Talk Like a Pirate Day (or Holidays In A Virtual World)

I saw the box in the picture below while at Walmart today. It made me laugh because today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Seeing this pirate themed box on a pallet at Walmart on Talk Like A Pirate Day made me chuckle.

This is also another day for me to be very glad for Second Life, as it is the place where I celebrate most holidays (when I do) whether they be ones that someone has made up for fun like today or well established national or international days.

I have been unable to drive since 2002 for neurological reasons, so I live a fairly quiet life. Either Jamey or the local transport van takes me to my medical appointments and Jamey takes me out shopping as needed. Other than that, I don’t go further than I can safely walk.

Thus Second Life fills a very important role for me and for many like me who have real life disabilities. It is not only the place where Jamey and I met in 2007, it is a place where real life concerns — such as the need for a wheelchair accessible apartment — become moot. (Other than, of course, a wheelchair accessible computer area for Jamey to access Second Life and we have a large computer / electronics work station set up that he can easily wheel into and manuever around in.)

There is always a wide aisle open in Jamey’s wheelchair accessible workstation so that he can easily access all parts of it.

It is where we can make friends from all around the world, who we can do anything we mutually agree on with from attending themed events (such as Talk Like a Pirate Day) to Jamey’s favorite thing to do — hang out with like minded folks around the world in discussion groups on various science in general and outer space in particular topics.

Unless I have an injury that makes it difficult for me to use the computer, I also like to decorate for the winter holidays on Second Life each year. I can do far more with decorating in world than I can in real life as in Second Life I don’t have to be concerned about

1. injuring myself as I decorate
2. the cats harming themselves by eating the decorations. (Yes, we do have pets in Second Life too.)

So today, Talk Like a Pirate Day, I am yet again grateful for the many types of freedom, the wide range of outlets that Second Life provides, especially for those of us who have limitations on what we can do in real life. In Second Life, we are almost limitless.

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Originally published at We Are Grateful For.