Sunday, May 16, 2010

Society's interest in other people's personal lives amazes me. I was on ESPN's website and instead of NBA playoffs making headlines, there's stories on Roethlisberger's sex scandal and updates on Tiger's marriage/divorce. You turn on the TV and instead of good quality television - we have reality T.V. Cmon! What happened to shows with moral messages in the end like the Cosby show and Full House! And I'm such a hypocrite because what do I do with MY spare time?? Facebook and twitter...DAHH..Why are we as a society so consumed by other people's drama? 

That's why this blog of mine always puts me in a teeter totter of wanting to express myself without giving myself away. It's crazy to know that someone who barely knows my name can go onto one of my social networks and know everything about me -- from hobbies to my deepest feelings. 

I dont know if its because I'm writing a paper on Globalization right now, but its amazing to me how intrusive our society is getting. 

Our world is getting smaller and smaller. 

If a celebrity is dating someone new, gets a new haircut, gets some plastic surgery, cheats, falls in love, it hits headlines! The reality TV stars who we consider celebrities are people who live the same lives that we do! And on the smaller scale, why is it that people are more likely to reveal their problems and feelings on public websites than they are to their closest friends?? Why do we get consumed by how our thoughts and feelings appear on the internet more than the actual issue? 

When I was with my family at venice beach, I was so caught up in trying to upload my twitpic that I missed my baby brother go down the slide!! 

Dahh...EFF that. I refuse to give into the system. I'm gonna continue to express what I want to express for me and only me. 

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