I’ll bet you’ll never guess…

What’s that you say? One of the world’s worst tasks? Why…ding, ding, ding!!!!

We’re moving for the 3rd time in 2 1/2 years, and boy am I looking forward to it So, for the next week, I have a good excuse reason why I’m not writing. I’m going to try and sorta document the process this time around with my camera, so hopefully pictures will follow.

Toodles

When someone you are “friends” with on Facebook passes away and then…

His/her account keeps sending you requests from one of those silly games (farmville, fruitville, or whatever) and then…

Someone who was out of the loop posts something on their wall – like Happy birthday! and then…

Facebook suggests that you “poke” said person because they’ve been inactive for a while and then…

This person’s profile keeps popping up on your homepage, which simply keeps reminding you that they’re no longer here.

I guess that this is what the age of social networks and fast-paced communications looks like. For instance, you find out someone has died and you go to his/her Facebook page or Twitter account to see what the last thing they wrote was. Or, someone you know on Facebook announces the death of someone you don’t know, and you go snooping around their page to see what his/her profile says. It’s all a bit bizarre, no?

I’m convinced that 50 years from now society is going to look back and think that these behaviors were completely ridiculous. Why did we need to microblog about our daily activities? Why did we use applications that announced to everyone in our “circles” where we were and what we were doing. Don’t get me wrong, I’m guilty of most of this stuff myself (especially the Facebook snooping), but sometimes while going through tweets on my smartphone I start to think “what would have I been doing before I had this distraction?” Unfortunately, I no longer have any clue because all these activities have become the norm for me. I guess that makes me one of the crazies…but not until the future, so I’m okay with that.