Well dear readers, on this, my last blog post for my class, I must admit, I'm kinda going to miss it. It's been fun ranting and raving my thoughts on here for you to see, and I'll actually be a bit sad once it's over. However, it's not quite over yet; I do have one more....
So, this morning as I logged into Facebook, I noticed its top trend was actually a hashtag, which kind of threw me off. Facebook does use hashtags, but not nearly as much as Twitter, who invented the concept and has pretty much cornered the market on it. That's why it is slightly unusual to see one of Facebook's top trends as a hashtag event, rather than a more "newsly" (is that a word?) event, such as something political or controversial. Upon further investigation into the subject (and by that I mean clicking on the trend link to get a description) I was able to figure out why Facebook was so eagerly utilizing the hashtag on this of all days. Both Facebook and Twitter are taking part in this #NationalBestFriendDay trend, self-identifying it as a "social media campaign" which basically means they're taking the lead on this, and both promoting and expanding member usage throughout the day; even those who are once-a-weekers when it comes to Facebook are taking to their pages to show some love for their BFFs, because they're terrified of being left out of the trend (after all, it is only a one day thing)
On Facebook...
and Twitter.
Amazing how crazy one little trend can make us, isn't it? I logged into my Facebook at 11 am, and already hundreds of thousands of people had posted about their best friends with the hashtag. Not only that, but several of my own friends had flooded my news feed with pictures of them and their besties, along with several large paragraphs going on to explain why exactly the love them. And I guess I shouldn't make fun - I fully intend to do the same thing when I've finished this post, but it's just the concept of how quickly a trend can spead. It's like wildfire.
And to make it easier for us (in case we're unable to post paragraphs upon paragraphs about our besties) other sites are making it easier for us. In an article titled "20 Best Friend Day Quotes to Share on Social Media and Text", the iDigitalTimes literally outlines a handful of quotes you can text to your best friend, or post alongside any embarrassing pictures you might put up on social media with them from years ago. It's crazy; now if you can't think of anything to say, the internet will find a way to say it for you. And despite that some people just don't have a way with words, they all still want to take part in this, because it is a trend that will be over and gone before they know it - and god forbid they be one of the only people that didn't do it, especially when their best friend did it for them. That can definitely cause some tension, and the claws will come out...
Meowww,
- Robyn
P.S. Here is that picture of me and my best friend, as promised, despite not having a giant paragraph next to it -- no words are needed for this guy. The best snuggle buddy ever :) Miss you Lambeau!
From the Robyn's Nest
Monday, June 8, 2015
Sunday, June 7, 2015
The 90's Kids Last Hope: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
If you're around the same age as me, you'll more than likely remember the 90's, or at least a piece of them. And as a kid during the 90's, you'll also more than likely remember the only people of the 90's who mattered to us.
Sure, this guys's face came up a lot in the media...
.... and it wasn't just cause he was "one hecukuva President", but because of relations he had with Monica Lewinsky (one of the Top 10 Mistresses according to TIME magazine) while he was President.
But we were kids! We had no idea why the media was talking about them so much, or why the hell her blue dress was so important...
The people who were important to us were these guys!!
Sure, this guys's face came up a lot in the media...
.... and it wasn't just cause he was "one hecukuva President", but because of relations he had with Monica Lewinsky (one of the Top 10 Mistresses according to TIME magazine) while he was President.
But we were kids! We had no idea why the media was talking about them so much, or why the hell her blue dress was so important...
The people who were important to us were these guys!!
WARNING. Images beyond this point may destroy your childhood. Proceed with caution.
Annnnd yet, despite such promising careers in the 90's.... here's where they are now;
That hits me, right in the childhood. So not okay.
All of the sudden, even this guy doesn't look so bad...
.... and he lied to the entire nation about an extramarital affair.
So what hope do we still even have for our beloved 90s stars? Oh sure, some are getting treatment, and some never even got into alcohol or drugs, but sort of just, faded out, in terms of their career.
BUT, in an effort to redeem the memories of my childhood, I'd like to direct our thoughts to this guy...
One can argue his "downhill" phase was during the 90s based on that hair alone - but even then Joseph Gordon-Levitt was cracking us up on 3rd Rock From the Sun as the sarcastically lovable Tommy Solomon.
