Sit on my Facebook: Part 2

So its been just over a week since I jumped on the Facebook train and already I kind of hate it.

I see the value in it. i get it that it makes it easier to keep in touch and share photos and other media, especially with people far away.

But here's what I don't like.

1) It makes it a little too easy. So now you're spending all this time corresponding with people who probably are no longer in your life for a reason.

2) It counts how many friends you have. I mean, think about it. How wack is that? I'll admit I get a little jealous when I see people who have close to 500 friends and I haven't even broken three figures yet. And here, all this time I thought I was so popular!

3) It brings out the OCD in all of us. I mean, I don't know if it's like a giant Pavlov's dog-type experiment, but I seriously start drooling every time I see that little red Notification icon come up.

4) I sent my boyfriend from college a friend request and he ignored it. Buddy, don't flatter yourself! Your wife can have you! 

5) One day I had 86 Fans on my Princess page and the next day I had 85 which means my Facebook antics are bad enough to actually drive someone away.

6) On the flip side it's hard enough to avoid people in real life, but now I have to do it electronically. Just the other day I literally almost threw up when my ex-boyfriend's photo came up in the "People You May Know" box. Gross!

7) I've dedicated my whole life to filling the blank page, and now it's all about writing in these tiny little boxes.

8) Your whole identity is summed up in a 1" x 1" photo which is amusing when you consider everyone's Profile Photo falls into one of the following categories: The Sporty Photo (Look at me! I can ski/surf/snowboard!). The Mom Photo (Look at my babies! Kids! Pregnant belly!) The Relationship Photo (Look how attached we are! We can actually fit both our faces into this tiny little box!) The Sexy Cropped Photo (Look at me in my high heels! At pole dancing class!) and The I'm Too Cool for a Photo Photo (in which some bizarre graphic is used in lieu of an actual picture).

9) Now that your life is on display, you better make sure that it looks cool. That means posting party photos/travel photos/happy photos/photos from the past and most importantly, photos that make you look a whole hell of a lot cooler than you really are.

10) It's totally addicting. Now that I've taken one hit off the Crackbook pipe, I can't get off.