Second Life

I am not a fan of Second Life. In theory, it’s interesting, but I found it very frustrating. I started out as a cute little dragon, but accidentally transformed myself into a hideous woman. After not being able to fix her, I made a new avatar and started over again. I thought the tutorials were useful (I don’t know what I would have done without orientation island), but it was very time consuming. I also experienced some technical glitches while in Second Life. I got stuck in “appearance” mode and couldn’t get out without logging out of the program. Then when I logged back in, Second Life couldn’t locate my last location so it plopped me into a new location. I teleported my way to Info Island and after wandering a while, I took a picture of myself at Info Island’s Sirsi/Dynix Institute. I feel as though I really need to spend a lot more time exploring Second Life to become comfortable in it and find it fun. Right now it doesn’t seem fun or comfortable, and it feels like a waste of time. Perhaps without my final project on my mind, I would feel as though I have more time to spend in Second Life, but as it is, I really want to make a dent in my project as soon as possible.