I am caught again. This time its not the telly that I was so addicted to as a teen. With time I have grown out of it. Suprisingly from one trap to another - its the internet now. Well whom can I blame but myself. So I realize that am spending an increasing amount of my time on the net. Clearly there are similarities and differences between the two. But the bottomline is neither is "really" exciting.
Like dope this gives me a high. I look at the screen endlessly , surfing from one end to the other and yet getting nowhere. Television was fantasy and I viewed it to escape it all , internet is worse - its fantasy involving me. So am a part of it all and yet apart from it all. Escapism turning virtual, sometimes funny , sometimes scary and occasionally real. Like dope it also gives me a hangover and leaves me with a craving ,wanting for more.I am turning into a net-o-holic.
Interactivity , involvement and blah blah...The jargon that talks of new media and its merits is taking it all to a newer level. It is the creation of a virtual world. So as I wake up I put the radio on, On till I get to office. Then am looking at the PC all day long; get back home radio still on and finally fall asleep looking at the TV screen or surfing the net. And yes there is also a dash of reading that I do alongside all this.Real world , real friends , real people - do they exist, I wonder sometimes.Media is becoming the way of communicating even with people living under the same roof. After all my blog does give a better insight into me then my talks. I dont know how many of you feel the same . Somehow this bridging the distance is also creating greater distances.
Multifaceted multitasking youth doing multiple things - did I hear a whisper about power of concentration - I guess that's passe.
TV or internet doesn't matter much. But the bottomline sadly is am still a couch potato somewhere craving for the real.
1 comment:
can relate to it!
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