Social Networking

I know that you're probably are a member of some social networking website. Who can get through their day without updating their Facebook or sending out a tweet on Twitter? I often find myself locked onto these sites and tend to lose track of time. But why? Why are we so engaged in wondering what our friends are doing? Are we nosy? Are we interested? Or is it because we're so busy with our own careers and daily schedule that these sites are the only way we keep in touch with each other.
For me, social networking is the best way I keep in touch with my family and friends. I have found many family members, friends from high school and old co-workers that I've lost contact with years ago. We have a big world, a world full of tasks, meetings, agendas and multi-tasking events. Who in today's world can keep up with friends and collegues? If it wasn't for Facebook, I would have lost touch with my cousin Cheryl who I haven't seen since I was five years old. My Auntie Lucy and Uncle Jim moved to Missouri back in the 80's and that was the last time I've seen or heard from Cheryl, Charlie and Jayne. Facebook has brought us together and now I get updates on how they're doing and best part, I get to see pics of them and their new families.
Facebook also allows me to get in touch with my local family members and ex-classmates. It's awesome to see what people are doing now for careers. My friend Shelly is now a pastry chef in a 5 star restaurant in NYC, my drum line buddy Kyle is into computers and has a beautiful family and it continues on and on.
However, I see how social networking can ruin lives. You hear the stories of people cheating on each other from people they meet on these sites. Or people getting fired because they called out sick at work and put an update on their site saying that they're headed to TJ in an hour...wtf!! People need to be wiser on what they put on these sites. Recently, a family was robbed because they post an update on their Facebook that they were going on vacation for a week or so. Somebody that read their update knew they were going to be gone and stole all of their personal belongings.
I've also noticed that a lot of immature kids have ruined some of these wonderful sites. I was a huge fan of mySpace back in 2003 and 2004 before it got really big. I used to be on mySpace, not to meet people and chat, but to follow up on a lot of underground bands that nobody has ever heard of. There were a lot of wonderful bands out there that were launched by mySpace, there's Bixby Knolls, The Wylde Bunch and many others. These were musicans that were trying to make it big and would play at a lot of local bars in my area. One day, all of these junior high kids and high school kids got on the site and it's been pretty shitty since. They would post a lot of stupid comments, send mass bulletins to everybody on who they're screwing or what they smoked. It was pretty stupid and gave mySpace a bad name. Not only were the kids immature, you had parents that would make fake accounts and pretend to hook up with another kid just to get revenge for their child that was picked on at school. Good going Lori Drew!!
Anyways, even though there's an evil side to these social networking sites, there are benefits. It's a good source of networking if you're looking for a job. I mean in today's job market, any source other than the classified ads helps. It's a great way to keep in touch with friends and family. Last but not least, it's a great way to kill time at work :)

Welcome To My New Blog :)

So here we are again. Another blog. Some of you have read my past blogs and are probably wondering why the fuck did Rico create another blog. Well this new blog that I call 'Living With Rico' will share my experiences with you all. There might be times where I'll tell stories that can last for hours, maybe just type in some one liners or maybe even include some pictures. I don't know, I just want to share with you some of the things that I experience during my crazy days. Some will be work related, sometimes it might be just some random shit. Hopefully I will be able to inspire you or some how inform you. Now beware, I may inform you with some random bullshit sometimes and you may find it either useful, stupid or even a waste of your time, but as many of you know me...I do come up with random bullshit all of the time :)

Please feel free to comment on my blogs. I'm building it as we go. As you can see on the right side of the page, my favorite links are displayed. Feel free to take a look at them. Soon I'll add some RSS feeds and polls.

So I guess I just want to catalog my life and I figured BLOGGER would probably be a good stuff. I mean, Jon and Kate recorded their lives and the story of how their kids grew up (they got rich and used TV), so I figured I can do it through blogger. I hope you enjoy my stories, information and random bullshit :)

Hope to hear from you soon!!
Rico