Even though there are millions of account holders from around the world and tens of thousands are logged on at any one time, there are still plenty of folks unfamiliar with Second Life.

Growing up, I wasn’t much of a gamer. I once made it to the high scoreboard on Centipede at the local pizza joint arcade, but generally speaking, I never had much patience for computer games. (I’ll save the story about how our first computer had a ginormous boot disk.)  🙂

So, it might strike some folks as odd that I enjoy the virtual world of Second Life. “I don’t have time for my first life!” is what a lot of people respond when I try to tell them about SL. It’s funny, b/c to me, that’s one of the things that I find so interesting about SL … you can spend as much or as little time as you like. Study breaks, wind-down time in the evening, lazy weekend afternoons … There’s no minimum investment of time and no shortage of things you can learn & people you can meet.

I have had a great deal of fun learning how to create and edit objects inworld. I’ve made textures, simple pieces of furniture … even clothes!  🙂

In the 14 months that I’ve been in SL, I’ve made some genuine friends. Some people may think it’s silly, b/c I don’t even know some of their real names, but in my opinion, the friendships are genuine, nonetheless. If I’m not inworld for several days, there are a few IMs waiting for me, checking to see how I am. On my one-year “rez day” (virtual birthday), some friends threw a party for me inworld. Those are the kinds of thing friends do.

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