I Do, I Do, I Do
I just read a friends blog, and instead of answering the questions on her blog, I decided to answer them on mine, as I found the post interesting and knew I would probably ramble on and didn’t want to leave an essay on someone elses blog.
You can read the post right here
The questions are:
1. Do you still love your second life
2. Has Second Life changed you
3. Have you ever left Second Life for more than a month
Well, here are my answers below:
1. Do you still love your second life?
Well, I would have to admit that I have struggled with Second Life this week. I don’t know why, and it has entered into my head about taking a break. I’m guessing it is a mixture of a few things, but what I hated about it most, is that it left me feeling negative, and as a usually quite positive person, this didn’t sit well with me. So, the question may have come for me at the wrong time, except to say, I logged in today, and my negativity seemed to have faded away. I was talking to friends, arranging gigs, having a few laughs and it just bought it back to me why I love being in SL.
So the short answer (after I have just given the long one) is yes. I still love my SL as well as my friends that make SL what it is to me.
2. Has Second Life changed you?
I’m not sure how to answer this question (a simple yes or no would suffice, but.. nar, let me ramble) the reason I’m not sure about this question is because who I am in SL is the same as who I am in FL. My attitude towards things, my sense of adventure, my need for fun as well as my appreciation for things that surround me. I am always myself with people. If you met me outside of SL, you would get the same vibes off me as you do in SL. I treat people with respect, I love my friends and I have a massive respect for people who have bought their talents into SL to share with others, whether that be by performing music, comedy, building structures, or even those who give their time to create a fun environment for others to enjoy including clubs, gallerys, art, gardens etc etc etc… the list goes on.
I guess that one major thing that I do in SL which is different from outside of SL is my DJ’ing. People show alot of appreciation to me for the music I play and the fun I give them when I am DJing. Well, what would be the point of doing it if people didn’t enjoy it. Because I DJ it has opened the doors for me to meet some incredible people in SL. People from all walks of life who are in SL for different reasons.
My number one reason for loving SL so much is that it has opened opportunies for people to express their talents which they probably wouldn’t have had in their first life. I think of those who are bound by wheelchairs or other disabilities who have extraordinary talents yet are not offered a platform to express themselves in FL (Why does FL restrict people so much, who decides who has talent and who doesn’t? Oh FL.. when will you learn). SL has opened the door for people to express that talent regardless of whether they have a disability and in return, we are the lucky ones who get to appreciate it.
So, has SL changed me? I guess in a way yes, it has opened up a new appreciation for people from all walks of life. For this SL, I am grateful.
3. Have you ever left Second Life for more than a month?
I am ashamed to say I have. Infact, 5-6 months. I’ve talked about the reason’s in this blog before, so I won’t go over it again. I didn’t even see how me leaving SL affected people. When I first disappeared, I had phone calls from people who were SL friends asking me if I was ok because they hadn’t seen me around. I had emails from others, but I even then, I didn’t see what I see now.
On my second journey in Second Life (I call it my second journey because although I still have many friends around before I left, I have met a bunch of new ones too) one thing that seems to stand out above everything, is how we can affect other people in SL. I am not the only one who treats my friends the same in SL as I do in FL. I have watched a really good friend of mine get hurt big time from someone he counted as his best friend in SL. I’ve blogged about this before as well, and how I believe voice has bought a different dimension to relationships in SL.
I considered recently about taking a break from SL, but then I thought, no… I can’t do that, not again. People got hurt before, which I didn’t realise at the time, and it is as though a big light has been switched on in that area of SL for me. So I won’t do it again. Not only that, I don’t want to anymore.
Yes, hooray! I’m am all positive again!
I still love my SL.
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