And since then? I'd say he's doing okay. He was nominated for 3 SAG awards by the time he was 18, and nominated for two Golden Globes by the time he turned 30; he portrayed the future Robin; played Abraham Lincoln's oldest son; wrote/starred in/directed his own film; founded his own production company (which won an Emmy award last year); and has had a successful relationship with a woman for two years before deciding to put a ring on it in a private ceremony in 2014. My favorite part of all of that? The absence of the words "drugs", "prison", "plastic surgery", "arrested", "alcohol" or any other words of the like that would be all too common on the wikipedia pages of the other four former child stars I mentioned. I will confess, however, that JGL did decide to drop out of school (Columbia University) to focus on his acting and directing careers. Although, I for one certainly can't tell him he made a bad decision....
And don't even get me started on his character in Treasure Planet. Animated or not, he was cuuute *swoon*
Have mercyyyy;
- Robyn
Political Activism... Does that mean I have to be active?
So here's my biggest pondering as of late; today's society, thanks to the wonders that are smartphones, tablets, and social media, has a lack of desire by all young people to go outside (unless it's "out" to a bar or a club). We are couch potatoes now more than ever - especially with the allure of Netflix, Facebook and Candy Crush constantly calling our names... We don't even stand a chance.
So in a society where young people are more concerned with what's "trending" than with what's "news" how are we to not only keep up to date with, but even interested in, politics? We hardly give them a second thought, unless a politician does something overtly stupid; as in the recent case of Presidential candidate Rick Santorum (ironically enough a devout Catholic) and what he said to Pope Francis...
Or perhaps it crosses our news feed if a politician shows their support or detest of a celebrity who's currently trending among young people for something scandalous (such as Mike Huckabee with the Josh Duggar scandal or Lindsey Graham's supportive words for Caitlyn Jenner). But even then, do we have any idea about these political figures outside of these news stories? I myself admit that I have heard political figures either back or attack a celebrity's actions (sometimes stupid, sometimes not), and it's changed my view of that politician and whether or not I would ever vote for them -- and I did so without even knowing anything about that politician's core beliefs, but rather focused solely on what they said or did about the celebrity's scandal.
I know I can't be the only one that's done this. Nowadays. "activism" is anything but, at least for most of our generation. The only way in which I have to be active about my feelings towards a politician for how they've reacted to a scandal is simply not vote for them, or go about posting hateful or slanderous things about them on the internet - perhaps even in some extreme cases, beginning an online petition to get them removed from office (I've never gotten as extreme as either of the last two things, but I've seen it all too many times). All of these things enable us to speak our mind or fight for change from the comfort of our own couch. It shouldn't even be called activism anymore, really, when the only "active" part is our fingers getting the exercise of furiously posting their newfound disapproval for the politician in question. To this day (apart from the one time I did withdraw my support from a politician I hadn't really supported in the first place) I don't really engage in political activism, although perhaps I should. Activism is something that is meant to be done for the greater good, not simply to cause harm, or discredit someone over the internet. In fact, the above meme of Rick Santorum and my beloved Francis is the first inkling of political favoritism (or rather, de-favoritism) that I've shown in a really long time, perhaps even since that first incident I had, of refusing to vote for the man I already had no intention of voting for.
And you know the most ironic thing of all? I keep referring to him as "that politician" or "that man" because I cannot for the life of me remember who it was, or what it was they did that made me dislike them so strongly. And that's the culture that we live in today; we have become invested in a media circus -- we get our tickets to see the show, but instead of paying with money, we pay with our interest. We live in a world full of scandals where we milk each one for all that they're worth, and once we've done all we can with it - once that act of the show has ended - we move onto the next act of the show. And the next one, and the next one, and the next one...
... and the show goes on;
- Robyn
So in a society where young people are more concerned with what's "trending" than with what's "news" how are we to not only keep up to date with, but even interested in, politics? We hardly give them a second thought, unless a politician does something overtly stupid; as in the recent case of Presidential candidate Rick Santorum (ironically enough a devout Catholic) and what he said to Pope Francis...
Yup.
He didn't even know that the reigning authority of his own church - the world leader of the largest Christian church on the planet - had a background in science, despite it being public knowledge.
And this is the guy who wants to run our nation....
He didn't even know that the reigning authority of his own church - the world leader of the largest Christian church on the planet - had a background in science, despite it being public knowledge.
And this is the guy who wants to run our nation....
I can't make this shit up, folks.
