2010.08.20 13:00 - social networks and a bit sillyness

The Guardian for this meeting was Yakuzza Lethecus. The comments are by Yakuzza Lethecus.

Agatha Macbeth: Accidentally turned myself off
Agatha Macbeth: :)
Agatha Macbeth: I like his music
Agatha Macbeth: Yes
Agatha Macbeth: I can believe that
--BELL--
Bruce Mowbray: woof!
Agatha Macbeth: Thought that was you Bleu
Agatha Macbeth: :)
Agatha Macbeth: He sounds big
Agatha Macbeth: Glad I'm not there
Agatha Macbeth: Erk
Bruce Mowbray: My dog never barks -- ever -- unless a deer comes into our yard.
Bruce Mowbray: anthropocentricism.
Agatha Macbeth: Time to type
Bruce Mowbray: I've enjoyed listening to all of you.
Agatha Macbeth: me waves to voices
Bruce Mowbray: Hi, adoro.
adoro Rhapsody: hi all
Agatha Macbeth: Hello Adoro
Yakuzza Lethecus: hi adoro
adoro Rhapsody: Hey!
Bleu Oleander: have to go .... fun session Yaku!
Yakuzza Lethecus: hi eden
Yakuzza Lethecus: take care bleu
Zen Arado: don't get to hear Eden's nice French accent :(
Bleu Oleander: take care everyone :)
Zen Arado: bye Bleu
Bruce Mowbray: bye, Beau.
Bleu Oleander: hi and bye Eden :)
adoro Rhapsody: hi ede
Bruce Mowbray: Bleu.
Agatha Macbeth: Bye Bleu
Zen Arado: Hi Eden :)
Agatha Macbeth: Bonsoir Edie
Agatha Macbeth: onigokko
Yakuzza Lethecus: :)
Agatha Macbeth: stop
Zen Arado: pity
Yakuzza Lethecus: onigokko
Eden Haiku: Just realized Voice session was at 12 SLT...Came here too late...
Agatha Macbeth: It can't be when you change your clothes Yaku
Yakuzza Lethecus: stop
Yakuzza Lethecus: nice to see you anyway eden :)
Zen Arado: :)
Agatha Macbeth nods
Zen Arado: gosh I've spent hours here today
Zen Arado: pab addiction
Agatha Macbeth: Me too :)
Agatha Macbeth: 3rd session
Zen Arado: my 4th
Eden Haiku: Thanks, so sorry I missed it, we went for a walk and I came back fast to be in time for Voice...Silly me :))
Eden Haiku: Nice glasses Agatha :)
Agatha Macbeth: Merci :)
adoro Rhapsody: i talked earlyer today with eden
adoro Rhapsody: 12 hours ago or so
Zen Arado: wonder why I wear glasses in SL
adoro Rhapsody: we had a cup of tea
Agatha Macbeth: Helps you see better ;-)
Zen Arado: zen needs his eyes tested
Agatha Macbeth: aflac
Eden Haiku: We "talked" in written chat. Did you come for the voice session too Adoro?
adoro Rhapsody: no
Zen Arado: nice
adoro Rhapsody: i dont like voice
Eden Haiku: Hey Agga & Bruce, that was cool :)))
Zen Arado: what language?
adoro Rhapsody: body language
Agatha Macbeth: Japanese
adoro Rhapsody: wow
adoro Rhapsody: what an act !
Agatha Macbeth: A hard act to follow :)
Bruce Mowbray: The song says, "Let's move like cats and dogs move."
Agatha Macbeth: I never saw a cat or dog play a tambourine
adoro Rhapsody: interesting
Bruce Mowbray: mine didn't work all the way through the song, though.
Bruce Mowbray: Don't know why.
Agatha Macbeth: I think the AO interferes
--BELL--
Bruce Mowbray: Hi, Mick.
Zen Arado: did you see the cat/dog video interaction on Youtube?
Zen Arado: http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/vid...5158015&ref=mf
Mickorod Renard: Hiya
Eden Haiku: Hey Mickorod :)
arabella Ella: Hiya everyone
Agatha Macbeth: Hello Mick, Ara :)
Zen Arado: Hi Mick, Ara
adoro Rhapsody: hi both
Yakuzza Lethecus: hi ara, mick :)
Eden Haiku: Hey Ara!
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, ara.
Mickorod Renard: is wolmissing?
Bruce Mowbray: not here yet.
