It’s Complicated with Facebook
So I spent a little over two months away from my fickle lover, Facebook.
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(I try to avoid titles because we’re not really exclusive at all. It seems to me that Facebook is in an open relationship with pretty much everyone else on Earth, and I tend to dabble in other social networking sites every now and then. She also thinks I’m still not over myspace, but I totally am. Anyways, We’ve done this on again, off again thing for the better part of 3 years now. No matter how hard I try, it seems I can’t completely remove myself from her… Just brief hiatuses before I come crawling back and give her my email address again so we can resume our relationship.)
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Things I missed?
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Being incredibly up to date with current events, since people have this strange sense of duty to be the first person to let the facebook world know what’s going on in the real world via status update.
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Looking through everyone’s pictures.
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“Hacked” statuses
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“WTF Lakers” statuses
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I will leave it to you to decide how many of those are serious.
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(Except really, the last two are pretty obvious. “WTF Lakers” statuses because Laker fans’ anguish brings me joy, and “Hacked” statuses because I don’t think anybody in the world actually enjoys them. I’ve seen about… zero funny ones. In general, they lack originality, wit, and feasibility. Example: “I just took a huge dump and ate it! MMMM!!!”.
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Umm… nobody is going to believe that.
Why would you even post that? What were you expecting? 100 comments from people saying,
“OMG! Don’t do that anymore! Poop is so bad for you!”
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Or maybe you were just hoping for a comment from someone who really admired your work.
“LOL! Who hacked you?!?!?! This is so funny!!!” )
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But maybe I’m just being a hater because it’s something a lot of people do that I don’t.
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I’ve got this weird thing about being different.
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I’ve already talked about how I ended up with an abnormally small tooth because I wanted to be unique…
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A more recent example?
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I’ve never had a caramel macchiato from Starbucks.
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You know why?
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(cuz I’m a dude.)
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Because everyone gets caramel macchiatos!
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I’ve never had one. They’re probably obscenely delicious. (Caramel, vanilla, coffee? Might as well be Bosh, Wade, and Lebron. )
[I’m not a big fan of caramel, which is why I compared it to Bosh. Also, caramel is pretty soft in general, is not very good by itself, and gave up on Toronto.]
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I don’t care, I’m not going to order one.
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Some call me independent
some call me stubborn
some call me master.
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I digress.
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Coming back to the original idea, my time away from facebook has been splendidly insightful into how habitual, and to an extent, apathetic we are.
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The past 2 months haven’t been an everyday struggle of “Gosh… I just want to get on and poke somebody!”
*giggle*
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On the contrary, facebook really didn’t cross my mind.
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Which led me to question: Why have I logged so many hours on it?
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(Because… it’s… a habit… and because everyone else does it too.)
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Facebook isn’t evil.
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I don’t have life figured out. I’m not above social networking, certain coffee drinks, or even perfectly shaped teeth.
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But I would like to challenge you.
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Why do you do the things you do?
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Is it because you love them?
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If it isn’t, I think you’re wasting your time.
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And I’d like to extend this challenge.
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Who matters most in your life?
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And how much time do you spend with them?
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And how well do you know them?
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Don’t just go with the flow.
Be proactive.
Be intentional. About everything/one in your life that matters.
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Or to use the vernacular,
Get ittttttt.
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p.s
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I tried to find some really cool “I’m back” or “I’ve returned” songs, but this is all I came across.
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If you’re a youngster, or are offended by vulgarity, please don’t watch this.
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For the rest of you sickos, enjoy.
