Call my friends more often.

It’s nice when it happens, but at the same time, it’s always better to just go and see each other. I also realized that my friends and I aren’t exactly the types to talk on the phone. We’re happier meeting each other and telling our stories face to face, grimaces, popping eyes, moving hands and all.

MySpace was supposed to bring people together. And then it went all wonky and became another vehicle for advertising, porn and stalking.

But this week I decided to go back to it and give it another whirl (I tried it last year but thought it was kind of lame). I’ve been on there ONE WEEK and already I’ve gotten in contact with some people I haven’t talked to in years.

And – get this – I’ve TALKED ON THE PHONE to some of them. I even made the phone calls. Whoo hoo!

So, strangely, MySpace is helping me acheive this goal. Hm.

Just finished a phone call with a friend. :) Yay!

And yes, it is so much better than just text on an instant messenger. I think this time around I’ll try convincing the people on my IM to turn on their microphones so that we could actually talk!

I don’t know why I stopped using the phone, I don’t know why exactly I don’t call my friends. It’s odd. But I want to start doing that again, making a phone call and hearing their voices is much better than reading text on any instant messenger. This way, too, we don’t miss out on the meaning of things since we get to hear all the intonations, the sarcasm, everything.

I called up a friend today to wish him a happy birthday. It was completely unexpected and I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone so happy-I could hear how wide his grin was while talking to me-it didn’t matter that we spent three mintues going, “I can’t hear you!” because it was a long-distance call. I think I woke him up, I called a few minutes after his midnight, but nevertheless he didn’t seem to mind at all.

I’m off to a good start, I think. Tomorrow I’ll probably call up some more friends… that is if I could find their phone numbers! :)

I just NEVER call anyone. And I often don’t answer the phone when people call me.

But I’ve been getting a lot of cheers for this so I’m thinking I better start.

One thing that’s making me feel kind of guilty is thinking about how my friends must feel to never hear from me. Either they think I no longer care about them or they’ve moved on and don’t really care if I call or not.

Which makes me feel really terrible.

Since I put this up as a goal two people I haven’t talked to in weeks called me.

43T is like, reverse-goal-wishing-magic! I just have to list it and it comes true… but instead of working at something to make it happen – IT comes to ME.

That’s kickass.