After checking in at EARTHQUAKE on Foursquare, calling my loved ones, making sure that my iPhone was still working – I decided that we needed to raise some money for a relief fund. I consulted my work friends – we are so generous. Here is the email chain:
We are all going to hell.
**Not that we are making light of Haiti, we just thought the earthquake was super funny.
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Popular loneliness; psychologists are identifying a growing number of women who feel this way – am I part of this demographic? Yes, I’m enveloped with Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and my blog (personally and with work accounts) – I use them all day, everyday. Between all 3 accounts I follow thousands of people – all with whom I engage. My iPhone never turns off (mainly because my alarm won’t go off without the device being on), it sits on my night table all night.
I fall asleep by perusing Twitter streams, checking Facebook updates and reading news stories, sadly I wake up to the exact same scenario. Instead of this implying popularity, studies are saying that this is, in fact, leading to loneliness. Our blogs/tweets/Facebook statuses are followed by thousands of people and I suppose this temporarily makes us believe that we have plenty of friends – often times I forget that most of the people I talk to online don’t give a fu*k about me for real. The disconnect from IRL interaction is becoming prominent for a lot of people. Yes, there are tweetups and meetups but these are just social gatherings (often a chance for people to gloat about how great they are) and they don’t really give an opportunity to make friends. On one hand, it’s so great to see so many young superstars busting their asses to network where/whenever they can – but there’s got to be a line drawn and a time where real friends and real conversations develop. I’ve enveloped myself with building my online presence, conversely I’ve ignored many of my real friends – and I’m feeling it now. They rarely include me in plans to party every weekend (which suits me fine because frankly, King West is too snide for me anyway) but it does feel weird to be so out of the loop. It’s hard to explain to them how important social media is to me since they still have no idea what Twitter, nor do they realize the monetization that comes from using Facebook as a marketing tool. Sadly, they’re still the girls who post party pics every Sunday night and update their statues with ‘THAT WAS A DAMN FUN NIGHT!!! SO HUNGOVER!! LOVE MY GIRLS!!!’ 
It’s not always the case that the more followers or friends you have translates to the more popular and happy you are. While some status updates are super lame – there are some that truly can illicit envy. The worst thing is to see a group of people talking about an event – one that you weren’t invited to. I sometimes find myself feeling super bummed and wasting time trying to figure out how I can be included. Is this weird?
I suppose it’s all about equilibrium – we need not get so caught up in one part of life and neglect another. Friends are understanding, but to an extent. And while social media people seem to be your friend, chances are it’s a temporary thing – though I have met some really great people who I now call friends. The reason I chose to write about this topic is because I came across it in UK Cosmopolitan and I felt like it was something that we all deal with – am I wrong?
xo
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Last week the Polaris Music Prize announced their long list – most of the 40 albums are ones I would have chosen. Crystal Castles (II) was on the list as well. The duo released their latest video for Celestica – and while I was trying to find Pitchfork’s embed code – I couldn’t – alas, here is the YouTube version.
The rain continues to fall and the humidity continues to ruin every girl’s hair – what could make this situation even worse… mean drivers.
I turned out of a lot and a van switched lanes at the same time (very close to me), he started honking, and proceeded to try and scare me by pretending to cut me off. This dude has no idea that I’m not concerned with his scare tactics since I know he wouldn’t want to get into an accident at 7am. I continue my way and we approach a light where he then cuts me off and I have to brake super hard to avoid hitting him – guh. Rather than honk and swear and do any of the other crazy things that road raged drivers would do, I sat there, turned up my music and continued on my way. A few minutes later, I had crazy thoughts of getting out of my car at the next light and smashing his windows – alas, I didn’t have the chance.
I love my puppy.
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I started the morning off listening to Born Ruffians – Say It is an album that I cannot stop listening to. ‘What to Say’ is my favourite track on the album hence the post.
So, the rain is so super sucky – I had my wellies on with jeans and a plain sweater but decided that I’d much prefer to wear my Louboutin pumps (which proved to be a silly idea since it got quite slippery outside).
Last week was a busy one – AUX TV was out in full force for NXNE this year. I couldn’t believe the presence we had on the streets in comparison to last year, not to mention that we are now broadcasting on Shaw!!
I’m supposed to eat cupcakes with Abby tonight but she sent a text letting me know that she won’t go if it rains – guh, I suppose I don’t blame her!
Happy Tuesday!
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