I am, for the most part, friendly and tolerant of a lot of things. One thing I am NOT tolerant of, on Second Life, is my supposed friends(and acquaintances) thinking it's ok to think I'm a doormat for them to walk all over and then think it's ok to do so.
Those guilty parties know who I'm talking about.
I won't miss you. I've discovered that not having you in my SL is actually less stressful and I feel relieved.
I am not a huge fan of DJs in my club either. I was reminded why the other day. If I want to dj in my club, I'll do it myself, and I won't have to wear a tacky disco suit and afro to do it either, AND I'll be reliable and considerate to the person who hired me. Oh wait. That's me.
And you can befriend my nemesis again. Go ahead! You're free to do so. Go ahead, if it makes you feel better about yourself. I never really trusted you anyway. Did you think I shared my deepest secrets with YOU? Think again. You really don't know anything dear to me.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Fashion Show
So a couple of weeks ago I was at a store I favored for beautiful dresses and gowns(just because I felt like it and I had a little linden to spend on myself) and while I was there, I was approached through IM from someone who was looking for models for their bridal show and would I be interested?
I've done some "modeling"- on SL that usually means working as a customer service rep for a store. They give you the items they want you to "model", usually new releases they want to fly off their "shelves". I've done some of this kind of "modeling", but never the runway type.
Rather disinterested, because I figured maybe it wasn't what it seemed, I replied "sure" to her, and she sent the info to me. The notecard she sent had a little information for me, but mostly it was for me to fill out and return to her. An application, basically. She told me she'd get back to me fairly shortly.
So I did hear from her, and last week we had a meeting to discuss exactly what we would be modeling, etc. There were 7 of us who were "hired". After checking out the runway we would use, and discussing the assigned designs to be worn, we planned for practice throughout the week before the show, which was set up for today, May 23rd.
There were 7 of us, but there might as well have been only 1. One of the 7 felt because she had modeled on runways on SL many times that she was the expert. She felt it was ok to talk down to the rest of us, including the person who was guiding and for the most part, organizing this event alone(since the other person involved was unable to access the internet). It came down to a catfight the day before the show, because one of the other 7 decided she needed more time on the runway..whereas the rest of us took our 20 second posing at the end of the runway, she needed a minute or close to it for her two turns. It may seem petty, but when the rest of us are given a short amount to stay at the runway, well, it should be the same for everyone else...
It resulted in a huge catfight where egos were challenged, names were called, and it felt that things were falling apart. Fortunately our guide showed up and tried to smooth everything over. It was clear we were not all working as a team. That was evident when the ability to practice one last run with everyone present for once was shot down by Mrs. Diva and Mrs.limelight decided to leave because they felt no more practice was needed. The rest of us did what we could without the missing pieces and it went well, no more drama.
My sl bf Carson and my bffs Ganjo and Noma said they would come to the show. It meant alot to me that all 3 showed up.
I find it slightly funny that after arriving to the event and getting dressed in my first outfit, which was a tea length wedding gown, that I felt nervous. NERVOUS. I think I was more afraid of missing my queue.
The show went out as planned. The announcer's voice was too loud but at least we had some decent music to walk to. It went by very quickly. The show was over within 30 mins. After all of us had our turns we all lined up on the catwalk for everyone to see. Then we all walked back behind the curtain and got dressed. Funny, I made sure I made outfits for quick changes for the show itself, but neglected to make one for AFTER the show? LOL. So I had to find something to wear quick.
After the show I went out and greeted my 3 bffs who were so kind to make me feel like I did a great job.
It was fun, despite the drama...and it looks like I'll be doing another show in a few months. I'll keep you posted!
Friday, May 22, 2009
Helping those who can't..or won't help themselves
There's a growing anti-noob movement going on in SL.
Fortunately, I am not part of it. Ok, to be honest, I'm taking a little break from it. Over the past year or so that I've been on SL I have done my part to help a noob, and the occasional not-so-new noob with things like, showing them where to get free stuff, signing them up to a freebie group, instructing them on how to do this or that within SL. As I started putting USD into game I on occasion would buy noob x a shape, or skin, depending on how much I had, and how generous I was feeling at that time. I did this without expecting anything back, and I usually didn't get anything back.
Later, I started doing makeovers. I didn't charge. As long as they had the linden to pay for the stuff, all I did was use my time to show them what to get, and help them get the look they thought I could help them with attaining. I didn't have one client who wasn't happy with what they got.