Agatha Macbeth: Still offline I'm afraid
Mickorod Renard: ok
Agatha Macbeth: :(
Mickorod Renard: I cannot open facebook, i have no account
Zen Arado: oh sorry
Agatha Macbeth: Me either
Eden Haiku: Nice tattoo on your back Arabella! What is it?
arabella Ella: oh sorry give me a min am watching video
arabella Ella: :)
Eden Haiku: Neither do I...No FB for me...
Mickorod Renard: she doesnt know its there,,i did it with a pen one day when she was asleep
Agatha Macbeth grins
Bruce Mowbray: I discontinued my accoubnt several months ago.
Zen Arado: can sometimes get them on Youtube too
Eden Haiku: I lasted only 4 days on Facebook and hated it.
adoro Rhapsody: when u look for "ecolution Groningen" u see a new ship totaly on solar and wind and water energy
arabella Ella: lovely video thanks to whoever pointed to it :)
arabella Ella: apologies Eden
adoro Rhapsody: its from our first dutch astronaut
Eden Haiku: Np
arabella Ella: I think Mick answered your question right?
adoro Rhapsody: wubbo Ockels
Mickorod Renard: you need at least one friend to be on facebook
Eden Haiku: He did :)))
arabella Ella giggles
Mickorod Renard: it was permanent ink though
arabella Ella: well I love facebook and some of my SL friends are my friends there too :)
Agatha Macbeth: That sounds like a SL name
Zen Arado: I have a love/hate relationship with FB
Eden Haiku: Well a friend of mine created my account at my place and then I ended up being friends with people I'm avoiding at book parties...IT was pretty annoying...
Agatha Macbeth: :P
Zen Arado: have gone off Twitter atm
Eden Haiku: I adore Twitter though. But I don't use my RL identity. Makes things much easier :)
Zen Arado: too many people want to be my spiritual advisor
Zen Arado: :)
arabella Ella: i've never tried Twitter but I get the feeling it needs a lot more time than FB
Mickorod Renard: thats a good idea,,create a facebook account under the name of someone you dont like,,then be really horrid to everyone that contacts you
Mickorod Renard: :)
arabella Ella: I know lots of ppl who have FB accounts in other fake names or using their SL names
adoro Rhapsody: :-)
Agatha Macbeth: Is it true they don't let you use avatar pictures on your profile?
Zen Arado: don't think so
arabella Ella: lots of people have avatar pictures on their profile on FB
Eden Haiku: That would be a fun experience Mick...grinning devilishly...
Zen Arado: or blanks
arabella Ella: especially those who are members of groups on FB related to SL
adoro Rhapsody: or cartoons
Agatha Macbeth: I thought they cleared them all off or something
arabella Ella: no
arabella Ella: you could have a picture of anything you wish (as long as it does not offend others I guess)
Mickorod Renard: that would rule out a picture of myself then
Agatha Macbeth: Hee
adoro Rhapsody: hahah
arabella Ella: LOL
Zen Arado: I have 2 pab friends on Facebook
adoro Rhapsody: wow
Zen Arado: we should have a page there
arabella Ella: yes Zen let me know if you set one up
arabella Ella: and please feel free to link to me on FB Zen
Zen Arado: hoped someone else would :)
arabella Ella: (but not as arabella!)
arabella Ella: LOL
Zen Arado: I'll send you my FB name
arabella Ella: i think i have three or four PaB friends there
Zen Arado: well you aren't a mutual friend with these
Zen Arado: strange
Mickorod Renard: my take on it is thatI dont really like contact on the internet,,its made people become less concerned with making the effort to stay in touch personally
Zen Arado: and you know them vry well
arabella Ella: strange things happen :)
Zen Arado: it can work the other way too Mick
Mickorod Renard: you cant beat just tapping on the door of an old friend in person
Eden Haiku: Just checked my Twitter timeline on iPad . Some woman from Bangolore juste posted a picture of as star cat who gave birth to a kitten in her courtyard. She told me yesterday they were sleeping in her garage and now she is sending the pic. I love that kind of silly anecdotes, especailly about cats.
Zen Arado: but you have a point Mick
Bruce Mowbray: Pamala Clift's Think Tank (tomorrow morning at 8 slt) will discuss Mick's point.
Mickorod Renard: yes?
Bruce Mowbray: about communication in SL --
--BELL--
Bruce Mowbray: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5jNpJC6yG8
Bruce Mowbray: oops. sorry.
