REACTION TO LAB SEPT.11.07

Most disheartening was Justin Hall's 'Dark Night Flick'. His desperation and melancholia is acted out by way of his video blog. It seems that his only hope in this struggle is the internet, this thing that is so much bigger than him omniscent almost like a God salvation. I found myself viewing several posts on BBC's video blog site it is almost addictive in fact. Through this medium one does feel privledged to be allowed into these bloggers lives if only for a couple minutes. Was this the sort of intimacy 'Hall' relied on to ease his troubled mind. He spoke of having such a difficult time in every day real relationships. Is blogging a way to develop somewhat superficial relations getting what you need out of a person just mantaining some sort of social construct within your own without the risk of being exhausted or burdened by the presence of a literal human being. You can choose to turn your computer 'on' and 'off' you can edit yourself decide exactly how much you want the public to know is this the future of relevant relationships?
As far as the BBC film blogs found it fascinating that Maureen a British country woman has her discrepencies on the diminishing language that she is accustom to. Ironic that she is using a sophisticated means of technology to get her opinion out when the cause for her problem is due to the rapid change in culture catalyst by the technological world in deed. First blog in 1997 and look at the rapid progression has this been a variable in Maureens dilemna???? I think probably. The lexicon of our generation is being defined by the technology we use. Maureen mentions wicker baskets that would carry bushels of apples---this was utilized in the language of her younger years now no one know what she is referring to and she has found it difficult to understand references made by those in the computer generation. Are we at risk for losing some of our important language to spout out computer/internet/text message etc lingo? will this be the future