A New year in SL

I first wandered into Second Life on New years Eve..shortly before the year 2004. I was bored...drunk..and had heard a blurb somewhere about it. I decided to give it a try as the countdown for another year ticked away. I'm not sure what I was thinking, but I felt good about it..those yummy newbie moments when you feel like a pioneer in a brave new world.

I went through the learning island without learning alot, since I was slightly handicapped by Wild Turkey.

I popped into the mainland (the only land there was at the time) and no one was about but a lone woman standing there trying on outfits. She gave me my first freebies and helped me with some basic commands and I was so thankful. Wish I remembered her name.

I was instantly in love with SL. I explored feverishly..met some folks..bought some items..and generally learned the game. It was wonderous...more than I ever expected. I stayed up most of the nights to follow for several weeks. I'd rush home to log on. I had to get land fast, and after many adventures, I ended up with some and started to build. Poor Flipper was my first real neighbor and had to deal with my horrid attempts; both of us on the fringe of Hawthorne when it contained brilliant gothic Vampire castles by Obs and others. What a sight that area was. A different wold indeed.

The next year was such a road...such a lesson and such a life. I fell into place..and fell in love..so fast..amazingly so for one so slow to any strong emotion. I fought, and I built, and I met and talked, and I liked and loved, and I danced and flew, and it was a ride.

And the year following I still wandered SL..keeping a hand in here and there..still loving...learning..liking and scorning. And in that second, slower year, I came to understand how many good people walk a virtual world...and I came to understand that it did indeed become a life in a sense. And part of me disliked it and part of me was filled with apathy, and another part of me was that newbie..that rebellious soul..dancing and laughing and clapping in wonder over what the next sim might bring.

And so, another New Years Eve. Two years come and gone here. I wouldn't have giving any of it up for the world, the good and bad. And I smile as I type this, because I'm taking a drink of Wild Turkey..and it's almost midnight..and another RL year appraoches with new adventures..and a third SL New year beckons and whispers to me...and on an agreement with another 2 yearer...we will not go gently into that goodnight

Happy anniversary, David.

Happy anniversary My lover and My friend

We met almost a year ago and I wouldnt trade it for anything else in the world.


love you

Sir David, thank you.. your post brought tears to my eyes and yes i know i cry easy but your doscription discribed my feelings so well in a way i could not put into words!
yoiu are one of teh reasons i stick around , your humor..your support, and your pervieness ( is that a word?) anyways huggz it was a lucky day for me when i crash landed in your life!