The Program ❀

[EyesOnHers]

This is how I feel about the Halloween movies. It’s really just a story about a socially awkward guy who falls for a chick. Shouldn’t she be flattered?

He just wants to watch her for awhile before penetrating her. It’s really kind of a love story.

He even lets her penetrate him a few times first, very progressive for the time.

I know, he was just smitten, bless him.

Songs were written about their love story...

The first cut is the deepest
Baby, I know, the first cut is the deepest
When it come to being lucky, she's cursed
When it come to loving me, she's worst

The fact that they made them brother and sister in the sequel is where it got weird.

Yeah, that was weird.
Who would think otherwise?

*stares at Lit*

 

[EvaLane]

The fact that they made them brother and sister in the sequel is where it got weird.

 

[jason28053]

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Game of Thrones took this to another level

 

[jason28053]

I know, he was just smitten, bless him.

Songs were written about their love story...

The first cut is the deepest
Baby, I know, the first cut is the deepest
When it come to being lucky, she's cursed
When it come to loving me, she's worst



Yeah, that was weird.
Who would think otherwise?

*stares at Lit*

Cat Stevens song with Sheryl Crow or Rod Stewart singing? Or perhaps the original?

 

[LostHorizon]

So, what exactly is so interesting about a phone book?
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It turns out, quite a lot. What started as a single page in 1878 became this odd little snippet of ordinary life - addresses, names, business advertisements, and of course, phone numbers.

We dive right into the stacked up history - all of the stalking and harassment, the psychic hotlines and escort services, and a few stranger-than-strange stories hiding behind those not-so-innocent pages.

The Most Intimate Book Ever Published (26:18)

Let’s talk about it!

When and why did being findable stop being normal and start feeling a little scary?

I think we kind of eased into it. It didn’t become scary for me until one day I googled myself and realized just how much of me is out there.

But then how much of that is our own fault to begin with? How much of ourselves to we knowingly put out there wanting the attention?

The phone book was a tool that just sort of showed up every year, kept in some common room unless it was used to boost some kid at the dinner table or hold open a door. People didn’t necessarily ask to be put in the phone book, it just happened. Some (like my Grammy) asked to be kept out, unlisted, wanting no part of it. They had their legit reasons I’m sure.

I remember as an adult the first time I was listed in the phone book. How proud and all grown up I felt about it. Today not only can people find my address, they and look and see what my house looks like and what I have in my back yard. Yikes!

I don’t know exactly when it felt scary… but it does. Is that because I knew what it was like before and younger people now are used to it?

Have we become more connected or are we simply easier to reach?

We are definitely easier to reach and easier to find I guess. But it feels like we are less connected than ever. And I often question much of what or who I am connecting with.

And when you can search for almost anything, anyone, at any time… what happens to the fun of not knowing?

I have mixed feelings about this. I am such a sponge for learning new things and meeting new people that have a lot of fun searching for anything and everything. I used to live in the library. Now the library is right here, in my fingers sitting on the beach.

As for finding people… there was a time where I experienced losing touch with people long lost in the past, friends from high school and college, work mates. During the dark ages between 1996 and 2008 before Facebook hit the scene and we lost contact I would wonder what happened to them. It was nice to catch up with some and others just catch glimpses of on their Facebook feeds. But after a while even that wasn’t all that exciting. I don’t talk to any of them. It was just as much fun if not more not knowing.

sources are available upon request

No worries! I trust you.

 

[LostHorizon]

You have to make your own fun.

Yup, this was how excited I was when I first saw my name in the phone book.

Little did I know what being listed in the phone book really meant…