CD Warehouse Anyone?

Last night my roommate and I drove around until One O’clock AM looking for the Justin Bieber CD. We tried Blockbuster, Wal-Mart (not a super center), Barnes and Nobel, Premier Video, and others. All of which were either closed or no longer selling CDs. I mean we did realize we could buy the CD on iTunes, but we wanted the actual album. We literally could not think of any stores that were selling what we were looking for. We then thought about other places we had purchased CDs in the past. Only one came to mind…

I’m not intentionally continuing the Net generation theme and how we’re technologically impacting the world, but seriously, what happened to CD Warehouse?

When I was little, my mother would take my brother and I to buy CDs at CD Warehouse and other stores that explicitly sold music. Nowadays, we just buy them on iTunes, purchase individual songs, illegally download them on the Internet, or burn copies of our friends CDs.

I know where I buy CDs isn’t really a “major issue” to blog about, but after reading these books on the Net generation, I’ve really come to notice how we’ve affected so many aspects of life. It’s kind of sad how much everything has changed. Obviously, as a Net gener myself, I’m a proponent fully engaging in Internet usage; but I still appreciate going out and actually buying products at stores. I like to think I’m not THAT lazy.

Another example is Blockbuster. So many locations are closing down because of the invention of Netflix and other online movie companies. We’re too spoiled that we can’t drive four miles to the nearest renting store, we have to buy them online.

Convenience is one thing, but pure laziness is sad. Why can’t we still appreciate and use what was created in the past while continuing to embrace the future and its resources?

I have nothing to talk about...

As I’m sitting here thinking about what to blog about, I’m realizing I have nothing to say. But, how is this even possible?

We have so much going on around us. Fairly often, I find myself with nothing to talk about. While my roommate is up to date on current issues and bringing them up for conversation, I’m not doing anything. I don’t watch the news, nor do I pay attention to what’s going on around me at all.

After reading parts of Don Tapscott’s book, Grown up Digital, I find the fact that I’m so uninformed seriously discouraging. I have so many resources available with 23934529458 ways to connect to the world, and I’m not taking advantage of them like I should be. I think it’s because most of us are so concerned about what’s going on with ourselves that we don’t pay attention to what’s happening to others. I should know so many things to post about, but I don’t. I think most college students can relate with spending so much time with school, extracurricular activities, sports, partying, etc. that we forget to stay involved.

Can you relate? What can we do to stay in tune and why are some of us so disconnected?