Or perhaps it crosses our news feed if a politician shows their support or detest of a celebrity who's currently trending among young people for something scandalous (such as Mike Huckabee with the Josh Duggar scandal or Lindsey Graham's supportive words for Caitlyn Jenner). But even then, do we have any idea about these political figures outside of these news stories? I myself admit that I have heard political figures either back or attack a celebrity's actions (sometimes stupid, sometimes not), and it's changed my view of that politician and whether or not I would ever vote for them -- and I did so without even knowing anything about that politician's core beliefs, but rather focused solely on what they said or did about the celebrity's scandal.
I know I can't be the only one that's done this. Nowadays. "activism" is anything but, at least for most of our generation. The only way in which I have to be active about my feelings towards a politician for how they've reacted to a scandal is simply not vote for them, or go about posting hateful or slanderous things about them on the internet - perhaps even in some extreme cases, beginning an online petition to get them removed from office (I've never gotten as extreme as either of the last two things, but I've seen it all too many times). All of these things enable us to speak our mind or fight for change from the comfort of our own couch. It shouldn't even be called activism anymore, really, when the only "active" part is our fingers getting the exercise of furiously posting their newfound disapproval for the politician in question. To this day (apart from the one time I did withdraw my support from a politician I hadn't really supported in the first place) I don't really engage in political activism, although perhaps I should. Activism is something that is meant to be done for the greater good, not simply to cause harm, or discredit someone over the internet. In fact, the above meme of Rick Santorum and my beloved Francis is the first inkling of political favoritism (or rather, de-favoritism) that I've shown in a really long time, perhaps even since that first incident I had, of refusing to vote for the man I already had no intention of voting for.
And you know the most ironic thing of all? I keep referring to him as "that politician" or "that man" because I cannot for the life of me remember who it was, or what it was they did that made me dislike them so strongly. And that's the culture that we live in today; we have become invested in a media circus -- we get our tickets to see the show, but instead of paying with money, we pay with our interest. We live in a world full of scandals where we milk each one for all that they're worth, and once we've done all we can with it - once that act of the show has ended - we move onto the next act of the show. And the next one, and the next one, and the next one...
... and the show goes on;
- Robyn
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Convergence, Part 2 - Attack of the Pack
Hello, dear readers. Some of you may recall my earlier post about convergence, and what it means in today's society. Today's post is somewhat of a sequel to that piece, but instead of defining what convergence is, this time I've actually got an example of it, and a current one at that.
Now, what brought this to mind for me were all the ads playing for Pitch Perfect 2 lately, and the fact that in some of them, I saw none other than Clay Matthews (and upon further investigation, four other Packers players and Aaron Rodgers' little brother). I recalled seeing something trending in my Facebook news feed a few months earlier about this happening (because I'm a fan of the Packers on Facebook and we all know from my last post how Facebook loves to personalize our feeds) but it was quickly forgotten amidst all the other not-even-remotely-important-but-still-completely-engrossing occurrences in my Facebook world.
Now that my mind has returned to the subject, I once again find myself connecting it to convergence. Ever since I've learned about it, I honestly believe my mind has begun looking for it absolutely everywhere. However, in the case of the Packers meeting the Barden Bellas, it's legitimate. The concept of two different types of media -- one a film, the other a televised sport -- coming together to form something that otherwise wouldn't have come about had they not meshed; or rather, had they not {wait for ittt} converged! See, the concept is everywhere! Check it out for yourself in a piece of the "Pitch Perfect Packers" example:
Now, let's be honest -- would this have ever even been considered as an idea twenty years ago? How about ten? The media is constantly changing, always trying to up its game, despite the fact that they pretty much rule over everything; media no longer has any real competition in terms of how people spend their time. And it seems that it'll be that way for awhile, especially if media keeps allowing people to come up with ideas like this.
And fun fact: Did you know the combination of the film and the team started, of all places, on Twitter? Yup. By way of a series of exchanges between the producers and the team an agreement was reached, and what we are left with is the finished product. The movie thus far has gotten mixed reviews, but more have praised the movie than condemned it. And let's not forget -- it debuted #1 at the box office on opening weekend, beating the second place film by almost $30,000,000... that's a lottt of zeros folks. Clearly, convergence pays, as it keeps growing more and more popular.