I haven't done much of that lately. I have found that no matter how much you help someone out, they will eventually forget who you are and you never hear from them again. I find that quite rude, but in the end, is probably the best thing because why do you want an ungrateful mooch to be your friend anyway? You can do so much for people. Tell them how to do this or that, to improve on their avi, and whether they listen to you or not, is up to them.
On the flipside, there are still a lot of generous people on SL. It isn't so much that they are throwing money at noobs to help them out. It's the little things, whether it be sending a gift certificate to someone who is clearly new to help them out, or giving someone at random a little linden love. It's the person who let you live rent free for weeks when you first started(Thanks Lix!). Pay it forward when I can, but now I'm just a little more choosy on who I help...and I still don't expect anything back..knowing you help someone out just because it makes you feel good is the gift that comes back to you.
Fortunately, I am not part of it. Ok, to be honest, I'm taking a little break from it. Over the past year or so that I've been on SL I have done my part to help a noob, and the occasional not-so-new noob with things like, showing them where to get free stuff, signing them up to a freebie group, instructing them on how to do this or that within SL. As I started putting USD into game I on occasion would buy noob x a shape, or skin, depending on how much I had, and how generous I was feeling at that time. I did this without expecting anything back, and I usually didn't get anything back.
Later, I started doing makeovers. I didn't charge. As long as they had the linden to pay for the stuff, all I did was use my time to show them what to get, and help them get the look they thought I could help them with attaining. I didn't have one client who wasn't happy with what they got.
I haven't done much of that lately. I have found that no matter how much you help someone out, they will eventually forget who you are and you never hear from them again. I find that quite rude, but in the end, is probably the best thing because why do you want an ungrateful mooch to be your friend anyway? You can do so much for people. Tell them how to do this or that, to improve on their avi, and whether they listen to you or not, is up to them.
On the flipside, there are still a lot of generous people on SL. It isn't so much that they are throwing money at noobs to help them out. It's the little things, whether it be sending a gift certificate to someone who is clearly new to help them out, or giving someone at random a little linden love. It's the person who let you live rent free for weeks when you first started(Thanks Lix!). Pay it forward when I can, but now I'm just a little more choosy on who I help...and I still don't expect anything back..knowing you help someone out just because it makes you feel good is the gift that comes back to you.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
FUNKY
It's 10:54 pm SLT(Pacific) and I'm sitting here..sitting, not dancing like I usually would- to the funkalicous sounds coming from Mr. Funky himself, Ganjo Mokeev. The man to me, sounds a lot like Lou Rawls on certain songs, other times, he sounds like Ganjo..either way, he sounds really good.
One of these days I'll figure out how to record him singing on SL so ya'll who aren't on SL can hear him..this guy is definitely talented...what do you expect for a guy who's been in the music business for 30+ years?
Keep on funkin' us out Ganjo!
Everybody wants to own a club...
Edited from original post.
The growing trend it seems, as far as some of my SL "friends" go towards, is to open a club on SL.
Ivan my ex dj, ex friend did it..
Minnow my first SL bf and his current woman did it..
countless others have done it too.
It isn't that they opened their clubs that pissed me off. It was the way they did it. Minnow's situation didn't bother me. Neither does most of the "others"..but the way Ivan went about it, and here again, is someone I THOUGHT was a friend(a repeating factor here), has now done the same thing.
I'm supposed to be happy for them. Maybe it's a petty thing, but nonetheless, it's there.
My reasons for not being happy for them:
It means they will not come to my club anymore, because they will have their own club to go to.
It means their friends who came with them to my club will more than likely follow them. More lost patrons.
My reasons for being happy for them:
maybe they will find within their own club what they couldnt or didn't think existed in mine.
All I can say to them now, is:
Good luck.
The growing trend it seems, as far as some of my SL "friends" go towards, is to open a club on SL.
Ivan my ex dj, ex friend did it..
Minnow my first SL bf and his current woman did it..
countless others have done it too.
It isn't that they opened their clubs that pissed me off. It was the way they did it. Minnow's situation didn't bother me. Neither does most of the "others"..but the way Ivan went about it, and here again, is someone I THOUGHT was a friend(a repeating factor here), has now done the same thing.
I'm supposed to be happy for them. Maybe it's a petty thing, but nonetheless, it's there.
My reasons for not being happy for them:
It means they will not come to my club anymore, because they will have their own club to go to.
It means their friends who came with them to my club will more than likely follow them. More lost patrons.
My reasons for being happy for them:
maybe they will find within their own club what they couldnt or didn't think existed in mine.
