The first time I logged on, I spent some time in the learning area just trying to figure things out. I spent some time working on my appearance but was rather disappointed that I could change so many tiny details like lip thickness but could not change my clothes. I talked to one girl(?) what was even more lost and confused then I was. (She had somehow gotten stuck as a glowing cloud) She eventually decided to try logging out and back in again and at this point my computer was running so slow that I logged out as well.
The second time, I tried changing my hair so at least that would be different from everyone else, however the 'hair' my avatar came with was apparently attached to her hat and the hair I could change was an entirely different entity. After creating a truly bizarre look, I scrapped it all and went out to explore. I landed in this Japanese garden/pavilion area that was quite pretty (though I felt a bit jealous of the several avatars in very pretty dresses that I saw).
I wondered about the burning Christmas tree, played with a ball and then moved on to Info Island.
By this time my computer was running really slow, to the point where my avatar was walking in slow motion when she was moving at all. I eventually managed to sit on Santa's lap and got a snapshot after my camera angle stopped freaking out.
I wandered around info island a little bit, there were only a few people there and no one talked to me. I explored the library and then found a nice couch to curl up on in the manga section.
Overall SL is a lot to take in all at once. I think as I became more comfortable with the world it would be a lot more fun. If possible I thing a class meetup in SL would be a lot of fun, giving us a social interaction without having to deal with some of the stranger strangers.
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