"It was New Years Eve and we were drinking beers and dancing kind of badly but everyone was smiling and sweaty so it was okay. Anyway, I was introduced to a few new people, as you do. But there was one girl who I recognised instantly but I couldn't pick from where. And that's where it dawned on me that we'd never met. It's the strangest thing. To finally meet someone that you kept seeing around all these online social networking sites by chance and you don't have a clue who they are. I mean, yeah, you get a sense of what they're about so they're familiar to you in a way. And suddenly, they become someone you feel like you should say hello to if you pass them in the street or whatever. But you can't. Because technically you haven't met them, and you don't know them and they certainly haven't seen you, maybe. So you're still strangers. Only now, you know the person you don't know, y'know? You're aware of being unaware. They give us this bullshit about bringing people together but sometimes it feels like it's become a parody of itself and they're actually only ever emphasising the distance that still exists between us. There's a name to every face and we're all so connected, which is always how it's been, except now, it's there and you can see it and the world feels so small and you're surrounded by everyone, everywhere, all the time, but you feel so alone."
