More on Beckye Burnstein

 Remember Beckye Burnstein the "Visible Woman?" Well, like so many builders, she's still at it. She recently sent me a "Le Smart T-shirt" Coming in three sizes of Mesh, it's actually a couple dozen shirts in one.

 With the HUD controls, one can change the shirt to one of the couple dozen pictures stored. One can find the shirt, and other goods of hers, in her store (check her profile for the location of the place).

Beckye's also been sporting a child avatar lately. She says she may slowly grow it over time at the rate of about one year a month. She may eventually construct child-sized organs for it later, like she had for her adult form.

Her interest in child avatars goes beyond just clothing. She developed a racing group with child avatars in mind, the "SL Kids Racing Association." It has a racetrack at the Nightshark sim at (43/58/3511), and a Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/SLKRA?pnref=story

Beckye, in either form, is still at work.

Bixyl Shuftan

A Special SL Kid: Marianne McCann's Rezzday

Many residents whom go about in child avatars tend to be shy and quiet. Not so Marianne McCann. This little girl has made a big name for herself, both in Bay City where she frequents, and in Second Life as a whole. Recently, she had a rezzday party, which drew a number of friends. Among those showing up was Second Life Newser reporter Gemma Cleanslate, whom wrote about the event, and reflected on how Marianne has been over time.

Read Gemma's article in People.

Steelhead's Hallowe'en Dance and Contest

On Friday, Oct 25 at 7PM, Steelhead holds it's Hallowe'en Dance, in which things for the wild group of mad scientists, elves, fairies, and others gets even wilder.

"Our yearly costume dance. So dust out the costumes unless they already have cobwebs in them and celebrate with us!"

Besides the Halloween bash, there's also the "Spookiest House Contest" going on for Steelhead's landowners, with all taking part needing to fill out an application for TotalLunar Eclipse. On Tues Oct 29, a map with all locations in the contest is sent out to the Steelheaders to judge who has the spookiest place, "Top three spookiest locations will receive a trophy. Prizes sponsored by Ladies Pleasure and Bad Bella."

Also this weekend is the "Scamps Ball," on Sunday Oct 27. The time of the kid avatar-themed event is from 5-7, so not to interfere with Willow Leafstorm's show (or the kids' bedtimes).

Reader Submitted: "Mindy and Nibbles at The Critter Races"

Submitted by Mindy of Steelhead, featuring her on her horse-sized guinea pig "Nibbles" and her friend "Mr. Xyfer."

Loki Goes to SL9B

Chatting with KT Syakumi, she recommended this video of the SL9B by Loki Eliot, "My Machinima documenting this years SL9B community expo in Second Life."

Camp Kawabata - Cub Scouts in Second Life

Gemma Cleanslate noted that at times a kid avatar in a scout uniform was at some of the events the newspaper covered. She decided to take a closer look, and found a whole community of scouts. Here, she takes a look at one of the scouting sims, Camp Kawabata, where the scouts would meet. But they didn't always stay there, taking a number of field trips.

Read about the Scouts in People.

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at Le Bistro
By Bixyl Shuftan

Why I Became a Child Avatar by Pygar Bu

Gemma Cleanslate's series on the Kids of Second Life comes to a close with our fifth and final story. Pygar Bu, a twelve year old angel, describes how he came to Second Life, a little on what he does here, and why he'll never grow up.

Read Pygar's story in People.

And so our look at the Kids' Community comes to a close. We hope this has been entertaining and informative. If a reader has a suggestion on another group of people whom to write about, please, drop us a line.

Why I Too Became a Child Avatar

Our series on the Kids of Second Life by Gemma Cleanslate reaches Part Four. Everest Piek describes how he came to Second Life, and some of his journey along the way, from his friends to his in-world family. And he talks about some of the projects he's gotten involved with.

Read the story in People.

Why I became a Child Avatar

In part three of our series on the Kids of Second Life by Gemma Cleanslate, we have a few words with Patty Wylie. "Lil' Patty" describes a little about her life as a child here, a little on how she came to be one, and a little on what keeps her coming back.

Read the story in People.

Sage Kostenbaum

In Part Two of Gemma Cleanslate's series on the Kid avatars of Second Life, we look at Sage Kostenbaum. Sage explains how she found out about child avatars and why she became one.

Read the story in People.

Have You Ever Wondered? The Kids of Second Life

Those who have followed my articles on SL Kids (adults role-playing kids in SL) know I am a great fan of all the kids. I first saw the talents they were sharing at the SL5B. I met some then and wondered why would they would want to be kids. That is when I began to talk to them and visited the sims of various kid places and wrote about them. I got it, I understand it.

I have a hard time with those who do not understand their desire to be kids in Second Life. Oh, I know it can be annoying sometimes to some to encounter one in an odd place and hear the cutesy stuff, but maybe if you play along you will understand. I would like you to hear from some of them their reasons for opting to be a kid. Maybe it will explain it to your mind and your heart. I have asked some kids to share their stories with you so that maybe you will get it too.

The paper will be printing them every day in People section beginning today. My thanks to Marianne McCann for helping with this project. (she has the best fireworks I have ever seen in SL and is a great kid!)

Read and learn about Marianne in People

Childhood in SL - A Visit to the SL Kids SL7B Exhibit

Among the exhibits that stand out in SL7B is the SL Kids place, "Unexpected Childhoods." The kid avatars in Second Life occasionally raise eyebrows, due to people wondering why would someone grown want to experience the Metaverse as a child? Our reporter Gemma Cleanslate takes a look at the exhibit, and the avatars behind it.

Read the story in People.