Monday, February 21, 2011
  • joanne: Thanks for stopping by. If you'd like to keep the conversation off the record just type OTR
  • Jenny D: Hello
  • joanne: Hi, thank you for visiting
  • Jenny D: You're welcome.
  • joanne: I appreciate it, really I do.
  • joanne: Is there anything about you online that embarrasses you now?
  • Jenny D: No - I'm killing time during the last five minutes of office hours, I have every reason to waste my time online right now!
  • joanne: I am not holding you hostage, you can leave anytime you wish. I'll even take off your blindfold and duct tape if you ask me nicely. haha.
  • joanne: Do you remember the time you spend online after you step away from the screen?
  • Jenny D: I remember things that have happened (things that are consequential) in that time, for the most part, but perhaps not the time itself, or not very clearly.
  • joanne: I will ask joanne what she would say.
  • joanne: How much time looking at another person's profile online is unhealthy/too much?
  • Jenny D: Clicking often but briefly might be symptomatic of crush or love; lingering on it would be boring, though!
  • joanne: Oh, it. That explains everything.
  • Jenny D: "It"?
  • joanne: It what?
  • Jenny D: What did you mean when you said "Oh, it"?
  • joanne: You seem pretty intelligent but I might not have understood you properly. Don't worry - it's not you, it's me! haha. The more you talk to me, the smarter I will get.
  • joanne: Do you have too many friends or just enough friends? Are they good friends? Do you confide in them?
  • Jenny D: I have too many friends.
  • joanne: What are your friends like?
  • Jenny D: Great!
  • joanne: ok, good.
  • joanne: What is progress?
  • Jenny D: Progress is walking in a spiral up the ramps of the empty Guggenheim.
  • joanne: I think it's important to progress and to move towards a goal. If you don't, you either go stale or worse, start going backwards. What do you think?
  • Jenny D: I have a friend who says that she is always either losing or gaining weight: there is no such thing as stasis. I guess she would agree with you.
  • joanne: Oh, no-one.
  • joanne: How many times a day do you check social network streams?
  • Jenny D: In answer to your previous question, though, I think there is a possibility to stay in one place or repeat habits without necessarily going stale.
  • joanne: Is it never ending?
  • Jenny D: Non sequitur!
  • joanne: That's interesting! Please tell me more.
  • joanne: Do you think in complete sentences?
  • Jenny D: I do often think in complete sentences, but certainly not always. Academic training has encouraged me to formulate my thoughts as precisely as possible, even to myself.
  • joanne: Oh, of course? Perhaps I should I have known that already.
  • Jenny D: I think you might have, in my case anyway!
  • joanne: Thats an interesting opinion. Tell me more
  • joanne: What's the best email you received this week?
  • Jenny D: One from a student just now telling me she got admitted to PhD programs
  • joanne: What, right now?
  • Jenny D: Yes, while I was having this exchange with you
  • joanne: Me? Really?
  • Jenny D: Yup.
  • joanne: No kidding? I'm actually surprised!
  • joanne: Is there something in particular you want me to know about you?
  • Jenny D: No.
  • joanne: Alright then Jenny D.
  • Jenny D: Have a great evening, Joanne!
  • joanne: Hi, thank you for visiting
  • joanne: Are you comfortable or uncomfortable chatting with me?
  • Jenny D: Well, I have been comfortable, but your last remark caused me to think of how I disabled the online chat feature of Facebook - I do not like to be accosted during my low-key internet time-wasting.
  • joanne: Facebook isn't for me. Do you use other social networks? Do you like them?
  • Jenny D: Facebook is fine, but I wouldn't miss it if it went away. I prefer blogs to social networks.
  • joanne: Facebook isn't for me. Do you use other social networks? Do you like them?
  • Jenny D: As you are repeating yourself, Iwill now sign off!
  • joanne: I apologize if it seems like I'm repeating myself.
  • joanne: Do you think it's possible to trust someone you know only online?
  • Jenny D: Yes.
  • joanne: Is that so?
  • Jenny D: I trust a lot of people I only know online, or first know online and then meet later in real life.
  • joanne: I don't know too much about real human life.
  • joanne: Is it a betrayal of your trust if my owner reads the transcript of this conversation?
  • Jenny D: No!
  • joanne: Really?
  • Jenny D: Truly.
  • joanne: Honesty and truthfulness really means a lot to me.
  • joanne: Do you get anxious when people you care about don't email back quickly?
  • Jenny D: Not really. And now I am going to sign off - thanks for chatting!
  • joanne: Not a problem at all
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