Speaking of friendship, I can't decide how I feel about Facebook. On the one hand, it really is great to re-connect with people I haven't seen in a long time. On the other hand, it can be a little unsettling to re-connect with people I haven't seen in a long time. Will they think I'm just another crazy Mormon with five kids? Will they think I look a lot older than I should?
I realize these are silly and petty concerns, but sometimes Facebook can feel an awful lot like high school (a silly and petty time of my life). Wondering if someone will confirm or ignore my friend request... worrying that the person will look at my name and think, who?... seeing that my sister-in-law has almost 700 friends while I seem to be perpetually holding steady at 150. Add those to the semi-annoying quizzes that are everywhere, and Facebook creeps closer and closer to the side of annoying things in life.
And does anyone else have qualms about what to post for their status updates? If I was being honest with myself (and not trying to be cute because so many people will read it), I could simply pick from a few standard status updates:
Tennille... is tired.
Tennille... wants to run away.
Tennille... is working.
Ok, ok, life isn't all bad, but you get my point. Of course, without Facebook, I might never have known about this wonderful little gem. An acquaintance from high school posted it in her status update one day and I've been laughing ever since. (If you don't appreciate jabs at political figures, then perhaps it isn't for you. Also, remember that I don't write the posts; I just happen to laugh my butt off at them. If you do like it, I highly recommend adding it to your Google Reader feeds. He usually posts a few times a day, and they're always a welcome relief from other mundane chores.)
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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i think there are parts of facebook that are annoying too. i never answer the quizes or the invites to "you have been sent a golden retriever" type things.
yes you are a crazy mormon. but so am i, and i only have 2 kids.
and i think you look the same as you did from 15+ years ago when i saw you last. age has been good to you.
-wendy (phippen)
maybe this is why i haven't joined...but you can add me as a friend so you have 151!!
as for the number of friends - who cares! What's the point of having poeple on there who you don't really know? I feel so guilty about ignoring/declining a friend invitation...and have only done so twice...but feel verified in doing so...seriously...what's the point of adding people I can't remember AT ALL...or currently the sister of someone who just moved out of my ward and I never new her...brutal I guess for the facebook obsessed.
As for the status line...I've never written on mine. I enjoy reading others and that's the main thing you see on facebook.
Obviously I'm not a huge facebooker. I log on seldomly...and it suits my purposes of reconnecting...and sometimes I feel guilty that I haven't checked in on my YW...it's awesome to keep up to date with them...and sorta feel like a lame friend for not really saying anything to anyone on it...
oh yea...i'm so annoyed by the lil green patches and other invitations that I DO NOT UNDERSTAND...what is the POINT?
k, totally vented and i've gotta go get things done!
I think facebook is great for some things...and I ignore the parts I don't care for...until this little vent:)
It's so funny that you bring this up because I've been going back and forth about joining facebook or not. all of my YW here are so embarrassed for me that I'm so old fashioned and the only one they know not on facebook. But I'm afraid first becasue of Kade's job that some psycho druggie will find us and then I know myself and I'm afraid I will spend way too much time reconnecting with people. I can barely do blogs these days! Then I find out one of my good friends' marriages was almost ruined because her husband reconnected with an old high school grilfriend and it got out of hand. There are some people I think I just don't want to know about and things that should just be left in the past. Anyway, maybe some day I'll venture into that world. Heather
I forgot to mention that those Easter pictures are adorable!!!Heather
I will only facebook vicariously through Matthew. That way I can find people and just see if they still exist, but I refuse to start reconnecting with people I didn't want to connect with in the first place.
These ladies are proving the point of why I just can't muster the desire to hop on the Facebook bandwagon. There's a part of me that finds the efficiency of it very appealing; I like the idea that I can keep lots of people that I adore but don't see very much(like you, TL) updated on the happenings in my life, and vice versa... but unfortunately, that part of me is still pretty small. The larger part of me just doesn't have the time or the inclination to throw myself into Online High School. :)
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