Fountain of Youth

Today's topic: Is your avatar more or less your current biological age? Do you portray a younger avatar, or older? Why is this?


I never really thought about my avatar's age before. I change my avatar every now and then, but my usual avatar looks to be in the early-mid 20s (about 5 years younger than I am in RL). It's easy to make an avatar look young because most skins are flawless and don't have wrinkles. Even when I try to make my avatar look my RL age, my avatar still looks younger. I've met people whose RL ages ranged from 20-70, but most avatars I see around the grid look to be about 20-30.

Earthquake!

I've lost count of how many earthquakes I've felt throughout my life, so they aren't new to me, but they are still very scary.


Last night, a little passed 9pm (my RL time is the same as the time in SL) I felt an earthquake. The earthquake last night was a 5.7, but it felt as big as the 7.2 I felt in April. I'm thinking because it was closer this time. I'm happy to say that no one was hurt and there was no damage.

To calm myself down after the earthquake, I recorded a short video in SL. I still need to edit it, so here's a snapshot during the filming.

Some of the reasons why I heart SL!

The next topic for the BBBC is to write about three positive things in my Second Life. The following three are just a few of the many reasons why I love SL!

A couple of years ago, I downloaded WeGame after getting some interest in making machinima in SL after watching some videos by Torley and Stolvano. I had an old computer then and I crashed in SL every time I used WeGame, so I never had the chance to record anything longer than a minute. A couple of weeks ago, I started playing around with machinima again and I'm enjoying it so much more now that I'm not using an old computer. I'm having fun recording things in SL and I do have to admit that it's nice to see my avatar without having to log in. I've met people in SL who have told me that they do get attached to their avatars too and I'm sure many others feel the same way.


The next is a place in SL that I feel has an impact on people's real lives. I've been a volunteer for the Rainbow Gardens Pet Memorial Center in SL for the passed 2 years. People visit Rainbow Gardens to remember and mourn the loss of their RL pets. It is a sad time for when someone loses a beloved pet. Rainbow Gardens reminds people that even though their pets have passed on, they will never be forgotten. I love going to the gardens and I find it one of the most peaceful places to visit.


Last, but not least are the friends that I've made in SL. I love each and every one of them. I've known most of them since I first signed up for SL. It's always a good time whenever we get together to dance and chat. I wish we can teleport to each other in RL too.

Greenies Home Rezzable

When I logged in today, I received a message that the Greenies Home Rezzable sim is closing! Their last day is on June 23, 2010 and they will have a goodbye party this weekend. I was sad to hear the news and I even had to write it down in my RL calendar, so I won't miss the chance to say goodbye to the lovely sim.

Greenies Home was one of the first places I explored in SL and it's still one of my favorite places today. It's a sim I always recommend as a place to visit in SL. I love the build and imagination that went on behind the creation of Greenies Home.

Teleport as fast as you can to Greenies Home if you haven't been yet!

Big Bad Blogger Challenge 2010

Hi! My blog is back! I thought it would be a good time to start blogging again because the Big Bad Blogger Challenge starts today, which I found out about on Alicia Chenaux's blog. The challenge is to blog every day for one week. I can blog about anything and Alicia will also give us (the participants) topics to write about as well. For today's topic, we were given 2 questions: Why did you become a blogger? How has it enriched your life?

When I first started SL, I loved taking snapshots in-world. I had so many pictures that I started to burn them on CDs and uploading them onto my SL flickr (hasn't been updated in a long time either). I wanted to start putting words with my pictures, so I created this blog to write posts about them. My interest in it faded rather quickly though and I even started to take less pictures. I still read SL residents' blogs, but I never had any interest to start SL blogging again until recently.

Not counting my SL blog, I've been RL blogging on and off for about 12 years. I like having a blog/s because it's a place where I can express myself and pretty much write about whatever I want. I'm glad to start using my SL blog again!