Facebook

        Facebook: one word, eight letters, my life story. I've never really been interested in the internet until the 9th grade. I've always been this little nature child who walked barefooted outside with barely any clothes on, talked to animals, and climbed trees. But since I moved to SIS, I've become more.. how do you say: civilized? Yes, more civilized, indeed. 

        Now, all I do is go to school, use the internet, eat, and sleep. I occasionally do other things, but it's not so common. I think Facebook is a huge reason for my distraction at school. I'm serious about this; every time I get online, I must go in Facebook. If I don't, I'll feel like something's missing, and that I just can't do anything else until I've seen my notifications. This prevents me from getting any work done for my classes.

        Facebook is like a disease. It's a disease to the mind. I swear to trees, (because I'm an atheist) Facebook is a disease. It's contagious, too. Many people who already have a Facebook encourage others with none to create one. The reason for this is because people with Facebooks want to have more friends and they want the care-free knowledge that they have a friend that they can reach at any time of day. 

        So, this whole thing started when I went to Peru in 2009. Every one of my friends had a Facebook, and I wanted one as well (just because I felt so left out just using Myspace). I created one, and I added every friend that I could find at the moment. You see, the thing about Facebook is that when you don't have one, you wonder to yourself: "why are these people so obsessed with Facebook? I mean, there's nothing special about it." When you actually get a Facebook you think: "eh, there's nothing exciting about this..." and you can go weeks without checking it. But after a while, you'll get used to the whole Facebook thing and start going all-out. You'll go coo coo for Facebook! You'll become some obsessed person who can think of nothing but: "do I have a notification?!" 

        The worst part is when you know you have notifications, but you just can't check them because of complications (bad internet connection, family-day-out, or just being in the car). You're always gonna be eager to find out whether you'll get a notification or not, or if you have a new friend request or what type of drama is going on on your news feed.

        I kind of regret getting a Facebook sometimes, only because I think that if I've never created one, I would actually have a life. A life where I'd have less worries. You don't know how much of a burden Facebook is to me. It's super addicting, which why it's so hard to let go. You can't just forget about Facebook wholly, one you've had one.