Hardware and technical issues aside, fiddling and acclimatizing to the virtual world were unnervingly tough, in fact quite confusing even with the tutorials, it was certainly harder than it looks.
The first contention of my journey has got to do with the virtual me, or better known as my avatar, my virtual manifestation. Not only do I have to choose from a list of queer second names, I also have to decide if I want to be me or one of my many alter egos in SL, which proved to be quite a dilemma. Ultimately I opted to be the boring old me by the funky name of Paige Quihoxil (conveniently named after my daughter).
Sad to say my birth into SL was unglamorous and unexciting, as I came into being in a boring grey pants suit. Heck, I don’t even wear grey in real life! And here’s the double jeopardy, I was blonde! That got me pretty upset!
Plans to nip-tuck myself quickly went underway, and after much fiddling with the control window, Paige Quihoxil finally emerged, not the least bit like me and I still can’t get rid of my blonde head of hair which really upset me.
Only then did I realize that it was important to me that I want to be known as an Asian, although my high school teachers will scoff (and probably spat) at that aspect, but I’m probably secretly adored being Asian and I am proud of it. (Self-reflection on personal values)
When I realize that there was pretty much nothing I can do about my un-Asian self, I continued on my journey in this mystic world, which is made up of many other little worlds of make-believe (and binary codes).
Travelling was easy peasy in SL, the residents here teleport around to different islands. I mean, how cool is that?!
The first contention of my journey has got to do with the virtual me, or better known as my avatar, my virtual manifestation. Not only do I have to choose from a list of queer second names, I also have to decide if I want to be me or one of my many alter egos in SL, which proved to be quite a dilemma. Ultimately I opted to be the boring old me by the funky name of Paige Quihoxil (conveniently named after my daughter).
Sad to say my birth into SL was unglamorous and unexciting, as I came into being in a boring grey pants suit. Heck, I don’t even wear grey in real life! And here’s the double jeopardy, I was blonde! That got me pretty upset!Plans to nip-tuck myself quickly went underway, and after much fiddling with the control window, Paige Quihoxil finally emerged, not the least bit like me and I still can’t get rid of my blonde head of hair which really upset me.
Only then did I realize that it was important to me that I want to be known as an Asian, although my high school teachers will scoff (and probably spat) at that aspect, but I’m probably secretly adored being Asian and I am proud of it. (Self-reflection on personal values)
When I realize that there was pretty much nothing I can do about my un-Asian self, I continued on my journey in this mystic world, which is made up of many other little worlds of make-believe (and binary codes).
Travelling was easy peasy in SL, the residents here teleport around to different islands. I mean, how cool is that?!
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