Still, it was full of great stuff - a tour of the Vulcano community, and a lot of very enthusiastic new friends, the premiere of Dizzy Banjo's Parsec, and a wonderful fun time at the Extropia picnic, much of it sitting with Argent, watching our daughter dance like a wild thing and make friends.
 | Vulcano Thanks to so many of the citizens of Vulcano for showing me a good time! |
 | Club Pyramid A brilliantly creative design - I can't wait to party there! |
 | Nothing But The Blues Me and Ev0l Twin Ali at Vanni's party |
 | Parsec Thanks to Dizzy for the opportunity to see this amazing work of art! |
 | Parsec About to begin - |
Gods, I adore my family and friends - thank you all for one of the best weeks ever!
 | Metanomics at Malburns' Metanomics overflow with IYan, iAlja and Grace |
 | Interviewed at SL'ang Life Island a great turnout from the Extropians! |
 | A real date! Argent and I go skating at Vanni's party - our first real date! |
 | Scheming With Grace We didn't have the threesome with John, but I did get Grace all to myself! :P |
 | A Night With Vids Love and companionship through a dark night |
 | Gala's Hawt! |
 | Name That Celebrity! At least I didn't go with the Oompa Loompa pic, but I've got it, don't you worry! ;) |
 | Avs & Outfits Our favorite pastime, back again! |
 | 'Dorable! *such* squee over those cute ears! |
 | Moping at dande's dande's place *was* the best spot in Extropia for brooding - gods know what it looks like *this* week, though! |
 | Core Mission After the Salon, another great set from Nicki! |
 | Serenity Or, actually the Muir - a much nicer ship, and an even hotter captain! |
 | Caledon Argent and I begin our explorations - and end up up to our necks in a freezing river! |
 | Warming up Snuggled back at home - |
But I've rediscovered my non-work side, and it's going to get a *lot* more play in times to come!
Thanks to my family and friends, for leading me back to balance and "sophrosyne"!
 | New Years Hug: Arisia |
 | New Years Hug: Natsumi |
 | New Years Hug: Ciel |
 | Touring the New Nexus |
 | Speaking to CG's Community Group |
 | zero g dance party after the Salon |
 | Holiday gifts from Zada and Jen: looking like the old me again |
 | Vidal drops by and... |
 | ... nature takes its course :) |
 | WTA meeting, and furniture tryout |
 | home with family |
Exhausted after the Solstice Party, I took most of the holiday week off, turning things over to the Other Personality in the atomic world. Friday saw me back in the social swing, with a *full* day. Saturday was unforgettable, as we opened the Extropian Embassy in Al Andalus with a great party, then went right into Extropia's first Town Hall meeting.
There was a lot distateful about the past few days, but I have my family, and we are strong.
 | A Chorus Line |
 | Family time in Argent's ship |
 | Celebrating Natsumi's Rezday |
 | Embassy opening in Al Andalus |
 | Dedication to Gala: October 4, 1957 |
 | Extropia's first Town Hall |
 | ...turned into a zoo! |
 | Chilling to Grace |
 | Coming down |
 | Devotion |
 | WTA-SL meeting |
 | ready for a Board meeting |
We did good, had fun, made friends and built alliances with some *serious* booty shaking this week!
Just wait till the 12 hour Solstice Party this Saturday!!
