Second Life Log

So this was my first adventure into virtual communities and I have to say that I feel the same way about it as I did before my adventure. It's not for me.

Anyway.... this is my Second Life log, thus far (I might try and go back now that some members of the class have set up groups. I might feel more comfortable knowing who I am talking to).

As a SL first timer I had to create an account and I entered through the Ben and Jerry's factory. I had no idea where to start but I thought B&J would be fun (I was just in Vermont and missed out on the tour of the factory).

This is an account of my 2 hour intro visit in SL:

At the B&J orientation they wanted me to buy a t-shirt (10 or 20 L$).

I wondered around BEN and Jerry's Island and started to fly because walking was very time consuming.

I went on the factory tour.

(Flying tour of B&J Factory)

I wanted to read the wall of the tour building but I couldn't really maneuver. It was annoying!

Walked around on tour. (Thermoaccoustic freezers- "Uses soundwaves to keep ice cream cool. Not quite playing Greatful Dead records to keep 'Cherry Garcia' cold but still cool.") I thought that was kind of cool.

Tried talking to two other avatars... it just feels creepy and strange.
I asked what they do here and what's fun. One person responded "I'm a cheerleader" the other said "YEEAAHHH"

(My two friends. Anna from China and Chicken Crazy from Germany)

I asked them if they long on every day and one said "yep" the other "mostly"
One was German the other was Chinese. I talked to the German girl for a bit. She told me that I should go somewhere else. When I told her I was doing this for class and needed to spend 2 hours in SL she said that not even a month would be enough to get to know SL.

Chinese girl teleported me to a mall and I walked around there for a little while.

(Teleporting to the mall.)

S0 that was about all I did in my first 2 hours.