Second Life Watersports...or...SLopposites Attract

by Marcophoto Upshaw
AKA: Mark E. Lodge, USA

Group chat from the "Explicit Sexual Roleplayers" group..... "all names changed to protect the guilty"

[21:16] AD puts her toe into the hotel pool a bit shyly, embarassed to be skinnydipping, and in the pool after hours. but the hot night and inviting pool made it too tempting to resist, and she was not in the mood to resist temptation.
[21:16] ST: shhh, don't splash
[21:16] DF: watching from behind the palm tree
[21:17] AD gives an eep of fear and tries to cover herself, cowering behind the far too thin palm tree.

[21:17] ST: get in quick, but be quiet
[21:18] DF: seeing you both in the distance dark
[21:18] DF: nude
[21:20] AD eyes bulge a bit, but all that shows is her hesitation.. the water seems suddenly so cold.. and yet it would at least cover her up.. decends the ladder as best as she can, her skin and of course lovely body shining in the moonlight
[21:20] PN smiles, "Mmm, you look gorgeous nude.

[21:21] Marco: runs, leaps, and does a big old cannonball into the water next to AD
[21:21] EQ: lol
[21:21] ST: boy is this getting crowded
[21:21] ST swims to the side

[21:22] Marco: oops, my trunks fell off!
[21:22] ST taking her time, climbs the ladder, bends over to pick up her towel and wraps it around her head

[21:22] Marco: flails around looking for them
[21:22] AD looks stunned to see the crowded pool.. and holds to the side.. trying to not make it obvious is nude.. what kind of hotel is this?
[21:22] DF: wlaks out form behind the tree fully erect
[21:22] RB: /ME SITS in the corner rubbin her nipples
[21:22] DF: and drops his swimshorts
[21:23] ST laughs at DF and his erection and walks to the exit, wrapping her towel around her nude body

[21:24] AD just turns and mouth hanging open watches the show.
[21:25] DF: watching Sword's cute ass as she chickens out
[21:25] RB wonders if the cool water will cause her nipples to be harder

[21:25] Marco: someone turn on the klieg lights, help me find my swim trunks!
[21:25] DF: and walks off
[21:28] AD decides the hot tub might be less crowded.. and crawls out of the pool and slips into it, turining on the water jets, which in turn turns on the lights,, bathing her body in pastel tones.

[21:31] Marco: runs, leaps, and does a big old NUDE cannonball into the hot tub water next to AD
[21:31] LO: continues to circle the depths of the hot tub as he suddenly propels himself upward as one of the jets blasts one of his eyes. Quickly twisting and turning his head as he regains his eyesight, wondering who disturbed his midnight explorations.
[21:32] LO: loses consciouness as some massive object slams against his head, and he sinks back to the bottom of the tub.

[21:32] Marco: haha
[21:32] AD wipes the water out of her eyes.. and eeps as realizes she is standing on someone.
[21:33] LO: Oh sure step on me now, its not like I'm gonna drown in a minute anyway.

[21:33] Marco: that's just my big ass LO. pay it no mind.
[21:34] AD sidles off to the side and sits carefully with her knees up.. leting the jets stroke her low back.. and wriggles.. realizing with just a little movement, the water jet will hit her pussy

[21:37] LO: sputters and coughs as he slowly rises to the surface again, gently kicking his legs as he moves himself off to the side. Laying along the rim of the tub as he tries to gather his mind. Breathing in deeply, filling his lungs as he savors the crisp night air. Keeping his eyes closed for the moment as he simply relaxes himself after his near death experience, allowing the steam to rise off of his body as he lets out a long drawn out sigh of relief.
[21:38] FH opens the shade of her window, looking down at the pool and wondering what all the shenanigans are about at this late hour
[21:38] GS reaches into the tub and pushes LO back beneath the surface

[21:39] SJ: stop the spam , rp in your own chat or im's
[21:39] LO: chuckles, "Just having a bit of fun"

[21:40] Marco: "hmmm, my trunks are not here either." looks at SJ suspiciously,
[21:40] DF: yeah
[21:40] GS: gladly...*giggles*

[21:40] Marco: methinks SJ should stay out of the kitchen if he can't take the heat.
[21:40] DF: awww this is fun
[21:40] AD: perhaps we should start a separate group where this is just what happens.. i kind of like it.. sure is better than "hello.. looking for f for ffm fun"
[21:41] DF: yes AD
[21:41] DF: i agree

[21:41] GS sees trouble brewing
[21:41] LO: Well it shows who is a capable emoter and who is just a debbie downer.

