o/` Dishwalla – Counting Blue Cars o/`
Do I take IRC seriously? Sure. More seriously than a lot of people? Sure. Too seriously? No.
I think it’s difficult for some people to understand the position I am currently in socially. I’m not a hermit, I’d go crazy if I didn’t have some sort of social interaction. There is only one person I see and interact with daily (Myk) and if I depended on him for all my social needs we’d both go crazy. What about real life friends? While I do have a couple people from “real life” that I’d consider friends, only one of them I honestly trust with telling most of what I feel. I don’t have any friends here with me near philly who have been my friends for longer than a year. I’ve been moving since I was 17…:
Cape Elizabeth, ME
Bensalem, PA
Brockport, NY
Seneca Falls, NY
Scottsville, NY
North Wales, PA
4 years, 3 states, 6 towns (all 45+ minutes apart), 7 separate homes. It makes it near impossible to keep friends from these places. So two years ago, when I moved here to North Wales, I only had Myk. Without a car, a job or school it’s been impossible for me to meet people outside the circle of Myk’s current friends. I don’t mind that, I love Myk’s friends, and I’ve become friends with a few of them. But I don’t have that long time friendship with anyone here that creates a solid base for closeness.
On IRC I do have a few friends of this sort. I’ve known Peacimowen, Bamwv, and Tsukiyo for almost *5* years now. The only person I still communicate with who has been my friend longer is Leslie who I’ve known since first grade. I also use IRC as a means of communicating with real life people that I know.
When it comes down to it, my social world right now centers around IRC. It’s probably sad, but I’m happy, and I don’t think I drive Myk *too* crazy with wanting to go out and see friends. It’s worked out great for me. So of course I take the things seriously. And I do spend a lot of time on IRC, popping in throughout ever day while working on projects and writing things, dropping in for conversations with people.
I took things with #deep13 seriously, and I decided to leave because it wasn’t comfortable for me anymore. I’ve spoken to many of the members since leaving, letting them know why and they all understand. I spoke to NegaWeapon today and he said “Yep. Sounds about right. ‘sides, you’re not officially a Deep13er until you’ve declared yourself no longer a Deep13er at least once.” *grin* Well, I suppose I’m right on schedule then, I’ll probably give it a chance again someday in the future. For now I will just concentrate on the other channels I’m in. I’m happy, no need to complicate my life further with the craziness of that place.
I’ve been working on all sorts of little things today. Now I am going to go do some more %) *wanders off*