Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Research / Peer Edit Partner
So on V-day I went to a wedding that I was invited to by the wedding planner, but I guess the bride and groom had a different idea about me attending. I also invited Jennifer to come along, but we were unable to see anything since they told me to leave. The wedding was pretty from what I could tell. I tried to talk to the people there and let them know that I was jsut curious but they wouldn't have it and instead kicked me out. Once I talked with Dr. C, I realized that the people probably didn't want thier SL getting involved with thier real life and they may have thought I was a reporter or something. It sucked that I have yet to find a wedding that I have been able to attend. Also I have met people that have been married more than 50 times in SL. Its really funny that in SL you dont have to get a divorce in order to be married again and I guess it could be one of the plus sides to having SL. :D
Peer Edit Partner
On Feb. 12th 2009, I was invited to dance with Jennifer at Sunrise Dance Club. It was a lot of fun since I normally do not do that. The music was awesome as well. There was alot fo 90's music and older rap. Some songs they played were Ice Ice Baby (lol), and some salt n' peppa. IT was cool dancing there also because there was this red ball above the floor that you lciked on to activate your avatar. Also you could choose to dance as a group.
Peer Edit Partner
On Feb. 11th I read Jennifers introduction to her essay and to me it sounds like a fun topic because it is something that I would like to do in real life but dont have the time. :)
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Introduction for Essay 1
Having the wedding of your dreams can be a stressful situation with problems such as money, dates, time, planning, and everything else that comes with it. But in second life you can have the wedding of your dreams, and even more, with less stress. Composed with everything in mind, Second Life weddings are based on the extravagant details, out of the ordinary places, and over the top clothing.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
More research
More research...... I have wondered around SL alot today and got to meet a bunch of people. Today I met two couples that were getting married and one couple let me follow them around and ask questions while they planned their wedding on SL.
I also met with the Love Knot Weddings Manager. Her name was Winter Littlething. She told me that she has ministered around 40 weddings and has helped planned more than 100. She also told me that in SL any one can be a minister and that there was no test or anything that you have to take. She says you jsut get "the job", like she did. She also showed me some of her weddings she had preformed and some photo albums from those weddings. Finally she let me take a pic with her.
I also met with the Love Knot Weddings Manager. Her name was Winter Littlething. She told me that she has ministered around 40 weddings and has helped planned more than 100. She also told me that in SL any one can be a minister and that there was no test or anything that you have to take. She says you jsut get "the job", like she did. She also showed me some of her weddings she had preformed and some photo albums from those weddings. Finally she let me take a pic with her.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Research for my Essay
Ok, so tonight I wondered around SL trying to find people to talk to and trying to find places releated to my topic for my first essay. I tried to get ahold of my peer editing partner, but I couldn't so I just went by myself. Tonight was so far the most fun I have had on SL.
I ended up just typing wedding into the search bar for SL and it brought up to wedding events. I teleported to a place called Angel Kisses Weddings. This palce was amazing. It was so beautiful and peaceful and everything a girl would want for a weddings. After walking around for a few minutes, I ran into three wedding planners. I aksed for help and one named Starshine Benior offered to help me.
Starshine took me to the reception room were she offered a note card full of information about the weddings they offere and then she told me about some of the things they offered. Now, I was expecting just a chapel and that was it. But she told me they offered a limo service, a carrige service, reception hall, honey moon packages, wedding cakes, flowers, decorations, a bridal room and enimations for just about everything.
Next she actually took me to the chapels. I thought they were scattered all over the area but instead they were located in just one area. There was this beautiful water fall near the reception room and there also was a button on the ground in which wedding planners would only activate. She showed me all the chapels that generated from that one buttom and one at a time they took turns showing up over the water fall. They even had a gothic themed wedding chapel. It was mind blowing too me.
After the chapels she took me to see some of the cakes they offer and how if I wanted some thing different then I could request. I have never met a nicer person. I asked Starshine if I could take her picture, but she said no. She then offered to let me take a picture of the things I saw. I took a couple photos and then was on my way. Before I left she told me that there was a wedding on the 14th of Feb and I was more than welcome to show for it.
