In a series of stories

She said do you remember before you blogged or networked or regularly emailed "strangers?"

Do you remember before myspace, facebook, and all the other various profile pages? Do you remember before you had an international audience? Do you remember before the love festival of receiving and returning online compliments? Do you remember before you compulsively checked your emails and posts to see if anyone cared? Do you remember sleeping through the night?

She said do you remember being lonely and watching bad TV instead?
Do you remember answering your phone and calling your friends?
Do you remember not being a voyeur and not expressing yourself in sound bites and witty catch phrases? Do you remember being private and guarded? Do you remember when you didn't have to remember a dozen passwords and aliases?

Remember the wind on your face and the sun at your back?
Do you? How did it feel? Does this feel better?
She said she didn't remember...