Searching for Heaven, Part I

Wearing my good girl white wings (commercial break: wings designed by Pardoes of Absolutely Different Wings), I decided to look for heaven on SL. Have not found it yet, just several places with "heaven" in their name. Thisphoto shows me at Closer to Heaven, 189,166,552 - beautiful and peaceful, but hmmm nobody there. Is no one else searching for heaven in SL?

Just Heaven, 222,162,230 claims to be a sanctuary from the craziness of SL. I was there approximately 3 minutes and was thrown out. Not a good sign.

Promise of Heaven, located curiously enough in a land called "Cursed", is actually the site of an immersive role playing game set in a (get this) correctional facility. I could NOT hit that teleport me outta here button quick enough.

Next stop: Nude Heaven Beach 171, 61, 23 - need I say more? I tp'd to Antiques Heaven thinking it would either be a furniture store or a 60+ dating site, but it was just rental property. At Site of Heaven, 47,85,61, I could buy Charm Knickers, whatever those are (charming underwear????). At Halloween Heaven - 51, 13, 1500 there were enough carved pumpkins, scary witches and spooky fog to go around, but no one to sneak up and BOO to, so I did not wait for anyone.

Heaven weary, I glanced at the long list of more heavens and decided to go visit my friend Parrot at his gallery and that was a Bit of Heaven catching up with my old friend and his creative art. *sigh* - friends are the best. Romances tend to turn into pixel dust and blow away as soon as the transporter turns on, but my friendships in SL have endured. Packed the wings away for the night and signed off. Damn.

Exploring for September 1st

Headed out to explore SL, no particular destination, just opening the map and tp'g to wherever there was more than one green dot. First landing was Freebie Dungeon, 17, 27, 54 - almost left immediately (gentle readers know how PN feels about dungeons, slaves, etc.) but this freebie place is not exclusively for dungeon denizens. There are a LOT of boxes there for L$Zero, which is my favorite price to pay for anything. My inventory is full of very interesting items I have found along my travels - find me inworld sometime and I am glad to share - have a flametail, a batmobile, and even a couple of rockets. I did pass by a couple of items at Deva Loka, though: Pee Puddle and Evil Floors. ????

Next teleport drop in was Kusanagi, 85, 157, 61, where the landlords sell dance club supplies. I am standing here in the middle of a lightning floor and more lightning coming from the sky - with all of the dancefloors lined up next to each other, the music, the jukeboxes and vending machines and the wild lightning, I frankly got a little dizzy! I remember the first dance floor I ever saw on SL that moved like these did - it was at Heaven Above -

Landed at Cassowarry, 34, 136, 58, an unusual underground art gallery where Sabrinaa Nightfire seems to be the main artist. Great stuff! Before I realized this was an art sculpture, I thought the residents in the house above had some SERIOUS plumbing problems. See below.

Ended the evening early at Tempura, dancing in the meadow to their beautiful music. I was supposed to meet my dear friend Jurian a couple of hours later for dancing and talking, but fell asleep watching Robot Chicken. Damn.

Back in the saddle again

So where were you when USA landed on the moon? July 11, 1969 - I was working at my first job - I was a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell, Houston TX. We got to take a break that evening in time to crowd into the break room and watch Cronkite. Now I can go to SL and suit up (but obviously I chose not to mess up my hair with a confining space helmet). Check it out at 183,213,22 Apollo Landing.

From the moon to underwater (again, no sensible helmet) at Heart Reef Resort 223,27,2 - this is the mermaid tour. Now and then an Orca drifts by, and a clueless harbor seal (Orcas eat harbor seals), but all is peaceful and pretty and you can curl up with your SOOD (Signficiant Other Of the Day) in an oyster shell and watch the fish drift by.

From the moon to underwater to the future, where apparently, you can still get pizza delivered. This was Bladerunner City, 126,130,433 - great concept, but needs some work. There is a big scary robot that I could not sit on, interesting art but not enough of it, and of course, nobody was there. Not even Harrison Ford. Damn.

This is the way to go to a movie!

The Reel Corn Cinema Rhone 31,163,22

The movie house is in the popcorn box!

On the road again.....

So good to be back on the walkabout. Checked out Showcase and found this cool dance place called The Atlas Club 62,36,38 - it is located in a huge airship. Steampunk is fun.

Then I just opened up the map, closed my eyes and chose a place to land - it was Lebn's Garden, 84,238,29 - found myself in the middle of a trivia game that happens on every Sunday at noon. When that was over, most of the group moved over to Monochrome 137,33,751, where not only were we dirty dancing, we were still playing trivia! I met Thornton Writer (fellow 57 years old person!) who told me about some other cool trivia events on SL. Playing a trivia game 1) knocks out the cobwebs in these old brains, 2) staves off alzheimer's, 3) keeps you off the streets, and most importantly, 4) lets you meet new people who are just as goofy as you are.

Later, dudes.....

Real Life Kidnapped Me - send Lawyers, Guns & Money

Okay, here's what happened. One day I was cruising along, exploring SL, spreading my wings and a very scary creature named "Work" swooped down, grabbed me and would not let me go! Oh he was a smooth talker, this Work.....promised me money for food, taught me how to use my truck again, and just made Real LIfe so much more interesting (and used his magic to make those other bad people "Bill Collectors" go away for a while too)....but I am more clever than Work! I negotiated a work release program so I can release myself from Work sometimes and come back to Second Life (the true reality) on a limited basis...starting today! I missed you guys!

What Makes Perfect North Happy

What a rocking good time I have had on SL since I returned from my sabbatical! I decided to go visit some of the longtime personal favorite places (mostly to see if they were still there) and went to Ethereal Teal. This is the home of Cloud Chateau, the first pixel lab I ever saw on SL. I cannot tell you how many photos I have in my inventory of me and some exploring friend as we watched the ever changing explosion of color at this place - ask Amythest Sands, Deft Lessard, anyone who knows me - I have dragged them all there at one time or another! So I am at Ethereal Teal and there is someone close by - I check out his profile and lo and behold it is JOPSY the creator of Cloud Chateau. It was like meeting Mick Jagger in the produce section of my grocery store. You have got to check out the entire sim, so I am not giving a specific address - just search for it and explore the caves and the whole place - Jopsy has been busy. What a nice guy - he gave me a little creature that follows me around when I rezz it. *sigh* I think i am in love....again! (with the little creature - grins)

Here I am at one of the most creative dancing places in SL - Top Hat - all of the dancing platforms change colors randomly - beautiful! Great relaxing and romantic music. This is a class 5 server which means no lag. PN has terribly old computer that cannot handle lag, so Top Hat is a favorite place. Check it out!

My friend Pardoes (wingmaker) (vampire gun maker) (Superstar Second Life Mentor) is the creator and owner of this place.


Slumdog SL - Deft Lassard and I met back in 06 when we were both newbies, and recently connected again - the other night he tp'd me to his place - he is proud (and rightly so!) of his trailer house on the Industry sim, complete with dirty dishes in the sink, a tv bigger than one wall of the room, and a big ass motorcycle sitting outside. I contributed a velvet candle, a bong , and a pink flamingo as a housewarming present. Deft is one cool guy and I am so glad we are back in communication.


Met some more nteresting people along the way lately: Hawkeyes, Drachonus and of course my rock star Jopsy! But after a while my little barefeet get tired, so I must relax, like this, at the Garden on State of Mind - I am lying on my side, trailing my hand in the water, listening to soothing music - I know some of you think I look like i am passed out, pixel drunk - but you are wrong!!!!! mostly.... anyway! More later!