.. What is on my mind today is the excitement that accompanies rekindling lost relationships. And now as i am doing it, i can see that it may be possible to ignite a bonfire that could consume me ;-). I've been hanging with too many drama queens. I now have a new vocabulary word that i associate with chatting with friends, spontaneity and fun -- "wall." I don't think i knew about that term, "wall," until last week, at least in reference to the wild Facebook page. Fortunately, i have had some experience as a participant in commenting on YouTube videos, and this page reminds me of the YouTube comment experience. It seems that you can lose what you write just as easily as on YouTube, especially when you have a penchant as i do to open 15-30 Firefox windows at one time. It is possible that i have actually lost more words to the great netherworld than words that i sent to the destination i intended. I don't even know exactly where this text block is headed, just here, or does it go to my linked twitter account as well? No, Twitter would suspend me, running on at the mouth like this. I need to learn how to put up a video here, because i am feeling the need to start doing videos: Short and hopefully cogent videos. So far, my fear has stopped me, but i am working through that issue by developing the StearFear.com website.
Oh, back to what is on my mind today: rekindling relationships that bring to mind a new field, named by Dr. Dan Siegel, called "Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)." Now this would be a field i would major in if i were to go back to school today. And in a sense, i have been in school virtually every day for the last 10 or 15 years -- just surfing the Internet exploring one idea after another. (I did have a brief pornographic detour during my deep depression that became a bit obsessive and fed off the depression, but repetition, even in deep depression, becomes so boring.)
Tonight, a friend whom i met at The Heritage on Boylston Street, where he is a concierge, is coming here to join the Facebook community as the 300,000,001 member. I guess i was late on this one coming in at about the 299,999,999 (now Facebook is advertising 400 million strong). But i did, of course, sign up years ago when i first learned about its elite status. You know, i always love being elite. I mean, i am one of the brightest and smartest people i've ever met. ;-) Is there some application on Facebook from which you can quickly pick an emoticon?
My friend does not have a computer at his home, but he has 5 kids who are all on Facebook, so he is eager to connect with them. I urge everyone to adopt a Facebook-less friend and encourage your friend to join up. When we create or rekindle old friendships, we grow our minds as our neurons get more exercise.
Once on Facebook, if your new friend does not like the experience, he can always just expunge himself. And who cares about the marketing data and privacy issues? Real street life is much more dangerous than electronic blip fondling and promulgating. Anyway, we want the product-builders and service-suppliers to know exactly what we need and want right now, so go ahead and send those nanobots or "cookies" (strange name for an intrusive force that pickpockets vital information from you) into me or my computer and give me whatever i need. I 'll be happy if my most cherished needs are met immediately, especially if all of a sudden i am introduced to books about interpersonal neurobiology. Oh this is great, my max status is 420 but i exceeded it by 3,427. Why didn't someone tell me as i kept going on and on?
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