Truth Be told

It’s time to talk honestly and truthfully.  Okay, I usually do that, but now we need to be more candid.  It is always fun in Second Life®  (SL) to talk about the funny situations we find ourselves in in Real Life (RL).  I remember the time I was at the drug store and then remembered I needed hair dye (I am a natural bottled redhead in RL, just like Lucy).  I honestly didn’t think of it as; “Oh yes, I need to go over and get hair color”.  In stead my thought was; “Oh yes, I need to get new hair”.  This was the first conscious moment I had where SL and RL met.  Yes, I had had dreams with my SL friends in them, but never had I thought in SL terms.

One of my funniest moments was walking through WalMart doing my marketing and there was a display of books and one was the latest vampire book.  I am not a fan of this genre in books or otherwise.  However, my SL friend Aeryn is a SL vampire.  I recall picking up the book and looking at the back cover and thinking; “This looks interesting.  I bet Aeryn would enjoy reading this.  I wonder if it is on SLX so I can send it to her.”  I put the book on the shelf and began laughing.  People thought I was crazy.  I went home and e-mailed Aeryn’s human host who also got a big laugh from it and then immediately set about organizing an intervention for me.

One Sunday morning I was hosting my usual Sunday Morning Blues and Coffee at The Savoy when a friend IMd me.  She began telling me how her RL sister had bought a new skirt and came over to show it off.  Her sister wasn’t sure of the fit and mentioned it.  My friend asked her if it were “mod”.  Thinking this meant “modern” the reply was, of course.  My friend went on to tell her sister it was an easy fix and she could walk her through the steps and to just “right click and select edit”.  Yes, her sister now believes my friend is ready for an institution.

I found myself one day sitting in my front room looking at a bare corner.  I thought for a moment and then recalled a really sweet chair that would look lovely there.  I tried to pull up my inventory to look for it.  Finally realized I don’t have access to my SL inventory in RL.  So glad no one was around to see the fit I threw when I came to my senses.  Another time, I was standing in WalMart.  I was in a bout of Meniere’s due to the rain, but needed groceries and a photo frame to complete my uncle’s birthday present.  I couldn’t make it to the frames and just stood there crying.  My head was going in circles and I felt the strong desire to live in SL where I could either find what I needed in SLX or cam around the store without moving and get the items I needed.

I have often looked around my little skybox and pondered.  If it had a kitchen and toilet with running water, I could actually live there.  So often I have discussed (half joking, half serious) the idea of a TP system in RL.  How nice it would be if all we had to do was click on the map the place we wanted to go to and in a matter of seconds we were there hanging out with our friends and dancing and laughing and just having fun.  This morning is what has prompted this post.  With the rainy weather causing issues for my Meniere’s, I had to take my medication before bed last night.  One of the side effects is that my head is very foggy the next morning and the fog doesn’t really lift for several hours.  My laptop was several feet away from me as I had booted it up and went in to get dressed and upon returning to the front room, I sat down on the couch to attempt to get my head together.  Desiring to journal and check my e-mail, I kept looking at the laptop.  Oh how I wanted to be able to right click, edit and move it to my location.  Alas, I had to conjure up the strength to go over and bring it to me.

So tell the truth.  If not to me via comment, then to yourself for a bit of a giggle or a chuckle (or even a big ole belly laugh).  How do your lives collide?  It is easy to allow and acknowledge how RL seeps into SL, especially the better we get to know those we spend the most time with.  But how has your SL invaded your RL?  Have others noticed?  Do you acknowledge your SL friends to your RL friends and associates?  Or do you just refer to them as another SL friend of mine does simply as your “imaginary friends”?   Come on now, be honest and fess up.

Tags: Cam, DL Bach, Editing, friends, Inventory, Moving, Parker Janick, Parky, Re-locating, Re-sizing, Real Life, Second Life, Shopping, SLX