your evalutation

every once in awhile you have a friend that gets pulled into something stupid (or uninteresting-subjective, i know). i define this sort of thing by anything they get excited about that requires you to do anything more about their new passion then listen and/or be excited.

i speak, mainly, about tests and quizzes. you know the kind of thing i am talking about. it somehow has become more and more acceptable/tolerated/enjoyed by facebook. these are the same people that want you to see what kind of harry potter character you'de be. they are the people that want you to play scrabble with them all day on facebook. they invite you to send them a drink, tell you "what kind of person you are." what kind of drink you are, what kind of animal you are.

now, i see the point of application based gadgets on these social networking sites because they have functions. the birthday application, for instance, has great worth to me. i may love you to death but my head is so far up my own ass, it takes a few reminders to ensure i write a virtual "happy birthday" to you instead of sending a card. Of course this is ONLY to save the trees.

i digress. this morning, i received a notification a friend of mine had psychoanalyzed me via my twitter updates. no joke. interestingly enough, i have kept my identity mostly hidden on twitter (i do this because, identity isnt as important on twitter if you're not trying to be known or need to promote yourself; i enjoy the exchange of information, social entertainment, commentary and general characters i seem to come across daily). finally, i go to the results and they don't really seem all that conclusive. they are a statistical breakdown of what i seem to talk about, the vantage point by which i talk from and the general tone of my statements/questions/interests. ( http://is.gd/2P1bv )

my four and half minutes of moderate joy at feeling like someone could have seen me totally and completely vaporized. the idea my person could be seen beyond my name, life station and accreditation was, in fact, another app/test/way to distract me during three sips of my quad-grande americano (one of the most beautiful moments in my morning ;))

friend, i embrace your life journey. yes, i would agree that one of the most important things in life is to KNOW THYSELF. however, i believe i continue to reserve moments of true clarity and self actualization for my physical/tangible existence.

arg...my americano is almost gone. i'm long winded. i know that much.

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