I heard about SecondLife about half a year ago… Never thought it affected people like this.

A good friend I know used to own land in this game.  Yes, own land.  It’s apparently just like real life.  You can buy sell stuff.  Clothes and housing… Some of the major auto manufacturers showcase their models here which you can purchase and drive around.  You can buy your home, even your avatar if you are so inclined… all for a fee.  You can gamble in a built to scale Las Vegas.  Yes, real money.  Anshe Chung has apparently become the first millionaire in Second Life.  Learn how it really works click here

oh.. btw, that’s millionaire in real U.S. dollars. Her real-world persona, Ailin Graef, figures her net worth based on her substantial in-world land holdings, cash in “Linden dollars,” which can be converted to real cash, as well as virtual shopping malls, store chains, and even virtual stock-market investments in Second Life businesses.

Wanna go to college?  A real college?  Dallas area colleges use Second Life to create virtual campuses.  If you’re a North Texas college student, you might also do class projects or homework assignments there.  Second Life, an online virtual world, began in 2003 as a place to meet others and socialize. But an increasing number of colleges and universities are embracing it as a tool to reach students raised on computers and video games. 

People can be who ever they want to in this game and as you can see, it can be devastating for those who become addicted like the ones in the video.  It’s just like the Matrix… they’re plugged in and that’s the real world to them...not this world.

It’s been one of those weekends where Saturday I just felt like relaxing and was VERY lazy.  BTW, why is that, that sometimes we just get that lazy sickness.  It’s so powerful that it actually consumes every ounce of energy that you have.  Well, that was Saturday, and Sunday was a new day.  I realized that something had to be done.  The house needed to be cleaned first of all.  BADLY.  The back porch needed to be watered off and cleaned and my truck needed a severe cleaning.  Add to that the rocks on the side of our home needed to be put back since construction is complete on our pool.  Where I found the energy to get all of this done in the Arizona heat is beyond me.  But I did accomplish it and you know what?  It feels good sitting back with a bottle of wine and relaxing knowing that everything is clean.  I love that feeling.

Today I went out and bought a new trash can for our house finally.  I’ve been bugging Jenny to get one because those other ones are such an eye sore but also because they’re just cheap and dirty.  I didn’t get the latest and greatest in trash can technology, but one that does look nice that you can step on to open the lid.

Wednesday, we’re having Brian, our Realtor, over for barbecue.  He’ll be bringing his kids and wife, Susan.  He has the cutest kids and we just think they are all so awesome.  We really like them and have a great time hanging out with them. 

Today we had some salesmen come to our door offering everything from steak to seafood from their distribution company based in Phoenix.  After reviewing the meat and quality of preparation of it, we bought 60 cuts of very nice meat.  I mean nice meat, unlike you would find in the store.  I think we’ll buy from them again.  Basically I spend about 5-6 dollars on each cut of meat when we go to the store.  Well today I spent on average 2 dollars per cut.  And much better cuts of meat at that!  Lovely.  Today was just meant to be a great day.  I gave them a tip albeit not much, but it was really for being American and working hard—and then they were off.

Called jaxtr, the service gives members the opportunity to link their phone numbers to a personalized URL to hear from callers visiting their social networks or blogs. Instead of making their real phone numbers public, the social networker or blogger would share the link, with jaxtr, acting as the intermediary, making the phone call happen. Unlike Internet-based services like eBay’s Skype and Google’s ) Google Talk where you need to make the phone call on your computer with a microphone, jaxtr works with any existing cell phone and landline.

It’s pretty cool, combining two things that are rapidly joining forces… mobile’s and the internet

Basically you sign up like I did and create your account, then you personalize the widgit you want… they have plenty of options.  Then when someone wants to call you they can go to your site and enter their phone number and hit “call” and let Jaxtr do the rest!  Jaxtr then places a call to the person you are trying to get in touch with, and then after it connects, it calls you and allows you to talk all while keeping your number private.  It’s pretty cool.  It’s kinda like 3way phone calls in a way but without having to talk via a computer and headset.

Wow! A warranty paid off for me! While starting my car to go to work yesterday, it seemed to take a little long to start. I kinda shrugged it off and forgot about it until when I went to leave from work and it didn’t start. Luckily, it started after the second try and I made it home fine. I talked to my dad and he thought most likely the battery. I had just replaced it less than 2 yrs ago and was certain I had bought one with a good warranty. I had the receipt at home and the battery said 3 yr free replacement. So, we were able to start the car again and drove out to Casa Grande. After a minor mishap of incompetent Walmart employees, we got the battery replaced for free even though the automotive center was closed. We felt like mechanics replacing the battery Yay! I saved like $65!! Damn thing only lasted 18 months. I’m glad I spent the extra 10 bucks to get a better warranty!

A while back, a sales guy from Paddock Pools was telling us that the city of Maricopa has live famous bands that play for everyone.  I couldn’t believe the band that he said had played here last.  Usually you have to pay a lot of money to see a show like what he described.  How awesome is that?  They said that October 11th Lifehouse will be playing live for everyone and then an awesome fireworks show.  We’ll actually be on the cruise then but damn that is awesome.  I really wish I could see them live.  I told my brother to video tape it for us. Well tonight, after “Back to the future” in the park near our house, they told us that next month ends their 80’s theme movies and then they start on another theme. Next they play “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”.  They’ve played these so far, some pretty good ones.

Here’s some pictures from our night at the movies!