December 21, 2007
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Internet "Friends"
So, last night the author of one of the blogs I read died of a drug overdose.
Removed from his family and living in a world of sin, the details of his life that he chose to share were always very interesting.
The down side? Nobody, including his friends, knew anything about him. Last night there was a desperate call on his blog for anybody who might have any information about his relatives -- so that they could be informed of his death...
The internet is so amazing, though I never met this guy, never even saw a picture of him, never even commented on his blog, I felt like I was somehow his friend. Somewhat of a confidante at least. He told me and whatever other strangers that might be around more about himself than his family would ever know.I would link you guys to the blog, but it was taken down today to hide his second life from his family.
Comments (8)
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That is sad.
I would say you are my internet friend, but your lil picture is not in my lil friends box.
Hopefully I will live through this trip I''m leaving for in 7 minutes, but if I don't, honestly Shi, what a way to go.
The important thing to consider is, did he enjoy life? Intensely? While he lived, he LIVED. We only get one shot. You can't do it again, you can't go back.
There is no pie in the sky. The impact on the world versus our impact on our own peace is truly relative. I would say focus on the latter. He sounds like he did.
You know, I think this is becoming more and more commonplace...
Or perhaps it's the fact that I am so connected with people that I've never met personally that my perspective has been skewed a bit.
I was introduced to the "intimacy" of having online friends via World of Warcraft, so for the past three years we played together and built incredible bonds. Talking to each other became a catharsis of sorts, because by and large there seems to be a lack of "judgment" and a real sense of sympathy.
Over the years, I've lost several of these friends, to war, to drugs, to heart disease, on and on...
but the distance and the "anonymity" don't seem to soften the blow of losing a comrade. I hope it never does.
It's amazing how people can connect over the internet, but at the same time sad that this guy was devoid of love in his "real" life.
I guess I feel the same about a lot of people. I consider myself a fairly honest person so my blog has more info than I share with others, simply because they don't ask.
But it's strange. I know more about your life than some of my friends. Blogs, sometimes, talk about the important things, the life changing things, and most of the time, in real life, we're more concerned with image, so we only make small talk.
Dunno, it's interesting to see differences. Two lives, one person. Makes me think of the quote, "The life you live isn't often the life you lead."
OMG, that is so bizarre, yet so believable. There is a kind of spirituality, a living in the ether, a meeting of minds on the internet, which is wonderful and shy people can really express their ideas, and yet like all life, it has to be balanced with the real world, which most of America is too biased towards in the opposite direction.
Shit, that's gonna be me ><" well except from the drug over dose thing. I'll probably get a video game over dose and no one would know....
i wish the blog was still up