Social (or extremely social)

The ice rink is a happening place these days. I took Emily and a neighbor there. The neighbor met a boy of her own age there. In fact, they had called each other to make sure that they would be at the same place at the same time.

I saw a friend from my old workplace. She was bringing her 7 year old girl to meet another 7 year old girl there. I mentioned that Emily was being ignored (a bit) by the two beaux and wanted someone to skate with. The mother of *another* 7 year old girl heard me and mentioned that her girl wanted a friend to skate with. So we helped them turn themselves into a "gang of 4" skating girls.

So I met 2 7 year girls, 1 10 year old boy, and two moms that I had never met before. And one 7 year old and her mother that I had known before. I am socially exhausted!!

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A good writer always thinks about his/her audience. A recent article in Wired argues that the advent of social media is improving the sense of "audience" for millions of young people. Although the "misses", such as sending a drunken photo to your teachers/parents/employers, are notable, the average message is tailored for the intended audience much more than before.

My personal connection to this issue is that my mother is critiquing my FaceBook status updates. She thinks they are too boring.