SL/Happily inworld (w/ Garry)

happilyO met some nice people stuck on Orientation Island.

happilyO: do you remember the first words you typed?
happilyO: i typed Mama
Nyx Faulkes: lol, the first words I typed were "yes, I do". Mama is a good one
happilyO: your first word was "yes"
happilyO: you are a positive person
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happilyO: all men who part their hair on the right, meet in this circle
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Garry Reinard: too many twin brothers
happilyO: lol
Garry Reinard: I am new member
happilyO: Garry, hi
happilyO: do you go by Garry or Gary?
Garry Reinard: it's equal
Garry Reinard: where are we?
happilyO: i think somewhere
Garry Reinard: ?
Garry Reinard: i am a new member
happilyO: i know where we are
happilyO: here we are
Garry Reinard: what's this island?
happilyO: this is Orientation Island
happilyO: this is where you find out if you're gay or straight

[a twin shows up]
happilyO: say hello to a brother of yours
Garry Reinard: hello Gord
happilyO: since you are both from the same family i would advise you not be attracted to each other
happilyO: you are allowed to love him, but there are certain asterisks involved
Garry Reinard: I am not gay
happilyO: good, you know your Orientation
Garry Reinard: I am here because I start here
Garry Reinard: casually
Garry Reinard: thanks
happilyO: ok, since you are not gay you aren't allowed to get naked at certain places on this map

happilyO: ok?
Garry Reinard: ok!
Garry Reinard: good bye!
happilyO: wait
Garry Reinard: yes?
happilyO: you haven't toured the island yet
Garry Reinard: no
happilyO: you didn't see the volcano yet?
Garry Reinard: no
happilyO: follow me
happilyO: wait, do you know how to walk yet?
Garry Reinard: no thanks
Garry Reinard: You are very nice
happilyO: follow me...i'm not gay either
happilyO: if we get to the top and i try anything funny you can throw me into the volcano
Garry Reinard: but now i must leave you
happilyO: ok, Garry
happilyO: hurry back
Garry Reinard: ok
Garry Reinard: I am italian
happilyO: ok, cooool
Garry Reinard: now my time is 2.03 AM
happilyO: is Garry a common name in Italy?
Garry Reinard: no my name is Gaetano.
happilyO: nice to meet you, Gaetano
Garry Reinard: excuse me
Garry Reinard: happily
Garry Reinard: only one thing
happilyO: yes?
happilyO: jess?
Garry Reinard: what's a volcano?
happilyO: ever hear of Vesuvius?
Garry Reinard: yeah
happilyO: that's like what it is

Garry Reinard: but what's the carchteristic

Garry Reinard: of this
happilyO: well, we use it for human sacrifice
happilyO: you didn't know what kind of world you entered did you?
Garry Reinard: no
happilyO: well, we have human sacrifices here sometimes
Garry Reinard: ah ah funny
happilyO: if the stock market is good in real world, we celebrate in this world by sacrificing a virgin
Garry Reinard: and I am Santa Claus
happilyO: glad to meet you

SL/Larry needs a new video card to escape from O. Island

Larry is a co-worker friend of mine. He looks like Marlon Brando from "Apocalypse Now": bald-headed, dark eyebrows: A very intimidating look. It was fascinating to watch Larry show up in Second Life and inhabit an avatar that looks like a metrosexual, a far cry from the Larry I know.

Larry has undergone three incarnations in Second Life, all trying to get off Orientation Island.

Larry is a stoner in real life.

He may never get off Orientation Island. Every time he does get off it's only for a short while before the inevitable crash sends him back to Orientation Island for the next log-in.

He is not only a stoner, he is laggy.

How does he expect to get off the island?

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Tonight, Larry requested a TP to get off the island since he couldn't move (he could only type). He couldn't even use his legs. I invited Larry to our pool, where he still couldn't move, so I sent him into the pool. I told him: "Yes, your avatar appears to be blinking" after I studied his face. And so it was.

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[17:41] Boone Docherty (Larry): wet
[17:42] Patric Styrian: try to do the impossible and swim
[17:42] Boone Docherty: this thing will not move
[17:43] Patric Styrian: CAN YOU READ THIS
[17:43] Patric Styrian: i don't want to lose you
[17:43] Boone Docherty: yes
[17:44] Patric Styrian: i am summoning a doctor
[17:44] Patric Styrian: don't move
[17:44] Patric Styrian: he is a Lag Specialist
[17:44] Boone Docherty: cant move
[17:45] Patric Styrian: try to move your right hand
[17:45] Boone Docherty: what button
[17:45] Patric Styrian: forget that
[17:45] Patric Styrian: hit your upper arrow key
[17:45] Patric Styrian: see if that works
[17:45] Boone Docherty: ok
[17:46] Boone Docherty: nothing
[17:46] Patric Styrian: try your 'W' key
[17:46] Boone Docherty: wwwwwww
[17:46] Patric Styrian: lmao

Larry-Boone crashed, and returned to Orientation Island. But the next time he logged in he could move, so I invited him to Hooters -N- Shooters nightclub to escape.

For 12 minutes he was able to survive at Hooters -N- Shooters without incident, moving around somewhat freely. Then something happened. At the 12-minute mark he was staring at one of the beautiful dancers when he stopped communicating. None of us could get his attention.

"I think that's it for him," someone said.

Noooooooo.

Larry disappeared.

(Returning no doubt to Orientation Island.)

SL/Luck/Size .005m or smaller

Happily met someone from Ireland from across the patio.

Troko: Where you from?
happilyO: Florida.
happilyO: you?
Troko: ireland
happilyO: come here, ireland
happilyO: i'm irish
happilyO: lol

Then the moment of truth came: The invention of all inventions came to mind:

happilyO: I want to wear you on me for good luck.

SL/Greetings again

Birthing into Second Life.

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[8:15] happilyO: where am i?
[8:15] happilyO: how do i scratch?

Later, he adjusts. He is not well-adjusted, but he adjusts.

[8:26] Adolph Benazzi: u are not from my country=
[8:27] Adolph Benazzi: bye
[8:27] happilyO: i was made in China
[8:27] happilyO: i am a robot
[8:27] happilyO: if you need assistance please see me
[8:27] Kim Nicholls: thanks
[8:28] happilyO: remember, you don't need to salute in Second Life
[8:28] Kim Nicholls: ok
[8:29] *smooch*
[8:29] happilyO: no smooching yet
[8:29] happilyO: you just got born

SL/Orientation Island

Meet Soy.









Soy is new to Second Life.
Here Soy encounters his brother for the first time.

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Help Island is the next leg of the journey.

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Before leaving for Help Island, though, Soy notices his brother naked in the lagoon.
Here is Soy's brother trying on different poses.

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This is Soy on Help Island.
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Twins Hugo and Luke.

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The lovely Alex Pinklady.
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The age old question.