And so here we are............................Post no.1

And so here we are, my first post, and i guess there is only one place to start, little old me and why Iv decided to delve into the world of blogging.

Well I am currently doing a Ba HONS in Journalism at the Universtity Of Central Lancashire, and i thought it was about time to have a dip into that swirling pool of hype, lies, and gossip that is the online blog.

My vast array of interests contains many things, including film, music, sports, cars, books and all the usual fantastical things that a man of 21 gets up to. So I would guess its time for me to make a point of all this and actually talk about something.

I thought that as this is the first post on my online blog then I may aswell talk about how I feel about the internet in general. And so I also thought I may aswell kick off with that giant, hulking, blue monster that is Facebook.

Back in the day when Facebook was only a wee toddler, and was only for students, it seemed fresh and different. It was somewhere that you could chat to friends about uni life, and see what a mess you looked after taking advantage of all those student drinks offers in the local bars. Where a pint is one pound, a shot is 50 pence, (and if you listen to the media), crack flows from the taps as freely as the water.

These days though the nature of the beast has changed somewhat, and its not only for us sleep deprived, drinks guzzling students. Now anyone can get on Facebook, whether that be your Gran, your Mum, your brother or your dog, everyone can get involved and if you have a look you will see that they have.

Instead of hitting the bingo on a friday night it would seem as if most women of middle age will quite happily spend their evenings doing quizzes to find out when they will next get pregnant. Either that or rummage through all of your photos to find the one where you looked at your most stunningly legless among a group of what a appears to be a pack of hungry dogs. Then usually decide to leave a suitably embarassing comment along the lines of, "oh well atleast you seem to be having fun".

Which brings me to my next point on peoples tendancy to feel the need to broadcast their every breath all over their page. I mean dont get me wrong I could not be more interested in the type of sandwich you are eating or what you are doing inbetween your seemingly life assuring sessions of watching the X-factor, but is it really neccesary ? Though I am aware of my hypocrisy as I myself tend to be on Facebook quite alot, and do write the odd cheeky status update from time to time.

But I dont want to sound like im having a complete dig at it, because Im really not. Besides theres alot more to talk about, and things much more interesting than Facebook, but that can always wait until my next post.