The e-life.
The internet, everyone knows how good it is, and how useful, and how… well… basically, its something of the next big thing after the wheel and fire, isn’t it?
I just realized how true that statement is. The internet has already become as integrated into our lives as the wheel and fire are.
Its odd, but I’m not someone who spends hours chatting to people. In fact, I rarely have conversation except to distract of absolute boredom, or chard plans of action, and its usually the latter. But these holidays, I found myself with access to the internet.
Not sure what to do with a connection, I went through the same paces of downloading music, movies, porn, etc. ran through my profiles on Orkut, Facebook, and the like. Then there was no more to do.
I mean I know the net can be used for a lot more, and I have in the past done so variously, to download articles for college, book tickets and the usual assortment of things, but this was different… I didn’t want to do more.
I just sat there, alternating between gmail, orkut and facebook, hoping someone would have something to say to me. I am not sure who, or about what, but I kept waiting. I’ve signed into gmail at least 6 times a day in the last week, and been disappointed that no one has had anything to say to me.
It is this that I find odd. That suddenly I want people to have things to say to me. I know, its always true, the ego boost of someone wanting to speak to you is pretty big, but now I was disappointed that no one did. I mean its okay to walk down a corridor and no one stop you to chat, but its not okay for no one to have written on my wall, mailed me or in some way tried to get in touch with me.
I thought maybe its because I have so few friends, then I thought, may be its because I have an attitude problem.. then I thought I should change myself, and become more amicable, so that people mail me more.
While I agree that being nicer would be better for anyone, but wanting to change just so people scrap me more? That is a little messed up… which is why I’m writing this.
I live in hostel, which means it’s a literal face book scenario, everyone meets everyone, everyday, but nothing in college has made me want to change myself… yet the net did. It’s the same group of people online that I socialize with offline too.
This sudden urge to be popular scares me, I’m not sure what’s causing it… I’ve never wanted popularity like this before, and I cant understand why its such a driving impulse. I wonder if others feel the same. Judging by the number of hours that people spend online these days, perhaps they do. And that is something else that scares me.
But perhaps when fire was first discovered it too must have been scary, as must have been the sudden need to keep warm. I mean, no one could have felt the need for warmth, until they found they could have it so easy. Or maybe the analogy is not fair, because on the one hand I’m talking about physical comfort, in being warm by a fire, and the other is a psychological one… then again isn’t cold felt, and processed by the brain… may be we could do without ACs too.
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