Things+That+Happened

=Things That Happened:= Here are some interesting things that have happened while in Second Life.

Brazilian Journalist:
I ran into this lady on UK Island. She is a Brazilian Journalist, who writes for [|O Estado de Sao Paulo], one of the leading newspapers in Brazil. She told me that she was writing a story about university presences in Second Life. She was obviously not great with English, and it took her a while to type simple sentences. Still, a crazy experience.

Dance Party:
A few of us from class got together and had a Dance Party, and we made some money doing it. I guess that was pretty fun. And enriching.

Random Freshman:
I ran into this guy on UK Island too. I started the conversation like I start every conversation on UK Island: I asked if he was a member of our PS 545 class. He said no, and explained that he was just a Freshman who was checking out the island since he saw it in the newspaper. So, apparently, there are other UK students who mess with SL outside of our class. There you go.

House in the Sky:
I'd heard rumors about this house floating above UK Island, but yesterday (January 30), I was flown up here by another member of our class. This house, which is above UK Island, is impossible to reach by just flying on your own, but with the aid of a helicopter or jetpack, you can get up there (it is at an altitude of 500). I did some investigating. It either is part of UK Health Services, or sits directly on top of UK Health Services. You can tell this because of the information in the top center of the screen. Everything on this floating island is owned by Pepe Munster, who is from Madrid, Spain in RL. The only thing of note in this whole house is a bear-skin rug, on which two folks can pursue the option of "Love." So there you go. UK apparently invested in a Love Shack in the Sky.

tad Habilis:
I swear, if you hang around UK Island long enough, something crazy will happen. This guy's name is tad Habilis, and he was messing around with this gazebo on the island. He is a geography professor at UK, and his graduate course is doing work on virtual space and geography. I was very confounded at the beginning, because he wouldn't really talk to me. I found out later that he was a SL novice and really had no idea what he was doing. Much like us. That fact, however, did explain why he was pushing around pillows for 5-6 minutes.