Emotions via Technology

I remember being crazy about AIM in middle and high school. Though I was very diligent about getting my work done and spending time with my family, I've kind of always (or ever since the technology was available) been into chatting and made time for it.

Maybe it's because I love to talk and continuing conversations outside of the school day or with camp friends was made so much easier via the internet. However, I also remember being really juvenile and posting my emotions on my away message. When I was pissed off, I let the whole world (of my buddy list) know. More often than not, if the message was directed at someone, they got the idea...but what logic in my brain thought that was a good idea? Retrospectively, it was all so silly. It was a private feeling and a private message broadcast to the public.

Sometimes I still see it around me. I try to avoid it myself but it manifests itself these days not in AIM away messages but in gchat statuses, facebook updates, tweets, blog posts. It's kinda funny when you stumble upon a emotionally packed message and though you're an outsider, you know all about it. Well, let this be a reminder to myself not to succumb to 7 worded sentance messages to express myself.

Let it all out? Bottle it up? hmmm don't know.