Sign off, log out, go dark

For a long time I burned fast and furious with all the social networking sites.  I was connected at all times and ready to chat with my fellow netizens.  But as the cyber community grew, I got sick of the white noise surrounding the conversations.  I kept moving to the newer sites, staying just ahead of the masses.  And I got bored.  I am so burned out on the “on-line” experience…

I no longer have a valid ICQ number.  When I wiped the computer I never even bothered to save my various forum log-ins, I never use them anymore…  My Second-Life avatar is probably dead from neglect, it’s been three years since I’ve logged in.  I haven’t logged in to my IM manager in six months.  My last Tweet burst was in May, trickling down to one a month in June, July, August and finally dying in October…  My Linkedin and Friendster pages never got fully updated.  Other than retrieving an e-mail address six months ago I haven’t logged in to MySpace in a year.  Now I’ve eliminated most of the FaceBook apps and it’s the last social portal I’m keeping open.

Podcasts are also taking a hit.  At one point I was subscribed to over thirty of them.  I’m down to seventeen, two of which don’t update with any degree of regularity.  And I’ve pretty much stopped all my interaction with any of them other than passive listening…

Come to think of it, when was the last time I left the house for anything other than work or a small fire?  I guess it’s not really a problem with my cyber-life, I’m fading away IRL too.

Hopefully this will turn around.  At the current rate, I’m scheduled to implode into a singularity by the middle of February…