Needless to say, I for one am beyond excited to see the movie, regardless of the mixed reviews. I thoroughly enjoyed the first one, and not only does this one have most of the original cast, but it now has the Green Bay FREAKIN Packers too. You know who's going into that movie with a bucket of popcorn bigger than her head and a drink the size of a big gulp?
Singing (and signing) off for now,
- Robyn
P.S. Another fun fact: football season's only 90 days away :)
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
The Trend of Trending
Nowadays the most important
part of social media is making sure you're a part of social media. Adults,
young adults in particular, are obsessed with keeping up with the latest news
and trends that circulate throughout social media. If it's new and everyone
else is doing it, you can bet your ass they will be too.
There
are two common types of trends nowadays:
- Long
term, or more permanent
AND
- Short
term, or more temporary
Long
term social media are things like websites and apps for your smartphone or
tablet, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and others of
the like -- essentially they're those things that take up the biggest part of
our time whenever we're on our phones.
These
are things like the ALS
Ice Bucket Challenge;
Or the Kylie
Jenner Lip Challenge (which,
if you didn't know, is a horrible idea - basically turns you into a character
from Monsters Inc);
Or the
debate over the
color of one simple dress (and
for the record, neuroscientists discovered the answer: it's blue).
The interesting thing is that the longer term trends seem to be focused more on us - on Facebook and Twitter it's all about updating our status, and Instagram and Snapchat are about sharing pictures of what we are doing.
The shorter term trends, however, seem to be about others, and how we can take part in them; the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the Kylie JennerLip Challenge, and the "is it blue or is it gold?" debate over the dress -- all are trends that stemmed from other people, that we then ingrained ourselves into. And, once we have exhausted the trend and it no longer benefits or focuses on us, we move on to the next one just as quickly as we'd jumped onto the bandwagon with the previous ones.
No wonder the older generation is always wagging their
fingers at us...
Tsk tsk
tsk...
- Robyn
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Online Ethnography
HERinteractive
For my online ethnography, I chose
to use a community that was somewhat close to my heart, and one that I had
(passively) been a member of for the past fifteen years or so. HERinteractive
is a gaming company that, for the past twenty years, has created more than
thirty computer games centered around everybody’s favorite girl detective,
Nancy Drew. I’ve been playing the games since I was little, and vaguely
remember when the second game came out (when the first came out I was only
three, so I definitely don’t remember that one). The games may “technically” be designed for young girls, but at the ripe age of twenty-two, I still find
myself playing them as avidly as ever, and plan one day to play them with my
daughter, if I have one. Because of my love for the games, I have always been a
passive observer/member of the HERinteractive webpage, occasionally browsing
through the fan-forums and even keeping up with their Facebook fan page.
However, more recently, I have been keeping up more and more with what’s going
on with not only the company, but its other fans, particularly because of a few
issue that have been happening between the two. I’d always resisted becoming an
official member of the website, for fear that my constant posting in forums
would keep me from homework, but for the sake of the assignment, I’m glad I
became one. And yes, it most definitely kept me from doing my homework
(although since this is for a class that makes it okay… right?)
Because of my official member
christening that came as a part of this project, I was able to actively be
involved in the Nancy Drew fan community, which was really great. As I
mentioned, I had been keeping up more and more recently because of a lot of
issues the fans have been having with the games, and I was glad for this
assignment to have the opportunity to delve further into it, and learn more
about the issues the community had, as well as the community itself. The
community itself, which is made up of more than 99,880 members at last count
(though I wouldn’t be surprised if they surpass 100,000 before the end of the
month) is one made up of the games’ most loyal fans. The company’s Facebook
page has another 171,355 “likes” which further shows the popularity of the
franchise. The Facebook page has the ability to reach a much wider audience,
since Facebook is available to pretty much anyone in any country, while the
HERinteractive website is US based. There are still certainly fans from all
over the world, but the majority are red-blooded American females, grateful for
the site as a place to come together and geek out about the games – myself
included. And this is the major purpose of the website, apart from buying the
games and merchandise, for fans to be able to come together and discuss
anything they want to on the forums. In my first look-through of the site as
an official member, I noticed one thing in particular that I was very grateful
for. All the different possible topics were separated into their own specific
forum; for instance, each game has its own individual forum, with a handful of
other forums for particular things, such as suggestions for the people at HER,
fan blogs, a “writer’s cabin” where fans can post their own fan-fics, a
spoilers forum, and even a forum for just rumors, where fans can post
speculations, but no spoilers are allowed, which I personally think is a great
idea, to separate the two.
