smiles

stevenaia Michinaga: What theme was chosen for this week?
Aphrodite Macbain: At the Guardian meeting today we discussed PaB-ers visiting new sites- to meet others and get inspiration
Wol Euler: something about "space"
Aphrodite Macbain: That too

stevenaia Michinaga: wb Bruce
Aphrodite Macbain: wb Bruce- sorry ur having so much trouble
Aphrodite Macbain: finds some duct tape and glues Bruce down
Bruce Mowbray: ty.
Bruce Mowbray: please continue with your discussion. . . I'm still having troubles....

Aphrodite Macbain: so, do any of you have places to which you would like to bring Pabbers?
Candace Ducatillon: I need to ask what is Pabbers
Wol Euler: us :) PaB-ers
Wol Euler: Play as Being
Candace Ducatillon: omgosh !
Aphrodite Macbain: Play as Being members. Sorry for the jargon.
Candace Ducatillon: ok ... ty :-))
Candace Ducatillon: duh!
Wol Euler: Aph, did you not give Candace the intro and notecard?
Candace Ducatillon: yes, she did.
Candace Ducatillon: not yet read with full concentration.
Aphrodite Macbain: Yes Wol, she took it from the box
Aphrodite Macbain: Are there any sims you go to that you would like to take us to Stevenaia?
stevenaia Michinaga: over time, many of the sims I would go to regularly no longer exist
Wol Euler nods.
Wol Euler: sad but true
Candace Ducatillon nods
Aphrodite Macbain: yes- they seem to die sad deaths
stevenaia Michinaga: ones where I had developed close relationships with those in these communities
stevenaia Michinaga: the communities disappear but the relationships continue and grow
Wol Euler: that seems to be the pattern, Stevie

Wol Euler: hello korel
Aphrodite Macbain: Perfect Paradise exists still but I don’t know anyone there- Zen does

Korel Laloix: Heya
Aphrodite Macbain: Hey Korel

Aphrodite Macbain: Candace, meet Korel, Korel- meet my friend Candace
stevenaia Michinaga: Hi Korel, wb (again) Bruce
Korel Laloix: Osiyo Candace
Candace Ducatillon: I am happy to meet you Korel
Bruce Mowbray: Heya, Kori! Heya, Zen - wherever you are.
Aphrodite Macbain: we were talking about sims to visit...

Wol Euler: I have a friend who does lots of role playing in SL

Korel Laloix smiles

Korel Laloix: Lots out there... did I ever take any of you on the SL early history tour?
Korel Laloix: I did a few people around here.
Aphrodite Macbain: I'd love to go with you Korel
Korel Laloix: If you want to take that tour sometimes... just let me know.

Aphrodite Macbain: Can you explain it a bit more Kori?

Korel Laloix: Just four or five of the oldest sites in SL.

Wol Euler: that would be good, Korel

Korel Laloix: Just let me know when.
Aphrodite Macbain: I was thinking we could schedule visits at times that work best for everyone
Korel Laloix: Maybe 20 mins or so.

stevenaia Michinaga: I think you took me there once , Korel
Aphrodite Macbain: maybe at the 1 PM session since it is accessible to most no?
Korel Laloix: Sure... not sure my schedule this week though. Lots going on.
Aphrodite Macbain: I have had an offer from a Zen monk from Edo Japan who said he or other member could tour us around the sim and then have a tea ceremony
Bruce Mowbray: wow! Cool!
Candace Ducatillon: That sounds wonderful.
Aphrodite Macbain: yes

Bruce Mowbray: yes, it does.
Korel Laloix: That sounds fun.
Wol Euler: lvoely
Aphrodite Macbain: I will list the particulars on the of the bottom log for this session.
Wol Euler: *lovely, even
Aphrodite Macbain: loverly?
Wol Euler: that too
Candace Ducatillon: ahaha
Candace Ducatillon: love any way it comes
 

Aphrodite Macbain: Wol- you know someone who role-plays?
Bruce Mowbray: You're asking a RABBIT if she knows someone who role-plays???
Wol Euler: :-P
Candace Ducatillon smiles
Aphrodite Macbain: lol
Wol Euler: no, this isn't roleplay :)
Aphrodite Macbain: sure.
Bruce Mowbray: This isn't a rabbit, either, on closer inspection.
Wol Euler: indeed, a Possat
Bruce Mowbray: Possom?
Bruce Mowbray: cross between a possom and a cat?
Bruce Mowbray sits on hands and listens.
Aphrodite Macbain: Where or when could Pabbers visit Sorrentina, Candace?
Aphrodite Macbain: It would be nice if there were an event to attend. or a discussion
Candace Ducatillon: Yes ... either/or !I would need to check with the Professor (Aldo Stern) and get back to you.
Aphrodite Macbain: on something of interest to everyone
Candace Ducatillon: with your knowing this group much better than I, we would be open to suggestions
Aphrodite Macbain: Let's put our heads together Candace and report back
Candace Ducatillon: Certainly ... with pleasure
Aphrodite Macbain: :)