Eden Haiku: Tapping on the door of an old friend in person has its own timeless charm Mick...True :)
Mickorod Renard: :)
Bruce Mowbray: Unfortunately (perhaps) my nearest friend lives 27 miles away.
arabella Ella: but ... with FB you can easily say Happy Birthday to old friends across the ocean in real time at no cost
Mickorod Renard: even the phone is becoming defunct due to the email
Eden Haiku: With Twitter and email and Skype also...
Yakuzza Lethecus: i think more through skype :)
Mickorod Renard: thanks Bruce
Bruce Mowbray: yw, Mick. That's the LM for Pamala's group -- You might enjoy it, if you've not been there before.
Eden Haiku: Cant's see the video. Must be a "Flash" one...
Mickorod Renard: well,,i become frustrated that my own family choose to send me emails instead of picking the phone up to talk
adoro Rhapsody: ok
Mickorod Renard: I dont open their mails
Mickorod Renard: :)
Eden Haiku: ;))
Eden Haiku: You are a resistant Mick!
Mickorod Renard: are you a regular at these events Bruce?
Bruce Mowbray: Yes, pretty regular --- I've been here for three or four sessions so far today.
Yakuzza Lethecus: i also go there regularly
Zen Arado: another addict!
Mickorod Renard: sorry, i meant the place u sent the lm for
Bruce Mowbray: (actually, I'm just keeping an eye on Yaku - making sure he behaves).
Mickorod Renard: you do too Yaku?
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, of course, it´s in voice :P
Yakuzza Lethecus: lol
Mickorod Renard: voice? oh noooo
Bruce Mowbray: Oh yes -- I go to Pamala's group every other week (it meets only once every two weeks).
Bruce Mowbray: Yes, Pam's group is in voice.
Mickorod Renard: sounds fun
Zen Arado: what is the group so I can join?
arabella Ella: could you say more about it Bruce please?
Bruce Mowbray: Roadside Philosophers.
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, she sounds fun :)
Agatha Macbeth: You have the ption to use txt or notecard too
Agatha Macbeth: o
Mickorod Renard: although i am not that fond of voice on sl,,i have done it,,i am a bit self concious
Zen Arado: can't find it :(
Bruce Mowbray: If you click on my profile and look at my groups, you will find Roadside Philosophers -- and your can join the group there.
arabella Ella: could you give me the name of the group Bruce please?
Bruce Mowbray: Roadside Philosophers
Yakuzza Lethecus: roadside philosophers
Bruce Mowbray: Yaku is also a member.
Zen Arado: searched for roadside philosophers but can't find match
Yakuzza Lethecus: go through either one of our profiles
Bruce Mowbray: In my profile -- under my groups "The Roadside Philosophers"
arabella Ella: thanks I just joined too :)
Bruce Mowbray: cool!
arabella Ella: got it from your profile Bruce
Bruce Mowbray: tomorrow morning at 8 slt.
arabella Ella: 8am SLT?
Bruce Mowbray: yeppers.
Eden Haiku: Is it always on Saturdays Bruce ?
arabella Ella: ok then Yaku is that 5pm for us?
Bruce Mowbray: every other saturday.
Zen Arado: ok joined too
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes, right ara
Mickorod Renard: ok,,i joined
Zen Arado: we'll stir things up Ara :)
Eden Haiku: Ah, Saturdays is not good for me: we go at Farmers Market...But i joined too so I will get the notecards, thanks.
Bruce Mowbray: Pamala gives everyone who arrives on time ten linden dollars.
arabella Ella: LOL
Zen Arado: bribery huh
Eden Haiku: Ah, funny incentive :))
arabella Ella: great incentive but not sure yet whether i can make it at that time tomorrow
arabella Ella: doubtful
Yakuzza Lethecus: :)
arabella Ella: regretfully
Bruce Mowbray: She has already told every in the group this so I am not breaking confidence -- but. . .
Bruce Mowbray: during the past week she's had a major change in her relationship with her SL partner, Yossel.
Mickorod Renard: wherabouts are you Eden?,,roughly,,like on what continent?
Bruce Mowbray: He was hospitalized for several days and couldn't comunicate with her...
Eden Haiku: Asking us not to go there and claim our 10 L hey Bruce ?
Bruce Mowbray: and she had to go through his son to get to him...
Bruce Mowbray: She will no doubt say something of that tomorrow.
Zen Arado: ok
arabella Ella: how stressful it must have been
arabella Ella: i can imagine her worry
Zen Arado: was only joking anyway
Eden Haiku: Oh, I live in Montreal, Quebec, That's in North America but I spend the summer in a little laurentian village.
