After The Sharknado

 

 

Taken at the Bouncing Bunny Beach Club. On Sunday August 3, the little beach club held a "Sharknado" party. After DJ Snowy's last song, a number of sharks were rezzed on the deck. What to do with a pile of sharks? "We're gonna need a bigger net."

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Montecito Bay's New Community Pool

 

It's summertime, and in real life many of us take some time to relax in a pool. Second Life has it's share of pools, which can be the scene of pool parties. But Becky Nosferatu wanted to make one that was more than just a hole in the ground with water. For weeks she worked on a pool ride, and several days ago, it was up and ready at Montecito Bay and the community threw a party. 

 

Read the story in Places.  

 

Shark Attack In Montecito Bay

 

 Actually, it's Becky Nosferatu and Emorald having some fun with pool noodles at a pool party on Saturday the 19th to celebrate the opening of Becky's new water ride. More on the story later. 

 

It Came From Bellisseria Chat: When Stamp Collecting Gets Dangerous

 

 

From Tamarind Silverfall: "Can anyone tell me what this passport stamp from the Dannielles area looks like? I clicked the sign, and it says I got it, but I don't see it in my passport."

 

Maybe a little less attention to the passport until you're away from the shark.

 

"Just when you thought it was safe to go stamp collecting."

Reader Submitted Picture: "Underwater Dangers in Bellisseria"

 

 

 From Alden Cortes, "Yikes!!  I almost got eaten in Bellissaria today." Fortunately, he got away.

It Came From Bellisseria Chat: "Scary Shark"

 

 

In a discussion about Halloween outfits, Kira Skydancer would say, "I'm trick-or-treating as a scarrry shark." Then she posted this picture of a dog in a costume that was more cutsie than scary. It got some positive remarks, "Haha! Noice!" "Sweet." "That's adorable." 

 

She would post a close-up of the avie's eyes being partly covered, "keeps running into things 'cause her hat keeps falling over her eyes. ... Spent some time being scary, needed to be cute today."

 

It Came From Bellisseria Chat: The Scariest Trick or Treat Pumpkin

 

 

 Shown in the Bellisseria community group chat. People were talking about some pumpkins in the "Trick or Treat" being a bit difficult to get to or in curious places. Traci Quandry-Marabana (Traci Quandry) would post an animation of a shark swimming around the waters one pumpkin was in, "This was the scariest."

 

Cartoon of the Day: A Fishy Dog

 

Taken at the Happy Vixen. And yes, there is such a critter, or rather critters, called "dogfish."

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of the Day

From the Happy Vixen. Humans don't usually have too many problems with the creatures that most resemble the primates they evolved from. Anything intelligent that could trace it's ancestry to sharks however, that could be quite a problematic relationship.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Reader Submitted: At the SL15B

Taken by Rakucia Resident. Her at the last official party of the Second Life Birthday at the Cake Stage on Sunday June 24.

"Sharknado" At The Happy Vixen

You wouldn't expect much to happen at a sleepy little beach club. But the Happy Vixen has seen it's share of excitement over time from Relay events, to Halloween parties, and more. Recently, the venue was the scene of a "Sharknado." It started off as a more-or-less regular party, minus some landwalker sharks joining the regulars. But the weather soon took a turn for the worse, and the little beach club experienced winds like never before.

Read about the event in SL Clubbin'

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at the Happy Vixen. "Red Tide" is poisonous to fish in the area, so the sharkgirl would have to have been breathing air. But to a landwalker shark, that would be no big deal.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day: Sharks With Lasers

I've heard the meme a lot, which has it's orgins from "Austin Powers" villain Dr. Evil, "You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!" Finally someone made it happen. But landwalker sharks in Second Life have more important things to do than follow the whims of some would-be mastermind, like perhaps teasing the neighbor's cat.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

Picture from Jessicabelle Dayafter for "Shark Week," "The poor thing saw ... he was biting a skunk. ... and the poor thing froze in place and died like that. Anyone have a crowbar?"

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at the SL Newser anniversary party at the Happy Vixen. Rakucla Resident showed up with a camera in the spirit of the theme. So what would a landwalker shark do with a camera? One can imagine.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

By Bixyl Shuftan

Avatar Review: The Anthroxtacy Shark

Second Life offers many kinds of nonhuman avatars for going about the land of Second Life. But what about the water? There is of course traditional mermaid avatars. But there's more than that. One other kind of aquatic avatar out in Second Life is the Anthroxacty shark. Although it's maker is no longer active in Second Life, there is a place where not only can one still get the avatar, but get it for free.

Read the review in Design.

Tales From Podex: Surf's Up

By Bixyl Shuftan


Each month seemed to offer something different to the tellers of the Podex Exchange. In June, the people coming by were talking about the Second Life Birthday, including a few more people than usual new to the world after hearing about it and coming by. In July, there was the Relay for Life weekend, and people coming by to buy Lindens to donate for a favorite team, or to the Relay funds in general. By the time August came around, the Relay was winding down, and there were more college-age residents hoping to relax a little before it was time for the next semester the following month. Between times customers came in, the tellers would talk amongst themselves about various happenings, such as the final Relay event on August 31st, the Lovecraft festival, or something that had seemingly come up from out of the blue: the "Ice Bucket Challenge."

In the middle of one such discussion, someone walked in. He wasn't wearing much, just a pair of swimming trunks. His body looked like it was made for the water, his blueish skin had a few stripes in places with fins in places on his arms and legs with the largest one on his back. He had a long thick tail that poked through the swimwear in the back. He carried a surfboard with him.

"Um, can I help you?" One of the tellers asked.

"Yeah dude," the trunked visitor asked, "I need to get some extra lin-dios to grab a spot at this bodacious place that just opened up a surfer spot, Sunny Beach in the Sunweaver Estates, man. It's real epic."

"Um, sure. Well, we offer the best rates of third party Linden exchangers, and will sell Linden dollars for a wide range of world currencies."

"Cool beans dude, but I'll just be usin' good ol' Ameri-can dollars, man."

"Certainly Sir, just fill out this form. If you've never been here before, new clients are limited to 25,000 Lindens in purchases."

"Whoah dude, I don't need that much man. I'm jess getting a few parcels, not half a freakin' sim."

"No problem, just fill it out and you'll get your Lindens."

The visitor soon took care of the form and the electronic transfer was quickly done.

"There you are Sir, all done."

"Sweet! Now I don't have so far to travel to Sunny Beach, man."

"That's good, plan to be hanging ten soon?"

"Yep, though they keep suggesting I need a new gun or somethin.' Half the time I'm out there with people, this red fox keeps sayin' 'we're going to need a bigger board.'"

They had a good chuckle, and the visitor went on his way.

The Podex Exchange is located at the Code sim at (45, 218, 61), with a website at http://www.podex.info/. Jacek Shuftan is the CEO.


Note: The preceding is a fictional story, written for the dual purpose of advertisement and entertainment.

Cartoon of the Day

By Bixyl Shuftan