Double Entendre

The metaverse is a vast place to explore. There are people who dedicate their virtual lives completely to the exploration of new sims and keeping up with changes to old ones. I do have those restless moments when I do want to wander about and soak in the creative energy of a new place. I went to Oyster Bay recently, just to see what it looked like as a blank canvas for Morris. He is has taken down one creative venture to move on to the next. I’m not so adventurous. I want to play with learning to build and be a part of the community I’ve fallen in love with. This is the reason that you will most often find me in Avilion, in the Hinterlands enjoying this favorite place under the Japanese Red Maple and in a gazebo built by Lady Serenity Sieyes.

While walking to my favorite place in the Hinterlands I found Lady Yxes Delacroix’s quiet place in the Hinterlands when I happened upon this reading pillow at the base of a tree. It’s only natural that she would find a special quiet place to hide away from her busy life. Melynn has been a fan of Open Mic, which Lady Yxes is an integral part of. She kindly offered me the use of this spot when I wanted to!

A special spot in the Forest of L’Renden, Avilion.
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Visiting the Support for Healing sim, where I attended an Anxiety Support Group chat this past Thursday night. I haven’t slept much this past week and, ironically, I couldn’t stay awake for the whole meeting. Today, I just came back to explore enjoy the peaceful landscaping. I will learn a little more about what the sim has to offer.
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You know what is funny about depression?  I cry while I’m watching a movie that isn’t sad and I get pissed off at dirty dishes!

I don’t have an easy way of seeing logic and reason. When the future (or present) seems bleak, I have great difficulty making my thoughts focus on that period of time when I can feel content again. I don’t always even aim for happiness, just a time when I am not awakened in the middle of the night by crushing anxiety. The anxiety that makes me unsure of my ability to care for my family and makes me feel as if I haven’t done a single thing right. The crushing fright that defies all reason, logic and has been persistent throughout my life.

My virtual existence has been a fantasy and I enjoy every moment that I can navigate around the obstacles in indulging in it. I have let a little reality seep into it during the last few days. I have been peeking into the group notices and meeting places of the depression support groups available in SL™. I have taken part in online support groups before and I have found them to be really helpful.  I may break my own rule and allow a little reality to permeate my fantasy life.

To cheer my little virtual existence I added a few flowers to my tiny little piece of the grid.

fun flower emitter did the trick and brightened me up.

I also added a little friend who will keep me company.  Her name is Beignet.

I’m writing on a borrowed computer because mine is in technical emergency right now.  I expect to get it back tomorrow.  OROE was out of town for the weekend, now this. What’s an avatar to do?

I’ll be back to my virtual existence soon :)!

It is my habit to wait a while before I express some off the cuff opinion of what I see happening around me. I have read a lot of snarky posts about the recent addition to Second Life’s™ policies and guidelines section of it’s website. The Second Life ™ brand center now has guidelines posted for using it’s logo and/or trademarked names. I’ve also read some posts that are expressing resignation to corporate law and making changes to rid their Second Lives of the evidence of SL™ or LL® trademarks and logos.

Content theft is a serious problem and addressing it WILL require action from Linden Labs ®. I understand the outrage of people consistently having creations stolen in Second Life for the profit of an ass wipe who won’t develop the skill and creativity to create their own content. The outrage belongs there - not at LL® for enforcing their brand guidelines. It is just annoyance to have to keep up with trademarks and logos, nothing more. Trademarks and logos are a necessary part of doing business, anywhere, period.

My true hope is that Linden Labs ® is simply taking steps to clean their own house first. The call from residents who have created a Second Life ™ product, only to have it misused or stolen may just have to get a little louder.

You are The Star

Hope, expectation, Bright promises.

The Star is one of the great cards of faith, dreams realised

The Star is a card that looks to the future. It does not predict any immediate or powerful change, but it does predict hope and healing. This card suggests clarity of vision, spiritual insight. And, most importantly, that unexpected help will be coming, with water to quench your thirst, with a guiding light to the future. They might say you’re a dreamer, but you’re not the only one.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

I’ve been trying to stay online in Second Life for the last two hours now and I’m so tired of just trying to stay in-world that I can’t do anything about the boredom I complained of earlier. I’m a patient and persistent person. I have even thought that I may have a motto, “Patience, Persistence, Practice.” That persistence and patience sustained me during my first couple of months as a newbie. I learned how to navigate the grid, make friends and decide what kind of Second Life I wanted to have.  I was able to decide if I wanted to continue to learn more about this virtual world and my place in it.  I’m still here.

Now, that I can find my way around the Grid, I can’t stay online long enough to enjoy it. I’m sure new hardware and a different type of connection would help, but it can’t be done right now. The U.S. Government has decided that the chunk of my income dedicated to it last year wasn’t quite enough and is billing me for more. There goes any hope of new purchases for a while. I had a target date of July for a new computer at least - then changing my internet service provider soon thereafter. Now, I’m just not sure that can work.

I’m also not sure how that is going to affect the Second Life I have made for myself. I have forged relationships, reluctantly, and accepted responsibilities.  I don’t intend to abandon any of them now, so what are my options?  I have to decide whether a vacation from the frustration of Second Life is in order or if I persist and forge ahead as is my usual way.

There are times when my persistence actually does pay off.

Oh, the humanity of Second Life. If you see me like this and you are any of kind of friend to me, you will kill me - right? Or at least tell me, that our servers are not communicating with one another so I can spare you the sight <g>. Never mind the poor taste in clothing. What we can see of clothing, anyway.