Pfft. There are some very nice people playing Bloodlines, such as me, though I'm not going to try to recruit you. If you're a musician then there are plenty of groups and events that might interest you. When are you generally around?
You're wrong @Ashlyn Voir. I've made some very good friends in SL, some of whom became RL friends. I really don't think you're helping the OP by coming into this thread with such bitterness.
There are many things that last longer than people's memories of an individual, such as a work of art or literature, though I'll grant you most people don't create them. I do regret not leaving children in the world but then I had no choice in the matter. I doubt many people will remember me so perhaps I'd better get a book published.
[Edit to bring it back on topic] Perhaps a book on my romantic disasters!