To my friends that are actually my friends that I connected with using the medium of facebook:
HEY!
If you love me, you'll email me or call me. I think the time has come
to let facebook go. I'm not de-activating, I'm deleting my account. I'm
not leaving the web, however. I'm going to Twitter, I'm on google, I've
got 2 blogs, and I'll continue to use my ever-reliable Yahoo email
address. This isn't an attack on any of you (it's not you, it's me).
I've wasted too much time on here. I've put off
the kids when I should have responded. I want to work more on our
house. I need to paint some walls, bake some zucchini muffins, play my
ukulele, and work on possible curriculum. If I edged myself off slowly,
like a drug, I know I'd be back and I'd relapse into this world of
constant updates and useless info. George Takei is fantastic, oh myyyy,
but I'm leaving him behind to further explore my own universe. I've
loved connecting w/so many of you via the fb medium, but until fb
becomes less intrusive and more respectful of its users' rights, I will
be absent from this realm.
1/2/12 Update: I'm nuts--how on Mother Earth would I remember your birthday if I didn't have fb? No, really. I'll hang out w/fb a little longer, only if I can prove to myself that I don't need bragbook, but I do need a device to keep in touch with people I would actually converse with in person. Facebook, you didn't win this round, as I shall dominate you, you engrossing, dangerous little chimp.
