** Second Life is a huge place, but we all have our favorite place where we seem to visit often just to look it, to hang out, to take friends, or just be alone and think. Where is your place, how did you find it, and what keeps you going back? Go there and take a picture! And no, it cannot be your own home!**
and then edited it to include: ** Ok ok, it can be your home. LOL **
Whew.
It's funny. I've been in SL for 18 months now (damn I'm old!), and I've been many fun, beautiful, wonderful places. Yet.. I don't have a specific "place" I go to. Except for...
My home.
Ali at first excluded our home from being allowed. That would have put me right out of the challenge. Sure, I could find a place I enjoy and blog about it, but that's not really, truly the idea behind the challenge (unless the idea was to blog ideas for other people to visit - which I am looking forward to seeing from some of the bloggers out there).
But I'm taking the topic to heart. I have found the place I go to in order to be alone and think. It just happens to be my home. It's my sanctuary, and I love it. Every night I log off sitting in my favorite pose in front of my fireplace on the lovely couch Sai gifted the Ch'know group with. And every time I log in, the first thing I do is jump back into that sit while I open dozens of group notices and announcements, answer IM's and group chat, and figure out what I want to do, where I want to go, and what I'm going to wear.
Piccy as requested :P (yeah, I only get half a point for this one. It's an older picture, but I like it better than anything I took tonight. Eh, I had a lot going on tonight, sue me!)
My property consists of two 'plots' over open water, which I have turned into 'islands' (well.. Ghilt did them for me, but you get the picture lol). I have a beautiful house, grass, forest, river, ocean, and beach. It looks over a number of open water sims for swimming and sailing. And, it has security/privacy. The thing about my sanctuary is... it is just that. Sure, people can cam over, but they can't set foot on my land unless I grant them access to it. Yes, I'm one of THOSE people, with the access/ban lines up. I will excuse myself by saying that I am in the corner of a sim on the tip of my continent. My lines don't interfere with people's travel, and there is no reason for them to be on my property. I have had people land on my roof, or even walk into my home in both previous places I lived, while I was there even, sometimes half dressed as I tried on different outfits. Nope.. not this time. My sanctuary only allows those I want to come into my space. Yes, I'd love to have people over, I get to choose when and who. But during those other times, the place is mine to go to sit in peace and quiet while I think about things, sort things, IM in peace, or head afk at times.
Hmmm... I might not have answered the challenge question spot on. But, hell, I'm talking, and it does answer the main question. To be honest, had two other ideas for this post, but one is my own secret, and the other - well it's more of an extension of my place, so, really, it's still part of my home.
So.. my sanctuary is... my home. Lame, but true.
Oh, and did I mention how beautiful the sunrise is from horseback?
2 comments:
Glad you finally posted again! I think we were both hanging out at the bottom of the blogrolls there for awhile. At least it was good company.
LOL Dyami – you’re doing WAY better than me. Plurk has killed my drive. Funny I still have a “plurk has kidnapped me but I’ll do better” post I’ve been working on for over a week, but I suppose it’s too late to use it now.
Thanks for the kind comments [and to attest to my plurk addiction, I’m looking for the hug icon here (and now the lol one.. Ack!)]
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