Congratulations Fuzzball and Eugenia Burton Ortega

On the evening of Friday the 13th came what was seen as the event of the year for the Steelhead community, in addition to a major event to the Relay for Life voulenteers: the wedding of Marshal Fuzzball Ortega to Eugenia "Genie" Burton.

The event took place in a cathedral over the Steelhead Estates. Scheduled to take place at 6:30 PM, the ceremony was an elven one, conducted by community leader TotalLunar Eclipse. Tensai Hilra told there were 78 people there at one point. Lunar thought there was 80. Besides Steelhead, there were people there from the Relay volunteers, such as Trader1 Whiplash and Lomgren Smalls. Instead of rice, Steelhead trouts were thrown around in jest.

Following the ceremony, Fuzzball and Eugenia asked everyone to head to the RFL Volunteer sim for the reception. They later explained it was only fitting that it be held at the Relay, as it had such a big part of their getting together. And what a wedding it was with a djini cake in the middle, a roast pig, a chocolate fountain, "we had to send Mindy home before she took a bath in it."

And of course, there was lots of dancing. That is, when the dance machine was working. "Hokay, vhere did dot intan getz to?" asked Captain Veles Jägermonster (velesjaeger.munster), "Dhey dun letz me jomp un."

"I'm so happy that I'm teary!" Eugenia told everyone. That is, when she wasn't squealing her characteristic "Squeeee!" "I love my new name!" she told of her new surname of Ortega, squealing loudly when called "Mrs. Ortega."

The squeals spilled over into the RFL Volunteer group. One of the Passionate Redheads told me, "All day long, Relay for Life volunteers group has had people going 'SQUEEEEEEE!' When I got here this morning they were doing that. I just closed the group chat and somebody had just done it."

It was quite a wedding, although the honeymoon may have to wait. The day after the wedding would be the high point of the Relay season, the Relay for Life Walk. So many of the guests bowed out early to get some sleep before the 24 hour event.

"That was the most beautiful wedding!"

"May hyu both be rilly heppy togedder, Mizz Genie und Herr Marschalle."

Pictures from Victor1st Mornington's Flickr. More pictures at Softpaw's page.

Bixyl Shuftan

Reader Submitted: "Fuzzball Exposed"

No, "the Fuzz" hasn't been moonlighting as a stripper. Submitted by Eugenia Burton, she told me this was taken at a Relay for Life event when some avatars were doing a Chippendale dancers act, and Fuzzball was in on it, although with less revealing wear below the waist.

There were also several other shots submitted which could not be published due to SL Newser's policy on only using "work safe" pictures.

St. Helens Erupts in Steelhead

On Friday evening May 18th, Mount St. Helens in the Steelhead Estates erupted. The event began sometime around 7PM SL time. Eugenia Burton, a resident of Steelhead, provided the following picture, showing huge, billowing clouds of ash rising into the air, and the skies a striking shade of blood red. The mountaintop was gone, and much of St. Helens scarred, blackened trunks of trees on the sides of the volcano knocked over.

Yours truly wasn't able to get to the event, or the volcano party that was planned to take place by the lake near St. Helens (provided the ash cloud didn't blow their way). But stopping by the following morning, there was still an ash cloud over St. Helens. The event was more ash and less lava than a similar eruption in August 2011.

May 18 is the anniversary of the 1980 eruption of the real-life Mount St. Helens, as well as the birthday of Steelhead resident Tensai Hilra.

Bixyl Shuftan