Friday 31 July 2009
Drama at the ochaya
Kaylin chan's debut ochaya opening was a great success. A little bit of drama on the role play front! I did the cat/oni story...
Thursday 30 July 2009
Trish's debut direction was awsome
Beautiful debut by Trish chan. Pink was a great choice. Nice background and dancing with blossom twigs for the outside pair. Large bunches of flowers on stage. Dances looked in sync throughout! 3 good stories. A bit of audience participation. Lovely evening... (The obi for this outfit needs placing on the spine! It moved around too much while dancing.)
Wednesday 29 July 2009
Toro nagashi finished
Good tea house numbers
Tuesday 28 July 2009
First lantern build
Monday 27 July 2009
Moved shops
HP chan has found a bit bigger place at Little Yoshiwara so we moved yesterday. Rug is too big for the shop! So will have to make a smaller one. Made some pictures for the wall, set them at 10$L a piece. Am in the Wednesday show directed by Trish chan. HP chan is musician. I've made the cat in long boots story. Translated Japanese version on the Internet was quite poor. Lots of problems with the articles, not a surprise as the Japanese language does not have articles! Will need to get a pink kimono out for the show... Update: made a 6 x 3.5 meter rug with the embroidered crane image.
Sunday 26 July 2009
Minarai in the tea house
Visitor
Misedashi
Osho in blue...
San san...
Friday 24 July 2009
Next kabuki performance
Tea house customers
Promotions in the offing so I opened the tea house to get some of my little sisters a tick in the box for their promotions. Was an earlier than usual opening (10 a.m. SL time) Maybe we can try again at that time. Had a steady stream of customers with lots of interaction from Claud san. Claud san wanted a story and was impressed. Dante chan did the story while dancing and I played koto. Claud san said did not like poetry but the computer haiku talk changed things! Finished off with the fire coat story, again impressed...
Thursday 23 July 2009
Great show by Jael chan
Jael chan directed another terrific show. No pictures taken as it was a laggy old evening and I was running the dance HUD so did not want to crash. 5 people dancing and many new folks delivering the stories so would have been bad news to crash. My story was last so fingers were well and truly crossed for an hour. Ghiri san was there, long time no see. Some new folks in the audience and some good tips. Started sketching a toro nasagi for the lantern competition, will not be easy! Here's the story I told:
“The man with the sharp nose”.
Long, long ago
there lived a young fisherman in a village.
One day he said to his mother when he went fishing for forty days
at sea with his fellow fisherman in a big boat,
"Mom, set fire on this house on twentieth day from my departure."
"What are you talking about?
I can't do such a crazy thing." said his mother.
"Mom, I have a great idea.
Please do set alight and burn this house."
On the very twentieth day from his departure,
as she was told to by her son,
she set fire to her house and it burnt to ashes.
Meanwhile, out at sea on that evening, he said to his fellows,
moving his nose.
"I smell something burning.
Oh My God!
It is my burning house's smell.
My house is burning."
"It's nonsense.
It is more than 400 kilometres from your house to this boat.
It is absolutely impossible to smell your house burning." said his fellows.
They returned to their village in another twenty days
only to discover the young man's house was burned down twenty days ago.
"What you said was true.
What a wonderful sense of smell you have!" said everyone.
"It's unbelievable.
I'll test him again." said one of his friends
and a few days later he threw a load of charcoal into his well.
At the same time a villager happened to pass by.
"Why are you throwing charcoal away into your well?" asked the villager.
"I'd like to test the famous young man's nose." answered the man.
The villager came across the famous fisherman who had a good nose
on his way home and said to him.
"Young man, now you are so famous in this village for having a sharp nose.
When I passed by a well,
I saw someone throwing charcoal into it
for the purpose of testing your nose."
Soon the young man was called by the very friend of his.
"Young man.
Excuse me, but would you do me a favour?
I know you have a wonderful sense of smell.
The other day a load of charcoal of mine suddenly disappeared.
I searched everywhere, but I couldn't find it.
So would you mind finding charcoal with your sharp nose?"
"Of course, not.
It's a piece of cake." said the young man and went to the well,
pretending to smell.
"I smell charcoal in this well." he said
and the charcoal was found.
"What a wonderful sense of smell he has!" said everyone there in surprise.
He became much more famous for having a sharp nose than before.
Soon the lord became ill.
Doctors tried to cure him of his disease but in vain.
One day the young man had a message from the castle;
"Young man.
We hear you have a sharp nose.
The lord has been ill for a long time.
I hope you'll smell out the cause of his disease with your sharp nose.
If you can, we will give you much reward."
There was no reason to refuse the offer.
Though he was at a loss as what to do,
anyway he made his way to the castle.
When he came to a big pine tree,
he overheard two TENGU
(Japanese long-nosed goblins)
talking with each other.
"Why not play a trick on the man under the tree?"
"No.
We won't.
