Heh… Where have I been?

Before anybody calls out the rescue team, I am still here.

I’ve been fighting off a rather nasty cold.  It’s kept me away from SL a lot (holy moley.. imagine that!)

One other thing that has been keeping me busy has been the task of setting up a blog for Scribbles.  I decided that it was a good idea to separate out her adventures from this blog.

That’s it, that’s all.  Nothing too terribly exciting.

Catch ya on the flip side.

Roleplay versus Inner Child / Inner Kid

Of late, my blog entries have been on the lighter side of things. Today’s entry is not. Before I get going on it, I want to clarify right off the bat that the entry is not about any person other than me – my own observations and revelations that kinda stunned me. Even as I write this blog entry, I’m still sorting things out.

As most people know, Doodle plays a teen. Generally speaking Doodle is pretty happy go lucky. But, as a teen, she spends some of her time in an adult world, and some of her time in the teen world, while of course, preferring to spend the majority of it in the teen world. This is a reflection of what it is like to be a teenager – that transition from being carefree to taking on more responsibility. When I play Doodle, it is roleplay. (It’s probably a little more complex than that but for the sake of simplicity, it’s easier to think of her as role play.) That is, I play a character. Now, anybody reading this should not misinterpret this and think that Doodle is different than me. The person behind the avie is at the keyboard and I am very much Doodle and Doodle is very much me but as I play Doodle – it is for fun – I can easily separate out the stuff Doodle does because it is a role. Hell, I’m probably not making that much sense.. but maybe the next part of this entry will clear it up.

I have another account in SL I have mentioned, and there have been a few entries here about her – Scribbles. Now Scribbles is 5 years old and when I first created her account, I thought that with her, my interactions with people and my experience on SL would be pretty much the same as with Doodle. Carefree and happy . . . a role play. She was going to be a little more too – a chance to escape the teen world. It’s a little difficult to explain but if you’ve never watched a 5 year old at play and wished you could be them for just one day, then you might not understand why someone would want to be a 5 year old in SL. *grin* But as life has a way of sneaking up and surprising you, it turns out that Scribbles has delivered the biggest surprise yet. I suppose it should not be too big of a surprise, for I’ve had discussions with a few friends about Scribbles, and about the little surprise she delivered to me today – she’s an Inner Kid aka Inner Child. Call it what you will, but even though I knew this at some level, today was the day I had to sit down a take a long hard look at it.

For anybody wondering what an Inner Child/Kid is about… I recommend this page as a good resource.

Anyways, I’m trying hard not to wander all over the place with this blog entry . . .

So while I have known for a while that Scribs was about a “little me,” based on something she experienced today I came face to face with the understanding of how much she is an Inner Child / Inner Kid. If Doodle had experienced today’s events she would have dealt with it differently – resolved the issue in one way or another, and went on her merry little way, but it Scribs reacted in a way that demonstrated she is way more sensitive to things. I think the hard part about this is that I now know I have to great care in how she interacts with others … she cannot expect others to be aware that she is an inner kid – the responsibility lies with her. I’m not sure I’m explaining this very well… I think what I want to say is that whatever happens, if Scribs initiates a contact, then she must be prepared for what may come of it.

If this hasn’t made a whole lot of sense to everybody, I apologize. It is going to take me a while to sort through it all.

For those who know what the incident was that triggered this blog entry . . . know this . . . for me, it was a growing experience. I learned something about myself and about Scribs. I learned there is a difference between role play and inner kid … for me. I have not figured out how it all fits together… but I have figured out that I must take greater care when I interact with people as Scribs.

Big *huuuuuuuuugs* to everybody.

Looking for Something Different to Do?

Yesterday, on the quest for something different to do, I did my usual …. “What shall I plug as a search word into the search engine” thing. The search term for the day? LOL – nothing exciting – “exploration.” It’s always a gamble.. what will come up?

Yesterday…. I hit the jackpot. Or at least I think I did.

Friend in tow, we headed off to a labyrinth, but not just any labyrinth – this one is scripted. According to the creators profile, she spent 9 months creating it. I believe it! It was awesome.

Upon teleporting there, because I’m a little on the slow side, it did take me a while to figure out what to do, but once I did, it was all oodles of fun from there.

The catch to this labyrinth is it is much like a Myst style game, where you have to solve little puzzles along the way before you can go any farther. While you may be able to miss some pieces of the puzzle, there are ones you absolutely must do in order to continue on. I had to backtrack a few times and was quite thankful I had a friend with me to help me puzzle through some of the challenges.

A bonus to the game is that you are able to track what pieces of the puzzle you have solved as the creator has set up a webpage with this information tailored specifically to you. Another really cool option that I did forget to mention was you are given the option to enter the maze as an individual or as a troop. My friend and I went in as individuals as this is what the creator recommends, but I suppose you could go as a troop. Personally, more fun as an individual – you can go back later and see if you can do it all again by yourself.

The only catch to this adventure was a small fee of $50L to be able to enter the maze, but the creator provides a money back guarantee. As for me, it was $50L well spent. Personally, I think the creator deserves the $50L – a small fee for such a great job.

Where will you find this great place? Click here —> The Labyrinth

Give it a whirl. Kept me busy for a couple hours.

Catch ya on the flip side.

Internet restored

Horaaaay!

My internet has been restored.. .. I can continue with my SL fun.

It looked for a while like it just wasn’t going to happen as once we got our ISP problems straightened out, our adsl modem seems to have croaked.  We’ve managed to get it up and running and are patiently awaiting the arrival of a new one… should take about three days we’ve been told.

In the meantime, I will confess to missing SL.  Okay, who am I kidding… I missed it in the worst way.  But I did survive without it for the whole five days we were away and then during the last couple days when getting on was extremely doubtful.

So now that I’m back, I gotta start hunting up stuff to do.  I have lots of little things on the go… and I will certainly continue to work with them.

Anybody seen any cool sim’s lately?  I’m always looking for new ones to explore.

Catch you on the flip side.

I’m Baaaaack! … but my ISP has croaked!

*GROWL!!!!*

Who knows when I will be online again… although I’m certain it will be soon…

Seems the main computer or server or some fancy rather important machine for my Internet Service provider has croaked… killing internet access for a heck of a lot of customers throughout the province!

Ugh!!!

So… hopefully they will get it up and running soon… in the meantime…

**GROWL!!!!!**

Catch ya on the flip side (hopefully sooner than later.)