Hi there stranger!

Recently I found a website called omegle.  It is a chat site really different from any other that I have seen.  There are no profiles, no pictures, no signing up for anything, you just visit the website and start a chat.  The person you are talking to doesn't know who you are, and you don't know them either.  If you want to talk to someone else, you just disconnect, and start a new chat.  

I have visited the site a couple of times, in ultimate work procrastination.  Its kind of fun, and empowering at the same time.  Sure you run into some wierdos, but you talk to some cool people too from all over the world.  Knowing that they don't know you means you can say whatever you want, and be whoever you want.  There is a power in being anonymous, but what is it?

This one time I signed on and a guy wanted to get my msn and video chat.  First of all of course I said no.  Second, I was like oh you poor guy, why can you not find a girl in real life?  He told me about his life, and I talked him through it and told him that he just needed to get back out there.   He thanked me and we signed off.  Whether or not he actually cared what I was telling him I will never know, but I felt I had accomplished something.  A random connection, with a random person, who just needed a little encouragement.  

I think Omegle is a cool concept, if not just a really fun procrastination tool.

Check it out!