Wow.....
I ended up just typing wedding into the search bar for SL and it brought up to wedding events. I teleported to a place called Angel Kisses Weddings. This palce was amazing. It was so beautiful and peaceful and everything a girl would want for a weddings. After walking around for a few minutes, I ran into three wedding planners. I aksed for help and one named Starshine Benior offered to help me.
Starshine took me to the reception room were she offered a note card full of information about the weddings they offere and then she told me about some of the things they offered. Now, I was expecting just a chapel and that was it. But she told me they offered a limo service, a carrige service, reception hall, honey moon packages, wedding cakes, flowers, decorations, a bridal room and enimations for just about everything.
Next she actually took me to the chapels. I thought they were scattered all over the area but instead they were located in just one area. There was this beautiful water fall near the reception room and there also was a button on the ground in which wedding planners would only activate. She showed me all the chapels that generated from that one buttom and one at a time they took turns showing up over the water fall. They even had a gothic themed wedding chapel. It was mind blowing too me.
After the chapels she took me to see some of the cakes they offer and how if I wanted some thing different then I could request. I have never met a nicer person. I asked Starshine if I could take her picture, but she said no. She then offered to let me take a picture of the things I saw. I took a couple photos and then was on my way. Before I left she told me that there was a wedding on the 14th of Feb and I was more than welcome to show for it.
Wow.....
Thursday, January 29, 2009
First short essay: topic and Thesis
Topic: Rituals
Thesis:
Composed with everything in mind, Second Life weddings are based on the extravagant details, out of the ordinary places, and over the top clothing.
Thesis:
Composed with everything in mind, Second Life weddings are based on the extravagant details, out of the ordinary places, and over the top clothing.
I found a Peer Editing Partner
So, today while logged into the Virtual Harlem classroom I met and talked with Jennifer Buckwalter. Her and I decided that we should be peer editing partners. We talked a few minutes about what topics we should choose and I believe wile logged in she choose to do her paper on Entertainment in Second Life and I decided on Rituals in Second Life. We also asked a few questions back and forth, like what things we can go participate in and when we could hang out online. After class we exchanged emails and in the emails we sent each other we exchange information about when we can hang out.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Exploration Assignment
Introduction
I have been exploring Second Life almost every day even if for a few minutes in between my classes. So when I started on this assignment I thought it would be pretty easy to figure it out and to get it done, but I realized that it wasn’t easy at all. I ended up having trouble figuring out what place was what, if I was even in the right place, and I even had trouble finding people to talk to.
Info Island
The first place I had to teleport for the assignment was Info Island and there I had to complete several tasks. When first arriving I saw a sign in front of me that said “ Welcome to Info Island, The Road to Smart Investing”. After reading the sign and the other signs around the area I could tell that this place was about saving money, retirement funds, banking and other things of that nature. To the left of my avatar was a diner with a parking lot full of classic cars and motorcycles. To the right was another sign, welcoming me to the island. And the last thing I noticed when I arrived was that there were benches on a dock behind me that over looked water.
Since the diner was right next to where I first arrived, I figured it would be the best place to start exploring the island. In the parking lot of the diner were cars that I could interact with. I interacted with them by changing the color of the vehicles, opening the doors, turning it on and off, and turning on the lights. Once in the diner I saw a refrigerator, a stove, booths with orange seats, orange bar stools, and pictures advertising food n the walls. The first item I interacted with was the refrigerator. The only thing I could do with it though was open and close the doors. But I did get to click on the food inside the frig which ended up giving me vanilla ice cream, Boston crème pie, and eggs for my inventory. To the right of the frig was the stove/oven. The stove/oven was boring to interact with since I could only turn on/off the burners and open/close the stove. I didn’t even get to keep the items that were on the stove in my inventory. I hung out at the diner for a few minutes thinking that maybe someone would show up there and I could interact with them, but no one ever did. I also tried to send invites to other people in the class but every time I was on Second Life and on Info Island, no one else was or they wouldn’t accept the invite.
