2 posts tagged “facebook”
// EDIT #2: The website Seeqpod has closed down. So, there goes my playlists, as well as access to many of the songs I picked. :-( But my Dropbox still works. // Doug, 16-JUL-2009 13:47 PST
// EDIT: I noticed the Dropbox links weren't working well, so I eliminated the spaces in the filenames and updated the links below. Let me know if you have any problems. // Doug (aka, BossaNova) 26-Mar-2009 10:32am PST
Streaming audio from my Dropbox:
- Mike Viola's "So Much Better" (1:50)
- Pizzicato Five's "Cleopatra 2001" (5:21)
- Joshua Redman's "Chill" (7:41)
Depending on how intelligent your browser is, and yet still comes up short, you might have to right-click those links above, copy the URL and paste it into your Winamp or other media player, etc.
So I'd been holding off joining Facebook for a number of reasons, none of them particularly clear. But they all boiled down to: It's so popular and popular doesn't mean it's cool, right? (see MySpace) and I'm late to the party, so should I bother coming?
When I finally did join, and got in contact with a whole bunch of high school and band friends, I realized my real apprehension was about network-socializing as myself, and not behind some username. Being behind a username gives you certain space, of course, which includes distance and a position of non-commitment. But the f-ing ironic thing is, after living behind usernames for so long, I started to worrying about others' perceptions of those usernames!
And how much of a waste of energy is that? It's like wearing a Zorro mask, thinking it's cool and effective. And then you start thinking, is it cool enough? You start doubting yourself and worrying about if other people think it's dumb and pretentious and overly stylized and didn't you know that black was so last season?
Add the fact that I don't write a whole lot and I have about 3 readers, I trapped myself in my own anxiety.
With Facebook, I am myself for the first time and strangely all worry is elsewhere. All that anxiety has for now dropped off because I am in direct (electronic) contact with people. And when you're that immediate and dare-I-say that intimate, you're doing what you are supposed to: which is giving your attention to your friends. And not, let it be said, worrying about what dozens of anonymous surfers might be thinking of your comments.
So anyway, I'm enjoying Facebook for now. The downside is I am spending all my precious Me Time on it and then some. A perfect example of how the internet is bad for addiction-prone people like myself.
There's something about this inter-freckin'-net that is exaggerating all my idiosyncrysies. You'd think a series of tubes would be harmless.
