Car Accident

Two years ago I was in a bad car accident that really affected my senior year of highschool. It started out on a nice Friday summer day and I had just finished working as a counselor at a summercamp. It was my last day of camp and I had also taken off my other two jobs so that I could have a couple of weeks to hang out with friends and relax before school started. A couple of days before this Friday I am reffering to, my best friends boyfriend had come home from the army and I had been hanging out with him and all his friends. One of his friends and I really got along and I always saw him when I would be out with my friend and her boyfriend. So this particular night I decided to hang out with them again. I made plans to go out to eat with my best friend, her boyfriend(Paul), and his friends. I didn't drive at the time so my friends boyfriend picked me up and we met up with his friend at work. My friends then suggested that I should drive in the car with Paul's friend so then I could sit in the front seat. I didn't argue and just went in the car like was suggested. I didn't really know this kid but I wasn't at all worried and it just felt like any other Friday night. Before I knew it, I woke up unconcious with my wrists dangling by skin and me not knowing where I was. I was immediately rushed to the hospital where my parents and friends had met me. I soon found out that both my wrists were broken. I thought it was the worst thing that could happen because now I wasn't going to have the rest of my summer to enjoy but that wasn't nearly as bad as not being able to use both of your hands for anything. I then had to miss 2 months of my senior year and get surgery on both my wrists. This was one of the worst experiences I've ever had and it has definetaly taught me to be more safe while in a car

Internet

I was getting ready to write this blog but I realized that picking a topic isn't as easy as it sounds when its your choice to write about anything. So I started stalling and doing everything else on the computer besides writing this blog and it occured to me how dependent I am of the internet and my computer. The other day my computer had a virus so I couldnt use it and I didn't know what to do with myself. Everytime I come home or back to my dorm, I go on facebook or other websites and can spend hours looking at everything possible. Don't get me wrong , the internet is great and I dont know where we would be without it but do we really need to be on it as much as our generation is. I was reading an article a couple of weeks ago that talked about the dangers of being on facebook. Not the dangers as in talking to creeps that could find you and do something to you but dangers as in being isolated in a virtual world. The article made a point that instead of hanging out with someone or calling them over the phone, we talk to them via facebook or aim because you can avoid confrontation. Even though its easier to talk over the internet, it probably doesn't help anyones social skills. Over the computer you can hide behind your screen and be anyone that you want to be because your not actually interacting with anyone face to face.

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