So I realized that the internet isn't going away

[mkbnett]

and that's a great thing.

it's also hilarious.

all of the random shit i've posted, all of the pictures, all of the art, all of the videos - here forever, for my grandchildren and great great grandchildren to see -------- FREAKING AMAZING, ISN'T IT?

even if i try to delete something, the Internet Archive might have saved a copy of it anyways, so why

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[anonymous]

On the other hand, does listing out my favorite bands, books, movies, etc. really say all that much about me? I've been on MySpace forever and I ceased to really give a crap a while ago, because I realized I don' t necessarily like everyone who has the same interests as I do and there's plenty of people I love who would look terrible to me on paper. Not that I don't belong to all sorts of sites like GoodReads and LastFM, but I think bullet pointed profiles will never come close to replacing face to face contact to actually know a person, because plain old chemistry can be a much bigger factor than a sterile list of common interests. Not to mention the fact that plenty of people paint an entirely different picture of themselves on the internet than they do in real life. Noah hit the nail on the head when he used the word "self consciousness" - when people sit down to write blog posts or fill out a profile, they're carefully constructing what they want people to think of them, which is much harder to do in everyday conversation. To be perfectly honest, I like RealLife Matt much better than LiveJournal Matt, which makes me wonder why I read this, but that's another issue altogether. And maybe just asking your mom what her favorite movie is would make more sense than befriending her on Facebook to find out. I can at least tell you that she really enjoys Annie Hall, which was a little surprising to me. Greg was shocked to find out that one of your dad's favorite movies is apparently Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

:k

[anonymous]

Actually I just wanted to bring up another example for myself. My blog, which I don't really post to anymore, started to become all about serious subjects like my family issues and big life questions, so anyone reading it who doesn't know me would probably think I'm a totally morose person, which I'm really not. I guess I felt like I wanted to talk about things that I didn't talk about too much with people in person, and I know that's sort of what you're referring to. But at the same time, it was missing the silly fun side of me, which I think is a pretty big part of my personality.

[mkbnett]

Hey Kate,

I think you bring up some good insight with your own experience in the whole self-consciousness on the internet deal.

I sense some resentment in there somewhere though, and I'm not sure if it's pointed at me or in my general direction or at the internet or what.

As for my relationship with my parents, I totally agree that in person communication is unrivaled. Still, I think it's pretty wonderful to potentially easily find out trivia like my parents' favorite xmaybemeaninglessthing?x deal. I guess I haven't spent enough time with my parents as friends to care about those little questions. Bigger ones were always more present in the past.

Anywho, the reason I asked my parents to join the Facebook is because I can easily invite them to events I'm either helping to organize or am attending. For example, the Northeastern Permaculture Summer Gathering, the Radical Urban Sustainability Training, the Firefly Gathering, and to join or donate to Team Ghoulstock for the MS150 City to Shore Bike Ride - all to which you and Greg are hereby gainfully invited as well, heh.

This is why I asked Greg to join the facebook, too. Cause on the events' pages that I have on the Facebook, there is the key information that I have already whittled down from each of the above respective pages, and pictures that I've pulled from their sites and added personal context, as well as commentary from others on the bike team or from the group or whatever.

The finding out of more info about my parents from their potential facebook profiles was a hilarious side-effect of seeking to be able to more easily invite them to RL events, haha. I guess I only posted the latter on here, though, cause that was a totally unexpected realization that made me look at things differently.

As shown by this exchange though, LJ Matt is no substitute for RL Matt, haha, and there is always way more under the surface, left unsaid.

Knowing full well that this is the case for my internet postings, (AND therefore that the same holds true for everyone else's internet postings), I'll continue to post/record/share my random realizations totally out of context, heh, cause i have faith that it'll all work out in the end and that it's in fact all good right now, too, heh.

PS - Anywho, heh, you are invited to join the Facebook, too, haha

PPS! - From my Facebook Newsfeed! "Denise R Bennett and Kaylee Cossaboon are now friends." Haha! Yes! This is my cousin who lives in West Virginia and we only get to see a couple times per year.