'I wandered lonely as a cloud' said Wordsworth. Having read the preface to 'lyrical ballads' I'm not surprised the big-headed tosspot had no friends.
I went to a talk last night on 'fusion media' ( I know what are they like!) and it was quite mind-boggling how much influence social networking and all that old bollleaux has and how important it's become. I know I'm an old dinosaur, but I really can't get my head around it all. I'm not very keen on socialising with people I like let alone with complete strangers who by definiton must be a bit iffy in the first place (otherwise they'd be just as cynical as me about social networking, and not sending friend requests to other complete strangers online), so it all leaves me feeling a bit defensive really. Well, I guess I could take the view that 'the best defense is attack' and just tell anyone who does send me a friend request to eff off, but that would sort of defeat the object of forcing myself to give it a go in the first place, wouldn't it?
So while a bit late for a New Years resolution I have now set up a 'twitter' thingummy and will see what happens. If I can keep it up for a while (ooer missus) I will then make the leap to actually posting an online blog (not an OU one) and/or website and linking them up, along with a new facebook thingy which I'll keep totally separate from my current facebook thingy which I don't use but has some family stuff on it I wouldn't want strangers seeing.
If anybody is still checking in to this 'HELLO AGAIN', but given my long absence and the fact that I'm not posting elsewhere, I think this particular blog might be a Mallard Mort.
For all A210ers, hope you enjoyed the Romantics more than I didn't... Colour Purple next - at last something that won't have me vomiting on my shoes while I'm reading. Well, assuming I haven't been drinking. That said, I rarely drink while reading. Or driving. No, I never read while driving. Well, only maps, but that's not really reading is it? I really must get sat nav - that way I can get stuck down narrow country lanes behind articulated lorries whcich are also equipped with sat nav.
Sorry. I'm waffling... My blood sugar must be low. Let's do lunch the social networking way - I eat a sandwich in my kitchen, you eat one in yours and we'll text each other later to say how nice it was. Oh, you had prosciutto and parmesan bruschetti with red onion marmalade, did you? With sun dried tomato, wild rocket and lambs lettuce on the side? Lovely! I had luncheon meat.
Ciao. Missing you already...
:D
