Monday, January 9, 2012

so.... these are things about my internet habits....

....I don't spend very much time "surfing" the web because, let's be real, in my free time I'd rather be taking a nap. But when I do, I always have a little routine.

First, I check my ten thousand unnecessary email addresses and  find emails that I needed to see a couple days ago. Then I pout a little about how unorganized my life is and move onto facebook, where I never write anything, other than the occasional wall post on a friend's wall. I can also keep in touch with my highschool friennds via facebook, which is very helpful. Sometimes I see that a friend  is officially "in a relationship" and I gush a little about that since it's exciting.  I also use facebook to get information. since i'm a "fan" of the mercury cafe, they let me know when extra special events are there. since i "like" the always sunny in philadelphia page, I get little blurps about when the new episodes are. I find these things  are helpful, and I would totally write down the dates and times if I could find my planner.


Thinking about it, I guess I never really absorb any information during my time on facebook, which is depressing. I skim over people's statuses, and perhaps relish them for a moment, but once I scroll further down, it pretty much leaves my mind forever. "Reading" on facebook doesn't involve any thinking. It's not like after I log out, I think whoa, that status  was very intriguing. I think I'm going to think about that for a little while longer and maybe even discuss with some of my peers. That 's much more likely to happen if I'm actually reading a novel or something.

Then I go to sites that I think are fun, like postsecret.com, a stumblupon poetry site that I really like, and AOL to read the latest gossip on the block. Then I dink around listening  to some music I like.



summary time-

writing- I do not write anything on the Internet. well, nothing of any importance.
reading- sometimes  I read articles I find on AOL news, but generally I just skim for  the important details.
watch- well of course I watch funny youtube videos and occasionally TV shows on hulu.

in conclusion-
the time I spend on the internet is basically wasted because I'm not reading or writing anything of any importance. the only exception is when I'm reading poetry blog-like things because they are awesome and help me with my own writing processes. but basically, staring at a computer screen usually ends with me getting a headache and sub sequentially taking a nap.

el fin

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