Thursday, March 11, 2010
Bookin' It
Is it weird that I'm starting to resent Facebook? It's always exhorting me to "reconnect with" someone I never really wanted to be friends with in the first place or "become a fan" of some pizza or feminine hygiene product I'm not even familiar with. And then there are the reminders, the constant reminders. Someone's birthday is coming up (and I'm a terrible friend for forgetting). Someone's got an improv show coming up (and I am supposed to pretend I want to go). I just feel like it's JUDGING me. If it weren't for my shameful Word Twist addiction I might opt out of the thing entirely. But does a person even exist these days if he or she isn't on Facebook?
Is it weird that I'm starting to resent Facebook? It's always exhorting me to "reconnect with" someone I never really wanted to be friends with in the first place or "become a fan" of some pizza or feminine hygiene product I'm not even familiar with. And then there are the reminders, the constant reminders. Someone's birthday is coming up (and I'm a terrible friend for forgetting). Someone's got an improv show coming up (and I am supposed to pretend I want to go). I just feel like it's JUDGING me. If it weren't for my shameful Word Twist addiction I might opt out of the thing entirely. But does a person even exist these days if he or she isn't on Facebook?
