My pedestal is made of sponge!
anonymous
April 29 2004, 20:39:52 UTC
Dont be a nut case! Back in the CW days, all of us gathered together to escape life for one reason or another. Some of us out of depression, some boredom, some for other reasons. We all needed a refuge. I regret the amount of time I wasted at the computer back in those days, but I dont regret the friends I made or the real connection we had as an online family. It's funny really... it's almost like there is a new social dynamic in the world with the birth of the internet, its chat rooms and bulletin boards. Small, temporary tribes of shared interests. CW was that, and it was a great thing while it was going, but like a family, when the kids grew up and flew the coop we probably all got a sense of empty nest syndrome. I think we were all very fond of each other. I still think we were very lucky having such nice people in CW. Truth is, we came online to get away from the real world... we were open, honest and considerate to each other. Maybe even more so than we were in real life... But dont go putting anyone on a pedestal, K. You saw the best of a lot of people online. Its a tragedy, but I think being online can send people in one of two ways; being free to be as unpleasent and anti-social as they want in their anonymity, or free to be as open and honest as they dont dare to be in real life. Its a strange dichotomy, but I dont think you should confuse it with what a person will be like when you get to know them for a while in the flesh. Now I know, we have met in the flesh a few times, but only very briefly, and you only got to see the sunny side, cause I was so happy to be out of the rat hole I had created at my computer at the time. If you dont have a heap of good friends around you, then you arent getting out enough. I dont believe you find good freinds, they find you, and you arent going to get them unless they get a chance to meet you. You're a lovely person, and frankly, so am I, ;) ...but neither of us are perfect, and pedestals are WAY out of our league! Halos? Maybe.. ;) Keep your chin up, D
Re: My pedestal is made of sponge! (Dry sponge at that!)a4enziksgalMay 1 2004, 06:28:30 UTC
A nut case huh? Well :PPPP
Okay, so maybe saying that I regretted meeting you was a bit over the top, BUT, I was trying to drive in a point. Some of what you say may be true. CW days were awesome, I wouldn't trade anything about them except one thing. Getting as close to you as I did. The thing is, I was an utter newbie to real time chat and the internet. In my previous BBS experience, the people I talked to were people that didn't hide behind any imaginary facade. After awhile, we started Get-Togethers and met up once a week. There was no difference between the person you knew online, and the one you met in real life. I wasn't aware that people put on fronts online (yes, I was naive, sue me), that people weren't who or what they said they were in real life (aside from the mage and alien and two thousand year old vampire part of it, I mean, DUH!). It wasn't until after a few conversations with those in CW, that I realized online chatters recreated themselves in a virtual world. However, with CW, the illusionary wall slowly crumbled as most of us got to know each other. I knew what you were going through. I could relate. Jon could relate.
I have a heap of friends. But good friends? No. Good friends are people you can count on to talk to, seek advice from and debate with on just about anything. That's my definition of a "good friend".
"I dont think you should confuse it with what a person will be like when you get to know them for a while in the flesh. Now I know, we have met in the flesh a few times, but only very briefly, and you only got to see the sunny side, cause I was so happy to be out of the rat hole I had created at my computer at the time."
Well that's what I want to know. Are you the person I've come to know, or are you something else? If you're something other than what I think you are, tell me, maybe that will change my image of you and I'll no longer mention this type of stuff.
Halos? Mine's made of brimstone, yours?
And my chin IS up (and out), in stubborn defiance! I think it's a good little side effect.
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Okay, so maybe saying that I regretted meeting you was a bit over the top, BUT, I was trying to drive in a point. Some of what you say may be true. CW days were awesome, I wouldn't trade anything about them except one thing. Getting as close to you as I did. The thing is, I was an utter newbie to real time chat and the internet. In my previous BBS experience, the people I talked to were people that didn't hide behind any imaginary facade. After awhile, we started Get-Togethers and met up once a week. There was no difference between the person you knew online, and the one you met in real life. I wasn't aware that people put on fronts online (yes, I was naive, sue me), that people weren't who or what they said they were in real life (aside from the mage and alien and two thousand year old vampire part of it, I mean, DUH!). It wasn't until after a few conversations with those in CW, that I realized online chatters recreated themselves in a virtual world. However, with CW, the illusionary wall slowly crumbled as most of us got to know each other. I knew what you were going through. I could relate. Jon could relate.
I have a heap of friends. But good friends? No. Good friends are people you can count on to talk to, seek advice from and debate with on just about anything. That's my definition of a "good friend".
"I dont think you should confuse it with what a person will be like when you get to know them for a while in the flesh. Now I know, we have met in the flesh a few times, but only very briefly, and you only got to see the sunny side, cause I was so happy to be out of the rat hole I had created at my computer at the time."
Well that's what I want to know. Are you the person I've come to know, or are you something else? If you're something other than what I think you are, tell me, maybe that will change my image of you and I'll no longer mention this type of stuff.
Halos? Mine's made of brimstone, yours?
And my chin IS up (and out), in stubborn defiance! I think it's a good little side effect.
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