Double Entendre

I just spent a little time watching some experienced sword fighters have some fun at sparring. I think that they would have allowed me in the arena. It would have been wonderful practice for me, because I am so clumsy at it. I was itching to try out the new weaponry I just purchased from the Stone Keep forge. Druids must use certain weapons during call to arms and having healing abilities. The reason I didn’t? My vision is too limited.

The desktop tower blew up a couple of months ago, so Second Life has been navigated on a 13″ laptop. It does the job, believe it or not. The laptop is wonderful for writing activities such as this blog, but does not allow enough power or visual area to participate in battle or some other Avilion activities. I really want/need another desktop with a better NVidia graphics card to make navigating Second Life better. I just don’t know how to manage the funds to do it right now.

*sigh*

I would like to link to and receive links from others of the Avilion Order who have blogs. Contact me via contact form or IM (in-world)posted by Mandylia Meili on Avilion Hinterlands using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]

You can’t really tell by what you see here, but I am in experienced blogger. I’ve kept a real life journal type blog, of a particular niche for 18 months now. It has been nurtured, promoted, linked to and quoted. A Google page rank of 5 (wtf-ever that really means) and a small, but consistent number of hits per day. The real life blog has a specific niche that is well respected by others of the same genre. The blog is as successful as it can be. It is far from Huffpo, but I never intended to be that ambitious. I just wanted to have fun with it. I did have fun with it - now, I’m bored to tears with it.

I found Second Life through a fellow blogger (amongst other sources) and signed up. It’s obvious that I became fascinated and addicted. I am really thinking of just letting the other blog sit in innernets limbo land while I pursue this one and enjoy my Second Life. Blogging is really just an ego trip, a way to feed the inherent human need to be noticed and heard in small way. I don’t care too much if anyone even reads what I write; I just want to be able to write. People generally respond to that.

I haven’t revealed the Double Entendre to anyone that I know, nor have I given anyone I’ve met in Second Life my real life identity. It isn’t that hard to find out if anyone truly wanted to find it, but I enjoy the feeling that my second lives are far removed from reality. I like writing this way, without the eyes of family or co-workers gazing at my words. All of this leads up to this point: the Double Entendre will continue and evolve the way that blogs and Second Lives do.

Lady Mandylia and I will have two distinct voices on the blog from this point forward. Mandylia is a specific character who has a specific role in Second Life on the Avilion sims. I want to further the integrity of that character by keeping her the medieval, elf, druid that she is. I know it is strange, but it actually feels weird to take Mandylia out of Avilion and her usual activities on Spirit Mountain and the Brahma Ashram. Her character is much nobler, than I. She is a visualization of a better, more mystical and spiritual self. She is also an opportunity to live out a story. A culmination of favorite characters already written and the ones I have held in my imagination for so many years.

I, on the other hand, was only created because it seemed so strange to go to a live rock music performance as a druid elf. I am the voice of the One Responsible for Our Existence and enjoying the freedom of just being. I am much quieter than Mandylia, who has a lengthy friends list and a schedule of activities. Slipping into the account of Melynn Dreamscape is a little like a cell phone being turned off. No one is really demanding my attention, which can be lonely - and blissful. I like being alone, but I love company. Duplicitous in nature, I am. A double entendre.

The mechanics of the blog will evolve too. I decided on this no cost, push-button easy WordPress account instead of the self hosted blog that I already have. It has limitations that I am finding a little frustrating, but that may be because I am just unaccustomed to them. The great part is having the blog instantly accessible through keyword searches and Google searches. It took me at least a couple of months to get that going on my own. I may move this blog to a host of its own at some point, but for now, I am going to enjoy just posting pictures and writing without taking the time to web master.

Welcome to my ego.  It ain’t much, but it’s mine.

Dol rocking his bones on Corsica Island from 3pm SLT to 4pm.  The most fun performance I’ve heard in SL - ever !

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An evening of music. The lovely Lady Fable Sinatra performed at the Avilion Drum Circle this evening from 5pm to 6pm. She is picking up some outer world work and making a demonstration recording, which - I’m sad to report - means that she will not spend many more weekends with us.

I love her blue personalized guitar. My portraiture is getting better, but you still can’t see the flowers and butterflies painted on the front.  Her avatar name, which is her son’s name, is at the bottom. She tells me that the guitar was made for her by a friend.

Dolmere Talamasca and Crap Mariner balancing one another out on a lamp post at the SL’ang Life Christmas Party today. We were there to listen to Cylindrian play. Dolmere has more pictures of the sim on his blog and more about the party. I think he may have had an easier time shaking off the lag imps than I did! I couldn’t maneuver around easily enough to explore more of the sim. It was my first visit there as well. SL’ang Life is sending print editions of the magazine to its subscribers.

Avilion’s newest sim addtion, Nexus, is currently a romantic Winter Wonderland and home to Avilion’s Call To Arms snowballs fights :).
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What winter wonderland is complete without a gingerbread house? If the picture is crooked it’s Lord Luiss Pera’s fault, he is throwing snowballs at me and telling me that my face looks funny!
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The One Responsible for Our Existence is taking us offline for a few days. 

Who goes where there is no wireless connection?

Lady Mandylia is NOT happy. It is only a couple of days, but there is a lot to be missed when she spends a few days away from Avilion.  I’m sure she will feel compelled to write about completing the Nexus Quest when she is allowed back to Avilion to do so.  She is also quite miffed about missing her Druidry training this week and having to tell Lady Zarkela that she would not be able to complete last week’s assignment on time. 

Me ? I don’t care.  I spend most of my time alone and quietly anyway. I understand that OROE is overwhelmed with real life happenings. An immediate family member who will spend the holiday in the hospital recovering from pnuemonia, the normal demands of the holiday and trying to cover co-workers vacations can take it’s toll.  This weekend she will be with family then have time away from work for the whole week next week, which means more time for us.

My ugly, low prim shack, sandwiched between the Hare Krsna Temple on the left and the vacant rental on the right. I liked this little slice of land because it was near the Buddha Garden on the end.
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