creating igoogle...feeling traitorish

we are now creating our igoogle during our first class session. the first thing i did was look at the art, in order to design my own "theme." but how can it be my own when i chose it out of a list?

regardless, it still made me feel "unique" by adding the beautiful colors. i can see why people like to do such a thing: having your own igoogle somehow makes you feel... connected? unique? intellectual? hip?

then i added a tab. i chose "education" since that is why we are all here. WOW. all of a sudden a million links to education related sites appeared on my igoogle. (are you supposed to call it "my igoogle?")

i really can't believe how many are out there. it makes me feel slightly overwhelmed, like perhaps i am missing something REALLY IMPORTANT.

next i added "gadgets." jokes of the day! confucius quotes of the day! the NY Times! i haven't been up to date on reading the NY times every day since college (5 years ago). my own klamath falls weather! there are pages upon pages of gadgets.

i would never get any work done if i checked my igoogle everyday. what do people do all day long at work? play on igoogle? i can see how it would eat up...no, GOBBLE, precious time out my day that i need to spend interacting with my coworkers and customers, connecting with my family, and reading a real book!

i also can't believe it. i tried to read my confucius quote of the day: it was sponsored by an advertisment! unbelievable. no, very believable. so i will just have to delete poor old confucius.

i am very wary of this igoogle. it's the same reason i cancelled my myspace account: would i rather spend time on the computer or with people? maybe i am missing out on REALLY IMPORTANT things. but maybe i am not.

the only caveat is that the purpose of this is to gain more knowledge and access to resources to help me become a better teacher. so maybe i really need to focus on this and later i will learn to filter the junk. here we go, just me and my igoogle!!