simplify the techno self.

twitter was fun while it lasted. but in reality, i'm not a fan of all these updates and statuses.

they can be very self centering and consuming. they can be misleading. but they can also be informational and full of worthwhile knowledge.

this is where my struggle has been the past week. am i consumed by online social networks, or am I just using them as a medium to continue established and heart to heart relationships?

i like to keep people updated on my where abouts, thoughts and social life. i like that through all these social networks i have an accountability and bragging system, but it is not the person I desire to be.

in sociology we study all about the concept of the self and society. several theories and rationales have determined how centered the self is on social interaction. how the looking glass self appears to be one thing and is really another. how a person adapts and changes depending on the situation they are in. it's based on Herbert Blumer's theory of symbolic interaction...the Chicago School vs. the Iowa school. Or you can look at George Mead's theory on Marxism.

So much of my life in the next year is going to be determined by how good I look on paper and in the classroom. I don't need that anywhere else, not on twitter, not on myspace or on facebook.

I need accountability in my heart, from scripture, and rooted in God. I want people to know me for me and not for the person I appear to be on a profile or in a tweet.

All this ran through my mind as I am supposed to be studying the critical theories of sociology, but oddly enough this pose pertains directly to what is on my final in 3 hours :] PTL.