Connected
by Victor Luo
I have full bars on my iPhone, but no one has called, texted, emailed, IM'd, tweeted, Facebook'd, Tumblr messaged, or commented on my blog and I wonder if I am really connected, if my iPhone hasn't suddenly started to malfunction and I am really just all alone here, unconnected. I want go home and check if I am connected, but I can't right now, there are errands I need to run, little annoying things that require no brain activity and only the slightest of contact with strangers. But as I am doing my errands, I want someone to interrupt me, my iPhone to buzz, someone to remind me that I haven't yet stumbled out of touch, that I can forget this loneliness I feel wandering outside where I am not quite comfortable, where people do not ever really look at me and when they do I do not think they are looking at me, but through me, the thought of which terrifies me.
Through you, unlike the people on the internet who are looking you directly in the eyes?