So, yeah, I’m working in a not really low-profile place doing some
pretty high-powered things. What that means is we attract a wide
variety of, I’ll say "people," but I’m thinking something with a more
editorial spin.

Today, I got voicemail from a kid who created his own website to save
the world. Seriously. it’s on Geocities, and he’s all up in the
stopping helping the world. (I’m assuming it’s a kid, ’cause when you call his voicemail back there’re
a lot of numbers in the "if you want Tiffany, dial 1" style message.)

Noble, no doubt, because, you know, you gotta start somewhere. Rock
on, global activist dude. Seriously, good on you for helping.

But, I’m a web snob, and I’m having a hard time dealing with the fact that
it’s a Geocities site. Could there be any more craptastically free
web action out there? Wouldn’t a free blog somewhere be better? (At
least it wouldn’t take forever to load at those faraway Internet
connections of the global village you’re hoping to reach.)

The amusing part was calling him back. We’re actually and officially not imperious
assholes, so I’m polite to all comers. (Believe it or
not, I’m actually not bad at that aspect of the job. I think it’s
because I play out dialogue written in my head.)

Anyway, righteous dogooder dude was fucking hostile when I told him
that we weren’t really in the business of sending out websites to the
world. Seriously pissed off, he seemed. The best I could
promise was that I would pass on his link to those above me in the
food chain. He wanted more and came close to berating me for what he
thought the more should be.

One thought that occurred to me while on the phone was, "Dude, if you
are all about peace in the world, maybe you should start with peace
right here on this telephone, and maybe some phone manners."

The other thought was, "Jesus Christ, if I had even 1/16 of his faith
in my own ideas to jump on total strangers for not seeing the strength
of my vision, I would be a goddess, a colossus, a star."

Lucky for the world, I guess, that I’m keeping my complete meglomania in ch=
eck.