Much ado about nothing.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

--- Pablo Neruda

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Guess you can't really blog about being in love when you're busy being in it. *shrugs*

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On that note...

I'll talk about something else.

Like... facebook. (once again)

Disclaimer: This is not out of hate or social snobbishness.

So...

What's up with the whole "being someone's 'facebook friend'" phenomenon? I mean, I really don't understand this (ok, maybe it's because I don't have an "FB" but still). Like... you (or in this case, I) say something like... "Oh hey it's nice to have met you, glad you know my sister, I'll tell her we met, what's your name again?" and the person replies something like, "Oh I'm __________, yeah I don't know if she remembers me but we're friends on facebook so just tell her."

Like... seriously???? This actual response has found its way into our vocabulary and daily tete-a-tete?!

When did this happen???

When did people start considering a personal relationship a personal one on FB??? It's like... knowing someone's personal life, impersonally... and that's what makes it personal all of a sudden by society's standards.

Gosh.

I wish I could say something like, "Yeah, Johnny Depp is my "neighbor" on multiply. I totally know the guy."

I. Totally. Wish.

------------------------------> I'd like to "facebook friend" me up some o' that... (Hahahaha!)

And... and... and...

How do you really get to know someone by way of "status message"?

(Yesterday, my lovely FB obsessed little sister sends me a text message on how some douchebag-poser-wanna-be-filipino who thinks being filipino is to wear a barong, drink redhorse and tanduay and point with your mouth (what a douche, right?) COMMENTED on her status about her calling the red paint she bought to paint her room "communist china red" paint.)

Apparently, he said something like, "I think Valentino Red is a better term."

As a result---

Beloved sister was annoyed out of her mind. (As aforementioned poser "white" guy wanna-be Filipino has already made some other obnoxious comment on a past status message.)

Can't you "remove friend" or "block" people like that? (Or better yet, have that particular dude deported back to a Obamaland, a country which he obviously gets NO love from.)

But I digress...

I. still. don't. get. it. *sigh*

***And as I'm rereading this... I noticed that even at this point... I still don't have a point. But I'm hoping y'all find one in there somewhere.

But yeah. People tell me "it's fun!" and that I would've gotten a boyfriend earlier had I put an account up.

*shrugs*

Now even though this would be an impeccable time to talk about how "cool" I am by not having a facebook and furthermore sharing my "awesome" relationship by way of not having a facebook...

I'm hung-over.

And I have a stiff neck.

So I am going to end this semi-pointless blog by saying...

If we can't completely un-succumb ourselves to this age of digitalization...

I think an "email" is the best courtship tool EVER.

(a far second to the actual hand-written love letter... but second, nonetheless.)

***And that had absolutely no connection to my Facebook rant about "facebook friends and status messages" but I wanted to say it anyway because... I wanted to be romantic and cute.

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I noticed that I kinda went "quotation mark"-happy.

"Sorry."

And... I was totally kidding about the whole "I'm cool because I don't have a facebook part" (but only that as my relationship is pretty awesome right now, esp. w/o FB). Perhaps... I am just a "social snob." And that's not really all that cool at all.

Damned disclaimer.