He is a famous man for a sharp nose and he'll go to the lord.
If we play a trick on him,
we'll be severely punished by the lord.
But I wonder how he can find the key to solve the problem.
The disease results from a frog under a big stone in his garden.
If they remove the frog from under the stone
,the lord will be better.
Who knows it?" they said
and flew away towards the mountains.
On meeting the lord in the castle,
he pretended to smell,
looking toward the garden
until he went to the big stone.
"I smell a frog under this big stone.
The disease results from the frog." he said,
pointing at the stone.
His men removed the stone and found the very frog,
and set it free.
To their surprise,
the lord stood up from his bed.
The young man was given much money and many straw bags of rice.
He was given the name,
'Mr. Good Nose' by the lord.
And that ends my tale for today…
“The man with the sharp nose”.
Long, long ago
there lived a young fisherman in a village.
One day he said to his mother when he went fishing for forty days
at sea with his fellow fisherman in a big boat,
"Mom, set fire on this house on twentieth day from my departure."
"What are you talking about?
I can't do such a crazy thing." said his mother.
"Mom, I have a great idea.
Please do set alight and burn this house."
On the very twentieth day from his departure,
as she was told to by her son,
she set fire to her house and it burnt to ashes.
Meanwhile, out at sea on that evening, he said to his fellows,
moving his nose.
"I smell something burning.
Oh My God!
It is my burning house's smell.
My house is burning."
"It's nonsense.
It is more than 400 kilometres from your house to this boat.
It is absolutely impossible to smell your house burning." said his fellows.
They returned to their village in another twenty days
only to discover the young man's house was burned down twenty days ago.
"What you said was true.
What a wonderful sense of smell you have!" said everyone.
"It's unbelievable.
I'll test him again." said one of his friends
and a few days later he threw a load of charcoal into his well.
At the same time a villager happened to pass by.
"Why are you throwing charcoal away into your well?" asked the villager.
"I'd like to test the famous young man's nose." answered the man.
The villager came across the famous fisherman who had a good nose
on his way home and said to him.
"Young man, now you are so famous in this village for having a sharp nose.
When I passed by a well,
I saw someone throwing charcoal into it
for the purpose of testing your nose."
Soon the young man was called by the very friend of his.
"Young man.
Excuse me, but would you do me a favour?
I know you have a wonderful sense of smell.
The other day a load of charcoal of mine suddenly disappeared.
I searched everywhere, but I couldn't find it.
So would you mind finding charcoal with your sharp nose?"
"Of course, not.
It's a piece of cake." said the young man and went to the well,
pretending to smell.
"I smell charcoal in this well." he said
and the charcoal was found.
"What a wonderful sense of smell he has!" said everyone there in surprise.
He became much more famous for having a sharp nose than before.
Soon the lord became ill.
Doctors tried to cure him of his disease but in vain.
One day the young man had a message from the castle;
"Young man.
We hear you have a sharp nose.
The lord has been ill for a long time.
I hope you'll smell out the cause of his disease with your sharp nose.
If you can, we will give you much reward."
There was no reason to refuse the offer.
Though he was at a loss as what to do,
anyway he made his way to the castle.
When he came to a big pine tree,
he overheard two TENGU
(Japanese long-nosed goblins)
talking with each other.
"Why not play a trick on the man under the tree?"
"No.
We won't.
He is a famous man for a sharp nose and he'll go to the lord.
If we play a trick on him,
we'll be severely punished by the lord.
But I wonder how he can find the key to solve the problem.
The disease results from a frog under a big stone in his garden.
If they remove the frog from under the stone
,the lord will be better.
Who knows it?" they said
and flew away towards the mountains.
On meeting the lord in the castle,
he pretended to smell,
looking toward the garden
until he went to the big stone.
"I smell a frog under this big stone.
The disease results from the frog." he said,
pointing at the stone.
His men removed the stone and found the very frog,
and set it free.
To their surprise,
the lord stood up from his bed.
The young man was given much money and many straw bags of rice.
He was given the name,
'Mr. Good Nose' by the lord.
And that ends my tale for today…
Wednesday 22 July 2009
"Spirit of Obon" Haiku Contest
Dante san is holding an Obon related haiku contest.
Shin Tao Haiku Retreat and Library of Haiku welcome submissions for our Haiku Contest on "the Spirit of Obon", for our Obon Festival August 7, 8, 9. The deadline for submissions is Aug 2, midnight, slt. Rules for the contest are the following:
The 2009 Obon Festival Haiku Contest
The Spirit of Obon
deadline: Aug 2
We are currently accepting entries for our haiku
contest on the theme "the Spirit of Obon". This
contest is open to any SL poet who wishes to
participate. For the purposes of this contest, we
are accepting any Haiku, Senryu, or Tanka.
Will put my haiku here for this event:
Obon, a time for family reunions.
My offspring grey and
wrinkled, home again. Tears well.
This my last Obon?
