Notes from the College Wasteland

A few weeks ago Mediapost launched a new blog called "Notes from the Digital Frontier." Their writers? College kids. Specifically, a group of "media-savvy undergrads" from Ball State whose wise words would serve to link the "world of academia with the commercial world of Madison Avenue." It got rave reviews from several bloggers. I wonder, though, if they even read it, or are just trying to suck up to Mediapost.

Well, I read it. And I am now more stupid for having done so.

I’ve attached a few choice bits below so that you, too, can enjoy the brain-numbing feeling you usually get only from that post-work E! Channel fix.

"I
am addicted to the television and, as such, I choose to schedule my classes and
work schedule around my favorite TV shows whenever possible." – Britteny

"Once
my roommate opens up The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, I know where I will be spending a lot of my free
time." – Betsy

"Well,
when you are brought up in a world that swears by convenience and catering to
the multi-tasking, on-the-go, efficient life that is America,
one tends to become dependent on an electronic thing or two to keep up with
that life." – Erynne

"But
I do wonder how I have managed to have friends and get a degree." – Jason

"I
began to get annoyed with my pink razor always trying to tell me what to do.
Then I realized I let her boss me around. There is half of me that can’t bear
the thought of turning her off, because I might miss something, but the rest of
me wants to throw her out the window." – Erynne

"This
is just an example of what the Internet has done to my generation. We revere it
not as a tool, commodity, or privilege; we view it as an extension of ourselves
– and without it? You might just as well sever a leg." – Sean

"Oh
online identity, how you rule my life." – David

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