I'm always on LJTalk, or almost always, so people can leave me messages. (Sometimes people leave me links to FF, for example. This is a kindness.) But I'm often not really there there. And you always ping me at, like, 3:00 a.m. my time, which is actually a time when I'm often awake, but usually by then I'm on the Other Computer, which does not have IM.

But sometimes I am awake and on the right computer, even, and I continue to believe that sooner or later I'll be able to chat with you.

*holds out hope*