Please stop confirming the stereotypes

May 9, 2008

I was wandering around Sasebo City when I found this little auto shop. Sometimes, it’s just too easy.

They make up for the Engrish by having what is certainly in the running for Cutest Building Ever.

There are a lot of auto shops in Sasebo City and nearby Nagasaki. Why? Because just beyond Nagasaki is the Skyblue Raceway, a well-designed racetrack, naturally.

While the Skyblue region isn’t lovely, the track itself is just challenging enough to keep you on your toes, with lots of nice twists and turns. In order to keep the track free of random obstructions, you an only rez cars in the pit area stalls.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sasebo%20City/109/48/24

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SKYBLUE%20Raceway/221/149/23

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Posted by Garth Goode

Sometimes, at random…

May 6, 2008

…you find the funniest things. Seriously, I zoomed out on the map so that I couldn’t even see individual islands, selected a telehub and ended up in Sarah’s Playland. It turned out to be a sex fetish mall. I wandered around for a bit (strictly for research purposes, of course), when I found this cute little bear. He’s just a landmark giver, but he’s also a memorable marketing gimmick. Now if Kinky-O only sold these little ball-gag bears….

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SarahsPlayIsland/70/184/27

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Posted by Garth Goode

Shameless pandering for votes

May 5, 2008

I’ve submitted an entry into the Superhero photo contest over at Chillers. The winner will be determined by which photo earns the most L$. All proceeds go to Relay for Life. So come on down and vote if you are willing and able. Thanks!

Hey, you’re supposed to vote fo me, not that half naked lady! Hey! Stop that!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/FOOKERS/195/21/23

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Posted by Garth Goode

Dying to go to the carnival

May 5, 2008

If you’re looking for a way to get away from it all, what better way than to go to a carnival? This makes some sense… unless it’s Rezzable’s Carnival of Doom. Oh, it’s a great place to visit. Just don’t expect it to be safe.

You show up and put on a free ticket HUD that lets you enjoy all the rides and games. The HUD has a health meter… well, you know where I’m going here. Make the wrong choices, and your fun little ride becomes an appointment with death. And when you die, you go to… but that woud be giving it away.

Someone at Rezzable has a sick sense of humor. Beyond the games and rides are a hall of freaks and a fortunte teller who won’t tell you what you want to hear.

A lot of the more dangerous rides look like they are still under construction, which was a bit of a dissapointment. Because, in a way, it was kind of fun to find out just how twisted this carnival could be. I guess I’ll just have to keep visiting to see what else they build…

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Carnival%20of%20Doom/184/68/26

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Posted by Garth Goode

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