Wonders of the internet…

…yeah…. wonders…

I just read Sid’s latest post, “hurry up and wait,” and what Buck’s had to say about his parents changing things around… Ryan’s comments on the whole ordeal. Interesting, makes you think.

Makes me think anyways. The internet. Huh.

I got a new cell phone today. I had one for a year, and it got stolen last weekend. Funny, you don’t really think about it till it’s gone. Suddenly you have no personal voicemail, or a way to get in touch with people when you’re driving somewhere else.

Like the internet I suppose, don’t you think? Keeps you connected I mean… in contact with those long lost friends from high school, those people living in a world you only read about or visit.

I can make a friend in New York for example and talk all I want… the internet doesn’t make me be there, just gives me a glimpse. I’d never truly know what it’s like - I’d always be a visitor.

But what of those who venture internet relationships into more than that? Place faces to handles and ICQ numbers. Suddenly they’re real people - faces, textures. Almost like a personal obligation then, you can’t just be on invisible or not write them back.

Maybe that’s why. I mean, everything’s on the computer. Everything you can think of. Personal connection without responsibility.

Perfect.

I think I’m against internet meeting. I mean, I’ve done it, it’s kinda cool actually. You never know what someone holds in store for you till you dig deeper.

Sometimes too deep.

Personal reasons - why I’m against meeting, I mean. I don’t want to talk about why, just… personal reasons.

But what of this unseen connection we all have? You read this, you know this Elaine character on Online Epiphany’s opinion on something. Does it help you? Does it make you think? Is it entertainment? Hopefully everything that everyone on this site says gives one of those things. But what if suddenly your internet connection was lost? Your email shut down? What then now?

What would you do?