Chatty Cathy?

Why is it that some people feel the need to share everything while others prefer not to? Some think that their day needs to be explained with every detail while others choose a more brief approach with a of couple words. I guess like everything thats what makes relationships balanced - better to have a talker and a listener. I categorize myself more as a listener and an observer. The phone to me is a great form of communication, but I would rather not spend hours on it, disecting a topic. My life is really not that exciting or interesting. I know that is ironic coming from someone who has a blog...maybe that is why I have a blog. Writing allows me to say what I hesitate from saying out loud, for fear it is irrelevant or boring. No one has to read my thoughts (other than my family of course!) or pretend to be listening when they are really wanting to look at their blackberry. Which brings me to another point, blackberries. I was out to dinner the other night with a close friend who I had not seen in a while. I was looking forward to catching up in person. She on the other hand, had better things to look at on the screen in her lap.Throughout dinner, she was constantly texting. She wasn't quickly checking for a brief instance or apologizing for her actions, but spent minutes at a time looking down and not responding to me. I nearly through my napkin across the table but restrained myself. It seems to me that we have gotten the whole human connection backwards. When we are with people, we are distracted by texting and facebook status messages, and while we are alone, we are busy organizing the next time getting together while looking at pictures of the latest mutual friends wedding. I am not pretending to be above any of the former, but I do think that we are mixing up the idea of being "friends" with what it means to be a friend. And as for the chattiness? Well, I guess I'd rather have chats when together than chats apart - as long as the blackberry use is minimal!