new slang words

Hey World,

So I was introduced to the term 'Digital Dating' today. Apparently this has been a term since at least December when MTV aired their Anti-Digital Dating campaign 'A Thin Line". How did I miss this? Have you all heard of it? It apparently deals with the problems that come with sexting and picture messages. Sending a topless pic to your boyfriend you trust so much will 99% of the time be shown to his friends as well. So okay this is a bad idea. But I really like the term Digital Dating.

Since we are becoming a society of tech gadgets I think its very fitting. The commercials say 1 and 5 relationships starts on Match.com or E Harmony or another social dating site. They should be using Digital Dating here! How did you meet? Oh we started Digital Dating back in January. I love that! I think it should catch on!

On another note, this term came about because teens, mostly girls, were experiencing abuse and harassment in middle and high school when their boyfriends would 1) control their phones by checking them and 2) show sexts and naked picture messages to their friends. We all know how teenagers are and its easy to believe that a dirty text or naked photo would circulate through even a large high school very quickly. We are a people far too interconnected to eachother. Twitter, facebook, myspace(does anyone still use that), phones, bbm, everything! Its so hard to become disconnected from the world.

Are we heading towards a spiral of bad events when everyone we know knows everything about us? I even find it far too easy to find things about the cute guy in class I have never met but know his first name and fraternity he is in. I can know within 6 minutes that he has 2 little brothers, his mom is a dentist, his dad a lawyer, originally from NY, moved here when grandma got sick, he studies mechanical engineering and works at olive garden as a server on weekends. All from seeing letters on his shirt one day.

Where does this end? Should it? What do you think....

thanks for reading!

the first day of the rest of my life

Today I became an adult. I now work 830-530 and was the first one in my office this morning. I realized quickly how much coffee is needed and why it is the second largest traded good in the world. I have been here for two hours now and have read an employee handbook and began paperwork for health insurance and other benefits.

However... This only happened after I tuned in to my lady gaga Pandora radio channel and danced around the office alone to "wake up". I'm fooling myself, I am still tired, I'm just happier. So I realize, I have at least 40 years of working and possibly sitting in an office up ahead of me so in order to wrap my head around that I think I will start every morning with an office dance party. It helps I will always be here alone for an hour or so... but still, everyone could benefit from a morning giggle or two.

I still would rather be her..


But I will be okay just starting my morning off positively.

When does it end?

Hey World,

If we look back in history of why our founding fathers came to America, and why they established a free people, we will see that they believed all men were created equal. That all people deserved a place to live free from harsh restrictions. Thats why they left England, so they could live how they saw fit. This general principle is losing its way in our current society. Four US teens have taken their lives in the past few weeks because they were not allowed life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They were all gay, and all harassed because of it. Here are their stories,

13 year old Asher Brown shot himself in the head after being persistently harassed by his school mates.

15 year old Billy Lucas hung himself after years of harassment because of his sexuality

13 year old Seth Walsh hung himself after abuse for being gay from his peers

19 year old Raymond Chase hung himself as well, though it is not sure he was bullied.

This has gotten completely out of hand though. When 4 teenagers feel that their life is so miserable that they can not see the light at the end of the tunnel and choose to die rather than to live.

Please, please, please, show the people you care for that you love them. If you have a friend who is stuggling with their sexuality, self image or anything else, realize that this is when they need you most.

thanks for listening,