Alexandra Xubersnak · Back in February :o)'s photostream  

Sometimes I take a break from SL and Flickr for a few weeks. So if I don't reply or comment it doesn't mean that I don't care! Sooner or later I will get back :o)

Basically an unduly decent British girl exploring a few suppressed and narcissistic sides of my inner self through Secondlife and Flickr.

I want to confront myself and my fantasies in a safe environment. Yeah, as if Secondlife and Flickr are that, lol..... but they are, compared to real life, at least for me, at least at this point. They allow me to pass a few limits which I may or may not pass also in real life, at one point. A pilot study in a way.

Enjoys the immensely advanced paper doll aspect of Secondlife and the general escapism of visuals, words and woozyness prompted by pixel play galore and exposing myself uninhibitedly as I would in real life if I just dared.

Love to watch the tremendous amount of shots by similar seeking souls in the Flick Secondlife community, especially the more aesthetically or creative or humourous ones. And yes, including also the more raunchy ones from time to time.

I'm 24 but not prepared to disclose much more of my 'real life avatar' at this point. I do value exchange of views though, especially between those who use Seondlife as an extended world and not a replacement world. The international aspect of Secondlife appeals to me and I love to travel both RL and SL and have RL relatives in Norway and Paris and even speaks a wee bit of both Norwegian and French :)

My current avatar is my second one. My first was a kind of monstrosity, a mutant created out of the infinite possibilities of Secondlife rather than my inner core. It was fun but like most shallow fun lasted only for awhile.

I created my second and current one based on my real life appearence. I can now relate to my avatar much better and thereby 'act' and talk like I would in real life, if I dared lol..... I enlarged my breasts a bit, not by popular demand :) but because I do consider having the same done in real life as I find it would balance my behind better. (Yes I'm vain of my appearence both RL and SL lol.) My behind is just like my RL behind and it appears therefore bigger than most female avatars' in Secondlife. I do get comments on this in Secondlife which amuses me somewhat cause they reflects my own perception in RL.

I'm 1.78 both Secondlife and real life. Oddly most avatars are much taller than me and I'm puzzled as to why so many pay so little attention to this aspect. Many female avatars are more than 2 m in Secondlife and I'm curious why!

I'm a naturally reddish in real life and sometimes also in Secondlife. I do colour my hair in real life too and therefore easily extend that play into Secondlife. I'm long-haired in real life and most of the time in Secondlife too and enjoys ponytails and pigtails. I allow my skin colour in Secondlife to resemble my real life August skin colour all year round :)

I certainly do dress more provocatively in Secondlife than real life as if anyone would doubt lol..... Still it's just an extension of my real life wardrobe which comprises a few rather suggestive pieces too.

I'm straight both in real life and Secondlife but know lesbians and gays in both worlds too and and enjoy to relate to both very much as friends. I admit I have troubles relating to people of more than one sex and apoligise for rejecting those who are openly trandgendered. Don't take it personal please. As for guys I tend to connect better to mature men and are in the process of investigating why this is so.

I smoke in both real life and Secondlife. Yeah, I know I shouldn't. I'm quite amused when people cough in Secondlife. And have recently learned that smoking for some people is a sensual element which can evoke some sensuality when it comes to intimate relations. I'm exploring this 'fetish' for the moment in Secondlife and in Flickr as you've probably noted in my photostream and find it stimulating.

Golly, if you're still reading you will probably want to see me admitted to narcissistic rehab. Sorry!!

I'd love to learn of other people's thoughts behind their avatars and to what extend they reflect their RL appearence or not and why or why not. I'd love to read a scientific study of this subject too!

avatar |ˈavəˌtär|
noun chiefly Hinduism
a manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth; an incarnate divine teacher.
• an incarnation, embodiment, or manifestation of a person or idea : he set himself up as a new avatar of Arab radicalism.
• Computing a movable icon representing a person in cyberspace or virtual reality graphics.
ORIGIN from Sanskrit avatāra ‘descent,’ from ava ‘down’ + tar- ‘to cross.’