In the beginning...

... I grew up and had some of the most memorable moments of my life without facebook. Now, it seems as though one can't visit a single website without the temptation of sharing the article you just read (and found quite interesting) with your entire network of real-life friends, acquaintences, and the hot girl you don't know but befriended her just because she's hot. All it takes is a click. And I found myself sharing a lot. Videos from youtube of my newest favorite song, articles about the latest travesty born of politics, and fails. Lots of them. And then there are the countless times I've logged onto our little blue and white friend and spilled a number of drunken rants, aimed at everything from the foolishness of the state of our union, to an Incubus lyric that I found quite striking and fitting to describe the entire universe. Whatever it is, or was, I'm taking a break.

Last summer I went to the beach for a week like I have for several years now. I left my laptop at home this time. Granted, there were some laptops there, but I never touched one. Long story short, I came back from my vacation feeling incredible. I spent more time where I should have. And so began the beginning of my questioning; "Is all of this interconnection and technology good for us?" I still do not know the answer, and I don't think I'll ever know. What I do know is that I've grown incredibly bored with facebook. In a time where some peoples are using it as a tool to unite and overthrow dictators (Egypt, Tunisia, ...) .. and my 500+ friends are using it as a tool to post stati like "Ugggh. Still sick. FML,"  "I wish it were Friday. God, why can't today be over?!?," and "Look at my awesome vacation to Bermuda!" ... Well, I just don't see the point as an American in America to really care about it anymore. I've already gone through the trauma of deciding whether or not to befriend the kid from middle school that, at the time, I wanted to disembowel. And now it all seems so trivial. So, I've deactivated for now.

One last note before I post this first of many of my life without facebook: It's been a whole day now. And that's not much. But I swear it feels like the many times I've quit smoking cigarettes. Your instinct is to smoke.... to get online and post whatever rumination is fleeting through your mind at the time.... to make it all better...for a moment, anyway. And so far a day without facebook has been quite nice. I'll spare the philosophicals for later when/if I actually accomplish a facebookless period of time worthy of commentary.

So, for now, that's all I have. And yeah, I see the irony in the fact that I AM online writing a blog about this. But at least I am writing. And that is something that not many people actually do on our blue and white friend.

Until next time... cheers!
-Bonn