Mellissa,
Very good to hear from you. I of course, do understand why you have taken a break, but just glad you made it back. We are always here for you. Your points on the co-writing in person ARE EXACTLY RIGHT and why I have been screaming those loud and clear from the mountaintop from day one. It really is the only way to do this and learn how to do it better.
My Facebook thing, while not wanting to get much into that, but is for the same reasons although I view things on that site a little more seriously. I think that much of our country and societal demise is directly due to that. A site with unlimited power over people, controlling their content, being able to manipulate them and turn into nothing but a site for hate and vitriol cannot be a good thing. When people, even those that know and care for each other are driven to be at each other's throats through hatred, and other tactics, there is no way this is going to end well.
A "so-called friend" recently jumped all over TINA online over something. There is no one more lovable or intellegent than Tina and this person, who I have known for years went into one of the most sensless ignorant rants I have ever seen. And I have fallen into the same thing as I find myself re-assessing my relationships with people I have known all my life. This is nothing new to me, something I have been witnessing for some time. But it has hit me with a full force, and like people who have been involved with something and then a "curtain has been drawn back" and you see it for what it is, I am angry with myself for being a part of it.
From now on, any opinions I have are reserved for here, for those of you who want to read them, or in my personal dealings. I will no longer be involved with any mindless, souless place that can be and IS being used for very dangerous purposes.
Enough of my rant. On to music. Maybe we can find something to agree on.
MAB