You know what is a weird thing?
The need to feel connected to others in the most insignificant way.
A little while ago I found out that someone who I attended high school with is on his way to becoming a very successful film maker. I doubt he knows me, and I only know of him by reputation. He was an up and comer when I was making my departure from high school so we never really crossed paths.
Anyways, today while doing the inevitable "googling" that comes along when you hear that someone younger and more talented then you is also more successful, I connected the dots to realise that his writing partner is also the brother of a person who I worked with years ago.
I confirmed this via some facebook stalking and its all true. The first thing I wanted to do was message her and say "Hey your brother's writing partner is a guy I kinda went to high school with". I was so excited to have that connection...IF I had posted that to her wall, where would the conversation go from there? "oh, neat". Even after analysing this I still kinda want to let her know. It's totally weird.
What do we get out of knowing that you and Joe Shmo have 75 mutual friends. I am not quite sure, but I think we all can agree that we want to expose those connections. Have you ever had this conversation:
" I don't want to sound like a facebook stalker, but I see your friends with Steve Jones, how do you know him?"
In other news, I still haven't found my blog niche...
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