So... Title.
I always knew that I didn't keep up with the news as much as I should. But I truly realized just how out of touch I am a few weeks ago when I heard of the Zimmerman Trials. I didn't even know who he was. What the trial was about. Or that it was even a thing.
This was a week before it ended.
That's when it hit me that I really have no idea what's happening in the world. Are there any important wars at the moment? Is there some extremely divisive Bill which may change everything I do? Is there anything out there at the moment that I NEED to know about?
I tried to keep up with it a year ago. But then I got sick for a week, and avoided TV and the computer for the entirety. When I got better I just didn't, "get back into the groove of things," you could say. It certainly doesn't help that all of the news I see is utter garbage about some celebrity either... (MSN, FOX, Local.)
What do you do to try and keep up? You got a Politics nut on Facebook that painstakingly keeps you up-to-date? Any specific sites you visit? Channel you prefer? As is I kind of just watch the local news for a few minutes a day then get on the computer -- Typically big things are everywhere.