When I signed up for Second Life I selected to look like a girl with a black leather jacket, but I learn how to change my avatar and when I entered Second Life I looked like a human raccoon, then I ended up in NCI at Kuula where I got help with some to find some free avatars like a reindeer that I liked.

My plan was never to keep this avatar, I had started to collect money to buy (what I thought was) a better avatar, during that time I got more and more attached to the small doe even I knew that I had to change avatar to be able to explore some parts of Second Life.
But one day I got lucky and found a friend that helped me to get a Blue Galaxy Feline avatar that became my main avatar, but some times I still use the small doe and when I do so I often feel a bit more childish in a playful way.