I hope Geoffrey Rush enjoyed celebrating his two-day birthday! Yep, first it was July 6 in his homeland of Australia (in U.S. Eastern time at least), and it will last until about 8 p.m. tonight in Hawaii, where he is currently filming Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides. In honor of the occasion, I give you ... the video I created last ( Read more... )

WTF? Could this story actually be true??? I thought requiring fluorescent light bulbs by law was extreme, but aren't Australians proud of being anti-censorship, allowing swearing on TV and all? Now the government of the country Geoffrey Rush loves so much is going to ban Second Life because of the mistaken idea it's a porn site? (After the huge ( Read more... )

I may have missed St. Patrick's Day, but (now that it's safely over once more) I can wish you a happy April Fool's Day, only one day late. Assuming happiness is actually the point of it, that is. I'd have included this with yesterday's posts, but I thought three was enough for one day! Plus then I wouldn't have been able to mention Craig Ferguson's ( Read more... )

I know most of my friends here on LJ either aren't interested or think I'm addicted/losing what's left of my mind, so I've decided to create a separate journal to talk about my adventures in the virtual world of Second Life. Just in case you're interested, you can find it here.
 

As my f-list already knows, I've recently fallen down the rabbit hole been sucked into the magical online virtual world known as Second Life. I find it a fun and atmospheric tool for meeting and chatting with friends from around the world (just as soon as all my friends join me there, hint hint!); travelling virtually and exploring neat places like ( Read more... )