I am not an ‘audience.
I am not a ‘viewer’.
I am not a potted plant over here ensconsed on a couch
And I am not EVEN … a ‘number’
A faceless mass -
Festering in some indescript state of complacency
Waiting on someone to re-invent the wheel ‘for’ me.

Hello. Let me introduce myself
And remind a few thousand others … who I am.
And a few thousand others…who are like me.

I am an Occupier.
I am a participant.
I Occupy the internet.

I read articles, reference material, watch documentaries and videos
push my edges to educate myself
(although sometimes grudgingly)
crap I never wanted to know -
then connect with and engage others online
who are of the same mind and who want to know more.
I share what I know and I pass on what I've learned
and I listen.
And I learn.

I am not munching popcorn, flipping channels.
I am not looking for "entertainment".
I am not a ‘viewer’.
I am a WITNESS.

I watch.
I blog.
I spam what is recorded.
I have my congressman and senators on my email speed dial.
I talk to everyone
I show them vids.
I raise hell.

I find and post telephone numbers
for others who are supporting
whatever action I am supporting.

I contact city, state and local officials
I bury them in faxes and phonecalls
I get in the chat streams
and encourage other chatters
to call these numbers also -
(I nag them if I have to)
but I aim to motivate 
To get them INVOLVED –
to take their own ACTION
In the moment. In the now.
I am teaching others to be ACTIVE while I learn.
We all have to learn to step through
that invisible fourth wall.
We're in this ...together.

And THAT…Is the power of the internet.
I intend to wield it.
So get used to me.

Unlike many -
I do not stop being an Occupier
when the ‘stream’ ends.
I follow up the next day
To find out if any arrested have been released
I search for arrest stats and release stats-
do they match?
Where they were taken –
who knows and how do they know
how many - are they all accounted for?
And who is following up
on the physical release of these people.
I follow up again and again in some cases -
And make sure that any who were hurt
or reported hurt
Are either all right
or are seeking appropriate care and assistance.

I am NOT – an audience.
I am NOT – a streaming ‘consumer’
I am NOT – a ‘number’
(“we have to get these numbers up people”)

I am NOT what the media expects me to be
and if you're looking for a numb vidiot
who will sit mindlessly while images spew
out of my monitor onto my desktop-
I am not what you are looking for, either.

And I am NOT – interested in what
that old mind set has to offer.
Whether wearing Armani or a hemp jacket.
We're in this TOGETHER-
or it's just another MSM in the making.

I am a WITNESS.
I follow through.
I follow up.
I pay attention.
I take notes.
I share those notes.
I make a difference.
Expect me.
I am HERE.
I am not alone.
I'm not going anywhere.

We work together or it won't work.