machinima crash

I've been trying to record myself as I move around SL, but my SL crashes every time I try. So I moved and started talking to more people. It is strange. When I didn't have anyone to talk with, I wanted to. Now that I have more friends sometimes I just want to sit down and not talk. I started talking to someone and he told me about INKsters, the writing group that puts literary competitions every week. He gave a few landmarks and I went to check it out. The place was nice, with plush couches, and a Shakespeare poster. It looked like an old club, like the room of Yale Club or something like that. I didn't want to participate in the competition. I liked the fact that there are so many things to do in SL. I equate it to NY, where you can do whatever you want. I was talking to someone and he told me that SL is equivalent to the size of continental US, and that sometimes there are only 20 to 40 people online. That's a lot of land per capita. I wish I could use it for storage. Well, I have to give up on machinima for now, and move on to explore more. I learned how to create gesture (easy), and how to go to landmarks. Someone told me that IBM, MIT and Princeton had sims in SL. I should check that out too. I also went to a party the other day but felt weird because I did not know how to dance and everybody else was showing their best moves. There is a lot of showing off in SL. I also think that most of the time, users have something to sell you, or they want you to try this or that. I am a little skeptical of any friendship.