OBSESSED

So here comes my confession ^^.

I am obsessed. I have been obsessed with Second Life for the last 6 years, sometimes less, sometimes more, but I do always come back to it even though sometimes I need a break for a reason or another ( always RL reasons that I will not discuss here ).

With time, my obsessions inside SL have changed. Love happened ( I am fortunate enough to still be with the man I met on my very first day on SL 6 years ago, but we took that out of SL ), I spent some time roleplaying a Master/Slave relationship, being a vampire and blooming into a clan Queen, roleplaying in Gor, you name it… the obsessions came and went.

The only obsession that remained since day one and never left me is… of course… shopping. That is a steady obsession. I still remember my first days hoarding thousands of freebies that clugged my inventory for at least 3 years, then the joy of having found the way to get some linden dollars and actually buying things… a skin at Laq, a dress at Indyra, nice heels… I have never stopped buying clothes, skins, hair, shoes since.

With the years obsessions came and went, but I never grew tired of buying pretty things and dressing up my avatar, which I call playing paperdolls. I do it over and over and over again. I buy a piece of clothing, then build a head to toe outfit from there, including eyes, hair, shoes, skin, jewelry. And when I’m done… I start over again… and again… and again… If I had to describe my style, I would say I am casual most of the time, I am a brought up by hippies-jeans-tee shirt-flats kind of girl in real life, and I think I’m a bit like that when it comes to dress my avatar. Casual-pretty dresses-boho-ish with a liking for gothic-punk-dark-ish things (and I might pull a gown off my sleeve occasionaly just because I have decided to be a princess that day). Oh and I love heels. They’re just so pretty!

Exploring Second Life is also something I enjoy, visiting new sims (there are some wonderful creations out there), and I’d rather take my avi on a journey until I find a nice photo spot, than taking studio pictures, even though occasionally I will take pictures right in my home.

I also love taking pictures, that has also been a steady obsession ( it started when I was a child and never left me… I need to take pictures. I have had times in my life when I couldn’t for a reason or another, and I felt like I couldn’t breathe. I studied photography and video for 5 years in an earlier stage of my life.

So a while ago, I thought I might as well start a Second Life blog, where I could share my obsession/passion for shopping, dressing up my avatar, exploring second life and taking pictures all together and this is how my blog was born.

Reader, as Jane Eyre would say (oh, right, I also have an obsession with literature, so the occasional words, quotes… inspired posts might appear here and there), thank you so much for your attention, I hope to see you again soon!

xoxo

Lea