I'm Far Beyond The Point of Faking Enthusiasm

Oh So It's All About Money????

Why do folk always say "If so and so isn't paying my bills or if they aren't getting me a check they don't matter...."

Why do we always elect to sound so cold and business like as if we dont live based on feelings just as much as material gains. You gonna really act like people without ANY financial ties to you haven't impacted your life in some manner?

That stuff sounds good for the Internets but we know better.....

Changes will be made in the 1st Month

Changes will must be made in this first month of the year. It has become very clear to me that to become "better" at what I desire to do I must shake up certain aspects of my being. Characteristics that make me who I am also play into why certain things happen to me. If I let certain infractions slide and carry on it Feb. then they stand a great chance of carrying over through out the year. I can't allow this.

I will cut out much of the emotion and feelings to get to the core meanings.....

Hype vs Reality pt 2

I guess you can call this the continuation thought from this previous post. You see in many of my "hype" situations there is a element of overcoming the past when it involves people that I've known or situations that I've been in before. So part of the hype is that ok THIS time what would have happened and should have occurred previously will now happen. Truthfully, I rarely does. But I think the difference with that now is that I don't really have the time or interest to put into people who have repeated the same infractions repeatedly. In regards to myself I have to change the way I approach things, perhaps with a more proactive course of action.

I can use the previous Labor Day Holiday as an example. It was a time I was hyped up for on a few levels. Socializing with people and friends including seeing people I missed and those that were only digital thus far. Given the type of holiday environment in NY, especially in BK I knew and saw the signs that I may not see my peoples much. It's the combo of the setting and the people involved. Buuuuut, to my surprise in the midst of the BBQ's and parties someone came thru and earned mega points. Goddess Intellect, made it her business to keep in touch and facilitate a late night drink and food session with myself and her peoples. She easily could have stayed doing what she was doing but put that foot forward to make things happen and I respect the hell outta hear for that.

So yeah the Reality was not what I expected but not what I originally hoped for. No biggie. It's happened enough times before and I think it may be a final reminder, along with everything else I'm dealing with that change is needed. No love lost....just making adjustments.

This is what Drake Inspires????

EPIC FAIL!!!!!!

Careful now....People actually want Privacy Online Again????

Just when I think I'm the crazy one for still wanting and believing in the need for a degree of privacy in this "Tell All" online world, I found out that maybe I'm not alone in this thinking. I've spoken on this before so I won't drive into my views of TMI via Online, but take a moment and read the following New Times piece on the growing awareness among the youth.

Min Liu, a 21-year-old liberal arts student at the New School in New York City, got a Facebook account at 17 and chronicled her college life in detail, from rooftop drinks with friends to dancing at a downtown club. Recently, though, she has had second thoughts.

Concerned about her career prospects, she asked a friend to take down a photograph of her drinking and wearing a tight dress. When the woman overseeing her internship asked to join her Facebook circle, Ms. Liu agreed, but limited access to her Facebook page. “I want people to take me seriously,” she said.

The conventional wisdom suggests that everyone under 30 is comfortable revealing every facet of their lives online, from their favorite pizza to most frequent sexual partners. But many members of the tell-all generation are rethinking what it means to live out loud.

While participation in social networks is still strong, a survey released last month by the University of California, Berkeley, found that more than half the young adults questioned had become more concerned about privacy than they were five years ago — mirroring the number of people their parent’s age or older with that worry.

They are more diligent than older adults, however, in trying to protect themselves. In a new study to be released this month, the Pew Internet Project has found that people in their 20s exert more control over their digital reputations than older adults, more vigorously deleting unwanted posts and limiting information about themselves. “Social networking requires vigilance, not only in what you post, but what your friends post about you,” said Mary Madden, a senior research specialist who oversaw the study by Pew, which examines online behavior. “Now you are responsible for everything.”

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How Privacy Vanishes Online

The New York Times just dropped a great article on the loss of Privacy online.It's a great read....a lengthy read but in my opinion its worth it as a reminder of what we do and how we do it.

Peep the Article after the jump

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Barrack Who?????

The general public's attention span was proven again to be shorter then Jermaine Dupri with a near 100% concern/interest/fascination with the "Tigergate" story more so then the 30K troops now being prepared for active duty in Afghanistan.

AMERICAN PUBLIC FAIL!!!!