The second place I traveled to on Info Island was to a brown wood building or house that had a brick walk way up to the door. Inside the building and to the left of the front door was a small room that seemed to be a bar. It had bar taps and bar stools, but had nothing for me to interact with and there was no one in there to talk to. The next room I went into was to the right of the front door when I entered. This room was a kitchen and was empty as well. Although there was one item I interacted with; a coffee maker. Further back into the house I found a living area with a fire place and a fall colored painting above the fire place. Also in the living room was stairs leading up to the second floor. On the second floor of the house I found more information on investing. This poster in particular was on stock exchange and areas you could teleport to in Second Life. Again at this location I found no one to talk to or interact with and yet again I could not get a class mate to teleport to my location.
Next I came upon a house with a sign in front of it that said “Investment Strategy” . The house also had a porch on it with a rocking chair. The interior of the house was like any typical house and in the front room there was a fire place along with a couch and chair. To the left of the living room there was an office area with some pictures that said information on investing and one picture with a cat on it. In the back of the house there was a kitchen and a bedroom. In the kitchen I got to interact with another coffee maker and in the bedroom I got to interact with the bed by making it and unmaking it. Again there was no one present in or around the house and no one would teleport to the location so I could interact with them.
The last place I visited on Info Island was a gas station/ repair shop that had a car parked in front of it and a coke cola sign on the side of the building. I could not interact with the car in front of this building and every time I clicked on the car it told me the vehicle was not for sale. Inside the gas station there was a desk, a chair, tires, magazines, tool boxes, and vending machines. I interacted with the office chair by sitting in it and I also interacted with the soda machine. By interacting with the soda machine I got the choice of getting a soda for my inventory.
Pondex
The first place I decided to visit on the list that I was given was Pondex. I thought Pondex sounded like a neat place to visit and I thought that it would be an outdoor area. Upon arrival at Pondex I realized that it was now night time and I was on a dock over some water. I also saw a sign welcoming me to Pondex and a very large sign that stated all the rules of Pondex and how people who broke the rules would not be tolerated. While at Pondex I talked to a girl named Kiyoko Fhang, a woman named Merry Widow Shilan Folger and last an officer named Qwerty Atlass. All three people talked to me for a few minutes before going back to what they were doing. Also I found a small red car that had a sign above it warning people not to steal. I thought that it was pretty funny.
Apocalypse
The second place I visited from the list was Apocalypse because it sounded like it would be different. I found out when I arrived at Apocalypse that I did not like it that much. Not only was it night time, but Apocalypse seemed like a dark, abandoned, ghost town. I meet a man named Vamp Luik when I arrived and I tried to talk to him, but I didn’t understand what he was saying because his sentences did not make any sense. When walking around Apocalypse I noticed that the entire area was surrounded by a metal chain link fence and that there were bunkers everywhere. The only objects I found to interact with in Apocalypse were the machines in a gym.
Themiskyra
Themiskyra seemed like a peace village or a monk’s village when I arrived. I first arrived in a room in an Asian themed house or cottage. There was nothing in the room that I first showed up I and the only thing I could hear was water moving. I walked around Themiskyra, but did not find any one to talk to and did not find any signs that would help me figure out what Themiskyra exactly was. I also could not find anything to interact with until I decided to fly to get a bird’s eye view of the area. Once in the air I found a very big bird’s nest and I interacted with it by sitting in it and looking down on the area. Since the nest was the only really thing I saw in Themiskyra, I decided to take my picture in it.
Conclusion
So as a newbie to Second Life I am still trying to get used to hope to navigate around, but on my own I think I have been doing very well. I am also still questioning if I have done this exploration assignment correctly since I was not very sure if I was even arriving in the right places or if I was even near the right areas. Also I am still dumbfounded by why there was no one on whenever I was walking around the Second Life areas.
