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busy Ok, some of you need to stop making so many assumptions.
I am for serious.
Just because I dont answer an IM right away, I am not IGNORING YOU.
Instead of thinking that, lets evaluate the other possible things that could result in a non-response.
A. I left and didnt put an away message up.
B. I walked away on what should have been a 2 second thing, and got distracted. If I had a dollar for everytime that happened....
C. AIM doesnt handle multiple logins very well. For example, I was on my laptop yesterday and went to go somewhere. I had it shut down, but it didnt for some reason. So I stayed logged in on AIM. When I got back to my house and turned on my desktop, it said I was already logged in, I used that feature to log off my laptop, but in that time I got 3 IM's. One of which asked why I was ignoring this person (read: LYNSEY) and then continued to make the assumption that it was because I was with someone else.
NO. FUCKING WRONG.
It was because it wasnt until 11:30pm that I got back to my laptop, saw that it stayed on, and saw the message.
BAH!
Also, I am tired of hearing this stuff like I dont do anything because I am with Danielle. You dont know what the hell I am doing at any given time. I can do stuff without other people. I can go somewhere by myself without Danielle, Charlie, Lynsey, Justin, etc. I dont feel the need to be around someone else every minute of the day to verify my existance.
If I want to do something, I will do it. If I was at Danielle's house and all we were doing was playing WoW, and Charlie asked me to go play pool, but Danielle didnt feel like it, I would still go, and have in the past. Stop ASSUMING you know what is going on.
On the other hand, if I would like to stay and do something with Danielle instead of playing pool, I should be able to without persecution. Thats what being a friend is about, understanding.
So I am sorry I am busy. Sorry I am trying to work the max hours I can work to pay off bills and am usually busy most of the day. Sorry I like to spend time with my girlfriend, or spend time without anyone around. Sorry I dont fit everyone elses schedule all the time.
But it doesnt mean I dont want to do things, and it doesnt mean I am ignoring anyone.
I am close to ignoring some people though, because I really dont need the added grief. There are a million things I would rather be doing this summer than working all the time. I know a lot of people that feel that way too. So stop with all the shit, and grow up.
Now if you will EXCUSE me, I am going to try and read some of the first Harry Potter book because I hear its good.
July 17 2005, 00:45:58 UTC 6 years ago
and harry potter is the awesomeness, i need to re read 1-5 before i make an attempt at 6.
July 17 2005, 15:00:44 UTC 6 years ago
Danielle's #6 was delivered yesterday, they even had custom UPS shipping boxes made for the book, covered in "Do not deliver before July 16th".
Good stuff.
July 17 2005, 01:50:47 UTC 6 years ago
that's happened to me before. not fun. kinda frustrating. but you already know that. :-P
"Thats what being a friend is about, understanding."
more words of wisdom.
July 17 2005, 15:02:37 UTC 6 years ago
1. You cant tell the context in which someone is talking. In regular coversation, you can usually pick up on sarcasm, humor, actual hostility, etc. But in a message you have to go off the words, if someone isnt very clear in their writing, they could come off as being rude, when its a joke you would usually laugh at.
2. The whole not knowing if they are really there, if you are bugging them, and so on.
July 17 2005, 17:06:07 UTC 6 years ago
July 17 2005, 09:29:44 UTC 6 years ago
I just realized why I haven't had any IM's in like 4 days.
Thanks Derek for pointing out that absolutly useless feature that only causes huge problems.
Wow, 113 messages.
July 17 2005, 15:03:22 UTC 6 years ago