Relationships in the digital era

This is a topic that is always conflicting for me, I've been living for 5 years now in Ohio, I moved from my beloved Puerto Rico in search of better opportunities for myself and to be with the woman I love. I left behind family and friends for a better way of life and so far things are looking good. I got to admit that I'm a technology junkie, I own a laptop, a Blackberry, 2 iPods, I have accounts on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Linkedin, I constantly buy stuff from Amazon, eBay and other websites, I'm totally connected and hooked. But none of that replaces the human experience for me, the ability to connect face to face with a person, to embrace, to hug, to kiss, to share a drink or a dinner, that will always comes first to me. The human experience should never be replaced, but it seems that with time more people feel more comfortable with virtual interactions than real ones, I guess technology has been a blessing for socially awkward people, for me is both a blessing and a curse, being a people person, it bothers me that amount of people who settles for only virtual relationships and are incapable of connect on a direct, face to face level. I love to go out feel the breeze, hug my friends, have a nice chat in a patio, a restaurant, heck! even in a mall parking lot at 10pm (do they allow that here?). It seems to me that nowadays most people spend more time complaining on Facebook or Twitter about their "friends" imperfections than really trying to connect with them and makes me wonder how "perfect" are them. Those who expect perfect "friends" and "perfect" relationships and people who agree with them 100% are a little out of touch with reality. I've been soul searching a lot lately about closing my Facebook account, I don't know, I miss the real interactions, send letters in and envelope with a stamp to my friends, sit in the hood of the car in a mall parking lot at midnight and just shoot the breeze. I don't know I just wanna close with (please play Survivor's Eye of The Tiger in your mind while reading this) a glorious "Get your butt out of that chair, and get out!!!" I'll be waiting outside :-)