Talk:Mitch Kuchenberg

Kuch,

I live next door to you, and I can with some certainly state that there was no fire and with absolute certainty state that there was no open bar. That said, I really like the funeral angle for the autobiographical statement and thought you got to some interesting thoughts and ideas through it. I was particularly fond how you associated it with a form of hypochondria and how Facebook was actually hindering your offline social interactions instead of augmenting them (as I think most people assume it does). If I could change one thing about the piece I would trim the intro/set-up. It took a long time for the piece to turn autobiographical and while your language and creative writing were rather enjoyable, I think that some of that space could have been used for deeper self-inspection (use of groups, messages, wall posts for example). It also might have been nice to have one more "speaker" at the funeral in order to provide more perspective about what outside viewers may glean about your personality via your Facebook profile. I also thought it would be interesting/funny if one of your actual friends showed up at the funeral and recognized you or the name swap. I thought your ending did a really nice job wrapping the piece up with thought and humor. It certainly raised questions about whether or not having a Facebook (or how one uses a Facebook) affects one's social life and identity. Overall it was a thought-provoking, enjoyable and humorous piece. Kudos for the creativity.

-Your neighbor