Bruce Mowbray: It was very stressful indeed...
Mickorod Renard: ok cool,,thanks
Eden Haiku: Pamala came here a few times too I think, didn 'T she?
Bruce Mowbray: Yes, I invited her here and she has visited a few times.
--BELL--
Bruce Mowbray: Lucinda and Calvino know her personally in RL.
arabella Ella: wow
Eden Haiku: onigokko
Mickorod Renard: he he he
Eden Haiku: stop
arabella Ella: RPFL
arabella Ella: ROFL
Eden Haiku: feels good!
Bruce Mowbray: wow!!!!!!
Eden Haiku: Want some rave power Bruce?
Eden Haiku: Anyone one else would like the effect?
Bruce Mowbray: sure I love to have it!
Bruce Mowbray: maximum cooliosity!
Bruce Mowbray: Thank you, Eden.
Agatha Macbeth: I must go. Take care all
Eden Haiku: You are welcome Bruce. It was a free gift from Burning Life.
Bruce Mowbray: bye, aggers!
Eden Haiku: Bye Agatha!
Mickorod Renard: bye ags
arabella Ella: bye Ags
Mickorod Renard: she went quick
Eden Haiku: Last day of her vacation, must feel sad ...
Mickorod Renard: ouch
Eden Haiku: How is life Mick? Are you getting things sorted out?
Zen Arado: bye Aga
Mickorod Renard: life is fine thanks, I am just making space for my rl
Yakuzza Lethecus: i am going to drop myself to bed
Mickorod Renard: finding the balance
Yakuzza Lethecus: night everyone
Eden Haiku: It's nice to meet you here :))
Mickorod Renard: nite yaku
Mickorod Renard: sleep well
Bruce Mowbray: good night, yaku and mick.
Eden Haiku: Drop and dream Yaku!
Bruce Mowbray: me too.
Bruce Mowbray: good night, all!
arabella Ella: nite Yaku
Bruce Mowbray dies from laughing....
arabella Ella: bye Bruce
Mickorod Renard: goodnight Bruce
Eden Haiku: Bye Mick, bye Bruce :)
Eden Haiku: Oh! First time I see that terrible laugh!
Zen Arado: bye Bruce
Zen Arado: bye Mick
Zen Arado: oh and Yaku
Eden Haiku: No, I was mistaken, I think Mick is satying...
Zen Arado: sorry
arabella Ella: satay?
Mickorod Renard: well,,i do need to move on now
Mickorod Renard: maybe do some music stuff
Eden Haiku: Are you on Facebook now Zen, there is a kind of lag in your bye byes...:)))
Zen Arado: no
Zen Arado: was IMing someone
Eden Haiku: smiles
Zen Arado: sorry
Zen Arado: my typing is too slow for it
Eden Haiku: Bye Mick, enjoy your week end!
Mickorod Renard: ok,,c u all soon
Zen Arado: bye Mick
arabella Ella: bye Mick enjoy the music
Mickorod Renard: thankyou,,love to you all
Eden Haiku: Love you Mick!
arabella Ella smiles
Zen Arado: nice thing to say
Zen Arado: :)
Zen Arado: I better go too
--BELL--
Zen Arado: love to you all too
arabella Ella: ah love makes the world go round, love is a many splendoured thing, love hurts
Zen Arado: true
Eden Haiku: Love, love love, all you need is love!!!
Zen Arado: all of the above
arabella Ella nods
arabella Ella: and the slogan comes to mind 'Make Love not War!'
Zen Arado: romantic love anyway
arabella Ella: yes
Eden Haiku: Great message!
Zen Arado: but being hurt is good for us in a funny kind of way
arabella Ella: do you really think so?
Zen Arado: he said philosophically :)
Eden Haiku: I disagree.
Zen Arado: trying to convince myself
arabella Ella: ah i thought so
Zen Arado: :)
Eden Haiku: Hurt just happens and we have to accept it, I guess that's what you mean Zen...
arabella Ella: cos i guess we all admit that some hurts are so tough they are ... ouch ... i dunno
Zen Arado: but it kind of 'tenderizes' us
Eden Haiku: Breaking our hearts, they become more open...Maybe...Some people close off though.
Zen Arado: breaks through our tough self protection
Zen Arado: yes Eden
arabella Ella: thing is if we knew hurt tenderised all people then we would know how to make callous people more tender prhaps?
Zen Arado: but we have a choice - to close up or open up
Eden Haiku: Ah, that would be useful to know how to do that Ara...