[21:41] Marco: yeah, it is. even if Marco is acting like a 15 year old tonight.
[21:41] KS: oh yeah!??
[21:41] KS: ~snickers~
[21:41] LO: Mind getting me an aspirin or just a bag of ice after that blow to the head?

[21:42] Marco: lol, awww LO, maybe AD will rub your head.
[21:42] Marco: question is, which head?
[21:42] Marco: and what will she rub it with?
[21:42] GS laughs...they did say explicit

[21:43] Marco: she said she liked the jets of water shooting against her pussy,....maybe she would prefer rubbing your head on it.
[21:44] Marco: mmmmm trembles at the thought
[21:44] AD: who needs a man when you got a well aimed jet!

[21:44] Marco: mmmm AD, may I be your jet?
[21:56] AD: laughs.. ooh.. i am sorry. did you say something> i was just a bit distracted.. i thought i saw the managers light come on.. (sorry rl)

[21:58] Marco: no problem honey, *keeps "jetting" her pussy.*
[21:58] AD laughs and wriggles.. my this sure is a FULL SERVICE resort!
[21:59] Marco: ma'am, we aims to please.
[21:59] Marco: did I mention that we "aims"???
[22:00] AD is aimed at.
[22:01] Marco: such a tiny little target....aims more carefully.

[22:02] AD: stands up , thinking the water in this pool is looking decidedly murkier.
[22:02] AD: (where are you. what exactly are you doing where.. be more descriptive)

[22:04] Marco stands up, slips his swim trunks back on (I had them in my fist the entire time, lol) climbs out, shakes off like a woolly dog, and heads for home. toodleoo, gang, it was fun.

--Marco

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Marco's-Funny-Chat-Group in Second Life #3--Mt. Vesuvius

Marco's-Funny-Chat-Group in Second Life #3--Mt. Vesuvius

by Marcophoto Upshaw
(AKA: Mark E. Lodge, USA)

During this group chat with Marco's Funny Chat, I was dancing at the 6th Element nightclub in Gol, while "flirting-up" a cutiepie by the name of Verdi. "All names have been changed to protect the guilty."

Marco: How is everybody?
GreenyGirl: :)
TopGun: ok
Marco: hey there Greeny, and Top,
Marco: Whatchall doing?
KeyHole: HUGSS ALL
Marco: KeeeeeeHole!
KeyHole: heeeeeeeey marcoooooooooo
Marco: it is so nice to hear from friends. :)

TopGun: I'm working at the club
GreenyGirl: my god!!! this is the group chat that i haven't the desire to mute all.. lol
Marco: Yeah me too....working hard at this club....having a workout..
KeyHole: lol

Marco: "pumping" my flirting muscles.
TopGun: lol
Marco: Usem or Losem
KeyHole: omg

GreenyGirl: ah.. the accessory you can't find in freebie land...
Marco: now KeyHole, my flirting muscles are ABOVE THE BELT, not below.
TopGun: lol
KeyHole: i didn't say a word
Marco: the "below the belt" muscles come into play after a good flirtin muscles workout.
GreenyGirl: lol
TopGun: lol
KeyHole: hehe
KeyHole: so you say

GreenyGirl: what if there's nothing below the belt???? :o
Marco: lol
KeyHole: omg lol
Marco: well that can be a problem for us older vampires......viagra just is not enough....we need Vesuvius.
TopGun: lol
KeyHole: ooooooooo
Marco: hahahaha

GreenyGirl: it's not the wand.. but the magic of the performer.. lol
Marco: which brings up alllll kinds of interesting mental images.
Marco: Heeeey Greeny! I like your thinking!
GreenyGirl: yeah.. specially coming from marco.. lol
KeyHole: hehe
Marco: lol

