Popular culture is a part of everyday life and it's hard to pick it out of a line up of a typical day. However, in my class we talked about social media being a huge part of pop culture and that's when it hit me. Almost all of my friends have Twitter or Facebook or both! I too have both, but I'm not totally obsessed with it like my friends. I know people who get upset when they don't get more followers on Twitter than someone and for the longest time I secretly thought they were so dumb for caring so much for people that they didn't even really know. Then I found Pinterest. At first it was just another site like Facebook and Twitter, but after awhile I became just as obsessed as my friends had with their respective social media obsessions. Now I find myself getting on and smiling when I see that I have new followers. I'll brag to my friends when someone knew follows me and I'll even say to myself, "You're pinterest is much better now that you follow me." I never thought I'd get so caught up in something like this, but who care? I am genuinely happy when I get onto Pinterest and add things to my boards, so why should I worry? Pinterest makes me happy and so does One Direction and The Big Bang Theory. This happiness might not be something that will make me happy forever or longer than watching an episode or listening to a song, but that isn't bad, because then I'll just fill it with something else that makes me happy.....like Pinterest. I'm fine with being caught up in popular culture as long as I'm happy with it.
I agree with your Pinterest quote, I love when I get that Ping! on my phone that notifies me someone like my post; the moment may only last a second, but I cracked a smile during my endless day of studying :) Those few minutes of escape during a time when you, an vacation to another world, even if for a few moments, to shop, plan a vaca, decorate, get a new recipe, or find that new drink idea we need to try... Better yet a new Hairdo. See ya there!!!!
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