baby stalker

I'm not a big "baby" person... I'm part of the rare minority of Korean girls who don't go goo-goo ga-ga over every baby in sight; instead, I'm a bit awkward. But for some reason, I love looking at baby pics on facebook. Yep, instead of stalking ex-bf's and random people, I like stalking babies. ~Yet, I don't understand parents who make facebook accounts for their babies... something about it is kind of unsettling and creepy. Like if I were to grow up and find out my parents made a fb account for me... I would feel a little violated. I didn't give them permission to post all my pics for the world to see or the power to choose my friends. It's like my parents not only gave me the gift of life but cyberlife as well. That's just too much. But who knows, maybe starting from this generation, all babies will start having fb accounts. It'll be as common as a birth certificate. The future scares me.

lent

So I gave up two things for lent:

1. Facebook (this one seems like a popular one this year)
Which I kind of broke already because I accidentally pressed the fb tab on my bookmarks without even thinking! This is just really sad how it's almost like a natural reflex to check facebook...

2. Sweets (or to put it in more definitive terms... anything that can be classified as "dessert" including chocolate and candy)

When it comes to food, I can give up many things, but sweets are really, really hard for me. And I realized not only is my birthday during Lent season (no cake!!!!!!!!!!!), but I'll be visiting my friend's house in SF next weekend and her sister is a renowned pastry chef!!!!

A: monica's talking to me now
she's like i'll make donuts!!
what if she makes them with cheese?
not sweets?


I am going to cry.

facebook is the devil!

I think I've said this sometime before, but I guess I have this sudden urge to reiterate it.

I think Joyce said it best when she said it's like tabloids for the normal folks you know... or people you don't really know that well at all.

Just like how Star or InTouch can make you feel like you "know" famous stars to some extent, Facebook gives you this entitled feeling that you know certain people, making everyone into your B.F.F. as well as a mini-celebrity.

Just the other day, I saw this guy who I never, ever formally met (but I believe we have mutual friends), and we just kind of looked at each other for an uncomfortable amount of time (I think he was trying to figure where he remembered me from). We were both like... "Uhh... I know you from somewhere..."

Except the sad thing is I knew where I knew him from, but was too embarrassed to say it. I've seen him in photos of friends on Facebook. And I'm sure he knew me from Facebook too! Kind of unsettling...

And we've become celebrities in the sense that there are all these unwarranted photos of ourselves floating in cyberspace that we can't remove. Yeah, we can untag ourselves all we want, but they'll still be there!

Yeah okay, Facebook does have its good qualities... like setting up Events or getting in touch with old friends. But then again, I feel I have less of a desire to see people that I would otherwise miss, since I get the latest scoop of their lives on FB neway. Also, I get to see all these cool things and places other people are doing. Though I don't know if that's a good thing, since it makes my life seem rather mediocre in comparison (that's actually probably more my fault than anyone else's...) But really how do these people have the time & moolah to travel the world?!?! It really stirs up the wanderlust in my sad, yearning soul.

Oh, and FB really needs to stop suggesting who I should be friends with. If I really wanted to friend him, I would've added him already. So leave me alone! Stop trying to run my life.