I'm addicted to websites that are made for "networking". I can't seem to stop myself! argh! i'm here on tig, blackplanet, friendster, hi5 and i don't even know the other ones cuz i forget about them and i plan on joinning more. but so far I am yet to make an actual friend through one of these sites. so what is the purpose? society has technologically advanced but were we really ready for it as human beings? It seems like we loose touch with people instead of connecting with a broader spectrum of people. perhaps this is only me? but if it is, I feel a lil fucked up.
any way, my real point is that IT is great but stupid lil chat things and networking web sites are drainning us of interpersonal* connections. at least that's how it feels to me. how many people actually write letters any more? i try to write some to my friends in Toronto, but we don't really keep up with it. And the phone has sort of become oblivious. Very rarely do people around me seem to actually call each other. perhaps it's just my friends, but it's still a valid point. It all seems a lil fucked. Everyone seems to just talk through msn, aim, icq or the thousands of other chat sites and messenger services available. that's my rant, i hope you enjoyed it and i'm really looking forward to peoples feedback.

Today I'm am going to a lecture type thing(it's really a slide show) with my mom on permaculture, sustainable land management tools.. it's all on the flyer which i have copied on the bottom. But anyway, I'm very excited and am looking forward to this. I have never been to this or any other ecovillage before and i don't know very much ont his topic which is why i am going! who knows, maybe someone from TIG will be there.

TOPIA: The School of Sustainable Community Building Presents.... WHERE NATURE MEETS CULTURE...
July 23rd, 7:00pm Friday SIERRA CLUB, 3rd
Floor - 733 Johnson Street,
Victoria, BC
July 27th, 7:00pm Tuesday OUR ECOVILLAGE, Shawnigan
Lake, BC
A slideshow presentation looking at vibrant working examples of Permaculture
design, sustainable land management models, and ecovillages from around the
world.
Costs: $15

I just spent over half an hour looking for some person named Mark or Marc John Kelly because they kept showing up when i googled myself. I thought it was some cosmic sign to find this person. I think i was wrong. But now i really want to find out who this person is because I can't find them! But this happens to me a lot. I look for someone or something on the net and it just turns into a wild goose chase where i end up frustrated and ready to ban computers from my life. I spent another hour this morning trying to find a picture of a lipstick kiss. I found, like 3.
Such a useful tool should not be this hard to use. But i think the problem is garbage. Websites update or cease to exist, people disappear, picutre get taken down but when you search on gooogle it's still there. Wouldn't it be nice if things that were no longer up and running were taken off your search results? is there some other search engine that does this? has someone developed a program that does this? if not someone should! but not me, i have problems with computers. SO why am I a member? to learn and post stupid updates like this.
ciao
Shi

I haven't done anything world changing, important, life altering nor interessting, i just wanted to say hello. Even though i haven't done anything with my self except work and go to school, i'm feeling pretty content. I've organized the rest of my high school education, and i still have a year and a half, but at least i will graduate with all the credits i need. After that who knows. but i can't wait to get back to Toronto. I feel like it is the only place for me to get involved right now. It's like base camp. The foundation of my life.

It's been so long!

and that is it.
no words of wisdome, no complaints, and no poems. just a simple statement... oops, guess that not true any more!