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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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This and that... a bit of rambling - Enjoy!
Well, hmmm. What do I say this week! Well, I sat down and perused some very interesting sites. Unfortunately, my second-life avatar is still flying around in circles. I am sure this is easy to rectify if I would, say… click the stop flying button. However, what fun would it be to say, “I can’t get off the stupid island?” It is reminiscent of ABC’s LOST. Just about the time you figure out how to get off the island… they go and renew you for another season and ya have to go back, the audacity!
Anyway, I am at a loss for words. So many of my classmates are accomplished writers and I barely passed English 101. Granted, I have spent some time writing papers since then, but I am quite intimidated at the idea of writing papers, even now. I find it funny that I am in a communications program and I struggle to communicate. It is interesting how life takes you in directions you would never have guessed at, or for that matter designed.
The general tie I saw in this week’s assignments was the creation (or is it recreation?) of self. In these games or environments, we create our ‘self’ within the parameters of the site. I am a fan of Stargate (a sci-fi TV show for those who care). In the related fan site, I am known as DrKeller, Oh, I know what you are thinking – how uncreative. In my defense, there is a character on the show named “Dr. Keller” and better still, she is a girl. So, I figure since I aspire to become Dr. Keller and they went to all the trouble of creating a character named after me… I should honor the irony of the situation, and choose DrKeller as my handle. It seems logical to me. My point being, no matter how far or bazaar the setting is, wherever we find ourselves we are all still human, even in… scratch that… especially in cyber space.
I know this is not a revelation, in fact, I believe in one (or maybe more) of these classes we spoke about this idea. I have been thinking about it, and I think the point of the conversation was to focus on how we are what we pretend to be… even if we do not want to believe it ourselves.
Last week I was playing with Kingdom of Loathing having a wonderful time beating the crap out of bunnies. What can I say…? I like beating the crap out of things, thugs, or heavy bags… whatever is available and in need of a good beating. What does that say about me? Well, I am not sure…but you might not want to be holding a bunny and following me in a dark alley… I know Karate!
Anyway, I am at a loss for words. So many of my classmates are accomplished writers and I barely passed English 101. Granted, I have spent some time writing papers since then, but I am quite intimidated at the idea of writing papers, even now. I find it funny that I am in a communications program and I struggle to communicate. It is interesting how life takes you in directions you would never have guessed at, or for that matter designed.
The general tie I saw in this week’s assignments was the creation (or is it recreation?) of self. In these games or environments, we create our ‘self’ within the parameters of the site. I am a fan of Stargate (a sci-fi TV show for those who care). In the related fan site, I am known as DrKeller, Oh, I know what you are thinking – how uncreative. In my defense, there is a character on the show named “Dr. Keller” and better still, she is a girl. So, I figure since I aspire to become Dr. Keller and they went to all the trouble of creating a character named after me… I should honor the irony of the situation, and choose DrKeller as my handle. It seems logical to me. My point being, no matter how far or bazaar the setting is, wherever we find ourselves we are all still human, even in… scratch that… especially in cyber space.
I know this is not a revelation, in fact, I believe in one (or maybe more) of these classes we spoke about this idea. I have been thinking about it, and I think the point of the conversation was to focus on how we are what we pretend to be… even if we do not want to believe it ourselves.
Last week I was playing with Kingdom of Loathing having a wonderful time beating the crap out of bunnies. What can I say…? I like beating the crap out of things, thugs, or heavy bags… whatever is available and in need of a good beating. What does that say about me? Well, I am not sure…but you might not want to be holding a bunny and following me in a dark alley… I know Karate!
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