This is Ravalation being read by an avatar on a threadmill in Second Life. I'll have to infiltrate Second Life one of these days to find out what that means. Picture by Vaneeesa Blaylock.
Inspired by the NBI, Vaneeesa from iRez is organizing an Avatar Blogger Challenge in June. Yes that's right, that's now! So what's going on?
From iRez, June is Avatar Blogger Month!:
WHO:
Any Avatar Blogger who blogs about their adventures in 1 or more virtual worlds. Any worlds. Gaming worlds. Building worlds. All that matters is that your avatar is the blogger.
CHALLENGE:
30 posts in 30 days. It’s easier than it sounds! Don’t think you’re writing the great novel! Just a simple post a day. A short post. A photo post. Any post. 30 posts in 30 days.
I said to Van that it was a great idea, but I was still thinking about a format for my own participation. And then I unexpectedly ended up in the hospital for a week and now we're already way into June. But there was a surprise when I came back home: Van had secretly put my name on the participation list! Thus came to be that I was totally ninja'd into the Avatar Blogger Month.
Participants
Here are the 26 participants of the Avatar Blogger Month, who's avatars will all write one post a day. I'll update the list when needed. There are some late comers, so you can still join if you want. If you do, leave a comment to Vaneeesa here.
From iRez, Avatar Blogger Month - Participation List!:
1. BACON SPAMflickr.com/photos/sillyblog
2. ALEX AND HERO
alexandhero.wordpress.com
3. RAVALATION
ravalation.blogspot.com
4. LIVING IN A MODEMWORLD
modemworld.wordpress.com
5. STRAWBERRY SINGH.com
strawberrysingh.com
6. PAYPABAK WRITER
paywriter.tumblr.com
7. A COZEY SECOND LIFE
cozeyinsl.wordpress.com
8. STUFFERY
stuffery.crashthemode.net
9. PICS BY PEEP
picsbypeep.com
10. CHAOTIC VIRTUALITY
chaoticvirtuality.com
11. A SECOND FOR IMAGINATION
secondimagination.wordpress.com
12. KITTYWITCHIN’
kittywitchin.com
13. BEHIND THESE EMERALD EYES
behindemerald.wordpress.com
14. DARK PHANTOM
aaryaphantomhive.blogspot.com
15. CONFESSIONS OF A FIRST-TIME PAGEANT MODEL
pageantconfessions.wordpress.com
16. VIXXIE’S VIRTUAL LIFE
virtualvix.wordpress.com
17. SQUIRREL SEEKING CHIPMUNK
eailineen.tumblr.com
18. SONGS FROM THE COALFACE
canarybeck.com
19. MODELESQUE 2 LIFE
modelesque2life.wordpress.com
20. HEY, IT JUST ME
nievethor.wordpress.com
21. DEFINING MOMENTS
definingmomentssl.blogspot.com
22. THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY FASHIONISTAS
leagueofextraordinaryfashionistas.wordpress.com
23. PRINCESS BRAT
princessbrat.wordpress.com
24. ORCA’S WORLD
orcasl.blogspot.com
25. DAALLEE: THESE ARE THE DAYS OF MY SL LIFE
daallee.com
26. LIZZIE GUDKOV It Takes a Village
irez.me/author/lizziegudkov
Bye bye
So, this was my last post of this month. From now on, I give this diary to my avatar Ravanel, who's name I've borrowed for such a long time now as a blogger. She's free to do with it what she wants. Pretty scary, I have no idea about what's going to happen. Promise me to be nice to Ravanel!
P.S. All posts related to the Avatar Blogger Challenge will be labeled "ABC" here on Ravalation. The number states which issue it is and will go up to 30 for each post in the challenge.
P.P.S. All pictures of this post are shamelessly stolen from iRez and produced by Vaneeesa Blaylock.
Hm. Sounds interesting! I think I will give it a try though I will have to do some catch-up first since I didn't know about it until now.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about you being the hospital. :(
I hope you are all better now and that you don't have to see another hospital (or at least just from the outside!) for a long time.
~ Rakuno
Super cool that you're interested in the challenge. I could use the company in between all those Second Life people. xD And don't worry too much about 'catching up', quoting Van: "Don’t stress on the 30 posts in 30 days part… like an RL Gym, your goals are your own… we’re all just here to cheer." (2013/05/28 at 11:56 am)
DeleteThanks for your best wishes. I only need to go to the hospital for a followup talk, so as long as I don't need to stay there in a bed, all is fine. :)
Hmm, interesting. I think I might be avatar-dominant already. :D
ReplyDeleteI'll read along with you.
That's true, all you'd have to do is to create a post a day.
DeleteGlad to have you aboard, I hope one month of Ravanel isn't going to bore you to death. After all, she is an old elf and her favorite subject is history...
Wait? Wut? "Bye bye" - you're giving this blog to Ravanel for the rest of the month? hahaha Who the hell was writing it before!? :P I thought it was always Ravanel!
ReplyDeleteYes Rakuno, Danania, or anyone else, we'd love to have you! It's funny the circles we travel in... NBI last year was so awesome... but from my end of it I noticed almost no one from Second Life there... and now ABC (Avatar Blogger Crossfit month) I suppose just because I hang out in SL, is mostly from there. So we really need your diversity! ha! I tell you it's nothing but fashion blogs over there!! O_o (not actually true... but probably 50% true)
For anyone out there who'd like to join us, do let me know and we'll set up a Treadmill Workout / Workstation for you. You can actually visit "LEA11" if you like, but we can put your blog on the screen either way.
As Ravanel notes... if anyone wants to start now, I wouldn't stress about the past week... maybe shoot for 23 posts in 23 days... or do June 8 - July 8 or whatever works for you. But it is fun to have a group of peeps all working away and commenting / reading etc.
Hope you get well soon Ravanel or Ravanel's typist or Ravanel's typist's avatar or... oh gawd... now *I'm* totally confused! :)
Confused is the right word... I hope ABM2 will explain some things. Or make them even more confusing, that's certainly an option as well.
DeleteI really want to try and visit the LEA11 sometime. I'm super curious at what it's like. I have never been in Second Life before though, so that's going to be quite the project. Perhaps see you there!