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June 14, 2007
Carla Is...
…spending waaaaay too much time on Facebook. Why is that thing so pickin’ addictive? I guess it’s because for me I can just jot a really quick update down. I also feel quite safe posting photos on there. So anyone who reads my blog and isn’t already on there, I will friend you or vice versa. Friends I’d like to see on there but don’t think are at the mo: Stinni, Jennie, Beth, Jay/Bon, Sharon, MrZ…I’m (aherm) POKING YOU TO JOIN FACEBOOK! Can I be any more subtle than that?! It’s been really nice to catch up with people I haven’t seen for years but on the other hand, I am still quite shy ‘approaching’ people to friend. I guess it’s the whole adolescent fear of rejection—funny how it can stick around years after the fact. But oh well. I just can’t believe how much I’m hanging out on there. Sad, really.
Other than that, I’ve been running after a very active little boy. The game has totally changed. He’ll be officially two on Sunday (Father’s Day—how cool is that?) but he’s already “unofficially” a toddler already. I’m loathe to use the adjective “terrible” to describe toddler but he is just one huge ball of energy, and doesn’t like to hear the word “no” and I’ve had to resort to using reigns when we go out, because walks have just been too traumatic and after he ran out in front of a car I knew I had to do something. So as a result, I’m always tired, I feel like a grumpy, frumpy housewife half the time because I do get discouraged at this parenthood thing, and I don’t have time to blog that much.
So I’d better do a bit more tidying before he wakes up from his nap. And I’d better get off of this thing before I can’t resist the pull of logging into Facebook to see what my friends are up to.
...Yes Carla! There's a good reason why they have the nickname for it, 'crackbook', tough to stay off it indeed. But I've found that's where everyone is, or will be eventually, I'm finding or inviting people everyday or so. I ran into an old school friend their the other day that I haven't heard from in close to forty years. Good grief, does that date me or wot!
Posted by: Kodger at June 20, 2007 05:13 AMI just joined facebook a few days ago - I'll see if I can find you. It's wierdly addictive. I keep logging on even though I don't know why. Maybe it's because I've suddenly found some people I've lost contact with.
Forty years? I'd round down and say 3, maybe 3 1/2 decades =)
Posted by: Adrian at June 26, 2007 10:35 PMI'm still in two minds about Facebook. I guess I'm used to the relative security settings I have on Livejournal. The ones on Facebook are less advanced in that respect - it's a bit all or nothing on security...
That said, if it weren't for Facebook I wouldn't be going to see Muse in concert in August, so I really can't complain...
Posted by: Gabby at June 30, 2007 04:22 AM