This was really for another blog, but it's been so long since I posted anything!
The Fives are out of control. I’m not talking about T-Mobile. I’m talking about, yes, facebook. I know, I know. Facebook is lame and old hat. But it’s ubiquitous these days. There is no avoiding it. And unfortunately, there is no avoiding the trends WITHIN facebook, those things that everyone just has to do that is then, ever so conveniently, placed in your update feed. First it’s an application that everyone ads, then it was those stupid 25 Random Things notes that everyone was tagged in. Now it’s the Your 5 Quizzes. Your 5 favorite movies, your 5 favorite albums, 5 movies you wish you never paid for, 5 fave fictional heroes. Whatever. 5 anything.
The worst thing about these is that, while they are excruciatingly annoying, I want to do all of them! Yes! I DO want to list my 5 favorite album covers from the 90s! Please let me share with you my 5 celebrity look-alikes, my five favorite tv show theme songs from the 80s, my five most annoying habits, my five reasons for low self esteem, 5 foods that give me horrible gas. Please. Let me share.
Whatever. We live in an age where everything is an open book, so obviously it makes perfect sense that people want to share even the dumbest facts about them. We all know this. Nothing new. But it’s still annoying.
Don’t even get me started on the quizzes. Unless you want to hear which Jane Austen character I am…
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Hello there!
So I started a blog!
Check back when I have something to say. Bye!
Just kidding. But I do feel a certain amount of pressure to make my inaugural post a good one, but who am I kidding? It's freezing outside. I am reading while my roommate watches "Guys and Dolls." Brando's singing voice intermittently interrupts my book and all I can think is that he sounds like Billy Crystal doing an impression, probably of Brando. I am not really a fan of the big musicals from the 50s and 60s, like "My Fair Lady" or even "West Side Story." Sorry Kel, but "Guys and Dolls" is no exception. But I do, on average, like musicals.
Kelly is now chatting with a long lost friend who just found me on facebook, looking for her. I signed up for facebook maybe 72 hours ago. I felt pressured because suddenly all of my friends signed up at the exact same time, even though it's been around for years and I thought they were all loyal myspace users. I had vowed not to sign up. I've been an ardent myspacer for almost four years. Making the switch from Friendster was a pain in itself, so why would I change it again?
And I was completely unprepared for what facebook had to offer. What's with all these "applications" and functions? I can't even figure out something simple like inviting friends. My sister signed up right after me and she was already sending me "Christmas Presents" and dedicating songs to me. It's pretty hideous, but yet another fabulous time waster. And everyone swears that facebook is better than myspace. I was getting exhausted with it all and decided to just start a blog!
Not that I won't be on the 'book in 20 minutes confirming that I met this long lost friend through Kelly and walking her through setting up her own profile while Brian nominates me for a superlative. Hey, at least I have a virtual social life, right guys? RIGHT?!?!?
The cool thing is that my cousins from Australia are on there. That's a plus!
Check back when I have something to say. Bye!
Just kidding. But I do feel a certain amount of pressure to make my inaugural post a good one, but who am I kidding? It's freezing outside. I am reading while my roommate watches "Guys and Dolls." Brando's singing voice intermittently interrupts my book and all I can think is that he sounds like Billy Crystal doing an impression, probably of Brando. I am not really a fan of the big musicals from the 50s and 60s, like "My Fair Lady" or even "West Side Story." Sorry Kel, but "Guys and Dolls" is no exception. But I do, on average, like musicals.
Kelly is now chatting with a long lost friend who just found me on facebook, looking for her. I signed up for facebook maybe 72 hours ago. I felt pressured because suddenly all of my friends signed up at the exact same time, even though it's been around for years and I thought they were all loyal myspace users. I had vowed not to sign up. I've been an ardent myspacer for almost four years. Making the switch from Friendster was a pain in itself, so why would I change it again?
And I was completely unprepared for what facebook had to offer. What's with all these "applications" and functions? I can't even figure out something simple like inviting friends. My sister signed up right after me and she was already sending me "Christmas Presents" and dedicating songs to me. It's pretty hideous, but yet another fabulous time waster. And everyone swears that facebook is better than myspace. I was getting exhausted with it all and decided to just start a blog!
Not that I won't be on the 'book in 20 minutes confirming that I met this long lost friend through Kelly and walking her through setting up her own profile while Brian nominates me for a superlative. Hey, at least I have a virtual social life, right guys? RIGHT?!?!?
The cool thing is that my cousins from Australia are on there. That's a plus!
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