Visit: Cica Ghost's Black And White World

So right now I'm hanging out at a featured destination called "Cica Ghost's Black and White World" and oh my lindens...it's peaceful and beautiful.

There is serene music playing in the background, and all the little black and white trees and flowers are swaying in the breeze. I had to stop and sit on a rock to enjoy the scenery before moving on from he TP point.

My avatar looks out of place in the sea of black and white.

Moving on, there are all these little houses you can walk right through but that have furniture you can chill on. I took a moment to stretch out on this bed frame.

As you can see, straight ahead there is someone dancing on the adorable little bridge. Let's go take a look at it!

Waaah! I love the waves graphic for the water and the little 2D fish jumping in and out of the water are adorable. And apparently the 2D locals enjoy it as much as I do :) Check out that stick fisherman! Just smiling away~

Not long after I got to the bridge someone else showed up and I made a new friend:

Nice guy with an odd sense of humor :P Or maybe he has a normal sense of humor and I have an odd one. This question sort of came up in conversation. Also, I get to tag along with him clubbing at some point! Yay! I love chances to experience SL the way other people do.

When he had to go I moved on and met another local flying a kite.

I love the butterflies, clouds, and traces of wind around the trees :) This place makes me feel really relaxed.

This was one of my favorite spots:

I just sat there for a while, watching the trees quiver and shake and the flowers sway in the breeze while a symphony played in the background and this little guy rode in circles around and around the giant rock. What an amazing simplicity.

Next up? What's on that hill?!

Off we go :)

At the top of the hill I found stick figures and residents alike doing some sort of rain dance :x

You can see at least one of the little hearts that fall with the rain here :) All the while there's a gentle symphony going on with violins and a softly warbling opera singer.

After that, there wasn't much else to see, so I took a last flying tour about the area, and I leave you on this note:

Beautiful, right?

Here's a link: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA13/158/21/22

Fogbound Blues

Not much going on tonight! I ran into an old friend at Fogbound Blues, my favorite haunt in SL so far!

 (my avatar)

It's a little blues bar that has a pretty regular crowd and great blues music. It's nice just to come in now and then and hang out, animate my avatar, just listen to music, or all three :) 

(here you see the Fogbound Blues bar, dance floor and pool room/lounge to the right)

I often meet some pretty interesting characters here, although the talkativity and approach-ability of the the patrons seems to vary day to day.

Lately I have been looking for way to bring in a few extra lindens, but my options seem to be limited to selling my avatar's body for now...and I am not sure how I feel about it.

On one hand, it's just an avatar, right? It's just the internet, right?

On the other hand...I am the person behind the avatar. Do my actions online not reflect or effect me as a person?

I do not know if I have found that separation between first life and second life for myself yet.

Thoughts? Comments?

Aaaand...we're back!

Well! I'm back in world after a good break. I finished my ethnography - it went really well. I also graduated college, so I have been romping about the country IRL.

Anyway! On my first day back in I decided to check out some of the suggested destinations on the SL destination guide. I really loved the one from the photos below - MetaLES "Tim's Dreams".

It was beautifully designed, I loved the sounds and music - it accompanied the imagery so well.

This snapshot is from the teleport point. I thought the water contrasted the dark stone beautifully.

I took this one with the first creature I ran into...this one points you onward in your quest to explore the sim.

 I got a little silly with it.

 This was beautiful. The music and the snow falling were wonderful touches.

This was one of the most beautiful scenes in the sim for me. The stars were hanging from patchwork balloons and their reflections hit the water so perfectly...

So I sat for a while and enjoyed the view.

Another silly picture, with a neat scene.

Bouncing windows! There were these two bouncing windows are you approached the stars hanging from patchwork balloons. They were cute ^^

Otherwise I was a little exasperated as I explored, hopping from sim to sim, only to see silence every where I went...I was wondering if they must be speaking privately in IMs or if everyone just stands around in a virtual world to be alone and ... bored. I mean...I know they can't be bored, otherwise why would they log in at all?

Maybe I just haven't found my niche yet.

I am looking into maybe teaching a couple of ESL/EFL classes at a place called "Drive-Through ESL". We will see how that goes!

I am hoping it will be an opportunity to get some experience teaching as well as to earn a few extra lindens.

Until next time!

Moda