Who Is Brunnhilda?
Brunnhilda Quonset is a persona I have created for living and working in a virtual world known as Second Life. It may seem strange to some, but since I do art and music and am otherwise creative in "real life", putting on another costume and character is not so strange. The "real" me is basically a blank canvas on which to put various masks, anyway. And - in all honesty - "Bru" is oftentimes a truer expression of my real self.
Unlike some in Second Life, I don't adopt a totally different persona to go with my totally different appearance. I play myself with a younger and much more beautiful "costume". That is the real hook of Second Life for me - getting to look like a model and wear rock star clothes when in real life I'm approaching 50 and live in a small midwestern town where people frown on anything too flashy or sexy.
So, in that way, Bru is a chance to explore some things that can't be done in real life, at least not with the same immediacy, if at all. She has been a lot about playing dress up and doll house. She's another vehicle for me to express myself with imagery and interactive conversation - a sort of virtual 3-D art journal.
About Second Life
- Second Life's Main Website
- This is where you go to download Second Life and join the game. It's free to get in, but there is a learning curve. And if you don't have any money going in, it's not going to be much fun. Jobs are not that easy to find.
- Second Life Goes Open Source Jan. 8, 2007
- San Francisco's Linden Lab, developer of the Second Life virtual online world, announced Monday that it is taking the first major step toward opening up its software for the contributions of any interested programmer.
- SLExchange
- Out of world website where you can buy "in world" Second Life items.
- Second Life to Transform Internet, Browser Tech By 2017
- This is what I've been saying, too, especially since I've been on the 'Net since before the Web. Nice to see my thoughts validated in print. :)
- Second Life Herald
- Second Life Herald
- Reuters/Second Life
- Blog by Adam Reuters, Reuters' bureau chief in Second Life.
- Debunking 5 Business Myths about Second Life «
- An article to help you discern what to believe about what you read about Second Life's business opportunities.
- Snapzilla
- "Postcards" sent from Second Life to the Web in real time.
- Wii + Second Life = Real Life Simulator (VIDEO)
- Includes a pretty cool YouTube video.
- Inside Bay Area - 'CSI: NY' gets a second life in cyberspace
- Television show CSI: NY breaks ground with an interactive virtual reality episode.
- JUST VIRTUAL
- Stories and voices from Second Life. Machinima.
Take the Poll
Is the Virtual Life For You?
Books About Second Life
A guide book or two wouldn't hurt...
When I first made this lens, no books were available. :)
Creating Your World: The Official Guide to Advanced Content Creation for Second Life
Avg. Customer Rating: 
How to Get a Second Life: Build a Successful Business and Social Network Inworld
I just saw the author "speak" at the Second Life Book Fair on Book Island. He has some good ideas.
Avg. Customer Rating: 
Second Life Tweets
-
- zoppagency
- Comprando tierra en second life, proximamente nuevas oficinas de Zopp Agency en Second Life.
-
- virtualted
- New post: Second life profile picks!How do I change the landmark? (http://cli.gs/a3v2u)
-
- virtualted
- New post: How do i put a picture in my profile in second life? (http://cli.gs/72AH9)
-
- virtualted
- New post: How much is a reasonable rate to charge for a Second Life profile picture? (http://cli.gs/Tq0rB)
-
- yasuvic
- これ、ホント良いですよね！日本語化されたら正に最強かも。RT @meganii: MacとiPhoneで同期できる本気の家計簿ソフト、iComptaがやっぱりすごい！ [iPhone] [Mac] - No Second Life http://ff.im/-biKPz
Sculpture at Cedar Island
The Little Gallery of Art
The gallery is no more, but it was great while it lasted.The gallery now has it's own Squidoo lens. Here is the link: The Little Gallery of Art on Squidoo
The Little Gallery of Art on the Web
- Meditation in the Garden
- SL resident LoriVonne Lustre took this snapshot during a prosperity attunement event at the Little Gallery of Art.
- BlogHUD : Second Life blogging system
Blogging About Second Life
- Second Life Blogs: Working Inworld: Recap on the Second Life ...