Zen Arado: yes Ara
arabella Ella: then there is also ... some of us repeat the same mistakes over and over
arabella Ella: others as Eden said become more sceptical
arabella Ella: or distrustful
Zen Arado: takes a long time to learn
arabella Ella: or more open
Zen Arado: sometimes think gives us the same lesson over and over again until we learn it
Zen Arado: lif*
Zen Arado: life
Eden Haiku: Yes, we repeat oy you close off. But we know opening up, letting go of our defense mechanism is the way to go...
arabella Ella nods but it is not easy
Zen Arado: synchronicity - starting to accept that Eden
Eden Haiku: Not easy no.
arabella Ella: fraid i must go now bye for now!
arabella Ella: great chat this last bit thanks!
Eden Haiku: Bye Ara, nice to see you :)))
Zen Arado: bye Ara
Zen Arado: nice talking to you
Zen Arado: I was skeptical about that you remember Eden
Eden Haiku: About?
Zen Arado: synchronicity
Eden Haiku: Oh, synchronicity, I remember now...
Zen Arado: yes
Eden Haiku: And?
Zen Arado: the more you open to life - become one with the flow of it - the more things become synchronous
Zen Arado: I think
Zen Arado: things happen for you
Eden Haiku: Yes, that's true.
Eden Haiku: Glad to know you let that flow of energies into your heart Zen :)
Zen Arado: not by you controlling
Zen Arado: trying to anyway
Zen Arado: or dropping control or something
Eden Haiku: Did your health crisis recently, did you now see it as an opportunity to open up to new energies?
Zen Arado: yes - it was a kind of awakening for me
Eden Haiku: Like the inner healer or something like that?
Eden Haiku: Oh, tell me more Zen :)
Zen Arado: just relaxing into the experience
Zen Arado: allowing people to do things for me
Zen Arado: and accepting things I didn't like
Zen Arado: better than a Zen retreat
Zen Arado: :)
Eden Haiku: smiles
Eden Haiku: Yes, a lot of sound lesson in that >bad" experience it seems :)
Zen Arado: it certainly made me feel a lot better in many ways
Zen Arado: yes :)
Zen Arado: suffering is a shortcut to awakening I believe
Eden Haiku: Wonderful. And it made you think about death too (I saw that in a log). Always a good thing to think about our mortality.
Eden Haiku: Although I don't like to think about it :)
Zen Arado: ha ha - we were discussing how anyone would know if we died
Zen Arado: so we could have an SL funeral
--BELL--
Zen Arado: I onlu have one SL RL friend
Zen Arado: and they might not tell her
Zen Arado: she doesn'tlive near me
Eden Haiku: Yes, I remember reading that. Scary and funny at the same time.
Zen Arado: amazed you read it :)
Zen Arado: any of us could die at any time - you have to face it
Zen Arado: and some of us are getting old :)
Eden Haiku: Just asked my boyfriend if he knows how to launch SL so he could tell you if I die suddenly. He turns around (he's making effplant for dinner) and says: "We will talk about it in 30-40 years..."
Eden Haiku: *eggplant
Eden Haiku: I will die very very old according to his plans :))
Zen Arado: yes - typical attitude
Zen Arado: put off thinking about it
Zen Arado: if you realize you have no self there isn't anything TO die
Zen Arado: I do a death meditation sometimes
Zen Arado: I told you before I think
Eden Haiku: I talked about death with my mother a few months before she passed away, She was not sick but she knew her heart condition was getting worse...She wasn't afraid.
Zen Arado: my mother became very calm too
Zen Arado: surprised me
Eden Haiku: A death meditation, no, that's interesting.
Zen Arado: very simple - you just say - death is certain, only the time of death is uncertain, so what should I do?
Zen Arado: and what you do is enjoy life in the present moment as best you can ?
Eden Haiku: Oh yes, I remember now, this sentence. I will tell it to myself now :)
Zen Arado: so it is a happy thing really
Eden Haiku: Enjoying this caht with you by the pool on a Friday afternnon (evening for you ) :))
Zen Arado: and it helps you face it when it comes
Eden Haiku: *chat
Zen Arado: me too
Zen Arado: but I guess I better go
Zen Arado: really this time :)
Zen Arado: I have to get to bed
Eden Haiku: It was really nice talking with you Zen! have a great week end!
Zen Arado: you too Eden :)
Eden Haiku: Sweet dreams!
Zen Arado: bye
Eden Haiku: Good night dear!