How many times did you laugh today?

How many interesting thoughts did you have today?

How many real conversations did you have?

***Now subtract the number of times you laughed because you were watching tv, thought something interesting because you read it online, or had a “conversation” through text message.

Let’s face it, there’s “real life” and then there’s what we thought we experienced through technology and media.  American’s have become so consumed with tv, computers, and cell phones we forget to ever come out of our virtual worlds.

The “beauty” of reality tv is that we can watch pro skateboarders like Bam Margera and Rob Dydrek have fun all day and live vicariously though them.  We don’t see them watching tv, chatting online, or reading People Magazine–they get paid to go out and actually live–and the rest of us are busy watching.

Special thanks to Bob who blogged about his experience doing whatever the heck he pleases. Thanks Bob for not starting your day by parking yourself infront of your media of choice.