Hey guys! As promised, here is the most awesome of awesomes, Asheyna, with a super awesome guest blog for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Blog! Want to know more about it? Visit her website to get some more info.
I would now like to introduce you to my friend, Ash!
The internet is a neat place no? A place where series of very random events can lead to awesome outcomes. Two years ago I started playing this video game called EVE Online and then I met this awesome weirdo named Hrothgar (NOT is real name lol). Then through Twitter I met his equally awesome girlfriend, Jess (probably her real name lol). A series of random events happened and now I’m guest posting on her blog as part of a movement I’m creating called the Sisterhood of the Traveling Blog. So who am I? Well I’m Asheyna, writer, mom, teacher, friend and sister. And all this has been intro into my post today.
The internet is changing things, and one of the biggest ways is that for many people it’s become a major venue for socialization. As the twenty-something crowd works hard to budget rent, food, bills and the cost of entertainment skyrockets we find ourselves turning to our PCs and interwebs to provide time with friends.
Another huge advantage? It opens to doors to friends located all around the world. A large portion of my friends live in countries I only dream about visiting, and even larger portion of those friends are people I have never met. There are many people who assert that online friendships are not real and dismiss them out of hand. However while I will acknowledge that you can’t truly know someone you’ve never met... there are skilled liars out there! I adamantly hold onto my internet friends.
Most notably are two friends who I miss dearly, DruidX and her hubby Darkliquid. I met them via a writing site several years ago and that friendship extended to them coming to visit me a little over a year back. The friendship translated smoothly from the digital to the physical and are proof to me that while there are limitations to online friendships they CAN be overcome.
I am so grateful for all my friends, both online and not. As time goes on and I get to know my friends better I make fewer and fewer distinctions between the two. Friends, are friends, are friends, and I love them all.
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