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Night's too quiet Stretched out alone I need the whip of thunder And the winds dark moan I'm not Abel I'm just Cain Open up the Heavens Make it rain - Tom Waits "Make It Rain" Total shit morning trying to get the Weekly Challenge assembled. Any mistake I could make, I made. Fucked up poll. Fucked up files. Fucked up order. Fucked up template. FUCK! This is the kind of shit morning that I want it to rain. I want to walk outside, look up, and just stand there for an hour getting fucking soaked.

Rouge, the sim designed by Eshi Otawara for Codebastard Redgrave, opens tomorrow. There is nothing like this anywhere on the grid. It is amazing. An amazing place by an amazing person.

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Press Conference: Friday, July 4, 2008 4:00 pm SLT ROUGE - Saturday, July 5, 2008, marks the highly-anticipated unveiling of CodeBastard Redgrave's new sim, simply named, Rouge. Redgrave is the creator of the infamous Boudoir Rouge portrait series, developer of the MachinimaCam and Dramavatar fashion line, and owner of the Code Red Lounge and Gallery. The aesthetic design of Rouge was conceptualized by Redgrave and legendary builder, Eshi Otawara. From that point, Otawara used her skills as a builder, designer and artist to create a multi-purpose destination that will serve as the new home of the Boudoir Rouge Gallery Walk, Code Red lounge and Rouge Boutique. Just over 2500 prims were used to create the basic structure, artwork and furnishings. Otawara's judicious use of mega-prims and unique textures has created a locale never before seen in Second Life. The land is formed in the shape of a female silhouette outfitted with artistic touches signature to Rouge's proprietress. Visitors to the sim will instantly recognize Redgrave's signature color, and the sim's namesake, as well as her ever-present red stilettos. A black and red feather boa serves as the roof of the Gallery Walk and a shock of wavy hair provides cover for the Code Red Lounge. The Rouge Boutique is housed inside a dance pole shackled at the feet of the silhouette. The boutique will offer selections of Redgrave's own creations, as well as, offerings from some of the grid's most notable designers. All items available for purchase in the Rouge Boutique will feature the color red in keeping with the sim's theme. Designers who have already signed on to have their designs featured in the Rouge Boutique include: Casa del Shai (Shai Delacroix), Juicy, Tesla, Bluebell Productions, among others. Additionally, Rouge will be available for use by individuals and organizations wishing to host parties, fashion shows and other events in a unique and beautiful setting. Rouge will open, officially, with a Grand Opening party that will begin at 2:00 pm SLT on Saturday, July 5, 2008. Events are planned throughout the day and night so that the festivities can be attended by friends from around the globe. Hostesses for the evening will be the luminous duo of Queen Coronet and LadyArwen Demina. The DJ line up includes some of Second Life's most sought after mix masters: * 2PM-3PM - DJ Azufr3 * 3PM-5PM - Digital Francis * 5PM-7PM - Nexeus Fatale * 7PM-9PM - Amanda Shinji * 9PM-11PM - Init Hubble * 11PM-1AM - Eris Alexander * 1AM-3AM - To be determined * 3AM-5AM - To be determined * 5AM-7AM - Nephie Eerie - Stella Errans Several of Second Life's most prominent designers have signed on as sponsors of the epic Grand Opening event and will offer special gifts to invitees. The sponsor list includes: * Tesla * Casa del Shai * Juicy * Bluebell Productions * Simply Silks * Callie Cline * Alexx Markova Due to the expected high demand, sim access for the Grand Opening celebration MAY be limited to Code Red group members. IM CodeBastard Redgrave for a group invitation. This document is also available via googledocs, contact Gabby Panacek for information.

Milk N Kookies has moved to a new website at http://www.mnkradio.com/. I skipped the second hour of Science Friday to catch their show: Of course, being the only adult wind-up robot in a crowd full of kids has its problems. No, little boy, you can't have any cigarettes. Now give me back my lighter. Yuki and KoffeeKid put out the call for content contribution to their show, so if you've got Kid-related material, drop them a line.

Normally I catch Science Friday on the podcast, but this time I caught it in-world: Why do I listen via podcast? Because no stations in Houston carry the show. Yeah, yeah... folks say this town is on the top of the heap these days, but there's also so many reasons why it's still an ignorant cow-town at heart.

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Before the show started, there was a bit of a ruckus between a Bush Derangement Syndrome sufferer, some Bushies, and individuals in between. It's a Science show, folks. Unless you can debate the issue without venom and invective, take your shit to IM.

"Why are we doing this?" Yxes asked. Why? Because sometimes feedback and stats aren't enough. You need to see who's listening and engage your listener community now and then. It's far more engaging to walk with someone than to just leave them messages in MP3 files once a week. I look forward to hearing this episode and the reaction to it. And, of course, the next live discussion.