My Avatar

To be honest this was the first Avatar I've ever made so I wanted to be a little ridiculous with mine. I started off by trying to make it look like a lacrosse instructor I had at a lacrosse camp with a few extra pounds.

I don't really match my clothing well in real life so as you can see i had a hard time doing it in Second Life. The white fur coat caught my eye the second i saw it in the jacket options so i just went with it. I don't really know what the black leather pieces coming out from under it are doing but i couldn't figure out how to change that so I just left it.

The only real thing that relates to me is the tie dye pants. I don't personally have any tie dye pants but i have a good amount of tie dye shirts from phish, wsp, moe., p groove and other 'jam band' concerts/festivals.

More than likely I'll be changing my avatar to look more like me because I feel like this one might be a little too flashy for Second Life.

Discussion: Chapter 1

Warning: I've never blogged before so bare with me.

The first thing that really shocked me in this chapter was the photo of Emmett Till’s body after being murdered because he apparently “whistled” at a white woman.

The next thing that came to mind were the pictures and videos I’ve seen of the famous Rodney King beating. Even though Rodney King didn’t die and is ironically on a reality T.V. show now, there still was a connection for me. Did anyone else connect the Till picture to anything that has happened in the last 20 something years?

Digital Imaging and how it has “eroded the public’s trust in the camera image as evidence” immediately made me think of Facebook.com. My roommates and I all have seen “hot” girls on Facebook and then have ran into then in real life and have been quite disappointed. I’m pretty confident this has all happened at least a few times to everyone in this class, and if it hasn’t I’m sure it will sooner or later.

For all the veteran bloggers out there, is this somewhat decent?

thanks for the read,
Joey C