Updating in 'Real Time'

You may have noticed, Kenneth, that I have been going back and updating what happened on days where I did not blog.  I've been filling in the gaps so to speak.  With a backlog of four days still to get through, I'll be doing them piecemeal at the same time as updating in 'real time'.

I've also been trying to dip my toe further into the Twitter waters, just because it seems like a useful tool.  And also I like to get screengrabs of 'Chris Stokes is a paedo' tweets for use in the stand up show.

The whole thing still amuses me though.  Social networking is supposed to bring people closer together by facilitating ease of communication.  But because it's done on a keyboard any warmth to the sentiments expressed just come across as hollow.

For example, somebody on Facebook posted how irritated she was that her job interview today had been cancelled.  Cue friends offering sad faces and 'awwws' to help make it all better.  Because reading an 'awwww' will make you go, "Ahhhhh... Everything's going to be alright!"  Scientists have proven that.

Then an elaboration that she has the worst luck with jobs and is actually quite down about it.  Somebody 'liked' it.  Is that insensitive?  I think that's insensitive.  Further, another friend then decided to try and arrange a cheery-uppy meeting.  These arrangements went on for over twice my computer screen, what the best day would be, where would be best, maybe they could go to the gym etc only for the friend who suggested it to say, "Oh, no, actually I'll probably be at work."

Way to twist the knife, eh?  "Can't get a job?  Never mind, let's have a coffee and some baby talk and... Oh no, wait.  I have a job unlike you.  You'd better be miserable alone because I have a job."