“Chocolate-Covered Facebook”
I still remember where I was the first time I heard mention of the word “facebook.”
My friends and I had just graduated from high school, and we were celebrating by being lazy. As we lounged around, the conversation turned to boys (as it inevitably always did). One of my friends kept going on and on about this guy she’d just met, while the rest of us rolled our eyes and said, “Yeah, whatever. He’s probably way uglier and more boring than you’re making him out to be.” (What good friends we were…) But she countered, “No, I can show him to you! He has facebook.”
Thus began–for me– the first of many hours spent on facebook.
Initially, I didn’t think I wanted a facebook account. It sounded like a big waste of time. But as the application became more popular, I realized all of the amazing things it could do. For instance, I could reconnect with friends from China, stay in touch with friends from Texas, and even find out where my friends from Japan and Pennsylvania were going to college.
What are your thoughts on facebook and privacy?
I’m not dumb enough to post info or photos on my facebook page that I would mind anyone seeing. But still, I’ve turned down a lot of friend requests simply because I just don’t know that I want strangers to have access to that much about information about my life. However, I’m betting that a lot of these “strangers” whose requests I’ve turned down are just bloggers and blog-readers. And I would like to be friends with them.
Therefore, yesterday, I created a facebook profile solely for the blog!
Chocolate-Covered Nail Art of the Day:
Hugging Squeezing a favorite fat: Artisana Coconut Butter.
Question of the Day:
Do you remember where you were when you first heard of facebook?
And what were your initial thoughts? I remember thinking, “What’s the big deal? It looks boring, and why did he pick such a dull name? This is one trend that’ll fizzle out pretty quickly.”
Hmmm, guess I was really wrong. Sorry, Mark Zuckerberg!
AHHH I LOVE YOUR NAILS!!! you should make a page on your blog up top with pics of all your beautiful nail art creations 😉
i seriously can’t wait to try the pb icecream!
i was still so young when facebook came out! i didn’t get it for years and years. but now you can’t get me off of it!
I was wary of Facebook for a long time too. I’m not a huge Facebook person either, but I like to get updates from my favourite companies, ganisations, and friends once in a while. It’s nice to share family or trip photos with relatives who live far away. I don’t understand the hype over the games and other features though.
I sent CCK a friend request. (Jennifer D…)
o and with facebook i remember creating it my senior year in hs because a guy i liked moved to town from some other state where it was first popular and then he showed me so i made one… then later i remember when high schoolers could become friends with college students since at first you couldn’t mix haha. oh how it’s changed!
i’m certainly careful with mine because i’m friends with employees and old teachers (some are jesuits lol) and my mom lol
Oh you weren’t the only one who thought facebook wouldn’t amount to anything! I figured it would stay around about as long as Xanga. Does anyone even remember Xanga?
Andrea,
Isn’t it weird how things’ve changed?! I remember when grown-ups who had facebook were “weirdos” and I told my mom she wasn’t allowed because kids would make fun of her. But now even peoples’ grandparents are getting it!
JCD,
I accepted!! So nice to be your friend… even though I most definitely already was :).
Caroline,
Sounds like you have smart friends. ‘Cause the hard truth is that even if you DON’T have inappropriate things up, you might still have something that a potential employer decides makes you “not our type of person.” Better to be safe than sorry.
I still can’t believe you painted those nails yourself! You are so talented! But maybe not psychic LOL, thinking facebook would die out. 😉
P.S.
Did you get my hug-a-fat photo?