Aphrodite Macbain: Bruce- what about that hotel you go to--or should I ask…?
Aphrodite Macbain: and, should we visit WoW Wol?
Bruce Mowbray: yippieeee
Wol Euler: we have Berti in 21 minutes
Aphrodite Macbain: nods
Aphrodite Macbain: (Berti is Bertram, Candace, leading a 10 minute meditation on another sim)
Bruce Mowbray: yes, Bert's meditation is every Sunday at 2 p.m. slt in the Perfect Paradise sim.
Candace Ducatillon: ty again :-)
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Aphrodite Macbain: :)
Candace Ducatillon makes notes
Wol Euler: other than that, as we wish :)
Candace Ducatillon: ty Aph

Bruce Mowbray: The ChelseaHotel is a cool site -- in both worlds.
Bruce Mowbray: My typist has visited that hotel in real -- as well as in virtual.
Bruce Mowbray: LOTS of famous people once lived there.
Wol Euler: and a few died there too
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Wol Euler: Sid and Nancy, for example
Bruce Mowbray: yeppers.
Aphrodite Macbain: maybe we can go there afterwards and have a drink at the bar
Wol Euler: (Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend)
Aphrodite Macbain: ah thank you Wol
Bruce Mowbray: The bar is cool, right next door. === the place with the yellow awning.
Wol Euler: I think that was the moment that the penny dropped, and people realized that punk rock was a style rather than a revolution
Wol Euler: business as usual

Aphrodite Macbain: so I have an offer from Korel, Bruce…
Aphrodite Macbain: anyone else?
Korel Laloix: Just let me know please
Aphrodite Macbain: There will be suggestions from other people who meet at the Pavilion at different times
Aphrodite Macbain: - but I am willing to schedule the visits to Korel's sims as well as Edo and Sorrentina to this time period 1 pm Sunday or another day of the week.
Aphrodite Macbain: maybe we can go at a time that doesn't conflict with Berti

Candace Ducatillon: I do apologize ... but I need to leave. I trust you will excuse me.
Korel Laloix: Take care
Wol Euler: of course.
Bruce Mowbray: bye for now, Candace!
Wol Euler: take care
Bruce Mowbray: Thanks for being here.
Aphrodite Macbain: Candace- great to see you. Thanks for coming
Qt Core: Hi all (and bye Candace)
Candace Ducatillon: Fair winds to you all

Aphrodite Macbain: Salve Qt
Candace Ducatillon: I will return another time ... rl does not always cooperate.
Bruce Mowbray: Heya, namaste, and greetings, Qt!
Wol Euler: hello qt.
Bruce Mowbray: Fair winds to thee, also, Candance!

(Korel sits on Candace’s vacated cushion)

Korel Laloix: ooo.. still warm... smiles
Wol Euler chuckles.
Bruce Mowbray: yippieeee
Aphrodite Macbain: laughs
Aphrodite Macbain: Wol, is there any sim you think we might visit?
Wol Euler: well, any number of reconstructions of temples and suchlike, some quite enormous
Aphrodite Macbain: sounds really interesting..
Wol Euler: but I'd want to be sure that they still exist before suggesting them
Korel Laloix: I think the National Park sims are the prettiest ones at the moment.
Wol Euler: and art, plenty of SL art to explore
Aphrodite Macbain: sure. Maybe you can let us know when you find out
Wol Euler: oh, I don’t know them!
Wol Euler: of course, aph

Aphrodite Macbain: Thanks!
Korel Laloix: brb
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, a problem with inventory, you never know if the LM will take you to a place that exists
Aphrodite Macbain: It would be nice if the places we visit were in some way aligned with PaB's interests and values
Wol Euler: I wasn't thinking of nude beaches, Aph :)
Aphrodite Macbain: meditation sites, discussion sims etc,
Wol Euler: though there are plenty of them
Bruce Mowbray: awwwww.....
Aphrodite Macbain: what's wrong with nude beaches?
Wol Euler points to your previous statement.
Aphrodite Macbain: being, free
Aphrodite Macbain: dropping...
Aphrodite Macbain: clothes
Aphrodite Macbain: then sipping tea

