I have been on Second Life twice since signing up for my account. It could just me, but it takes a lot of focus and energy to navigate yourself in this personal world. It is fascinating to actually not be yourself for a small amount of time during the day, but it’s exhausting. Unfortunately, you can’t just freely move around. You have to remember what command does what. I’m just happy that I figured how to get and keep my clothes on. I know it shouldn’t matter if my alter ego Jade Zhao is clothed or not, since she doesn’t really exist and her nudity is only a virtual reality.
I know this world doesn’t really exist, but I’ve met more “friends” in my last two visits than I’ve met in the “real” world in the last two months. As with any new friendship, the bond of us being clueless is what brings us together. We all share a certain amount of fraility and it’s easier to show it virtually than it is in reality. In the “real” world, I hate to show any loss of strength. However, in both “worlds” I can admit when I’m lost. It just may take me longer to admit it in “reality”.
I’m not sure if, after our class meeting on Thursday, I will keep logging onto Second Life. I don’t want to get so caught up in my virtual reality that I forget about my “real world”. Oddly enough, living Jade’s life is currently more enjoyable than my own.
I can identify with being another identity (Frigid Whisper). It’s so much easier to open up and tell “ALL,” when no one has a clue of who you are. The ability to let loose and become that being you so much desire. The individual that has “BALLS MADE OF STONE!” That being who can spit fire & brimstone. The ONE who can tell individuals to kiss that side of your crack that the sun & stars don’t quite reach! SO those two worlds that you find difficult to keep split apart? Why try? Let them combine into 1. It’s your LIFE! It’s your WORLD! Let loose & have a blast. BE NAKED IN BOTH!
Comment by FrigidWhisper — September 30, 2006 @ 2:52 am