The story (some of it) behind my having a sim and not being this mega business/store owner/land baron.

I suck at beginning things so this blog is going to be no different. It'll smooth out after I become a bit more comfortable sharing things this way.

The idea to have a sim first came to me during the summer of 2006. My sister had one and I had a spot on it that I used to practice building on. I even built a house for myself and was really getting into adding extras in landscaping when she lowered the boom on me. She was going to them the whole sim into a gothic paradise...cracked earth, no sun, no trees, dark brooding castles, etc. My sunny little "tuscany reborn" plot just did not fit that theme so I had to move...to Ibiza in Dreamland. not a bad place, rather nice actually. The neighbors I had were wonderful. I could build to my hearts content as long as I kept it in a mediterranean style. That fit what I was doing at the time so everything worked out fine.

I really thought I was satisfied for a long while. Then one of my neighbors started talking about buying a sim with her partner. And then another neighbor was doing the same(well, half a sim). The people on the other side of me sold their land and moved... suddenly my cute, quiet and friendly Ibiza was becoming home to people I didn't know and who did not speak to each other. I hated it.

After some encouragement and even more setbacks I was finally able to get one in December. Woot! And moved it catercornered from the best neighbor in the world, TerryAnn Antonelli! Double Woot Woot! My Christmas present to myself. I had not a clue what to do and so I vowed to start work on it after the holidays.

Eyeah, right.

Fast forward a few months. It's March and I finally had to give up on the idea of a whole sim devoted to me only and think about opening it up. I spent 3 weeks landscaping and working on buildings in the evenings, trying to come up with something I would want to live with and mostly trying to fit too much into one little sim. I wanted an underground maze with a little story behind it.. I wanted a Greek theme (I had just saw "300" Go see that movie. NOW lol). I wanted a Celtic theme (way too much time reading Tolkien and Lackey in grade school). That changed to a Celtic/Egyptian theme( yes I had met someone who was interested in all things Egyptian). I couldn't make up my mind and I was becoming frazzled and disenchanted with the whole thing.

I really just wanted someplace I could build all I wanted without having to worry about prim counts or ugly neighbors with revolving 'for sale' signs.

Sooo...I was speaking with Charron last night about this and he sent me a tp to join him at Linji Haven where he was looking at land to rent. It's a wonderful place that is owned by Ged http://slged.blogspot.com/index.html. Start reading that you and begin to understand where my mind went next. I'm so glad Charron told me about it and took me there . This is what much of what I wanted in a nutshell. What Ged has done and is doing, is sharing his idea of creating a community in sl.

And that is what I want. I want a grouping of like-minded people who have a creative bent, a community spirit and are just plain nice. Oh yeah, it would certainly help if they were a bit eclectic too, cause I am definitely quirky in my outlook on the world.