Ok so what are we doing and why are we on this trip? Ok so close your eyes and Imagine.....wait, dont close your eyes or you wont be able to read this.
Imagine a place where you can pick any name you want or be anything you ever wanted to be. A Place you can explore and meet people. A place where you can dance when you cant walk, a place where you can buy a home, decorate it, or build one and not break a sweat. A place where there is no vacuuming or laundry and you can change your clothes in less than 30 seconds. You can go to the beach or the forest. You can ride a Harley, own a boat or ski...or ski lodge? You can hatch a T-rex and ride it. Even teach it to ATTACK!! You can own a horse and go horseback riding on trails. (some of them require feeding and maintence and don't tell Judy how many horses I killed, LOL). (well it turns green, says feed me..help!! LOL) Is a game but not like any game you ever played.
You can go to Paris or Italy and see everything replicated exactly as they appear as if you went there. There are museams, places to meditate and excersize and it goes on and on. Business' now hold conferences and meetings for remote workers in Second Life.
OH and you learn a whole new language such as words like TP, Sim, Prim, Lindens and get to woot and yeeha. Imagine going to clubs every night and as many as you want to hear live DJ's or Live music? You can even get drunk and never drive a mile. Or you can get a paying job and make real money doing photography, buying land and leasing it, running clubs, designing clothes, designing furniture or selling real life artwork. Anything goes.
But the best part is you can be a musician and play in front of a live audience of people from all over the world, make them laugh, make them cry, or even be discovered for a record label. Even more than that you can make best friends. And get Paid!!!!
This is Social Networking to the 2nd power. If you love Facebook you may enjoy Second Life. In second life you are an avatar that can teleport yourself to thousands of places and meet people all over the world. Lots of famous people hang out in second life you know. No paparazzi!! lol except me. I take pictures there too.
I for one stumbled upon Second Life. I was researching 3D photography. Saw this virtual world and being a technology geek found it worth exploring. I like to play games and all so this looked quite interesting. Especially since I worked 100% from home two jobs and had very little socialization. In addition, if you put me in front of a TV forget it, I snooze. Read a book, I snooze faster.
During my exerience in Second Life I stumbled upon my favorite musicion Claire de Dirval. She sings like Joplin or Etheridge. She does about 4 one hour shows per day. Except Mondays..hehe. This is her gift to Second Life and her way to perform after 25 years on the road with a traveling band. While signing on to attend as many Claire shows as I could fit in, I met some really cool friends. We hang out together and have become quite close. We all took our real selves and shared our real lives through facebook and instage.tv about a year ago. We laugh till we cry. Much more fun than HBO or Fox news. LOL. Never ever bored.
Here in Dallas, some of the second life musicians decided to all get together and perform live, meet in person and jam in dallas. They are the Texas Jammers. and this is the Dallas Jam. I have seen a good handful of these musicians in second life. I cant wait to meet them. In addition I am meeting some of the friends I hang with and completely crack up. Through our adventures and our facebook, Judy has friended all or most of these friends as well. I have the opportunity to photograph and video tape some of these performers in trade of having the privelge and the joy of meeting these guys. I have known them a good part of 2 years. I have had jobs on Second Life myself. But quit them too. LOL. (I was once a workaholic and now I am lazier than hell). Temporarily I mind you but taken full advantage of a break from 20 years of it.
SO Cheers to you guys my sl and/or fb or both friends that make me laugh, Claire (Carrie), Christi, Lynne, Skye, Tina, Mike, James, Kev, Don, Diana, Marco, Paul, Pia ..my BF Howie, and friends of friends, Hap and if I missed any of you I am sorry. I have met each and everyone of you in some form or another through personal or skype or phone. Many of you have hooked up with each other through me. Everyone who is tired of trying to socialize out in the real world should try Second Life. It is a great way to meet people when you can't. Second Life has over 60 million world wide users. I like Second Life, Skype, Facebook, Blogs, Email and any form of social networking. It brought my best friends into my life, new and old. Am having the most fun ever meeting everyone. While there is no substitute for real life physical presense it is a great second. Or make it real like I do. hehe. There is a human behind every avatar there.
Judy and I are excited to be here and enjoy the Texas Jammers for 2 straight days of entertainment, dancing and laughing. Claire and Christi are extremely funny girls and I am sure we are going to laugh more than we can handle. There are over 20 musicians here and 75 others to enjoy. There is no curfew to the jam. Starts at 11 am and ends... whenever? it acutally says that. whenever. Same as Second Life. LOL. Turns out we took the hotel by storm and anything goes. yikes. Gonna share some fun stories. Thanks Judy for coming along and making friends with my friends. (had to ride 3 hours on a horse to get her to come....my poor butt hurts and hoping I wont be bow legged forever!!!). Was great fun really!! Below are some pics of our avatars. (Especially for you Lynne..we love you and are missing you here).
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