There are lots of reasons to protect one's identity online. Starting with your job, your family, your family's jobs....

This:

Which is not to be all Wolfram's a doo-doo head or anything, I just felt the need to wax on about my bizarre personal internt philosphies.

and this:

he liiiikes you. he wants to kiiiisss you.

Weirdest cross-post ever.

Pish, like you have credit.

I never said that these easy-to-find-out things were true things, now did I?

My sister got shirty with me because I didn't give her name to "Alibelle." Except she used Alibelle's real name. So I thought she was on crack for a while. Then I continued to think she was on crack, for assuming I'd be using her real (and very identifiable and a bit more googleable) first name all over the internet without express permission -- especially since when she TTed, she did so with a pseud.

I know she's not all on the net the way I am -- she uses her real and full name, but she's not killing time -- she's working.

It was very odd.

I'm fairly open online, at least name and what state I live in. I've mentioned the town I'm in a few times in various places.

Yes, I've been stalked. He saw me on my way to work one day and started following me, so my name was irrelevant. Nothing I've put online justifies job threatening--or the lawsuit they'd get if they threatened my job. I doubt anyone cares that much about me. I'm cool with that.

Improv Everywhere (Look Up More, Best Gig Ever, No Pants) is supposed to be on TAL this week!

I used to be WAY too cautious. Now, I think I'm in the middle. I kind of enjoy my secret identities...although maybe I took it a bit far being "Angela Frandina" on a dating site...nine out of ten men googling and saying "You're not *into*that are you?" No. Come as I'm not.

There are lots of reasons to protect one's identity online. Starting with your job, your family, your family's jobs....

Your children. Because that's really the only kind of internet freak that terrifies me.

nebermind

also nevermind