Alrighty, let’s answer all questions from various IMs, notecards and emails in one fell swoop and then we can get on with life. Sound good?

 

Disclaimer: by ‘frequently asked’ in this context, I actually mean ‘asked once.’ I just like to make it sound a bit more dramatic

OMG did you, like, die?

Nope. I did not die. I did not have a near death experience and I was not in a coma for 12 months. I have a pulse (yep – still), I’m still breathing, got all my major organs and it’s all working fine, thank you.

 

Did your wife make you leave SL?

First up, I didn’t leave Second Life.  I just logged in less. Much less. Like once every blue moon less. But it wasn’t a big dramatic ‘zomfg I am so like leaving…. I better have a virtual funeral.’ Nope, I was just in RL more and SL less.

 

And no. That was nothing to do with my wife. For a start, Chloe and I were not even married when I started spending less time in world and she has never once asked me not to use SL.

 

Will you be in world a lot?

Define ‘a lot?’ I used to be in for 12 hours a day regularly until late 2010. I will not be repeating that. No way. For a start, I have a business to run and I have two children to take care of. My idea of parenting isn’t sitting a baby on my lap while I have voice conversations with strangers in pixel clubs. I wouldn’t inflict that sort of neglect on a child and I wouldn’t inflict my child’s screaming down the mic on said Second Life strangers.

 

I’ll be around more. Whether it’s 15 minutes a week on a Saturday afternoon or a few hours during the week depends on life. It’s a hobby. It doesn’t need scheduling.

 

Did you come back for a relationship with [insert any one of about 6 different female friends’ names here]?

 

Believe it or not, marriage is a concept I take seriously. And although I truly believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I am of the opinion that a virtual relationship is still infidelity if you are married in real life. If you form a romantic emotional bond with someone, whether they’re next door or 6000 miles away, it compromises your marriage.

 

I don’t think that is acceptable on any single level. It’s hideous, to me.

 

So needless to say, I am not back in SL for a relationship with anyone. That includes any of my formers, any of my friends or any randomers. I’ve got female friends, none of whom I am getting pixel jiggy with.

 

I’m a great believer in platonic friendships. Guess what? Conversations between a guy and a girl do not mean they’re jumping one another’s pixel bones on a Lovescene poseball set the second that they are alone.

 

FYI.

 

 

Are you depressed?

Right, because people only ever go in SL when they’re depressed right?

 

Well, I assure you that were I depressed I would be seeking professional help. And by that I mean counselling from real doctors in the real world. I would not be hiding my problems in a virtual world.

 

I’m fine : )

 

 

Will you be getting a freebie store again?

Most of the IMs and notecards I’ve had over the last year have been ascertaining to freebies.

 

I won’t be getting the freebie store up and running in its previous form but will be rezzing out freebies at spoken word venue, Hemingways, in SL. When this is all taken care of, I’ll stick it in my picks and you’ll be able to get everything from there.

 

How did you get so damn pixel sexy?

Nobody really asked me this one. I was just wishful thinking!

Are you just as arrogant in RL?

Yes.

 

Woot!! So now, then…. what did I miss?

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