F@#$ing Facebook!

[apple_pathways]

I may be losing my mind.

I got one of those emails from Facebook that says somebody wants to be my friend. (I turned off all other notifications, as I can't be bothered.) The person's name: Stell de Galan. I'm sorry, WHO?!

Figuring this was either some kind of hoax that was going to infect my computer with cyber clap or one of those Facebook mega-users who just spend their day friending thousands of random people, I deleted the email.

And then because it's after one o'clock in the morning and I am insane, I started to THINK (always a bad idea): what if I really do know this person? What if it's an old high school classmate who's now a transvestite and this is their drag name and by ignoring them I am being horribly intolerant and bigoted and sending them into a spiral of depression? So I googled the name, and came up with: you got it, the Facebook entry. I tried to read it (without logging in), because again, CYBER CLAP, but since I am special and somehow managed to change my computer's default language to Spanish (and don't know how to change it back), I only understood about half of what the entry said.

This is the point where I realized I need to go to bed. I will possibly have to delete this entry in the morning, because between this insanity and the epic post of DRUNK, jam, and family drama I am not coming off well this weekend.

Ooh, update! I refreshed the page, and this person is "friends" with a friend of mine from college, so I can ask her what the deal is with this person (and if she has contracted cyber clap).

Good night!

Comments

[planejane.livejournal.com]

This post was LOLarious! I've deleted my FB account as there's no limit to how much they're pissing me off. They are everywhere. I can now add my kids' school lunch menu to me page, their school's website ... yeah, come on pervs and stalk my kids.

A friend was telling me how a load of people got burgled because they had left on FB they were going away for a weekend and somehow they had been friended by someone dodgy, who told soemone else ... IDK. But, yeah, just watch yourself!

DRAG QUEEN - LOL! that's going to keep me going all morning. :)

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my friend got back to me, and she doesn't know this person either. I'm guessing Facebook Mega-User aiming to be THE MOST POPULAREST EVER! I am really disappointed that it's not a former school friend who's gotten into drag.

It's amazing how much trouble Facebook causes these days. People create accounts under their real names, and then they and their friends post all these pictures of drug use and debauchery, and are SHOCKED when prospective employers google them and find the pics. I'm just glad Facebook didn't become mega-huge until a few years ago; there are definitely pictures from my teens and early twenties I wouldn't have wanted to see online! These days, the worst thing you're going to catch me doing is having a SECOND glass of Merlot at the bar!

I do like Facebook for looking at pics of my friends and their kids who don't live near me, but it's such a pain slogging through all the other crap on there in order to find what I want.

Thanks for laughing! Weird things happen to my brain after midnight...

[planejane.livejournal.com]

I liked FB for the same reasons you did. But ditto on everything else. FB is taking over the world ... D:

[planejane.livejournal.com]

I liked FB for the family photos etc, too, and it's the only thing I'll miss. But FB is taking over the world ... D:

(btw, whereabouts in MI are you? You can PM if you don't want to post.)

[rewindclunkplay.livejournal.com]

this post had me killing myself, it was hilarious. I hate Facebook, but it's how my friends communicate, so at the risk of being left out...

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

When I was your age (God, I hate how that sounds...), it was all about AIM. We all just sat around our dorm rooms doing nothing chatting to each other on IM. We led uber interesting lives, yo.

And then the DRAMA when someone you don't know messages you!

[rewindclunkplay.livejournal.com]

Ahhh you make me feel so young :/

We use MSN here, but not as frequently as Facebook. Now lots of people Skype, too. Meh.