last week:
1. Would you say that you're good at keeping in touch with people?
that would be a big, fat no.
2. Which communication method do you usually prefer/use: e-mail, telephone, snail mail, blog comments, or meeting in person? Why?
i suppose i'm now an im or meeting-in-person kind of communicator. that being said, there are some people i talk best with on the phone, or in email, or in comments. it depends on the relationship.
3. Do you have an instant messenger program? How many? Why/why not? How often do you use it?
i have one im program, but accounts on four major services. i use them every day. it took a long while for me to succumb to the evil which are instant messages. i'm still a die-hard talker fan and very anti-irc, but ims are simple and most idiots can use them, so i caved.
4. Do most of your close friends live nearby or far away?
they used to all live far away, but i'm slowly getting new ones who are actually within face-distance.
5. Are you an "out of sight, out of mind" person, or do you believe that "distance makes the heart grow fonder"?
for me, distance makes the heart grow fonder, most of the time. but i am a hypocrite and think that for everyone else, when they don't talk to me, i cease to exist for them.
this week:
1. What are your favorite ways to relax and unwind?
sleep. bad tv. masturbation. not necessarily in that order.
2. What do you do the moment you get home from work/school/errands?
get undressed.
3. What are your favorite aromatherapeutic smells?
vanilla, turkey roasting, fresh cut grass.
4. Do you feel more relaxed with a group of friends or hanging out by yourself?
it depends on the group and why i'm by myself. i can feel equally relaxed (or anxious) in either setting.
5. What is something that you feel is relaxing but most people don't?
doing laundry. i actually enjoy it, as long as there is no ironing involved.
"ims are simple and most idiots can use them, so i caved."
You *want* to be chatting with most idiots? ;) Ankle man tried to get me to use ICQ back before I found out what a talker was, wonder how different life would be had I chosen that path! Hmm.
i don't think they had icq back then.
and it's not the idiots i want to talk to, but some of my less tech-savvy friends. plus, it's a good way to keep my talker-friends away from my im-friends. =)
Hmmm, okay, you're right, it wasn't ICQ - that wasn't released until '96. It also is something he mentioned in early '95, so it was after I'd found CR. But now I'm curious wht he was talking about! It was some program that'd let someone see when the other ws online and talk in real time, sure SOUNDS like ICQ, eh? :)
heh. talkers were my first love but the bastards at work block telnet. therefore IM is my friend. :)