The internet is also a really good medium for people who like to play "Ain't It Awful" and "The Blame Game." You can find plenty of folks who are determined to take on end of these games, and to put you in the other end no matter what the reality of your thought process or personality or beliefs. The first impression is all, and bingo! You are one-dimensionalized instantly. I think it's really ironic that a medium that is all about instant-ness is not about present time at all, it's about entrenching opinions, developing argumentative points, and assuming that however we see someone, that is how they are, how they have always been, how they wish to be, and how they always will be. In a dynamic environment, we can tend to use these resources to get more and more rigid. It's a good place to get one's hot-buttons tuned up to make them hotter-- it does not lend itself to the art of detachment and intentionality.

Going back to Real Life now, where I anticipate a day of long-awaited and long-worked-for fruition,

~Susan