They Hyper Time Waster Friendsters, And How Maybe it’s Time to say “Goodbye” to Hong Kong and Go Somewhere Else

Five hours of my day today was completely wasted. Considering how there are 3 million people on that network, I am by far not the only human out there who stared at that interface for more hours than justifiable.

It was fine when I was just looking for old friends or reading about what other people I wrote about mine. Yet, I was able to bring the time wasting to a whole new level. I made a “Fake” Profile and started to add people to it. Not a fake one of some movie star, or actress, but a “Geographical” one of my old home town of “Venice Beach, California,” one of the cities within LA.

I was so involved in it, I searched Amazon for books and music from that city for the profile, I made a list of the historical events that the happened in the City, TV and Films that were located there. Then I made a decision that I wasn’t going to add “real” people in it. Not even random other countries, states, or places. This profile is only to have LA neighborhoods and icons, a splatter of Southern Californian cities, and one or two Spiritual sista areas like Ashland, Berkley, Bolder, Portland, etc.

I started to add “Los Angeles, “Interstate Five,”, “Santa Monica” and was overjoyed when I found “Los Felix”, “Echo Park,” smaller less known places which were just as cool. By the time I found “The Roxy Whisky” “The Troubadour” (clubs where bands played,) I was practically jumping up and down. “See, I thought, it’s not just me those places mean something to other people too!” Then I started to search for “Disneyland,” “KCRW Radio,” thought maybe I should add things like, “Punks,” “Skateboards,” “Surfing” on the list.

That’s when I realized I was homesick. Completely and utterly. I was making a scrapbook of places that means something to me, and if I can’t be there, then having them on a list on the Internet was good enough.

Maybe it’s just time to really think about spending the next few years elsewhere. Well, actually have been thinking about it for a while. But I think it’s time to really start doing the ground work. In the meantime capture as much of Hong Kong that is dear to me so I have a record of it. I can always come back. I can spend some time over here, maybe I can raise enough money to finish my film. It’s always a bit of a sad senario, being from somewhere else because I am sure once I am gone. I will miss Hong Kong like crazy.