My friend just became a lesbian after giving up on men. I know she had an attraction to both sexes, but recently she's been exclusively into women. I wonder if we should all take the same route. Hmm...How can someone find their so called soul-mate in today's world? With MySpace, Facebook, Hi5, and dating websites and so on I feel like the fun of meeting people has been watered down. Whatever happened to meeting people at a bar or on the subway. A month or two ago my friend told me that she met a random stranger because he had lost his phone. They had a conversation for 4 hours outside her apartment. They're friends, nothing more. Even just meeting new people has become so much harder. The world is in such a disconnect. If you say hi to someone on the street or simply smile at them you're immediately deemed a creep or 'weirdo'. There was a time people used to know their neighbors and who they lived next to. I haven't met one person from my apartment building in the 5 years I've lived here. Doesn't that strike people as strange? Everyone is so focused on their Blackberry and the newest game or application they can download to their iPhone. I don't have dinner on a table anymore with my mother, instead we both sit on our respective couches with our laptops in front of us and the T.V. on eating off our laps.
I remember there was a blackout in Toronto a few years ago, resulting in no T.V., internet, radio, nothing. It was only then that my brother, mom and I sat around and actually had a deep conversation. Is that what it takes to bring people together? A blackout? I feel like it would do our world good to live without our phones and computers for a day. Ofcourse there are two sides to any argument and I wouldn't be blogging with out the internet. I'm simply stating anything in moderation is good. We, however, have gotten so out of hand with the techonolgy and how it controls our lives.
I'm ranting now. I'll stop. Stopping.
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