To celebrate the new start time, Cassie would like to challenge everyone to a Bingo tournament on Friday, March 30, at 6 p.m. Pacific time. The last time Cassie played she didn't win a single game, so she's anxious to start a new winning streak! Will you let her win???

This summer we will be offering a new way for you to earn virtual money in Stagecoach Island—by adding jobs!

What would you like to do to pay your way to a bigger and better experience on the Island? From explorer to architect, juggler to Western movie stunt person, dog walker, building inspector, ski patrol, S.I. tour guide, or weather person, we want to hear your ideas! Make them exciting and adventurous, but most of all make them what you would love to do.

This is your opportunity to offer us suggestions on the jobs that will be created in Stagecoach Island. Choose from any occupation, explore any dream, and live the career you’ve always envisioned yourself having. Send us your suggestions by April 15th. Then let’s get working!

I have returned from an awesome Maui adventure! In the past few days, I trekked out into two miles of ocean (and it was actually pretty shallow), snorkeled in Molokini, swam with sea turtles and explored Wailea and Lahaina. I can’t even begin to tell you what an amazing time I had.

The flowers on the island are more beautiful than the pictures, and the sand is super soft and squishy between your toes. There are shells strewn across each beach, and the waves are calm and beautiful. The best part about it was when I sat on the wooden chairs on the balcony—all I saw were palm trees and miles and miles of blue ocean, and the tones were all different. It went from a pastel blue to a bit of a turquoise to a rich royal blue.

Worst part, though, was when I went beach exploring and decided to trek a mile toward the ocean—I forgot to wear underwater slippers. Needless to say, stepping on rocks where underwater life grew was, well, extremely painful. I also earned myself a red-hot sunburn from my endless everyday snorkeling, but overall, it was well worth it. I’d fry again if I could spend another week in Maui.

When I got back yesterday, I met up on Pizza Island with Sadie girl, RandyLH and MegSRP and filled them in with the scoop from my trip. MegSRP’s first reaction was, “back so soon?” and I totally agreed with her. We hung out and had a group Macarena dance and cartwheel sessions and watched the sunset.

For more trip details, find me in world and I’ll give you the full scoop. For the time being Stagecoach Island is my little piece of Maui.

 

Thank you to everyone who played the name game and suggested community names. The new neighborhoods are as follows:

• 83S 150 E is Sapphire Springs
• 132S 131E is Desert Hollow
• The Island is Isla Del Sol

Check back here for more information about the new building feature over the next few weeks!

Today I had the most awesome privilege of snorkeling near the beautiful island of Molokini. We rode in a huge boat for 45 minutes, and it was just super pretty out there—not to mention the weather was mad hot! It reminded me a lot of our Pizza/Titanic Island and had the same gorgeous blue water and remote-looking feel. The only different thing is Molokini is shaped like a waning moon and Pizza Island, well, is shaped like a slice of pizza.

After getting all my gear, which took forever, I jumped right into the water and began snorkeling. I saw coral reefs, eel, and so many exotic fishes! Of course, I had my hefty underwater camera with me and captured each of the awesome things I saw.

Starting Wednesday, March 28, Bingo will run from 6 to 9 p.m. Pacific Time, Wednesday through Saturday. Members on the East Coast asked for an earlier start time, and the extra day (Thursday) should meet the needs of members who asked for Bingo to run more often. Check the events page for an upcoming Bingo tournament with Cassie!

Ever since we’ve started the whole sunset thing here in Stagecoach Island, I have been itching to go on a vacation to one of the hottest places to catch waves and a warm sunset—Hawaii!

Cassie, moi, will be crashing some real-life waves and beach sand in the lovely island of Maui. Stagecoach Island is a lot of ways is like an oasis for me—our little Hawaii and vacation spot. We can hit the beaches anytime, ski on the always-blue water, and enjoy the nice hot sun every day of the week. So while I’m dipping my toes in the warm water in Maui, I’ll make sure to bring back some awesome stories to tell and share with everyone! In the meantime, ride the waves and scuba in SI—it’s almost summertime!

