An Intro:

Day one: I am born, well really I’m not born, that would be kinda cool to be born and start off typing and making blogs but I am born on Second Life.

I thought I might try my hand out on making one of these helping pages on Second Life, I have 2 other Web sites on Xanga, one is my old Second Life name, which had tutorials with some odds and ends that will be transferred here. The other, is my name that I posted some of my art and jabbered how I felt about life’s issues (girls) :D. Being a busy gent, I chose to combine the two and make posting easier on me.

Why the Title “A Clean Slate”? It has two meanings, one because if you noticed "Cleanslate" is a last name in Second Life and the other, is because I am making a clean slate with my avatar and whole internet life. Not that I made a mess of my original SL avatar, just crammed it with textures and building objects and other odds and ends. I felt with a new character I could build in peace and have fun and party on the other older dood. So, what is Second Life? To me, it’s a virtual world vacation, my Utopia. I can; fly, walk, be underwater, create anything, meet people, learn and have all around fun. If I get bored, I can teleport to a new region and explore and try again.

Why do you do this Jacks? It’s fun, I mean the helping others part, when I first started SL I didn’t know where to turn. Soon things started to pull together for me and it will for you as well. When it does, remember me :D

When you first start SL you land in Orientation Island - chores to help you learn how to maneuver, change your avatar, talk and search in the game. Helpful yes, if you are new, I suggest doing them all if you are new but I wasn’t so I did the first chore on all of them and dropped the HUD and searched a place and teleported outta there! My favorite spots are Sand Boxes; I bet if you were to TP to one and shout my name you might find me. Try it, "JACKS"!!I’m very approachable and will talk your ear off err fingers. So……

In essence, I hope this page may be of some use to you, if you have any questions you can send me a note card and I can try to help you out. If not we can find someone that can. I think the key think to Second Life is that of course you enjoy it, the more you put into learning the game the more you will get out of it. Have fun and I hope to see you In World!