Life or Something Like it: June 2009

In the Spirit of Reinvention

Remember when Madonna went all 40's minx? Then a few years later embraced the Marilyn Monroe look only to spiral into a Dominatrix a while later? She is constantly reinventing herself and I like that. I aspire to reinvent myself as well, but without the embaracing pointy bra or nude public photo shoots of course.

I have begun by deactivating FB and looking ahead to the future and where it might take me. It's exciting to think I have the opportunity to look into an interest I have had since I was a little girl. Something that has developed into an appreciationg for history, art, and the preservation of the past. Who knows what will come of my fact-finding mission? The excitement lies in the journey, something I was always too afraid to do because noone else thought it practical.

I am well aware that it may come to pass that my passion may be only a hobby in the end, but I owe it to myself to really sink my teeth into it and try it on for size so that I will never look back and wonder "What if?". I am blessed to have this time to explore. I will not waste it and I will use it wisely.

One thing I will not abandon is my blog. I love my blog. The long and short of it. The silly and downright moodiness of it all. I hope you enjoy it as well, and I apologize for not posting more interesting things over the past year. Perhaps when my head is in the right place I will have more to offer...including clandestine squirrels and PieHole roasts. You never know what may come of this reinvention. I have always wondered what my version of releasing the "amphibious squadron" would look like!

~CC

Why I Deactivated My Facebook Account

FaceBook is ridiculous. It's a selfish, forced interaction where peers can compare and brag to each other. It's not networking, it's fake social connections to see who has the most toys or who is ahead in "the game".

I admit it was fun at first to connect with high school and college friends I had not seen in years, but the intentions of most is clear when the first connection is over and nothing remains. These people were obviously not important enough to keep in touch with for the past 15 years, so why would I need to be friends with them now?

FB is socially inept in that way. I mean, where else would it be appropriate to find out that a friend from HS is engaged? How TACKY. Or how else would I find out that another HS friend had her third baby? Obviously both of these things happened a month ago and I just found out in my recent visit to FB. Was I supposed to be checking their pages everyday for juicy tidbits like these? Pulease! I have better things to do than stalk people who were not real friends to begin with.

Sooo, I deactivated my Facebook account today. At some point I will go back activate and take down everything and then deactivate for good, but I had just gotten to the point where FB annoyed me so much I had to do it. Facebook was made for college kids and it should have stayed that way. I would rather spend my time connecting with my true friends and family than any of those so called "friends" on FB.

Pinky said "It sounds like FaceBook is more like FakeBook!" Rock on Pinky. Rock on!

This is Brilliant!

Thanks for sharing Tabby!

Crazy E-mails Make Good Blog Posts: Part One

Got this email the other day, you know, answer me then forward to your friends stuff. It was funny because I got some interesting and overlapping answers. If you haven't shared your answer with me already via email, here is your chance to chime in. I will post the answers on friday here on cclifeblog. Have fun!

If you saw ME in a police car what would you think I got arrested for?

Let me know via email (on sidebar) or in the comments.