OMG, did you see the virtual cotton spandex jersey tube dress that her avatar was wearing? Sluuut.

Not all is sunshine and lollipops in Apparel's Second Life, however. A group of avatars staged a protest against the sexually exploitative ads of women, according to the latest Business Week (what? My Grandpa sends it to me! I only read it for him! It would break his tender old man heart if I didn't email him about the articles I find particularly interesting...it's a Granddaughter's duty! Don't all granddaughters have to read Business Week and be told that global warming is invented by the government? Yes, yes they do.) Link to online BW article And athough it does strike me as disgusting, it's a pretty interesting idea on Apparel's part (what will the Marketing Dept. think of next?!) I hope Starbucks opens up soon, my avatar is just dying for a iced double caramel machiato.

I actually had never heard of Second Life until I read this article, and intrigued, I pranced over to my powerbook G4 and downloaded my brand new second life. I chose the name Michelle Iredell (many weird last names to choose from!) and got about one foot towards the gate to Second Life, when the swirly beach ball rolled his eyes at me, and sighed. At which time my entire computer froze. Alas, Second Life, we were not meant to be.

(Until I stay late at work one night and enter avatar heaven on my G5, where the chats are aplenty and the American Apparel is always open).