Do you tube too?

As well-informed and educated Americans, we all know that the Internets is a series of tubes. One of the most important of these is the YouTube.

I’m going to let that one sink in a little bit.

In all seriousness, YouTube has been an Internet staple of mine since I first discovered it in 2006. I catch myself mindlessly browsing the site for some cheap laughs and time-wasting entertainment. I am on this website daily. With 35 hours of video being uploaded a minute, I know I’m not the only one (other than the trolls, anyway).

Music, Comedy, Drama, News, Memes...

Nearly everything that you could ever want to watch is on YouTube*. The best word to describe this website: random. I watch videos on related video lists just because I can. Because of this, 5 minutes of browsing turns to 15, 15 minutes turns into 40, and all of a sudden, I look up at the clock to find out that I have wasted 3 hours of my life. Guilt sets in with depression soon to follow. I then distract myself with a video of two bunnies in cups because really, who could be sad after watching that?

That's right: only Dallas Cowboys fans.

With so much traffic on this website every day, does it make you wonder about the world?

…No? I didn’t think so. Here are some links to videos that are important for your soul:

Artistic Representation of Misogyny in Society

Child Prodigy's Ukulele and Singing Demonstration

Beautiful Rendition of Nickelback's "Photograph"

Mind-blowing Martial Arts Demonstration

A Touching Moment between a Girl and her Dog

The Russian who Single-handedly Ended the Cold War

A Man who can Change your Worldviews in Seconds

How to Seduce Anyone of any Gender

...and there are so many more videos to be watched! Why are you still reading this?!



*Go to Netflix and Hulu for Movies and TV shows.

Completely Infuriating

Lazy Sunday...Sort Of.

I have a Sunday routine. My roommate and I get up. Go to church. Go to lunch. Go back to our room. Turn on whatever football game is on at the moment [preferably Colts or Bears (<--her choice, NOT mine)]. Pull up my live Fantasy Football Fantasy Cast on espn.com. Yell at the television and computer screen like a crotchety old man. Do homework. And then, my shameful vice, check Post Secret. Now, besides the first on the list, none of these activities occur at a specific time any given Sunday, however, they always happen. Same thing. Every Sunday.

Ever since my discovery of Post Secret last year, I have been checking it almost every Sunday. I'm not sure what this says about me. Do I feed off of others' drama and secrets? I hate people like that! I hate people that need drama in their lives to be happy. I'm definitely not one of those people. However, I think that Post Secret provides for people (whether they're brave enough to send in their own secret or not) an opportunity to know they're not alone in whatever trials or tribulations they're experiencing. An opportunity to laugh hysterically, get a bit choked up, or blush in front of your parents.

It's like a giant support group. With pictures.

Post Secret is a vice, but also an inspiration. I feel more connected to people that I don't even know. It makes me think about things, people, and situations differently - more deeply.

It is yet another way in which technology gives us the opportunity to become smarter, think outside the box, and possibly develop an overall passion for the human race!

GO FRANK!

last night, i was stumbling...

stumbleupon.

go there. now. download the browser bar.
and brace yourself for yet another reason to waste time on the internet.
or is it really wasteful?

stumbleupon allows users to browse the internet specific to their own personal interests. this website provides a LONG list (complete with checkable boxes) of topics/interests/genres/themes/things that you can choose to narrow down your search. if after a day of stumbling, you decided that you're sick of cats (you wouldn't even believe how much cat stuff is on the internet), you can go back and uncheck that box!


and after making your interests known to the lovely people/machines/technology at stumbleupon...let the addiction begin.

with the click of a button ("Stumble!"), you're off! warning: this may end up being a few hours.

several (cough cough, carr) would argue that the internet is negatively impacting our generation, and generations to come. however, stumbleupon gives everyone with access to the internet, the opportunity to stimulate their mind, and perhaps discover new things about areas they're interested in...or not (hence, the thumb's down button). i've discovered things and places on the internet that i had no idea existed; nor would i have ever figured out without the help of this website.

a very minuscule selection of my stumbling results over the last few days:

sharpie decor
historic facebook
faraway places
buying things dressed as a bank robber!
SUPER COOL!


although this website is somewhat of an addiction and a vice, what i find on stumbleupon inspires me to travel. to be a better person. take pictures. cook. laugh. create. it never ceases to be intriguing, and sometimes, surprisingly educational. go see for yourself.