I blame Rose.
She invited me to join Facebook, the pervasive social-networking whathaveyou that seems to be all the rage with the young'uns these days, with the tempting phrase (and I quote) "Dru and I are on this, Joy. Come to the dark side."
So I joined, figuring it would be just like Friendster or one of those other faddy things that I would be interested in for a few days and then give up on.
But no! It has been...actually, quite good. Time-consuming, but good. I hate filling out all those personal information questionnaires that these sites always seem to have, where you have to concisely sum up your entire being, personality, life, interests, beliefs, pants size, astrological sign, height, weight, sexual preference, et cetera. Who can do that in a few paragraphs?
Initially I figured it would be a way to keep in touch with my legions of cousins, since they are members of the aforementioned "young'uns" demographic, and while it has served that purpose admirably well, it has also gotten me back in touch with tons of other people, from as long ago as high school and college all the way through LA and NYC and up to Boston. It's pretty nice to see those familiar faces and find out about what's going on in their lives. Some friends you don't mean to lose track of and are immensely happy to hear from when you do get back in touch...
Number one among them...Janet! YAY, Janet!
I know the four of you who read this thing know which Janet I am talking about and need no further information, but should you like to be nosy and find out about her life (does it even count as being nosy anymore when we all put our lives up on the internet for everyone to see?) she can be found at mrs-swank.livejournal.com.
We caught up on the phone this past Saturday, and I can't tell you how comforting it is to know that out there in Wisconsin is someone who understands why leaving an answering machine message consisting only of Homer Simpson's thought process ("Dental plan!" "Lisa needs braces..." "Dental plan!" "Lisa needs braces...") is an act of purest hilarity.
Yay.
Thanks for reading.
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Yay! Dammit, Janet!
Facebook, as opposed to Myspace (which does have its purpose), has been really useful for finding, and being found by, old friends. I like that it's stripped down and clean to load, and you can make it what you want.
Aww, you guys had the greatest answering messages ever. My favorite was your argument over who got to say which lines, which ended in the thunk of a frying pan, as I recall.
Good times, good times.
Huh - Does that mean I actually called you back then?
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