Internet uses

I use the internet for almost everything from school work, checking my work schedule, to stalking people on Facebook, and for boredom. The most popular sites that I constantly use is Facebook, Youtube, youtube to MP3 converter, Google, Yahoo, Netflix, Hotschedules (for work), and Stumbleupon. I have realized that it has become an unconscious habit of mine to automatically log onto Facebook as soon as I open my laptop. And whenever I do get off the computer, I go to check my Facebook on my crackberry (I call it that, because that's what it is). I feel like on a daily basis, I check my Facebook more than I check Sakai or Eden. Even when it's like super late at night and nobody is posting anything on Facebook, I hit refresh, and then refresh again, to see if anyone is on. Besides Facebook, I use youtube a lot, not to watch funnyass videos like "hide ya kids hide ya wife" but for music. I feel kind of guilty that I haven't bought a single song from iTunes or even bought a CD of my favorite artists. Youtube has so much power in itself - take Justin Bieber for example.. he got famous just posting videos of himself and somehow Usher saw talent in him.

I think that this generation has completely redefined ways of communication. Nowadays, it's all about networking. Networking is awesome because it's a global playground for people to connect and reconnect. However, all this craze and desire for the next better gadget is freaking me out. I mean, my friend's younger sister already has a crackberry and she's only in 5th grade!!! It's also really weird that some of my best friends' grandparents have Facebook and that I'm Facebook friends with them... although i hide everything from them. My roommate actually tried to give up Facebook for lent and that was an epic fail. I'm ashamed to say this but whenever my cell dies or if it's not attached to my hip, I feel completely naked and I don't know what to do with myself. Also, for last year's final I had to write a 15 page research paper and I spent 3 hours Facebook stalking and not even a single word was written on my paper (not even my name). So... it just goes to show - Hi my name is Joanne and I'm addicted to Facebook.