ringsandcoffee | internet anonymity

I did a search for my high school on my Myspace page. Ended up finding a bunch of people I know; surprising to me, many guys have Myspace pages or blogs or both. So, I think, very cool, I found people online that aren't on Classmates.com or anywhere else I can find them. I sometimes want to contact people, but I have no idea what I'd say. The few people I still want to be in contact with, I *am* in contact with. At the same time, I wish people would contact me, even if just to say hi and not much else. I debated with myself, and finally put my HS and grad year on my profile. Basically, if anyone wanted to find me, they would be able to figure out from my first name and my grad year. I'm not afraid of stalkers or identity theft or anything like that, but I just have a few reservations about old friends finding me via Myspace or LJ. I mean, who I am shows in what I say on these things, but still, am I ready for everyone to know just how big of a LOTR geek I am? Or to know that I was stuck working at Starbucks for 3 years? Ok, so those are not things to be ashamed of. In fact, that's who I am. But, well, during my last year at Starbucks, when I wished I had a real job and my own place, I didn't tell a lot of people that. I would just mention that I was substitute teaching while I looked for a full time job.

Really, I'm not ashamed of being a LOTR geek. I love that, and I know there are many others like me out there, so that's even better. Geekdom helped me to connect with a really good friend at work. I love all my Starbucks knowledge. I have no regrets about what I've done and where I am now. I feel like a dork at the moment, realizing for a short time I slipped back into HS mode and actually worried about what people think about me. They are who they are, and it shows on their Myspace/LJ/whatever. I am who I am.

Go me.