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I realize this seems off topic now, but it won't forever.
Watch, enjoy, and it will all tie together very soon.

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Ch..Ch..Ch..Ch..CHANGES!

Again, the drama of SL stuns and startles. Some observations on this amazing virtual world: the speed at which human emotion can be stirred, and the intensity of it, is surprising and more than a little frightening. SL can be and often is a game of playing at love. Each person's definition of love varies from the next. On an emotional level, SL can be the proverbial playing with fire, and yet there is so much a person can learn here about themselves and others. The question is this; given that playing with fire often burns and leaves scars, is the pleasure of the emotion and the knowledge gained from the experience worth the sometimes ugly scar tissue left behind?

Love in RL can wane cold, but yet when combined with the tangible accoutrements of the physical world, those love relationships can hobble along for years... moving in slow, feeble, tangled, twisted patterns, but still moving within what constitutes the realm of love. Splinted, wrapped, bandaged and drugged, we persist in holding these ties that bind together long after the passion, the love and sometimes even the respect for the other is gone.

So then, what happens within a virtual world when the love grows cold? When there is no house to divide, no children to consider... what then?

In a world where a person can change their skin and be a different entity every hour of the day, what happens when a chance meeting results in a lightening bolt of recognition. When between two people a fire is lit which spontaneously forges a chain between the two souls. Wondering, what if this scars my soul beyond repair? What if this person is playing his own game with me? Where is this going to lead?

Dear readers, updates are coming soon, and many changes are afoot. Until then.

Laptop is Back Up and Running!

For those of you who know me in Second Life, you are probably aware of the fact that a little over a month ago, my personal writing assistant, an old HP laptop, was killed. It seems that my operator's RL husband is a bit of a Dr. Frankenstein when it comes to computers... and after finding a friend with a dead HP laptop in a similar model, a midnight grave robbery provided an opportunity for cannabalization of essential parts. The result?

Dear readers, I am writing this post on my pieced together HP, now lovingly dubbed Frank, in honor of its resurrection and second life.... Hmmm, second life, now where have I heard that before?

Thanks, Dr., without your brilliance and skill, I could not exist (and my operator would be a very lost soul indeed without your love and affection).

The best part? All the material on my hard drive is alive and well!!! I'm looking over the pics there to see if anything got left behind and needs to be posted. Update soon.

Live Music in Second Life

One of the best things I've found about Second Life is the variety and quality of live music to be heard. If you search for love music under events you will find live music shows being done all over SL. I try to go to live shows as much as I can, but this is a part of Second Life I would definitely like to explore and write about a lot more.

One especially nice venue I've found is the Hummingbird Cafe, pictured here, left. Onstage is my friend Groucho Marsh, a very good acoustic guitar player and singer. The Hummingbird has a great friendly atmosphere without a lot of lag, and a nice laid back group of people seem to be the regular crowd. Definitely a recommended destination for anyone wanting to have a listen to some good live music.

Here to the right is a great shot I took of Dexter Ihnen in concert at the Laguna Beach Club back on April 1. I really enjoyed his music, he had a great look. (But I really had to show off what is one of the first decent pictures I took in SL.) The downside was that the lag at the Laguna made it impossible to really enjoy a show, in my opinion. I haven't been back to see if this was a temporary or an ongoing problem at the Laguna.

The Journey to The Preserve

Here is a shot of me in one of my fav outfits and skins, floating over the land that is to become our park, The Preserve. In my view here is the sweet bunny house, the mystery tentacled thing, and the very beginnings, to my right, of what was to become the big 4 story BDSM club. Ah, neighbors. Doesn't it give you a warm, fuzzy feeling? Down on the ground, the circular watery object is a building project of G.'s. This was back when we were still in the very early planning stages.

And another, better shot of me having a friendly chat with the female half of the Bunny People. I include this not only so you can appreciate the loveliness of the rabbit house, but also so I can tell you a little about the hot skin I am wearing. Here I'm in another favorite outfit, jeans and a halter top. The skin is by Daeskins, which are, in my experience, some of the best skins in SL for the money. My friend G. discovered them, he has a nack for spotting quality. The faces on these skins are very beautiful, and adapt well to a variety of shapes, but are plenty unique, and you won't be meeting yourself if you head into a crowd of SL residents.

The skin I'm wearing in these two shots is the Bettie, and has the permanent tattoo on the back of a black panther grabbing a mouse. The best part, it really looks like a computer mouse! Love!

Lorelei and G at Home in Dja Nboo

Here is a quick little shot of G and me relaxing at home, the same day we got the top floor of the house finished. Again, thankfully, my photography has improved dramatically since I took this shot.

Along the tracks past the Imperial Forest

Even in the virtual world of Second Life, envy sneaks in. For anyone who wants to go to a lovely nature-inspired place, check out the Imperial Forest. It is one of the first real treasures I discovered when I came to SL and is the inspiration for my project, The Preserve. When you go to Imperial Forest, find the railroad tracks and follow them. I love to fly over roads and railroad tracks. There is always something amazing to discover. When I had flown for quite a ways along the railroad tracks that run through the Imperial Forest, I discovered some amazing places. Hard to describe, so I'll just include the pics and leave it with this. The creativity and imagination you find in SL is awe-inspiring. The things that people create when given no limits is extraordinary. Here is proof. This is where the envy comes in...I wish I had a place like that!!!!