We All Want the Same Things, We're So Predictable

(Wherein I claim that blogging is a social activity, but I use more words than this to do it.)

See also: http://vapidhipsters.blogspot.com/2004/09/friendly-advice-tip-3.html (I hope she doesn't take that blog down; otherwise all my links are going to be shot.)

What do we want?

• Contact w/others. Hence all the vapid blog postings and email list chatter.
  
  
• Validation.
  

So, which is better? An empty blog containing shouts out to my family and friends, or an earnest, pedantic blog containing my not-quite-worth-reading deep-ish thoughts? Hmm, decisions, decisions. (Both are requests for contact and validation, I think.)

So, we dress funny, act funny, act in a way that we think other people will like, and generally wind up all wanting the same thing.

Or we dress and act normal (stop rolling your eyes and pretending that normal is boring or "normal" is a relative concept).

Ok, maybe we're not all the same. How are we different? Only in the ways we seek contact/validation. Some of us are crass and stupid-sounding. Maybe we're too young, or we're just looking for a hook-up. I think that's about it, though.

So, are we pathetic? Not at all. We're social creatures.

Ok, time to stop, I think I'm pushing this point pretty hard.