The World According to Marx Dudek

Last night, I was watching some of the full-sim auctions and flitting around from region to region with the sparkle of wishful thinking in my eyes. As I landed on Archon, I encountered three folks who were curious like me. There was a guy who already owned 3 sims, another guy who was apparently just wandering around some of the area while it was still untouched, and a woman who had landed in the full-sim auction area while looking for a bigger parcel for her photography work. I mentioned to her that I had a bit of space on Lyralo that I had urbanized for my art gallery, and that I had a loft building next door that was currently vacant. I brought her over, gave her the tour, and she said it was exactly what she was looking for! She asked what the rent would be, so I figured out half of what my tier is for the land and quoted that. She seemed happy with that and said she’d get back with me today to confirm it. She said she loved what I had done with the plot, and it got me thoroughly jazzed. I should hear back from her today!

I got to meet, and have become close friends with, the owner of Luna Animations. Anyone who has gotten to know my tartier side has heard me wax glossolalic about the wonderful animations from Luna. Well, my fan-girl status earned me an audience with the lovely Jennifer, and she’s given me a peek behind the curtain to some of the products she’s been working on. Recently, she needed access to land on a Havok4 sim - and I happen to own some land on one - so she’s been renting one of my parcels for research and development. In the process, I’ve gotten to know the “Jen away from the office” and she’s a lovely, lovely person. I’m honored to be her friend and her number one fan-girl!

I was also offered a job as a host for a new beach club - the kind of thing that I’d love to do, but also the kind of thing that bumps up against that nasty Fourth Wall in terms of being available on a regular basis. I haven’t even been able to DJ like I’ve wanted to because of it. Or build. Or create things for the gallery. Or do a lot of things. So as much as I’d love to, and as much as it seems I’d be a perfect fit for the job, I’m probably going to have to turn it down.

*sigh* I really want to knock the Fourth Wall down for a while and talk about this, but I’m not going to. Not right now, at least.

Maybe I should create a separate blog for it.

I need to figure out a way to clone myself. My ambitions are in danger of exceeding my ability to act on them.

I’ve been on a land-buying spree in Birmingham City. I suppose it’s an indicator of my love for the sim and my desire to make an investment there. I now own a number of parcels there, and I need to decide what to do with what I have. In addition, a search for small swatch of mainland for Three resulted in an impulse purchase of over 2200sqm for myself in the new Ryalo region.

In just the past few days, I’ve been pondering the idea of participating in one of the new full-region auctions and taking the real-estate-agent role to a new level. Buying, partitioning, reselling. Making some money in the process.

Land is a seductive mistress. On the other hand, perhaps I’ve discovered my career track.

My best friend Rosie’s mom is currently hospitalized with cancer. Rosie has been as close as family to me in RL for almost twenty years. I’ve meant to write earlier about this, but I’ve been busy building her a prayer and meditation garden. It’s open to anyone who might want to come and pray, meditate, share positive thoughts and healing energies.

If you have a moment, please stop in and share a prayer, a silent moment, or whatever you feel comfortable doing. And please tell a friend. Regular circle vigils are taking place. If you are interested in participating, please send an IM to Camthan Hax. Cam is also accepting donations for Rosie.

Thank you.