We searched far and wide and identified three plots of land for new neighborhoods. Now we need your help! Take a look at the locations we picked and think of creative and fun names for these upcoming neighborhoods. Think about surroundings and potential themes ... and most importantly, think of a name that best represents a place where you would want to build and live! Please give us your feedback by Wednesday, March 28.

Neighborhood Locations:

• 83S 150E
• 132S 131E
• Southernmost island

As many of you may know or figured out by now, we are getting ready to introduce a cool new building feature! The possibilities are endless. All you have to do is buy your own little piece of Stagecoach Island and start making your own oasis, vacation home, Malibu escape, or whatever you want it to be! You'll get to be creative, innovative and unique, and your friends will be able to come in and see your "island" home.

I’m thinking about planting some cool trees and building a nice kitchen. I know, I know, what could I possibly do with a kitchen in world, right? Well, I think it’ll add the perfect touch to my place. So hurry up and start brainstorming now because once it launches EVERYONE’S going to want a piece of the fun!

Yesterday afternoon I went in world and met lots of new faces! I met Baxterdude, Chalyn, Whopperjr Matt, cgm96 and hung out with Rosabelle in the mall. We talked about our past icky food experiences because Whopperjr kept talking about fries, nuggets and burgers, so Rosabelle and I chimed in with our own menu. She told me about the time when she went to a fast-food joint in Waikiki and found a bumble bee in her burger! Gross!

Afterwards, Whopperjr invited me to the lounge area at 66 S 48 E where he was serving up a storm of burgers and fries. I ordered a burger and a side of fries and took a takeout box because he gave me a free burger to go—how thoughtful!

After I left there, I went to find RandyLH and Shawna0630 to catch up on the latest news. Also, guess who I saw today? I bumped into Kai, vocalOne, Ashleyxoxo, Badjer and so many other islanders that I’ve missed for awhile. Other than that, RandyLH, Scorpio, Shawna0630 and I had our very own Stagecoach Island beach photo shoot session! Check us out!

 

A big "woot" to all the smashing green attendees at our St. Patty's Day party last Friday! It was awesome to hang out with everyone there including RandyLH, Ashleyxoxo, Rosabelle, Restless Mind, Mrobbins, CuteyMcKitty and all of the other cool people at Ambiance Nightclub. Sooze and I were the first ones there, but we were soon joined by many others including numba1stunna, aka "Pinky." For those who weren't there, Ashleyxoxo dubbed him "Pinky" because at first he was the only one not dressed in green at the party AND he was actually sporting this bright pink shirt.

Everyone danced and chit chatted as they kicked off the weekend. We talked about my new MySpace profile , island gossip and so much more! Another cool thing about the party was that we added a little pizzazz to the club by dropping in two jumping leprechauns as party decors. It was my little way to bring a piece of St.Patty's Day to Stagecoach Island. It added the Lucky Charms effect for me and I hope it did the same for all of you too!

Now that the St. Patty's Day is over, what's our plan for Easter?

 

Come join Cassie and friends for our in world celebration of St. Patrick’s Day this Friday at 4:00 PM PST in Club Ambience. Be prepared to party and don’t forget to wear your green!

One of my favorite beliefs around St. Patrick’s Day  is the tradition of kissing the Blarney Stone. As a kid, I ate jelly beans  painted with gray and brown candy spots to look like rocks that were supposed to be chunks of the "Blarney Stone ." During elementary class, we’d have to answer trivia questions about St. Patrick’s Day traditions just so we could get a piece of “the stone” – they were so yummy! Now that I’m older, I’m just not that gullible anymore, so instead of thinking of the Blarney Stone as a big candy coated jelly bean, I’ll share with you what it really is...

The stone originally belonged to Scotland  and because of its “magical powers” it was believed to possess; many Scottish kings  were crowned over it. I know this may sound gross, but thousands of tourists go to Ireland to visit the Blarney Castle  every year just so they can kiss this stone! It was believed that once you kiss the stone, you will be blessed and receive the gift of eloquence .

