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A bit about me...
Throughout my time in SL I haven't hidden who I am in RL. I have maintained that my avi is an extension of myself and tried to model my avatar on how I'd look in rl, if my hair didn't grow like a crazy bush. So far it seems to have worked rather well for me, although I do find it difficult to find t-shirts that I like to wear and a nice pair of jeans that don't make me look gay...
I can either be found in Daydream Island, bugging one of my friends, or trying to make money in some way. Either by taking part in contests, trivia or trying to promote my photography business. I take photos in RL and upload them to SL which has been successful and many people comment on how they like them and want to buy them.
The reason that I am able to take so many good photos is because of my lifestyle in RL. I work in the Environmental Sector, so I spend a lot of time in the great outdoors, making it easy for me to take photos of beautiful landscapes. My work has taken me to Iceland and various other parts of the UK giving me a good collection of photos which are on sale both in the Marketplace and in world.
Anyway enough of the sales pitch... although photography is a big part of my SL experience I am a lot more than that! I first came to Daydream Island because it was a nice quiet sim with lovely nature sounds and scenery, ideal for helping me relax while writing essays required for job applications. I since found there to be a great crowd of Daydreamers here who have brought me a whole range of experiences. Joy, frustration, sadness, confusion, laughter, the list goes on of emotions and things that only Second Life can provide.
This brings me onto my funniest moment in SL, provided by Megan Avon (Meg) and Boudreaux Marsault (Bo). Early in 2011 Daydream Haven was opened as a second Daydreamer sim, owned and run by our beloved Carmsie. One day the three of us were outside their shop, Udaman when the joking turned to Meg shooting both myself and Bo. As many of you will know, when you are shot in Second Life, your avatar is thrown into the air making it uncontrollable as it flies into the sky. Needless to say the gun was shared and we often had sniping matches - when an avatar sits down, the gun has no effect on them. One day I was lucky enough to catch Meg off guard while she was talking to Bo outside their shop. I managed to hide in the neighbouring parcel that was the Stomp Music Venue, still they hadn't seen me on their radar, which was exceptionally rare. I took aim at Meg and fired. I hit both of them, sending their avatars flying into the sky. Although it doesn't sound as funny as it was at the time, I couldn't stop laughing for several minutes after the event and as Meg had started using voice chat, her language was rather colourful.
You just can't do things like that in RL, Daydream Islands is a lovely sim which attracts some great people and that is down to the Carmsie. When I firt visited Daydream Island, Carmsie was welcoming and chatty, nothing has changed there, however when she logged off the crowd that she attracted and gathered around her dispersed. It was a case of Carmsie's gone so the party is over...
Now the people have formed their own bonds with each other and that party doesn't just finish when Carmsie logs off. It moves on to somewhere else. Daydream Island has provided me with some of my best friends in Second Life and when I travel overseas I take some of those friendships outside SL, however they have stayed in the computer, at least for now. Will that change? I don't know but I know that Daydream Island and the now defunct Daydream Haven provided me with moments that I will treasure for the rest of my life.