Seeds of Fire in Dream

I read this week­end that one of my favorite places to hang out in Sec­ond Life has shut its doors and gone away. The out­growth of one of my favorite pod­casts, the Harp­ing Mon­key was a fun Irish pub style place, where I first learned how to sword­fight and where I enjoyed Irish music and cool art shows and the like. 

And now, it’s gone. 

This is part of the Sec­ond Life­cy­cle, which I am start­ing to under­stand as this: 

1. Dis­cover Sec­ond Life. Be amazed, con­fused, and bewildered. 
2. Spend every wak­ing moment in Sec­ond Life. Learn build­ing and scripting. 
3. Decide to buy land. 
4. Decide to open a business. 
5. Get your first Tier bill 
6. Have some kind of dra­matic explo­sion asso­ci­ated with your land or your business. 
7. Get your sec­ond Tier bill. 
8. Stop hang­ing out on SL so much. 
9. Get your third Tier bill. Ask your­self, “Why am I pay­ing so @$@$@##$ much for some­thing that does not give me joy? 
10. Close your busi­ness, sell your land. 
11. Hang out every so often, just to see neat things, play with nice toys, and talk to those folks who are still in SL whom you care about 

I don’t enjoy flux in my life. I’m one of those peo­ple who doesn’t like to move, doesn’t like to change things. So, Sec­ond Life really kicks my butt in the area of change. 

But maybe it’s a Change / Chaos sim­u­la­tor. Maybe it’ll be good for help­ing me get over the anx­i­ety over change. 

Any­way, Harp­ing Mon­key in SL, you were a fun place. Sorry to see you go. I loved your whole setup, from the Tudor-style pub to the charmingly-hidden smoochie-booth to the par­ties we had there. 

And if you want to still enjoy Harp­ing Mon­key good­ness, the pod­cast, forum, and web­site are still up and run­ning and will be prob­a­bly long after Sec­ond Life is but a memory. 

http://harpingmonkey.com