Beginnings

Greetings all my fellow Second Lifers and even those of you who don’t know what Second Life is.

Rather than getting into the technical nitty gritty of what Second Life is, I would encourage all to go and check it out at Second Life. I can tell you what it has done for me:

• It has taken me out of my little safe *box* at home. Yes, I’m pretty much a home body, not inclined to go anywhere, but Second Life is giving me a chance to step outside that box. I can hear the murmurs in the background that escaping to a virtual world is not the same as getting out in real life (RL,) but I’ll leave that discussion for another blog entry too.
• I have met people I never would have met – never ever ever!!!
• I have come to appreciate that I speak the English language as my first language. Has anyone but me every stopped to think about how lucky we are when we grow up in a country where English is the primary language?
• I have had the opportunity to not only meet new people, but discuss topics and explore issues that I would not otherwise to get. (I promise to blog more on this too.)
• I have been developing a greater awareness of myself and showing parts of me that delve a little beyond the surface me that everyone is so used to seeing (Yup… another blog entry… sorry.)
• Most importantly – I’ve been having a hell of a lot of fun doing it!

I came to Second Life via a friend, Zen Benneli, and have had the good fortune to make many good friends there. Over the next little while I will talk about each of these friends and how they have all come to be a part of my SL experience and what they each bring to it. By the way – thanks for getting me addicted Zen!

The issues to discuss are numerous; the interactions within Second Life are simple yet complex especially when combined with Real Life. I am still getting a handle on the whole thing and I don’t expect that I will ever completely do so, as it would appear that the blending of SL & RL makes for a very fluid, ever changing picture. I can only say that I’m looking forward to exploring this fluidity and how it influences me in Real Life or how Real Life influence SL and visa versa.

Later, when I get a bit of time, I will sit down and write a little about Doodle – who she is, how she came to be, and how she is evolving as a character. It has been an experience, and writing it down will be as much for me as for anyone who would find it in anyway interesting to read about my ramblings.