Out of the Blue
orkut, the by-invitation-only online community network that seems to get slower and more bogged down every time I log on every few weeks, gave me a surprise today. Out of the blue, I got a message from Eli, an old friend from high school days. Apparently, he tracked me down in orkut and decided to send me an email. I promptly responded, and four replies later, we’re stil going at it, catching up on the 4 years since we last saw each other. He’s seen a lot of what life has to offer, but it sounds like he’s doing pretty well, all things considered. And it surprised me how happy I was to hear from him after all this time. I could care less for a lot of the features on orkut – communities, for example, are sporadically interesting, but can never keep me for long – but if orkut provides a few more experienes like this, I may become a believer.