Facecrack

So as I stated previously, I've been obsessed with Facebook. It hasn't been as bad as it was a few months ago. I'm amazed by how many people have found me and the people that I have found. It is crazy! Pretty much all of my friends use it and the new phrase I keep hearing amongst people is "Either send me an email or Facebook me and let me know". As of today, the look of Facebook has changed and I don't really care for it. Some of the status updates that people put on there are just plain stupid! I mean really, do I care that so-and-so is cleaning or cooking dinner. No, not really. Do I care that someone is going to work, bed, movies, shop, blah, blah, blah? No, not really. I guess they've changed the status portion so that it's more general. So you can put any random thought or whatever. I like this idea better, so maybe the new isn't so bad.

I have quite a few people that I went to high school with as "friends" on Facebook. I was very hesitant at first about accepting these people. Truthfully, I have one friend that I went to junior high and high school with that I still talk to. She is my female best friend (Mr. Jeep being the male). I do not talk or keep in touch with anyone else. So my thought was, if I haven't spoken to them in 19 years, why start now? But, alas, I gave in and friended a couple and then that led to more. The thing that kills me is that this one person that I was best friends with throughout junior high and high school, I just don't get. My friend Elena (the one I still keep in touch with) and I used to be best friends with the other one that I don't get (Julia). After I graduated from college I realized I needed to not have Julia in my life anymore. She was a real negative in my life. I could never count on her for anything. We'd make plans and she'd always cancel. I was the one who did all the work in the relationship and it was exhausting. The straw that broke the camel's back was at her wedding. I had been friends with her since 7-8th grade. She invited Elena and I to her wedding and we went. She didn't even say hello to either one of us at the reception. She and her creepy husband came up to our table and she talked to this other couple at our table, but said nothing to the two people she had been close friends with for about 11 years. So as soon as dinner was over, I left. Anyway, I saw that she was on Facebook. But I decided that since I hadn't spoken to her in about 12 years and didn't want her drama that I was not going to start now. I guess she sent Elena a message and wanted to know why I hadn't requested her as a friend. I was like "How old are we?" It was exactly like being back in high school. She eventually sent me a friend request and I accepted just to look at her profile. (which, side note, is why I have friended most people) The thing I don't get is that she has all of these people that we went to school with as friends and I know she didn't talk to them in high school. But now she leaves them all these messages on Facebook like she's long lost friends with them. I don't get it and never will.

I heard on the radio about this whole new category of people that are popping up that is related to Facebook. Apparently there are people that are now having these huge self-esteem issues because they don't have a lot of friends on Facebook. Or they'll get rejected as a friend and it opens up a whole new issue. I just think the whole thing is bizarre. However, even though I say it's bizarre, I still check it everyday!

I'm Still Alive

I cannot believe it's been since January that I've posted anything. How lame am I? Actually I've got my damn Facebook obsession going on and the whole training thing going on. Those things alone have kept me busy enough. Plus, I'm stuck behind an f--ing computer all day and the last thing I want to do when I get home is be stuck behind a computer again. I really need to start posting at work...why not?

Mr. Jeep and I just got back on Tuesday from a mini-vacay. We went to Cancun for a few days. I told him about a month or so ago that I needed to go somewhere and it needed to be warm. So I started looking around and Cancun seemed to be the best deal. We actually ended up using a travel agent (yes, they still exist. I couldn't believe it either!). We stayed at all all-inclusive resort and it was fantastic! The two biggest decisions I had to make were 1) beach or pool and 2) cerveza or margarita. It was such a stress on my brain! :) The break was incredible and very much needed. I'm now trying to figure out what I need to do to live that life permanently. I'll let you know when I figure it out.

Some observations from Cancun...way too many old men wear banana hammocks and older women aren't afraid to be topless or change into a new bikini right on the beach! There was one guy that we saw everyday that wore the banana hammock. That man was not afraid to flaunt it. But I really don't need to know how low he's hanging or which direction it's pointing. The last day we were there I saw him in a black thong Speedo! Yikes! Of course, Mr. Jeep made me take a picture and I did. It's pretty funny!

Onto the older topless women...I made a comment about an older women that walked past us and her hat. I said that when I got that age I was going to also get the same sort of hat. The hat is pretty hard to describe, but it was white with a black band around it and wide brim all the way around. I also think you need to be of a certain age to wear that type of hat. Anyway, the woman was wearing a strapless pink bikini. She had to be in her late 60's, early 70's. Mr. Jeep and I went into the water and I was looking up at the beach and I saw the man of the couple standing up and I was about to say to Mr. Jeep that the husband had on a Speedo, when I realized that it was not the husband I was looking at, but the wife topless! So I point her out to Mr. Jeep and he kind of laughs. So I look away for a few minutes and look back up to where she was standing and now she has on a yellow bikini. She totally changed right there on the beach, in front of everyone! On one hand I say good for her that she's so confident and comfortable in her skin and on the other hand I say Ewww!