Category Archives: Cajsa’s Fast Five

Cajsa Fast Five: May 9th

Fast Five There’s a solar eclipse happening right now, you can watch it here. And coming out of the eclipse of depression, Allie of Hyperbole and a Half has a new post – the first in many months. While I do not suffer from depression, my late brother-in-law did. Her story explains it so well, something those of us on the outside need to understand. It is easy to offer platitudes and advice, but however well-meaning, they are hard to take. If you read nothing else, take some time for that post (As always, she writes with humor.) to get some insight on something I hope  you never experience. Continue reading

Cajsa Fast Five: March 3rd

Fast Five I will take advantage of this spot to highlight a fun event on Saturday – The Velvet: Circus of Dreams. I will be one of the eleven DJ’s taking you on a surreal trip to the Circus. I hope you can come.

 

  1. Romeo & Juliet: Opening Night Reviews Are In  Canary Beck shares a collection of reviews of the dance performance of Romeo & Juliet at the Basilique. More importantly, she has dates of upcoming performances. 
  2. Luscious Bombshell: An exclusive and entirely fabricated interview with Gogolita  Caduceus Lorakeet continues his hysterical reportage with an interview with the inimitable blogger of JuicyBomb.
  3. Technology Facilitates Thoughtless Indignation in Second Life: Honour McMillan writes about a loss to all of us brought about by acting without asking or thinking and how technological abuses damage our community through the lens of one specific example. “Who says is real and what is not real.”
  4. In the Pink Sky: Bom shares an adorably romantic picture. It will melt your heart.
  5. Engrama: Drax profiles a band that performs live in-world with no backing tracks. They talk about how they make music and what goes into their performance.

Cajsa Fast Five: May 1st

Fast Five Happy Labor Day to most of the world! Happy May Day!

Some great posts today, some with creative writing, some with magical photos.

 

  1. The Very Special Agent:  Irina Strazytski imagines undercover law enforcement in 2037. I loved the post and her imaginative character-building. The styling is fabulous, too. 
  2. Fiona Blaylock Naked Art Show Raided by NTPD. Vaneeesa Blaylock has a fun post over at IRez reporting on her sister’s antics and the resultant police raid.
  3. Lights of Remembrances: Opal Lei takes Dim Sum to a magical place.
  4. FireStorm Clouds: Inara Pey shows how to access new clouds in FireStorm and they are amazing! Now if only it did not crash the instant I try to save a photo.
  5. Peace: Whiskey Monday’s photos are always wonderful, but this is my favorite of them all. It’s stunning and you will not want to miss it.

Cajsa Fast Five: April 27th

Fast Five

The problem with having a cold is getting behind. It’s been four days since I did my last Fast Five and so much worthy stuff has been posted since then. I hope I can winnow it down to just five. It won’t be easy. I am going to cheat by adding this link to Daniel Voyager’s List of Viewers that support Server-Side Baking. He does not review or evaluate them; he just lists them, so I am going to pretend that does not count as a post.

  1. Takuya Jinn of Gabriel Speaks: A Fictional Exclusive Interview. I love humor and this post from Caduceus Lorakeet is hysterically funny. I dare you not to laugh.
  2. About SLOCCA and My Store: Aemeth Lysette wades into the template vs. original mesh controversy from the seldom-heard from perspective of a person who uses both and brings a common-sensical perspective. Continue reading

Cajsa Fast Five: April 23rd

Fast Five I have been under the weather the last few days. It’s funny how our emotions effect our health. I am sure that my feeling sick is more about today being the anniversary of my dad’s death than any little bacteria sneaking up on me. Oh well, even if I don’t feel up to shooting some pictures, I do have enough energy to browse the blogs for some highlights. Hope you like them.

  1. From the Rooftops for Gidge Uriza: I have been telling Gidge for a long time that she should write about about parenting autistic children. So many “experts” pretend that there is something transformative in the struggle, that people are ennobled by their experience. I suppose that could be comforting. You’re changing diapers for an 8 year old, but it makes you holy.

    Gidge has no such delusions and I think it would be a great comfort to parents who are overwhelmed with anxiety and frustration to have someone acknowledge that is really is hard and there’s a lot of shit, literal and figurative to deal with. I think someone needs to be honest and admit that sometimes parents get tired, cranky and frustrated and while it’s not noble, it’s honest.
    That is something Gidge does – and while she’s not writing that damn book yet, she is going to start a mutual support group. Sasy Scarborough wrote all about it and provides the link to add your name if you want to participate. You should check it out and share that info with friends who may need a reminder that they don’t have to be saintly to be good parents to autistic children.
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Cajsa Fast Five: April 21st

Fast Five[]===23ww34! Oscar says “hello” as he butts his head and purrs in my ear. I felt like purring myself when I read the lovely post from Chalice Carling called The Givers of SL. Thank you so much, Chalice. Gidge and I are both very grateful.

