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I have a love-hate relationship with technology. On the one hand, I can chat with all of you and that's wonderful. I enjoy Disney more now that I have people to hang with on occasion.

On the other hand, it's easy to pretend to be someone else and it's not easy to know who to trust on-line. It's easy to disappear. I tend to keep my virtual circles somewhat separate from each other- a few people know multiple ways to contact me but most of you do not. I'm not one of those people who has everything in my sig line. Personal choice.

I do like that on-line one can present different faces; we do this in real life as well but on-line it's easy to keep them separated. For the most part, I try to present a united face to everybody but it's natural that some of it sifts out. On the whole, my identity as a stagehand doesn't apply much to our discussions of Disney. My identity as a student sometimes has validity. My identity as wife rarely does. My identity as a gay girl sometimes comes up.

I'm a chatty girl, which is generally clear. I can on occasion have a good eye for detail- which is something on which this group thrives.

Technology has enabled us to widen our contact pool, but I think in some ways that pool has become more shallow with the occasional deeper well. We can pursue the appearance of intimacy without actually risking ourselves.

It's fascinating.