Funny thing is that the stone is located on the inside of an outside wall of the castle, I know – weird right? But get this – so in order to kiss the stone, you have to lay on your back, arch your head over a HUGE gap and look towards the stone. You’re pretty high up off the ground too I might add. Yikes! I’m really OK – I don’t need the gift of eloquence that bad! I’m fine and happy sticking my good old Lucky Charms  cereal in the morning. How do you celebrate your Luck of the Irish?

Have you ever wondered why St. Patrick's Day is widely represented by a two foot tall leprechaun , a pot of gold, and a green shamrock ? I don’t know about you, but if you follow the myth, technically, you’re supposed to find the leprechaun, stare strongly into his little beady eyes and then he’ll disclose to you the secret location of the pot of gold.

Folklore has it that the leprechaun is a little tiny elf-like creature that dwells in the deepest forests of Ireland  dressed as a shoemaker. Why is he special you ask? Well, simply because he carries with him the pot of gold some people search for at the end of a rainbow. It’s like all those Skittles commercials , except in this case, the gold is real gold and not chewy candy pieces, and the only way you can get to it is not by following the rainbow, but by following the tiny elf. According to the Irish stories, the leprechaun is very cunning and he’ll easily swindle his way through your fingers.

As for the Shamrock, that tradition dates back to AD 385  when a patron Saint by the name of Saint Patrick  set out to convert pagans  to Christians . In his mission to spread his missionaries and schools, he plucked the Shamrock, is a three-leafed young white clover , as a visual way to explain the Trinity  of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And that's St. Patty's Day!

So what are your plans for St. Patty’s Day? Come celebrate with us here in Stagecoach Island!

For anyone that wants to connect with Stagecoach Island members and see who else is on the island, come check out Cassie’s brand new MySpace profile! Here you can chat with Cassie and her friends, comment on pictures and blogs, and post your new discoveries.

Find Cassie at: Cassie's MySpace profile 

Restless Mind and I were in world today and he noticed something – well, what’s the word – a bit peculiar while we were by the pond area.

So at the pond area at 37S and 76E, there’s a tree floating in midair. At first, I thought it was just sitting on the slant of the hill. But then Restless Mind kept telling me it was not so I went up closer for an inspection and – viola! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a TREE!

Now that you’ve seen this one, how many other floating trees can YOU find?

If you visited the ATM in the past few days, you may have noticed a change. We went from being able to transfer 2, 5, 10, 20, and 30 dollars to now being able to transfer 20, 50, 100, 1,000 and 10,000 dollars! We made this change in preparation for the new building feature that is coming next month. This will make transfers and payments easier when the new features launch!

Today we had an exciting checkers tournament in world!

I played student2akajoey and I thought for sure I was doomed. He had me cornered at every move and I was left with only five pieces against almost all of his, but I still managed to beat the odds and win! Although deep down inside I think he let me win, it was just great to play him. The game was intense from beginning ‘til end, and most of the time we were quiet from thinking so hard.

In the next game Rosabelle played Jdp9693, which started Rosabelle off on a great winning streak. (I feel like a news broadcaster) In the end, Jdp9693 forfeited and let Rosabelle win. I suppose it made sense since he was left with a few pieces and no moves. But nevertheless, he tried!

For the grand finale, Rosabelle and I played each other and barely lost any of each other’s pieces. Then, I started having problems with this one square and couldn’t move my piece! I got super frustrated and Rosabelle told me she had that problem too! Talk about a mad game of checkers, literally! Anyhow, the game board decided to clear itself when Rosabelle’s piece wouldn’t move and then we decided to call it a draw. I told her at the very beginning of the game, I felt like we were the competitors in the movie “Akeelah and the Bee .” And the irony is, well, we both won too!