I have been exploring Second Life almost every day even if for a few minutes in between my classes. So when I started on this assignment I thought it would be pretty easy to figure it out and to get it done, but I realized that it wasn’t easy at all. I ended up having trouble figuring out what place was what, if I was even in the right place, and I even had trouble finding people to talk to.
Info Island
The first place I had to teleport for the assignment was Info Island and there I had to complete several tasks. When first arriving I saw a sign in front of me that said “ Welcome to Info Island, The Road to Smart Investing”. After reading the sign and the other signs around the area I could tell that this place was about saving money, retirement funds, banking and other things of that nature. To the left of my avatar was a diner with a parking lot full of classic cars and motorcycles. To the right was another sign, welcoming me to the island. And the last thing I noticed when I arrived was that there were benches on a dock behind me that over looked water.
Since the diner was right next to where I first arrived, I figured it would be the best place to start exploring the island. In the parking lot of the diner were cars that I could interact with. I interacted with them by changing the color of the vehicles, opening the doors, turning it on and off, and turning on the lights. Once in the diner I saw a refrigerator, a stove, booths with orange seats, orange bar stools, and pictures advertising food n the walls. The first item I interacted with was the refrigerator. The only thing I could do with it though was open and close the doors. But I did get to click on the food inside the frig which ended up giving me vanilla ice cream, Boston crème pie, and eggs for my inventory. To the right of the frig was the stove/oven. The stove/oven was boring to interact with since I could only turn on/off the burners and open/close the stove. I didn’t even get to keep the items that were on the stove in my inventory. I hung out at the diner for a few minutes thinking that maybe someone would show up there and I could interact with them, but no one ever did. I also tried to send invites to other people in the class but every time I was on Second Life and on Info Island, no one else was or they wouldn’t accept the invite.
The second place I traveled to on Info Island was to a brown wood building or house that had a brick walk way up to the door. Inside the building and to the left of the front door was a small room that seemed to be a bar. It had bar taps and bar stools, but had nothing for me to interact with and there was no one in there to talk to. The next room I went into was to the right of the front door when I entered. This room was a kitchen and was empty as well. Although there was one item I interacted with; a coffee maker. Further back into the house I found a living area with a fire place and a fall colored painting above the fire place. Also in the living room was stairs leading up to the second floor. On the second floor of the house I found more information on investing. This poster in particular was on stock exchange and areas you could teleport to in Second Life. Again at this location I found no one to talk to or interact with and yet again I could not get a class mate to teleport to my location.
Next I came upon a house with a sign in front of it that said “Investment Strategy” . The house also had a porch on it with a rocking chair. The interior of the house was like any typical house and in the front room there was a fire place along with a couch and chair. To the left of the living room there was an office area with some pictures that said information on investing and one picture with a cat on it. In the back of the house there was a kitchen and a bedroom. In the kitchen I got to interact with another coffee maker and in the bedroom I got to interact with the bed by making it and unmaking it. Again there was no one present in or around the house and no one would teleport to the location so I could interact with them.
The last place I visited on Info Island was a gas station/ repair shop that had a car parked in front of it and a coke cola sign on the side of the building. I could not interact with the car in front of this building and every time I clicked on the car it told me the vehicle was not for sale. Inside the gas station there was a desk, a chair, tires, magazines, tool boxes, and vending machines. I interacted with the office chair by sitting in it and I also interacted with the soda machine. By interacting with the soda machine I got the choice of getting a soda for my inventory.
Pondex
The first place I decided to visit on the list that I was given was Pondex. I thought Pondex sounded like a neat place to visit and I thought that it would be an outdoor area. Upon arrival at Pondex I realized that it was now night time and I was on a dock over some water. I also saw a sign welcoming me to Pondex and a very large sign that stated all the rules of Pondex and how people who broke the rules would not be tolerated. While at Pondex I talked to a girl named Kiyoko Fhang, a woman named Merry Widow Shilan Folger and last an officer named Qwerty Atlass. All three people talked to me for a few minutes before going back to what they were doing. Also I found a small red car that had a sign above it warning people not to steal. I thought that it was pretty funny.
