Participants in VB42 Avatar Pride Parade during their walk across virtual American universities from New York to Chicago
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VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade – Machinima

Above is my machinima from the Second Saturday of 2013 Avatar Pride Walk, and below is my…

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S&TVC – The Girlfriend

It’s been a couple of months since I wrote about the new direction I was planning for my second life,…

Gallery Graine Sculpture Garden
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Fuschia Nightfire Art Opening

  Winter Outlined Gallery Graine’s Sculpture Garden is proud to announce the grand opening of Winter Outlined…

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Six – Part IV: When they got back to the cafe

When they got back to the café, after burying William Andrews, the mood was somber. Carver didn’t…

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Six – Part III: Morning of the next day

The morning of the next day was quiet. Sarah resumed her routine of climbing to the rooftops…

Xue Faith ice skating on a giant face in Noke Yuitza's LEA10 installation "Tears in Rain"
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LEA10 Tears in Rain

  Yessy, it’s meee ice skating on the giant face crying Tears in Rain at Noke Yuitza’s…

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Six – Part II: A Mysterious Death

A mysterious death in a quarantined town plagued by constant sandstorms triggers a series of unexpected events….

Photograph of Xue Faith sitting on a stool at the Haiku Speedbuild space in the Second Life region of Afar, with the "Haiku Speedbuild Gallery" sign, and the gallery itself, behind her.
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Haiku Speedbuild

Special Jewell has been the host of Haiku Speedbuild for twice as long as I’ve been a…

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Six – Part I: Sarah on the Rooftop

Sarah perched up on the rooftop. Night time was the perfect cover. Her eyes wandered the horizon,…

Xue Faith and Vaneeesa Blaylock skating on the frozen ice at the Bradley University Ice Skating Rink
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Second Saturday: Avatar Pride Parade

VB42 – Avatar Pride Parade Saturday 12 Jan ’13   SECOND LIFE MAINLAND, Sunday 6 January —…

Sepia Toned photograph of VBFM#8 - New Year's Day Art Crawl through the LEA sims
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VBFM #8 – New Year’s Art Crawl

  Tuesday, 1 January 2013 – Who needs a parade when you can have an art crawl!…

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Tiled Galleries

Hi Guys! We now have sexy new “Tiled Galleries!” Besides inserting an “image” in your post, you…

Still Photo from Pride Parade
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First Saturday: Avatar Pride Parade

  First Saturday! CIRCUIT LA CORSE, MEEWALH SIM, SECOND LIFE MAINLAND, 5 January — The growing “army”…

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The arrival of “The Arrival”

A detail of Rose Borchovski’s The Arrival, a new instalment of her Susa Bubble immersive narrative, which…

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Onward!

“Noted art historian Vaneeesa Anne Blaylock” energetically leads a group of art lovers in her New Year…

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2013 – Year of the Sentimentals…

Vancouver – January 01, 2013… The Year of the Sentimentals… Happy 2013, everyone!  I would like to…

augmented reality image of rolls of American currency as tall towers in a city landscape
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Wintermoot Mixed Reality Festival: Call for Entries

Hello iRez, I know this is kind of last minute, but I am in my 3rd year…

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Rushing into 2013…

…while wishing it may be the best year ever for everyone in all worlds, possible and impossible!

Beautiful Vampire Sue Hunniton - Second Life
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My Interview With A Vampire

You don’t have to look too far to notice that Second Life has a highly evolved realm…

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The End of Second Life

  The End of Second Life I hear you, “Not again!” But this time it’s real. I…

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Fiona Blaylock’s Birthday

Fiona Blaylock’s Birthday It’s my big sister’s birthday today. Boxing Day Baby! We hung out for a…

Gustave Courbet's 1855 painting, "The Painter's Studio: A Real Allegory of a Seven Year Phase in my Artistic (and Moral) Life" sometimes also referred to as "The Artist's Studio"
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The Artist’s Studio

The Artist’s Studio in the 19th Century Gustave Courbet’s monumental (nearly 4 x 6 meters) 1855 oil…

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Disqus Comment Mystery

Hi Guys! Looks like we have the Disqus comment mystery solved. If you REPLY to a comment…

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iRez World!

In this holiday season we’ve been reminiscing on 2012, our diverse pool of authors, our diverse identities,…

World Cup photograph "Spain vs Holland" showing players in bright orange uniforms jumping and cheering
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The Difference Between Holland & The Netherlands

That great font of information C. G. P. Grey has just released a new “geography” video explaining…

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Dear Authors: About.me

Hi everyone! Cool news, you can now add your iRez “feed” to your About.me page! Also if…

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Dear Authors

Hi All! iRez is back from blog limbo! It seems like everything is back and good. There…

 10 Comments on Hosoi Ichiba Gone
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Hosoi Ichiba Gone

I’ve used all my favorite adjectives when describing the beautiful Japanese Edo period regions of Hosoi Ichiba. Earlier this…

Close up detail of holiday photo featuring iRez authors Xue Faith, Trilby Minotaur, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Yordie Sands, Strawberry Singh and Canary Beck
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Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays Our virtual salon had 31 contributing authors in 2012, all the way from Agnes to…

cross-processed color photo (showing characteristic acid-greenish tones) of Xue Faith. Cropped to headshot.
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New Headshot!

Breaking News – Xue has a new hedshot! Haha, kk, lame, I know, but it IS my…