dragged kicking and screaming into the century of the fruitbat

i.e. I am now also available for IM purposes on Telegram, at the obvious username, and you are welcome to add me.

Be aware that (1) basically unless I'm actually dating you I am terrible at initiating conversations (and sometimes even when I am actually dating you), and (2) if we don't have a history of realtime communication I'm likely to Have A Social Anxiety about How Does Smalltalk (i.e. it is almost always best to go "ALEX I HAVE A QUESTION" or "ALEX HERE IS A BAT" rather than "ALEX HOW ARE YOU" unless you are someone who has a history of yelling that question at me and there are ergo established expectations about how much information you're actually asking for and Why You're Asking, and I still might decide I don't have the cope for people right then and not respond). Neither of these means I dislike you.

(I am also the obvious username for gchat and you're welcome to add me there too if you're not Telegram-enabled. The same is true of Freenode IRC. Facebook and Skype are means of contacting me but they're much more frequently ignored for months at a time.)