Living Life in the Fast Lane

Bluemem#7-Living on the Internet?

The college application process. It’s not a memory that I particularly enjoy looking back on. I applied to 29, yes 29 schools. I think its safe to say that my senior year in high school was one of if not the most stressful year of my life. The only good thing about the whole process was going home to acceptance letters everyday. So why am I choosing to write about college? Well I watched the Social Network for the second time in my english class a few weeks ago and the setting of that movie made me reminisce on my first year in college. 

            During my first year in college I remember how excited and I was to finally be on my own and way from my overprotective family. I also remember how addicted I was to sharing everything that was happening in my life on the internet more specifically Facebook. Whenever I was in class, on my way to work, on my way to a friends dorm or writing an essay, I always had to take 1 to two minutes of my time to document what I was going to do on Facebook. It did not matter what the situation was, if I had a lot of work to do or if I was falling behind on homework in classes, I always felt the need to tell all my “friends” on Facebook what was going on instead of just sitting down and getting my work done.   

During the movie the Social Network the character Sean Parker made the comment that “We lived on farms, then we lived in cities, and now we're going to live on the internet.” After reading this comment and looking back on  my freshman year I realized how true this statement really is. It seems to me that Facebook overtook my life during my freshman year and I really did live on the internet. If someone wanted to reach me or ask me question all they needed to do was sign onto to Facebook and nine times out of ten I would be on ready to talk. It was also the same situation for a lot of my other friends. I could easily walk over to their dorms to talk about how stressed I am or discuss a confusing homework assignment, but we would always just talk over the internet instead. If I wanted an update on someone’s life, instead of just calling them, I would just go on their Facebook page. Yeah Facebook pretty much over took my life freshman year, but thankfully I learned to control my addiction by sophomore year (or at least I think I do).