October 31, 2007

• Second Life: Cat Sofa

  

  It’s amazing how having your little dolly avatar on Second Life leaning up against a giant animated cat can actually relax a person. The fantasy is compelling, especially if it’s on a beach on a sim called Happy Clam Island, with the sounds of a synthetic surf piping through your headphones. The cat doesn’t purr, but I bet there are plans to make it so.

  So I sat my little dolly on the cat for a while, and did some other stuff like a little bit of revision on a writing project and so forth.

  And then, lo and behold… Someone else showed up. They had come specifically to lay down on the cat.

  There are two positions on the cat. You can sit like I’m doing in the picture, or you can drape yourself over it, spread-eagle, your face buried in its fur. And that’s what this other guy did. He explained that he had been working for 9 hours straight.

  We sat there for a while, not talking to each other. After about fifteen minutes, he said, “Well, time to go make some dinner. Seeya!” And was off.

  So I’m not the only one.

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