Marco: I have a fishie on the line.
GreenyGirl: and according to ladie's testimonies.. marco's got magic.. lol
Marco: oooo who has been talking?
KeyHole: ohhhh watch out girls here he comes the magic man
GreenyGirl: ;)
Marco: well you know KeyHole, I get a fishie on the line, then SHE reels me in.
TopGun: lol
KeyHole: lol

Marco: .She just asked me how old I am. shit.
GreenyGirl: lol
KeyHole: hehe old as dirt
Marco: Vesuvius just went quiet.
GreenyGirl: just send her a resume marco
GreenyGirl: lol
GreenyGirl: what a way to kill the moment..
KeyHole: hehe
KeyHole: would take to long to read the intro to his resume
GreenyGirl: haha
TopGun: lol

Marco: I wrote a whole blog about that standard flirting question, "How old ARE you?"
GreenyGirl: lol
GreenyGirl: does it really matter in SL?
GreenyGirl: i mean.. we change our appearance.. we can easily change age..
KeyHole: hehe
Marco: yeah, really. "39-and-holding" Verdi.

GreenyGirl: or is that sl age or rl age she's asking? lol
Marco: RL
KeyHole: well
GreenyGirl: lol
KeyHole: are you shy marco
Marco: I told her I would say my age in here, "39-and-holding"
KeyHole: hehehehehe
GreenyGirl: it would be kinda awkward saying.. "i'm 2days old.."
Marco: so she has to join to find out. "39-and-holding"
KeyHole: lol
GreenyGirl: lol...

GreenyGirl: no wonder u need vesuvius marco..
KeyHole: hang on hun let me get my bottle and nanny and we can go
Marco: is the bottle for me? or the Nanny?
GreenyGirl: perhaps the nanny's for you.. lol
KeyHole: depends on the nanny
KeyHole: hehe

Marco: Hey Greeny, her name is Verdi.
GreenyGirl: sounds like.. lol
KeyHole: lol


Marco: well, as long as my nurse steadies me as I stand next to my wheelchair....shaking my tail feaaaaaatheeer *CRASH* OOOPS. I fell over.
Marco: "39-and-holding" Verdi
GreenyGirl: LMAO
KeyHole: ROFLMAO
Marco: damn...*rubs hip*

KeyHole: someone get that man his teeth
Marco: hahahahahahahaha
KeyHole: heheheheehahahahahaahahahahhheheheehehe
Marco: yeah, they shot across the floor when I fell.
GreenyGirl: lmao

Marco: well I told her...guess that is the end of that.
KeyHole: need more tang
Marco: her response, "I C"
GreenyGirl: u could've lied to her marco.. if she's worth it.. lol
KeyHole: lol
Marco: Verdi: ic Marco: .pretty good moves for a dinosaur, eh?
GreenyGirl: lol
Marco: we will see if she is worth it.....if she sticks around.

GreenyGirl: do u want us to give recommendations marco? lol
KeyHole: hehe we need them lol
Marco: YES! Can you give me some good references?
GreenyGirl: well, i have to try out for myself first.. lol
KeyHole: lol you would just put them in your blog
Marco: oh yes Greeny?
Marco: Can you possibly fit me in? *wicked grin, pun intended*

GreenyGirl: but i can do surveys if u want.. lol... just give me your li'l black book and i'll contact them.. lol
KeyHole: lol
Marco: Ok, coming right up...I hope you have a fast computer and......LOTS of RAM
KeyHole: i want to help with that one
KeyHole: can i PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
GreenyGirl: lol...
Marco: cuz I have LOTS of RAM *wink*
KeyHole: PURRRRRSSSSSSSSS
KeyHole: DODGE RAM
GreenyGirl: OMG! you just crashed my pc!!!!
KeyHole: lol
Marco: ooooooo bayayby

Marco: RAM CHARGER
GreenyGirl: hmmm.. that big huh??? lol
KeyHole: hehe
Marco: and a Testosterosa

GreenyGirl: marco how about holding an event for your blog?
GreenyGirl: perhaps your club can host it lol
Marco: a love-in?
Marco: Here's what I said to Verdi: Marco: but hell this is sl, we will just be friends, right? Verdi: sure. Marco: and make wild sl love? It keeps me young...will you do your part?
KeyHole: omg
GreenyGirl: ok.. marco.. scrap her...
KeyHole: hehe and now she runs

