Ambrosia Dance Club

I was just going through my inventory and realized that I have over 1000 note cards. They say all sorts of things like “Welcome to Orgy Island, here are the rules” – as if you need rules for an orgy.

What happens in Second Life is that you go to a parcel and and are bombarded by an auto greeter that hands you  multiple note cards, a landmark and who knows what else. Sometimes you are too silly to decline and actually read the stuff.  Then into your bloated inventory it goes.

I try to go in there and organize it on occasion.  I make up new folders called “Annoying Stuff” and “Wacky Clothes” to put things in but somehow every time i start this onerous task someone will IM me with a matter of great urgency and it gets put off again for another day.

Some people don’t have these issues.  They are meticulous and organized. They actually throw things away or sort them in a manner that makes sense.  But not me.  There is a perverse need somewhere deep within to save items like “Amazing marble staircase I made for my first mansion”  which of course is neither amazing nor marble.  In fact it sucks.  But  I have trouble throwing things away.  What if one of the 277 objects called “object” is really something important like the master prim that holds together the Ambrosia Dance Club?  Naturally, I need to rez each one individually to confirm that, yes indeed, it really is a plywood box.

So every once in a while i will take a break and go into my inventory and start erasing things and rejoice in the knowledge that I have eliminated 384 note cards stating “contest rules” .  Then of course, afterward, I will run across an item like “5000  Free Poses” and just have to have the entire set and the cycle begins anew.  I know there are all manner of tricks like making boxes and storing your stuff or giving your stuff to noobs etc.  But damn it, you never know when you will need to rez your “Purple Pogo Stick w/ Landmines” or “Swarm of Snakes Ver 2.1″ on the spur of the moment.

So i continue to chip away at the bloated inventory hoping one day i will get it below 10000 items again.  Anyone need a slightly used “SecretAgent Sculpted Penis Model A 2-Pack”?

You come in late at night.  The place is mostly deserted.  A stray Ambrosia dancer greets you lazily at the door.  You look around and the place is mostly empty, except for this guy:

Who the hell is this and why is he always at Ambrosia?  You see him here almost every night.  I rarely hear him speak.  No one does.  Is he a bot or camper?  I decided to find out for myself by approaching ART Beverly in this week’s Focus on Ambrosians.

Phil: Hey Art!

Phil: Hey!

Phil ART are you there?

ART: Yeah

Phil: How are you? I just thought i would ask you a few questions to get to know a little bit more about you.

ART: OK

Phil : So tell me about yourself.  What do you do in Real?

ART: Not much

Phil: Excellent.  When did you first start coming to Ambrosia?

ART: Last month I think. I dunno.

Phil: Do you have a favourite Ambrosia Dancer?

ART: Its

Phil: ?

ART: All of them

Phil: Do you have a philosphy in life?

ART: Well Phil, in the words of Kierkegaard, “Livet skal forstås baglaens, men leves forlaens” which means “Life is lived forward but understood backward.”

Phil: Wow ART, I had no idea that you were such an erudite scholar and a follower of Kierkegaard as well.

ART: I maintain my creepy silence as a shield from the rabble that threaten to inundate my everyday existence with their mendacity.

Phil: Awesome!  And to think that i thought you were a bored 16 year old with autism!

ART: Phil, Everyone is in search of material happiness without having decided what  this consists of.  The Path to true enlightenment is strewn with the bones of the uncertain.  Only through elevation of the mind can one attain the highest level of phantasmagorical cosmic Ohm of eternal joy.

Phil: Dude, you’re trippin’ me out!

ART: Feel free to ask what scorches your soul, Phil, I am here to give you the answer.

Phil: I got to go right now ART…but i will take you up on that sometime.

ART: Phil, before you go can i just say “Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum”.

Phil: You know Latin ?

ART: Of course, Phil, I speak 11 languages, three of them dead.   I believe Rene Descartes said it best; “I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am”

Phil: I need a drink.  See you later ART.

ART: Farewell Phil.

So many people pass through the doors of the club. Some stay for a brief second and then vanish in a swirl of pixel dust; others see something that appeals to them and make Ambrosia their home base in Second Life®. From time to time I would like to showcase the people who make the Ambrosia Dance Club a fun place to hang out at. I asked Krayvan Westland, long time Ambrosian a few questions.

Phil:: “Thank you for agreeing to be a part of “Spotlight on Ambrosians” for our website.”

Kray: “It’s my pleasure, Phil”

Phil: “When did you first come to Ambrosia?”

Kray: “It was November of 2007.  I was brand new and did the simplest search I knew how to do which was search dance club.”

Phil: “What was your first impression?”

Kray: “I loved the layout.  It was brilliant to me to put the dance floor lower than the main floor and make it a smaller size.  I had a need to interact with people on a more intimate basis and larger venues were not allowing me to do that.”

Phil: “Can you recall your most cherished Ambrosia moment?”

Kray: “My favorite single moment was meeting Syria there which was fantastic.  Ambrosia is a place to meet lots of different people so meeting someone special there is very possible.  Other memories include anything with Gerhardt, Veronika, or Ruby because it was always funny and involved embarrassing outfits.”

Phil: “What is your favourite Ambrosia party theme?”

Kray: “Best in Black.  I remember Best in Nautical one time…never seen that since.”

Phil: “Do you have a favourite Ambrosia Dancer?”

Kray: “Oh that’s too difficult to answer.  I like them all equally.”

Phil: “You are quite a diplomat Krayvan.

Kray: Thank you

Phil: “I know that you shop at Ambrosia.  Do you have a favourite retailer?”

Kray: “I do Phil.  I really like Gripp jeans cause they fit great and are amazingly detailed.”

Phil: “If you could change one thing about Ambrosia, what would you do?”

Kray: “More spanking ;p”

Phil: “Kray, thank you so much for your time and I will let you get back to dancing.”