Virtuality
I'm attracted to a virtual guy.
Virtual guy?
Virtual in the sense that I know nothing of him IRL. Except that he really *does* exist -- we're separated by 1 degree.
He's passionate. You can see it in his photography.
He's romantic (or at least a closet one). You can tell from the way he writes.
He writes poems. He plays the guitar. His work involves math. I'm pretty sure he has a well-developed corpus callosum. (Yes, I'm letting the geek in me peek out a bit)
Oh, wait, I said the magic word!
Geek!
I'm am horribly, insanely attracted to geeks, it's not funny!!!
And this guy is definitely geek material. And I have no f**king clue what he looks like, which I normally don't bother with actually.
Ask my friends if my exes could be described as hot. They'd laugh at you. Honestly. Well, maybe just this one ex, but my point is, I've never been known to fall for lookers.
It's all about the mind, baby! The brain is the sexiest thing there is in this world. Period.
So is it possible to be attracted to a virtual entity? I know there have been many romances that started online in this day and age. I have friends who have friends who met their current partners online. (my circle of friends still seem to stick with the real world)
But then what *is* real? Could our online personas be more "real" than what we project to the world IRL?
Is this why online romances work? The masks we wear can be dropped when we're in front of our computer?
What puzzles me about this virtuality is the incongruence that could possibly set in when it melts into reality. How do people cope? Do they drop the mask for good? Or do they realize they've been duped, not that the person they fell in love with doesn't EXIST, s/he just doesn't exist in THIS WORLD. Parallel universes and that sort of shit.
As virtual as this attraction is to me, I do know that this is a sign from the Universe that guys like him still do exist. I just have to find one in the REAL WORLD. In the meantime, I can start online.
Virtual guy?
Virtual in the sense that I know nothing of him IRL. Except that he really *does* exist -- we're separated by 1 degree.
He's passionate. You can see it in his photography.
He's romantic (or at least a closet one). You can tell from the way he writes.
He writes poems. He plays the guitar. His work involves math. I'm pretty sure he has a well-developed corpus callosum. (Yes, I'm letting the geek in me peek out a bit)
Oh, wait, I said the magic word!
Geek!
I'm am horribly, insanely attracted to geeks, it's not funny!!!
And this guy is definitely geek material. And I have no f**king clue what he looks like, which I normally don't bother with actually.
Ask my friends if my exes could be described as hot. They'd laugh at you. Honestly. Well, maybe just this one ex, but my point is, I've never been known to fall for lookers.
It's all about the mind, baby! The brain is the sexiest thing there is in this world. Period.
So is it possible to be attracted to a virtual entity? I know there have been many romances that started online in this day and age. I have friends who have friends who met their current partners online. (my circle of friends still seem to stick with the real world)
But then what *is* real? Could our online personas be more "real" than what we project to the world IRL?
Is this why online romances work? The masks we wear can be dropped when we're in front of our computer?
What puzzles me about this virtuality is the incongruence that could possibly set in when it melts into reality. How do people cope? Do they drop the mask for good? Or do they realize they've been duped, not that the person they fell in love with doesn't EXIST, s/he just doesn't exist in THIS WORLD. Parallel universes and that sort of shit.
As virtual as this attraction is to me, I do know that this is a sign from the Universe that guys like him still do exist. I just have to find one in the REAL WORLD. In the meantime, I can start online.
posted by portergirl @ 10:20 AM
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