As spring break comes to a close and I've read some blogs here and there, I've realized something, no matter what social grouping one fits into, there are always people who believe that they are better and, ultimately, different. These people find some way to share it. With the "indie" kids this way is blogging. They do this without directly claiming their superiority (who would do that? no one is dumb enough to actually do this), but rather through their language and their witty humor, that isn't as witty as they think. Generally the posts talk about how some stupid fad on Facebook is sweeping the web and how if you participate you are nothing more than a tool. Reading blogs like this (and interacting with these people) put me in a sour mood and the thought has crossed my mind, on occasion, to write a counter blog post to one I see, even if they would never see it. And each time I have the urge to write about it I realize:
Would I not be doing the same? So, because I realize I am a tool, I cannot help but to follow the trends of society, and I will not ever achieve having a career with more meaning than a job where I sit in a carpeted box typing all the day long, I am writing a post explaining that, I am average, insignificant, and too stupid to even know that I am.
Let me start by listing my wrong-doings:
- I actively participate in the online community of Facebook
- I like taking photographs, and therefore I am a photographer
- The music I enjoy is so main stream that it was popular in the 1700s, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and, dare I say it, the great period in music known as the 21st century
- I enjoyed Across the Universe thoroughly
- I've read all the Twilight books, and own them too
- I buy my clothes from the mall and have far too many shoes
- I don't find obscure music always wonderful
- I enjoy the Killers
- I drive a SUV thing
- etc.
- ...
Beginning with Facebook, and why I just like the general population when it comes to social networking: Since I became of age (about 7th grade) to get into social networking like MySpace, Xanga, LiveJournal, Bebo, Facebook, Gaia, etc. I had one. There was this cute girl, who had a LiveJournal, and I did what any other, normal, predictable boy would do: I got one of my own. Essentially I tried so had to interact with this girl, through whiny post about how my life sucks or my parents hate me more than other parents hate their children. I guess that's waht LiveJournal is for. Then I met some great people who had Xangas and well, I jumped on that bandwagon. Where I whined some more and my parent saw it and I started a new on to whine more. Facebook, though, what could be better than a facebook? It was like myspcae, but for people who existed and weren't losers. And I sure as hell didn't want to be a loser, so I did what everyone else did, I got myself one. And, from there, I whined (and still do) about how my life sucks, or something. I did those chain notes, eager for attention from those I look up to, carefully crafting my examples into fireworks (or something on the other end of the mood scale, like blood or something...). If there is something one can learn for this, it is that ALL social networking sites are for tools, who wish to get attention, be accepted, and well, be normal. They are all the same and I am not any more special than the girl who whines about her boyfriend in her status one minute and tells us of her undying love the next.
Maybe I'll write about picture and because I like them I am, in turn, a full blown photographer. Yep, I will. :D So what person doesn't like to shoot a few pics here and there with their nifty, pointy and shoot 8 mega-pixel digital camera? I know I do. I take pictures of my friends, my cat, may friend's cat, that scraggly dog down the street, some trees, maybe snow on those trees, I take pictures of my eyes, and my friends' eyes... Get the picture don't ya? And I even get good pictures sometimes. Therefore, I am a good photographer, I don't look at other's pictures I just know mine are better. And well because I wanted to be nifty and retro (like thrift stores and techno) I decided I'd take a class on black and white film photography. This would boost my coolness factor, I was sure. So I took tons of pictures, and I even got second place in a little contest we held. I've even upgraded to SLR (both digital and film) just to boost my novelty factor. And I continue to take picture to this day, but really am I a photographer? Hell yes, I take pictures and lost of 'em, and some even turn out nice.
I am far too lazy to explain more of the reasons why I am just like everyone else. Maybe I'll do more later. In conclusion (for now) even this post proves that I am like the font 'Helvetica,' I do not stand out, I am the same, I wish to be clean and accepted, and just like the rest of the people in the world. My failed attempts to be humorous and the sarcasm, the I pushed too hard, show that I am a tool.
