Facebook is becoming less and less about personal expression and more and more about the convenience of online connection. Statuses used to be fun, commenting lighthearted and your 'friends' were actually your friends. Now I log on to check upcoming events (that I probably won't attend), forgotten birthdays and admin related notifications (group work, group work and more group work). If I want to "express" myself it's censored according to what a potential employer might think or how all my non-friend friends might misinterpret my sarcasm. I wonder if it's even possible for a social media platform (that includes your name and face) to be without unwanted peeping, prying and stalking.
Also, I'd like to learn French. When I went to Paris (I wonder how Arnaud / 'Arnu' is doing...), Marin was better at grasping the language than I was. But I managed to perfect 'oui', 'merde' and counting up to 6. At least it's a start.
Current procrastination (besides paint): watching Melissa A. Fabello YouTube videos. I'm not big into YouTube channels let alone people babbling on about their personal perspectives to an imaginary audience [although this is obviously ironic and hypocritical] but Melissa is well articulated and effortlessly debunks media myths.
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