Divisions and Precisions

Friday Five, a day late

1. Would you say that you're good at keeping in touch with people?

Pretty good, most of the time. Generally, if I'm not keeping in touch with close friends, that means I'm in a prickly depressed withdrawn stage.

2. Which communication method do you usually prefer/use: e-mail, telephone, snail mail, blog comments, or meeting in person? Why?

Usually email, blog comments, and MUSHing. Sometimes, though, I just get a craving to hear a friend's voice, and that's when I call. Despite spending lots of time at school, I'm pretty much a hermit a lot of the time. I don't spend a lot of face to face time with my friends, mostly because the ones that are in the area have lives as busy as mine, busier in most cases.

3. Do you have an instant messenger program? How many? Why/why not? How often do you use it?

I use AIM for folks who don't MUSH. I used to use ICQ and Yahoo as well, but I realized that I didn't talk to anybody much on either program. I usually use AIM on the weekdays to talk to my employed non-MUSHing friends.

4. Do most of your close friends live nearby or far away?

It's pretty evenly split right now. I have close friends who are within a half-hour's drive, and I have close friends on the other side of the country, and I have close friends outside of the country.

5. Are you an "out of sight, out of mind" person, or do you believe that "distance makes the heart grow fonder"?

It depends a lot on the relationship I had with the person before the distance happens. If it's someone I just sometimes chat with, then it's pretty much out of sight, out of mind. If it's someone I actually miss, then when I get to talk to them again, I'm usually fonder. :)