I finally realized what was so awkward about Facebook after reading some article. On Facebook, everyone has such full control over their profiles, it enables people to create this fantasy image of themselves. Happy, perfect, having everything. This would seem to explain why some people are flat out addicted to Facebook. In the same way that some people seem addicted to watching the every move of celebrities because of their "perfect lifestyle", it seems to be much the same way on Facebook.

I've had to put a hold on many things to attend to that exciting thing known as school. So it is my senior year, and I'm just three weeks away from three months of pure freedom. Yes, a number low enough to count on my fingers. Unfortunately, I was forced to take a load of AP classes, so I'm overwhelmed with work, not something I imagined happening senior year. But today, all the exams are done, and it's just two weeks of... nothing. Just waiting and preparation for the final exams. It's rather excruciating because I have a mile long to do list...

It was only last summer that I realized how valuable time was, when I was unable to do anything because of my first job, a 9-5. Every day I would get on the bus, ride 45 minutes downtown. The way back was roughly an hour. So from 7:45-6:30, I could not do anything. That summer I had planned so many exciting things to do. All of it impossible, because of the job. However, it did teach me that I would do whatever I could to avoid this.

Not being able to do all the things I wanted made me regret is having wasted all those hours mindlessly playing video games and Flash games instead of doing exciting things or bettering myself. Have you ever watched someone play a video game from a third person perspective? It's pretty scary, because it's like watching yourself. Just a passive stare at a screen almost like a loss of awareness and nothing achieved except virtual zombies exploded or something. All the time is wasted. Since then, I've put things in more perspective, and with the help of the revolution that is the internet, hoping that I can achieve all of it.

I originally stored this on Windows Live Labs Listas, but the stupid thing kept crashing and not working in general, so the list is now on a txt file file on my hard drive. Originally this had a slightly more morbid name, but I saw a similar list a while back, and have adopted this more optimistic one. The "Lifetime To Do List". You can put your entire life in perspective through this. Here is just a tiny sample of the countless things I would like to do.

    * Bike across America
    * Trek through a part of the Amazon Rainforest on foot
    * Sky dive
    * See an exploding volcano
    * Go to an old growth forest
    * Live alone in a cabin in the middle of the woods for 3 months
    * Pass a day or a week without a care in the world
    * Create crazy new product like Snuggie or ShamWow.
    * Learn landscape design
    * Become a sommelier
    * Learn to match wine with cheese
    * Improve my graphic design skills
    * Revive my drawing skills
    * Learn to oil paint
    * Become a master chef
    * Master wood carving
    * Master stone carving
    * Become an IT pro
    * Master ironworking
    * Improve my photography skills
    * Learn to tie knots like a sailor
    * build a car

So get a lifetime to do list. It will put things in perspective. This summer is especially significant because it is the summer before college. It's the last opportunity for true freedom. Afterward it's onto jobs, taxes, etc..

Haven't been able to post in the longest time. Lots of stuff happening all at once. Totally destroyed my macroeconomics grade, my brain is mush, the end of my twelve arduous years of schooling is almost at an end.

The internet is going to be huge. You would think it already is, but all of this is just the start. You need to get involved somehow if you aren't already. There's so many opportunities here in terms of business or just changes. The internet is so incredible in that it completely destroys distance. It simply doesn't exist. You can pretty much do anything, short of talking to someone face to face.

Eventually everything will be linked up to the internet. Refrigerators, homes, ebook readers, printers, etc. There will be even more mind blowing changes to come.

Paper will finally die. People will carry around "digital paper". Like ebook readers, but more awesome. All documents will be stored on your reader device, which will download files from the cloud. You lose the reader, it's not a problem since it's all in the cloud. The Amazon Kindle will eventually become this product.

RFID tags will be pretty much everywhere, including food packages. The tags will track basically everything about each product manufactured. Your fridge will be able to scan its contents thanks to the RFID tags, and people will easily be able to check the status of their fridge. The "home delivery" model of grovery will finally be successful (Webvan), especially with urban sprawl and increasingly stressful and busy lives, people aren't going to go to stores themselves anymore. Feature bloat will cause less useful items to be hooked up to the internet, like ovens.

A sorely needed change will be the digital home. It's 2009, and most homes have no features that integrate them with the internet. But eventually all homes will have their own websites. You'll be able to access your home through the internet to check on its status.

Incoherent post as usual. I'll see how accurate these are. On a side note, it's so irritating to see people write email as "E-Mail" or Web-Site. That's about as bad as writing "teen-ager" like back in the day.