Enjoying Time in SL

The adventures in Second Life lately have been good. One would think that after almost six years as an avatar in SL that I would become bored with it. Quite the opposite is true though. People are always being more and more creative there and making wonderful worlds to visit, objects/gadgets to use or play with and, as I have recently found out, groups to join with lessons to master. All of this is made possible due to all my online free time and that is a direct result of being freed from DJing. While that all sounds like a better online experience, I can't help missing my DJing events. I am already entertaining the idea of returning to that with possibly less scheduled events, freeing up more time for exploring and such.

Shopping for a new collar

Much of my free time enjoyment is made possible by cat. Much of the stuff we do cannot be accomplished without the other. We play in BDSM dungeons and go shopping and sometimes just play a game or two with starie. It's all wonderful fun. But as I mentioned above, there are groups which require commitment. Any time I have joined a demanding group in the past, I have had to pay money to belong. That's about as demanding as it got. Well, in the case of the group cat wants to join, they don't want your money, they want your time and efforts. And while I can certainly understand why she may want to be a member of this group, I also understand that it's not the sort of thing I am interested in. It's a group that has specific roles for women as opposed to the specific roles for men. Not my "cup of tea" as it were. So when she joins this group, I will most certainly miss her and that makes me sad. But it's not until next winter that she will have enough online time to devote to that group so there's no sense in me worrying about it now. I am going to enjoy her company to the fullest until then and I'll deal with her absence next year.

Speaking of cat, it is coming up on three years since I have collared her. Starie was showing me some collars made by a designer with very good tastes, so I showed them to cat and she loved a couple of them so I got her a new one. That is the first time she has taken off her old collar since I locked it on her nearly three years ago. It's a testament to her devotion to me.

cat's new collar

 So I'm looking for something to keep me occupied in SL that is removed from what I do now, which is exploring, taking cat out, playing games and building stuff. While all of these are fun to do, as I stated, I am missing DJing. So I might do that plus something else. I never considered joining a group that demands a time commitment but that might be an option. After all, my SL daughter Neva belongs to a role playing group and she really enjoys it. Cat will be in a group like that next winter too. I will begin hunting for a group like that tonight.