All I can say to them now, is:
Good luck.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
What to wear?!!!!
I sign in to SL every morning, after I do my morning round of Facebook(and the applications on there, i.e., Farmtown, Fashion Wars,etc), Twitter and Gmail. I do those things first because once I sign onto SL I stay on it for a few hours, depending on what is going on there that day.
When I log in, my avi is usually in pjs or a casual version of what I was wearing the night before, when I logged off. I "wake" up...and my dilemma of what I will wear that day begins.
I have more clothes in SL than I will ever use. Some of the clothing is very detailed and beautiful, others are very plain and just boring(usually freebie stuff I got when I first started). They all are crammed in my bulging inventory and I have to sort through them to decide how my avi will look that day. Do I want to wear a pantset for most of the day, or do I want to wear a dress? What kind of dress?
It's a very exhausting thing..imagine going to a store with all these clothes, and having to pick just one. You try them on, and by the 4th or 5th outfit you are tired, like you would be in real life, and then it gets to the point where you are just thinking..ok, this is what I want..who has this sort of thing. I have some clothes in folders by designer. That usually helps.
I will put something on, then accessorize(very little accessorizing) and find a hairstyle that will go well with the outfit. Shoes are never a problem, as I have my favorite shoes to go with certain looks. Every once in a while I will change midday or right around dinnertime if I'm going to an event or I decide I really don't want to wear that outfit for the full time I'm on SL. I might've not liked that outfit as much as when I put it on, or just wore the outfit to be able to say I wore it(especially if I spent linden on it), then it goes in a box if I didn't like it.
Some of my stuff gets repeat wears..those are the ones I really like.
I have spent enough linden on my avi to make sure she looks great, and she does.
I am a fashion diva.
Friends
The more I'm on SL the more I am really questioning the "friends" I have on there. I had stated on my profile that I had 5 that I could count on as being good friends, but it seems like that number is, unfortunately dropping.
I can count 4 people that I'm friends with on SL. People that have been more than just acquaintances within the last year or so.
Piper left SL for personal reasons(technically she's still my friend, just not on SL anymore),and I miss her.. which leaves me with 3. I'm happy with these 3. None of them have done anything to piss me off or betray me. Shania may not be on much these days as RL has become more important(as it should)as of late.. I'll always love Noma, not only does she have a good ear, but we both feel comfortable about talking about most things. It's the same thing with Ganjo. Ganjo will try to make me laugh(and usually does)if I'm not having a good day, or just need to laugh. All three have stood by me in my darkest RL days and know how to lift me up..and for that, I'll always be grateful to them. LOVE YOU GUYS!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Wall of Fame(Shame) part 2
Actually, this was the first WOF ..the first one I posted the 2nd one 1st...anyway..
In this picture, more contributors, more betrayals...I remain "friendly" with maybe 5of the people in this picture, including Minnow
Wall of Fame
I started this "Wall of Fame" idea with the intention of spotlighting contributors to the club as well as regulars, but it seems like a curse now.
I'm no longer friends with Hankk, or Mercury. Dominic just went his merry way and Piper is no longer on SL(unfortunately).
Coming up, the other Wall of Fame attempt...
The problem with inventory
One of the first lessons that SHOULD be given when you first sign up for Second Life, that isn't is "control your inventory before it gets out of hand".
I didn't get that lesson. I've been on SL for a year and a half and my inventory count is absurd. It is standing at a little over 81k and I have been boxing up non-important items(houses, objects I'm not using, for example) and that in itself is a lot of work...time consuming too.
I can't just toss stuff away either because most of this stuff I know I spent linden on. Linden is Second Life version of money. I don't have a job on SL that pays me to fund all my purchases. I don't have a RL job that does that either. Fortunately I have a RL husband who gives me an allowance to spend on SL. Mind you the allowance covers my tier(land fee and membership fee to own mainland), but I usually get a few dollars extra converted to linden to fund my live performer fees(for the club) as well as extras, like clothes, shoes, hair...my obsessions.
Anyway...my obsessions result in a bulging, ready to explode inventory closet. It also results in lag..meaning my avatar walks a little slower, everything on SL takes longer than usual to get done. So. If you're gonna join SL, let me pass this little tip...control your inventory. Forget freebies. They will mulitply like bunnies and unless you know you're gonna wear them then toss them out right after, don't bother with them.
The positive result from my bulging inventory is..
I look great.
I didn't get that lesson. I've been on SL for a year and a half and my inventory count is absurd. It is standing at a little over 81k and I have been boxing up non-important items(houses, objects I'm not using, for example) and that in itself is a lot of work...time consuming too.