 | Chilling in the Nexus Me, Argent, Gala, Meissa, Jen and SL4Observer hang out! |
 | Captain on the bridge! We meet Cube! If you haven't seen his amazing store in Extropia, you're in for a treat! |
 | Goldie Katsu and I stumble around Lost in the snow at the Sun Microsystems holidy party |
 | You did good, Gala! Looking out on Extropia as Gala finishes the Mall |
 | Corro gets the orbital tour Meeting Corro Moseley of Daden Limited: he's building our future! |
 | The Board gets down! Dancing at Club Reactor! We love Nicki and Aniketos! |
 | Shaking it for charity At Jen and Seven's fundraiser! |
 | Philips Design Salon Great ideas and a great time! |
 | Invited to Al Andalus The Extropians rock the casbah! |
 | iAlja's a lifesaver! She's done *so much* for Extropia! Thanks for our holiday party invitation! |
 | What do we ever do, Pinky? Plotting with my dear dolly! |
 | Touring Neph's world *Nobody* is better at creating beauty in SL! And Neph's going to design our undersea spaces! |
 | Just another Extropia business meeting Building a mer club at full fathom five! |
 | Serious Business We rent our first mall space to Meissa! |
 | Classical Art Honoring our origins is important in Extropia! |
 | Ending properly The week ends with Gala in my arms... *honk*! |
This week the balance tilted back to family - fun and quiet time alike through the week. I got a new house, much warmer and more home-y than the Imperial Fortress, saw beloved
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ciel_sb for a few moments, crashed *a lot,* and made a delightful new friend in jenshikami. Extropia sold out, built up, had its first non-Board event (vannesh's Blues Night on Friday), hosted a demo SL webcast - Yeps, a full week!
I won't be around much this coming week, but after Friday, watch out! We'll be leading up to the big Solstice bash on the 22nd, with lots going on!
 | going zero-g at Clockwork! |
 | Baron Zada drops in! |
 | Kit Meredith visits my office |
 | Kate and I are faster than speeding bullets! :P |
 | iAlja's building her house! |
 | Sailing IYan's boat! |
 | Argent hosts a beach party - mmmm weenies! :) |
 | Argent's Half-Rezday party! |
 | Vannesh holds Blues Nite in Extropia! |
 | Yes, we run a country! :P |
 | Saturday midnight in Extropia!! |
 | Serenity = Argent |
 | Rainy morning at home |
 | Jen Shikami hooks us up! |
 | Savoring Grace - |
 | - with my love Gala |
But, new friends and new Extropia citizens, new projects, a bit of precious family time, creative time with friends old and new - just the best!!
 | Chatting With Masami A wonderful long conversation with a new Resident- and a new friend! |
 | Permanent party! ...which turned into a small party, with Satir, Natsumi, Glaistig, and Argent - and Murasaki the dragon! |
 | Words fail! |
 | Second Life Africa promotion planning The FreeRice Contest is up and running! Go play!! |
 | Al Andalus/Extropia Discussion Series planning Can't talk about that yet! :) |
 | Stolen quiet moments with Vidal |
 | Best in Demo Night! |
 | Grace rocked our world! |
 | Custard and contemplation with Al Kronos! New New Alville is playful heaven! |
 | Shopping and design brainstorming with Zada! |
Life in Extropia continues to be a social blur - there's *always* people around, and new buildings springing up every day. We sold 4 1/2 more 1024 hex platforms this week - an upcoming mall and expansion space for several Citizens.
Despite the whirlwind of work, it was a wonderful family week. The best thing, goddess, the most wonderful part of the week, I didn't get a single photo of: Argent's and my daughter, Ciel, dropped in last night for a nice long visit, and promises to be around regularly, now that the Extropia power plant's available to open a temporal portal. I *did* manage to snag a copy of Ciel's profile photo - so if you see her around Extropia, welcome her - and *behave,* or two angry moms will be on your case! :)
(she *definitely* gets that seriousness - and the neckline! - from her other mom!) | Extropia, Day 8 |
 | Sleek |
 | Rolled out of bed and threw something on.... ;) dande and I admire Vidal, as Murasaki looks for bugs to munch.... |
 | High Orbital Where the Chair gets away from it all... |
 | Book cover shot Hey, I don't do the vanity pics that often! |
 | Life in Extropia *always* a party, especially when the Subby Union is around! |
 | Over Baja Powerful wings are a plus in a spacefaring nation! |
 | Alanagh!!! Another wonderful Salon, with friend and frequent Extropia visitor, Alanagh Recreant! |
 | Faerie consecrates Argent's Lovelock Tree |
 | Beauty |
 | The old soldier cleans up good! :D |
 | Faerie, after hitting the martini pitcher.... :P |
 | Kit gets her dragon ride! |
 | Zada moves in |
 | Kate and me at Zada's technohenge |
 | The Extropian Embassy to Al-Andalus |
 | Coastal sunrise The dawn of Extropia's Week 3... |
Yes, we're aiming for the New World Notes Top 20 community list, which means drawing over 60 people an hour - but numbers are one thing. Going from a cloaked skybox to a busy downtown neighborhood is something else!
