The History of Me and the Internet...

I have to write this post first because I wanted to write a post about Facebook, but I realized it would be soooo long I would need to break it into two posts and blah buh di blah blah...

In the beginning there was dial up. And it was void and without life. (ps "God, that was supposed to be funny, not disrespectful") I had an internet provider and one email address. Which I used occasionally. We got high(er) speed internet and a new email address. Me-the one who hates change-always balked when we changed providers and I would have to get a new address and email everyone the change et cetera. At some point we got two email addresses--Hotmail accounts to add to our IP emails. With Hotmail came MSN Messenger. Oh the fun.

My brother, mom and I have this succinct form of shorthand and inside joking that goes on with MSN and we type FAST. Sometimes we are laughing so hard we can't type. So then we just call each other--cuz we are goofballs. (You can relate right Aunt B?) Plus now you can send winks and nudges and HIDE when you are online or put that you are busy. (Good I guess for people who want to goof off at work.)

I heart my hotmail account. We have changed IPs about three times, in the last seven years. But now I use my hotmail for all my online junk so I don't have to change info every single time we change providers.



Then last November I jumped off into blogging. I did it mostly for fun. A little to spread the word about my Close To My Heart 'business'. A little to keep a journal of events for scrapbooking. A little to become rich and famous. HA that last one was a total lie! Anyway, I have been having so much fun blogging. Who knew?

{On a side note...My blog gets the most hits for the entry I did entitled "Strawberry Cake" and most of those hits are from Malaysia. The second most hits are on the entry "An Alternative to Running Away From Home..." I always wonder if some poor sad teenager is googling trying to find a solution to becoming a runaway and then hits my post. It makes me feel sad. Also, recently I've been getting hits on "I am in love with a sneaky man" Hmmmm.}

But now, NOW, my mother has made me join Facebook, or as she calls it Bookface. And the internet has become a source of high maintenance and stress. Am I poking someone or superpoking? How do I tag in a note? Do I even know that person from High School? What's considered rude? What if I don't acknowledge a friend in a certain time? Will they think I am avoiding them or will they know I am just busy? Will people get that I am trying to be humorous? Or will they think I am a complete ass? AHHHHHH!! My BP is up just thinking about it! Why do I have to be such a people pleaser?!?

Oh and what's better? I just found out my sister in law (not the sweet one I always talk about, the other one who hates me) is on Facebook. And I put this webpage in my profile. But I guess if she finds me and wants to be my "friend" I can always delete this link off my page. SEE?!! It's too bleeping complicated!!

Okay I decided to type it all in one post. Sorry for the novel, and Have a Nice Day! Wink! Nudge! (head hanging shamefully)...poke.