The Alphaville Herald

Bob Boothroyd — Post 6 Guy

by Alphaville Herald on 20/10/09 at 7:41 am

[Normally I have my Post 6 pictures taken weeks in advance but recently real life has kept me hopping. The other evening I was scrambling for a model and Bob Boothroyd, who had introduced himself a few weeks before and offered to model "if I ever need it," happened to be on. Little did he know how soon I'd come knocking. Not only did he drop everything to come model, he came up with the following in less than an hour. I give you the amazing Bob Boothroyd- Timothy Morpork]

Hi. My name is Bob Boothroyd and I'm a Second Life avatar. In real life I'm a typing dog named Cletus. I think Second Life is awesome because I get to express myself however I want. Whether in real life I'm rich, poor, black, white, greenish-blue or, as in my case, a typing dog, I can live the effing American Dream, or the French dream, or the proverbial wet dream. I think that's pretty frickin cool.

Which is why it bums me out that people are so negative here. It's like the internet has become a place to be bitter and stir up drama. As I'm sure you understand, my internet access is pretty limited because I'm a typing dog, so it's always a mystery to me why humans- blessed as they are with cars and opposable thumbs, would waste their time with tearing down other people instead of building something good for themselves.

Yeah yeah I know, humans generally live longer so you have more time, but playing a human in Second Life is the shit. Must be fun in RL too. I think if more humans played humans in Second Life, it would be a much better place. I don't mean the furries, they're usually pretty decent humans.

IRL I'm a mixed breed, mostly terrier. I have a nice home and a nice life. I wish keyboard keys were a little bigger and yes, we do lick them that much just because we can.

In SL I mostly practice building and messing with textures.  I read a lot of the blogs on my iPhone and follow the story lines with amazement. As a house pet, I understand how a digital life can offer needed escape from a less than optimal life, but I can't understand a life dedicated to mean. Of course "mean" tends to end far worse with dogs than with humans, so it might just be that I'm extra sensitive.

I'm afraid this is coming off as preachy- my great grandfather was a collie and they tend toward preachy- I just figured that since I had to write about something, I could take a position for being nicer. You're all busy looking at my humongous e-wiener anyhow. Thanks to Timothy for accepting me in the ranks of Post 6 and for the awesome pictures.

And look, when you throw scraps, make sure it's something that's good for us, k?

Peace,
Bob/Cletus