Today, we're pretty lucky with the avenues of connections and communications that are available to us. From phones to computers the world and everyone in it is at our fingertips, whether we like it or not. I will admit, I am really starting to enjoy it.
I came to Kansas to escape all that was my small private school and suburbia. I wanted nothing to do with the familiarity my friends were searching for. I wanted something new, something that no one else wanted. Now, I find myself searching for long lost friends and making those connections that I ran away from a little more than 3 years ago.
It's amazing how Facebook brought me a sense of nostalgia that I swore I'd never miss. I find myself browsing my friends and reminiscing about old times. It's difficult for me to sit at my desk and write on my laptop sometimes because Facebook seems to call my name. I've even had to take out my wireless card so that I'm not distracted Facebook is addicting.
Facebook brings a sense of freedom that some sites do not. I belong to the groups I want to belong to and I am friends with the people I want to be friends with, even if I have no idea who the heck they are. According to Facebook, I am friends with Baby Jay, Kirk Hinrich and Beer. Who knew that Beer could make its own Facebook profile, amazing for a domestic brew. Check it out and Facebook me!
Along the lines of Facebook, I've recently fallen victim to podcasts. I discovered podcasts this summer and podcasting is crazy. Apple allows me to listen to anything I want, at anytime. Don't they know that is dangerous? How's a girl supposed to get anything accomplished with this luxury around?
For me, these podcasts are dangerous this time of year. It's baseball season, and the Cardinals are in the playoffs. I've listened to almost every ESPN Radio Daily episode that mentions my home team, and I know there will be plenty more.
Just like Facebook, the podcasts allow me to choose and express my personality. One day I'm listening to country, the next it's sports. Finally I will admit that, yes, I did listen to a podcast with the Spice Girls. Who knows? Maybe one day we'll be listening to my blog, as we all know I'm better at speaking my mind than writing what's on it.
It's risky that I can decide what I want to listen to and when, but it's also invigorating. Sometimes the radio just doesn't do it and sometimes the news is overwhelming. It's nice that I can decide what my podcast of the moment is and it's nice that I can join a Facebook group that shows what interests me.
For me, to make the choice of what I want to listen to and when enables me to search out the news of the world and see more viewpoints than ever before. Without the podcasts I listen to, I may have thought that the College Soccer Championships coming to St. Louis was a rumor my dad made up. Without the Facebook group, Cardinals Fans, I wouldn't have a venue to show my redbird spirit in the land of the Royals.
I can't hold out any longer, the temptation has become too strong, on go the Ipod headphones and off I go to the world of Facebook.
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