"Though hope is frail it's hard to kill."

So I got a laptop, but what does this mean for yours truly? Well, I'll tell you how it's changed things thus far.
1. I spend an inordinate amount of time on "the book." So much time that I've started referring to it as "the book" (as you can see from my previous sentence). On the surface this is not a bad thing. However, I now know far more about people than I'd like to. I know that **Sarah and Tom are in a relationship, and **Mary found a new book to read during her free time. I know who went out and drank this weekend and who has the worst hangover. I know which of my friends got new jobs, promotions at old jobs, and laid off from the Dollar Store. I know who's engaged and who...well isn't. I've discovered many new friends, and I've become reunited with friends from elementary school. I've looked at most of your pictures, and I've definitely seen all of his.
As I type this I'm thinking...who else in this world spends....wastes hours of their life surfing "the book?" How many people know all these things about me? Who came up with the idea of publishing information of people on the Internet?
All of this thinking leads me to a conclusion. People are entertained by regular people. We don't really need actors and actresses. Don't get me wrong, they're nice, but think about the most watched TV shows out there: American Idol, The Amazing Race, So You Think You Can Dance...and a host of other reality TV shows. These shows are all about regular people (for the most part) like you and me. This is why we spend hours playing on Facebook. It isn't the Farmville or Mafia applications. We're just entertained by looking through dozens of embarrassing pictures of people we see every day. Facebook is the reality TV show of the Internet.

2. Youtube.com
Along with "the book" I spend a lot of time Youtube-ing ridiculous videos that people have told me about. I've seen amazing videos of children singing songs, funny cartoon animations that get annoying after the first 2 hits, and a plethora of embarrassing moments you could see on any episode of America's Funniest Home Videos. (Side note, no host of that show has ever come close to the glory and magnificence of Bob Sagat)

3. I spend all of my time at work on a computer. The last thing I want to do is come home and immediately get back on the computer. However, I find that owning a laptop is my scapegoat. It's like I'm cheating the system because it's portable. In reality it's the same, but the allure of being online in bed is just too much for me to avoid.

4. I refuse to stop calling it "the book."

So all in all I would say that owning this laptop has been a positive addition to my life. Sure it rules all my free time, and is turning me into an anti-social monster who reads her email and checks facebook updates every 5 minutes. I'd like to call it being well informed.
**Names and status' have been changed to protect the identity of Facebook users.