Have you noticed how compassionate the world of social networking is? Well, all you have to do is acquire friends on Facebook and a new caring community opens up before you.
It is my new addiction. First I check out my email messages, then veer off to my Facebook page. Someone in the shadows of that site monitors me. This is not paranoia, but what else explains the occasional jog to remind me to write on someone's wall. Why? Is that person lonely? It is like acquiring a new guilt probe that won't let me ignore anyone.
Okay, so I write on the wall. But next thing I know they are reminding me to suggest new friends for a newbie, lest they be lonely, too. Okay, I go down the list of mutual friends and check them off. Satisfied, I want to say to whomever is monitoring my E-Life.
The addictive partof this electronic society is the knowledge I am acquiring. Isn't knowledge equal to power? That means that I am more powerful. I am learning tons of stuff about family members across the country. Like the granddaughter who is having love problems. When I see her pop up in a picture of her alone, I know things are not going well. Next thing I see is her and her beloved in a together pose on her site. It's back on again, I think.
Then another 'across the country' family member is rallying about a cause against child abuse for children. So I join the cause. Why not? I also find I am a fan of the NPR program, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell. And since I am sponsoring a young woman from the Congo through Women's International Organziation, I learn more about the injustices facing women in third world countries. But if knowledge is power, why do I feel so powerless? 'Tis a dilemma.
Another thing about Facebook is the variety of psychological quizes that lure you in. I discovered recently that my long deceased father is watching over me from heaven, that I was born on a Sunday, and the sexy lady celebrity I most resemble is Audrey Hepburn. Also, my Halloweeen costume would be Raggedy Ann. So who am I, sexy Audrey or Raggedy Ann? No wonder I am subject to vertigo. It is a dizzy world out there.
Meanwhile, my list of 'friends' grows daily. Here's the question: Do I have to send them Christmas cards or will a poke on Facebook suffice. I just got my first thank you note on my wall for a shower gift. That's about as casual as it gets. So, think I'll just poke everyone on my list with Merry Christmas in caps. That's shouting inE-speak, you know. :)
So Says Sassy
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