The Fishbowl Effect

As you can see, I haven't been blogging at all. I haven't had any urge whatsoever to divulge my shit all over the internet. Shocking, I know! I've still been vaguely keeping up with Twitter, but both my online and real world social lives have taken a nosedive in the past month or so. Everything that has gone on in the past few months finally caught up with me and I became utterly overwhelmed. I decided to check out, and I think it's just what I needed. I've slowly started to come up for air. That's not really what I'm here to talk about though, and that's not the only reason I've stopped updating.

With the internet, it's so easy to people watch. Check in on people you don't speak to, or even care about, and spy on what they're doing. Peek in, take a look around, and get out, with no responsibilities or obligations to speak up and say a word. It's utterly noncommittal. It's living in the fishbowl.

I'm guilty of it, you're guilty of it (also, in case you were wondering: I do have a sitemeter and I do see you), we're all guilty of it. I'm sick of it. If you can't be all the way in, get out. While I may have resurfaced socially, I don't know when I'll be coming back here. I'm so tired of this vacant, disconnected world, where writing publicly is nothing short of speaking into an abyss of nosy parkers. Right now, I need and (more importantly) want more.

If you want to keep in touch, you can always email.

xoxo,

Tizz