Finally, the Krunk has come back to blogspot! Hold your applause and change your panties, things will be ok now.
As my Earth Day resolution, I am going to try to continue writing and posting, as I have come to the conclusion that it is absolutely necessary that I do. In this age of information and connectivity, it would be unethical not to.
If you haven't detected my tone of Sarcasm, ( I tried to hint with the Bold) I admire your willingness to believe me. But alas, I am not being forthright. I am coming to a larger point which will explain my sarcasity.
Of all the blogs, of all the myspace pages, of all the facebook accounts and del.icio.us postings, how many are actually read or even viewed by more than 3 people? By now, everyone has some piece of their personality on the interwebs, 'sharing' and 'conversing' with the electronic world around them. Apparently it is common now for employers to do google searches as a background check for potential employees. The world is that faithful in the awesomeness of the internet.
Don't get me wrong, I think it is great to have an outlet for one's creativity; an ability to showcase some talent, vent some steam, voice an opinion or let everyone know how much you love "The Notebook". I just wonder how many of these people actually expect a response or even the number next to 'views' to reach double digits.
Perhaps I am not as connected into this whole realm as I picture myself being, but I feel that 99% of the personal material (i.e. myspace pages, facebook pages) go unappreciated for the amount of time put into them. Granted the majority of the content is crap no one other than the person himself/significant other care about, but it is interesting that it is all there for potential viewing.
To be honest, I have no idea where exactly I am going with this entry. It's great there is this percieved and potential connectivity througout the world and that people are trying to share themselves with the world. On the other hand, the only people that visit your pages are people that already know your favorite TV show is Heroes, know you are away for the weekend and wont be posting anything new for a week, or are related to you and could write the page themselves. It seems like this is an inherent conflict of ideas.
Then again, maybe I should look at this personal information sitting on the Net as a type of People Library awaiting my scanning and browsing. Think of a library with its thousands/millions of books and text at your fingertips. You still only go to the fiction section or the periodicals, but occasionally you might find yourself in the travel section looking at something interesting. Somebody wrote that book, and somebody shares your interest. This is the ideal connection that the personal pages offer. It may take a while to find, and many uninteresting attempts, but there's something interesting out there waiting for a mouse click and a view.
I guess my point is (and this refers back to a previous point of mine about the idea of one's own small world) that there is so so much out there; people, ideas, communities; that it may seem overwhelming. This overwhelming feeling is outside of our comfort zone, outside our familiar faces and ideas. For once, instead of checking to see if your friend has posted some new witty comment or picture, use that seach engine and try to find someone else's take on your interest, someone else's ideas and opinions. That is what this web is for, connectivity, not an electronic version of the inner circle you already belong to. Explore!
PS As this is my first posting in a while, I realize it is a bit on the preachy side but I needed a good opening chapter to get the ball rolling.
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