Using Second Life

So today was a pretty interesting day for me. I used the recipe that the satin couches were made from and built my own couches. The difference between my couch and the ones that were already built is that I used my texture of penguins. So now I have a penguin couch! It was nice to have Artemis and Diana building other things with me too. Artemis built an awesome plane! I need to learn some more skills so I can build something as cool as a plane.

It was nice to also meet with the class once again as Muffle was able to teach us a thing or two about scripts. The lesson was very useful, but I am still going to need a lot of trial and error when playing around with coordinates for the rotation. Below is a picture of us all trying to incorporate the script of "ex" into our cube. Thanks again Muffle!

After our class meeting, I decided to log on to Second Life and see explore a little. My avatar's name for SL is Victoria0326. When I first logged in, I noticed how objects are much more clear. I began searching for places where I can teleport and I decided to go to Isla Rio in Brazil. I have always wanted to travel there so I figured it should be the first place I explore. Wow. I absolutely loved it. Right away I was greeted by other SL players, except they were all speaking Portuguese so I really did not know what they were saying. At one point, I had to use google translate in order to understand what they were saying. I began wandering the Island and I can honestly say I actually felt like I was in Brazil. There were different Brazilian songs being played in the island that I actually recognized due to the fact that I watch a dubbed Brazilian show on TV. The first picture is of a beach area with a bar and a firepit in the middle where you can find many people hanging out. There were avatars dressed in bikinis and other beach type of wardrobes. The second picture is of me admiring the beach as I listen to the Samba being played. For a second, I could feel the warm sun and hear the waves splashing, and then reality sunk when I see the snow outside my window. :( Sigh. I was able to change my avatar once I logged in to SL but I still need to figure out how to change her clothes, hair, etc. I was too excited to explore other places. As for now, I  am super excited to now use SL.

We are now in Week 4

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So in the beginning of this week, I traveled to Arbennik Island and thought it was pretty cool. The island was filled with many different fields to play games. It almost seemed as it was a place for people to practice sports. I took a picture of myself (the top link) looking at an arena filled with flags and with the Olympic rings. I thought it was appropriate since the winter Olympics has started and I have been watching some of their games on TV. I have not been able to plan to meet with one of my classmates to explore some more but I was able to meet with Esme and the rest of the class this past Thursday. Visiting Cybernauts of Skowhegan was very interesting, especially since we got to speak to the owner of the region. The class that Paul teaches seems so cool and I am sure his students enjoy making the neat projects he requests, especially the reenactment of plays.

As far as building, I was able to deconstruct a couch last week and reconstruct it. I was able to also learn to incorporate a script and made the couch rotate. To me that was the highlight of my week in Jokaydia since I had no idea how nor what scripts were used for. Every time in Jokaydia is a learning experience!