By Gemma Cleanslate
Saturday February 22 was a special day in Second Life because it was the rezz day of
a special person: Marianne Mccann who was "born" in 2006. Here is a SL kid who
has accomplished a lot in Second Life during her life. She has always been true to her SL
inner child, but has been involved in so many things. Marianne first entered Second Life
as an adult, but became a three year old child soon after, Now she is an 8 year old, but
is resting at that age.
I went over to "The Pen" in Bay City, where she has
properties, for her birthday party. Lots of kids and grown up friends were
present for the festivities. Marianne herself did the DJing for the dances.
People dropped by to congratulate her. I have known Mari since 2009. I believe
I met here at my first visit to SLB at the kids build. Later I asked her to
write an article for the SL Newser as part of a whole group of SL kids articles. You can read about Mari here http://slnewserpeople.blogspot.com/2010/08/so-why-am-i-kid-avatar.html . I think she was SL kids age 3 then.
I have been at many events where Mari was
involved in one way or another. One of the most exquisite things I think
she ever did was the history build for the SL10B . It was a complete look at the
past years in a wonderful setting. I kept going back to it over and over so I
did not miss anything. It should be preserved somewhere in Second Life for
posterity. Right now Mari is getting ready for the first Second Life Winter Games which will be held at Chamonix City in mid-March. I have always admired Mari and wish her so many more years of
achievement in SL.
Gemma Cleanslate
Kids! They are such a problem ! All moms and papas love them so and would also love to knock them in the head. This happens in real life and also guess what, here in SL.
I have talked to many and spent time with them having fun .. Riding, rafting .. dancing .. fishing ... I have spent some special times with kids fishing in contests and laughing so hard at their wit! They knock my socks off! Some are kids just to be kids. Some are reliving a time of their life that they really enjoyed and felt loved and safe. Some are living a life they never had when they should have had it. Imagine!
Isn‘t that why we are all here, hoping for something we don’t have or can’t have in real life? How many times have I heard “Why would anyone want to be a **** ?“ Replace that with anything you want, furry , vampire, tiny, greenie, slayer of zombies, model, stripper.
Some people think that the kids may be perverts. Forget it!! Perverts are not masquerading here as children. Some might try, but if they were they would be reported immediately by the KIDS! Also if a pervert does approach one of these SL kids they are reported immediately! There are SL kid websites and groups that watch and advise.
These kids want to enjoy this virtual life and have lots of fun doing it. Some are master builders and scripters. Some own sims full of furniture for sale, some have malls, some design clothing. I have seen some very weird avatars around in SL and I figure they must be that avatar because they want to for some reason. Live and let live. Enjoy what we have while we have it!
If you really would like to hear why a person chooses to be a kid now is your chance! You can do it easily without asking any kid. Visit the sweet build by Marianne McCann at the SL7B. There are toy blocks with the pictures of kid avatars. Click any block and you will pick up a note card that will tell you the personal view of why that person chose to become a SL kid.
The SL Kids Exhibit in SL7B is in the SL7B Visionary sim at (205, 184, 22).
Gemma Cleanslate
