Where is Rocky?

I went to start up my computer on Monday night and discovered that my hard drive was corrupt. Yep, the darn thing would not even boot up. Lost music, photos and other files. Fortunately I had been transferring a lot of them to my external drive. Not sure what else I lost, but I guess I will know as time goes on.

The good news is that I had been looking at replacing my 6 year old Dell with something newer and looking at the Dell XPS line. So yesterday I went online, took a leap and ordered one. Call it an early RL Bday gift for Rocky. It should arrive by next Tuesday so it looks like I will be absent from SL for the time being. I will still be alerted when there are visitors to my home while I am away. Hehehe. Rocky is blogging from RL work, so I will keep you updated here.

What's it all about?

So what is SL all about? As far as I can tell, so far there are lots of dance parties, art gallery openings, and my favorite - Shopping Malls. Even the library sciences people have a presence in SL. I also know that several major companies have set up spaces here in SL. We all seem to be making connections with other avatars for various reasons. Some of which are not always clear up front. Everyone is sharing their talents with others either as designers, architects, builders, scriptors, managers, models and more. Yes, you can even pick up an escort here in SL.

By the way, I am currently looking for a home. I feel a bit strange just participating as a homeless resident. Not that a home is a requirement, but it just seems like "the thing to do". I just need to work out a reasonable budget and decide to rent or own. I am thinking that owning is more the way to go.

I also discovered that residents can actually set up a security system on their home in SL. Bumped into a few when i was flying around yesterday. It can be scary if you are not expecting it. My friend Brady said that it keeps people from having sex in them when the residents are not at home. Hummm imagine that?