Social Media

The wonders of modern technology. Though I have been updating with facebook, and typing away on here for a few months, I still am having trouble with the point of twitter. It's just gotten to a point where the regular "social" updates seem so self-absorbed. Does anyone out there really care that I just took out the garbage? Or that some guy is at target, or doing the dishes? Facebook makes sense to me, and as much as I hate it, to a lesser extent myspace serves the same purpose. Those people I am connected with are people who I know in my real life, away from the computer. It makes sense to me. Twitter, on the other hand, makes me feel like an egomaniac, putting my daily life out there for people to notice, or, you know, not. It's almost lonely. I understand that some people actually do know each other, and it serves a useful purpose for them to keep up with the comings and goings. But there's just so much, it seems indicative of a larger, 'look at me' kind of 'hurry up' ethic out there. Maybe I'm coming at it from the wrong direction. I can't lie, It does sort of make me feel good when I get new followers, but at the same time, it's strange that people are interested. I guess it's the same thing as blogging, but these posts are longer and it's a little more deliberate to read something like this. Ah, maybe I'm being silly. It shouldn't annoy me like it does. Maybe I just need a nap...