A Special Tribute ...

 

 I'm sure a number of you remember when I surprised Rita Mariner by going as a clone of her. It worked so well, it became something of a Sunbeamer tradition when we hit a million Linden dollars raised to go about as that for a week. Well, with Rita gone and the Sunbeamer team retired, it looks like that tradition is no more. 

 

Still, there was one more thing I could do with the avatar. I contacted Corey In The House (jjws888 Resident), who specializes in making statues of avatars. And we got together for him to make a statue of the avie. It wasn't lost on me that what started out as a joke became something to help remember her. 

 

A copy of it is at Club Cutlass, Rita's hangout. So one way to honor her, and keep her at her favorite spot. 

 

*Addition* - I had sent a message in both a group announcement and a Discord message that I had dropped off something at Cutlass, though didn't say what it was. Apparently that wasn't enough to keep one Sunny from getting a surprise, "Scared the crap out of me! I went to Cutlass ... came face to face with Rita's ghost! ... dammit guy, where the hell did you get that?!"

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

A Special Moon Dance, And My Emerald Level Avatar Challenge

 

 

Last night on the evening of Thursday April 16, Team Sunbeamers had their weekly Moon Dance from 6 to 8PM SL time. But the usual happy atmosphere had a somber tone. 

 

 Ren Flow had died suddenly soon after logging off last Thursday. Last week's Moon Dance had been the final event in Second Life she would ever attend. Cynthia felt saddened as she and Ren had been good friends. So this dance was dedicated to her and had a number of songs of remembrance. 

 

 When the fireworks were about to go off, Cynthia told everyone they might be smaller as Ren had been helping her out with them.

 

 And then, there was this. I have this yearly tradition of taking on a female look when the Sunnies reach a huge amount of money that started several years ago. For the past few years, it's been the one million Linden mark. It's usually been a Rita clone. But this year, wanted to do something a little different. So I went as a duplicate of our team's top builder and event organizer, Cynthia Farshore. Cynthia herself has felt flattered by it, making a joke or two to Liska, who did much the same a few times. 

 

So until next Thursday, unless there's an interview or a special news event, out in the open I'll be a bit on the horny side. 

 

And I'm sure Ren would have loved it.

 

Go Relay!

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

 

*Addition* Will be briefly back into my Fox look at the Monday Town Hall. 

 

Cartoon of The Day: Avatar Copy

 

 

 Taken at Club Scorn. Just how these two avatars ended up looking virtually identical, I don't know, but one possibility came to mind.

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Reader Submitted: The Michi Clone

 

 

Taken by Rita Mariner. When Liska da'Lantros got bid a skunk in her latest "Bid Me," she decided to make herself look like Luskwood founder Michi Lumin. On Wednesday May 10, Michi herself came to Club Cutlass, the main hangout of the Sunweaver community, saw Liska, and posed with her for a picture.
 

RFL Team Sunbeamers Reach One Million Lindens, Emerald Level

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On the late morning of Sunday June 12, the Relay for Life's Team Sunbeamers passed a goal that was looking doubtful. They finally passed the one million Linden dollar mark.

We made Emerald! Or as Dr. Evil might say, "One, million, Lindens!"

Great, but one small complication for yours truly, whom has to own up to a commitment. 

Yep, yours truly to help provide incentive for people to donate stated that if the team made Emerald, I'd go female for a week, as a clone of the team captain, Rita Mariner. And as Rita was pink thanks to a Bid Me, it was the pink Rita Clone. 

The team camp marker was quickly updated with a new badge to show the new rank. 

As of now, the Sunbeamers are 13th among the 138 teams in terms of cash raised.

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!