Chatroulette.

Chatroulette is a very strange but entertaining thing. Sure, it can be gross when every other person is masturbating or wearing a stupid costume, but it's also pretty beneficial. If you haven't been on it, it is definitely worth a try. You have the opportunity to meet and talk to people all over the world, maybe even connect with them on facebook after! I wonder if that's what the person who created it was thinking.. "Hmm, I want to talk to people around the world but have the option to just skip them if they're boring me."

The first time I tried chatroulette I was at my friend Keith's house. I found it to be really interesting, sure I saw a lot of penises but I also talked to a kid in Paris and even a soldier in Iraq! Now, I'm very anti-war and anything organized and official like the army or police, I just don't like. I think the whole idea is very corrupt. Anyway, when the soldier popped up I immediately said I'm not looking to get naked or anything, just in a way conduct a social experiment and talk to new people. He said he just wanted someone to talk to, preferably a girl, so we began talking. It was really interesting to see him reacting to sounds around him, and to just hear what he had to say about this whole war.

His name was Tim, a real nice southern boy from Alabama, forced to enlist by his father. He told me he doesn't really believe in war and wanted to go home to his fiance and baby more than anything. It was a real eye opener for me to talk to someone who is in the middle of all this, mind-blowing really. I just hope that he did make it home to his baby and fiance, I wish Tim all the happiness in the world.



On a happier note, I've attached a screen capture of one of my favorite chatroulette interactions, thought it was good for a laugh.