Once I had familiarized myself with
the setup of the site, I dove right in. After creating an account (say hello to
“robyn.birdie”) I was ready to go. Now, I already knew a lot about how the site
worked since I had been visiting it more recently, the reason being because of
changes made by the company, both in management and certain aspects of the
game. Many fans have been less than satisfied with the more recent games, and
this is largely believed to be from a management change, from what I gathered
from the message boards. The specific aspects of the games that had been
changing were believed to be decisions made by the new management, which upset
fans all the more. Many seemed upset by the fact that they had been loyal
followers of the series for 32 games now, and someone brand new and
unaffiliated with the games had come in and changed quite a few things that
seemed to be staples of the games. Specifically, a few of the things I could
find that fans were most upset about were changes to the settings of the games,
the realistic aspect of them, the amount of “busy work” involved, and (perhaps
most notably) the fact that the company had fired the woman who had voiced the
character of Nancy Drew for the past 32 games. It wasn’t clear to me whether or
not HER had revealed who they had chosen to replace the last one (a woman named
Lani Minella) but regardless, fans seemed to be extremely pissed about the
situation – not just upset, but blatantly angry. It was interesting to see,
given that while some fans are around my age, others are much younger, and to
see them so vocally angry about it was surprising. I think that’s part of
technology, though – the idea that teens can use the internet as an outlet to
get angry or upset, without the person on the other end actually knowing who
they are. What I saw on HERinteractive was a prime example of this.
While I find myself agreeing with
the anger others feel about the firing of the voice of Nancy Drew, I’m afraid
that our efforts to tell HER how we feel will be null. More recently fans have
become very vocal about another issue that they’ve found. About five years ago,
the company “remastered” their very first game, as a kind of 20th
anniversary celebration. This made fans ecstatic, because the first two games
in the series cannot be played on newer computers, due to differences in the
sound settings. However, because fans were so happy to get the first game
remastered, the also called for the second game to be redone as well. Because
HER’s games are offered both through CD-rom and digital download, every game
was now available for purchase and use on newer computers… except for that second
game. Fans began countless threads begging HER to consider remastering the
second game, and from what I found, I counted at least ten petitions to have it
remastered (though I’m sure there have been far more). I myself signed all of
the petitions I could find, because the second game was the very first one I
had ever played, and I had a soft spot for it in my heart. However. I also
found in my research, that the representatives of HER had released a statement
about a year ago stating that they had no plans to remaster the game, and fans
everywhere erupted with outrage, as I saw in the fact that the threats about
and petitions for it to be done have not stopped. The issue I see with it,
however, is that because fans have been calling for a remaster of this game for
more than five years and have yet to get it, I fear also that the fans calling
for the rehiring of Lani as the voice of Nancy will also not get their wish.
The insistence of HER that they would not remaster the second game still didn’t
deter fans, though, so I’m certain they will continue to call for the rehiring
of Lani until they either get their wish, or make the decision to boycott the
games altogether.
Although I’ve always been a fan of
the games, and a person on the outside looking in (when it came to the
fansite), it is certainly a much different experience when it comes to being a
part of the online community. You find plenty of people who share your exact
point of view, others who disagree with it entirely, and even some who make you
think of something you had never previously even considered. I've really enjoyed
my time so far in the community, and I do think I’ll continue to be a part of
it after I turn this assignment in. It’s not only a great way to stay
up-to-date on the latest news about the games, but it also gives me a place to
speak my mind where I know there are at least a handful of others who feel the same
way. Not only is it beneficial to me to feel like a part of the community, but
there are constant movements for change within the company that stem from the
forums, and although HER’s response to our call for a remastering of the second
game wasn’t the response we wanted, we continue to push for it. And even if it
never happens, it makes us all feel as though we’re a part of something bigger,
and that at least our voice is being heard and considered, if not agreed with.
