my thoughts are so loud

"there's a stalker book? i've got to read that."
~Joel Barish from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

i like to watch people. i like finding out about someone from faraway. perhaps that's why makeoutclub and livejournal are so popular. you peek into someone's life without knowing more than a username, a list of interests and an overly dramatic pose shot icon.

i used to collect facts. birthdays. heights. interests. horoscope signs. hair colour. eye colour. i knew it all. then i started forgetting first names and i didn't even know last names. i used to like people based on the things they liked. maybe i still do. is it really that bad?

i used to like bands with cute lead singers. now i hardly bother to find out the lead singer's name.

is this a small step forward or a thousand step backward? 
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