GreenyGirl: KeyHole's here ... lol
KeyHole: WHAT
KeyHole: LOL
Marco: Greeny, are you volunteering KeyHole? Are you dropping an ant into the spider's web?
GreenyGirl: lol...
GreenyGirl: but i think marco needs the challenge.. lol
KeyHole: lol

Marco: mmmm maybe I should try for Greeny.
KeyHole: he has tried poor man
KeyHole: and tried and tried
GreenyGirl: hah! in your dreams marco..
GreenyGirl: lol
KeyHole: lol
Marco: but, I have sworn off truelove...tired of being burned.
KeyHole: he is a good peep
Marco: Now I am just looking for gratuitous sex.

KeyHole: yes till the next woman walks by
GreenyGirl: i refuse to be a willing victim.. lol
GreenyGirl: haha
KeyHole: hehe you go Greeny
GreenyGirl: i refuse to be a willing victim... specially when i'm at work.. lol
Marco: ok ok, you can pretend to resist...right up until the time you catch me.
KeyHole: ohhhhh dirty girl

GreenyGirl: besides.. if marco is so good as he says he is... well...
KeyHole: don't stop get it get it

Marco: Next thing I know my "below the belt muscle" will be stuck "you know where" and I will be saying "Yes dear,....ok dear...how high dear...."
KeyHole: lol
KeyHole: always talk and no proof
GreenyGirl: ... then i'm out of my league.. lol
Marco: Hmmmm KeyHole....baby,,,,you smell so gooooood tonight.
KeyHole giggles

Marco: but KeyHole, you plum wore me out last night.....if you do that AGAIN, I might have a heart attack.
GreenyGirl: lol
KeyHole: hehe
KeyHole: take your pill old man

Marco: but what a way to go.
KeyHole: lol
Marco: the ultimate "coitus interruptus."
KeyHole: hehe
KeyHole: watching you wheel around the stage

GreenyGirl: does assisting an old man to have sex constitute an orgy?
Marco: you breaka my heart!
KeyHole: lol maybe
GreenyGirl: lol

KeyHole: gotta go guys see ya
Marco: seee, she is too heated up.
Marco: she has to go cool off.

GreenyGirl: she saw the wrinkled skin.. lol
Marco: oh, well it won't stay wrinkled long....get the blood moving and those wrinkles will stretch righ out.
GreenyGirl: haha...

--Marco
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HOW 12 MILLION SL ACCOUNTS EQUALS 2 MILLION SECOND LIFERS...OR...SHOCKING SL ALTERNATIVES

by Marcophoto Upshaw
(AKA: Mark E. Lodge, USA)

Recently, I wrote a blog called "Why Second Life ® is like the 1908 auto transportation system." This blog is not a continuation of that. However, I touched on a topic there that I want to comment on again, today. The subject is alts. The term "Alts" is Second Life ® slang for "Alternative Accounts." It succinctly explains how 12 million equals 2 million.

My grammar school teacher carefully explained the concept to me of how 2 + 2 = 4. It was a tough lesson, as I never was any good at math. But it is nice to know that there is someone out there that is even worse at math than I. That person of course is Governor Linden. Because somehow he thinks that 12 million accounts actually means 12 million people are using sl! In promoting Second Life ® on the web, the gods of LL continually speak of how 12 mil people use Second Life ®. Sounds great! But it is an illusion. There really are only 2 million, and each has--on average--6 accounts. Of course many only have 1, so you know that some have 112. But it works out to an average of 6 each.

And that works for me too. I have let's see....*Marco starts counting on his fingers....and toes*....8 accounts. One primary avie and 7 alts. HA! I bet I threw you with the fingers and toes thing. But you didn't know that I lost 12 digits in a fight with a Cardassian Sand Devil. However, I digress.

"Why on earth would anyone need 8 accounts?" you may ask. Good question. I certainly did not start with that goal in mind. I did not wake up one day and think...."Hmmmm what should I put on my 'To-Do' list for today, I only have 44 things on it now and I need one more....hmmm OH I KNOW, I NEED TO ADD 7 ALT ACCOUNTS ON SL!" No, as with all bad habits, it starts slowly, you add an alt here, one there, and before you know it you are hip deep in the little peckers... just like having children.

