I’ll start by apologizing for my abrupt disappearance. I never intended to go this long without posting, but a few things happened in RL and SL that caused me to get out of exploring mode for a while.
In RL, I joined the ranks of IT management, and getting used to my new responsibilities put me in a different mindset. Exploring, you see, is a time consuming thing. Normally, I enjoy it, but I’d set myself up for making it a chore by giving myself a goal of doing 3 -4 posts a week. Coming home after my newly stressful days, the last thing I needed was for SL to become work. So I decided to slow down ad post when I could.
Then… I got the building bug again. It’s something without deadlines that I can do where I’m accountable to no one but me, I can work as little or as much as I want to. But mainly I re-discoverd Caledon and I felt like just had to try my hand at building Steampunk items. So I did (though you’ll find them to be rather… quirky). I’ve been building stuff ever since… I opened a store and even built a club next door where I run a weekly dance.
Anyway, I’m alive and well, I’ve got the hang of the new job and I’m much less stressed. I may even start exploring again
If you want to see what I’ve been up to, come visit the store (Goode Inventions) in Caledon SouthEnd. My new club, Sprockets, is right next door. I hold a Jazz Standards dance every Thursday at 7SLT. See you there!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20SouthEnd/172/166/23
Welcome back, Garth. I had just started reading your blog about a month before RL took you away.
Well hello Mr. Garth. It’s great to see you post something again.
Love the store build (and the items and the prices!), and the club (so civilized). I will try to remember about Thursdays.
The important thing is that you’ve let us know you’re alright, doing fine, all that jazz.
You know, you could put the call out to others, and bring-on a couple people willing to do as you did. Have them read your past entries… and do the exploring and picture-taking for you.
You invite them as contributors and when they write their posts, it sits in queue until you (edit of desired and) approve them.
/me snickers
But really, congratulations to I.T. (Been there, done that) – stay safe and never allow SL to become “work”. I made that mistake once. And so I can relate to the hiatus.
Most important to those of us who’ve followed you here is: you are safe and well.
\o/ Yay! Glad to see you back!
Glad to see you back.