Korel Laloix: Some of the best sims in Sl are nude beaches.. smiles
Bruce Mowbray dies from laughing....
Korel Laloix: Love SL beaches..
Wol Euler nods.
Wol Euler: there are some quite lovely, well made ones
Aphrodite Macbain: prudery is definitely not a characteristic of PAB
Wol Euler raises an eyebrow.
Aphrodite Macbain: raises hers
Aphrodite Macbain: is it?
Bruce Mowbray: raises Wol's other eyebrow....
Bruce Mowbray: snap!
Korel Laloix: At least we are not into SL eyeball licking
Aphrodite Macbain: I guess this is what it is like to be brow-beaten
Bruce Mowbray ponders eye-brow licking.....
Qt Core: how many eyebrows you have, Wol ?
Wol Euler: three apparently.
Aphrodite Macbain: She has grey fuzzy ones
Wol Euler: the third eye perhaps
Aphrodite Macbain: that meet in the middle
Aphrodite Macbain: silliness, however, is very PAB
Bruce Mowbray hums, "Cat goes 'Meow...'"
Bruce Mowbray: dog goes "woof."
Bruce Mowbray: etc etc.
Aphrodite Macbain: OK then we can compare notes for next week
Wol Euler: possat goes "quack"
Aphrodite Macbain: I'll talk to Geo-my monk friend
Wol Euler: /q
Aphrodite Macbain: and to Aldo my Sorrentina friend, and maybe Kori can talk to her friends in those early sims etc etc
Bruce Mowbray: Apparently, Geo has not taken vows of silence....?
Aphrodite Macbain: no
Bruce Mowbray: kk.
Bruce Mowbray: cool!
Bruce Mowbray: (neither have my typist nor I....) .... nor Blub.

Wol Euler: I was going to say about roleplaying, that many of the most intriguing places I've seen have been RP settings
Aphrodite Macbain: interesting Wol
Wol Euler: typically a lot of design work goes into them, but typically they don't last
Aphrodite Macbain: wonder why

Bruce Mowbray: Heya, namaste, and greetings, Zon!
Zon Kwan: howdy
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Zon
Wol Euler: though as Stevie said, the community often stays together, moving to a different RP when the current one closes
Wol Euler: hello zon
Aphrodite Macbain: ah- so maybe we should think of groups as well as sims
Wol Euler: (four minutes to berti)

Bruce Mowbray: I love your idea to visit different sims, Aph.

Aphrodite Macbain: thanks- it wasn't just my idea

Aphrodite Macbain feels that Wol can hardly wait for berti
Bruce Mowbray: ha ha!
Bruce Mowbray: We didn't meet with Berti last week...
Bruce Mowbray: so some of us might be ready to see him again.
Aphrodite Macbain: he had a terrible time logging in I gather
Bruce Mowbray: yes, I know how that goes, too!
Aphrodite Macbain: shall we hop over?
Bruce Mowbray: but try and try again, as they say.
Aphrodite Macbain: smiles
Wol Euler nods.
Bruce Mowbray: yes, let's be a-hopping.
Aphrodite Macbain: puts on her bunny feet
Wol Euler: bye to those who aren't hopping :)
Qt Core: bye
Zon Kwan: bye
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye Zon Qt
Aphrodite Macbain: Korel
Korel Laloix: Ciao all
stevenaia Michinaga: see you
Korel Laloix: Off to Sl church and Sunshine Cathedral if anyone wants to attend.
Qt Core: bye Korel
stevenaia Michinaga: enjoy

Summary of suggested sims to visit:

Korel: An SL early history tour: Just four or five of the oldest sites in SL. Also thinks the National Park sims are the prettiest ones at the moment

Bruce: The Chelsea Hotel and bar

Wol: some role play sites and sites with reconstructions of temples and suchlike, some quite enormous. She will check to see if they still exist before suggesting them and get back to us next Sunday.

Aph: Edo Japan with the help of Ojiisan (geo.netizen) who proposes the exploration of 和谐 -尊重 -純度 -宁静 (Harmony, Reverence, Purity, and Tranquility) through the chaji which is the very formal tea ceremony
Note: Aphrodite Macbain: This avatar's persona is a PAB member and is a secular celibate monk from the Edo period in Japan (1603-1868). He remains in Edo to continue his journey on the noble eightfold path. He is a member of the Doujou-ji Temple in Edo and tells me that the nuns here would be the ones offering this tea ceremony. Aph will maintain discussions with them.

Candace and Aph will talk with Aldo Stern in Rocca Sorrentina to determine the best time for Pabbers to attend an event or discussion there.