Tuesday, November 25

The miracle that is Facebook

So, I meant to post about this last week but it's gotten even better since then: I think Facebook is amazing. I joined sort of reluctantly when someone I was talking to told me about the big commotion updating his relationship status caused (I wanted to see what he was talking about but couldn't look at his profile without being his friend), and figured that I'd just sort of have a few friends, maybe connect with people I don't do so well keeping in touch with, and that sort of thing.

A few months later, wow! There are tons of people I haven't seen in years who have magically appeared, some of whom I've been thinking of daily. There are the folks who moved and whose Christmas cards have been returned who are all of a sudden there again...with updates on, and pictures of, their current lives. I should go through and start a tally of how many people have gotten married, had kids, decided not to have kids, gotten pets, moved out of state, gotten masters degrees, etc. Interesting.

Ok, and here's the real kicker - my name on face book is "Viki [maiden name] [married name]" so that people I went to high school and college with can find me. Most people I've met since I've gotten married do not know my maiden name. So, imagine how crazy it seemed when I was looking through the CCC program last week, and underneath the song I had the big solo in my name appeared as "Viki [maiden name] [married name], soloist." The only way that could've happened? Facebook. Crazy!

9 comments:

Finlands finest said...

Made me LOL! Facebook is nuts!! I love it though.

Martha said...

That's great. I think Facebook is great for getting in touch with people and such.
Although this past week I got my first friend request from someone I went to high school with that surprised me.
I don't think she liked me then, I specifically still remember her being annoyed by having to have a conversation with me once (that's like my only memory of the chic), so why does she care what I've been doing??

Martha said...

PS. on "The Big Bang Theory" last night there was part of the story line where one character found out that the girl he's dating is still listed as "single" on facebook.
his roommate finds this more appalling than anyone (they'd only been dating weeks) and was doing all his crazy shenanagins and ultimately hacked into Lenard's facebook and changed it that he was in a relationship with the chic.
Leonard freaked out, yelled at Sheldon for ruining his relationship by doing that.
But then they saw that the chic changed her profile to say she's in a relationship with Leonard.

How "high school" is that??
hehehe

Eva said...

I consider myself a "hip" mother because:

1. I know what facebook is
2. I am also on facebook - have been since before Viki.
3. I saw the episode of Big Bang that Martha mentioned

Viki said...

I've also gotten random friend requests from people in high school I wasn't really friends with. They always seem to be the people on the outskirts of the "popular" crowd, and my impression is always that they're insecure and need to feel like they have lots of friends...so they send me a friend request in order to make it look like they have tons of friends.

Apparently my mother is hipper than I am...I did not know there was a show called "The Big Bang."

Karen said...

your mom was on facebook before yoU!? sheesh!

Viki said...

Hey, she was on Facebook before YOU, too. :-)

Martha said...

Man, and it was a recent acheivement that my mom can even turn on a computer (technology!). You're mom is definitely "hipper" than my mom (then again, my mom is encroaching on 70....)

LisaMarie said...

I've loved getting back in touch with people I knew in high school and college. I can't tell you how many band people I've reconnected with from UD days. People I've been dying to know about and never seem to hear anything have turned up! It's great. :)

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