Foreword

Greetings! I'm Molly. This is my first blog experience and I'm pretty dang excited about it. There are a variety of reasons why I've decided to embark on this pseudo-assignment.
I'd like to make it clear that I am not an aspiring photographer, and I don’t pretend to be. Some of my closest friends and family are exceptionally talented in that area, but I can’t say it has ever been a genuine passion of mine.
Onto business. Recently, many of my Facebook friends caught my attention with albums titled “30 day challenge”, in which they followed a list of topics via photos that defined them. All of this for a period of - you guessed it - 30 days. I wanted to pursue this in my own way by making my own ‘list’. (Side note, I have planning this for the past few weeks; likely driving my roommate crazy by scrawling ideas onto paper in the middle of the night.) Regardless, I am excited for my ideas to come to fruition, and truly hope it turns out the way I have been imagining it. I invite you to leave comments on anything I post. I have always been a firm believer that knowing what everyone else thinks, does, in fact, matter. It puts things into perspective and allows us to be well-rounded individuals, which is definitely a quality I would hope to be recognized as.
One primary hesitation I have about this project is ultimately how self-centered it is. Completely. It can be chalked up to self-expression, art, or anything else… but in the end, things like this are primarily concerned with “me” and “I”. I struggle with this in an age of social media. Since the time I had a Myspace at age 16, I began this practice (we began this practice) of showcasing ourselves and finding endless ways to portray how unique we were. With Facebook and Twitter, I find it to be a double-edged sword. I want everyone to see… and yet, I don’t want anyone to see. Sometimes, all I really want, all I really need, is an outlet to mass-communicate my rawest emotions on a medium where no one is guaranteed to see it.
So…yes; with this project, I admit to being yet another self-dissecting 20-something. But I was programmed this way, and I have discovered a lot of important things as a result. This is about being honest with myself, regardless of all outside influences. This isn’t for you or for them, this is for me. It’s a time capsule. How will I feel tomorrow? In a week? a month? A year? Only time will tell.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Day 20: Sometimes I suspect that

perhaps, I have a bit of an online shopping addiction.
I'm practically a cyber-retail queen.
          It's gotten to the point where I no longer have to fish out my wallet because I remember my credit card numbers so well. This, to me, is quite unsettling. I really am quite a frugal shopper, to be honest. Lord knows how I even got to this point. I don't spend money on a regular basis, and perhaps this is where the problem lies. I go through droughts of purchasing nothing but groceries, and then realize I have nothing to wear, which spurs an online shopping binge. They always start small, and seemingly harmless. I could use a new pair of athletic shoes... Researching the web for athletic  shoes quickly turns into finding a new pair of flats, and flats quickly turn into the ever so elusive heels that I just can't seem to commit to. This can go on for weeks at a time; e-mailing product links to myself until I have a smorgasboard of options to trot out and compare prices. Remember my post about in-store shopping woes as a lanky adolescent? This solves the headaches almost entirely. The internet is a perfect avenue to shop around and utilize customer reviews and get the best bang out of your buck. I'm getting rather good at it, which is why I have myself so worried. And let's get one thing straight here: my virtual shopping cravings are not limited to clothing and apparel. I have scoured the internet for everything from bicycles, to noise-cancelling headphones. I am an equal-opportunist product-seeker. Don't fret, cat-eye sunglasses. I'm coming for you in the near future.  
       Here's what I speculate it comes down to: online shopping is smart. I have three main reasons for this, each as obvious and straightforward as the next. 1) Competitive pricing allows us, the shopper, to find the best deal that the world wide web has to offer (More needles, less haystack). 2) Hearing what other customers have to say about a product is something everyone should take advantage of. I think it's safe to say that many companies are biased about their products most of the time, regardless of the fact that the new shirt you bought will likely fall apart after being washed (and they know it will!). 3) Long lines at the checkout: need I say more?
       One last point: online shopping is dangerously easy. Watch yourselves. 
I have a search bar, and I know how to use it. 
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    This blog is extremely biased!

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  2. +mollyMarch 20, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    read the foreword on the home page(; therein lie my true intentions.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    This is an AWESOME picture. it could be a pic for an internet addiction campaign or an advertisement of some sort.

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  4. KateMarch 23, 2011 at 8:01 AM

    Uh oh!

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