Some days I come into Second Life (SL) and wonder what I’m going to do . . .
It’s not that there isn’t lots to do – I’m just one of those people who, when I get restless, want to see something different. Much of the time, I am happy to lay on my beach in Chuang, or go to the Vortex and dance, or if I’m really lucky, I manage to find some buddies online and we explore SL together. And, just when you least expect it, exploration opportunities pop up in places you thought were the “Same ol’ same ol’.” Today was one of those days …
IM’ing my brother Zen, he teleported me (tp’ed) to Waterworks island – a well known haunt – one of the first places he and I spent time on when we came to SL. Sitting, chatting, discussing my latest toy (Omniphaze,) when my young friend, Autumn, dropped in (actually we planned it – well I did… thought my friend would have fun bugging Zen since she thinks boys are icky! 
) The beach is the place where dreams and fantasies can come alive, especially if you are young, and we didn’t have to wait long before Autumn spotted a “fishie lady” – a Mermaid. Well, the mermaid lady, Tabitha, was very sweet and took the time to explain what a mermaid was, and offered to show us her home.
From there … the adventure began…
I, unfortunately, had to depart for a few minutes to retrieve a real life (RL) dog who had made a break for it from the backyard, but by the time I got back, it was apparent that I was missing out. Finally tp’ed to where Autumn and Tabitha were, I found myself in the coolest sea world store – complete with mermaid outfits and more… way cool. Sitting in a camping chair (gawd, I hate camping chairs) would eventually deliver a free mermaid animation overrider (ao,) but once again RL interfered and I had to go off and do some stuff. When I returned, a mermaid Sim had been explored… was way kewl, but I missed it. I never did get a chance to try out my mermaid ao – umm.. not sure I will… so from there…
Autumn – “Tommermaid”
(Cross between a Tomboy and a Mermaid )
Off to a dinosaur land – wow. What a treat. Eventually I will add the slurl for it, but my description will have to do the pathetic job of describing it. It was like a big complex … experimental it seems – to try to bring dinosaur back from extinction? There was a breeding room… way kewl. And the neatest thing… we were introduced to this sim / fantasy by the same person who introduced us to the mermaid fantasy. From the experiment complex, we tp’ed upstairs to a place where they sold all sorts of dinosaur avatars and accessories. Even saw a flying mouse??? What a riot!
You know, my hat is off to Tabitha. Some people have a difficult time adjusting to kid avies in SL… and even teen ones like mine, but she did a great job. Even as a dinosaur avie, she was great – donning a saddle and allowing both Autumn and myself to climb on for a ride.
Ever ridden a raptor?
On to the next stop . . .
Grendels? I think … a huge store with all sorts of avatars – dinosaurs, spiders, pigs… you name it.. it was there. Well it was almost all there … *chuckle* I got a yen to find me a hamster avatar (a toast to Duncan deciding that my latest exercise routine and my hyperness is reminiscent of being a hamster) – but they didn’t have one. Gosh and darn, anyways! I did pick up a couple of spider avatars … Halloween is coming. 
So… what could have been a boring day.. turned into an exciting day… with lots to explore… and I haven’t even begun to include all of the places we saw. I’m thinking I will be soon adding a page with the slurl’s of some of the interesting places I have come across – or at least interesting things in my opinion.
Catch ya on the flip side!
