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I have had a headache for the past two days. I keep taking medicine (which I personally think it overrated), but this persistent headache keeps coming back. Yesterday, when it was really bad, I decided I would just try turning off the light and not watch television or look at the computer. Five minutes into my decision I realized that there was little for me to do. I picked up a magazine to read, but my head hurt too much to read it. This headache really brought how much people rely on TV and the Internet to entertain them, to my attention. This includes me, so much of my relaxing life and productive life revolves around the screen of a computer or TV. Now, don't misjudge me. My days are typically filled with class, work and the gym, but when I finally get back to my apartment and sit down I immediately go for the remote and laptop. The shows I watch on TV are my source of entertainment, the websites I have on the internet (i.e. facebook) are my social contacts and the work I do on the computer is how I keep up with school. I'm always looking at the glowing screen where things are constantly moving, it's no wonder I have this headache. Here are some interesting statistics...

Percentage of households that possess at least one television: 99

Number of TV sets in the average U.S. household: 2.24

Number of hours per day that TV is on in an average U.S. home: 6 hours, 47 minutes

Percentage of Americans who pay for cable TV: 56

Number of videos rented daily in the U.S.: 6 million

Number of public library items checked out daily: 3 million

Percentage of Americans who say they watch too much TV: 49

It Happened for a Reason

“Everything happens for a reason. Every action has a reaction. Always remember that whats meant to be will always find a way to come about.”

People should live everyday with this phrase in their head. I try to, hence the title.

The world of Twitter

Xanga > Myspace > Facebook > Twitter. Since about age 12 I have never been without some sort of "networking page". While I was never on of those people who spent the majority of their time checking their page as well as other people's, I definitely jumped on the band-wagon and got whatever web page was the new 'thing'. What bugs me, is that these places (that used to be a spot for you to express yourself) have slowly become less of a blog and more of a personal tracking system - one in particular. Here is my problem with Twitter. I feel like it is basically just a society accepted, politically correct way to stalk your friends. Sometimes not even friends, just people that you've come across or met a few times. It's weird and creepy. Why would you want the internet world to know what you were doing yesterday at 5 or tomorrow at noon? "Hi world, I'm at CVS. Come find me." What boggles my mind even more is the amount of celebrities and people in the lime-light that have twitters and 'tweet' away. Aren't most of them always complaining about paparazzi and never having privacy. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't twitter seem like the wrong way to get privacy? It's becoming this whole culture, that's mentioned in TV shows, commercials and everyday exchanges. It just amazes me at how quickly this new trend was accepted and how all other social websites are curving their look to follow in the footsteps of Twitter. Maybe I'm just out of the loop, but all I know is that you will never catch me 'tweeting'. If you want to know where I am you can call.