The week started with 44 people at Extropia's launch party, and ended with me dropping in on the 6 people hanging out at the Nexus late Saturday night: so many new friends, so much good will towards Extropia, it's amazing! And the adventure's just beginning!
I'll be away for most of the next three days, as the Other Personality attends to some atomic-world deadlines, but I'll be back around a bunch from Wednesday on, to get the Founding Citizens moved in, our last residential parcels allocated, some commercial buildings planned out - and, omg, *desperately* needed family time!
 | Extropia Begins! 44 people at our launch party - 3 hours turns into 7 and going strong! |
 | Always a party in the Nexus! Monday: Lavender, Exo, Peer, SL4Observer and the family have a spontaneous mini-party! |
 | Charlie Stross interview Tuesday |
 | I move into a new home in Extropia Core! Wedesday: I move into the subtle blue hut on the left :P |
 | And, *another* spontaneous party! Lavender, Exo, Alanagh and I contemplate The Secret Goldfish under construction! |
 | Orange Island Idenity Summit Friday: Moderator Haver Cole, Saeya Nyanda, Torley Linden and Celebrity Trollop |
 | /me is bored A loooong break between events |
 | /CG is bored and nobody wanted to sit near her either! Blue camo strikes fear! :) |
 | Salon: Islamic Law Saturday: our first salon in Extropia is a hit! |
 | Afterparty, with Yel! A shopping assault is planned! |
 | Lex's Partnering/Collaring Thalia and Lex welcome guests |
 | We! I brought the gorgeousest date! :D |
 | Ceremony Vanni officiates the ceremony she wrote! |
 | Lovely Partners! Lex kissed and collared! |
 | Latenight hangout! Six people at the Nexus when I dropped in after tucking Gala in! Great to meet you, Hyper! |
The Extropia Core sim was delivered on Monday, so preparing for Extropia's launch took much of the week. Still, there was plenty of time for family, and friends old and new!
This was a glorious week for family, as we all worked and played hard together, and I was blessed by a visit from my beloved daughter, Ciel.
My weeks run Sunday to Saturday, for no real reason - so the party will get covered in next week's recap. I'll have a slide show up tomorrow or Tuesday, though - I've got 175 photos from it to sort and edit first!
 | Hanging With Maura I help new friend - and new Resident - Maura Nightfire set up her ZHAO - and got it right! :) |
 | dande and CG help out! I got to hang at home with dandellion for the first (and absolutely not last!) time, then Cybergrrl came over to model the new Extropia t shirts! |
 | First Steps Monday: I set foot on Extropia for the first time! |
 | Undersea fun! Goldfish Gala and I tease Argent undersea! |
 | My beautiful daughter I love Ciel so much I ache - seeing her is about the best thing in my life. And she's taller than me already! |
 | Family Ciel and Aunt Gala plot to take over the Multiverse... |
 | Extropia Core Isn't that a great photo?! |
 | So happy! All meetings should be like this! |
 | Board of Directors We're making working and playing together work! |
 | Extropia LEO Gala is a genius! |
 | Break Time A *much* needed break at Vanni's Blues Night! |
 | Just a cool photo! |
 | and another! |
 | We let the danceball live.... |
 | Sophrosyne's Saturday Salon: Banking in SL |
 | Another Break Trying out the wares at Hypnodolls, and going goth! |
 | Ending Together Argent and I played hooky from our construction chores, bought some lingerie and.... ;) |
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