Just Grow Up Already!

Hi! Apparently, I blog once a month. Or it is just a coincidence that my last entry was on October 16th, and today is November 16th.

I really have nothing mind-boggling to say. I just felt like rambling for a bit.

Sometimes the internet is a really great thing. People forge great friendships, hear from old friends, find instructions on how to do basic stitching, buy widgets and what-nots, play all sorts of games, and much more. And sometimes the internet really stinks. As someone who has been on the receiving end of an ex-communication from a chat-group (for deleting a deluge of unwanted and unappreciated forwarded jokes, inspirational stories, and pictures without opening them), I know how obnoxious internet "friends" can get. Thank God I have many actual friends--in and out of the computer.

I have a list of friends and acquaintances that have dropped from the face of the earth--or at least from the old familiar groups--because of pettiness, misunderstandings, lack of ability to forgive and forget, or just plain immaturity. I happen to really like my friends so I don't like it when they go away. I don't even like it when my non-computer friends move away.

One would think that now that the most recent victim of internet ex-communication has removed herself from the group that people could get on with their lives, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

I despise pettiness. I despise meanness. I live in Happy World, and these situations really taint things for me.

Recently, someone asked me why no one was posting in a place that used to be rampant with fun conversation. It is because . . . it isn't any fun anymore. Having to tiptoe around talking about issues because someone might accidentally mention someone who had a disagreement with someone--see? I even lost myself with that last sentence. It's too hard, and if it is more work than it is fun, I don't see much reason to bother with it. I have better ways to spend my time.

/Rant.