1. Would you say that you’re good at keeping in touch with people? No, not really. I try. I send birthday cards or e-mails, but usually I find myself writing something along the lines of, “I know I haven’t written in awhile, but…”

2. Which communication method do you usually prefer/use: e-mail, telephone, snail mail, blog comments, or meeting in person? Why? I guess I use e-mail and blog comments most often, since they let me keep in touch with people I’ve never met, may never get a chance to meet, or people who I no longer see in person as often as I’d like. I use the telephone mainly to talk to my parents and hang up on telemarketers, and I can’t remember the last time I penned an honest-to-goodness hand-written letter. Even my e-mails are relatively short. Meeting in person is nice with people I know, with friends, but I am terrible at meeting new people and making new friends. I am just not the most outgoing of people.

3. Do you have an instant messenger program? How many? Why/why not? How often do you use it? I have ICQ, but I haven’t used it in almost a year. I reached a point where the only people in my contact list were either never online or busy with something else. I’m starting to get to that point with AIM, I think, although I still use it pretty regularly.

4. Do most of your close friends live nearby or far away? About half and half. I have friends here and friends who have graduated and moved on — to Texas, Alabama, other parts of Pennsylvania.