Word: virtualization
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...boyfriend is somewhere else. And instead of a real valentine, he'll send me an e-card. And a virtual bouquet...
...pride and joy, however, is my virtual Anita. From the moment I selected her sporty outfit and made her just a tad neater and friendlier than the real me, I knew we were soul mates. I spent hours fretting over the floor plan for her house, picking the blue tile for the bathroom and ecru wallpaper for the kitchen. After a high-paid but short-lived stint as a lobbyist--a job I found in the simulated morning paper one day--I could even afford to spoil myself with a swimming pool in the backyard, an oil painting...
...even virtual life isn't all sweetness and light. Time goes fast in The Sims, and I kept getting fired because I dawdled over breakfast and missed the carpool. Not that I minded. My gigs as lab technician and security guard paid horribly, and in these boom times I could usually find a new job the next day. I kind of miss being a military recruit, though, because I got to wear great-looking fatigues and get picked up by a jeep every morning...
...panties. The whole thing was my fault, and I feel just sick about it. Not that anything truly bad happened, at least not to my 10-year-old. I suspect that the male stranger who likes to wear women's underthings suffered the most in this particular virtual encounter...
...with other things to take the time to parse the muddled prose that explained how Parental Controls work on America Online. And so I left the door to the nursery wide open, as Zoe discovered the other day. She clicked on a button marked "People Connection," a collection of virtual rooms where folks can talk about--and do--anything, and she wandered into the first place she saw. Participants in these chat rooms often write profiles of themselves, and Zoe started to read them--quickly zeroing in on a fellow who described himself as someone who wears panties...