...Facebook

...I am slowing beginning to abhor the damn thing. My motivation for getting a Facebook account was the idea that it would provide an avenue for me to meet some new buddies at college and keep in touch with friends from home....and it has. But Really. The whole thing is just incredibly bizarre.
I was just on Facebook looking at some of my friend's info pages and I realized that if I was presented with the info they posted about themselves on their pages without knowing them previously I would probably look at what they posted and come to the conclusion that I really was not interested in getting to know many of them any better...And some of these people are good buddies I have know for ages....
So what does that tell you?
Obviously, what people write about themselves is not necessarily how they are precieved by other people. And really, Facebook info pages are basiclly just an opportunity for people to plug the creations of other people and allow those works to define them (books, music, movies). Facebook is a pathetic guise.
....But I'll admit it. I am a music and book snob and if you post Hawthorne Heights as your favorite band and post all the books you were grudgingly forced to read in high school as your favorite books I will think less of you. I shouldn't. I am well aware of that fact... but I know I will....and, believe me, I'm not proud of it.

I'm really interested to see how my generation turns out. We're all so sterile and concerned with manufacturing these idenities for ourselves to try to further our social worth...nothing new I guess. That's what people do...but, Jesus, we have all this grand technology to help us out now. Paste pictures of yourself on Facebook holding a red solo cup downtown so kids can peruse through them during class on their laptops while ignoring the professor lecturing his guts out trying to get them to give a damn about something or anything besides the glowing boxes of fun sitting on their laps.

Okay, so, honestly, I like internet communication. I think it is quite grand actually, but what the fuck is it that we are saying to each other online? Or Texting! Jesus Christ! Texting is extremely useful when used to say/ask things like "Where are you?" or "You hungry?"....but people sit constantly beating on their phones and I can't help but wonder what they could possible be saying solely by texting....I'm sure they are having riveting conversations typg lk this about red solo cups and the magical elixirs they contain. It all just seems very shallow. Is it that terrifying to be in a public place by oneself without being on facebook, texting, or drowning the sounds of the world out with an IPOD.
You know what erks me the most? Girls are the most frequent users of this technology. Sit in any freshmen level class and look around at the people with their laptops & you will see the vast majority are going to be girls on Facebook....either that or they are shopping for clothes.
They've got us good. Not only do us girls believe we have to constantly shop and buy stuff to boost our selfesteem, the economy, and improve our social worth, we now have to constantly be vigilant and wait anxiously for someone to complement us on how pretty we look in our new profile pictures. How did we get this way? Look... clothing, jewerly, makeup....they're massive industrys that are brilliant at mining @ our insecurities and getting the general public to help them at it. Honestly, think about it girls. Have you ever said "OMG! What is that girl wearing...and why doesn't she do something with her hair!" just loud enough for the subject of your diatribe to hear? The clothing and haircare industries send their sincere thanks for sending another loyal patron their way.

So lets stop calling each other fat and giggling about the girl with the bizarre looking hair that just walked by....Seriously, just stop it. You're embarrassing me.