Hey, What's Under This Rock?

[jamesq]

I had disturbing dreams about old enemies last night. I blame facebook. Checking out friends-of-friends exposed me to a lot of names of people I'd rather not know about.

The dreams themselves point to numerous unresolved issues. Realistically, they're issues that simply cannot be resolved. Which means I have to put them behind me somehow. As with childhood trauma, it's not something I'm particularly good at.

Also, I'm debating who to request connections with. I'm more then a little anxious about rejection, which is faintly ridiculous given that these people are ones I'm unlikely to ever see face to face again.

Damn you social phobia.

Comments

[pandorasbox.livejournal.com]

I am not a big fan of face book, but yet there I am. Thanks for adding me there

[jamesq]

LJ is where the grown-ups do their writing. :)

[pandorasbox.livejournal.com]

Agreed

[jamesq]

Yeah, the problem is I don't imagine myself in the H position on this, I picture myself on the other side. The "muahahaha!" ringing in my ears.

The vibe of LJ and FB are just different. LJ is like being an editorial columnist - sure, you might get complaints, but those are from the great unwashed. FB is more like high school. As you can well imagine, "like high school" is not a compliment from the likes of me.

I especially don't like the "first hit's free" mentality - If you want to try something you often have to sign away your sould or offer to bring someone else's in your stead. That I can't effectively snoop is also pissing me off.

I'm trying to give it the old college try though, so expect questions.

[slavewench.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's weird. My ex who "wanted to stay in touch and let's be friends" rejected my friend request on Facebook. In some ways I'm not surprised - but it's not like I'm going to see his life story on the site. I find it weird and oddly upsetting. Somedays I'm really tempted to delete myself.

Friend me! :-)

Jessica Holder

[jamesq]

I thought I had friended you. Honestly I just got into this yesterday and I don't know how to navigate anything yet. Is there a way to see all of your "friend requests", not just a random selection of eight?

Also, do you get an explicit "so-and-so wants you to fuck off" message, or does it just stay pending forever?

[slavewench.livejournal.com]

Did you? I'm so used to LJ that I forget how to use the Facebook friends feature. Let me go check. Hmm... I ended up with 268 friends. Odd. I know I don't have that many in real life! haha

Actual first name? I refer to you in my mind as Quixote!