Ok, so I just re-read this, and it struck a chord with me.

Are we getting more and more isolated? I feel like there's a strange dichotomoy in that the more "connected" we are, the more separate we become... kind of like the faster we're able to travel the more impatient we become...

I used to hardly watch any tv and never read any celebrity gossip magazines...I would almost pride myself about not knowing the latest Lindsay Lohen or Brittney Spears happenings... But I bought a copy of US magazine about a year ago, and after one issue I was hooked on that sh*t. Now I feel compelled to find out the latest celebrity information... And I can get wrapped up in it.

I follow the lives of the charcters on my favorite show, and to some degree, the lives of the actors who play them.

And I can get very wrapped up in it all.

I guess, like a child, I need to occasionally remind myself what's real and what's not real. :-)