Apocalypse
The second place I visited from the list was Apocalypse because it sounded like it would be different. I found out when I arrived at Apocalypse that I did not like it that much. Not only was it night time, but Apocalypse seemed like a dark, abandoned, ghost town. I meet a man named Vamp Luik when I arrived and I tried to talk to him, but I didn’t understand what he was saying because his sentences did not make any sense. When walking around Apocalypse I noticed that the entire area was surrounded by a metal chain link fence and that there were bunkers everywhere. The only objects I found to interact with in Apocalypse were the machines in a gym.
Themiskyra
Themiskyra seemed like a peace village or a monk’s village when I arrived. I first arrived in a room in an Asian themed house or cottage. There was nothing in the room that I first showed up I and the only thing I could hear was water moving. I walked around Themiskyra, but did not find any one to talk to and did not find any signs that would help me figure out what Themiskyra exactly was. I also could not find anything to interact with until I decided to fly to get a bird’s eye view of the area. Once in the air I found a very big bird’s nest and I interacted with it by sitting in it and looking down on the area. Since the nest was the only really thing I saw in Themiskyra, I decided to take my picture in it.
Conclusion
So as a newbie to Second Life I am still trying to get used to hope to navigate around, but on my own I think I have been doing very well. I am also still questioning if I have done this exploration assignment correctly since I was not very sure if I was even arriving in the right places or if I was even near the right areas. Also I am still dumbfounded by why there was no one on whenever I was walking around the Second Life areas.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Let Me Introduce My Second Self
So this is my avatar. She is built thin and tall with bright green eyes and long dark brown hair. She also has bigger hips and high cheek bones. Everything else kind of looks funny because I got really irritated with trying to get everything just the way I liked, so I gave up and keep her the way she is now. Her appearance is like my appearance very little. We both are thin, tall, have green eyes, and long hair. The differences would be that my hair is not dark brown, not straight, and my eyes and breasts are not as big as hers.
I chose the clothes she is wearing now based on two reasons…. One, I had a hard enough time getting this simple out fit on her… and two, it is simple and nice and kind of the way I dress. She is wearing a simple black v-neck shirt and simple blue jeans. That is typically what I wear on a nice day when I am not working or in class. As for her accessories, she has a purple flower in her hair and hoop earrings.
I spent zero dollars on her attire and got everything from the freebie sites provided. I do wish that I would have some of the money though since there are a few things I would like to purchase. A couple of the items I hope to get in the near future would be tattoos and piercings. They range from 5 to 175 dollars. I tried looking into how to get a job on second life, but all I got were more items floating over my head.
I have not asked anyone in the class about my appearance and have not gotten any compliments from them either. But I did wonder around second life for about an hour or two the other day and I met a lot of different people that commented on how well my avatar was put together for only being on second life for a few days.
I have also been expermenting with the actions my avatar can perform and in this picture she is in the middle of blowing a kiss.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Logger Blooger
Hello Everyone! So earlier I didn't really post a very good first blog, so I thought I would do another one. I was told to maybe write my blogs on microsoft word so that I could do spell checker, but I thought about it and I figured that I am a bad speller so why try to hide it.
So, for everyone who doesn't know me, I am a jr in college and my major is social work. I was a psych major, but changed last semester. I hope to use my degree to better the system we have today for kids in need. I want to own and direct my own group homes and ISL services someday. I currently work as an in-home aid. I love my job and my job actually is what pushed me to change my major.
I am a some what athlete person and love to be out doors. I am shy and suffer from general and social anxiety. I hate it and it affects everything I do. I am also color shade blind which means I can not see certain colors. People who know me usually make fun of me because sometimes I wear clothes that don't match. I have three tattoos and several piercings. I plan on getting more and I love getting them.
My favorite foods are dried fruits, thick crusted cheese pizza, cheez-its, and ice cream. I drink mostly water and sometimes drink juice or soda. I love bright colored socks and toe socks.
Any thing else you would like to know the let me know. :D
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