Vanity weeping

I'm sitting at my computer. It's Saturday morning and for various reasons we've cancelled our radio show this week. An email pops up from PP in Vietnam (he was "doing a motorbike tour round the various temples" earlier). I've been dying to speak to him all week. I wonder whether he could log onto MSN messenger for a chat. So right away I send the message, "dude - are you still there - can you log onto messenger?" No response. He's obviously gone and logged off.

*She weeps in vain!*