beladona Memorial


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Female
59 years old
Maryland
United States

Interests / Hobbies:Dancing, Exploring, Fantasy, knowledge management My hobbies include: Crafts, organizational development. Interests? SL: helping newbies, podcasts RL: reading, Sci Fi, Shopping, theater
Favorite Movies:bad "B" science fiction for my stupid movie collection, Fitzwilly, Lotr
Favorite Music:Classical, New Age
Favorite Books:Lord of the Rings and other works by Tolkien. anything by Heinlein (specifically Moon is a Harsh Mistress and The Past Thru Tomorrow) or Marion Zimmerman Bradley (Mistress of Avalon and the Darkover series). Zelanzy (Lord of Light). period romances by G
Favorite TV Shows:current: Heroes. ongoing: Project Runway. Top Designer reruns: Babylon 5. My Favorite Martian, Star Trek (TOS. animated, STNG. DS9. Voyager and Enterprise)
Favorite Foods:boston cream pie, fresh baked bread, Ice Cream, peanut butter cookies, Steak, Sushi
Favorite Drinks:
Favorite Sports:is reading a sport? how about shopping?
Favorite Places:WDW. Wait -- does it have to be RL?
Favorite Celebrities:
Ethnicity:Caucasian
Hair color:Auburn
Eye color:Brown
Body type:Big and beautiful
Orientation:Straight
Marital status:Widowed
Children:Yes, but not living at home
Occupation:Banking/Mortgage
Religion:Catholic
Income:Not enough

beladona Memorial's First Life

After finishing my gig with the 6th community bank, I started a new job on March 5th,2007 — still in loan servicing, but as a Director for a non-bank commercial lender. I have found that there is a big difference between working with SBA loans and being an SBA lender!

In July 2007 I moved into a place much closer to work — I am loving the shorter commute [but it can take 45 minutes to travel less than 10 miles during rush hour], a more robust internet connection [at least when Comcast grants me a connection at all] and having a garage under the apartment building. It is a big place just for me and Kula — for those who used to listen to BUCKET, podcat moved in with me. I still have boxes and bags to unpack, but they are tucked away in a spare bedroom. The books are out on the shelves now, and the living room furniture arrived around the end of April, but I haven’t gotten much further than that and it has been an entire year!

If you really want to know more, send me an IM and ask.


beladona Memorial's Second Life

As of 4 DEC 08, I am 3!

No one noticed it was my rez day tho :P

On Friday, January 9th, 2009 at 9PM EST/ 8PM CST, Searaven Raymaker proposed and we were partnered!


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Nowhereville: beladona’s beach has returned to the island! Lost Grounds is still where I reside, but I am really happy to be back in my original location.

Lost Grounds is undergoing some changes — there is a lot of land now up for open sale to anyone — and one person even abandoned a lot in the middle of the sim to avoid an increase in tier — and we can only hope that whoever buys it will keep the gentle island beach theme going.


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I joined when SL first opened — quit when I found out that SL and dialup didn’t go well together. I re-joined again when Howard Rhinegold from the Brainstorms community gave a SL talk and I found out that my son was already in world — Tasha Loveless. Later I got more active when the BUCKET podcast moved in world — Madison Carnot is my RL daughter. For a long time, I have been a hanger-on and fan girl around and about the podcast community.

FWIIW, IMNSHO, the people who make SL worthwhile are the ones who are truly here for a “second life”. The formation of communities and the social interactions are as key to this environment as the ability to create.

It has been interesting! And like all interesting experiences, it has been painful as well as pleasant. Although I do not waste time/energy on regrets, there are things that I fervently wish had been different. But in SL as in RL, we are what our choices have made us, neh? In some ways who we become in our SL is a truer reflection of our inner selves than the roles that we play in RL. People who are basically good-hearted come across that way. People who have nasty minds stand revealed. And all of us get to display our inner geeks!

My area of expertise seems to be exploration and helping newcomers. I truly enjoy meeting new folks and finding out new things here!

Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged — and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your’s wanders…

YMMV!

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My Second Life Resume:

Currently a SL Mentor!

I worked with WatchmanD Senior as manager for the CLOSE UP club — resigned as of 31 OCT 06

Creator of the “Newbie Package” — information and items that a newcomer will find helpful as they explore this brave new world!

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12 Responses to “beladona Memorial's Second Life Profile

  1. Sierra Corleone says:

    Welcome to SLBuzz!!!

  2. Rich Desoto says:

    Hi beladona! So glad to see you here on SLBuzz! Now we are occupying even more networking sites. How many can we keep up with?

  3. beladona Memorial says:

    for some reason snapshots that I send from in world are duplicating

  4. Mark Barrett says:

    hey beladona! the duplicates have been removed. there was an issue with second life sending multiple copies of postcards. linden lab took care of it, but just in case it ever happens again, i also added a mechanism to detect and prevent duplicates.

    if there’s anything else, just send me a message. :) have fun!

  5. Chel Pixie says:

    Hi ya. Having fun yet?

  6. beladona Memorial says:

    you know — it really annoys me when I am actually online and in world, but because scripts are turned off, it shows me offline…

  7. Rex Obviate says:

    wow, nice profile…you inspire me to do more with mine….looking forward to some salsa dancing…
    REX

  8. Rex Obviate says:

    Join the club….I’m sure there are 100 other things I can find annoying…
    Rex

  9. beladona Memorial says:

    hee! add to the comments in the blog under pet peeves

  10. Karl Herber says:

    Thanks for dropping by my profile. Yours is great :)

  11. Josh Viking says:

    loved your profile.well put!

  12. Pangtera Nakamura says:

    Wow, Grendel’s Children is amazing. Pretty good avatars at very cheap prices! I’m digging the 5L insect avatars! Thanks for this recommendation!

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