so shall

Social media is a must for today's earth dwellers.
Even household pets feel the gravitational pull of social media outlets.
Facebook, twitter, youtube, myspace, and oasis active if your looking for more than cyber friendships . Myspace is practically dead to those who later discovered facebook but still needs credit/ mention as it made a massive contribution to my generation who first made the social networking moves from msn and instant chat to myspace.

I remember the first day I got a myspace. I was about 14, yay high and like all teenagers looking for an excuse to not complete homework. I was peer pressured as are most things kids try these days and didn't understand why I required such a communication tool when msn was instant, fun and I had the power to block the unworthy conversation contributors with a click of my mousey mouse. Of course a month in I was obsessed with comparing pages, photos and number of friends; a cult was born and I was jumping up and down trying to get a glimpse of its chubby cheeks.

What seemed to be another pop trend similar to yohodiablos and pokemon continued to evolve and find relevance and proudly defines itself as a permanent resident of the now and future. Some would say social networking achieved world domination, with founders such as 'Tom' laughing all the way to the bank.

The introduction of the iphone was a bitter sweet move and fueled the growth of social networking beyond expectations. So simple to access any kind of stimuli the mind desires its hard to imagine a life without the new centre of the solar system. Thats right. More people have iphones than boyfriends. Me included.

I first noticed that I may have a slight addiction to social media when It hit me that the first thing I did in the morning after turning my alarm off was checking the essentials; words with friends, instagram and facebook to see if anything new or relevant has happened in my or anyones life since the last time I clicked to check; the moment before I closed my eyes and demanded sleep. Surely if Betty just got a hair cut it was vital that I know to continue functioning. Right?...right?? I try to justify when the constant ding alerts in the middle of the night informing me that someone liked one of my instagram photos that it is worth the interupted sleep because without the approval of such people I wouldn't really be happy. After all...we all need to be loved right?Then on my way to work I noticed that after sitting in traffic for more than 5 seconds straight, I utilised the time by finding stimuli in one of these forms. As though my mind being still and out of touch of the world for a minute would kill me just as much as a fatal accident could for follishly practising internet whilst behind the wheel. Ironic.

Such media outlets claim to 'bring people together'. I regard this highly. Social sites do bring people together who normally wouldn't have a bar of each other. But its debatable the impact social media has on society, and the pros and cons are neck in neck. People build their whole empire around the cyber world. What was once started by a bunch of guys wanting to stay connected with friends has turned into one big ball of marketing, groupies and an overload in personal information we usually wouldnt consider relevant yet alone waste 10 seconds reading. I would even go as far as saying if its not on the internet its not there at all. News breaks before the major stations even have time to pile the camera crew into the van. Hearts break as young lovers struggle to respect each others privacy in difficult times, made only worse by the publicty of it all. With a click of a button not only have you been dumped, but the whole world gets the see it as the 'no longer in a relationship' alert informs all, usually encouraging comments. Businesses make a mark on you by becoming your friend and marketing the crap out of themselves till you finally 'like' what they have to offer. An information overload. And with so much of the positive foating around, of course enters the negative. Isolation and depression act in clear contradiction to popularity and universal attention.

I can usually count my true friends on my fingers and awkwardly long toes. I like it that way. And I sort of feel that is the way the universe intends. Less is more. And safety in numbers often feels comfotable, but for the most part I end up feeling more alone than ever. The book of the face tells a story. A story of mainly unessential tit bits thrown into the sky often landing and crushing the true beauty that lies within this crazy but beautiful place. I think somewhere along the social media train ride we got comfortable and forgot to get off at the right stop. All headed in the same direction; feckless.

So here I sit at the first stage of having a problem, admitting you have one in the first place. I have to remember that while browsing through funny status updates and being a social butterfly of the cyber world, Im blinded by the Real, Often dull, but bona fide day to day functions of life. So im stuck in traffic, so I havent got anyone to talk to on the train, so im going for a walk by myself. So be it. Solitary is the beign of our existance and it isn't something worth distracting oneself from. Spending time away from such stimuli and clutter you'll find you miss...absolutely nothing of real relevance.

In other news I got a haircut. I didn't check in at the hair dresses or even express status my concern about loosing the few inches off my long mane that im so dearly attached too. Guess it wasn't quite important enough to tell the world after all. This day dreamer is from here on in going to let social media outlets often sit on the top shelf gathering dust, prefering to take on more stimulating form of enjoyment, books, television, photography, real face time with people and reading more blogs by other self confessed dreamers :)