\t So a few weeks ago, I finally broke down and signed up for Facebook. I had one friend who told me she had to close down her account because she found herself spending so much time on it. Or, rather, wasting so much time on it. I could not imagine anything being that compelling…. outside of Trip Advisor. Man, can I spend a lot of time on Trip Advisor. I don\u0092t even need to be planning a trip, although I usually am by the time I\u0092m done.<\/p>\n
\tFacebook makes Trip Advisor look like child\u0092s play.<\/p>\n
\tIt\u0092s really amazing. It\u0092s been a fantastic way to keep up with people I\u0092ve worked with or studied with or avoided studying with. And it\u0092s an easier way to keep people posted on every silly little thing I\u0092m up to. I\u0092m not going to write an entire blog entry about how Kaitlyn did not properly apply sunscreen to my back when we went to the pool yesterday…. or about how having a single glass of wine at lunch today now has me seriously fending off the urge to nap. Because those sentences pretty much wrap up the entire event. Perfect for little Facebook status updates.<\/p>\n
\tBut here\u0092s the other amazing part of Facebook. It really is as addicting as my friend said it is. (She\u0092s back on, by the way.) I used to fanatically check my email every time I was by the computer. Ok, I have to make it a point to wander by the computer… so I did. Any time I walked upstairs, I managed to route myself through the office and in front of my computer. (Imagine all the extra steps I\u0092ve walked to that end!) Now email seems so old school. So slow. Now I check Facebook. Over and over and over again during the course of the day. One reason is simple: I\u0092m GMT +1 (Greenwich mean time plus an hour. In other words, I live in a time zone one hour ahead of London.) I have FB friends here. I have FB friends on east coast time. Central time. Pacific time. Friends in those time zones who keep bizarre hours. Point is… day or night I can generally find an update. So day or night… I check for them.<\/p>\n
\tI never intend for it to be a long process. It should, theoretically, take just a minute. You pop on, see if there\u0092s an update, maybe add your own, then pop off. The reality is, you get on FB for just a second and the next thing you know you\u0092ve found out that you\u0092re Mr. Sulu, that you should live in Russia and wear 80\u0092s fashions… and an hour as passed… and your to-do list remains untouched.<\/p>\n
\tMaybe some days that\u0092s ok. That\u0092s the way it should be. I don\u0092t smell the roses because I\u0092m afraid of bees… so I reconnect with old friends and play silly games and take silly quizzes. It\u0092s my way of unwinding. And that is not a bad thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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