worldablaze

Now I REALLY doubt much of anybody will be reading these, but that's fine. I cleaned up my friend list by removing about 80%. It was brought to my attention gradually and by various factors that my list was flawed. First I thought randomly socializing with a bunch of people on a social network would be new, exciting and rewarding, which it was at first. But in the end, it's just not me. I lost interest, and haven't pursued communication with much of anyone, other than a few exceptions. I don't do the whole 10 million myspace/facebook thing, so why would this be any different? A bunch of random people whom I have next to nothing in common with that pushed a button to confirm 'friendship'. That doesn't mean I'm not interested in getting to know people, it just means that I don't need a list of a bunch of 'friends' I don't know and never will. It's the same in real life. I don't 'hang out' with a bunch of people I happen to know, I spend time with friends I actually value, respect and gradually get to know well.
But all those factors are more or less secondary or supplementary. I started this membership with social networking and online flirting/dating in mind without really having any expectations or a clue what I was getting myself into. Well, flirting and dating are no longer on the agenda, so that cuts out at least half the reason to make any effort on an extended social network. There it is, honest and simple.
And the reason for that is a girl named Cayley who I'd like to meet and get to know in person more than I want anything in the world right now.