What did Santa bring you?
On Boxing Day a few of us gathered at the grand fireplace on the concourse level of Skytower Stadium in the Cheertopia region of Second Life.
CheerAdmin was meditating a few feet away from the fireplace, so we went over and took some selfies with her.
IDK how anyone can be more comfortable in their own skin and possessing of a non-elitist self-confidence than CheerAdmin already was. Still, after her makeover of last week, CheerAdmin seems to grok Cheertopia even more completely.
I’ve worn many hats and tried on many identities as an avatar. I’ve been young and I’ve been old. Skinny and full-figured. Black and white. And red and green. A cheerleader and a derby girl. A barista and a host. I’ve seen so much love and beauty, so much desire, so much hunger for love and connection in the virtual world. I’ve seen that hunger and need expressed in unhelpful and destructive ways. Ways that can make living in this world as frustrating as living in the first life we came from. I’m touched by the tiny acts of kindness that surround us every day. If we can make it here, we can make it anywhere.
