Well my Avatar and me are pretty much similar, i made her look like me with the same eyes, not so much on the hair but at least its the same color, and the height is the same. Even her clothes look alot like the clothes i would wear. I mostly used Second life to talk to the friends that i already had and to explore the "globe. " I also did not want to pretend to be someone else because i feel that would take too much time and thought. I really do not like talking to complete strangers on the internet. Even if its my avatar talking i just dont like it. So i was just going to go on when i knew one of my friends would be on then i could chat and explore and play with the random things with someone.