Nobody reads my Blog

A friend gave me a t-shirt yesterday that said, Nobody Reads My Blog.  Well, I have said that.  But, I after seeing the date of my last blog, I think, it is my own fault. 

 Ok, I wrote a blog, but need to transfer it from my laptop and do a proof on it.  I wonder if I start blogging more, it will be read more.  Hmmmm

Rat will wear the t-shirt until all of her blogging is caught up.

Newbie Stories

The last few weeks I have been spending a lot of my time at home base at Meyers.  I cleared my property of excess prims in order to place the lighthouse along the river edge.  I have gone through my inventory making liberal use of the delete key.  And I entertained or was entertained by newbies.

 

I wanted the front of my barrel to be clearer, and without thinking, I did it without selecting texture before changing the transparency number.  A newbie flew into my barrel and made herself at home.  “Is there work here?”  she asked.  I wanted clarification and asked if she meant Second Life or the sim.  She was interested in working in SL and wanted to experience it.  I suggested that she would do a search.  She informed me that others told her to do that.  She wanted to know who the boss was.  She didn’t want to work for Linden Labs.  I didn’t figure she did.  She wanted escort and dancing jobs.  By then she had made herself at home and sat on my wicker couch.  She suggested I should sit with her.  I had better things to do than to entertain.  When I have good feelings about a newbie, I will cancel my plans and make them my focus and help them get a start in SL.  I didn’t feel that way about her.   I pulled out a rat head from inventory, placed it on a chair and proceeded to customize it.  It is kind of unsettling to see a head with blinking eyes on a chair.  We chit chatted a bit.  She got bored and left.  Lesson:  Bodiless rats with blinking eyes can spook newbies.

 

I had the barrel front back to being transparent from the inside only.  I sorted through gestures, deleting the most of them. A newbie was roaming around my place when I came across “I smell a newbie” gesture.  She could see crazy statements in chat, and if her sound was on, hear the statements and music as I tested the various gestures.  I don’t remember what was all contained in the newbie gesture, but she sure made a hasty exit when I played it.

 

I was at Bernstein’s with a friend and a newbie wandered in.  He complimented the set up and I told him it was a store that we were in the process of stocking with inventory.  If, he thought it was a home, why did he just come in without an invitation?  When finding out that it was a business, he said there wasn’t very much in it.  Didn’t I just tell him that?

 

Newbies will stick out because of their clothes and skin.  This doesn’t bother me.  People need time to discover SL and themselves within the SL environment.  What bothers me about so many is that they forget to bring manners along with them when they enter SL.  I wonder if those that stick with SL are those who do bring in manners with themselves.  These are the ones who are more likely to receive assistance from long term residents.

 

Here I am, you were looking for me?

The last month, people have asked me if i blogged.   My standard reply was no, I have never kept a diary up, how do you expect me to keep up a blog?  With the start of the new year, I decided to give it a chance and share with you my life on Second Life and what I am learning from it.  I plan to share some of my past SL history as well as the all important subject Big Brother.  But for now, I just want to see how this new blog looks. 

Talk to you later!