We all Have our Addictions.
Don't we? I mean my friend Morgan's addiction is video games and Orlando Bloom. While the rest of my friends and I are addicted to yaoi (yum ^_~) The Beatles had LSD, Paris Hilton has sex, and Mary Kate ( or ashley whichever one it was) has coke and Oprah has chocolate.
T.V. shows today can't go a season without one of it's characters being or becoming addicted to something.
So it's safe to say that we all have our little vices (varying from m&m's to serious drug and alcohol problems) but I never assumed I was one of those people who had a serious addiction to anything.
Well boy was I wrong.
I think most teenagers in this day and age can say that we love the internet. I bet you anyone reading this right now spends at least 2 hours on it practically everyday. Growing up with this phenomenon-what our parents and elders consider to be new and overused like what cd's were; we the techno-generation or "gadget-generation" have taken it for granted. For us the internet is as common place as cd's, cellphones, and blow-dryers. Ironically, the internet, for older generations, is also thrown in the same category as cd's. cells and blow dryers. Believe it or not our parents did not grow up with these things. *Le Gasp!* (well most parents-you lucky kids with the young parents don't have this problem)
So it's safe to say that we all have our little vices (varying from m&m's to serious drug and alcohol problems) but I never assumed I was one of those people who had a serious addiction to anything.
Well boy was I wrong.
I think most teenagers in this day and age can say that we love the internet. I bet you anyone reading this right now spends at least 2 hours on it practically everyday. Growing up with this phenomenon-what our parents and elders consider to be new and overused like what cd's were; we the techno-generation or "gadget-generation" have taken it for granted. For us the internet is as common place as cd's, cellphones, and blow-dryers. Ironically, the internet, for older generations, is also thrown in the same category as cd's. cells and blow dryers. Believe it or not our parents did not grow up with these things. *Le Gasp!* (well most parents-you lucky kids with the young parents don't have this problem)
Now what does this generation gap result in? Parents freakin' out about how much time we spend "in front of the computer" everyday. Honestly I never really thought about it. I mean there are so many different things you can do that you never get the same affect you do with TV (which eventually bores you since it's the same thing over and over again) Parents on the other hand don't understand this. They see it the same way as the TV-sitting in front of a screen all day when you're really:
-watching videos
-blogging
-talking to friends (IMing)
-emailing (which is completely different than iming)
-myspacing which can entail:
-messaging
-videos
-blogging
-changing profiles (we all know how time consuming that is)
-and more
-facebook (pretty much the same as myspace)
-youtube:
-looking up random videos.
-messaging
-uploading videos
-profile edit
-RPG's
-Gaia Online
-Mibba
-Quizilla <--- ^ these two sites are in a whole different ball park because of their unique story poems and quizzes layout.
-blogging
-talking to friends (IMing)
-emailing (which is completely different than iming)
-myspacing which can entail:
-messaging
-videos
-blogging
-changing profiles (we all know how time consuming that is)
-and more
-facebook (pretty much the same as myspace)
-youtube:
-looking up random videos.
-messaging
-uploading videos
-profile edit
-RPG's
-Gaia Online
-Mibba
-Quizilla <--- ^ these two sites are in a whole different ball park because of their unique story poems and quizzes layout.
It takes you hours to read a book and the same goes for stories. Which you have to check up on for updates all the time. -ETC. So most teenagers know all this stuff--do all this stuff-- pretty much everyday. It's no wonder we spend hours on it. Parents assume we're zombies sitting in front of the screen becuase-not growing up with it don't realize it's varying and amazing potential.
Unfortunately they are partly right. We do spend too much time on the internet. About 2 weeks ago I had theserious misfortune of losing the internet. *Le Gasp!*
And it was for no good reason too. For some reason the computer just couldn't go on the internet -couldn't find the server. And now today it came on again for no reason. (I have a sneaking suspicion that it's been on for awhile and my sister knew about it)
At first I was in complete shock. I was desperate for the internet. I tried reloading the page over and over again. Checking back every couple of hours. That was the first day. Then the next day it still wasn't working I reloaded everyonce and awhile but assumed that something was wrong with the ISP (internet service provider) like a cable be down or something and that it would be fixed in a few days.
For an entire weekend I watched nothing but movies on my tv. (We don't have cable O.O) I added up the math and after four days I had watched the equivilent of an entire day (24 hours) in movies.
I was practically a crack addict going through detox. After another week I practically gave up on the idea.
And then today low and behold the internet is back! (Again gone for no reason and back for no reason-my mom didn't want to fix it when we're moving soon anyway) I was so happy I nearly cried. Literally. My eyes started tearing up and everything.
So what has this experiance taught me? I told my family I have no intention of ever smoking or drinking or doing marijauna (genetically I have high risk factors for addiction to these) and I do mean it but alas still a junkie am I and my drug is the internet.
I went through detox and rehab but guess what? I'm still addicted. And as far as addictions can go this one ain't so bad it can't kill me. As long as I get my fix it's all well and dandy. So don't judge me, because...
Unfortunately they are partly right. We do spend too much time on the internet. About 2 weeks ago I had theserious misfortune of losing the internet. *Le Gasp!*
And it was for no good reason too. For some reason the computer just couldn't go on the internet -couldn't find the server. And now today it came on again for no reason. (I have a sneaking suspicion that it's been on for awhile and my sister knew about it)
At first I was in complete shock. I was desperate for the internet. I tried reloading the page over and over again. Checking back every couple of hours. That was the first day. Then the next day it still wasn't working I reloaded everyonce and awhile but assumed that something was wrong with the ISP (internet service provider) like a cable be down or something and that it would be fixed in a few days.
For an entire weekend I watched nothing but movies on my tv. (We don't have cable O.O) I added up the math and after four days I had watched the equivilent of an entire day (24 hours) in movies.
I was practically a crack addict going through detox. After another week I practically gave up on the idea.
And then today low and behold the internet is back! (Again gone for no reason and back for no reason-my mom didn't want to fix it when we're moving soon anyway) I was so happy I nearly cried. Literally. My eyes started tearing up and everything.
So what has this experiance taught me? I told my family I have no intention of ever smoking or drinking or doing marijauna (genetically I have high risk factors for addiction to these) and I do mean it but alas still a junkie am I and my drug is the internet.
I went through detox and rehab but guess what? I'm still addicted. And as far as addictions can go this one ain't so bad it can't kill me. As long as I get my fix it's all well and dandy. So don't judge me, because...
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