Facebook Fever

If you're reading this, then you probably have spent a significant amount of time on the internet, and if you have spent a significant amount of time on the internet, then you probably have a FB profile. You love connecting and re-connecting with people, having friends, and wishing everyone Happy Birthday.[when pre-Facebook, you wouldn't remember when anyone's Birthday is.] Status Updates, now here is something w completely indulgent, simply because we can now. See this is acceptable on Facebook : X is dreaming of movie theather popcorn. When pre-Facebook and pre-Twitter, we wouldn't notify ANY of our friends of such little details in out life. Imagine that .. doesn't sound so well ..don't you think?

But when you first satrted on Facebook, were you like me, did you go on a flurry of all these comments not knowing that Facebook's default settings is put on FULL ON STALKER MODE!So every comment you make ( comment on a note, a photo album ,a video , or a discussion board) is for all eyes to see?That's right, I mean I realize that Facebook is all about letting people know what you're up to, but I have to say that I am a little embarrased that I made a ton of comments that fulled my friends' News Feeds.Their entire page is filled out with annoying news annoucements regarding people that they probably don't know.Who cares?

Imagine this Facebook activity in a literal sense...

So, lesson learned that I actually paied attention to the privacy/stalker settings on Facebook, and hopefully my friends will get fed up with every comment I made!

PS: Don't get me wrong, I LOVE FACEBOOK! Just gotta control the fever, that's all! hehe :-)

Thanks to Christine for some ideas xx

What do words really mean?

A friend wrote me an email a while back. At the time, I read it eagerly savoring every word. Looking for meaning and understanding in the details. But I found that I couldn't fully understand what was written to me. And It brought up more questions in my mind. I was curious but wasn't able to get the answers I needed. So I just let the experience go. And the questions just went into some hidden part of my brain where I tried to forget it.I haven't thought about all this for a while. Then yesterday I found myself sitting there reading that letter again...Why!?I've read it many times. But yesterday, the black text on the white computer screen seemed to show me a meaning that I hadn't considered before. Suddenly I saw something new!! Oh my God...I'm not going to tell you what it was, but let's just say that I saw something interesting and somewhat exciting in those words this time. And I had not seen it before. Why did I see this now? Why does it matter anyway??? Somehow it all matters. It's about perception too. How you receive things and put meaning to it. What you are able to see or not see. Even when it's right in front of you. Language is tricky too.When you speak with a person face to face, you see their body language. The tilt of their head, the movements of their hands, eyes and smile. It helps you to understand where a person is coming from. But emails are a different story. There's no face, just text on a screen. So how do I know what a person really means sometimes in the words they write. Language has so many variations too. Like the word "cool" can mean different things. If I say, "He is a cool type of person," It may mean he is unfeeling and cold. Or a groovy, modern guy. So I may never know if what I perceived in the email is correct or not. Maybe my friend intended a completely different meaning than what I understood. Hopefully it will just evaporate from my brain or something and I won't be drawn to reading that email again and again. Words are words and perceptions are just perceptions. But it's nice to know the truth behind the words.