My Reputation

You may have noticed the long writing absence, motivated mostly by RL time constrains -basically, I've been busy as fuck, but like I always tell my sons, busy is always good, it means you are actually getting stuff done- and some of my own actions and words caused me to seriously consider a small short internet / SL break.

I am the type of person that you would consider to have not only a strong personality but to be very outspoken -if something is not right, then it's not ok and I feel compelled to point it out- and sometimes this does not sit in right with people.

This works for me and those who care about me have learned to communicate with me effectively and to know that most of the time, I mean no harm; but sadly sometimes words is the only thing we have in second life, even with voice something that body language and facial expressions add to our communication process, gets lost somewhere, since we don't have any of those in our chat on the platform, making even the best placed words, to be misinterpreted if not placed in the right context.

When it comes to your SL family and loved ones, you place yourself in a vulnerable comfort area, where everything is permitted and let slide, because after all you're all family; but hurting the ones you love, even when you don't mean to carries a heavy collateral that eventually affects you.

Like Joan Jett used to sing not so long ago, I really don't care about my reputation, let them have cake; people will talk, assume and put words in your mouth... it happens, but I have learned that what my loved ones and those who put up with me day by day and want what's best for me think and their opinion about me and the example I give with my actions... that is what really matters.

Let people judge you by your actions and not your words, because talk... is cheap.

I am back and better than ever!

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SLebrities

Yes, even in the virtual world of Second Life, they exist and much like in real life, you have all kinds of celebrities: those born in a family of celebs, those who are famous by collateral -i.e. friends, partners or exes of someone famous- and those by own merit who either work in Arts and Crafts or in the entertainment industry.

But what drives a person to become a SLebrity and pursue this lifestyle? Is it the shine and glitter? is it the attention? perhaps the shows of affection and admiration from the masses is what they crave? I've seen people look for all sorts of things in second life, trying to compensate -or not, this also varies- for all they lack in real life but stardom is something that not only seems to be happening a lot often recently, but also becoming a trend and a lifestyle goal that would indicate personal success for some.

Those who do manage to get to a point where everyone knows who they are, by own merit or not, sometimes fall into a weird "Diva" trip I simply find amusing, which varies from extremes of the spectrum: the ones who parade around expecting personal favors and treatment in a very public fashion and those who also want that but pretend to be humble and modest. I am sorry, but the ones who truly make a difference in second life and how we experience it, are most of the time anonymous -not many people knew who was really behind the Gay Archipelago among other projects who have benefited, inspired and helped many in our community until he passed-

But then again, isn't having a blog and a following of readers also a way to achieve stardom and public attention? -some may wonder- not really, might be for some, but for me is simply a way to inform people out there -both in-world and on the internet- willing to read me on how I experience second life and the many wonderful possibilities it offers, while trying to remove the "game" stigma this virtual reality has had, for far too long.

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Si, incluso en el mundo virtual del second life, existen e igual que en la vida real, hay todo tipo de celebridades: aquellos que naces en un entorno de famosos, aquellos famosos por colateral -es decir, amigos de un famoso, exes ó  compañeros sentimentales- y aquellos por merito propio que trabajan en el mundo de las artes ó el entretenimiento.

Pero, ¿qué empuja a una persona a perseguir este estilo de vida? ¿será el brillo y glamour? ¿a lo mejor la atención? ¿las muestras de afecto por parte de las masas? He visto a personas en la plataforma buscar todo tipo de cosas, intentando compensar -ó no, esto tambien varía- por todo aquello de lo que carecen en la vida real, pero la fama y el estrellato es algo que no sólo parece estar ocurriendo muy a menudo ultimamente, pero que también parece se está convirtiendo en un modo de vida casi religioso para todos aquellos que persiguen la fama.

Aquellos que consiguen llegar a ese punto deseado en el que todo el mundo los conoce, ya sea ó no por merito propio, caen en una especie de "zona Diva" que encuentro simplemente divertida, y que cubre ambos extremos del espectro: los que quieren atención y trato especial por sien quien son y que lo piden de forma muy publica y aquellos que también lo desean, pero pretenden ser humildes. Lo siento, pero aquellos que realmente hacen la diferencia en el second life y como lo experimentamos son bastanate anónimos -no muchos sabían quién estaba dentro del proyecto de Gay Archipelago entre otros proyectos que han beneficiado a muchos en nuestra comunidad, hasta que falleció-

Pero entonces algunos se preguntarán, ¿no es el blog una forma bastante pública de buscar la atención y la fama? no en realidad, a lo mejor para algunos sí, pero en mi caso particular es una manera sencilla de informar a todo aquellos que me leen -ya sea en el second life o fuera de este- de como experimento la plataforma y de las miles de maravillosasd posibildades que ofrece, mientras intento remover el estigma de "juego" que esta realidad virtual ha tenido durante demasiado tiempo.


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Let them Have Cake...

Marie Antoinette was always in my opinion, the victim of really bad marketing and PR, she was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, victim -like all public figures suffer at some point- of vicious rumors and half truths that were most likely taken out of context.

When you start being mildly popular or successful in your job field, whether this is on a virtual platform or not, you will always be the subject to people talking about you without your knowledge and most of the time, information being spread, that might or might not be entirely true.

The key here is though, to be able to use all of that talk and unwanted exposure to your advantage, something that poor Marie there failed to do. Many of my in-world friends or Facebook acquaintances -even myself- are victims of talk and not so well meant oriented comments on their activities quite often; so what do you do when this happens? do you let it take its natural course and inevitably fade or do you run and hide for cover, fearing that people might actually believe what's being said.

In Marie's immortal -and never uttered words, according to some experts- "Let them have cake"


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Maria Antonieta fué siempre en mi opinion, la víctima de un marketing pésimo y de unas PR bastante penosas, ella simplemente se encontró siempre en el lugar y momento equivocado, víctima de lo que considero -como le pasa a todas las figuras públicas en algún momento- rumores viciosos y perversos ó de medias verdades sacadas de contexto.

Cuando empiezas a ser medianamente popular en tu campo laboral, ya sea este el de una plataforma virtual ó no, siempre te verás sometido a que la gente hable sobre tí, ya sea esto a sabiendas tuyas ó no y la mayoría de las veces, que la información divulgada no sea del todo verídica.

La clave está en usar toda esa información y habladurías en tu propio beneficio, algo a lo que la pobre María le falló. Muchos de mis amigos en second life ó conocidos del Facebook -incluyendome a veces- son víctimas de habladurías y de comentarios no bien intencionados, sobre sus prácticas en varios campos; ¿qué hacer entonces en estos casos? ¿dejas que corra su curso natural y se desvanesca inevitablemente? ¿o permites que te afecte y corres a esconderte por temor a lo que se esté diciendo se te pegue como un estigma?

En las inmortales palabras -y nunca dichas de acuerdo con algunos expertos- de María Antonieta "Dejadlos que coman tarta"


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