Wednesday, October 15, 2008

F!@#$ You Facebook...I Mean, I Love You Facebook



School's back in session, Hedgehog is reasonably happily ensconced, the household is under control, and it's time for me to hunker down and finally write my mother-f-ing dissertation and become Dr. N. It is loooong overdue. I may never use it for anything, but I want that Ph.D.

So with that in mind, what do I do but find yet another distraction. And this one is a doozy. Facebook, you alluring aweful tool of the devil. One day in and already I've found and talked to several dear old friends with whom I've been incommunicado for literally decades. I even found a pic on my grade-school alma mater's Facebook group of me in lower school, all dudded out in plaid bell bottoms.

But it's also a strength-sapping vortex. I feel my resistance weakening...

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

Be strong! I also know about the evils of facebook and it's alluring charms....resist!

Or if not, you can add me as a friend if ya like!! ;-)

Peter x

faycat said...

BTW, that pic of you in school could be Hedgehog - you guys look exactly alike!

The Mistress said...

*performs distracting fandango*

Leah said...

Peter--thus far unable to resist, I've added you as a friend...

Fay, it's incredible isn't it? Although she's a long drink of water in comparison to me...

Thanks MJ...you are in fact one of the many distractions!!!!

INNER VOICES said...

ah... the evils of crackspace and lamebook... good luck with that... "just say no", right?


(cause that worked so well in high school, didn't it?)

Anonymous said...

OH NOOOOOO!!! Don't get sucked into the Facebook vortex! You'll never get out!

I got sucked into that about year ago and it's all I ever did. I rarely went out. My "friends" kept me busy all day long with those stupid quizzes and Super Poke Me! and Stickers and ACKKKK!!!

I'm much better now. I'm just addicted to blogging. And no, it's not the same. IT'S NOT!!!!

leahsimone said...

Zack, I think I'll have to create an amalgam of that--Crackbook.

RC--actually, I do think blogging is infinitely better. After all, it's writing, right?

kylie said...

hmmm, facebook
i got an account in case it allowed me to find anyone interesting but nothing so far so i have 3 friends and thats about it.......
good thing really, i waste enough time blogging

cheers
xx

Megan said...

I actually have found some people that I'm glad to be in touch with, but I don't know, if any of them sends me another f-ing plant, I might not be friends with them any more...

Skeeter said...

Good luck with your dissertation dear. Nothing will overcome tan obstacle like that but bareknuckled typing words and stuff onto blank pages.

Best wishes,

Skeeter

Suzanne said...

Hi everyone! Look, all our friends are here!

Facebook. Never tried it. Think I should with my schedule?! What's so terrific about it?

I'm with Skeeter. Knock off all the distractions and get down to the serious business of becoming a doctor. Maybe you'll help someone someday with all the crap you have stored in your brain!

XO ;)

Suzanne said...

Just stopped by again and realize you deleted your other blogs. Hummmmmm. Housecleaning?

Suzanne said...

Wow, what a co-inkie-dinkie, posts almost 12 hours apart. I wonder what that says about a Leo. Hummmmmmm.

Oh, and by the way, I'm not going to call until my headaches subside (I have another one today) because talking on the phone hurts. I'm writing only because my fingers don't!

Hope you're having a good day.

XO

CSI Seattle said...

"Please insert the tube into your ear. That light humming noise you will hear is your brain being sucked out of your head."

"Thank You for joining Facebook. We will now begin giving out your personal information to all our vendors."

Queen Goob said...

Facebook and MySpace were banned and are forbidden at our house.

RC? I'd like to say congratulations on your recovery. LOL

Knitting it Out in an Urban Zoo said...

Be strong the addictive part doesn't last forever...

Leah said...

Hi all! I have to say, in an addendum to my cursing out of Facebook, that I have made contact with three very dear old friends now and, in an extreme about-face, must sing its praises...it's been amazing to be able to talk to people I've missed desperately, but just lost touch with...

xoxo to all

Suzanne said...

Baby, what the hell is face book all about? Convince me.

TOPolk said...

You can't resist facebook. The quicker you embrace it, the better off you will be. Mark Zuckerburg rules us all.

Anonymous said...

i spent about 90% of the time officially dedicated to my thesis with procrastination...