Entries tagged 'friends'

in film pitch speak, heyletsgo.com is friendster meets upcoming.org meets evite. social networking built around activity planning. another web 2.0 beta site.

this may be the site for you, if you’re not like me and “the most important information in my daily life is, simply, what are my friends doing?”

it may also be the site for you if you know you want to go to some event and want to find a friend-of-a-friend to go with.

the site, inasmuch as i’ve poked around, seems very well done. but as you might have guessed, i just don’t see myself being a regular user. it models a sort of social dynamic that i just don’t feel any resonance with.

drop me a line if you want an invite.

“friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.” — mortimer adler

matt haughey linked to this entry about how libraries can serve people but what interested me was the quote he pulled out: “the most important information in my daily life is, simply, what are my friends doing?”

what fascinates me about the quote is that for me, it’s simply not true. i’m not even sure i can wrap my head around what it would mean for it to be true.

obviously, friends is a topic that has been on my mind recently. what brought it to the surface was going through a box of some of my old stuff and running across pictures of my best friend from elementary school, who moved away between fifth and sixth grade (or about then). as far as i can figure, i think that is the last time i had a mutual best friend. more than twenty years ago. yikes.

my oldest friends at this point are people i worked with at knowledge adventure (about a decade ago!). that is, those are the oldest friends i have any sort of regular contact with.

in no particular order, but numbered nonetheless.

1. those that will help you move.
2. those that will help you move tomorrow.
3. those that will help you move a body.
4. those who you know only by their nickname.
5. those whose nickname you know.
6. those whose last name you know.
7. those whose phone number you have.
8. those whose phone number you have on speed dial.
9. those whose phone number you know by heart.
10. those who you can make plans with next week.
11. those who you can make plans with tonight.
12. those who you tell your secrets.
13. those who tell your secrets.
14. those who know what you like.
15. those who know what you hate.
16. those who hate what you hate.
17. those who hate what you hate because you hate it.
18. those who understand what you’re saying
19. those who think they understand what you’re saying
20. those who ask what you’re saying
21. those who take you at your word
22. those who use your words against you
23. those who have what you need.
24. those who give what you need.
25. those who need what you have.
26. those who can have what you have.
27. those who want to make out with you.
28. those who you want to make out with.
29. those who you make out with.
30. those who you write about.
31. those who you don’t write about.
32. those who think they know you.
33. those who knew you when.
34. those who make you sad.
35. those who make you glad.
36. those who make you mad.
37. those who make you bad.
38. those who hear it first.
39. those who read it here.
40. those whose opinions are shared.
41. those whose opinions matter.
42. those who you want to listen to.
43. those who want to listen to you.
44. those who you are still in touch with.
45. those who will come over.
46. those who are already there.
47. those who laugh at your jokes.
48. those who know your jokes.
49. those who laugh at your jokes they know.
50. those who know the rest.