Why We Can't Live Without Facebook

Over the last three years having a Facebook profile has become almost a must. If you are not on Facebook you don't exist, simple as that. But why can't we live without it? Here are my answers to this question:

1. Because we got used to always being up to date, not just with news, but also with local gossip, who is in a relationship with whom, who went here and there, and so on and so on…

You don't have to struggle anymore with finding people who could know this and that about some random person, you just log in and check that random person's profile and spread the word. Easy, right? Stalkers! Back in the old days, you had to wait until the gossip came around, now we have, not only 'instant messaging', but also 'instant gossiping'.

2. Because we want to feel as if the world were revolving around us and nobody but us. What else could be the reason behind constant status updates about whom you had met, who had made you angry, and percisely where you'll be going in the next 'n' minutes? Still, this is not what annoys me most. For me, the winners are statuses like ':(', ':/' and 'Sad'. You'll now ask why. – Because  they are screaming out loud ''PLEASE, PLEASE COMMENT, PLEASE, ASK WHAT IS WRONG!'' and the answer is something like ''nothing'' or ''nevermind''. It seems like everything is about getting as many likes and comments as possible and with it pumping up our ego.

3. Because we want to show ourselves off. Who has nicer profile picture, who shows more skin, who has bigger boobs, nicer ass and more muscles.

A formula for girls' pictures is something like:

less clothes + more make up + higher heels + fluffy bunny = more likes

and for boys:

bigger sunglasses + shinier car + more muscles + blonder chick = more likes

I admit I'm not very good at Math, but for me this makes no sense, wheras on the other hand, it seems like everybody else understands this like 1+1=2.

4. Because we want to keep in touch with old friends, be up to date with upcoming events, because we need it to organise team-work or just pass time by playing games. With this last statement we see that Facebook really can be useful, we just tend to misuse it. A lot!

So, what do you use it for?

If I'd Known That Before...

If I'd known that before I wouldn't have..., Things would have been different now, if only I..., I wish I didn't do it the way I did... To me, all those sentences smell like regret, and I must say I don't like the stink of it at all. Why regret things you've done? At some point they were exactly what you wanted, and now you have to face the consequences, either good or bad. Letting go of the past sure is hard, but it is the only way to living the present moment happily and as fully as possible. I can't imagine how miserable one's life must be if they just keep thinking and thinking what would have been different in this case or that case, blah blah... We tend to forget that the past actions and decisions, right or wrong, make us who we are today. Everything we do leaves a mark on our personality, it is something that we will carry with us for the rest of your lives, and the sooner we accept that, the sooner we can leave nightmares and other bad dreams behind. Grab your life by the horns and don't sit on the sideline watching it pass by, busy thinking about the past. Past is past for a reason and is ment to be left behind instead of being dragged along. Here are the lyrics of a song that I like:

''If I had a chance for another try, 
I wouldn't change a thing 
This made me all on who I am inside 
And if I could thank god 
That I am here, and that I am alive 
And everyday I wake 
I tell myself a little harmless lie 
The whole wide world is mine''

(Angels and Airwaves – Rite of Spring)

If you can sing along and agree, then you are a winner.

Getting Started

For at least five years I've been trying to write something and until now it has always ended with the fifth or sixth page. I've tried fantasy and ended up complicating the story so much, I didn't even know anymore what the plot was about. I've tried poetry and realized I'm not THAT depressed and I've written a few pages of a story for children and realized that's also not a thing for me.

So, what to do if you still have the desire to write? My decision was to pour my thoughts, philosopic elaborations, feelings, emotions and anything else that might cross my mind on the paper or, to be more percise, on the computer screen via keyboard in the form somewhere between a diary and a column.