the obsession

(September 26th, 2006)

about myspace/facebook profiles …

i was having a conversation about the rising addiction among my group of friends (and about 3 million others in my generation) with myspace and facebook, and this is the theory we came up with.

we all want to belong … for other to really know us … for them to understand who we are at the core. and for those who actually know who they are, setting up a profile is a perfect way to attract others into a better understanding of what makes you … you.

for those who are on their way to becoming the person they long to be, it’s an invaluable tool to captivate others into the depths of one’s soul. to be able to share openly who we desire to be and have others drawn to that is unbelievably freeing.

you may argue that there is a level of deception, but i say this may be the tool that pulls just the right people into our lives who will push us to be who we say we want to be. call me idealistic, but i think this whole myspace generation is on to something.

more importantly, i think i’m finally understanding that the key to being understood is understanding what you hope people will understand about you … all the while, intriguing them enough to be a part of something much larger - the acknowledgement of who you are at the core and what is going on in the depths of your soul.