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A VR addict's view on Meta

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The announcement of Facebook becoming meta has piqued my interest. I have since read and watched everything I can on it. This research got me a bit intrigued. I am now nervous, annoyed, and slightly excited.  I have been active in virtual worlds since 2008. I was even pretty addicted to them at one time. I feel this experience gives me a different perspective than most. Metaverse isn't new! This is annoying me. The metaverse and virtual worlds aren't new. I joined Second life in 2008. There is of course VRchat, Fortnite, as well as, many others. The way he presented meta came off like he was introducing something new. Most of what he talked about is already here in some form or another. The things that aren't are a ways off. Even by his admission.  Virtual reality can be extremely intense.   In VR you can be anything, do anything, and have anything you want. It is a place where anything is possible, and the only thing real is your emotions. This world can be very overwhelmi
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Welcome Summer

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  Summer is officially her, and I am already having trouble keeping cool. I use to love summers, but now they are absolute torture for me. I swear if I ever retire, I will spend my summers sleeping from 10am, to 6pm just to avoid the heat.  This summer though, I have more planned than just staying cool. I have started on several major projects. First of all I am doing a major "spring" cleaning. I am literally going through everything, and keeping only the things I love and need. I am also working on a major lifestyle changes. I plan to every other week either add or remove things. My final thing is read read read. I have a long list of books I plan to read and I simple want to spend less time on social media.  I have always promised my self I would my life together. I am done promising myself. It is time to take action!
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I saw this coming

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My former job just announced they are closing their Owensboro location. After a conversation with a manager I knew they would closed in 10 years. But they didn't even make to five year. I guess covid helped spurred it on faster.  They opened their doors in 2017. I was one of their first hires. When I started, the building wasn't even finished yet. They had to be train everyone at a nearby college. I truly thought myself lucky by getting that job, and felt very proud to be working for them. They made it out like it was this great and wonderful job. They made it out like this was the best thing to happen to Owensboro and we where on the ground floor of it. At the time believed every bit of it.  One thing I noticed, was that a lot of managers were people from others areas, that had closed down.  I did finally get to ask one of the managers about why theirs closed.  She said, it was because they couldn't find people to work anymore. As they don't like to rehire, and they ha
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Paul wants to move.

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  Paul is wanting to move. I am not so sure. It's not that I don't want a new place. I very much do. I would love to move to a better place. I am just not sure right now is a good time.  I am so nervous about everything going on in the world that I am afraid to move and then not be able to afford our new place. Our current place is this strange area where you feel like you are on the edge of city and county. On one side is a busy parkway, behind that is county and country,. On the other side is several shopping centers, gas stations, and restaurants. Behind us is a neighborhood and park. But you don't really notice it. Then there was the recent manhunt that happened in our neighborhood. A man at a nearby hotel, shot someone and then ran through our apartment complex to get away. That was nerve racking, to say the least. Our landlord doesn't seem interested in taking care of the properties either. He mows, and everything, but no picks things up and you get the impression
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Missing my Joie de vivre

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  I have lost my Joie de vivre. I don't seem to feel anything for most part. I don't feel happy, sad, or even angry. I just feel blank. I feel like I am just walking in this world, not really connecting to it anymore. I love my friends and family of course. I just feel like I can't give them what they deserve. I feel out of sorts.  I think this started sometime this year. When covid hit, I started paying attention to the news. I started to realize things are like I had thought they were. In many ways my beliefs changed. It was a jolt to the system. I now have a completely different outlook about the world, and it has taken some getting use to.  Now I have had a few enjoyments. I recently saw Cruella, and loved it. (not for kids, though) Also making the picture above, I enjoyed.  Now that opens another kettle of fish. I use to be addicted to second life. At one time it was an escape. I was lonely and I hated my life. So it was very easy to dive head first in it. I am not lon
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haircut

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Finally got my hair cut. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted.
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old ornaments

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I finally got around to taking my Christmas stuff down. I always reorgainize the ornaments, when I do. Its funny the ornaments that I love the most to me, are the ones I don't put up anymore.   The ornaments that were on my tree as a child are the ones I love the most. But I don't put them out, as they aren't as nice, and they don't go with the apt decor. So they always sit at the bottom of the box. The whole thing got me very nostalgic. I find myself wishing for the past, before everything got so complicated.
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