A final day of anything is usually bittersweet, and my final day of existing on the Teen Grid was nothing less. In many wasy, I was glad to leave. Leaving signals growing up, becoming an adult, moving into a bigger pen, and discovering new delights. Yet when I leave, there’s no turning back – I go and go forever, ever to return, no matter what. There is bitterness in leaving my home for the last year and leaving behind so many amazing friends who have helped and guided me.
I woke up early on my birthday and bothered Concierge to get my ticket through, which they did pretty quickly, though every minute of waiting killed me. Finally, to log on! …And land in a random Korean sim. I quickly searched for Help Island and TP’d in, posting my arrival on Plurk. Then everything exploded – I was quickly innundated with messages, gifts, and welcomes from so many other residents. It was all I could do to get out the gifts I had brought over from the TG in the midst of everything. Soon enough Moo Money arrived and whisked me away for some skin shopping at 5th&Oxford with a brand new shiny giftcard. We didn’t have giftcards back on the TG, so this was a new experience, and much easier to use than I had anticipated, and the skins were beautiful. I was taken to Starlust Motel, FabFree headquarters, and the RUNE sim for some offroading with Maxwell Graf, which an amazing experience. The only real sports I did back on the TG were kicking a sphere around, some light surfing, and sailing. It’s trilling to see such a variety of activities available here.
My first half of the day was a rush of shopping, freebies, things being dropped, friend requests, offroading, and tons of chats and welcomes. After taking a break to go out and tend to RL, getting my first phone, going out for sushi, I came back. Quickly I was once again up over my head at a party being thrown for me on the Rouge sim, with Nexeus Fatale DJing. Over the course of the night we had nearly 60 people show up, designers, bloggers, fashionistas, Lindens, all sorts, all turning out for me. It was really extrordinarily touching and super amazing. The whole night was fabulous, and I can say honestly that it looks like wherever I go on this grid, I’m going to have friends.
(Please forgive me for leaving out photos – my image uploading is being a bitch outside of Flickr, and I can’t risk using up too much of my space on my blog. Please check my Flickr, and for more pictures of the party, please click here.)