- On Wednesday, November 4th at 9:00 am PST, our press release went out, the product information was pushed onto the Second Life Work microsite, and our blog post was featured on Second Life blogs. Then, at 11:15 am PDT, Mark Kingdon (SL: ...
- Second Life is First Choice for PSU Advisors | GamePolitics
- Shannon Ritter, social-networks adviser for the Penn State World Campus, indicated that the advisors are enjoying their new form of interaction, adding, ?Second Life has been a completely new thing to almost all the advisers. ...
- New World Notes: Open Forum: If Second Life Notecards Are So ...
- Every time I log into SL, I'm inundated by text notecards -- press releases, event announcements, long messages, and so on. Often they take forever to open, and in any case, there's no way to immediately reply to them (you...
- Second Life Blogs: Learning Inworld: Announcing OUtopia - Open ...
- I spent a few hours of my Halloween this year in the UK at the Open University's party in a castle in Second Life. I had the Halloween honor of announcing the new name of the OU community village, chosen by the community itself--OUtopia ...
Dusty's Rock 'n Country Lounge and Mall
Dusty's has been in the top twenty most popular places in Second life, and was the #1 Country music club in SL for quite some time before its closing on April 1st, 2007.While working as a hostess there I met Rick, my former SL partner and owner of Dusty's. I was made part owner of the club (in name only and not financially, thank goodness).
Dusty's resurfaced for a while in late 2007 and 2008 and then demateralized into thin air overnight, as did the partnership. This kind of disappearing act is a VERY common occurrence among businesses and relationships in Second Life.
Dusty's on the Web
- Four Eyed Monsters » Blog Archive » Sundance Channel Presents Four Eyed Monsters in Second Life!
- This film was screened at Dusty's Rock 'n Country Lounge on 1/9/07.
- Sundance Channel - Second Life Blog
- More about the screening of Four Eyed Monsters.
- SLNN Writer Tames the Bull at Dustys
- Second Life News Network
Shiny Life
A Second Life Blog
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byNew World Notes
The Blog of Wagner James Au
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byLet Me Know You Stopped By
Please Rate This Lens at the Top of the Page
CCGAL wrote...
My introduction to Second Life was when Pat O'Bryan set up his Portable Empire there and invited all his network. We met on numerous occasions and talked about internet marketing and life in general, and I made several firm first life friendships there. However, once Pat figured out he wasn't going to make the profit there he first envisioned, he dissolved his group and erased the Portable Empire plaza, and only a few of us stayed in S/L for various reasons. One member has built a HUGE place, others have set up homes, and one that I know of actually got married in Second Life and then got a first life divorce to go live with the second life mate. I just pop in to play the games - I love Shrooms and Zyngo, and I manage to win enough that in the year and a half I've been in S/L, I've always had Lindens to play with.
I'll have to look you up on Second Life - I haven't had anybody to visit with there for a long time.
Nice Job on this lens.
Posted July 19, 2009
Macke wrote...
Interesting commentary and insight on you SL character. Come over and create a profile on http://www.virtualalterego.com
Posted July 01, 2009
Jewelsofawe wrote...
I don't know what second world is. It sounds like the Sims but more involved.
Posted November 17, 2008
susannaduffy wrote...
Great reading! I like "the main difference being physically twenty years older in real life, and much less physically beautiful ... somewhat like myself in fact :) I will definitely have a look at Brunnhilda.
I don't add links when I make a comment but I've made an exception here (hope you don't mind) from one resident to another http://www.squidoo.com/virtual-second-life
Posted August 16, 2008
by Intuitive
Explore related pages
Evelyn Saenz: Lensography of a Teacher- My passion is teaching and finding ways to teach children in fun, hands-on, crea...
The Little Gallery of Art- The Second Life art gallery of Brunnhilda Quonset. It was built by Rick Logan. I...
On My Way to 300 Squidoo Lenses- Hello fellow squidoo lensmasters. My name is Thomas Carlson. By day I am a cook...
SLurl- What is a SLurl? SLurl provides direct teleport links to locations in Second Lif...
Second Life Auctions -- Land, Avatars and Lindens- Unlike most of the major online games, buying virtual currency with real money f...
Second Life Guides- You can get here your personal guides for the online world : Second Life Oh, did...
