Disconnected

Today i'm going to talk about, hold on im getting a text.

Where was I? 

Oh yeah I decided i should write about.... wait let me respond to these instant messages.

SO yeah with out any further adieu, my blog about the disconnection of the online era.

When did it be ok to sit in a room full of people and not talk to any of them? Since when has it become the thing to do, to totally ignore everything else thats in your current surroundings?When did it become perfectly acceptable to say i am bored to about 15 people a day? 

Since the internet got popping thats since when.

When we were kids, those of us born pre 91 atleast, there was no such thing as bored unless you were a husky kid and didn't want to go out and play. If you got bored you would just walk down the street until you found another kid say "hey wanna play" then commence to making up a game that totally made no sense.  Not only was it healthy for the body but for the imagination.  Now all the kids are husky and have cell phones and wont even walk out side to say hi, they will just text. There is one benefit to that though, shorter hold times for people to type notes on your cell phone account when they make a mistake since everyone has been typing since they were 10 as the main form of communication. But anyway back to the real topic of discussion, how being so connected has actually made us much more disconnected.

I will start with something i do quite often. I will walk into a room full of people and before i even acknowledge them, i have to check my texts, you know gotta make sure i'm not missing any information from people i'm not anywhere near. I have never been a big people person, but when it comes to text or online i am always talking to people. Also i find my self saying "i am bored" if i am not doing atleast 4 things. If all i am doing is instant messaging watching tv and texting, I HAVE to turn on some music. We crave over stimulation, multitasking, and distraction in order to fell that our life has been filled.  Its funny how many people get offended wen i say lets go outside and play

Even as i type this i am multi tasking, created batches of contact sheets from pictures i shot today. WHICH i have to hurry up and do because they are late because this is the world of instant gratification. As a matter of fact i was quite pissed today as i drove to do the shoot and couldnt get my phones internet to pull up accurate directions in a timely manner. Ooops there's some more ims coming in. It seems as though i can't disconnect from this long enough to talk to my own brother, but he is busy typing his blog anyway. You can learn more about your friends from their blog/myspace/facebook/whateversite.com than by sitting in a room with them for an hour. Maybe its because its easier to share private information with the public than your friends? Atleast when the public judges you you can say they don't know you, eventhough they know more about you than your own parents in most cases. Someone just im'd this to me thought id share it.

ok back from the distraction

Another thing that has become practically impossible is having a serious relationship.  With the advent of the internet it is like there is an unlimited amount of easy ass for young men to chase, and ballers, rappers for young women to pursue. All just a mouse click away... or even closer if you have a web enabled cell phone.  There is now a worldwide web of sexual partners to explore instead of just people you bump into out and about at school, clubs or even church.  With that much temptation its not hard to believe that the divorce rate is fast exceeding 50%. Why settle for some cute girl from around the way when all you gotta do is get on myspace and find a mildly more attractive person with more common interest thats within a 5 hour drive?

But who am i to complain, here i am connected and disconnected at the same time. It hasnt even been a week since the last time i sat in a room full of attractive women and texted some one miles away lol