Have you ever thought about how much of our lives we spend on our phones/ social media or how much we actually depend on things like twitter to tell us if there is a snow day or something like that?
I know i'm totally guilty of being basically obsessed with my phone and keeping all of my social media up to date. But honestly, there are so many things we could be doing.
Almost every morning I wake up, instantly grab my phone, then lay in bed and catch up on everything I missed in that eight-ish hours I was asleep. I stay on my phone, in bed, for atleast fifteen minutes after i'm supposed to get out of bed then I complain that I am running late EVERY SINGLE MORNING. I'll bet you, and I know i'm not the only one who does this, that if I just got up and left the phone alone until I was all ready for school I would have time to get everything done and maybe even eat some breakfast.
Another thing is that personally I find out so much things from the internet that I could easily find myself but i'm to lazy too and it's right in my palm. Half of the time I probably wouldn't even know the weather but I do simply because I can either look at my weather app or look on twitter because I gaurantee someone has tweeted about it.
Also, snow days. Literally everyday in the Winter that I know it snowed/ is snowing I go straight to twitter first to see if anyone has tweeted about a snow day or delay, and again, I know i'm not the only one because I always see tweets like " LOL wouldn't of known about this snowday if it wasnt for twitter."
But also, not having a phone or any access to the media is the best most relaxing thing ever, sure you may feel out of the loop at the time but in the long run it's probably for the better. Every summer I spend weeks at a Summer Camp and phones aren't aloud and it's awesome cause all your attention can be on what you are doing and not what everyone else is doing and you are " forced" to have face to face interaction.
I feel that our generation is so dependent and obsessed with media and the newest technology and sometimes we may just need to take a break.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Do it for the Vine
Vine is one of the "newer" social media out there in the social media world. The reason for the quotation is because it really isn't that new but it's just now making its mark and becoming a thing. For those of you who don't know what Vine is, it's basically instagram but with videos only that are about seven seconds long. Vine is great for everyone, my highschool newspaper has one, it's a quick and fun way to get news out, a lot of peope make Vines for comedy purposes, you really find vines of everything. There is also a lot of trends I've noticed on Vine recently, for example:
The first one is the "Grind on Me" Vine. Personally, I'm really not a fan of this one, like isn't it awkward for you guys to ask your friend to tape you basically humping the ground. Basically, what this Vine is is boys "dancing" to the song Grind on Me, and by dancing I mean doing this weird handstand worm thing to the ground then basically humping the ground, eww it just grosses me out.
There is also one similar to the "Grind on Me" one but for girls, weird I know... not. I also think this one is just dumb and a way for girls to get attention. This one is called the " Don't Drop that Thun Thun Thun" basically girls just do this little dance number where they twerk and shake their butt then post it on the internent. I guess i'll never understand the purpose of this.
Then there is the basic " #Remake" Vines. These ones are mainly when people remake other peoples Vines because they are usually funny or they just really like them I guess. I don't really have problems with them, I mean they are usually pretty funny. When I start to have a problem is when every single person i follow remakes or re-vines the exact same vines and fill up my timeline.
Also, believe it or not there are people out there who are Vine "Famous". They become famous by just posting a lot of vines who appeal to a wide audience of people. Then people revine their videos and then they get more followers, it really just goes on and on. I know there are a lot out there and sorry if I dont mention yours but i'm going to mention my two favorites.
My first one is Tasia Alexies because she doesn't care what people think and she is so funny and wierd like me. I like her vines because usually it's her saying some totally ridiculous thing we all know is true but would never be brave enough to say on social media or her vines include her crazy dad who is just like her and doesn't care. Basically, they're just a really funny family.
My second one would totally have to be Zach Cooper. Oh my goodness, first he's very attractive and two he's so sweet. He works with kids who have down syndrome and he always post really cute and fun vines with the kids he works with. I just feel like he's an inspiration to a lot of people and he has a very big heart.
I actually really enjoy Vine there are just some things that need to go.
The first one is the "Grind on Me" Vine. Personally, I'm really not a fan of this one, like isn't it awkward for you guys to ask your friend to tape you basically humping the ground. Basically, what this Vine is is boys "dancing" to the song Grind on Me, and by dancing I mean doing this weird handstand worm thing to the ground then basically humping the ground, eww it just grosses me out.
There is also one similar to the "Grind on Me" one but for girls, weird I know... not. I also think this one is just dumb and a way for girls to get attention. This one is called the " Don't Drop that Thun Thun Thun" basically girls just do this little dance number where they twerk and shake their butt then post it on the internent. I guess i'll never understand the purpose of this.
