Show I A Around round The Globe My brings all the boys to the yard Nick Parker in Editor-in-Chief Hi Im I'm Nick and Im I'm addicted to Its It's true Even the editor of the school newspaper cant can't get enough of Toms Tom's malevolent cre cre- cre- cre My laptop and desktop both use as their home home- pages I am logged in 50 percent of the day Working at a computer er lab is not a good way to beat such an electronic addiction My profile has friends I have a few bands Clifton I Am The Ocean Sons Of Mourning i Fill a few organizations Redwood Region and just a bunch of my real-life real friends Honestly I cant can't go a day without filling out a bulletin about the girl I like she's absolutely beautiful in every way and that's all you need to know what my favorite movie is Saints and Spinal Tap or how many times Ive I've smoked pot zero Is anybody else in the same boat I know I cant can't be alone My addiction began about mid-March mid of last year My friends in high school journalism journalism journalism jour jour- class Jon Gaudia Kyle Ford Lauren Bradley and Marissa arissa Groce made a profile for me I had been the most outspoken outspoken outspoken out out- spoken anti person in quite possibly the world When they signed me up I was slightly peeved because it made me look like a hypocrite Their headline for me was I hate your music which pretty much sums up my arrogant minded closed-minded approach to music give me some credit Ive I've opened up a bunch since then They also included a column photo from our high school newspaper The Voice wherein Im I'm grimacing Now this stunt was slightly comical ok it was downright hilarious but later it would get me into a lot of trouble I went back to work at Target shortly after high school and met meta a kid named Jason J City Jarrard The City as he insists we call him talked about all day the first week of my return to the Red Dungeon I desperately wanted to be Jarrard's friend what the hell was I thinking so I logged into my formerly faux account for the first time and began the slow descent into online madness My initial step was to add all the new people from Target Then I added friends from school All those that had felt my unnecessary wrath at Murray High wasted no time in scrutinizing scrutinizing scrutinizing ing my newfound love of the unholy Im I'm pretty sure I wrote an article my senior year criticizing the excessive use of the very site Now Im I'm a whore Its It's all I do Send me a message continued on page 4 has become Nicks Nick's virtual home awa w way y from reality continued from page 2 I dare you You'll get a reply quicker than you can say Comment my new pies Do you think you have what it takes to be on my Top 8 Can you do a beer bong in seconds like my boy Kyle Whitley Can you drive a acar acar acar car nicer than your rich uncle but still grow a homeless-guy homeless beard Grizzly Adams would cry for in awe Yeah that's my Mitchell Ryan Short Can you call yourself my unofficial sister sister sister sis sis- ter and have a dialogue laced tightly with sentences made up of or only band or song names Marissa Mae Gross is all over that junk Are any of your nicknames J City Statch or Precious Do you constantly constantly constantly con con- talk about how youre you're from Vegas No because youre you're not Jason Jarrard Do you just wanna skate Have you been beaten down by the cops at a McDonalds McDonald's for playing playing playing play play- ing with a plastic gun That's El ERIC Eric Archuleta Can you bake me a wedding cake and talk to me about all the drama from St. St George to Logan Unless youre you're Mallory Hill I sincerely doubt it Are you the most gorgeous girl inthe in inthe inthe the world Can you bring a smile to my face just by laughing laughing laughing laugh laugh- ing and subsequently crying Can you eat more than me and still have the figure of a super super- model Dani Hagemeister can this one should give you a clue to an earlier mystery And finally does every sentence sentence sentence sen sen- tence out of your mouth have something to do with the White Man keeping you down Do you think that you people is a derogatory comment in all cases Well there actually might be people out there like that so maybe I shouldn't limit this one But Jon Gaudia rounds out my good ole Top 8 The Globe is on t too you know You should come hang with us newspaper nerds and tell us what you think chink grou globe We Ie want to know what you think Hit it up Not only is like the totally coolest but its networking networking networking net net- working capabilities are end end- less I correspond with half my staff through the site site- I have also become acquainted w with m members member of my staff on a more personal level Whether its it's fun chitchat or a personal to heart-to-heart has brought me closer clos clos- er to my amazing staff v P r. r y r Fr I aR Y p r p I. I K Photo Illustration By Nick Parker Obviously Nick is now cool enough to have a bathroom picture The downside is that there are a lot of Internet predators The good thing about it is that theres there's a lot of Internet prey Iam I Iam Iam am totally kidding that's a joke If anybody takes me seriously seriously seriously seri seri- they really shouldn't ever read anything again I really dont don't see what all the hoopla is about Sure you can get into some trouble using or other social networking networking networking net net- working sites such as but you can get in inas inas inas as much or even more trouble walking in a park If people are smart about what they or their kids are doing they shouldn't have I those of oft safety I f J 4 1 r Jt jil H 1001 pr problems If y u have a similar addiction contact me You can find me through the Globes Globe's group Im I'm the moderator Send me a message but dont don't freak out if I dont don't add you as a friend I might be a whore but adding random strangers is beneath me even if sending 12 surveys all of which Ive I've done at least twice before s e Globes rt K ir Group Y |