Blast From The Past
today i got a friendster request from a guy i use to know in high school... like waaaay back in the day you know. and it has been like the third friendster request since i decided to what the hell, "friend" the person or whoever that runs the high school persona. not that i actually don't already keep in touch with those i actually care a dick about already, but still, its sort of fun to act all stalker-ish and read people's "profiles". i admit it, i am a profile addict, both reading other peoples' and also writing my own. hence why i am probably on every dating site in the western world, not really bc i want to date (ok, maybe a little), but because i am self interested (haha, just kidding...ok maybe just a little) and want to get into other peoples' imaginary lives. anyhow, so this guy sent me a request and it made me think just how much reach my "online presence" has...or how little is another way of thinking about it. friendster has an interesting option where you can either check out people's profiles in public or "stealth" mode, meaning they don't know you check them out. of course, its fun both not letting someone know you're "checking them out" and also in letting them know...and seeing what they would do. haha. of course, maybe you just don't know the options are available and you assume one way or the other.
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anyhow, it was sort of fun to see mr. blast from the past. not that i really knew him well at all because i think he only went to my high school for a year or two and then ditched the place, but still i sort of remember him in that way that you remember having known someone but you never really got to know them so its like...hmmm, what were they like then and what are they like now. well, i accepted his friendster request and that should be that. i thought its funny who pops in on your life though, epsecially with the advent of technologies like friendster and the like. it's sort of fun to think according to friendster i have like 80 something friends and i'm thinking, just how many of these fools really are friends, haha! what's funnier is that a significant amount of my good friends are also smart enough not to use friendster...heh heh, that's not to say the ones that do aren't smart or aren't real friends...ok :) come on, i use friendster... but then again i am addicted to profiles. i think i should revise my friendster profile, it's getting old.
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anyhow, the friendster network is also fun in the sense that if you haven't seen or heard from people in a while, regardless of if you actually really knew them or not, its kind of cool that these connections amongst connections can give you a smidgen (or more depending on the profile addiction) of insight into their lives. come on, we are all a little curious and gossipy anyways. and if nothing else, it lets you know if that guy you thought was cute freshman year has indeed blossomed into more since then... or not. ;-)
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posted by faux chink @ 2:32 PM
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