OF A GOLDEN AGE

the internet offers people a variety of ways to define themselves in terms of the things they enjoy — a livejournal interests list, a facebook or myspace profile, a music-tracking website like last.fm. obviously none of these things really get to the heart of anything, but they bring into our lives an entirely new concept: explaining yourself to people you don’t know. i don’t have to meet people to see the way they illuminate themselves. sometimes in traffic i wish i had a screen in my window that could bring to light my motivations and fuck-ups and apologies.

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