Getting Reacquainted
Mar 8, 2008 Computers and Internet
It’s been a really long time since I’ve written with any sort of regularity on the internet. I used to post once or twice a week to my own blog pretty regularly for me. Back in the day I had my own Geocities domain and a blogger account. I role-played online. I wrote bad poetry and posted it up for the universe. I chatted constantly in AOL political and atheist chat rooms. I helped Mel write the back story for a play by post role-play board she ran. At one point I even ran a Yahoo! Group for free-thinkers called “Does It or Doesn’t It Exist?” I was in a web ring! Really! I was just Mr Webernets between 1996 and 2000. Hell, I even voted for Browne. I had serious ‘net street cred.
And suddenly… without warning… life intruded, as life tends to do… and the internet and I, well, we drifted apart. The magic was gone. Sure, we saw one another on a daily basis, but it was pretty much just passing glances.
And then, two things happened. First and foremost was mah wimmenz. She’s been the only one of us actually using the internet to actually talk to other humans, and it’s pretty much just her urging that’s gotten me back online. But there’s one more impetus and one she introduced me to: Stumble Upon. Stumble has brought the magic back to the internet! The great random trip through the dysfunctional world of the internet with all it’s freaks, nut-jobs and geeks has somehow finally reinvigorated the urge to, perish the thought *communicate* with my fellow internet people.
Now, then is that awkward bit where you end up sharing friends with someone you used to date and maybe… just maybe, you could hook up again. You’re just not sure what to say.
So, um… hey there, internet. Um, so… How’ve you been?
Tags: Geekery, internet, interwebs, real life, role-play, stumble, stumbleupon, welcome
And, honey, I think the internet would just like to take this moment to tell you: “Tits or GTFO.”
That’s *my* side-boob