In Second Life a friend of mine gave me a place to rent for only $300pm which is also larger than the last place I was renting. The bungalow I had previously was $360pm so that’s a great saving there. The new home is a Japanese Dojo house which looks quite nice and only takes up 17 prims so I still have my 100 prim limit which is the same as the bungalow in Cub.
I’ve just started a new job hosting "Jacks or Better". It’s mostly like Poker but (as the names suggests) you need a pair of Jacks or higher to get a score. It’s a multiplayer game and everyone puts money into the ‘pot’ at the start of the game. The winner takes all. My job is to announce the scores during the game as everyone is too busy matching cards to know what their score is and whom is in the lead. I add a fun commentary all the while and keep them entertained. I’ve been accused of being TOO interesting and people have to try hard to concentrate on the game and not read my funny chat 
They seem to appreciate it, though and told me usually the games are pretty ‘ho-hum’ and quiet and that it’s great to be entertained while they play. Last Wednesday night I received two ‘tips’ of $50 each so I’m pretty damn happy about that. I get paid enough to pay my rent and have some left over to spend on purchases or my own creations. In Second Life you have to pay to upload sounds (wav) and textures (tga) so having a job really helps. There is a weekly auto payment for logging on but $50 doesn’t go far hehe.
I was going to give up creating stuff as I’ve not sold a thing but I received some encouragement. They said not to give up yet and keep going. I just need to find a spot in a popular mall to market my things. It’s a bit of a catch 22. I need money to rent the space but I won’t make lots of money for selling stuff until I rent a space. I might concentrate more on clothing and avatar attachments (hair, jewellery, etc) as someone pointed out "Everyone has an avatar but not everyone has a home to put furniture and the like". Makes sense and I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before. Everyone seems to like bling so perhaps I should give that a go.
I took my friend Emily along to a place where someone has made AI fish. They have put in the ability to produce offspring with some dna properties along with the ability to ’shoal’ and hunt for food. The more successful they are at hunting for food, the greedier they become and can pass this on to their offspring as a ‘greed’ property. The greedier they are the faster they are as well, so that gets passed on too. The slower fish cannot get to the food in time and tend to die out. They also have the ability to avoid predators which one or two have been added. There’s a few different types of feeders, each of a different colour. The fish’s tail will change colour depending on which type of food they like and are seeking. It’s quite an interesting experiment. I sat on one of the fish and was taken along for a ride while it swam around. Quite funny 
