hourly internet consumption.

my sister and i were discussing time management the other day and we were working through her 'tv addiction'. i don't watch much tv, and she proceeded to ask me how i spend my free time. i thought about it for awhile, sure i nap and do my homework, occasionally hang out with friends & roommates, but there's more free time during the day than that. and then it hit me. the internet. and not just facebook. there are SO MANY ways the worldwide web can suck you in, for hours at a time.

restated: facebook is addicting. we all know this. ever since the 'wall-to-wall' feature has been available, stalking has been inevitable. everybody knows it.

just last night, i found this website entitled fmylife.com. i was on it for 2 1/2 hours before i finally had to forcefully shut my computer and go to bed. i warn you, do not go there unless you have a few hours to kill.

some of my blogs are off the top of my head, which is always a delight for me. but some of them take several revisions, which can also be time-consuming. as can "blog research". <--putting it that way makes it sound less lame.

my friend a-town gave up "googling" for her addiction and recovery class. my first reaction was a puzzling look, but after her explanation, it was pretty clear. "sometimes i'll sit on google for hours at a time, searching various diseases and poisons. and celebrities." i do use google as a help every so often, but it does not fall in my hourly consumption category. but maybe it does for you.

ben hanowski, a senior hockey player from my high school, is 8 points away from breaking the all-time minnesota point-scoring record in a high school career. collectively the flyer hockey team is undefeated (23-0), and is rated 2nd in state. next to our fav, st. thomas academy. not only have the boys been winning every game, they've been demolishing every single opponent. breaking into double digits is not uncommon for these goal-scoring hounds. beings that i work on tuesday and thursday nights and cannot attend any games, i spend a fair amount of time pouring over results and news articles. not to mention the blog following ben's progress, point by point. and don't forget that the all-star goalie (9 shutouts this season) is a member of the LF vespers team and also Bethel-bound. booya.

another thing that i spend way too much time doing is youtubing. last year that's about all i did. it's true, look at my GPA. it's an epidemic. [* "after i discovered youtube, i didn't work for 5 days."] i could probably write an epic blog about my fav youtube videos, and let's face it, i probably will. this morning i was looking for the disturbia music video created by that young girl that uses special effects such as: turning the light switch on and off, jumping up and down, and sweet props. unfortunately i could not find it, but i stumbled across my new obsession: boyce avenue. these guys (mainly alejandro) have their own original music, but what's more fascinating are their acoustic covers of popular songs. with the likes of disturbia (rihanna), viva la vida (coldplay), and lovestoned (justin timberlake), these covers are diverse and awesome.

* kudos if you can cite the quote.

those are my current world wide web obsessions, which mind you are completely different from last weeks.

PEACE.

[the reason that i haven't been updating my current 'book' & 'cd' is because A) i'm still reading the same book as before, and B) the fray will never stop being awesome.]