Invisible on IM?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAN.. I'll always remember the fun, hilarious times we went through together at school.. hope you have a good one, wherever you are! :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WAI-MUI.. you do a lot for the church, and I hope you have a good one! :)


Am I really invisible on my various IM programs? I'm not talking about deliberately appearing offline or going into "invisible mode" either.. I've messaged various people in the last hour and a half, and they've not answered / gone offline without the courtesy of an answer! Yes, I understand if you're busy / idle / can't or don't want to talk / if your status says something like "away" or "out to lunch" / if you had to restart the computer.. goodness knows I've done that loads of times. But if you don't answer within a reasonable period of time, I'm left with no other choice but to conclude that I must be invisible to all but myself.. and that's no good then, is it?

On the other hand, I am going gangbusters at updating, so now I'm only approximately a day behind. Still though.. where IS everyone? (and yes.. I'm currently set to "away" on MSN.. in this case, I'm still here) Time for another "old college try," maybe.. sigh.