My personal foray into the world of Alts came about for a number of reasons. One of the first arrived because I decided to become a male escort. I didn't want the world to know that the great Marco was now a slimeball escort, so I created my younger "half-brother" Ricophoto Caproni....same father, two different mothers, (they never married).

Amazingly, we looked very much alike! At the time, I really liked the skin and hair I was using for Marcophoto, it attracted scads of scantily clothed ladies, so I thought, "If it ain't broke don't fix it." So I bought the identical skins and outfits for Rico. I explained to my gal pals that Rico was the bad-boy "black sheep" of the family, and told them they better stay away from him. Naturally this meant they HAD to have him. And that is exactly what happened. Unfortunately, no one wanted to pay for "it." Rico spent something like 15 K on romantic and sexy poseballs for his new freelance escorting venture. But the poor boy just did not have the heart to ask for payment for "it." One gal paid him with a cheap, garish, freebie piece of jewelry. Escort Rico lasted just two days. This explains why my home is now filled with approximately 25,000 sex balls.....and no furniture.

Soooo I put Rico to sleep. No, I did not euthanize him...I did not "put him to sleep" like you do a cat or dog. Though, some say that denying the poor fellow sex for months on end is a fate worse than death. Rather, I stripped him of most of his "essential elements" including his cash allowance....shipped them back to Marco....and let him go to sleep. He still exists, I trot him out every now and then. I let him walk around the yard and stretch his muscles. We have a little chat together and laugh about that goofy freebie cross that gal "paid" him with. I get him to help me move some furniture around the house and adjust pose balls. Then I give him a playful punch in the shoulder like men everywhere do, and send him back to his room.

My next foray into the weird world of alts came about because of a job change. I had worked for months as a Security officer at a large dance club. One of the advertisement signs in the room was for a well-known private investigation firm in SL. That sounded soooo romantic: Marco the sleuth....Marco the spy....Marco the dick. Well I already WAS a dick some would say, so this sounded like a natural thing for me to explore. And explore it I did. As usual with all my new ventures, I pursued it with gusto.

But one of the oddities about SL is that while the gods here approve of anyone busting crime in sl, they consider it a violation of the TOS "Terms of Service" to stalk another avie. So though my official mission was to trail cheaters and thieves, I had to be careful lest one of them file a complaint against ME for breaking the TOS. How quickly the lines between "good guy" and "bad guy" become blurred on sl.....just like the Gestapo Security I wrote about in another blog. The point is that, in the pursuit of a "bad guy" the Lindens could in fact shut down my account. Hence the need for more Alts.

In the end, I created two other accounts to circumvent that problem: A boy alt and a girl alt. Yes, a FEMALE ALT. And oooooh boy, did THAT turn into an adventure, let me tell you. I'll tell you more about that in a different blog. So I created the guy, Robertoman, and the girl, Jennygurrrl to use for my private investigations. And they worked very well. I worked a number of cases and learned a lot of neat tricks of the trade. In the end though, I found I despised the private eye business. It is not nearly so romantic as it sounds. Basically it involves trying to seduce another person, while you take pictures of them for their spouse....."See, she really IS a jerk." I felt terrible. I love women, and I could not live with myself trying to seduce them with false motives. So I only lasted a couple of months in that profession. But that is a discussion for another day, perhaps when I write a blog about strange SL jobs.

So that is how alt accounts two and three came to be. Someday I will write a blog all about the adventures and misadventures of Jennygurrrl. It was a very odd feeling at first for this All-Male man to parade around as a lesbian female. But in the end, I became quite good at it, and had a great time....for awhile....until my conscience caught up with me. :(

My next set of alts came about during the great "group invites" fiasco from the early days of starting this blog. Josiegurrrrl and Ashton were created to send out thousands of group invitations for my blog every day. This was another gray area as far as the gods of SL are concerned. Initially, they told us it was OK to send out group invitations, provided we did not send out more than one invitation to each person. But I knew better than to totally trust the Lindens. Trusting them is like trusting your local bureaucrat who shows up at your door and says, "Hello, I'm from the Government and I am here to help you." Yeah right. And if you believe that, then I have a bridge I would like to sell to you.

