Getting to know Deenie
This week we thought we’d introduce you to Deenie.
Q: How did you find AnybodyOutThere?
A: I was depressed, bored and alone. I typed AnybodyOutThere in the search bar and I saw a link. There was a description of a place where people can chat and receive responses to questions they have. I decided to check it out and walla, I’ve been here since March of 2010, almost daily.
Q: What keeps you coming back to the site?
A: I have many friends I meet up with to chat. The site fills my day. I’m out of work due to injury and television drains may brain, so I spend much of my time on here. It keeps me from feeling isolated. I’ve gained confidence, its helping with my extreme shyness, I’ve learned how not to hunt and peck on the keyboard and I get to meet the neatest people from all over the world. Not bad for a day in my life.
Q: Who have you had some of your best chats with?
A: Oh that’s difficult to answer, I have met so many great people, but i do have my touch stones. Decomp, zo6fvr and a person who will remain nameless, have given me courage and confidence to face my life. But there are many more that I’ve helped or who have helped me and I can’t list them all. But each of them have been serious, thought provoking, outrageous and downright hysterical.
Q: What do you like talking about on AnybodyOutThere?
A: I will try to discuss anything, thanks to google, urban dictionary and acronym dictionary, I have learned a lot since joining AOT. I always try to check myself before I make a comment, to make sure I am accurate, but most comments come from my heart and gut feeling, and I don’t apologize unless I’ve been found mistaken or misunderstood. I love to learn and ask questions or study a topic that is in a post that I’m unfamiliar with.
Q: How do you introduce yourself to someone you’re chatting to for the first time?
A: I always greet with hi or hello or a hey, with the new ones, I want to be easy to talk to so I find out where they are from and mention something that may help them relax and open up. I try to stick to open ended questions to avoid the one worded answer.
Q: How did you come up with your username?
A: My username is my first name missing an important letter. I’ve always wanted a nickname, so I chose one for here that I like. Simple really.
Q: Name one thing you have learnt from the AnybodyOutThere community?
A: We all desire to feel connected. Many of us are lonely and have personal issues we deal
with on a daily basis. I come here to be relieved of the daily stress of my own personal issues. I prefer not to dwell on them and learn more about the world around me and what motivates others and surprisingly, where they are is not far from where I am mentally, The Internet world truly is a small world, with many fascinating inhabitant.
Q: Any tips for AnybodyOutThere newbies.
A: Yes, one big tip. SPEAK. Don’t be afraid to speak to me or anyone on here. I know it maybe difficult at first, but don’t worry, no one can really hurt you. You are free to be yourself, no judgment, especially if you talk to me. When you make posts, they represent you, if they are shallow and badly written, it reflects on you. You wouldn’t go out in dirty clothes and unbathed. So think of your post as an extension of who you are, you’ll be better received and appreciated which is what we all want
Q: What’s one interesting fact about the part of the world you come from?
A: I’m new to Arizona, from California, born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania also lived in Florida.
In Arizona, I have heard that in August, we have monsoons. I have never been in one. When
the monsoon ends, the wild life comes out, little frogs come out from there secret places,
much like the worms after a good Pittsburgh rain. The monsoons, are fantastic
displays of nature and the frogs, well any chance of any being a prince? Who knows, it’s
the desert, anything can happen.
Q: What’s one interesting fact about you that not many people in the AnybodyOutThere community know?
A:I’m kind of quirky. A mix of intelligence and air-headedness that some see as charming
but irritates the heck out of me. I love to sing karaoke from YouTube with my granddaughter to help her sleep; it makes her smile and allows me to get back to checking my messages
on AOT. Oh and I try to never take myself too seriously. I’m the first to laugh at myself and I
prefer a straight shooter to a soft con.
