Communication

I tried to shove as many forms of web based communication into the conversation between the two characters. The main point is about how hard it is to actually cut yourself off from others in today’s world. I don’t really like this bit but I’m running out of ideas for posts.

1 - “I haven’t talked to John in almost two days. I wonder what’s wrong with him.”

We find significance in others.

2 - “I know. I looked at his MySpace this morning. He logged in last night but there’s been no recent activity on it or Facebook. Check his Flikr account and see if that’s active.”

1 - “I’ll see if he’s on AIM tonight, maybe I’ll send him an e-mail.”

Instead of thinking and finding our own meaning and purpose, we find it in others.

2 - “Do you have your cell phone? Text him. No response? Call him. No answer? Leave a voicemail.”

1 - “Seriously it’s been two days, what’s wrong with that guy. Did we piss him off?”

We do nothing ourselves. We do what others do.

2 - “I’m not sure. I’ll send him a message on X-Box Live to see the time of his last log-in.”

1 - “Check his Steam account too.”

2 - “Yea, I’ll be sure to check our Ventrilo server too; maybe someone in the guild has seen him.”

And others in return do what we do.

2 - “When I update my LastFM play list this afternoon and leave him a message there.”

1 - “You think he’s depressed? I mean He’s obviously avoiding us.”

We feed off of the collective, each from a network of others.

2 - “I don’t think so. I’ll check MSN Messenger and Google Talk as well too though.”

1 - “I don’t know man, it’s kind of weird.”

We are a cyclical network of nothing.

2 - “Maybe he just wanted to be left alone for a while and, you know, read a book.”