Mindless Wanderings of an Overly Worked Brain

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

7:22 PM - Mindless Wanderings of an Overly Worked Brain


I recently stumbled across a blog by some woman who I only know by Trish. Trish takes photos and posts them on her blog daily. That's surely something I'd love to have the time to do, but haven't been able to figure out how to make a 24 hour day gain an extra three hours for a total of 27 or turn water into wine so it's not a project that I'm likely to start anytime soon. But that's not the point of my babbling... believe it or not... there might actually be a point :)

So at any rate, Trish posted the following a few days ago:

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Drama Free Zone http://trishphotoaday.blogspot.com/2007/06/drama-free-zone.html

There are certain things in life, like everyone, that I will gladly live without. Certain people surround themselves with drama and live a world consumed with petty bullshit.

I- am not one of those people.

Leave your drama at home...no one wants that stuff around. Take charge and lead a fulfilling life. Stop trying to please everyone and be selfish for a change. Stop depending on others and blowing things out of proportion.

It's been my motto for a little while now. Life becomes much more relaxed and enjoyable. We should all lead"not so big lives".

And when other people bring this kind of bullshit around...it's much easier to roll with it. It no longer will bother you.

Posted by Trish >>

One of the reasons I've refrained from 'playing' on Myspace for the last little while is that it feels like it is nothing more than a drama fest for people I so rarely if ever see. That's not to say I wouldn't mind seeing everyone. But I enjoy actually seeing people to feeling the pressure of having to come up with a witty comment or comeback in a timely manner. Ask anyone that knows me I'm horrid at returning emails and phone calls. There's just not enough time in the day... and this myspace thing becomes a time zapper. I find myself procastinating on projects that really truly should be getting done (like laundry, invoicing, and photo processing!!!).

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I also just don't get the whole myspace culture of not ever really having known you directly or intimately but wanting to be your virtual friend and the race to collect as many friends as possible. Maybe I'm closed minded. Maybe I have enough friends. No, that's not it, you can never have enough friends... but then that makes me think what makes a friend? Is it someone you see on a weekly/monthly/yearly basis? Someone you talk to every day? Someone you tell your deepest darkest secrets and moments to? Someone that makes you laugh and will hold your hand when you need to cry? Someone you share common interests with? If that's the case than myspace breaks all those rules and determines a 'friendship' simply by whether or not someone leaves you comments or knows your long lost third cousin's next door neighbor's pediatrician's secretary and adds you as a 'friend?' I mean if we're perfectly honest with each other most of us have stayed in contact with the people that we had the same interest and experiences with and still have enough in common to carry on a real time relationship with.

Maybe it's time to leave myspace and start a blogspot... I'll keep ya'll posted...