when i didn't feel like doing work earlier today, i googled the names of a bunch of random people i knew, from high school and even elementary school. it always shocks me how quite a few people just don't seem to have any web-presence. i'd think that every name i typed in would turn up at least one major hit.

i went on my googling spree after trying to find the contact information for some old friends, actually. in these few days before i have to start my job at d&m, i'm taking some time to reconnect and catch up with people i'd been neglecting. it's awkward (so...i know we haven't talked in two years, but...) and a surprising amount of work. i'm hoping or expecting to wake up tomorrow morning to an inbox full of new messages, and i'm fully prepared that the gratification i'm hoping to feel from people wanting to get in touch with me probably won't materialize in any meaningful way. at least i'm not talking to these people after years of silence and asking anything of them.