a rez day

something that's unique to the culture of second life is the celebration of a "rez day." that's the day you appear in the grid for the first time after you create your account, and it's logged in your profile. it's essentially a birthday, since your avatar was "born" when you logged in for the first time. everyone has one, and when the date rolls around again, you get a "rez day" which is the same as a birthday irl.

by the time i found out this was a thing, my first rez day had already passed. i was given belated gifts to compensate for this as i was deeply disappointed, it seemed like a lot of fun celebrating one. so i was determined to make my second rez day a memorable one, and i plotted for months.

 the first thing i did was whip out a pool and make it as large as possible. then i added some torches for lighting on the corners, and then tossed in some toys and floaties to hang out in. i snapped this photo while chilling in one to emphasize the scale of it all.

 i spent probably an hour or two just floating in this pool while i thought about the next day. what songs i was going to play, who was going to come, and whether or not people would like my hidden surprise. i was real keyed up and more than a little anxious about it succeeding.

 and then, it was happening! i activated my hidden balloon and confetti rezzer, and everyone had a blast playing and dancing in my pool for the party. so much attention was lavished on me i almost didn't know what to do. everyone kept giving me money as presents!

i ended up picking up my balloon dropper after my set was over, but when lestat came in to play, bryan put out some of his own balloons as we continued the celebration for another two hours. he ended up teleporting in his entire clan, which meant no one else could join us and wish me a happy rez day. probably wouldn't have been so bad if they hadn't ignored all of us.

this year though, i didn't want to be fussed over. i mean, it's nice, but after about five minutes it gets aggravating. i told penalt not to tell io about my rez day because i wanted to be left alone. i did get my wish, but i also did something different this year.

this year, i had someone to spend it with. so for about four hours, he and i roleplayed back and forth while i was bound to my hearts like a present for him to unwrap. nothing beats a wonderful scene that closes with "Happy Rez Day love." it was also doubly wonderful because parzi and i got to spend some much-needed time together. life sank its claws into both of us, so we haven't been able to hang out for a little while. the last time we were in the middle of a scene, we had to stop because he had to get up early for work.

real life can be such a pain in the butt, making it so people can't roleplay all night together. lol

this time was also different for another reason.

not only did i get a nice roleplay for my rez day, but i also actually said the words "i love you" to parzi. he already knew how i feel about him because i had told him that i'm in love with him, but it's quite another thing entirely to actually say the words. and nothing puts you on cloud nine faster than seeing "i love you too" cross your screen in response.