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There's a musical poem by James and Jenny Holden, and it goes like this:

Like the moon in the blue heavens
I sit alone in my room
I have put out the light
And I am weeping

I have weeped
I have weeped
Because you are so far away
And because you will never know how much I love you

I don't have a particularly logical reason for posting this, but it just came to mind — tragic beauty*. Especially when I was flying up to the virtual moon, exploring the landscapes in a solitary way.?(I guess that also?means I'm getting all Livejournaley now, whee. )

*The world needs more love. You may die alone, but you don't have to live that way.

Speaking of not being alone: I believe a great addition to Second Life in the future would be a "PARTY ON" follow mode for the tourists and group explorers!?In the present, it's hard to go to a variety of places with large groups, since everyone has to either teleport individually to new locales, travelling from telehubs; or one person can go first and beam everyone to that direct spot — which is more efficient but still a pain if you're going from sim to sim with a lot of sightseeing involved. Wouldn't it be cool to do, say, a tour of all of SL's biggest clubs in the space of an hour? Or other themed locales? It'd help virtual tourism and take the pain out of having to rattle people when they go AFK. No more abandoned losties!

I've been thinking of getting a set of wheels — one of those automobiles — to?travel around the road system of SL. Several things hold me back, however:

• difficult cornering
• physics system which feels more like Pac-Man to me at times than Gran(d Theft Auto) Turismo
• sim crossing bug which tends to make things disappear, and in some cases, NOT rematerialize (I hear ya Cubey!)
• most cars can't be modded, so it's?difficult?to get a car to match my neon pink trenchcoat.

I am still considering possibilities. If I get desperate, I figure I will build one myself, and get one of those car scripts 'n' attach it –?maybe a watermelonmobile that proclaims the health benefits of those yummy treats! I may need a boat too. January Bauhaus spoke of the idea of having a regatta of sort in Miru with yachts and other such aquatic vehicles. It would be fun, circling around the pathways.

PAGING FLEABITE BEACH:?HAVE YOU LOOKED IN YOUR SINK LATELY?!?