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Ross Kerr

h Living in multiple dimensions is taking a heavy toll on my bank account. Walking
t rough this "lush, interactive 3D world" only makes me worry more about my savings.

d. A Premium account, starting at $9.95 a month, allows you to own land on which you can build,
lsplay, entertain and live.

Living in multiple dimensions is taking a heavy toll on my mind. Ifeel a new urge to
doc~ment everything Iexperience. Itag every thought individually for easier indexing and
archIVal: [worry, fear, death, old age].

Living in multiple dimensions is taking a heavy toll on my body. Iam having trouble
breathing. I've been missing doctor's appointments.

Living in multiple dimensions is taking a heavy toll on my writing. Frustrated in my at-
tempts to express the multiplicity of emotions and layers of thought that Iexperience through
the simultaneous actions Ican carry out [resesarch, love, expression, escape], Idocument this
new awareness in cliche and regurgitated irony.

We may, in our sale and absolute discretion, offer certain users the opportunity to move characters
from a heavily populated" Character Migration" server to a server designated as a "Target Server. "

. Isample other works with the intent of constructing meaning but the elements are too
dIssonant to cohere. Ionce thought that if Iwere to deconstruct the "Source" of my desire to
e~cape the constraints of one-dimensional living Iwould be able to live freely in all dimen-
SIons.

. Ihave succeeded in falling in love with every personality Imeet. We discuss the "Source"

~;htalf-obscured terms, sidestepping unstable terrain. We make-believe that there is no

Source" in order to get by and spend our leisure time straying as far as possible, fragmenting
~~ery conversation and epistemological landscape only to reconstruct them into increasingly

Istorted masks for the "Source."

We keep our eyes on the "Target Server." We pray for "Character Migration."

Works sampled (In italics. Slightly modified from the originals.):
"Terms of Use for World of Warcraft" by Blizzard Entertainment.
http://www.wowwikLcom/Character
"Membership, Land & Pricing" by Linden Research, Inc.

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