hey! i'm the top user of ttbp aside from endorphant himself. whoa.

I had a discussion about identity and the internet earlier. It's interesting to think about, really - generally, as it has been, you get a lot more say in your identity on the internet than in real life.

you can choose your name (same in real life, <i>to an extent</i>, but it's also a lot harder), you can choose how you represent yourself, and even to various extents how you represent yourself. hell, look in the corner of my page, I generally use a fluffy fantasy creature thing to represent myself on the internet.

i'm fortunate in that my physical self makes me very comfortable. not everyone has that luxury. (who knows, at some point this may change... but living in the now, I'm happy.)

it baffles me why some people are so quick to leap on others over such things. I can understand not understanding it, sure - hell, I was even there at one point. but... why do people get angry, rather than try to figure something out? (even if they don't dive headfirst into discovery, the whole attacking thing confuses me.)

I dunno. I've always kinda lived by not interfering with others' personal lives if they're not causing me problems if I can help it. Maybe even to a fault.

if I can think of anything to add to this I'll do it later, it's 8:22 and I'm tired and I'm really only up this late because I fell asleep earlier. my new pillows kick ass