Okay, so I got a facebook account. From what I can tell, it's like Twitter on a computer instead of a phone. It is like many internet places: short, temporary input from a lot of people, without any real dialogue. Now, Facebook is kind of cool, especially when someone from long ago connects, but more than anything it just seems like a busy place for idle chatter...IRL, I wouldn't necessarily hang out in such a location, you know? Too much noise, too much small talk. I mean, why is there a notice about a 15 year old girl whom I knew 10 years ago, eating a strawberry sundae? And why am I reading about it on my home page? Forgive me. I'm feeling cranky about it, is all.

I fear that, with a rare exception or two, the internet isn't a place for indepth anything. I'm almost to a point of using it only for research, and never mind about really getting deep into any exchange of ideas. To tell the truth, I think the internet has demolished our attention spans (I know it has, mine) and made us into consumers of sound bytes (or text bytes) incapable of reading three consecutive paragraphs or comprehending the ideas behind what we read. Even my own blog entries don't deeply explore the ideas...because my attention span has been so drastically reduced, I can't even follow my own train of thought to bring anything unique to the table. Well, usually. I've gotten out of practice for really thinking, and Facebook isn't going to be conducive to it, either.

It will turn out to be another distraction, keeping me from doing the work of the Kingdom. I better be careful.

still...it would be cool if that old high school friend did accept my friend offer. Wonder what he's been up to...living in Japan now...cool.