  1. N0. 230: Jillsun Beverly does a great job styling with creativity and imagination. In this outfit, she makes a Gorean tunic out of a Maitreya cocktail dress. Thanks to Lourdes Denimore for sharing the post on plurk. 
  2. Fantasy Faire 2013: The Muses Instead of linking directly to Grazia Horwitz’s specific post featuring an incredibly beautiful dress, the first link takes you to her front page so you can admire her clever blog design that features front page teases in black and white that lead to the full-color full picture posts behind the cut. I love this look. It’s so chic. And the post with the dress is amazing, too.  Continue reading

Cajsa Fast Five: April 19th

Fast Five There’s so much today, that I had my five before I even began browsing feed.There’s a video preview of Fantasy Faire that is stunning, a great Disney Bound post and info on an advertising campaign you might be interested in.

  1. SL DisneyBound – Merida: I want the hair. This is simply stunning and  one of my favorite from all the DisneyBound challenge posts yet. I love everything Elisaokkbye did from the dress to the hair to the pose. 
  2. A Secret Setting in the Viewer? The folks over at Firestorm/Phoenix are having altogether too much fun. You simply must look at the photos. The last one from Whirly Fizzie had me laughing myself silly.
  3. The Drax Files Episode Four – Fantasy Faire/RFL: Draxtor Depres interviews Zander Greene, one of the organizers of Fantasy Faire. Zander is an incredible interview, articulate and expressive in his language. The video is beautiful highlighting much of the beautiful of Fantasy Faire.
  4. A Tiny Roleplay Misunderstanding in Second Life – Honour McMillan has been blogging about travel in SL for a long time and often posts wonderful explorations of different sims. This time, however, something went awry.
  5. Casting Call: Apply to Star in a Second Life Ad Campaign –  Here’s your shot at your 15 minutes of SLfame and SLebrity. LL is looking for avatars who are willing to reveal their RL selves and whose avatars and RL selves are different.

Cajsa Fast Five: April 17

Fast FiveToday finds me sending you back to the same blog as last time, but how could I not, the photo is so special. The rest if great fashion or lifestyle blog posts and one post with guidance on pronunciation.

 

  1. A Midsummer Nights Dream: Wise Sandalwood had half of Plurk agog yesterday wondering how she did this. I assume she used a mix of different texture layers and brushes in Photoshop. Part of the magic is not telling. The other part is recognizing how perfectly the Doll Coco Avatar is for creating illustrations.
  2. Loneliness: Wicca Merlin  does a stunning exploration of hard and soft textures and moods in styling her Gizza-centric outfit yesterday. The pieces she pulled together should have been disjointed, but somehow they work together.
  3. The FIC Is Back! (Or It Never Left) – This is a few days old as I hesitated to include this post from Prokofy Neva whose infinite capacity for argument is well-known. However, I have been mispronouncing FIC all this time. It rhymes with BIKE, not SICK. That is one of the things covered in this op-ed full of speculation that is debunked in the Update at the end.
  4. Soleil: Eve Kazan has a beautiful travel/fashion post featuring the arid FAS sim and her finds at the local market, the spice, the pottery, the flowers…
  5. 229: Nati Williams did a post featuring her garden. I want to live there.

Cajsa Fast Five: April 15th

Fast Five It’s Income Tax Day in the US. Also my birthday. So, for my set tonight at The Velvet I am playing some of my favorite songs. Not all of them. That would take s day or more, but a few of them. Lots of that old-fashioned rock and roll. I hope you can come. I DJ from 5 to 7 PM SLT.

  1. SL10B Applications are open: SL’s 10th birthday is coming and applications for performers, exhibitors and volunteers are open. The theme is Second Life – Looking Forward, Looking Back. I cannot wait to see what folks come up with.
  2. On the Hunt: Wise Sandalwood has the most amazing photo, one that seems more like an illustration done in real life, not in Second Life®. I love her work all the time, but this is one of her best ever.
  3. Nobody Knows the Troobles I’ve Seen: Tymmerie Thorne shows off the new SL® gift via Amazon, the Troobles. Like me, she has no answer to the mystery of the Troobles, but she always writes with wit and humor and is not going to, as she said, “look a gift Trooble in the mouth.”
  4. Just Know You’re Not Alone. Cause I’m Going to Make This Place Your Home. Rockstaroo Gossipgirl has a fun post highlighting the enchanting little food truck from What Next for The Garden.
  5. Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Inaugural Address. While I was preparing this, bombs went off in Boston casting the shadow of fear across our country. At this moment, we have no idea who is involved or even whether it is all over or if there are more bombs yet to explode. Uncertainty adds to our collective anxiety. On this horrible afternoon, I think it is worthwhile to read the incredibly wise words of President Roosevelt who assumed the presidency during the Great Depression, an economic nadir far more extensive than our own Great Recession and in a world threatened by imperial fascism and communism across the globe. Those threats were far more existential than what we face today and we persevered and triumphed in large part because we did not let ourselves be paralyzed by fear. So on this terrible day, I am suggesting you take a moment to read this inspirational speech and find comfort and strength in its wisdom.

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend’s were.
Each man’s death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee. 

John Donne,  Meditation XVII