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Tuesday, October 29th, 2002

10:14 pm

First post! So I'm doing the weblog thing... Hmm... This weblogging thing is definitely a weird psychology. People who know me (and really bored strangers) could, in theory, keep up with my life without even talking to me. Does that make me less connected from them or more? I ponder the drastic recent changes in how we as a society keep in touch with each other quite a bit. IM seems to me to be a hands down winner. I know it helps me keep in touch with people since it's way easier than a dedicated phone call. I don't know about this weblog thing, though. If friends can read all about my life on this little page, why talk to me? If only I were a philosophy major, these thoughts might make a good thesis. The question of the day is what I want to spew out to the world. Should I fill this with mundane details of my life? Probably not. Most of those details bore me, and I'm sure they'd bore you, too. It is tempting, though, to bitch about my turbulence assignment, or voice anticipation about the reggae club I'm going to in a half an hour, but do you really care? Should I pour my soul onto the web, revealing my inner-most desires and insecurities? Seems kind of weird. I'm not particularly good at leaving myself open. ("Aha!" you say. "You just voiced an insecurity." Yes, I know I did. Rather easy... almost frighteningly so.) Ah well, guess I'll fly by the seat of my pants for a while. I imagine the volume of updates will depend on my workload and motivation. I expect most of them will be when I'm either bored or frustrated, though. So keep that in mind if you're trying to track my overall mood. Current Mood: frustrated Current Music: DJ Eye-D -- GabberJungleWar (Comment on this)