social networking is the devil

so we were supposed to give up some sort of technology for a day. well honestly the only thing that would be tremendously difficult to give up for a day would be my phone. and i like being able to meet up with people. so i gave up social networking for as long as i felt was necessary. and officially i made it three days.
i say officially because i made it through most of today, er sunday, however me and my good friend went to philly yesterday and i just had to post the pictures for him. and i caved. but i made it thursday-saturday anyway. :) honestly, it was just really fucking nice. the thing about social networking is that, regardless of its positive aspects, you end up wasting copious amounts of time just sitting at the computer. which is something i hate that i do. the outdoors is my favorite place to be, and talking to people is just about as effective as any drug one could take in regards to making you feel a certain way. something thats really diluted on the internet. people really are the most beautiful thing in this world. this world really is quite beautiful.
one really big bonus of doing this was i had some shit happen to me on friday. and instead of dwelling on the issue and ranting away my problems on xanga (yes, i am twelve and i still use my xanga. shut up.) i spent the time cleaning my room, doing laundry, and having two really wonderful conversations. one with someone i hadn't talked to in forever and another with a guy i had only met once before when he was sitting outside johnson in a bathrobe. not only that, but i had time to just think about things. and so instead of materializing sour memories into a quote unquote tangible record of events, i ended up cementing myself in a really optimistic frame of mind.
its not like im going to give up my facebook, tumblr, xanga, twitter, and stumbleupon from now on. but i feel like it will be nice for it not to be something i absentmindedly waste time on and automatically reach for. plus the weather is soon to be nice! so ill see everyone outside far from their computers in the coming days!