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Carol H Tucker
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I'm never REALLY alone....
Today is the 3rd day of the 36th week [note – ISO standards start the weeks on Mondays and I stick to the traditional Sunday kickoff], the 6th day of the 9th month, the 250th day of 2016 [with only 107 shopping days until Christmas], and:
- Another Look Unlimited Day
- Barbie Doll Day – Barbara Millicent Roberts was “born” in March but some sites list today as the first distribution day
- Fight Procrastination Day
- Great Egg Toss Day [you would think that this would be closer to Easter, neh?]
- Independence day: Swaziland from the United Kingdom in 1968; Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from the Soviet Union in 1991
- National Coffee Ice Cream Day
- Read a Book Day
- Stillbirth Remembrance Day
On this day, in 3114 BC [according to the proleptic Julian calendar] the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started. In 1492 Christopher Columbus set sail from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. In 1522 the Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returned to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world. In 1620 the Pilgrims sailed from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. In 1803 British scientist John Dalton began using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements. In 1870 Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming became the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally. In 1916 the first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders. In 1943 the Monterrey Institute of Technology, one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America, was founded in Monterrey, Mexico. In 1962 archaeologist Peter Marsden discovered the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the 2nd century AD. In 1991 the name Saint Petersburg was restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been known as Leningrad since 1924.
Quote of the day: “Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky.” ~ Brené Brown
I have two really good friends, and have had them for years. And yes, I feel lucky to be able to make that statement.
I have ruminated before on the subject of friendship, making friends, support networks and the like. I don’t make friends easily, or it may be that is a function of how I look at relationship. There are many tiers of complexity, knowing, and intimacy in my ontology: lovers, those I love, friends, those I am friendly with, acquaintances, followers. Just as I am not quick to say “I love you” I am not quick to proclaim that I am your friend or that you are mine – to me, there is a vast difference between being a friend and being friendly with someone.
But that ontology isn’t as clear when it comes to the attachments I have formed in my 2nd life online, which is somewhat muddied by the nomenclature in social media. Some folks that I feel close to, that know details about my “real life” I have never actually met in “meat space”, although both of us would be more than willing to do so should the occasion present itself. You get to know the innards of a person pretty well when you are talking to them a lot – although I am not sure that I subscribe to the theory that claims three months online equates to a year in real time. There a few that I would not only meet, but I would unhesitatingly go and stay with [and yes I have actually done so] or invite to my home – does that mean we have crossed some boundary or border and are “friends”? While I don’t think I would be comfortable actually moving in with someone that I hadn’t already met face-to-face, I do know people who have uprooted their lives and headed out to a new locale, doing just that because the long distance relationships [LDR] is that strong.
One downfall to an LDR is that while they fulfill the emotional requirements of friendship, they do not do anything for you in physical space [e.g.: providing the reassurance of a hug or holding you or giving you a hand when you need help with something, whether it be having a buddy to go out with or needing help downsizing or a ride somewhere or whatever] on a day-to-day basis. My daughter worries about the amount of time that I spend alone sometimes, immersed in my 2nd life [social media, gaming, Second Life, InWorldz]. She knows that more than once I have wished for a partner, a buddy, a friend, a lover, a roommate who liked doing some of the same things that I do – fantasy, craft shows, science fiction movies, Disney, theater – and was available to go do stuff when I am. She knows that there are times I opt out of doing things that I enjoy because it just isn’t as much fun going alone [like the Renaissance Faire this weekend], and feels that my LDRs don’t provide enough support for a healthy, happy lifestyle. Not sure I agree with her, and I am not really sure that it is something I need to do anything about, or even how I would go about changing it. But I will admit that sometimes being physically alone is lonely, even with a couple good friends and a 2nd life.
Of course…..
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