I can't just toss stuff away either because most of this stuff I know I spent linden on. Linden is Second Life version of money. I don't have a job on SL that pays me to fund all my purchases. I don't have a RL job that does that either. Fortunately I have a RL husband who gives me an allowance to spend on SL. Mind you the allowance covers my tier(land fee and membership fee to own mainland), but I usually get a few dollars extra converted to linden to fund my live performer fees(for the club) as well as extras, like clothes, shoes, hair...my obsessions.
Anyway...my obsessions result in a bulging, ready to explode inventory closet. It also results in lag..meaning my avatar walks a little slower, everything on SL takes longer than usual to get done. So. If you're gonna join SL, let me pass this little tip...control your inventory. Forget freebies. They will mulitply like bunnies and unless you know you're gonna wear them then toss them out right after, don't bother with them.
The positive result from my bulging inventory is..
I look great.
Waiting for A Star To Fall
Both my RL and SL avatars love this song..can't get enough of it. My SL avatar because she feels this way about someone else on SL, and my RL avi loves it because it is such a feel good song. George, Shannon, I can't imagine anyone else singing it!
http://www.boymeetsgirlmusic.com/
Waiting For a Star To Fall
Boy Meets Girl
(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)
©1987 Irving Music, Inc. / Boy Meets Girl Music (BMI)
I hear your name whispered on the wind
It's a sound that makes me cry
I hear a sound blow again and again through my mind
And I don't know why
I wish I didn't feel so strong about you
Like happiness and love revolve around you
Trying to catch your heart is like
Trying to catch a star
So many people love you baby
That must be what you are
Chorus:
Waiting for a star to fall
And carry your heart into my arms
That's where you belong in my arms baby, yeah
(repeat once)
I learned to feel what i cannot see
but with you i lose that vision
i dont know how to dream your dream
so im all caught up in superstition
I wanna reach out and pull you to me
Who says I should let a wild one go free
Trying to catch your heart is like
Trying to catch a star
I can't love you this much baby
And love you from this far
Chorus x2
Waiting(however long)
i dont like waiting(I'll wait for you)
its so hard waiting(don't be too long)
seems like waiting makes me love you even more
Chorus until fades
http://www.boymeetsgirlmusic.com/
Waiting For a Star To Fall
Boy Meets Girl
(George Merrill / Shannon Rubicam)
©1987 Irving Music, Inc. / Boy Meets Girl Music (BMI)
I hear your name whispered on the wind
It's a sound that makes me cry
I hear a sound blow again and again through my mind
And I don't know why
I wish I didn't feel so strong about you
Like happiness and love revolve around you
Trying to catch your heart is like
Trying to catch a star
So many people love you baby
That must be what you are
Chorus:
Waiting for a star to fall
And carry your heart into my arms
That's where you belong in my arms baby, yeah
(repeat once)
I learned to feel what i cannot see
but with you i lose that vision
i dont know how to dream your dream
so im all caught up in superstition
I wanna reach out and pull you to me
Who says I should let a wild one go free
Trying to catch your heart is like
Trying to catch a star
I can't love you this much baby
And love you from this far
Chorus x2
Waiting(however long)
i dont like waiting(I'll wait for you)
its so hard waiting(don't be too long)
seems like waiting makes me love you even more
Chorus until fades
Monday, May 18, 2009
Have SL, will travel.
IRL I do not travel well. I dislike plane rides, I absolutely do not like large bodies of ocean so cruises or boating is out of the question. I've never been on a train, but I've travelled by car..and by bus. Needless to say, I am not worldly. I have stepped outside of the USA once, and that was a brief jaunt over to Juarez when my cousin needed to get some bridesmaids dresses done and we all had to go with her, me being a bridesmaid.
On SL, it is a different story. I have travelled to Hawaii,New York, Scotland, Italy, and Israel. I have visited the SL version of the USS Arizona Memorial. There are so many places to "see" on SL. Yes, so they aren't the real life versions, but this is probably the closest I will ever get to see or be in these places.
The magic of Second Life.
On SL, it is a different story. I have travelled to Hawaii,New York, Scotland, Italy, and Israel. I have visited the SL version of the USS Arizona Memorial. There are so many places to "see" on SL. Yes, so they aren't the real life versions, but this is probably the closest I will ever get to see or be in these places.
The magic of Second Life.
My obsessions
The Second Life world is your oyster.
