Yup it very much is.. especially when you are half awake in your bed, sipping a hot cup of Nescafe and your brain is still facing problems with a typical "Sunday morning cold start". and ofcourse, when all this is to fulfill a "bet" you had with a friend, all that matters is to type some words that make some sense. Who cares if they don't! :D
I thought it would be fair to scribble a note on the very tool that has led me to posting this. The internet, social networking, blogging and blah blah blah!! We always hear the elders cursing it everyday and the youth worshiping it the very next moment. Though the stand on this stands divided even today, lemme sneak in my li'l not-so-important view on this.
Every era has its fad, every generation its identity.We tend to refer to that age with just that single trait tat marked it.But the kind of crusade my generation has been on, the buzzword keeps changing every other day; literally!
I can't comment much on the life preceding the last 25 yrs (thats when yours truly had come into being in this mad mad world!! :) ) But from then on, its been a bumpy ride. Television was catching on when i was busy taking my first steps. Globalization had become the war cry in India when I was still learning to spell "Apple". For me, the word globalization meant nothing more than bad grades in the dictation tests. LOL. The world was getting smaller, and then, the find of the century, computer and internet was also getting "globalized". No longer a privilege of the elite few, this magic wand took on the wings of Moore's law. The exponential growth, in technology and reach, was nothing short of breathtaking. The breakneck speed at which the Internet churned out miracles, which saw some rise and become iconic, while some just faded away into obscurity. and oh meanwhile, oblivious to all this, li'l me was growing, slowly finding my way into this world! I still remember the "oh this piece of shit is haunted" kinda look my granny gave, when she saw me on the webcam the first time and also the 5 yr old like excitement my mom beamed, when she could move the cursor of the mouse wherever she wanted it to ! That is the level of happiness and celebration these "guyz" brought into our lives. and now, finally it has arrived at the latest piece of "junk" (yeah my old fashioned aunt calls it that). "Orkut". Oops.. sorry I went couple of decades back in time. I meant Facebook..! :D (No offence Orkut but its no secret that your demise is fast approaching! )
Gone are those days, where old friends and classmates meet only on silver jubilee reunions.. Gone are those days where life is personal and not for others to peek into. Gone are those days when parents had to arrange the marriage for their kids through Matrimonial brokers. (Yup.. I know living examples who have hooked up through ORK/FB and settled down.. ). Things are changing.. and yes.. the pace is hard to imagine. I wonder if someone is keeping count of the average age of FB or Twitter users. I am sure it would have halved in just 2 years. (it would have been even lesser if not for the eager n anxious elders joining the bandwagon. ;)).
This has turned out to be an inevitable line in the checklist for daily living. The other day I heard my friend sneeze in the next room and next second I get his update on my FB "I am sick and it sucks"!!!! :) A friend was pissed when I didn't accept his "friend's request". But then how does it matter when you live just 2 blocks away and we catch up almost everyday...!! :D
And you know what the funniest part is.. I am kinda turning into one of the above. FB is indeed a virtual life. You make friends with people who you can't in real life. You stay in touch with people you could have never been with.. You can cry out loud in despair.. and you will find some jobless guy sympathizing in his "comment" ( Not tat it makes much of a difference. ;) ) You can show off the kind of amazing time you are having.. and there will be people out there to admire u! :)
This is kinda getting boring.. Both to write and read! LOL.. Guess i'll close with this observation.. With the advent of these.. Life has become two fold (the inception kinds ;) ).. One in which you are.. and another in which you wanna be...!!! Hope people don't mess it up and end up confused which one is real finally!! :D My advice : Keep a totem.. I already got one!!! :D LOL
