Thursday 28 June 2007

the facebook effect

OK so it's addictive but has the following effect:

Friend A has more friends than me;
Friend A used to be my friend and is friend with Friend B but is not friends with me
Friend B has mailed Friend C twice, but has not mailed me;
Friend C is having more fun than me;
Friend C is thinner than me and has more friends than me
My life is dull compared to Friend A, B and CS.
Must find more friends on here, dreg up old classmates who I didn't even like and put them on just so I look like I have lots of friends.

It's not a good site whilst working on self esteem issues but strangely addictive and brings out the competitiveness in me and need to be liked, to be seen to be successful and 'having it all' It's like the American dream that brought Willy Lomas or whatever his name was in that Arthur Miller Play to his death and like that fear of 'el que diran' in La Casa De Bernada Alba (Lorca) (from my Spanish A level days don't you know..)

Anyway so facebook isn't helping and I am more educated than I give myself credit for.

5 comments:

johno said...

there you are!! yeh face book I just found it ths week

Determined1 said...

Yeah!!!!!!!! someone has actually read my blog.

An Irish Friend of Bill said...

go to http://www.sitemeter.com/
and install a ? thing that shows you who visits. its cool!
Also you can add your blog on this list http://soberblogs.gotop100.com/
And create an email account and include it in your profile.
plus the more you visit n comment on others. and post. the more people will visit.
you should visit
http://rootsradicaluk.blogspot.com/
Kenny. He is a guy with a good heart. But not the stability that you have. Basically a nice guy.
http://fine-anon.blogspot.com/
Syd. Is very intelligent and a fast learner. Has covered a LOT of ground VERY fast. But is still a bit impressionable on account of being new. Similar to you in htat he see's relationships as a 'refuge'. Which they are not really. They just show you your 'stuff'.
http://www.gospodipomiluj.blogspot.com/
Kathrym. Shes just a lovely newcomer. Like a sponge. Learning all the right things. But very new.
http://gsp-shadow.blogspot.com/
Shadow. Shes just a lovely newcomer. Like a sponge. Learning all the right things. But very new.
http://methedup.net/
chris. you share the 'doomed love' virus of chris. except he isnt bitter about it. just heartbroken
http://vicariousrising.typepad.com/
your anger levels have something in common with judith. except she wants to be a writer and hasnt done the steps. But you can 'feel' the anger tension in her posts. And some of yours.
http://johnojohno.blogspot.com/
And of course you know johno already
http://texandave.blogspot.com/
Daave is cool. But gay men are cool really. But daave happens to be a very service orientated guy.
http://megmoran.blogspot.com/
Meg is a surrogate mother
http://www.twodogsbarking.blogspot.com/
2Dogs is a lady who does her own thing. Very independent thinker. Cool.
http://bouncingoffthebottom.blogspot.com/
Marthas a proper writer!
http://suicidalexasperation.blogspot.com/
VERY new lady
http://adayinthelifeofalcoholanddrugrecovery.blogspot.com/
April is cool
http://relationshipsinrecovery.blogspot.com/
Doc a would disagree with most of your theories on relationships!
http://tkdjunkiesober.blogspot.com/
Tkd is cool (she)
http://dharmashanti.blogspot.com/
Dharmma is cool.
http://braindeadgenius.blogspot.com/
BDG is a nice guy

See? TONS of nice people. And I'm sure there are more too.
Anyway you should leave them some comments and then they will know you exist!

Determined1 said...

Thanks! I was a reluctant to come out in the blog world but I am ready now. I reckon I will learn a lot.

An Irish Friend of Bill said...

if you like i'll knock you up a nice ? bannner of some ? description in photoshop..
for the top of your blog and for the top 100 sober site..