The Facebook Experience

These past 3 days have been so incredibly crazy and awful that I don't even want to blog about them, so I chose to discuss this Facebook thing I have recently become a part of. I thought it would be like MySpace and that I was maybe too old to be doing that, but when I heard about all of my friends that were on it- some of them I had not seen or spoken to in years- I thought I would check it out. So, I created a fake identity at first, just in case it was really lame and I wouldn't want to be associated with it. But I was so amazed at all the people on there that I knew! There were even people my parents age on it. It was really cool to go on there and look at everyone's pictures and see all their kids and stuff. There were a lot of people from my high school and college graduating classes. So, I cancelled my fake account and opened a real one and I now have 60 friends and have a couple of breakfast get-togethers next week with some friends I have not seen in forevah, but was really close to way back in the day. I don't expect to become BFF's with these people or anything, but it will be nice to catch up. I don't know about you, but high school seems like such a different world when I think about it. It's almost like I was a totally other person then. I could not stand being in high school and counted the days until I would be able to go to Clemson and get a real life. Almost all my friends were guys. I lived to play basketball. I didn't understand the ridiculous emphasis placed on brand names and money and how far girls were willing to go with guys. I couldn't figure out why girls cried over a guy they broke up with and had only been "going with" for 2 days. I felt like I was so far beyond all that, but when I think about it, I definitely had my immaturity issues, too. I probably didn't enjoy it because we didn't have any money, my mom refused to buy brand name stuff and I was not allowed to go to any parties of any sort at any time. Plus I thought high school boys were stupid. Looking back I am so thankful for all of that! Even so, it has been great reconnecting with people and seeing that they are doing well. So, if you haven't been on Facebook and want some good entertainment or are just curious then check it out. You may be surprised at some of the people you see!