Damn you facebook.

Today is the 27th day of March.
Pretty exciting huh?

Well what to blog about...

ONLY SIX WEEKS LEFT OF THIS SEMESTER.
That makes me pretty happy!

So in six weeks, summer will be here.

And to think I only have two years left here at UMD.
And then 5+ years with grad school.. yeah... not going to think about that.

Anywhoo...

I feel like all my blog posts are so pointless and meaningless.

All of my posts are about complaining about everything and anything.

So here's a complaint. I tried to live a facebook free life. And I survived for 48 hours.

I have had that stupid thing for 4 straight years come this May. And really what have I accomplished? Not much, other than staring at a blank computer screen. Well I've probably ruined my eyes in the process. win.

Unfortunately it seems that at least for me, facebook is like oxygen, and how interconnected my life is to it. I would want to get a hold of someone, but I don't have their phone number, so what I would normally do? write on their wall.

If I have something really cool/interesting/lame that I'd like to show people.. I post it on facebook to share to the virtual world.

If I want to find someone? Search on Facebook.

Support a cause? Facebook.

Facebook, Facebook, Facebook.

10 years ago, facebook, twitter, and myspace didn't even exist. But today, can we imagine a life without them?

Unfortunately no. Every website seems to have a facebook link. At American Eagle if you "check in" you can get 10% off your purchase.

While I do agree that the easy exchange of ideas, causes, thoughts, and everything in between is great, and all the revolutions going on in the middle east is partly due to the fact that my, our, generation is living in the social network age, where dictators can't easily control what information they want their people to see. That is absolutely fantastic and great.

But I don't live in the middle east. I live here, in a small city in the US.

Facebook has the incredible force in my life. I find myself thinking "Oh! What a great status," or wonder why people didn't "like" that status.

When you deactivate your account, they show pictures of your "friends" and say that they will miss you?
Really? People will miss me on facebook? I have 614 "friends" but when is the last time I have talked to 600 of those friends? Never. I really don't think they will be missing me...

Seems to me, that Facebook is a necessary evil. While I complain about it daily, it has its benefits, as more and more people join everyday.

Ok, I'm done.

And you know what? Ironically, I will be posting this blog, on my facebook.

RG.