CyberDayze
A Twitter tweet recently received:
"How odd. U always ask these deeply philosophical open ended nearly unanswerable profound and mesmeric questions.
Who the fuck cares what they think?"
Now I couldn't help but get a laugh 😂 out of this, because that is EXACTLY what I think my posts are myself!
He was absolutely spot on in his rumination. [yessireehecertainlywas]
CyberDayze.
Read it if you dare.
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CyberDayze
Guess what I just found during my check of the CyberDayze Amazon link this morning?
A new Amazon Reader Review!
And it's not like my other three, Five Star reviews which are short, one paragraph posts with general comments. This one is long and detailed! YES! WANTED NEEDED DESIRED CRAVED feedback!!! I LOVE ❤️ it!
And.
It's an amazing 😉 Review. He stated he gave four stars over five because he kept looking for my personal comments about the shared dialog with others but there wasn't enough there for him. Oopsy. Someone told me to put more personal comment in CyberDayze, but I failed to do so. Because nothing came to mind what to say, exactly.
Here is that MUCH appreciated Review:
"An important work - get off the www for the time it takes you to read it!
ByKennethon August 21, 2017
This book is both difficult and easy to read. And I'm not sure why. So I will have to read it again. It is noteworthy that I put this Review under the "paper back edition." You may want to read the Reviews under the Kindle Edition as well. But I bought the paperback so it would be easy for me to yellow highlight it and make entries in red ink. Alongside "Words: begging to be written" and "A new addiction instaneously emerged." And "Doomed from the beginning by circumstances that were well beyond our recognition and wisdom, we battled and loved, and loved and battled, and lost in the end."
I suppose this book could be called a "fictionalized autobiography." Fictionalized only because names have been changed to protect the ... participants. We can't really say "protect the innocent," because that wouldn't be right. But although the book is deeply personal, its judgments are not so as much - they are more detached. We follow along with the author her journey through life, her long time battle with depression, the hopes, the disappointments, the betrayals, and eventually the dissolution of her marriage, and we see the very significant role that social media like facebook play in all of that. There are balanced portrayals - social media is seen both as contributing to behavior that was damaging, but also as liberating from impossible confines Catch-22 relationships. If you're looking for black and white and self-help prescriptions, you'll have to go elsewhere.
I won't give away the author's conclusions, if we could call them that. Suffice it to say that there is an admission that this material could be used as a Case Study for followup research in areas that have not been fully explored - along the lines of "How is social media affecting our ways of interacting?"
There are some nuggets throughout. I enjoyed reading of the many bands that the author loved throughout her life - and the concerts she attended, and recognized many of the names: Zappa, Alice Cooper, Rush, Aerosmith, Depeche Mode - and many, many more. In hindsight, it is evident that music was an attempt at self-medication, an aspect which is now formally recognized as "music therapy."
I gave this book only four stars and not five because I wish the author had contributed more of her own commentary to balance out the "journal entries" of her interaction on facebook and chat. I found myself reading through the journal entries motivated to get to the end of that chapter, or to the beginning of the next one, so I could read her "take" on all of it.
This is by no means a "polished" work. It is honest, it is raw, it is visceral. But medicine that is good for you doesn't always taste good."
CyberDayze.
Read it if you dare.
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I recently found this blog comment that was posted quite awhile ago. Today was the day that I found time to respond to the kind post:
"That is really fascinating. You're an overly skilled blogger.
I have joined your rss feed and look forward to looking for
extra of your wonderful posts. Also, I've shared your website in my social networks."
Hmm. I wonder what she meant by 'That is really fascinating.' (?) Maybe I should go back and investigate what the blog topic was referencing which stirred her to post the comment. Who knows what I might have been talking about, right? Maybe I don't WANT to know? Egad. Do I worry too much? Remember-I often say to myself, "I wrote THAT???" You just don't know what those pesky 'Words' are capable of spinning.
Or.
Maybe you DO.
I contemplated on disclosing to her that just over one year ago I was asking Google what a blog was for god's sake already. And I STILL am not entirely clear on said subject, I must admit. All I do is write about whatever runs through this whacky brain of mine at the time. And, of course I should interject that 'The Words' most likely wrote a blog or two. Or three.
That was nice that she shared my website in her social networks. Very thoughtful. It is as genial as when one of you shares my often lengthy and profound Facebook posts to your own timeline.
At any rate, I am truly honored to be called 'An overly skilled blogger.'
Who would have ever thought?
Certainly not I.
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As I have told you, I was writing a Twitter friend's cyber story. I got through chapter 17 and didn't hear from him again for almost four weeks. He posted in Twitter that he had been in the hospital for 23 days and was diagnosed with liver and lung cancer. He then answered my email -I had messaged him that I needed more stories from him and he emailed back that Jesus did not want him thinking bad thoughts and he wanted to just discontinue writing the book.
I am really disappointed. Because I think his story and mine are very important ones for what is now called 'cyberpsychology'. I read a book by Mary Aiken, a pioneering cyberpsychologist, named The Cyber Effect. I can't believe how uncanny it is that the things she states in the book, CyberDayze substantiates.
