Day 2 

I found a way to change my avatar’s appearance to being Asian, but I can’t seem to change my avatar’s hair do. He has the long straight hair Asian look. When entering the program I start at the same place I logged off. Today I was put back onto “Welcome Island” and met someone right away. We had a brief conversation which consisted of “hello” and “I don’t know what I am doing”, followed by a quick “good bye”. I go into different destinations in which other avatars are participating in. For instance, one can be in London and go to different clubbing places or on a mountainous terrain along the ocean. In these different worlds there is music in the background to engage the user with the setting. Overall, I still feel awkward about talking to people in the virtual world and get frustrated by all the directions that are needed to control my avatar. I am getting bored of Secondlife but at the same time I am awed with how this fake world almost perfectly resembles reality.  

Day 1

I registered as a user on secondlife.com. The experience is very new to me because I have never entered a virtual world in which I am an avatar. I thought it was interesting to pick an avatar that represents you. However, I did have a difficult time choosing the right avatar simply because there were only limited types of avatars to pick from, unless you pay money to have premium status. With premium status, I think you can make your avatar very similar to the way you look.  Currently my avatar is Caucasian, short haired, and wears glasses when in fact I am Asian with short curly hair and wears glasses every so often, weird but it works. However, they did have an Asian avatar but he did not look anything like me. When I finished my avatar selection my avatar is put into “Welcome Island” where I see 3 to 4 avatars as well. I wonder then how many avatars come to this island per day because it seems people come in regularly. I (as an avatar) walk through an orientation at my own pace but I talk to no one in the group.