You can make your avatar anything or anyone you want them to be. You can create your avi to look the way you want it to look.
My inventory is proof of this. Currently it moans and groans at 81k items. Most of those items are clothes, and HAIR. I have maybe 10 skins I alternate every few months if I'm not buying a new one. I love the skins I have. Most of them are pretty realistic. Barbie has nothing on me.
The stuff that people create on SL to make our SL lives nicer is just amazing.
You can make your avatar anything or anyone you want them to be. You can create your avi to look the way you want it to look.
My inventory is proof of this. Currently it moans and groans at 81k items. Most of those items are clothes, and HAIR. I have maybe 10 skins I alternate every few months if I'm not buying a new one. I love the skins I have. Most of them are pretty realistic. Barbie has nothing on me.
The stuff that people create on SL to make our SL lives nicer is just amazing.
The Brick
The Brick was created out of the desire to have a place to dance, hear great music, meet and chat with others, and have FUN!
The Brick was opened March 6, 2008. I opened with my then sl bf Minnow. Unfortunately Minnow and I didn't last, but the club is still open and doing well!
I originally named it Just Another Brick in The Wall, after the Pink Floyd song. The name changed late 2008 to just THE BRICK. It is an 80s themed dance club, although I don't just have 80s music playing 24/7.
I have 2 regular live performers weekly, Ganjo Mokeev and Noma Falta. They are RL musicians who perform on SL as well.
I originally opened the club on the private region of Salonika2, the club remained there until I moved it to mainland late 2008. Since the move, it has done much better. Traffic is up. On Salonika2 I may have had 1 person visiting a day, at times no one visited the club in a 24 hour period, maybe more. Since the move, the club averages anywhere from 15-30 people a day. More when we have a party or event going on. So it definitely was a good move.
It's been a few months but The Brick underwent a cosmetic makeover. I had eyed a building sometime ago as one to use in the future, and the future is now. I had gotten so tired of the original build and it's imperfections and one day just took that down and replaced it with what it is now. I've had nothing but positive feedback! Woot, I did something right!
The Brick was opened March 6, 2008. I opened with my then sl bf Minnow. Unfortunately Minnow and I didn't last, but the club is still open and doing well!
I originally named it Just Another Brick in The Wall, after the Pink Floyd song. The name changed late 2008 to just THE BRICK. It is an 80s themed dance club, although I don't just have 80s music playing 24/7.
I have 2 regular live performers weekly, Ganjo Mokeev and Noma Falta. They are RL musicians who perform on SL as well.
I originally opened the club on the private region of Salonika2, the club remained there until I moved it to mainland late 2008. Since the move, it has done much better. Traffic is up. On Salonika2 I may have had 1 person visiting a day, at times no one visited the club in a 24 hour period, maybe more. Since the move, the club averages anywhere from 15-30 people a day. More when we have a party or event going on. So it definitely was a good move.
It's been a few months but The Brick underwent a cosmetic makeover. I had eyed a building sometime ago as one to use in the future, and the future is now. I had gotten so tired of the original build and it's imperfections and one day just took that down and replaced it with what it is now. I've had nothing but positive feedback! Woot, I did something right!
SL "love"
So yes, people who play on SL can and do fall "in love". Not just on SL, but the feelings do transfer onto real life. I know at least one person I know as an avatar, and got to know their real life self through other online sources that have gone that route. My first major SL boyfriend, Minnow, is now engaged IRL to the woman his avatar started dating 1 week after our avis broke up.
I think that's wonderful, but it's not what I am on SL for.
Sure, it's great to feel adored by someone else. It sometimes gets me through some rough spots in my RL marriage. Me myself, would never leave my RL husband for anyone on SL. That being said, I can elaborate on the relationships I have had with men on SL.
My first long term SL bf was Minnow. I had met him at a dance club called Blackhearts and we both hung out at the offshoot of that club, "C&C". He didn't talk much to me. I thought he was a bit snobby. Then, a month or so after I joined SL, C&C closed down. It was a GREAT club, but it was gone. I was a bit lost. I hung out at Blackhearts here and there but it didn't have the same feel as C&C, but it was there that I connected with Minnow. At the time I was dating a guy named Beowulf, who I worked with. The problem Beo and I had was that he was hardly on SL for us to nuture our relationship. Anyway, I owned a portrait studio and invited Minnow to come have some portraits done. He came, he took some rather dashing pictures, and I took a few with him in my "maiden" outfit..and sparks flew.
