http://marissaracecourse.com Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:55:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi guys!  I am going to be on Tonight Live with Paisley Beebe tonight! Doors open at 5:30slt to audience guests, so IM me in-world if you want a taxi there to come watch! http://marissaracecourse.com/2008/11/23/tonight-live/ Hey guys!  There is a pumpkin hunt going on at House of Heart, here! For my part, I have four pumpkins in my taco taco taco store out ranging from $L0-$L1. I have a silly lifeguard outfit with floaties:     And three tanks - the black ones are made for guys, but they work just ... http://marissaracecourse.com/2008/10/28/house-of-heart-mall-tropical-escape-pumpkin-hunt/ I haven't done an update of my store in AAAAGES.  Since it's Halloween soon, and everybody's doin' it, I decided (with the push of my bestest friend, Kess) to make a costume.  It's not released yet, but I will put it out in my Amira store sometime tomorrow. It's called "Cheeky Monkey." The outfit ... http://marissaracecourse.com/2008/10/20/new-costume/ My bestest friend in all worlds, Kesseret Steeplechase of KessKreations is participating in the Jewelry Expo that starts Sunday, October the 5th! She is releasing quite a few new beauties, and frankly, I feel like this is some of her best work. I am so proud of her. I hope ... http://marissaracecourse.com/2008/10/05/showing-off-to-help-a-friend/ Hello, hello! I was invited to be part of a body acceptance seminar in SL tomorrow from noon SLT to 1:30pm. I will just copy/pasta the notecard about the event: Second Life provides us with a great deal of freedom in constructing our avatar bodies. We can choose to be greenskinned ... http://marissaracecourse.com/2008/07/18/body-acceptance-seminar/ I'd like to preface this article a little before you get to it. This was an idea I proposed in November or December to the Fat Studies panel chairs at the National Popular Culture Association/American Studies Association Conference that was held in March of 2008. The project itself began in ... http://marissaracecourse.com/2008/06/03/you-mean-you-chose-to-be-fat-body-image-in-a-virtual-world/ This is the group shot of all those who chose to participate in my fat project:   http://marissaracecourse.com/2008/03/17/its-coming/ Hello! I'm writing here in the hopes that someone out in the fashion scene might be willing to help me with a project. I am set to present a paper at a conference about being fat in a virtual world. I'm looking for both guys and gals to help me by ... http://marissaracecourse.com/2008/01/05/help-request/ I just want to wish everyone a fabulous new year. I hope it is your best yet!  As for 2007, I reached two important milestones in my life: I graduated college and I met the love of my life. Enjoy yourselves :)  http://marissaracecourse.com/2007/12/31/happy-new-year-second-life/ This is an off-topic blog post, so feel free to skip it if you aren't interested!I haven't posted an actual blog lately - it's just been tacox3 stuff -  but I wanted to do something I've been meaning to do forever: I posted a paper I wrote and presented at ... http://marissaracecourse.com/2007/12/05/virtual-love-marriage-and-infidelity-in-the-land-of-pixels/