Where have you all gone
I remember a time when I used to furiously reply to messages on this thing; and most of the people I was talking to were actual friends. That's not to, in any way, say that the people I corresponded with in different locales of the world weren't friends. And now, some of those friends live in different locales of the world.
Ultimately though, one day there was facebook. And for some reason we (as friends) stopped being a community or a group that identified with SG or used it as a jumping off point for socializing, and started using FB, and in a way stopped socializing. Although, I do have to hand it to misguided who indeed every week invites all he knows to a pub group without prejudice, and still invites us all to karaoke.
But fuck! I remember an actual SG tour! An actual SG event with a band (Raygun Cowboys) and burlesque, and all sorts of fun, including me getting drawn on with permanent marker whilst totally sober and awake.
Does anyone want to be part of SG anymore? Does anyone identify with SG as a group of friends? Does anyone want to make friends on SG or be friends on SG? Do people still use this site as their primary social networking site? Is there any new blood? I used to get tonnes of messages, again, mostly from people I talked to on a daily basis anyway. Now: nothing. On the first page of my Inbox, I have messages that date back to 2008.
Does anyone still want to be an SG'er? Do I? Or am I only on here because I'm holding on to memories of that SG West group, and all my friends who were a part of it?
I remember a time when I used to furiously reply to messages on this thing; and most of the people I was talking to were actual friends. That's not to, in any way, say that the people I corresponded with in different locales of the world weren't friends. And now, some of those friends live in different locales of the world.
Ultimately though, one day there was facebook. And for some reason we (as friends) stopped being a community or a group that identified with SG or used it as a jumping off point for socializing, and started using FB, and in a way stopped socializing. Although, I do have to hand it to misguided who indeed every week invites all he knows to a pub group without prejudice, and still invites us all to karaoke.
But fuck! I remember an actual SG tour! An actual SG event with a band (Raygun Cowboys) and burlesque, and all sorts of fun, including me getting drawn on with permanent marker whilst totally sober and awake.
Does anyone want to be part of SG anymore? Does anyone identify with SG as a group of friends? Does anyone want to make friends on SG or be friends on SG? Do people still use this site as their primary social networking site? Is there any new blood? I used to get tonnes of messages, again, mostly from people I talked to on a daily basis anyway. Now: nothing. On the first page of my Inbox, I have messages that date back to 2008.
Does anyone still want to be an SG'er? Do I? Or am I only on here because I'm holding on to memories of that SG West group, and all my friends who were a part of it?