On Connecting and Reconnecting

With so many forms of social media out there today it's easier than ever to reconnect with people we lost long ago.  Just recently I have re-found old friends and flames and it makes me so happy!  Of course, you also have to consider that it means people can find you, too.  That means that the people I blocked from AIM years ago because they were either creepy stalkers or annoying as hell could potentially look me up on Facebook, Myspace or any number of other ways.....crap.

Through this reconnection process I have found a new roommate (3 days!), old friends I'd nearly forgotten about, and old friends I'd just lost touch with.  It has also helped to improve my relationship and communication efforts with some people.  I never call anyone anymore.  I'm much more likely to text or IM them.  Call it impersonal, call it whatever you like, but I've discovered that people like me better in cyberspace.  ;-)

I've never been into Twitter, there aren't many people I need a play-by-play of their daily lives from.  There are people I keep up with though, people I admire like Jim Butcher and Felicia Day.  Occasionally, I'll respond to something they post and they'll write back.  That makes my day, let me tell you.  Today, Wil Wheaton talked to me....WIL WHEATON!!  For those of you who don't know who he is, here's is Blog.  He's a hero among geeks and a huge celebrity at gatherings like PAX which I went to this past September.  As far as I'm concerned, Wil Wheaton is one of the Kings of Geekery.  I will post more on being a geek next time.  Let me just say.... I <3 teh geeks.