Avatars

Well Avatars are fun. I have of course heard of this and wanted to give it a try.

It could be fun to invent an avatar that is so totally different from yourself that no one would guess who you are. But on the other hand it is not like the avatars really look that much like us either.

I do not currently live in Second Life. I do not really plan to. It would seem to be a really cool, fun thing to do that would also be the type of thing that could suck up lots and lots of time. I do like games and gaming and other fun things that take up lots of time, but at this stage in my life I try to stay away from things that take up time that I do not "need" to do. I learned early on that games (in my case it was Myst and Riven) can be immersive and compelling and I can spend a lot of time playing them, but I have other things that are a better use of my time. Not to say that I do not see the fun in them, and even some educational or social aspects to them. Just that I have found it to be better for people with obsessive or compulsive personalities to stay away from immersive alternative universes.