As I've mentioned before, my endeavor into Facebook, in a lot of ways, sort of makes official my intention to try being an extrovert for awhile, to see what happens. I haven't been an extrovert since, I dunno, '92, let's say. That's me trying to sound older and wiser. It's been a very, very long time, and even then, I wasn't great at it. That's one of the reasons I became an introvert in the first place, was to work on those chops.

Anyway, it seems a person's goals will parallel the person's abilities to reach them, so the last few years have slowly brought to my attention, that I'm ready to drop, for the forseeable future, certain words I've identified with over the years, like hermit, cave-dweller, loner, independant learner, etc., without losing my introvert super-powers. After all, being inwardly-mobile is what, I've always figured, gave me the time and space needed to become more of a lot of other words I identify with, like, creative, thoughtful, yadda, yadda, yadda.

At times, I'm almost overwhelmed by the numbers of friends most of the people on Facebook or Myspace have. I don't know how long it will take for me to become that much of an "outwardly-forceful", and whether or not I should, but I'm walking toward it anyway. It's a little scary for a simple boy like me. I guess what gets me the most is how long it would take to grow a formidable network even if I was working on it every single day. You should see Emma-Lee's myspace page these days, for those of you who know her. I was like, how the fuck did she do all this in, like, a year and a half? I had to ask her about it, and she was gracious enough to fill me in on some things, but I've promised to keep a lid on 'em for now... 'Cause she's shy. Ha!

I guess the question, then, to anyone who will listen, is, what's the secret? .... What's.... Working... For... You...? To stick with the artist theme in my posts, is it easier having a band around? Do they, like, rely on you, or what? Do you feel like your group of friends puts good pressure on you to keep moving forward? Have you got a rule in your head that says, "if I stop, I die?" Are you simply addicted to meeting new people? What's.... Working... For... You...?

Thanks, my lovelies!

As always, feel free to visit www.eyeofthemonkey.com, but my songs are posted temporarily on www.myspace.com/darrylerickson, and some older stuff on download.com. I'm also on Facebook, and expanding from there. Talk to you soon!