Especially taking into consideration the day we spoke in class about whether
online communities are really communities, I feel as though I can say with
certainty that the HERinteractive fanpage is definitely a community. The fact
that we’re coming together over one common interest and not only discussing it
but pushing for change is exactly what a real life community would do. And
while our issues may not be as big or important as those of a real life
community of, say, a political kind, the aspects of it are still the same. Our
push for change may be something as simple as a remastering of a game, but it
can also be something as strong as keeping someone in “power” (such as the
woman who voices Nancy that we want to keep) or maybe going so far as to get
someone out of power (such as the new management that many fans seemed to
disagree with). And although the latter of the two has not yet happened, it’s
entirely plausible that it could – just as would happen in a real community
where they wish for the person in power to be taken out of it. There are
obvious differences from the real world to that of the internet, but from most
of what I saw, the differences aren’t quite as big as I may have previously
assumed.
And see this? I screenshotted the webpage as soon as I became a member, because they always show who the newest member is - and for about seven minutes, it was me!! robyn.birdie reporting for duty from the Robyn's nest!
You know, learning about all this techy new media stuff is actually really interesting, and I genuinely feel both proud and more intelligent now that I'm learning all these things, even if I am stumbling a bit along the way. But I'm optimistic! Hopefully by week 10 I'll have it all figured out.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
The Death of the News Story
This morning when I opened my Facebook, I noticed a few things right away:
1) All the hype about the Pats & "Deflategate" really needs to stop. Like, now. They're cheaters, we know. Get over it. Does Sports Il really have nothing better to report on?
2) I have 8 event invites - for a few seconds, I feel popular....
3) Then I am distracted by the news headlines on the right side of the screen, telling me what's currently trending. Namely, I take notice of the Aaron Rodgers headline, since I am a Packers fan. I hover over the title, and find he has won Celebrity Jeopardy, earning $50,000 for the MACC fund (which, if you don't know about it, is an amazing organization - you can learn more about it here)
Now, the coolest part of this all is that not only did I get to see something about the QB of my favorite team, but I also got to see exactly what the article was about by hovering over it with my mouse. Nowadays, if the entirety of the information of the article isn't already in the title, it's usually always in the first few lines. And after that, people stop reading. If we can get what we need to by doing as little as possible (sound familiar - my last google blog?) then we're going to do it - that's just how our generation is.
Apart from the fact that I can find out the news, or rather what's "trending" as soon as I sign into facebook, what's really great is the fact that what's trending for me, might not be the same as everyone else. And while that may not sound great (actually it sounds kind of terrifying, that everyone is getting different news) it is truly great. Because while the Malaysia Arline Flight and Amtrak stories are probably on most of my friends' newsfeeds, the Aaron Rodgers story might not be, and that's due largely in part to two things:
- The fact that we live outside of Chicago, where Bears fans couldn't care less about whether or not ARod won Celebrity Jeopardy
and
- The fact that I am an avid Packers fan, as is obvious by my likes of the Packers FB page, and the Aaron Rodger's FB fan page
So why do these two things affect what I see in my news feed, versus what my friends see? Because, since we live in relatively the same area, we would (theoretically) be getting the same news headlines - except for the fact that I'm from Wisconsin and have liked Packers pages, which Facebook knows, and takes into consideration. Because of my likes, Facebook is able to determine which headlines I would most likely want to see, similar to how Google tries to tailor the results it gives you based off of you past searches, and a variety of other factors. So the reason I say that the news story is dead is because of these combination of factors; the fact that the headline has basically become made to tell the whole story in under ten words, as well as the fact that instead of clicking on the article to learn more (because clicking on an article to actually read it is soo tedious) you can hover over it, and get a few lines of synopsis. It's crazy how simple things have become. Even if a person wants to know the entirety of an article,they're still far more likely to just read the headline and/or synopsis and go on with their day.
Apart from that, the fact that my news is "tailored" to me also skews the concept of a new story. Yes, while what appears in my trending stories are things I usually want to know, that doesn't change the fact that what I'm reading may not always be what would be considered the most "newsworthy". And while large-impact or more well-known events (things such as earthquakes, the riots in Baltimore, the Deflategate scandal, etc.) are almost always shown no matter what, it still skews the lower-scale news that I'm getting, as opposed to my friends. There are times when I'll ask if they saw something trending on their Facebook, and they have no idea what I'm talking about, because occasionally we'll get different trends - and thank God they use the word "trends" instead of "news" because if I were to say the phrase "my friends and I are getting separate news from the internet" that would be a slightly scary thought; but calling them trends makes it seem like just another inevitable part of our "progressive" society. Progressive... riight. God help us all.
Stay trendy, my friends;
- Robyn
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