Topic selection, thesis, and approach for paper 1

Well, I went into SL exploring for Crime and Punishment. I changed my clothes, and went to Midian City. Expecting to see lots of stuff, and know exactly what I wanted to write about. Instead, I met someone, and changed my mind. My topic for the first paper will be social interaction. I want to write about crime and punishment eventually, but I think I want to do that for the next paper. That way when I write about it, I will know a lot more, and be able to write a better paper on the subject.

My approach will be explaining my experiences in SL, and the people that I have met through SL. I want to compare it to meeting with people in real life, and also how different it may be. I will describe how I feel about interaction online, and why it just isn't the same as meeting people in real life. Also, how you can get away with being someone you are not, and literally live a second life from the one you're now living. I can see how it could be more comfortable meeting and chatting with someone who you don't have to physically impress. Or, if you goof up and say something embarrassing you can just teleport home! I think this will be a very interesting subject to look into, and write about.

Thesis Statment: (something along the lines of)

Interacting and chatting with people in SL is different on many levels from meeting in the real world.

My first stargate adventure

The first place I went was called Hill of Hope. (184, 57,30) Those coordinates are approximate because I spent time all over this side of the island. I met a friend, he was very friendly. He lives on the island. Enyaw showed me around and we sat by the pond. He owns a talking statue, and a frog that he also showed to me. He seemed like he knew exactly what he was doing, and was very interesting to talk to. Enyaw Ademeit was his name. He showed Kara and I around some of the island (Kara also was with me for some of this journey). The three of us were going to fly on his carpet, but I had to go and get some work done!
I only had one bad encounter. I went to ride in a boat, but the program kicked me out because I wasn't the owner! It threw me into the water! I wasn't aware that you had to own a boat to get in and ride in it! I also explored and saw the pond before I sat there with Enyaw. It ws a very pretty, relaxing place. There were swans and ducks swimming in the pond. There were many mountains that were somewhat hard to walk on, and trees that were hard to see past at times.
I also explored a very nice house, I'm not sure if you are supposed to do that, but I did. It was pretty awesome, it had a place where you could meditate and think! I got some funny pictures of that. It had a very large, nice kitchen. It appeared to be brand new. The house was gigantic! I walked in and tried to eat and cook, but I couldn't. I don't know if you are supposed to do that either, but it was fun. :)
Overall, this was a very interesting, exciting first place to visit on Second life!

Let me introduce my second self...

My avatar has short brown hair, just like me. I was kind of disappointed that they didn't have wavy or curly hair as an option, also that you have to have bangs! I wanted to make her look as much like me as I could. It kind of worked out. I do have green eyes, and freckles just like her.
However, some things are different. I couldn't figure out how to make the face and nose look just like mine, so that's about as close as it got. She is thin, but also has muscle. She's tall, and has little feet like me. She also is fair skinned, I wish I could have put freckles on her face like mine.
I haven't really made any changes since I first made her. I like the way she looks, so I don't really feel the need to change. I do wish they had a different style of shoe though! I haven't spent any money on the way I look yet, I will probably do some wardrobe changes when given the money, and the chance.
Overall, I am pretty satisfied with how I look. I just wish I could tweek a few things that I mentioned already, but it is pretty neat how realistic the program is. I guess it can't have everything! It is a virtual reality, not God's work. (In my opinion)
I thoroughly enjoyed the different dancing options and gestures. They made me pretty happy. Also, the chuckling, and laughing. Is there a hug option? I thought that would be fun too.