So my friend Neil has given me a suggestion for a blog post, a great one it was to, I hope I can put into words my thoughts...
I remember a time when we used to spend time on the phone actually having a genuine conversation, a time when my dad used to shout at me for being on too long, a time when he shouted because he wanted to use the internet at the same time, a time when I'd rather chat on the phone that study for exams, and my mum used to scream at me for not doing my coursework. I have fond memories of chatting back in my school days, about anything and everything, proper uncensored conversations.
I couldn't tell you exactly what all I talked about back then, but that's not what's important, it is where I cemented some of my most important friendships, friendships that have lasted over 20 years, yes 20 years! This is back when a friend actually meant a friend, not someone who you met once, or someone who know's someone who knows someone who knows your bother.
On Facebook it's likely that there is someone on your friends list that you went to school with that you weren't particular fond of, and in fact if they walked past you today you'd possibly avoid them! Oh how extremely superficial, why has it become so hard to hit the decline button. People clearly put status updates on for a reaction, and you wait for a response, you get a buzz from a comment, that little red alert makes you feel worthwhile. I could be talking out of turn here, perhaps it's easy for you to hit decline, and keep your friend list to actual friends, but I know I'm guilty of letting a few slip through the net! In fact I'm probably guilty of all of the above complaints. I'm not up on my high horse preaching that I do the opposite of what irritates me about Facebook. I am merely bringing to light just how sucked into something we can easily become whether we like it or not, just to become part of the modern world.
If I had to pick one Social Network creation to stick with it would probably be Twitter, even through at first I resisted and couldn't quite understand it's appeal. To me it feels much more spontaneous, honest and observant. By observant I mean, when I see something and hear conversations that are particular interesting I love to Tweet about it, it's fast and you can spark quick fire conversations with a whole host of different people. It's a place where people come together from all walks of life to share interests, hobbies and experiences. To me Twitter seems to be more of an honest place, and I don't particularly care who is following me. It is also a great marketing tool, I have been to a number of restaurants which were great due to their presence on Twitter. I have gained a lot of photography followers and people who were involved in Marathon Training.
Life moves along so so quickly and it is very easy to get sucked into the latest sensation, but isn't it about time we thought about what we were actually doing a little more, why we are doing it, and why do we need to constantly seek approval for our actions.
Bit of a dramatic end there, take from it what you will...
Karen
Ps If all your Facebook status updates are negative, I may delete you, they depress me!
So one of my frames arrived, above it looks like I got a load of them, but unfortunately so far I only have the one, I just put different pictures in the same frame! I'm really happy with it, it's clean and simple, and the mount works really well. Only ordered the one as of yet as I wanted to see if they were any good... (I will be ordering more)!