Unfortunately the Lindens are well known for "the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing." One office of the Lindens will say, "sure, go ahead and send out your group invitations" Then, as you get cranked up and start sending them out, a different department of the Linden gods, will suddenly shut your account off for some vague "violation of the tos" crap. And puhleeeeeeze, don't IM me with a copy/paste of the TOS about spam. I have studied every word in the TOS about a zillion times. NOWHERE does it say that sending out group invitations is considered spam. I even bought a premium account just so I could have live chats with the Linden gods about this issue. And they assured me it was OK. ....just before they shut down Josiegurrrrl's acct for spamming with group invitations.

In the end the issue made its way up the ladder to one of the "Higher Gods" who told us sending out 5 or 6 thousand group invitations a day was "unacceptable" behavior and apologized for the "mixed signals" the lower echelon gods had sent out. Soooooo, along with Ricophoto, Jennygurrrl and Robertoman, I put Josiegurrrrl and Ashton to sleep.

The seventh and final alt is my good friend and blog business partner, MarcosSLhumor Baum. Strange name, isn't it? But he was created strictly for use in writing and promoting this blog. This is a very common practice in busy sims. Often, the sim builder has to fly around and maintain his/her sim, without being constantly interrupted by friends who want to chit chat or ask for help with problems. So the sim owner will create an alt. In fact, that reminds me, the very first alt I created was a furry fox named High Blinker.

High did all the photos for the tipjar system at Dance Island. Marco was supposed to do them, but he could not walk in the place without 20 people immediately wanting to chat with him. So High would go in, take the photos, and then work on uploading them to the tipjar. Nobody at Dance Island wanted to talk to the fox, so it worked out perfectly. Occasionally High would flirt with the girls, and tell them how much he wanted to curl up with them in his den. This always made them giggle....sometimes a nervous giggle when he suggested they hook up together and raise a litter of 20 kits.

Or, maybe the sim owner allows only the business alt to Create or Build in the sim. When other staff need to do some building, the sim owner will give them the password to the alt. It is common practice on sims for several staff members to use one alt...passing access to him/her back and forth among themselves. Talk about needing an exorcist.

And in the case of the blog, we use the Subscribe-O-Matic display system (which I highly recommend by-the-way) to set up display units for the blog all over sl. But when setting up the units in other sims, the sim owner needs to have the right to move them around. They need to have Modify rights. So that was why I created MarcosSLhumor Baum. He can grant Modify rights to sim owners, without me worrying that some nutball sim owner might show up and steal my house and belongings. I've already had to boot a couple of advertisers from the blog because they were manipulative jerks. It happens. Most of the business owners I've dealt with--99.95%--are wonderful people. But just like in real life, there is always that .05% who seem to think everybody else lives to make THEM happy. I didn't want those nutballs to have access to my personal belongings. Thus Mr. Baum was created.

Besides granting modify rights, Mr. Baum is in charge of purchasing crazie avies for our many photoshoots. Mr. Baum purchased Uncle Fester, and Morticia, and Jack & Sally, and the zombies, and the Big'Uns boob implants, and all the other crazie avies you see in my blog. And he handles the money that is sent in by our advertisers. So if your ad money get's screwed up, I didn't do it! You have to talk to Baum. But, he is pretty darn good.

So that is the not-so-brief story of how my little 7 little peckers--my "alts"--came to be...High Blinker, Ricophoto, Robertoman, Jennygurrrl, Josiegurrrrl, Ashton, and MarcosSLhumor Baum. Only Baum is awake right now, the rest are asleep.

Every now and then I wake them all up and we have a family cookout. Like any family, there is much squabbling. When the blog comes out for the next day, they all want to read it FIRST and fight for it. "It's MY turn to read it first!" says Josie. "NO josie, you poophead," yells Ashton, "you read it first on Monday! It's MY turn!" And while he and Josie are busy squabbling about it, Jennygurrrl slyly grabs it and tries to sneak out of the room. Immediately the others are all over her demanding to have it back. "Children, children STOP IT NOW!" I holler. "You can ALL read my blog, one by one. Now be NICE, or I will send you ALL to your rooms for a 'time out.'

