Comments on: All manner of poison http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/ Live your god damned dream Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:52:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Veronique Lalonde http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/comment-page-1/#comment-3454 Veronique Lalonde Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:48:35 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/#comment-3454 I got to this post from a link in Caterin's blog, and it really hit home. Beautifully written and beautifully said. For several months after I joined SL, I was basically addicted. Then I realized that if I didn't make changes in my first life, I'd basically be sucked into SL and never come out. So I did make changes. And the result has been amazing. I'm still too addicted to the interweb. I write my own blogs obsessively (not so much the one above, but other), and read those of others, I hang out on Twitter, and I just got sucked into Facebook. But I'm making sure that first life comes first, which sometimes makes me sad, because I miss my virtual friends, but ultimately is what I have to do. Still seeking that ideal balance. I got to this post from a link in Caterin’s blog, and it really hit home. Beautifully written and beautifully said. For several months after I joined SL, I was basically addicted. Then I realized that if I didn’t make changes in my first life, I’d basically be sucked into SL and never come out. So I did make changes. And the result has been amazing.

I’m still too addicted to the interweb. I write my own blogs obsessively (not so much the one above, but other), and read those of others, I hang out on Twitter, and I just got sucked into Facebook. But I’m making sure that first life comes first, which sometimes makes me sad, because I miss my virtual friends, but ultimately is what I have to do.

Still seeking that ideal balance.

]]> By: Farewell Marion « Girl meets Second Life http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/comment-page-1/#comment-3453 Farewell Marion « Girl meets Second Life Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:57:18 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/#comment-3453 [...] She is leaving SL for a while, to focus on her First Life…something perhaps I need to do (see Myg’s post for other thoughts on this [...] [...] She is leaving SL for a while, to focus on her First Life…something perhaps I need to do (see Myg’s post for other thoughts on this [...]

]]> By: The SL Slump… « http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/comment-page-1/#comment-3400 The SL Slump… « Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:39:48 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/#comment-3400 [...] etc in SL. Myg had wrote a very great post along the similar lines and like I said in my comment there, it wasn’t obvious then as to why I spent so much time online, but it is very much so now - I was [...] [...] etc in SL. Myg had wrote a very great post along the similar lines and like I said in my comment there, it wasn’t obvious then as to why I spent so much time online, but it is very much so now – I was [...]

]]> By: Lunette http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/comment-page-1/#comment-3390 Lunette Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:18:02 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/#comment-3390 Me, too ... all of the above ... Me, too … all of the above …

]]> By: Timothy Lilliehook http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/comment-page-1/#comment-3355 Timothy Lilliehook Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:50:46 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/#comment-3355 Thanks for posting this, Myg. It's really good to know that other feel the same way that I do about SL and RL conflicts. I am more and more struggling with myself and if I need to change anything in RL or SL to get out of the current situation, but as dandellion said: It takes some guts to face this topic and deal with it! Every time I'm sitting in front of my computer and think about SL and if I still "need" it, I feel the urge to write a post about it, but all that came out of it was one half-way done post that has never been published. Maybe one day I'll be able to do that and fight the addiction ... Thanks for posting this, Myg. It’s really good to know that other feel the same way that I do about SL and RL conflicts. I am more and more struggling with myself and if I need to change anything in RL or SL to get out of the current situation, but as dandellion said: It takes some guts to face this topic and deal with it! Every time I’m sitting in front of my computer and think about SL and if I still “need” it, I feel the urge to write a post about it, but all that came out of it was one half-way done post that has never been published. Maybe one day I’ll be able to do that and fight the addiction …

]]> By: dandellion Kimban http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/comment-page-1/#comment-3341 dandellion Kimban Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:08:09 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/#comment-3341 I am reading this for days and I have no guts to touch the subject. I am reading this for days and I have no guts to touch the subject.

]]> By: lulubett http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/comment-page-1/#comment-3340 lulubett Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:57:44 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/#comment-3340 Don't worry about it Myg. We are all sick. You are just one of us. So don't be afraid, let's share fun time with us! Hug&Kiss Don’t worry about it Myg. We are all sick.
You are just one of us. So don’t be afraid,
let’s share fun time with us!
Hug&Kiss

]]> By: cranach forder http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/comment-page-1/#comment-3336 cranach forder Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:27:25 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/#comment-3336 I've been waiting for Myg & Alex 's real smile so long. Please take care as long as you both fine. I’ve been waiting for Myg & Alex ’s real smile so long.
Please take care as long as you both fine.

]]> By: myg http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/comment-page-1/#comment-3335 myg Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:48:51 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/#comment-3335 Now that you mention it, we also got into Second Life right after the death of Alex's dad, which was the last major bad thing in a string of really awful shit that had happened in our family over the past three years. So when we first came in, it was this really excellent way to just disappear. And you know what? I really needed to disappear then, so I'm not saying that was a bad thing. I definitely don't regret coming into Second Life at all. But now that life isn't so grim, I don't want to spend so many hours in SL now. And...that's...o...kay....! lol and all that. Now that you mention it, we also got into Second Life right after the death of Alex’s dad, which was the last major bad thing in a string of really awful shit that had happened in our family over the past three years. So when we first came in, it was this really excellent way to just disappear. And you know what? I really needed to disappear then, so I’m not saying that was a bad thing. I definitely don’t regret coming into Second Life at all. But now that life isn’t so grim, I don’t want to spend so many hours in SL now. And…that’s…o…kay….! lol and all that.

]]> By: JellyBean Madison http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/comment-page-1/#comment-3332 JellyBean Madison Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:19:39 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/03/all-manner-of-poison/#comment-3332 I also agree Myg. I think about back in Hawaii when I would spend hours upon hours in SL and though it wasn't obvious then as to why, it is very much so now. I was using SL to distract from my RL and being there with Hawks was so much better than what I had in front of me on the other side of the monitor. Everything suffered. Mostly my kids. Now that I'm out of that situation, I see now that I don't feel a need to run, distract or be absorbed into my virtual addiction. I also agree Myg. I think about back in Hawaii when I would spend hours upon hours in SL and though it wasn’t obvious then as to why, it is very much so now. I was using SL to distract from my RL and being there with Hawks was so much better than what I had in front of me on the other side of the monitor. Everything suffered. Mostly my kids. Now that I’m out of that situation, I see now that I don’t feel a need to run, distract or be absorbed into my virtual addiction.

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