So, I'm pretty proud of myself for remembering to actually do this blog. Especially with the 6 days or so off from school. Nevertheless, I would not have remembered had I not checked my email in Wal-Mart and saw that somebody commented on my blog from last week. So, thanks to my little brother who decided he needed a new winter wardrobe and my mom for agreeing. Had they not done so I would not have been so inexplicably bored and resorted to playing on my phone.
Anyway, I rushed them out of Wal-Mart as quickly as possible to get me home to do this blog. As I was wasting my life away in Wal-Mart though, it allowed me sort of contemplate what I was going to write about. As though talking about my trip to Wal-Mart wouldn't be adequately entertaining, I figured I should write about something with a little more meaning. So, something that I've been thinking about lately has been technology - good or bad?
Of course I'm thankful for technology in times like today when I was able to check my phone in the middle of Wal-Mart, but there are times when I'm not so thankful for it. It seems that technology makes us lose touch with people almost more than keeping in touch with them. Just because you're "Facebook friends" doesn't mean you really are friends with that person at all. Sites like Facebook and Myspace take the work of friendships that need to be worked at in order to be a real friendship at all. And as much as I love texting -it makes boring things not so boring- whatever happened to calling and actually speaking with a person? I am definitely guilty of planning an entire party without actually speaking to one person and I'm kind of ashamed of that. It just seems that technology has allowed us to fall out of touch with people more than get closer. So, as a goal for myself this week I'm going to try and text less...only when necessary. Maybe then I can get homework finished because it's not constantly interrupted.
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So, how did the experiment of texting only when necessary work out? A brave attempt!
Yeah, facebook, that's so ridiculous! I also thought now and then that the meaning of "friend" gets lost because of sites like facebook. And besides, the thought crossed my mind to remove my birthdate from my site so that only people who are real friends would remember me and wish ma happy birthday. But that's selfish and dumb as well, right?
However, I'm really thankful for the technology of the internet because it makes it so easy to stay in contact with my beloved at home! So, not all technology is bad in itself, but it depends on to which ends we use it.
It actually worked out quite well. I got some reading done..and some homework. It was nice because people got worried about me. lol
And I like your idea of taking your birthday off. I never wish people happy birthday on there because it's so generic.
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