#classic rock reference

[thefirstcourtesan]

Hello, I love you, won’t you tell me your name?

[x-atlas-x]

the primal urge to make atem say the following is killing me:

“My father—the Pharaoh. He… Well, I’m afraid that he is down with the sickness.”

[labradoritedreams]

[cheryl-lit]

I get by with a little help...

Boyd mentions that conversations and interactions that begin in person don’t necessarily have to end when people separate, but can be continued through social media, and what hit me about that was that because of that the amount of time you have to put into a friendship has increased. Add in the fact that you can have multiple private conversations at a time, be it through texting or net use, and you get an even bigger increase of time to (virtually) spend with people. That makes a strong argument against Bloor’s concerns that people aren’t building authentic friendships because they take time to create. Personally, I think Bloor is right, it does take time to build a friendship, and using social media as well as other tech gives us that time. We’re on the phone with a Bluetooth while we’re doing laundry. We’re sitting at home texting instead of driving over to someone’s house to speak to them face to face. So, is the concern that the sheer speed of creating and building a friendship, with the aid of social media, somehow makes it inauthentic? Is there an amount of downtime that needs to happen in between interactions in order to make it real? I don’t think so, and as of yet I haven’t seen anything to change my mind.

[schneewillbeloved-blog]

Since my name is Sting wouldn't it be funny if I sent out a... Message in a Bottle?