A few days later, Beo and I split. One or two days after that, Minnow and I were a couple. It was a great partnership. Minnow lived on the same sim I did. After a month or so he moved in with me on my parcel. After a short time our discussions started to revolve around opening up a club, similar to C&C. We both missed that club. The corner parcel next to mine was abandoned and Minnow purchased it. For me.
One or two days later, rather spontaneously, I started building..what would become what is known on SL as "The Brick".
Needless to say, Minnow and I lasted 3 months. We celebrated our 3 month anniversary, but weeks of resentment about financial issues related to the cost of maintaining the club wore on me, and I broke it off that same day. He wasn't surprised, and he wasn't that heartbroken. After all, he had already met his future RL love.
He started dating her shortly after our breakup. I had thought there would be a reconciliation but once I found out about her(she was someone I had met and befriended weeks before), it was done. I didn't speak to either of them for 4 or 5 months, I felt so betrayed. Today, I am civil with them both.
I think that's wonderful, but it's not what I am on SL for.
Sure, it's great to feel adored by someone else. It sometimes gets me through some rough spots in my RL marriage. Me myself, would never leave my RL husband for anyone on SL. That being said, I can elaborate on the relationships I have had with men on SL.
My first long term SL bf was Minnow. I had met him at a dance club called Blackhearts and we both hung out at the offshoot of that club, "C&C". He didn't talk much to me. I thought he was a bit snobby. Then, a month or so after I joined SL, C&C closed down. It was a GREAT club, but it was gone. I was a bit lost. I hung out at Blackhearts here and there but it didn't have the same feel as C&C, but it was there that I connected with Minnow. At the time I was dating a guy named Beowulf, who I worked with. The problem Beo and I had was that he was hardly on SL for us to nuture our relationship. Anyway, I owned a portrait studio and invited Minnow to come have some portraits done. He came, he took some rather dashing pictures, and I took a few with him in my "maiden" outfit..and sparks flew.
A few days later, Beo and I split. One or two days after that, Minnow and I were a couple. It was a great partnership. Minnow lived on the same sim I did. After a month or so he moved in with me on my parcel. After a short time our discussions started to revolve around opening up a club, similar to C&C. We both missed that club. The corner parcel next to mine was abandoned and Minnow purchased it. For me.
One or two days later, rather spontaneously, I started building..what would become what is known on SL as "The Brick".
Needless to say, Minnow and I lasted 3 months. We celebrated our 3 month anniversary, but weeks of resentment about financial issues related to the cost of maintaining the club wore on me, and I broke it off that same day. He wasn't surprised, and he wasn't that heartbroken. After all, he had already met his future RL love.
He started dating her shortly after our breakup. I had thought there would be a reconciliation but once I found out about her(she was someone I had met and befriended weeks before), it was done. I didn't speak to either of them for 4 or 5 months, I felt so betrayed. Today, I am civil with them both.
1 year, 6 months, 1 week
Since I was born on SL. In that year, I have:
met some wonderful people, who I remain friends with
met some wonderful people who turned out to be assholes, who I am no longer friends with
had SL boyfriends, some serious, some that weren't
been partnered twice and "married" once
have had my avi heart crushed more times than I can count
argued with friends about their SL lives
been dropped for another woman avi
been dropped from friend list for no reason
been assaulted more than once
have been given a lot of money as a gift
opened a dance club(it is still open!)
gone on hunts and realized I hate hunts
danced for long hours(can't do that in real life!)
built furniture, items, buildings
planted a memorial garden for my RL mother
built a free wedding area for avi's to get married at no cost
changed my hairstyle and clothes and skins too many times to count
watched a movie or two within SL
have a pet dog and had a cat
....the list will continue
So I figured...why not...everyone else is doin it..
I'm referring to blogging, of course. Just for your information, no, I wouldn't jump off a bridge just because everyone else is doing it.
But anyway....
So, yeah, I figured, I should blog about my second life. My second life is way more exciting than my first. I'm not complaining. I'm glad my first life isn't anything like my second, and vice versa. Too complicated.
If you're a second life citizen, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Most of us on Second Life are here to escape, or at least pretend for a little while. Some of us take playing on SL seriously, some of us don't. Some of us are able to separate(as in, when we log off, we're not really thinking of SL at all), some of us can't.
Regardless, I think most of us on SL have fun while we are here.
So, I hope to entertain you with my avi's various thoughts here. It will be my avi's thoughts..not really "mine". I'm one of those who can separate SL from RL...for the most part anyway. Hypocritical? Contradictory? You bet.
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