The Internet

The internet is a fascinating thing. For me the internet brings me international news, vegan diet tips (even though I'm not a vegan), hilarious videos that may include small children and polar bears, and most importantly communication with all of my friends. I have been on AIM since junior high. I realized I had a problem one day, an addiction if you will, when i found myself wasting an entire hour on checking away messages and never even starting on AIM conversation. The next week I dropped my account. But don't you guys worry, I'm still reachable by GChat. The real beauty of GChat is that I only know a select few that use it because of that I spend less time chatting and most importantly less time checking away messages.
GChat gets me into the same kind of trouble AIM did though. In high school I openly discussed my feelings over AIM. Then it worked to my advantage however as I get older it only makes me seem certifiably insane. Today I found myself discussing my emotions over the internet, my real feelings about a situation. As tears rolled down my face I kept typing my little heart out and began to think, the internet needs to come with a filter. If you're crying, yelling, or throwing large objects across a room you shouldn't be able to type. But maybe that's the beauty of the internet, you can post anything, say anything and seem as crazy as you want and you can't see the other persons judgment. The openness I have on the internet is shocking to me.
I can only hope that during today's GChat conversation I was understood and not horrible looked down upon as THAT crazy girl...