Tumblelogs

I recently read a blog post about what microblogging is. It mentioned Twitter and Jaiku. From what I’ve read, those belong to one type of microblog. There’s at least one other type, the tumblelog. A tumblelog is sort of a scrapbook, where ‘ordinary’ blogs are diaries/journals or even a sort of homepage (which in itself can be a lot of things, for instance a sort of business card).

I have a tumblelog on Tumblr, which I use mainly as a photoblog, but where I also post links and other shorter posts that I wouldn’t put on a ‘traditional’ blog. There are also others of roughly the same type, like Publr and Plurk (which is also a kind of social network, but then so are all to some extent). There’s also something called Soup, which is more or less a similar thing.

When worlds collide…

I have loved Second Life for a long time, for the people I met there and for the creative sides of it. Never seen the virtual world as somewhere to make money. On the contrary I’ve always felt that it’s a bit too much money and sex in SL for my taste. For those of you who have read my blog for a while knows I have a store in worlds and products at XstreetSL, but the main reason for that has always been the creative part. I love that people love my creations.

I’ve always been able to use SL as a place for recreation, where I can forget about Real Life for a while. But as RL problems got bigger, the harder it was to relax and forgot. Now I’m facing a big decision. Will I have to downgrade to a free account and sell my land or stay as it is. If I’ll do, I’ll have to find a way to earn enough in SL to keep the land. That means more work with new products, more advertising. Will I have time for that? Will it be enough? Or should I close my eyes and drive off towards the cliff that that will be there at some time.

Why can’t I just move in to SL?

I won:)

A long time ago I entered a competition at Koinup. I didn’t think much about it because there were so many really good entries. I didn’t think I stood a chance. I even missed going back to check what happened, but today I got a newsletter from them telling that the winners had been announced.

The New Realism and Pop Art winners picked by New World Notes Journalist Hamlet Au are:
Life Is A Cabaret Magggg
And so it begins… by Lila

Continue reading I won:)

SL as therapy?

Can you use SL as a way to work your way out of a crises? Or can you write yourself well? I’ve tried both. When I first joined SL I was overworked and really depressed. I spent more time online than offline and that helped me get better for a while. But at some point I felt I didn’t need SL that much. My trips to the virtual world was just for fun.

I have also written myself out of depression. The novel I have that is almost finished kept me sane when life got too difficult for me.

But in the end, all that is just superficial. You can’t hide in a virtual world or in a self created fairytale forever. As a “friend” in SL once told me:

“Alright, here’s a reality check. You’re old, you’re fucking ugly, you have a go nowhere career, you’re lost within a fictional world and live your life through a video game.”

How right he was…

I’m at a point in my life when everything just falls apart around and inside me and nothing I do can distract me from that. I know that my blog posts wouldn’t be very interesting or fun right now, so I‘ll stop writing for a while.

Tangram

TangramThe “wisdom puzzle“ or Tangram is a puzzle that originally came from China. I’ve been fascinated by this seemingly simple game that can be used for so much. Even the great Edgar Allan Poe was intrigued by it. The puzzle consists of seven pieces of specifically cut out parts of a square that can be formed into practically any figure.

Sometimes Tangram is described as a puzzle for children and I am sure that a lot of adults find this puzzle as intriguing as I do

I felt so proud when I created my first own model. To be honest, I’ve only created that one, but I’m sure I’ll make more now when I’ve started. This is my butterfly, or maybe I should call it Imago. :)Imago

I’m published!!!

My book is now for sale. Well, actually it isn’t really my book, but it certainly feels that way. I’ve been a part of it since the very beginning – deciding on the name, the order of the stories and poems, details about marketing, editing the texts and choosing the cover image. And after all, it is the first time I’ll see my writing is print. So far I’ve only seen a copy for editing, but it looked the same as the finished book will. It’s available on at least four sites online. I noticed it today for the first time and it gave me a real thrill. My book is out now. :)