Tired feet treading on
familiar tatami.
Home again for Obon...
One more year slipped by.
Family room full once more,
happy memories...
A haiku related to the dancing part of Obon.
Enthusiastic
drummers up on high.
Obon beats again.
More to come...
Shin Tao Haiku Retreat and Library of Haiku welcome submissions for our Haiku Contest on "the Spirit of Obon", for our Obon Festival August 7, 8, 9. The deadline for submissions is Aug 2, midnight, slt. Rules for the contest are the following:
The 2009 Obon Festival Haiku Contest
The Spirit of Obon
deadline: Aug 2
We are currently accepting entries for our haiku
contest on the theme "the Spirit of Obon". This
contest is open to any SL poet who wishes to
participate. For the purposes of this contest, we
are accepting any Haiku, Senryu, or Tanka.
Will put my haiku here for this event:
Obon, a time for family reunions.
My offspring grey and
wrinkled, home again. Tears well.
This my last Obon?
Tired feet treading on
familiar tatami.
Home again for Obon...
One more year slipped by.
Family room full once more,
happy memories...
A haiku related to the dancing part of Obon.
Enthusiastic
drummers up on high.
Obon beats again.
More to come...
Toro nasagi build...
Competition. Dante san is running a compeition to build a Toro Nasagi for Obon. 8 prims allowed. They are the candle lanterns that get floated down river, holding ancestor's spirit. Here's an example picture. Not sure how to make a hexagon yet as I've not seen that shape in the build list of objects... Square ones will be easier!
Tuesday 21 July 2009
Yann san returns
Monday 20 July 2009
Plan b
Sunday 19 July 2009
Glass protection!
Fabricated a glass tube to stand in so I don't get pushed around when I'm AFK. It's 2 meters diameter and 3 meters high. Someone keeps dumping me in the river over night! One picture shows you can't see the transparent tube. The others show objects owned in red (CTRL ALT T). Have set my home to inside the tube.
New shop up and running
Saturday 18 July 2009
Summer show at SL Opera House
Friday 17 July 2009
SL Opera House show tomorrow
Thursday 16 July 2009
Heian show was terrific
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Tea house customers
New kimono for next show
Monday 13 July 2009
HPDAA chan is back, yay....
Yay, my little sister is back after hospitalization. Fingers crossed for a full and speedy recovery.
After the buzz of the festival weekend no one came to the tea house opening.
After the buzz of the festival weekend no one came to the tea house opening.
Sunday 12 July 2009
Haiku at the festival - results
A rather disappointing number of entries, 4! With 4 categories, spring summer autumn and winter that was a poor show. 1 summer entry, 1 spring, and 2 winter, so two winners were easy to decide. Only had to differentiate the 2 winter ones and a unanimous decision was easily reached.
Here are the results of the jury!!!
Little Yoshiwara Festival Haiku Contest 2009
Prizes
**********************************
Winner Summer - Viriane Villiers:
**********************************
Green grass gone - blazing
summer sun the scorching thief.
Heaven weeps a tear.
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Winner Winter - Akemi Ireto
**********************************
a stone, silent, sits
at the bottom of a stream
alone, in twilight
**********************************
Second Winter - Akemi Ireto
**********************************
her beauty, red lips
flowers frozen in winter
memory of love
*********************************
Winner Spring - Zarah Svoboda
*********************************
Sakura blossoms
the tears for a love untold
soundless, fall unseen.
*********************************
Doumo Arigatou Gozaimasu
Geo Netizen and Lezlie Latte
Fishing contest
Falln Angel - What's in the box
Nipped back to FA to try and find the elusive prizes. They must be the well hidden ones I'm missing. Was real lucky to guess this kimono on the first go!! There's a fun "What's in the box" game where you guess what in the box funnily enough! Looks like today will be a good one. The owner was at the store and smiles knowingly... Am off to the Isle of Wight for th day in a few minutes. Hopefully back before the festival fishing contest starts.
Falln Angel treasure hunt
A 3 day hunt. Some terrific prizes to find for just 1$. 30 prizes and i need 6 more to complete them all... Some are out in the open, others very well hidden. Mostly kimono, some fans and skins. Also a game there to guess what is in the box. Pictures are an example kimono prize and the small bags we hunt for with the prizes in...
Saturday 11 July 2009
Noh play
Horse race exciting
First time at this. Two lap races around the sim. Yoneyu won the first 3 races so collected the 1000$ prize. I guess performance is related o computer power. I was second in all 3 races. There was then a 4th race for the 2nd place prize. I lead both laps all the way then the 2nd horse jumped over me to win by flying!!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. What a $%^&* cheat. Last race was for 3rd place prize. Just me and one other horse. Neck and neck for a while then I consolidated the lead. She came back at the death and nearly pipped me. So 250 prize for 5 races. 4 second places and a win. Was fun and made the laptop very hot with all the graphics processing going on.
Osho show on modern China
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