January 26, 2011
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God, I Hate Facebook!
I have developed the habit of going there first now. I need to come here first to blog as my early morning ritual for several reasons.
The most important reason is that everybody on Facebook knows me! Everyone here is a total stranger if anybody happens to look and very very few people in my real life know that I have this blog to begin with, so I am basically anonomyous here and can insult people freely without knowing that I have insulted someone I know and love.
I don't mind insulting people, it is just that I don't want to insult people I know and love.
...The Patti Smith book "Just Kids" was absolutlly wonderful! I highly recommend it for all, even if you don't like Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, it is the tale of artists building one another in late 60's, early 70's Manhattan and is a wonderful cultural historical nugget. I really really enjoyed it.
Now I am reading "Hiroshima" by John Hershey, the actually eye witness account of the after effects of the first atomic bomb dropped on a human population. It is the description of 6 people and their families, who were lucky enough to be in a favorable position to have lived through it.
We won't call them "Survivors", as that may be an affront to the dead. We'll call them "Bomb Affected Persons".
...also a very enlightening example of Japanese culture.
It isn't about the ethics or morals or rights or wrongs about the war, it is an eyewitness description of the struggles to survive and the slow realization of what this type of weapon does.
It's gonna rain and snow and I'm hoping the Mayor Bloomberg will tell everyone to go home early...
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Comments (6)
You know, this is not the first entry on fb sucking. I have actually avoided fb since Saturday because of the Bears and Packers game. Most of my fam and friends are Packers fans so yeah! I think it has been a little refreshing not going on there. But, there are people that try to pull me in. *shakes head* sad.
@Jade_Orchid -
I am CONSTANTLY blurting out comments on FB, about politics and religion, and then having a panic attack until I can go back and delete them!
Facebook is certainly a tongue biter!
And I have to be especially careful because I have a really big and sarcastic mouth and for some reason can hone in on what bothers a person the WORST without even knowing them very well. I have always had that gift and my mother had to tell me early on to really watch my bluntness, or speaking before thinking of how it may affect another person's feelings...
I just got my 201 friend on FB and I realize that there are only 6 people, all from HERE, that I don't PERSONALLY KNOW, and 4 blood relatives that I have never met in person.
It feels really weird to have family, friends, old school mates, and professional collegues all together in one place... Facebook scares me... I have to really think about what i post.
People know about here but they don't come here and read it because they aren't readers. On facebook, it seems as if everyone sees everything.. and you never really know who is paying attention. I assume people are ignoring me until I hear 3rd hand that someone saw something there...
I am so glad you don't know me at all. I am just starting the Patti Smith book and it really sounds like reading you. I see how you resonated with her from way back. I was always more of a Marc Bolan/David Bowie/ophile. The glitter and platforms to your subtle genius. Happy Hump Day.
I read that about 1000 years ago - excellent book! peace, Al
I hate Facebook too - see you there!
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