I was contacted this week by the folks at MTV. (Yeah, I was surprised too!)  They are looking to cast some folks for an upcoming episode of their documentary series, True Life.
True Life:Â I Live Another Life On The Web
We are currently producing a documentary for MTV about people who live “other lives” online.
Do you sometimes feel as if you’re living a double life? Are you pretending to be someone you’re not? Do you have one identity in your everyday life, but a different one when you’re alone and on-line? Does your virtual avatar make you feel confident behind your computer screen? Are you famous online but feel like you’re invisible in real life?
Do you have trouble approaching someone for a date in person, but when you’re behind the comfort of your computer, do the words just flow? Â Would you be afraid to be yourself if you were ever to come face-to-face with your online friends or companions? Â Do you get so caught up in the person you pretend to be on the web that you maintain that persona in person?
If you appear to be between the ages of 16 and 28, and live another life on the web, email your story to: brosen@leftright.tv   Please be sure to include your name, location, phone number and a photo, if possible.
I think they wanted ME to bite on this. Frankly, what you see here is who I am… kinda boring, eh? The funniest part of this for me was the last line. “If you appear to be between 16 and 28″…. Heh, heh. Oh, and what IS an “avatar” anyway?  *showing my age and online ignorance*
So all of you online superstars… here’s your chance!
-Bruce (GayPatriot)
I sense a documentary entirely dealing with furs…
That’s easy:
Hindu Mythology. the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god.
But I think they mean:
Computers. a graphical image that represents a person, as on the Internet.
It is vaguely depressing how far I am out of their target age demographic. 🙂
‘between the ages of 16 and 28’    Darling, I have shoes older than those two numbers combined…
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Damn!
I think they could go to Gay.com and take their pick. How much of a loser does one have to be to make it on this show? Do they offer any therapy or is it just a freak show?
Gotta feel sorry for folks who wind up on that program.
BTW, according to today’s WSJ, some folks are so pathetic, they have to steal other people’s online identities.
I see some pretty rude comments about this. Bashes on people who are “pathetic” enough to actually live that kinda life.
That’s so cruel.
You don’t know them. You don’t know their situations. You don’t know their past.
I lived a seperate life online for sometime too and for a while if felt good. People got to know me according to who i am rather than what i look like.
Have some compassion