Today, I have figured out why I started a new blog.
Everyone who I have never met in this peculiar little land can be traced back to my orginal blog face. Some indirectly so - I followed a link to a link to a link and somehow end up absorbed in some of the most fascinating pieces of writing, or sharing laughs and memories with people who have never even seen me smile.
What a freak. You have friends that you met on the internet!? Gasp, shock, horror, that’s just not normal. No offence, but you’re a bit wrong in the head. Go and get laid, dear, get out a bit more, spend time with that nice young lad, speak to some of your real friends.
Perceptions can be misleading. Okay, so there’s a lot to be said for body language, tone of voice, actual conversation or whatever. But still, I think I can judge the character of someone I’ve known for two years better than some people I've known for two months..
Over two and a half years ago, I came into existence. Today, instead of studying and stressing for an oh-so-important examination that will mean nothing to me in two years time, I am stalking someone in particular. The me of two years ago. It's embarassing, to say the least. But it's also it's surprisingly heart-warming. Strangely so. The advice, opinions and seemingingly insignificant remarks that people have made over the time I've been around are interesting to look back on, and some specific comments made by certain people have meant more to me than they will ever know.
It's weird to think of some people who, for both of you, the chance meeting was a fleeting blog hop that perhaps turned into a blossoming banter between two people - one that could flourish or finish just as easily and abruptly as it came about. It's weird, it's different, but sometimes, it works. I lost a sense of that a bit when I made my space private and so, though I know it won't really make much difference, as it will be the same wonderful people who visit here as did there, there's still the option to open more doors, you know?
Everyone who I have never met in this peculiar little land can be traced back to my orginal blog face. Some indirectly so - I followed a link to a link to a link and somehow end up absorbed in some of the most fascinating pieces of writing, or sharing laughs and memories with people who have never even seen me smile.
What a freak. You have friends that you met on the internet!? Gasp, shock, horror, that’s just not normal. No offence, but you’re a bit wrong in the head. Go and get laid, dear, get out a bit more, spend time with that nice young lad, speak to some of your real friends.
Perceptions can be misleading. Okay, so there’s a lot to be said for body language, tone of voice, actual conversation or whatever. But still, I think I can judge the character of someone I’ve known for two years better than some people I've known for two months..
Over two and a half years ago, I came into existence. Today, instead of studying and stressing for an oh-so-important examination that will mean nothing to me in two years time, I am stalking someone in particular. The me of two years ago. It's embarassing, to say the least. But it's also it's surprisingly heart-warming. Strangely so. The advice, opinions and seemingingly insignificant remarks that people have made over the time I've been around are interesting to look back on, and some specific comments made by certain people have meant more to me than they will ever know.
It's weird to think of some people who, for both of you, the chance meeting was a fleeting blog hop that perhaps turned into a blossoming banter between two people - one that could flourish or finish just as easily and abruptly as it came about. It's weird, it's different, but sometimes, it works. I lost a sense of that a bit when I made my space private and so, though I know it won't really make much difference, as it will be the same wonderful people who visit here as did there, there's still the option to open more doors, you know?
On the jukebox: Petula Clark - Downtown
HEY!!!
ReplyDeletethats my space picture!!!
(not that its copyrighted)
but wait..do i know u from spaces??
It's funny you should publish this entry.
ReplyDeleteEighteen months ago, I guess it would be now, some randomer dropped by my MSN space, as randomers are wont to do when you have the settings to 'public'. I didn't think anything of it until he commented on something again a couple of weeks later, at which point I linked to his space and this time started reading properly. An entry a couple of months later about a favourite word game of mine led to us talking on MSN - we got to know each other pretty well (from an online p.o.v. at least), and after a lot of hesitation on my part especially, we actually met up with each other in person, one year and two days after we first became aware of each other's existence.
And we get on in person, too :-) Obviously there were things that were unexpected about each other. Geography has limited the regularity with which we can see each other, which is a shame, especially as MSN is an incredibly unsatisfying way of maintaining/ building a friendship. I like him a lot.
But it's still weird, and I still feel ashamed of the whole 'internet-friend' thing for some reason I am really hard put to explain...
Know what you mean
ReplyDelete"This is my friend"
ReplyDelete"Oh, how do you two know each other, then?"
"Uh, from the internet..."
Um, yeah. It's strange how meeting a stranger in a club is completely acceptable, yet meeting a stranger online is really weird.
Maybe it will become less so as technology takes over the world.
Yeah. Been there. Definitely :) xx
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