God
gave us memories that we might have roses in December.
J.M. Barrie
2012 is coming to an end and I’m trying to wrap
up things in Second Life (SL) before the New Year. Christmas is a time when in Real Life (RL), I
stop to take stock about things and look back on the year that has passed. From there I look ahead and begin planning
for the New Year. (Significant Other
says this is the most terrifying part of the year.)
So, this year, I’m expanding my approach to SL. Why not?
SL is part of my RL (Not to worry I know how to maintain balance,
Significant Other sees to it should I not.)
RL and SL sort of came together earlier this year for me
when I had a minor health glitch probably because I spent too long at a
computer for my Twenty-four
Hours in Second Life series. (Never
sit in the same position and location for an extended period of time.) Then my computer went on the blink and had to
be replaced.
Somehow, despite all this, I managed to keep writing. (Hey, I’m nothing if not hardcore.) Health improved and until I sorted out my
hardware, my time in the Wilderness, I wrote
about the world of SL outside the grid.
The new in SL has always interests me which is why I go
exploring inworld. New friends, places, and experiences await me every time I
TP into a new sim and sometimes when I go back to one previously visited.
This year I wandered into the nudists
and BDSM
communities. (Read the stories if you’d
like to know what happened.) I met a tarot
card reader and pirates. I made friends with a mad
scientist. I visited the ancient
ruins of Manchu
Picchu. I went for walks in my neighborhood, Nowaki.
I also began two new series within my blog, Sex
and the Single Avatar in Second Life
and the Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World in Second Life.
While doing this, I revisited old friend and places. Perryn Peterson kept me
abreast of the steampunks and his new projects. Showing that there is continuity and growth
among communities inworld. I went back
to 1920’s
Berlin. In fact that’s where I first
encountered nudists inworld. (See what
you’re missing when you don’t read all my stories?)
One thing I keep coming back to in SL is the idea of change.
Things change. People change. Sims that I’d visited regularly are now
closed with no clue as to where their members went. Friends have just blinked out of existence. All one is left with is that in RL they are
fine but have just moved past virtual worlds.
But new sims arise and new friends appear. Maybe there is something to the idea of the
great circle of life and not just in RL.
As for my blog itself, I’ve managed to increase the
frequency of my writing and readership is up!
(Thanks to all my faithful readers!)
I celebrated my first
anniversary as an explorer and blogger in SL as well as writing my one hundredth
story.
I didn’t get around to everything I wanted to complete
this year. The blog needs work, my
makeover is far from complete, and I didn’t get around to that series on SL/RL relationships
that I’ve been meaning to write. Well,
that’s why there’s a New Year! I’ll be writing
shortly about my plans for it shortly.
I’ll stop here for now, I’ve enjoyed being out and about
inworld this year and meeting with everyone this year. I hope to see everyone again in the New Year
and have some new adventures to write about when I do!
Below are links to a few pictures from my visits this
year. They give a sense of what they’re
about. But you really have to see and
experience them for yourselves.
As always, I’m grateful to
all for their kindness and time in stopping to talk with a stranger who was
passing through their lives.
I welcome feedback from
readers, please either comment on my blog or
e-mail me at webspelunker@gmail.com
.
If you would like to read about my other adventures in Second Life please click here.
If you would like to read about my other adventures in Second Life please click here.
Photo No. 2 Nowaki
Photo No. 3 1920’s
Berlin Bath House
Photo No. 4 Ancient
Alexandria
Photo No. 5 Turtle
Coast Nudist Resort
Photo No. 6 Paradise
Sex Beach
Photo No. 7 Great
Pyramid at Giza
Photo No. 8 El
Dia de los Muertos
Photo No. 9 View
from the Top of Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Photo No. 10 Christmas
at Winter Holiday Village
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