Children. *Sigh* It's endless...the kids are always pulling on High's tail, the girls swipe each other's clothes, and "boys-will-be-boys": Rico and Roberto are always ganging up on their younger brother Ashton....pulling his underwear into a wedgie and that sort of thing. They all love each other I know, but shoot, I have work to do on the blog, I can't put up with their nonsense all day. THAT is why I put them all to sleep most of the time. It's tough being a single parent these days, but SOMEbody has to do it. I wish there was some Alternative. *grin!*

--Marco


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NEW BLOG POSTINGS AND CONTACT INFO FOR MARCOPHOTO

From Mark Edward Lodge, aka Marcophoto Upshaw in Second Life...........

Hello Dear Friend, I just want you to know that I have a new Skype account and online phone number. I am sending this info to you, and wish to invite you to call me anytime. If I am not available, you will hear my voicemail greeting, and you may leave your message. I will return your call when I can........

My new skype id is Marcophoto.Upshaw. The phone number is 1-847-305-2118. When you call, you will hear my RL name first, followed by my Second Life name, Marcophoto. You may call the number from your regular telephone service or cell phone. I believe you will be charged your regular phone rates.........

However, you can call me totally free, at no charge at all, from anywhere in the world, by downloading the skype application to your computer. You will just have to enter my id in your skype contacts...........My skype id is Marcophoto.Upshaw. The sound quality is usually much better than SL voice, and is much easier to use. Skype also has an instant message chat feature, in case you do not want talk in voice. To download it, go to www.skype.com.

I am no longer using my Yahoo Messenger service, because of a conflict with my Macintosh software. Call me anytime, I love hearing from my readers!

In a week or two, I will publish new blog entries about the crazy side of living in Second Life. Meanwhile, take a look at the numerous articles I have published in the archives. Enjoy!

--Marco

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Wow, you gotta read the crazy, funny stuff this guy writes!
Read all about it today in Marco's SL Humor Blog at: http://marcosslhumorblog.blogspot.com/

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If Breaking Up is Hard to Do, Why Do We Do it so Much?

{UPDATE: June 9, 2009...Apparently lightening DOES strike twice, cause the story below was just repeated for me. Geeze. Different circumstances of course, and utterly my fault. I miss you desperately, J.}

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by Marcophoto Upshaw
AKA: Mark E. Lodge, USA

Yesterday morning, Friday 7/11/08, I woke up bright and early, eager to see the girl I had partnered with in Second Life just two days ago. But Instead of seeing her lovely face I instead saw a notecard, "Dear Marco......" ahh shit. Yeah, one of those. A "Dear John letter addressed to me. It seems her RL husband found out about us, hit the ceiling and forced her to break off all ties with me. So while I was asleep she packed her stuff, moved out, and left me a note. What a helluva way to find out. I am done with steady gfs, this time. I really really mean it.

So ladies, Marco is available again, but not for a steady committed relationship. No, this time I am going for something shallow and fun; daily sex and no commitments.

If this appeals to you and you would like to have daily sex with me....or maybe every other day, or every third day.... let me know. If I get a high enough response, I will make up a calendar and schedule you. lol. I'm joking right? Oh of course...hhmmmm maybe. I am a male after all. A guy has to have a dream, right? Keep those cards and letters coming in girls, and I'll let you know.

I've even thought of switching to penguins for awhile, but the thought of those pointed beaks is a bit much.

One of these days I guess I ought to write a series about breaking up in sl. I've written about everything else. That might be fun. Meanwhile maybe I will write a ficticious application form we can give to prospective lovers to screen out the nutballs......and.....married people. If you have any thoughts about what to put in my "application form", please send me an IM. Let's make some lemonaide out of these lemons.

And this ties in well with the blog for today, an article by my good friend, little sister, and Vampire Queen, Evelyn Zehetbauer titled: The Sense of Second Life (or, What Makes Us Stay In SL?)

