Mary and I...

Today I went to an island I had no clue of. I searched for a movie theatre, and invited Mary to come watch with me. We got into the first 3 minutes and realized that we had way too much to do. I told her that I am halfway through with my paper. Oh yea and I almost forgot, we went through some type of haunted house. SPOOKY!

FREAK OUT!

So Mary and I decided to meet tonight and have a conversation about our papers. We didn't really go into our papers, more of the deadline. I reminded her that our papers were due next Friday, and she lit up like a light bulb with too much energy! She started to panic, but I seem to have that magical vocabulary where I can calm her down. I told her not to worry everything will be fine. I also met another mnemonic I didn't even know she was in our class, and she offered me friendship. We didn't meet anywhere special today, only virtual Harlem (not to offend you Dr.C, but there is just so many other places in Second Life that attract me!). I started on my second point today.

Malfunction

I called Mary to ask her if she would like to get on SL to meet again and discuss how our papers were going, and she wasn't able to sign in. Apparently her computer was gliching. My guess was that when they did construction to the program it would take awhile for both of us to meet. We decide to talk over the phone to discuss what time we would be able to meet next, but soon realized we both were busy when the other was free! I guess no more good times until next week. :(

BEER and coffee! LOL!

Let me just start off by saying Mary and the Lone Star Ranch, what a lot of fun! We rode bulls and Mary got 52 seconds on a ride!We found someone to help Mary with riding a horse. I drank beer and Mary drank a cup of coffee. What a nice time!

A Night to Remember!

So tonight Mary teleported me to Lone Star Ranch in SL. She was pretty excited to show me the horse she was planning on buying. She told me that Dr. C would be paying for it which I thought was pretty nice. We also talked about a bull that she stated she rode earlier today, but is going to ride tomorrow so that way she can take pictures. We also set up a meeting time for tomorrow and I can't wait!

Introduction

Imagine a second life where architectural ideas that could never exist in the real world are coming true. Buildings could withstand thousands of pounds of pressure and still hold structure. Houses floating in the sky, and still able to have a landscape, and no matter what happens, the only thing that affects the building is a click of a mouse. This “Second Life” does exist. Second life allows architects to show their ideas in a 3D visual form that could take hours upon hours to create. Simple ideas can begin to get complex and before the process has even begun, days have passed! In Second Life, architects are known as artists who have constructed artwork. Incorporating architecture into a second life involves inspiration, an overall theme, and a process in which the specific project is constructed.

A Quick Meeting with Mary

So today we were only on for about 10-15 minutes, and we discussed what I was going to incorporate in my paper and the meeting with Dr. C. I was really excited to inform Mary that I met a couple who seemed to be canadians in R.L., and the female is a teacher at a university who is teaching Architecture. She is in the process of trying to incorporate SL with her teaching methods. I learned a great deal about building, and we even had a "Build Off," where we built a structure and saw whose was best. I lost, she won!

Mary and I Met at Mill Pond

Today Mary and I met a Mill Pond and we discussed outlines to keep us on track. She told me what to prepare for when it comes to the meeting, and she told me that she still was having a bit of a problem with her thesis being to vege. We worked on it a bit more with the advice Dr. Carter gave her and we believe we finally drove the nail through the wall. We also talked about the Introduction due on Monday.

Wednesday and Mary

Today we talked briefly on preparing Mary for her discussion with Dr. Carter. She was freaking out about what her thesis was going to consist of. I think she was worrying about what points she was going to have in the thesis. We met at Virtual Harlem, and I tried to give her ideas on what to add in her thesis. Spice it up a notch!