 

I had the privilege to interview one of our favorite locals—RandyLH! He opened his world and led me through a brief history on how he became a millionaire here in Stagecoach Island. You may remember him as the host to our very first talent show where Darthvader took home the grand prize of one million Stagecoach Island dollars—ALL provided to you by RandyLH!

“When I first landed on the island in a local village back in the early part of 2006, I was short on supplies and money and standing face to face with two local island girls,” RandyLH said. “One named Kai was singing and doing a wild Macarena dance and the other gal, MegSRP, was dressed all in green.”

Taking note that RandyLH has been trained in the art of survival, he knew right away that he needed more money and that he had to try and make friends with the local islanders.

Join Cassie and Sooze for a checkers playoff next Thursday at 4 p.m. PT at the Checkers Hall. We'll host 2 rounds and then the winners will play each other until we have a champion. The Checkers Hall is located at 61S 65E. Time to catch up on those checkers skills!

In our efforts to find you new and exciting neighborhoods to build homes, we came across the plot where the community pool is currently located. The coordinates, if you are unfamiliar with the pool, are 17S 115E. We want to know what you think about building in this area! Should we open it to homes or keep it an open and untouched community area? You tell us!

Over the weekend I spent time in world catching up with everyone and I'm happy to know that everyone is excited about the new building feature that will be arriving soon! It's still in the works right now, but I can't wait till you guys get to check it out on your own. More details to come later so stay tuned!

I played Bingo on Saturday with Bikerbob, Nathan01, Cbow, Seashell, Ryan and many more. I didn't win a single game and, as a matter of fact, I barely got more than three tiles on the board per game—and that's counting the free one! Despite my Bingo defeat, I am hosting a checkers tournament next Thursday(3/8/07) in Checkers Hall so make sure to drop by and say 'hi' or come ready to play!

I keep missing Kai, Darthvader and RandyLH when I'm in world lately so I hope that they all show up to the tournament so we can catch up! There will be prizes for the winners. Check out the Events page to see the details of the tournament.

There were lots of others that showed up to Bingo and I'm catching so many new faces here in Stagecoach Island. I can't wait to meet all of you! Don't forget, if there's anything you need or don't understand here, I'm here to help so don't hesitate to ask or telegram me. See you soon!

I’ve been spending lots of nights in Stagecoach Island and the night sky has really made it feel like home. I can just sit and stare from rooftops and mountain tops to watch the stars twinkle, and it’s at these moments – I’d wish that there were shooting stars or other cool cosmic  twists to our world. Don’t you?
Speaking of which, meteors , otherwise known as shooting stars, are some of the rarest and coolest things I’ve seen growing up. I remember watching the meteor shower  of the star sign Leo  a couple years back and was wowed by the number of “shooting stars”. They reminded me of really shiny teardrops illuminating a dark cold night. Actually I’m still stunned by the fact that I actually sat out in the freezing cold for four hours watching these falling rocks from the sky! Funny thing is that literally millions of shooting stars occur every single day, even during the day when our happy sun is out and shining. So why can’t we catch very many of them? In reality, we only get to see about 0.005 percent  –which is scary statistic meaning one twenty-thousandth of the entire area of our beautiful sky. What does this mean? Well, it means that in one hour, there are about a dozen shooting stars happening!
The other cool thing to think about is the mystery behind the infamous “comet .” They look so awesome in photos and pictures that we kind of forget what they really are. Bet you didn’t know that comets are actually gi-normous dirty snowballs . Yep, it's sad to say, but that’s what they are folks, but not like it’s a bad thing! So remember that pretty comet tail? That comes from the comet when it inches close to the sun and the surface begins to boil –spitting chunks of ice into space. This ice turns to a swirling vapor carried out by the “solar wind”  along with some dust to make the notorious “comet’s tail.”
As for us Islanders, what kind of cosmic happenings have you caught in world?

Since we have members from the East coast to the West coast, we want to make sure that the Bingo playing time is good for everyone. Right now it starts at 8 p.m. PT. What do you think is a good time to start? We’re thinking 6 p.m. PT, but we want your opinion before we make a change!