Thanks to the fantastic idea of quit facebook day, I have finally decided to quit facebook, for real this time. I mean it. Facebook and I, we're done. Really really. I am not going back. It's not as if I didn't like what facebook did for me, allowed me to connect with my friends and stalk their profiles and feel left out when there were pictures from parties I didn't get invited to. Maybe I'm being naive, but all of the changes they are making to the privacy options have just gotten too damn annoying to keep track. Plus, I could use those extra minutes (who am I kidding, try hours) a day that I spent looking at hundreds of photos from friends of friends from high school, reminiscing about the good old days, and wishing I had more time to actually spend with real people. So, thanks facebook, for everything you've taught me about life, but I am tired of worrying about my personal information being available to anyone on the wide world internet.
There's one thing I noticed immediately after quitting facebook, I no longer have a "go to" website for procrastination. You know those times when you just need a quick mental break at work, all you need is a few minutes of smiling faces to brighten your day, it's gone now. I don't have a replacement, a procrastination-filler. Plus, I really enjoyed leaving a snarky status to see what kind of responses I could elicit. In lieu of this mini-relief of angst, I decided to start a GINORMOUS RELEASE OF ANGST and start my own blog! Because I have so much time to dedicate to it! OH EM GOATEE!!!!
So to my current (hahaha) and future followers, please enjoy my blog and feel free to respond with as much snarkiness as possible.
Probably the reason that I read this so quickly and am responding has something to do with the fact that I, too, quit Facebook some time ago. And I don't have a go-to site either.
ReplyDeleteIt seemed like FB, while mesmerizing, was also kind of like going through someone's medicine cabinet. You can spend a lot of time digging through other people's stuff, but it always leaves you dissatisfied and maybe a little squicked out. I'm just happy to not see that a person I haven't seen since highschool (and don't really care to) lost a cow in Farmville.
heh, oh, farmville.
ReplyDeleteI'll note, stay away from tumblr, then, also, in terms of procrastination-generators.
Man I want to follow in your footsteps so bad! Maybe I'll try the blog thing, too... But there is something about that go-to procrastination page as you mentioned that I am still hung up on... Plus I worry I will slip further into my little shell and not keep in touch with anyone (not even on FB!). One good thing about FB for me is that it helped me get in touch with friends I would have completely forgotten about from my past otherwise. Oh the conundrum.
ReplyDeleteBut anyway I am proud of you! XOXO -S
Facebook is a good "break" site, but there are plenty more out there. Here's a few to get you started!
ReplyDeletewww.icanhascheezburger.com and all the other ones attached to it like pundit kitchen, failbooking, failblog and many more.
Also www.wimp.com is a good time waster.
they have cool stuff like this: http://www.wimp.com/newyork/
There is always www.slashdot.org, and www.gizmodo.com and on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays there is www.penny-arcade.com and www.xkcd.com
Also, my go-to, www.lemondrop.com, www.televisionwithoutpity.com and www.gofugyourself.com. Also www.sciencedaily.com
ReplyDeleteO EM goatee?
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the new procrastination websites to try!
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