This is part of Evelyn Zehetbauer's "Memoirs of My First Year in SL"

I asked her for permission to reprint it in my blog. Eve is German, and her written "accent" reminds me of Marlene Dietrich. I think it is VERRRRY sexy :) --Marco P.S. If you wish, contact Eve directly to receive copies of her other chapters. You can find her blog by doing a Search under ALL, and then type in: "Eves Blog Group" with quotes (no apostrophe).
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The Sense of Second Life (or, What Makes Us Stay In SL?)

Hey Friends of Marco!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our first life gives us so many questions, so many things we have no answer to, like why are we living on this world and so on..... Much philosophy, much thinking..... But you never thought about such a question in Second Life , did you?
Well I did, and maybe this following letters will make you think about the sense of your second life!

So well if you ask somebody about the sense of life, her or she might answer, that it is obviously clear. The sense of life is to make babies and save the human race on this planet! Some might say practising making babys is our sense of life........ but how does that all count, if you think about second life??? Does not really match, huh?

Of course there are avis getting pregnant, getting married and somehow adopting a child..... But is this the sense of Second Life ? I somehow think this is strange....... Why do adult people play a child and there are some people playing parents and so on....... ok ok, EVERYTHING is roleplay in sl, but this parents/children thing is somehow weird..... or not?

Well practising making babies.... uhm well if you like you can make sl be a hot thing. Hot flirting, hot talk, and having sex.... but watching two avis or even more doing it? Kind of strange, too.

So we have to leave the path of the biological sense of life in sl.....

Maybe we should ask our gods The Lindens for an answer? No they would say making money is the sense of sl.......

So should we ask great philosophers like Socrates, Plato, Kant, Nietzsche, Marx, Hegel, Schopenhauer or Descartes???? Oh we have to stop here. If we are asking Descartes we will get to know that we cannot be sure if that monitor we are looking at is real..... so no answer again...... But Kant and Marx could be somehow cool for sl...... The one says if you wanna do something to somebody you must be for sure that you allow others do it to you, too; and we all know Marx who said that we should be all equal and share everything we have with each other. Oh well Linden Labs does not allow Marxism? Hm ok stop asking philosophers right here....

Still no answer.........

Well maybe the Lindens are right and it is all about making money...... and yeah this could be a point, while running through a camping sim, where people dance or sit all night long for a few linden dollars, or those who have an sl job, spending time in business.... having no friends anymore except your business partners, but where is the sense for those who use their payment infos? So well no point here, and if you see the sense of secondlife is making money, well then get your payment info and your vision became true....

nope.....

Well, what about becoming the perfect avi, exactly like you want it? It is a lot of work, and somehow we all go shopping to upgrade our avis, somehow. But well what if you are completely upgraded? Made your avi like you wanted it to be??????? You quit sl directly? No you do not..........

We have to find other things.... there must be a sense of second life.... somewwhere...... maybe it is to explore!!!!!!

I started to explore second life very very early. I´ve seen so many areas and sims, met so many people, tried out so many things, but hey we all come back to our favourite places.......

again no answer............

So I had no choice; I had to ask one of my best friends Frenz about the sense of sl......

[3:24] Evelyn Zehetbauer: would you please answer me one question hunnybun: What is the sense of sl?

[3:27] Frenz Bailey: For me it started when the tv kept on boring me and someone told me about sl. I went on, just as you, to see what it was all about; to find out if I would like it. But right from the beginning I met some great people, who I would have never met in my rl, and I had fun and nice times with those people and that's why i keep coming back. All the things along the side--like shopping and renting a house--are just stupid. But since you have made some good friends here, you actually consider this as "a life," too. So I think that's why you also shop here and rent.
[3:27] Frenz Bailey: have I answered your question?

Yes she had. Thank you. I think that´s why I´m still here.....

Let´s be addicted together,

Eve


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Sayyyy, if you liked this posting today, would you tell a friend or two? Just copy/paste the paragraph below to a friend. Thank you so much!...

Wow, you gotta read the crazy, funny stuff this guy writes!
Read all about it today in Marco's SL Humor Blog at: http://marcosslhumorblog.blogspot.com/

P.S. There are two surveys at the bottom of the page. Would you take a moment and fill them out? Just scroll aaaaaaaaaalllllll the waaaaaaaaaaaaaay down to the very bottom of this page. Thanks!