I've been thinking about Facebook lately. I've been thinking that I am friends on Facebook with people that I probably wouldn't spend time with if we lived in the same city. This doesn't mean I don't like these people or that I have anything against them or their ideals. It just means I have finally taken one more step toward being an adult. I mean, what is the point really in continuing to be Facebook "friends" if I have no interest in the day to day goings on of some of the people I've met over the course of my 32 years on this planet? Did you do your laundry today? Did you wake up and smell toast? Are you considering taking up yoga tomorrow? If I said I cared, I'd be lying. So, isn't this the honest thing to do? In addition, I'm not using Facebook to make business contacts; I just wanted to reconnect with old friends, but somewhere along the way I got sucked into that pattern where you 'friend' anyone whose name you've maybe ever heard. I don't have a band, I'm not selling natural cleaning agents that you can also cook with, and I know nothing about running a farm; real or imaginary. I am happily married, I have two amazing children, and I'm living the life I had hoped I would. It was nice to talk to people from my past, get the rundown on how they are, etc., but I could have done an equally satisfying job of that if I had run into them at Target. I fully intend to stay in close contact with some of the people I've re-friended from the past. And others, well, I'm happy for them that life has been kind. I'm sorry if life hasn't been kind. I hope they find what they need. But, I didn't give up my cellphone three years ago in the name of simplifying my life so that I could announce to half of my graduating class that my two and a half year old says "vagiant" instead of just 'giant'. So, hasta luego to those of my Facebook friends who had just as little invested in my life. I hope no one will be offended.
10/4 Good Buddy.
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