Today was a very odd day. I was wandering into the java joint where I get my daily coffee and bagel (LA Bagels on Oliver Plunkett Street in case anyone needs to know where to get the 2nd best coffee in Cork) and the goddess who makes my daily latte announced “Hey, we saw your dog in a magazine!”
Granted, my dog is both adorable and fairly well known in the city, but its worth pointing out that I was in this photo too. Did they recognise me? No. It’s all about the dog, honey.
Anyway, I had forgotten about this magazine gig but it would seem that the real world me and my avatar are in this week’s issue of Look Magazine, which is a new fashion magazine in Europe. My friend noticed the article in the Spanish edition last week and totally forgot to tell me. Doh.
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So the nice lady at LA Bagels gave me her copy, and it was fun to see my avatar in a magazine. It was twice as fun to see our very own Iris Ophelia opposite me in the spread. Iris looks and sounds fabulous in the article, whereas I sound like an over-inflated jackass and am overshadowed by my boxer.
Its always fun to be interviewed, if only for the hilarity that often ensues after publication. The interview was by email so I know exactly what I said. I realise that multiple currencies can be confusing, but “these days we deliver more than 150,000 page views a month and turn over several hundred US$ in ad sales” came out as “several hundred pounds a month” in the article. “We cracked open the spread sheets and did the projections, and it became clear that SL could provide a modest but full-time income” magically became “I’m making so much money in Second Life, I don’t need a real-life job,” which was a point of particular hilarity for my real-life boss.
Anyway, in case anyone else saw this piece, I just wanted to set the record straight - I am not, in fact, a jumped up egomaniacal SL millionaire who ignores my SL business partner in the press. People have taken jabs at Linden Lifestyles because we’re “not real journalists” despite the fact we’re clear that Linden Lifestyles is editorial and not journalism, and we’re bloggers and not journalists. Given the rather poor reporting in this piece, I’m quite glad about that today.
But onto the really important stuff: what to dress your virtual self in for a real life fashion magazine! I wore my favourite Vicky shirt from Shine, with the awesome Retro glasses from Nea-Ban. The hair is the totally rockin’ Bobo style in Black Cherry from Gurl6, with a bangle from Earthtones Boutique. And the necklace is the gorgeous Opal Egg necklace from the gloriously talented Fallingwater Cellardoor at Shiny Things, my accessory crack dealer of choice. The skin is Eqinox in medium from Gala. All of which I have faithfully blogged before, so no worries - you saw it here first!
I *love* the way they claim that a private island initialy costs 3.35 pounds with a monthly stipend of 59 pence. If I was paying that I’d… well I’d have a lot more islands!
Comment by Slinky Stiglitz — March 2, 2007 @ 12:59 am
I love how I didn’t actually say half of what I’m quoted as saying. O_o
Comment by Iris — March 2, 2007 @ 2:06 am
Gee, you too? I don’t know why they didn’t just ask to borrow my avatar to put words in my mouth!
Comment by Sabrina Doolittle — March 2, 2007 @ 2:10 am
Lol you gotta love journalists!
Iris and you look good (both SL and RL), but I confirm that your dog is a definite focus stealer!
Comment by Raindrop Drinkwater — March 2, 2007 @ 7:34 am
Congrats you two
Comment by Nicola Escher — March 2, 2007 @ 3:16 pm
They say that any publicity is good publicity! And you look great!
I want me one of them 3.35 islands! Obviously, the author did some arduous fact-checking before sending that article to print. Gotta admire that kind of dedication to journalism.
PS We all know you’re rolling in $$$, live in a castle and wear a tiara to breakfast. You don’t have to pretend with us.
Comment by Ida — March 2, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
I was chuffed to pieces to see you featured in a magazine, but is it really too much to ask that they reported what you actually said?? Was the reporter a tad hearing-impaired, or could they just not be bothered to write it up correctly?
It’s funny to think that when I studied Journalism they were so up on accuracy and not mis-interpreting what your interviewee actually said…therefore, do people have to go on a course afterwards to unlearn everything so they can become ‘proper’ journos?
I wonder how many readers of the article have decided to log on and blag the cheap islands? How disappointed are they going to be?
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PS Ladies, popped by your offices the other day- they looked great. Where did you get the clothes rail from because it was fabbo??
Comment by Kitty O'Toole — March 2, 2007 @ 5:35 pm
Journalists always do those kinds of things.
I live in Europe and I don’t know that magazine. But I guess that’s good.
I will be in an american magazine. Let’s see what they will say about me…
Comment by Ana Lutetia — March 2, 2007 @ 9:18 pm
I knew you were holding out on me, wench. Pay up!
Comment by Arielle Ceres — March 3, 2007 @ 8:45 am
I know famous people! Or should that be infamous? Thanks for sharing that, it was fun.
Comment by sachi Vixen — March 3, 2007 @ 1:01 pm
A “fashion maven” giving me fashion advice while she’s wearing a faded red t-shirt? For shame. Well, thanks for sharing anyhow. And journalists are known to fluff the truth.
Comment by Tenshi Vielle — March 4, 2007 @ 2:55 am
Tenshi, don’t hide that envy, whatever you do.
So you’re saying that people should be dressed up in real life in order to dispense virtual fashion advice. Does that mean if I sell aeroplanes in SL I should be wearing a flight suit and sitting in a cockpit while I am on SL?
Sorry, that’s just an all to obvious and lame excuse for unmitigated jealousy on your part.
Congrats to you both Sabrina and Iris. Don’t let the snotty kids get you down.
Comment by Mira Etoile — March 5, 2007 @ 8:38 am
Sabrina, you seen ‘Second Life Herald’ recently?
Don’t want to spoil the birthday celebrations and it probably doesn’t need you to respond, but you may want to check out the article on there.
I’m all for freedom of expression but it has it’s limits…
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Comment by Kitty O'Toole — March 5, 2007 @ 5:05 pm
I was just going to drop in a comment that maybe Amy could spend a bit more on SL clothes and skin Sabrina and Janine’s avatars put it to shame. But then I read Kitty comment and had to wonder what exactly did the bit about, “I’m all for freedom of expression but it has it’s limits…”
We aren’t talking about incitement to violence here nor racial or religious hatred. No ones stirring up ethnic tensions or advocating Genocide. It’s just some trumped up so and so being bitchy. Is that over stepping the limits of free expression? Do you think we should place such firm limits on freedom of speech we ban girls from being bitchy? Hell that could make a lot of schools silent.
Comment by Dave Kobolowski — March 7, 2007 @ 11:55 am
Dave, nope - part of freedom of speech is that people get to say things you may not like, and that’s fine. Tenshi can take whatever editorial stance she likes about me or this site. My only objection to that article (besides the obvious emotive one that I would prefer people not write mean things about me, but I’m an adult and I’ll live) is that it’s inaccurate. As justitification for her vitrol, she attributes quotes from Linden Lifestyles to me, which were in fact Salome’s words.
I’m all for freedom of the press, even gutter press. I’m also all for accuracy in reporting. There’s a certain irony in the fact that I published this article here about inaccuracy in the press, only to have it picked up by the Herald who proceeded to be equally inaccurate.
But I’m not planning to have her kneecapped or anything, you know?
Comment by Sabrina Doolittle — March 17, 2007 @ 4:47 pm
damn journalists!!! :)))
Comment by Lubo Plubeau — March 18, 2007 @ 12:34 am