Joe's story about what he did in a cyber 'game' called Second Life, was shocking. He was addicted to it for five years. He said that he hadn't even gotten to 'his psycho self' side of the story yet. It hurts me to know that he's dying, and it's only compounded by the fact that he won't be sharing his shocking stories with me and the world. He did say that I could do whatever I wanted to do with what I've written thus far.
There's not enough data to publish it, but maybe I could share a half chapter a day in my CyberDayze Facebook pages. Sort of like a soap opera, I guess.
Anyway, you can probably tell I'm feeling depressed.
Because I'm still bummed about JoeJoe and his untold story. I did email him back a long email [wouldyouexpectanythingother??] telling him that 'CyberDayze: My Second Life' could quite possibly become his… Legacy. I explained to him again how important it might be in the world of cyberpsychology.
Not even mentioning the people who may read it and say to themselves, "Wow! I'm NEVER going to get mixed up in cyber games and have them ruin MY life!" Because that could very well happen as well.
But, I also know that Joe may be in considerable physical pain and not be able to think of the things that he did in that game. I told him I wouldn't pester him about it, but I'm having a really hard time not doing that. I just wish he would share his story.
Savemefrommyselfalready
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i usually blog first and then do fb pages and whatever I blogged gets used as a fb post later in the day but today i am going 2 do it differently i have 2 make a statement about the state of the united states with the ppl who r not able 2 write a sentence complete with capitalized words beginning the sentence with proper punctuation used and words spelled out completely instead of how r u which drives me crazy already i cant figure out how ppl dont capitalize i my iphone does it so i dont have 2 so feel free 2 tell me how they do it cause i want 2 no dont ppl c that this makes them look so uneducated and tends 2 make me not take them seriously i bet ppl would be more careful about how they write if they knew that their posts would be laughed at or looked down upon based on how they wrote it dont u think i was writing someones cyber story and he wrote this way and he is a multi published author i emailed him and told him that i dont mind adding to his stories to make them more interesting 2 read but plz dont make me have 2 do simple edits such as capitalization and punctuation i guess he wasnt able 2 do that 4 me because he kept writing his stories the same way 4 me and damnitalltohellalready i had 2 do all that simple but aggravating editing of his work and i questioned what his published books looked like when he turned them in 2 the publisher i couldnt imagine presenting something like that in fact the publisher of CyberDayze said my work was the cleanest they had ever seen my rounds of edits were due to having to get pics and links lined up under the correct sentence did that ever drive me crazy almost as much as how r u and no punctuation or capitalization which without me doing it in this post to make my point i am fighting the urge 2 go back and fixfixfix everything omg it just drives me nuts do u get my point with this post gg i hope u do i am just the messenger folks so listen up when i say ur writing looks so uneducated and silly when u do this so buck up and start writing correctly, folks. Yes, even you all in Twitter are not off the hook due to character maximum in a tweet. If I can manage writing a tweet that consists of a complete sentence, including proper punctuation and capitalization of words where necessary, then you can do it, too.
Please! people!
The state of how the vast many are writing is becoming alarming!
Let's do our best to write a proper sentence and keep the United States 🇺🇸 looking like an intelligent, educated nation.
Thank god! THIS post is completed; I was almost on the brink of going stark raving crazy! I cannot write like that!!!
Screams!
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CyberDayze
Have you ever written a 98,500 word document, with absolutely NO recollection that you had?
I did.
And I named it.
CyberDayze.
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CyberDayze.
It's Not Just A Book.
It's An Experience.
Come See For Yourself.
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A blog comment received:
"I’m feeling inordinately thoughtful as I’m finding you everywhere.
CyberDayze here – CyberDayze there – CyberDayze everywhere….
Well, I guess I’ll simply voice what has already been said, and said well. ‘The Social Media Blitz is definitely working for you CD."
******
And.
That it is.
[smiles]
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Visiting my Instagram messages I found:
"YOU are EVERYWHERE".
Mission: Accomplished.
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Facebook is telling me that I have 67 (?) New 'Page Likes' here on this CyberDayze Facebook Page.
But, isn't it only...Monday???
Fancy that.
Well then.
Welcome! to my newcomers.
Glad to have you aboard.
CyberDayze.
It has a Message that wants to be heard.
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A surprising Blog
Comment I received from Stalkerhacker, attached to my blog that was speaking about my website traffic activity:
"Cyber-D - The soc media blitz is working for you."
???
Now then. Why in the world (???) is he giving me a compliment, Pray Tell, when all posts thus far have been scathing?
Hmm.
I guess I will never know.
Nope.
But.
Thank you for that one, Stalkerhacker.
Appreciated.
[smiles]
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CyberDayze.
It's what drives me.
And.
I am Driven.
You see, CyberDayze has a Message that wants to be heard.
Needs to be heard.
HAS to be heard.
I am merely the messenger.
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