Q: I was talking about cyberdating, not hibernating.

I am now officially obsessed over my Habitarium. This game is like the new Farmville or some sorts of Neopets. It's crazy, as you ogle at these cute Petpetpets working their butts off to please you. All you need to do is to feed them, watch over their health, and kiss them goodnight. Okay, maybe we can scratch the last one out. But yea, it's like a chore I do every time I log in online. Sad I know. I'm beginning to believe that I'm some type of sadist. Hope it's just a phase.

Facebook is no different. I tried stalling away from the good ol’ social network for awhile and it pulls me (reluctantly so) back in. Thanks to the number of religious Facebook buddies who never seize to amuse me with their nonsensical statuses and remarkable taste in videos. Not to mention, my WMU friends are super Facebook friendly too. Seriously. They are online most of their waking hours. While they are sitting opposite you, they’d try to be funny and post a comment on your Facebook wall, wishing hard that you’d take notice and reply fast enough. I have to be apologetic most of the time for failing to meet up to their expectations. I still remembered the time BrandonD fb-ed me while he was in the cubicle down at Bernhard. Now that’s really overdoing it.

Perhaps I should take a step back into my Holistic class and learn the art of leaving technology behind (just for a couple of days). Then again, I think it would be virtually impossible, if not challenging as a rule. Honestly, I participated in that pledge during my Fall semester last year, committing to disconnect myself from the world wide web for a week. I saw the things I was missing out on, yet as the week gone by, I wanted badly (almost to withdrawal stage) to be back with the crowd once more.

I am not addicted, as a radical behaviorist may point that out to you. It is failing to adhere to a commitment. Like signing up to be a volunteer, but never actually putting time in doing it. You’d rather be at home, playing the Habitarium and laughing off with the others on what ShetaT says on Facebook.

We’re cyberhyberdating for real that we lost touch with those around us. I mean I can see my friends playing their Iphones and laptops more often now than usual. We acknowledge the fact that we’re physically in the same room, yet these devices are in the way of a proper communication process. Technology has changed the face of the generation for the worse in this case.

You know…in fact, me writing this post, is an example of committing the crime as we speak.

Just keeping it real,
Vonnie S.