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...
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20 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 4:56 AM

    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

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  2. faycatOctober 15, 2008 at 10:54 AM

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

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  3. The MistressOctober 15, 2008 at 11:16 AM

    *performs distracting fandango*

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  4. LeahOctober 15, 2008 at 1:15 PM

    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!!!!

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  5. INNER VOICESOctober 15, 2008 at 1:46 PM

    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?)

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  6. AnonymousOctober 15, 2008 at 1:52 PM

    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!!!!

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  7. leahsimoneOctober 15, 2008 at 6:30 PM

    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?

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  8. kylieOctober 15, 2008 at 10:34 PM

    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

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  9. MeganOctober 15, 2008 at 11:51 PM

    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...

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  10. SkeeterOctober 16, 2008 at 2:22 AM

    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

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  11. SuzanneOctober 16, 2008 at 6:59 AM

    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 ;)

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  12. SuzanneOctober 16, 2008 at 7:12 PM

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

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  13. SuzanneOctober 16, 2008 at 7:18 PM

    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

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  14. CSI SeattleOctober 17, 2008 at 3:03 AM

    "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."

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  15. Queen GoobOctober 17, 2008 at 9:43 AM

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

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

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  16. Knitting it Out in an Urban ZooOctober 19, 2008 at 1:46 AM

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

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  17. LeahOctober 20, 2008 at 10:09 AM

    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

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  18. SuzanneOctober 21, 2008 at 12:35 AM

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

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  19. TOPolkOctober 22, 2008 at 4:42 AM

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

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  20. AnonymousOctober 24, 2008 at 9:42 AM

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

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