It seems I have developed a proclivity for looking into people's lives and there are number of different ways I do this. First, I enjoying reading Facebook statuses, especially when they give out a bit of information about what is going on in their lives. Just enough, like an amuse-bouche at dinner. It wets my appetite for information and really doesn't require a huge conversation to get it. It makes me feel like I have an idea what is going on in a person's life and that I haven't lost touch with them.
Second, I love following blogs of friends and then of some of people I don't even know. It is like I've had a conversation with them, but at my leisure. I can re-read and pursue through at my own speed. This also gives me a view of them, a piece of what they have put out to the world, a glimpse into their minds. I only wish I knew more people who blogged, it is fun tasting the flavor of someone else's writing.
Third, photos. These are the most fun because you have captured a person or group in a moment. But this is not the part that I like best, it is the background. This is where I like to look. It is a scavenger hunt into a person's life, and I especially hope for photos that are taken in people's homes. I look at what they have laying around in their pictures. What pictures are on the wall or what is in that cupboard left hanging open. Most people don't "think" about their backdrops before snapping candid photos, so that is why I like them. They are innocent and fresh from deceit about what they have in their lives.
To me, it's fun collecting tid-bits of information about people, not for nefarious purposes, but to flavor how I see them, rounding out their personalities to me. People leave bread crumbs of information about themselves, the fun part is collecting them to make a loaf.
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