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@Paige_Kayy

If you don't know what this means it's my twitter username. I've become a tad bit obssessed. I still can't tweet everything I do at every minute of every hour of everyday, but I do have quite a few so far and they're building. I know some people who i'll hang out with and when I get home and check my phone i'll see that all that time I thought they were texting someone(while they were driving, which isn't smart....) they were really updating their followers and fans about how bad the traffic was that day, and how they were going to pick me up/ hanging out at the mall, or some other random task we chose that day. Don't beleive that some people can be so obssessed with this? Well here are some less than known facts to prove it.

"In the blink of an eye" This is how fast twitter updates come in, it's hard to count, but it is estimated that about 750tweets are sent per secon throughout the entire system.

If twitter was a country it would be considered the 12th largest country in the world with a population of 105,779,710 users and growing...Can you imagine how crowded that would be?

93.6% of all users have less than 100 followers and 92.4% follow less than 100 people, yet they all keep posting and find it necessary for everyone to know what they're doing...(i'm one of these people)

I don't know I guess we as teens want everyone to know we got that new video game, or need to update our relationship on every network we are part of just to feel like we're know. I think it makes us feel like evene if we haven't left the house for the day there are still people we can see online, and feel like we're connected with them and actually hung out with them since we see all their updates and how they spent the day when the reality is most of them never leave their house and just pretend that they've done something interesting so that they can talk about it, but chances are they're lieing to make themselves look cool and feel better about themselves.

If you want more "Fun Facts" Go HERE =>
http://www.tiptoptens.com/2011/04/11/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-twitter-facts/
http://www.sysomos.com/insidetwitter/

Guest Blogger#2

It is easy for teenagers and even adults to get addicted to the computer and the internet, Which are parts of modern technology. Technology makes peiples life more convenient and easier.
~Tianni Rong

Texting and Driving part one

This topic has so many things going on with it today I’ll have to cover it I portions so here is part one.  Starting with the laws everyone should be aware by now that it is a Connecticut state law that any teenager who has had their license for less than a year should not be allowed to talk on the phone, text or do anything else with the phone while operating a motor vehicle. It is also a law that even if you are over eighteen and have held a license for over a year you may not use any hand held device while driving a car. This means even if you are an adult unless you have a blue tooth or other wireless device you can use to talk on the phone with there won’t be any phone use while in the car, this means absolutely NO TEXTING!

Recently also saw an entire news report on this subject and how Connecticut is “Cracking Down” on people who disobey these laws. It went so far as having police set up check points around the capital city and surrounding neighborhoods to catch unsuspecting victims. In some reports and articles it showed undercover policemen on buildings and stairways about the street looking down with binoculars just to look into cars to see who was using a phone safely while driving and who was not. The key term here is “SAFE”. It isn’t illegal to talk on the phone while you’re driving, I know people who do it all the time, but Bluetooth’s or headsets must be used for “Safety” reasons. The Connecticut government is taking teen deaths, car accidents, and driving very seriously, and so should everyone else.

===> Relationship affect: Obviously you and your parent will not have a very good or trusting relationship when they found out you got pulled over, recieved a ticket, and had your license suspended for a stupid mistake like texting and driving.

Car alarms and automatic starters

Okay, so last Friday I went to West Farms with my friend and brother. Everything went well I got everything I wanted and was ready to leave, and then it happened. We got lost, My brother who drove the car decided he wasn’t going to pay attention to where the car was parked…He was the one in charge of it clearly it’s hi fault we got lost. Anyways, this isn’t the whole story. We walked around the mall parking lot for twenty minutes in and out of Macy’s (We also didn’t remember the entrance we were parked at) The whole time I was wishing I had the other key chain which has all the nifty little accessories like the car starters to keep us warm (It was raining out, and very cold) And of course the ever so trusty car Unlock, Flashy light, Alarm beeper thingy.  Nice name huh? If only we had this device that could set the alarm off so we could hear and see the lights flashing bringing our journey to the car to a quicker end. Of course this didn’t happen and we were all soaking wet by the time we got in the car. The point to this story is that these car unlocking devices that just stick on your key ring are very important to a driver’s life. Especially a distracted teen who has more to worry about like where they want to shop and how much money they have rather than think about which parking spot they chose that day. Having this device could have really helped me and my brother out since we were pratically screaming profanities at eachother as we searched for the car all night.

===> This technological advancement affects relationships by keeping the peace...At least in my experience.

Electronics affect sleep

Lately I've been having a lot of trouble sleeping. I don't know if it's stress, too much caffeine before bed, or just having to much energy during the day and not getting rid of it. Whatever the cause I was searching the web to find out ways to help, and I found many reviews, blogs and informational sites about how electronics like using a cell phone, IM'ing on the computer, or even listening to the radio before bed can really disturb some of your sleep patterns.
As I kept looking for new ways to fall asleep faster and easier there was one common trend that researchers were talking about. In one article I read a Dr. Michaael Gradisar listed some statistics that proved everyones point that electronics could affect sleep.
These are all statistics for after 9:00pm (For teenagers)
-- 55% access the internet
--24% play computer games
--30% text message
Clearly teenagers and adolescents are addicted to electronics and it is recommended that elctronics like computers, portable gaming devices, or televisions, and any other distractions should be removed from the persons room while they are sleeping so they don't get  interrupted.
This may seem like a great idea in fact I don't have anything like that in my room...Except for my cell phone...This is where the problem for me lies, usually just after I fall asleep(if i've fallen asleep at all) I'll get some sort of facebook update, phone call, or text message which just calls my name waiting for me to answer. As much as I try to ignore these things i'm a teenager and need the latest scoop on everything, or need to help my friend through some kind of dramatic disaster that just happened to them online.
My point to all of this is that maybe if I just tried a little harder to put my phone on silent or shut it off all together I would get some better sleep and not be so tired in the morning, although I know this will never happen it is a nice thought.