The word “addictive” has been on my mind lately.  This is all because of SL.  You see, this week I was given the Title of Princess.  This makes me very happy and I am forever grateful for this Title in SL under my Queen.  I met with my Queen and even given a Subject by my Queen so I may gain land faster.  All was very good with this.  I stay on for an hour or so and that was it.  I got off my PC smiling and feeling very excited!  But very late last night, I got onto SL and met with my friend Courtney.  I told her about this and she laughed at me.  She bragged to me about her SL SHAPE and SKIN and just did not even congratulate me on my Title Princess.  It was so late, I got offline and went to my bedroom and just sat on my bed and felt very, very bad.  I did not sleep too good because of this.  This morning, just as I was powering on the PC, I thought to myself, “I get very excited and I get very sad and it is all on the PC.”  Does it make sense to have a change in mood because of the machine?  I get online into SL and talk to a friend of mine (not Courtney).  I tell her that I am upset about the word “addicted”.  She said it is OK that we are all addicted to SL and the internet.  It’s a good addiction (not like smoking.)  Smoking causes Cancer, so I will never smoke.  I am still thinking of two things on this.  One, IS this all addictive?  And if it is, is it OK to be addicted?  What is even more disturbing to me is, I felt very, very bad and still I want to enter SL.  It is like I am feeling I am missing some things.  I hope to answer these questions in the near future in this Blog.  I think it is important for me and for all of us to know if we are held captive by the machine or not!