Then there is the basic " #Remake" Vines. These ones are mainly when people remake other peoples Vines because they are usually funny or they just really like them I guess. I don't really have problems with them, I mean they are usually pretty funny. When I start to have a problem is when every single person i follow remakes or re-vines the exact same vines and fill up my timeline.
Also, believe it or not there are people out there who are Vine "Famous". They become famous by just posting a lot of vines who appeal to a wide audience of people. Then people revine their videos and then they get more followers, it really just goes on and on. I know there are a lot out there and sorry if I dont mention yours but i'm going to mention my two favorites.
My first one is Tasia Alexies because she doesn't care what people think and she is so funny and wierd like me. I like her vines because usually it's her saying some totally ridiculous thing we all know is true but would never be brave enough to say on social media or her vines include her crazy dad who is just like her and doesn't care. Basically, they're just a really funny family.
My second one would totally have to be Zach Cooper. Oh my goodness, first he's very attractive and two he's so sweet. He works with kids who have down syndrome and he always post really cute and fun vines with the kids he works with. I just feel like he's an inspiration to a lot of people and he has a very big heart.
I actually really enjoy Vine there are just some things that need to go.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Adults, GIVE US SOME SPACE!
I think this is a topic all of us teenagers can agree on... Why are our parents on every single social media now?!?! I get that they want to keep in touch with old friends and family, and that's cool but please keep it on your account and don't watch mine like a hawk.
I'm not even one that posts bad things but it's still kind of like, GIVE ME MY SPACE! First, I got a Facebook and I was still in middle school so I kind of had to let my mom be friends with me, I didn't know being friends with your parents lead to being friends with every single person they know!
I'm more than happy my parents aren't the ones to post/ comment on everything I post like some of my friends parents do. It's so embarrassing, but I guess that's their "job" right?
After Facebook, came Instagram. My mom AND her friends again followed me on this site too. I guess a plus to it is that they like all of my pictures, I mean everyone likes those likes. The annoying thing is when they constantly ask you about the pictures you post, for example, " OMG! Who is that boy? Are you dating?" NOOOOOOOOOO. Just because I post a picture with someone of the other gender does not mean that we are dating, by that logic I would have like 17 boyfriends or something.
Adults asking you about your posts brings me to my next social media, Twitter. Twitter is a place to post what's going on with you, maybe some jokes, and sometimes you might post song lyrics. My mom doesn't "follow" me on this, and those quotation marks are because she still twitter stalks me and asks, " I saw your tweet, what's wrong?" Oh, you saw it? CAUSE YOU STALK ME. And, no nothing is wrong those would be well known lyrics to a song, I am fine.
The worst is when they start adding your friends, because they don't want them to watch what they're doing especially if their parents aren't watching them already, then they feel bad for "blocking" them or "declining" their follow requests. Now, I'm not trying to rant about adults on media ( but I kind of am), I mean cool you can have it. Just, PLEASE give the kids some space! All, I'm asking is for one, just one, social media site I can have that isn't constantly being watched.
I'm not even one that posts bad things but it's still kind of like, GIVE ME MY SPACE! First, I got a Facebook and I was still in middle school so I kind of had to let my mom be friends with me, I didn't know being friends with your parents lead to being friends with every single person they know!
I'm more than happy my parents aren't the ones to post/ comment on everything I post like some of my friends parents do. It's so embarrassing, but I guess that's their "job" right?
After Facebook, came Instagram. My mom AND her friends again followed me on this site too. I guess a plus to it is that they like all of my pictures, I mean everyone likes those likes. The annoying thing is when they constantly ask you about the pictures you post, for example, " OMG! Who is that boy? Are you dating?" NOOOOOOOOOO. Just because I post a picture with someone of the other gender does not mean that we are dating, by that logic I would have like 17 boyfriends or something.
Adults asking you about your posts brings me to my next social media, Twitter. Twitter is a place to post what's going on with you, maybe some jokes, and sometimes you might post song lyrics. My mom doesn't "follow" me on this, and those quotation marks are because she still twitter stalks me and asks, " I saw your tweet, what's wrong?" Oh, you saw it? CAUSE YOU STALK ME. And, no nothing is wrong those would be well known lyrics to a song, I am fine.
The worst is when they start adding your friends, because they don't want them to watch what they're doing especially if their parents aren't watching them already, then they feel bad for "blocking" them or "declining" their follow requests. Now, I'm not trying to rant about adults on media ( but I kind of am), I mean cool you can have it. Just, PLEASE give the kids some space! All, I'm asking is for one, just one, social media site I can have that isn't constantly being watched.
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