Up, Up and Away

Gpsy Falls sent me this fun pretty red balloon. Opening my inventory I clicked on wear and thought; "oh how cute a balloon".

As I walked I found myself in lift off, going higher and higher and higher. I wondered if it is possible to float off a sim and travel to another land. Perhaps this has a homing device or script since I circled around my home land in lovely Salutirus. Up and around in the clouds hanging onto my beautiful balloon for my dear second life.

What a great gag gift. Gypsy has all kinds of fun things and great inventions at his gadget store.

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That made me wonder how high could you actually fly? Would it be possible to hit a ceiling? A search at the Wiki yielded no fast answers. The only way to land was to let go and fall. Good thing my pixels bounce!

On The Road

What better way to start out my new blog than with a picture on my friend Pearlys' motorcycle. He has a great store for building supplies and a fun club, Calypso.

In Second Life you can walk, run, fly, or teleport as methods of conveyance. My primary travel is via TP since very few Sims are interconnected. Also, I do not own a car, boat, or helicopter.

There are a reported 12 Million plus members in Second Life and 65,000 acres on the grid. I heard an interview on Coast to Coast with the, Philip Linden as my first introduction to Second Life. I joined as a free member and bumbled around for a few months. I still walk into walls, get stuck in corners and land in water, but am glad to be quick dry!

After reading Snow Crash, which combined the internet and ancient Sumerian history two of my many favorite interests, it came together for me that Second Life is like myspace on steroids.

I have been in Second Life for 9 months and started out like most newcomers struggling to get off of the newcomer main land. The first task was to make a chainmail shirt which seemed like such a silly thing to do with so many other fashion choices.

I have not looked back since that first most difficult TP. The chainmail shirt is probably buried in my inventory gathering pixel dust. Hope you join me for my trip across the metaverse. The fun is in the journey not the destination.