I’ve mentioned before that I have 3 younger sisters. All four of us are on Facebook. One of us posts on it more than the others. Recently, I spent a day with sister #2 and laughed my head off!She is so funny and brutally honest!
Let me describe my siblings to you…
One is a teacher who is trying to rid the lake area of ignorance and will tell ya what she thinks. And could care less what you think.
The next one has some sort of anger issues. She’ll jump on whatever band wagon there is and bless her heart we believe she might be bipolar, which would explain a WHOLE LOT!!
The other knows a bit about the law which is just enough to get you into trouble when this one starts in on something the one above jumps right in with her.
Anyway…
Sister #2 and I were talking about Facebook. For the life of her she can’t understand WHY people want to post what they are doing. And WHY other people would care. She has many former classmates on the site that post things and most of it, according to her, is bragging. I had to laugh because if you stop and think about it…it is.
Sitting by the pool drinking margaritas…which there is nothing wrong with but when your 40 something, isn’t it time to grow up?
Going to the farm this weekend…even when said “farm” is 25 minutes from your current home and your parents still live there.
Heading to whatever for whatever…to meet clients or buy a helmet.
Going to a fancy, expensive restaurant…because I have to the money to do it.
I’ve gotten in touch with many cousins that I haven’t seen in a long time, especially ones on my Dad’s side of the family.
But isn’t it funny that we feel the need to “share” everything? Or do we just want approval? Is it therapy, whining or just a way to get attention??? I’ve thought about that when it comes to my blog. Do I want “traffic”? Am I writing for me or others? Does it matter if my space is popular or not? Or is it like a train wreck? You can’t help not taking your eyes off of it because some outrageous thing might happen and I might miss it.
This blog started out as a homeschool journal type thing. I’ve gone from that to God stuff, to whining, to depressing, and to chronicling my problems with siblings, to missing Mom and keeping up with how long she’s been gone. It’s a whole gambit of emotions that show up on this blog, but do I do it for me or the reader? All 2 of them…
Yes, I write because my life is so exciting that I must share it with others! I want them to experience all of the wonderful things that I get to do…NOT! Sarcasm…I’m just saying.
I write because it’s a way of getting things off my chest. Also, it’s for Amanda so she’ll be able to see all of this when she’s older. A digital scrapbook, so to speak.
As far as Facebook goes…I love to check out others pictures! I guess Sister#2 will just have to get with it.
2 comments:
I totally agree! I tell everybody that my blog is just "thinking out loud". It's what's on my mind or in my heart.
But I have to say... My name is Shara and I am addicted to Facebook. =)
I resisted Facebook for SO long. I just didn't get it. But....after persistence from some friends, now I really like it. Think I've decided to do both....most often Facebook, and then link in a blog post every now and then.
My blog is therapeutic for me. Also a way to chronical my crazy life for my children and grandchildren to read someday. Oh what I would give to have daily ramblings from my grandmothers and fathers!
So...for me, it's a mix of both. Tell your sister her crazy mixed up high school mates want to see her on Facebook too, lol!!!
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