there is nothing to be scared of she says

[ranua]

I've decided my problem with social media is the expectation of interaction. On some platforms you are expected to interact with others and other platforms you just spew crap out into the void

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[dodger_sister]

Hey, babe! I keep meaning to email you, but guess what? I have an IPhone now! I can text! I may even get a Twitter! So email me your phone number and I'll put you in my phone and we can text just random crap whenever we think of something that other might need to hear! (With no expectation that the other person will text back, I just want to be able to whisper in your ear sometimes!).

You have no obligation to ever answer me on LJ or anywhere else. I understand the reasons behind your social anxiety (I have them for 'in person' encounters, small talk is an anxiety of mine.). Anybody who isn't understanding about you being sporadic on here can suck it!

The cooking sounds fun! And it's nice you and your brother are spending some good time together.

Wow, I would have been worried if my kid had been that close to a military target on Sept 11 as well. I still sometimes look at planes in the sky and wonder, yes. We are not far from a small local airfield, so it's usually two seaters, but I still wonder. My older brother was living in NY at the time and it was my mom's bday and when she woke me up to tell me what was happening, I thought she meant a small personal plane, I didn't undertaken why she was crying. We knew my brother wasn't anywhere near the towers but it still made her fret until we heard from him.

I don't know that the world is a better place since then. I feel like those people lost their lives in vain, that we now use them and their memories to spread hate and fear and war. You know?

[ranua]

WooHoo for the phone! expect my email shortly. weirdly enough I do pretty okay with texting. I think because it's a one on one thing?

It does seem as though we've not honored the memory of those lost on Sept 11 as well as we should have. I have hope that one day the world will be a better place. I even think we're moving in that direction, it's just hard to see through all the fear and bullshit. (moving slowly, but moving)