Your Lolcat… Plz Show Us It July 8, 2008

One thing that I’ve found quite a few SLers have in common is the almighty Lolcat. Lolspeak has overthrown our grammar and icanhascheezburger.com has been banned from our workplaces because of…. well, us… checking every 15 mins for the best LOL of the day. SO, I got to thinking that we need a LOLtest! That was a horrid attempt at saying we need a contest where you make your own Lolcat picture out of an SL snap, enter it in the Second Life@: Who Let the Dorks Out? Flickr group pool and the winner takes 500L! It’s really easy with the help of fd’s Flickr Toys; you just upload a photo, write a caption and link it to your Flickr page. You have TWO weeks to get your LOL on and instead of Dork Of The Week on July 21st, we will have a Loldork Of Teh Week! You don’t have to BE a cat, just take any funny snap that you can match a witty caption (or capshun if we are being authentic here) with and run it through fd’s Flickr Toys. If you are new to the whole Lolcat phenomenon, you are NOT shunned from this contest. Just brush up on your icanhascheezburger.com and you will get the idea of typical captions (I.E. Ceiling Cat vs. Basement Cat, broken english, flavor, etc). Thats it! So we look forward to your entries, and remember the winner gets 500 lalas.

P.S. Next week we will still have a regular Dork Of The Week so keep sending us your silly and fun pics as well

mah lolcat… let me show you it

Dork of the Week: Olivia Connaught! July 7, 2008

This week’s dork holds a special place in my heart… the dark black corner that smells like cheese an has no soul. Yes ladies and gentleman, I give you Olivia Connaught from the SL*FreeStyle ladies! (She’s not really and evil betch, just plays one on TV) We had quite a few festive 4th of July entries but HOORAY AMERICA WOO totes jumped out at us and made us lolomglmfaoroflcopterlandinghahaha for like 3 mins straight. Not only does the pic represent all things wrong with our red, white and blue hearts in America, but also comes with a colorful song from the movie Team America: World Police. If you haven’t seen it, put it on your Netflix, it’s worth it. It’s the sick brainchild of the Southpark creators and the best use of Claymation I’ve ever witnessed. Olivia even made the poster herself complete with a proud gun-totin’ patriot pin-up that scarily reminds me of my crazy grandmother. Oh and one can’t forget the Pabst Blue Ribbon…. the piss water mascot of all red neck parties nationwide. My husband swears if you add a jumbo martini olive, it immediately classes up the often dollar special beer when at a bar. Claaaaaaaaaass all the way Olivia, awesome pic! Oh, and you will also receive the coveted “Dorkier than YOU!” title in our in-world group. CONGRATS LOLIVIA!

Keep them coming Dorks, remember you can submit as many pics each week as you want to the SL®: Who Let the Dorks Out? Flickr Group.

*REE REE REE REE*…. those were my dramatic stabby sounds July 6, 2008

Hai Dorks… I’m baaaaaack! YAY! Mac is mended and I’m off to my usual exploring and shenanigans. Oh how I missed you all. Okay, enough of that sap, story time! (No Olivia, this story isn’t as bad as the last one, I promise)

I’m sure you are all familiar with the classic thriller Psycho. No… not the Vince Vaughn version where he probably first figured out that he can’t help but be laughed at in movies, and then turned to comedy. No, no, I mean the 1960 Hitchcock movie in which Janet Leigh plays Marion Crane; a fed-up working gal having an affair with a married man who recently divorced, she steals 40,000 RL lala’s and heads for the hills to marry her lover. Only she gets stuck in a rain storm on the way and is forced to stay at a remote location at The Bates Motel. Terror, crazy, and killing ensues…. and finally, bye-bye Marion in one of the most well-known murder scenes in cinema history.

No, I’m not a film buff pushing my movie-of-the-week on you, but I just thought you all would like to know that there is a recreated version of The Bates Motel AND the creepy Bates mansion in Second Life®! I have to give credit to Kristi Maurer and her brilliant painting-like photo of the sim that I first spotted on Flickr. She was then kind enough to pass me the LM so thanks Kristi! Beckenbauer Productions has made an incredible replica that is so detailed and includes all the gruesome aftermath you’d hope to see in a build, like you might not want to see what’s under the shower curtain in Room 1! The build is not only a fantastic photo-op, but fun to explore as well. If you are searching for more fun then just a cinematic homage, you can also kill zombies out back in the graveyard behind the Motel (Warning: this activity is extremely addictive!). All in all, it’s definently worth the visit! I wasn’t able to find a donation jar but if you find one or know of one, please let us know as this place needs to stay alive in-world.

So go find your inner Norman Bates and dress up in ugmo-old lady drag or glam up ala’ Janet Leigh and send your pics to the Who Let The Dorks Out? Flickr group! I had so much fun myself shooting there (zombies and my camera *harharhar*) that I really want to see what you guys come up with. Happy exploring! Ride this SLurl to the horror.

Bates Motel…. what a perfect escape from the torrential rain… or so Marion thinks…

Oh Where, Oh Where did Little Bella Go? June 30, 2008

So, I’m fully aware that it is fairly narcissistic of me to assume you guys are wondering where I am, but I’d like to think I’m missed in the tiniest dorky corner or your pixelated hearts. Basically, I didn’t want anyone to thing I abandoned blogship or am ignoring you in-world. My iMac took a giant poo a week from last Saturday and it apparently was a building problem that even the mac geniuses haven’t figured out. So…. here I sit on my crap-top from like 6 years ago missing you guys and trying to view your flickr group pics and a spotty and damaged screen. *cue the violins* Okay, I’ll stop whining, but as far as I know they are waiting on yet another part and the earliest I’ll get my bebe back is mid-week. Sooo…. send your ‘puter love and I hope to see you guys soon! MUAAAAAHHHHSSSS!!!!! <333333333333333

Dork of the Week: Thema Felix! June 30, 2008

You all have been busy, dorky bees with a quick snapshot trigger this week and thanks for filling up the pool with your dorkiness! Awesome work! However, only one can be Dork of the Week and this week it is…*drum rolls*…Thema Felix!!

Thema (not Thelma) and Khaige showed us that they still have got it, without defining in more detail what “it” is. To me, “it” looks like a hot lambada session in a shallow, usually very tranquil pond in an ice cave. We love it! Go and see the picture on Thema’s photostream, and also check out the picture with her and Luis. Congratulations Thema, check in-world for the group invite to get your well-deserved special group title!

On another note, yes, there will be a big dork party at some point in the near future, we haven’t forgotten about it! We also had the idea to do spontaneous expeditions and send a message around if somebody is online and would like to join us, so if you are interested in exploring, photographing and/or dorking around, join the group and wait for dorky things to happen.