HAXCESS

Let’s pretend you’re not like me and actually want to talk to somebody. How then do you go about doing this? Do you put an ad on Television saying so? How about the radio, or Time Magazine?

That’s a rhetorical question. Of course you don’t use such public mediums for a private conversation. You call them on your cell phone while riding the bus of course! Or better yet, write on their FaceBook Wall. Because somehow that’s different.

Well I think that’s stupid. The wall on Facebook is even more public than television or Time magazine because it’s FREE, and GLOBAL. Fuck. I want to disable my facebook account again because of all the voyeuristic losers broadcasting their lives through it.

I don’t really pay attention to my wall, and I rarely post on other people’s wall. It’s not because I hate facebook (which I do), or because I don’t like people (which I don’t) – it’s because I’m discreet, and I likewise value discretion. Planetary broadcasts such as facebook just register largely as noise to me.

I do have multiple email accounts, two telephone numbers, and a fax line, plus 3 mailing addresses. I’m not exactly disconnected. If I get anything at any one of those points of contact, my blackberry makes sure to let me know at any hour of the day. I don’t need more ways for anybody to reach me. If anything I need to become less available.

So email me. Or text me. Or phone me (I hate that though). I’ll know about it sooner, and actually respond.

Plus, every three-letter acronym (FBI, CIA, NSA, BBQ, WTF) is tied into FaceBook and every other social site. I don’t know if they have their dirty fingers in all the email and phone systems yet. It’s a comfort thing. Facebook is creepy. So stop.

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