Purpleness Gets Around
Thursday August 24, 2006
It's amazing how quickly things get around when you change something that's signature *you*. I'm starting to realize who actually reads this blog now. At any rate, never fear, the purple will return. I've tried other colors in the past and while this is the longest I've gone without any purple (24 hours?) I'm already getting twitchy. Maybe this is also why I'm depressed. Not sure if it's the cause or the result. Oh great, now I've got even more to think about.
I am surprised, however, that only one person throughout all of this (24 hours) made mention of my lack of glasses (I'm not counting you, Tateru, since you witnessed the transformation). Makes me wonder where all of you are looking!
Well last time I saw you I couldn’t see your face….
Actually, I opened the post page and thought, “Wow, that would be an interesting texture for my hair instead of…….wait….red…..wha?”
And that’s when part of my brain completely shut down.
I expounded further on the subject here…including, perhaps, an answer as to why your lack of glasses wasn’t noticed.
You weren’t wearing glasses when I saw you last? Wow, talk about Persistence of Vision! It’s ’cause I admire you for your mind, not your body. That’s why I didn’t notice. No, really.
[...] Mera seems surprised at her reaction to her new look. While I was among the most startled by her new look, which appears to almost completely eschew the color for which she is best known, her reaction got me thinking: How much of our Second Life’s identity is defined by our appearance? [...]