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2007-05-16 - 1:11 p.m.

Coming Up For Air

Hi! How are you? Nice to see you again. I like your shirt. It's purdy.

*heh*

Alrighty then! My apologies once again for the lack o' updates. I am living on the weirdest schedule these days. Second Life is one powerful dose of smack, I tell ya.

Where to begin? First off, I now have a regular hostessing gig at my favorite place in SL, Quantum Fields. WOOT! I was there every night anyway chatting with folks and helping to ramp up the energy, so it was a natural fit. Basically I'm now getting paid to HAVE FUN. How awesome is that? It's a bit more taxing being "on the clock" trying to keep up with all the folks popping in and following the continuous chat (while also conversing in IMs with folks), but I REALLY enjoy it. I don't have any set hours per se, but I usually pop into the sim a few hours early, then our other hostess, Groovebunny (she rocks! such an angel!) shows up and we co-host, or take turns when the other needs a break or a night off. It's all very cool and laid back, yet we both want to make sure people have a great time and feel welcomed and loved.

We have such a wonderful group of awesome people, lots of regulars who show up nightly or a few times a week, and there are new people popping in all the time. It's such a positive upbeat environment and I haven't found anyplace like it on SL. People comment all the time how different the energy is there (PQE! Positive Quantum Energy!) and it quickly becomes a home away from home for many folks.

What's really interesting is that the female to male ratio is usually about 10 to 1 (like many places in SL -- there are more women on SL than men, plus some men use women avatars), and you would think that the gals would get catty with each other, especially since we're all so HOT and the men are few and far between. But in fact, there is no cattiness at all. Us gals are all very supportive of each other, and the men love being surrounded by gorgeous sassy chicks. Most of the guys are taken in RL (or SL) anyway, so it's all fun flirtiness and enjoying each other's company.

Of course, you never know what's brewing under the surface with people and there is a bit of a rumor mill (drama in the sim!), but I try to stay away from those situations as much as possible. I was recently lied to BIG TIME by a guy who was gushing over me in the sim. I was flattered by his attention, although he laid it on really thick (RED FLAG!), but he kept going on and on about what a great guy he was and how he's a wonderful person to get to know, blah blah. Right there: RED FLAG NUMBER TWO. So I didn't take it too seriously, but we talked about our real lives a bit one afternoon in an IM and when I asked if he was married, he told me his wife died of cancer 2 years earlier. My heart fell to my feet and I quickly went into "OMG, I'm soooo sorry, how awful!" mode (although a part of me was thinking "Is he for real?"), but he went on and on about how there was a big hole in his heart, how she was only 26 when she died and she didn't suffer at the end. I asked how old he was and he said he was 30. That surprised me as well, because I pegged him as much older.

WELL. I noticed that he was suddenly swept away over some other girl in the sim the next day, which was totally cool and a bit of a relief, but I was thinking "What a player!" THEN I found out via the rumor mill that he's not only 43 in RL, he's been married for 19 years with 2 kids.

I KNOW.

Being evasive with the truth is one thing, or fudging a few details to protect yourself, and there will ALWAYS be players, but for this guy to tell me his wife was DEAD from CANCER? And that he had a huge hole in his heart? And that he was 13 YEARS YOUNGER than he really was?

WHAT A TOOL. Who knows, maybe he had a first wife who died, so in his eyes he wasn't totally lying. At any rate, I can't believe I bought his line of crap and the whole thing gave me the squeebs. GAH. I still haven't confronted him about his lies, and I probably won't. Why bother? I don't want to talk to him anymore than I have to in the sim, so whatever. But that's the kinda thing that seems to happen, no matter how careful you try to be.

But I tell ya, it was another good lesson for me in being too trusting.

And in other SL news, I've had some ups and downs with a few guys I chat with a lot. The ol' heat up/cool down thing. Which is fine, only problem is, the heat always seems to happen on the same day, over a span of various hours with various guys, and the next day, BAM, they're all in cool down mode. Or the worst, ignore mode. IMs that are friendly then left unfinished on their part. Very odd.

I've hardly chatted with P at all. He's rarely on SL anymore with his RL job taking so much time, and we've only exchanged a few emails. We haven't spoken on the phone for a week. So I have no idea what's going on there.

Meh. That's the way it goes. I'm ready to have a great night on SL and not let any of this stuff get to me. Plus I have loads of things to work on for some upcoming promo events for the sim, and I need to schedule a meeting with the owner of the SL Enquirer about writing gigs. And I still have a ton of places I need to visit, take some scripting and building classes, etc.

And (*gasp*), I'm gonna have to get in gear on finding a RL job, although I am resisting with all my tiny might! The thought of sitting in some office 8 hours a day filing papers and answering the phone makes me wanna heave. Then again, with some creative financing over here (*eyeing IRA*), I can still technically stay unemployed in RL for many, many months. But it would be nice to pull in some checks again, get out of the house, meet some new folks, and file papers for some insurance company and answer the phone. Because you know how much that would ROCK.

HA!

In the meantime, I'm gonna get a few things done around this pigsty of a place I call my apartment, run to the store for NOURISHMENT (I keep forgetting to eat, it's quite strange), and settle in for a fun night. A cold front and storm system is blowing in, so methinks it would be a perfect night to use my last firelog. Won't be able to find them in the stores again till the fall. GAH.

I'm still rather blown away it's almost summer. How did THAT happen? Wasn't it just January yesterday?

Oh! Before I depart, some great news with mom and dad. The house in Baton Rouge has been sold and mom has got everything set up for the movers to clear out that house by the end of the month. She's heading there this weekend with my brother and sis-in-law to get things organized (what will be kept, tossed, sold, put in storage) and work with the moving estimator gal. Dad has a series of appointments set up with all his doctors before he leaves Baton Rouge (excellent!), and the COBRA paperwork has been signed and turned in. WHEW on all fronts!

Alrighty folks. I am off. And I will try my best to keep this diary updated more often! I missed it, but until today, didn't realize how much!

Take care my friends, and I will catch up on all your writing soon!

Listening to: "Money Back Guarantee" by Pigeon John. Catchy and hilarious!