big fat stinky liar

the internet is a big fat stinky liar...
actually, what i meant to say was that the internet allows people to only approximate their personalities without being forced to reveal basic truths...

'oh alice,' you're probably thinking, 'what brings on this sudden revelation?'

well, dear reader, i will tell you. last night i met up with someone whom i had met over the internet. it was not a date, let's just clear that up, but it did have a slightly blind-datey feel to it, as does any meeting with someone you don't know and you had to do the whole 'what do you look like' thing...anyhow, i met up with this guy who is doing some work for me (see post about rejection if you wonder what i do...) and to meet him, based on the first impression i had of his emails, left me a little bewildered.

when i say that the internet is a 'big fat stinky liar' i don't mean that in a negative way...i just mean it can skew your opinion. this guy was amazing: smart, excited about the project...three steps ahead of me...but he wasn't his emails and that is why the internet lies...

so keeping that in mind how much of what you know about me is true? very little i suppose. sure some of you actually know me so you know what is untrue but others stumble upon me and believe what i tell them because the internet doesn't lie. And the internet doesn't lie but it approximates, it gives the best picture of a person it can...it allows you to approximate yourself.

You know what i love, i love being shocked when the approximation doesn't live up to how amazing the person actually is...

enjoy my continued approximations.

xo alice