Yvette's Inner Geek Blog

Last night I had a headache and fell asleep at 8:30. I slept soundly until about 5am, and then on and off again for a few hours. I woke up feeling like I had been in bed too long--because I had--but obviously my body was trying to tell me to get some damned sleep. Naturally, I had to give up an evening of playing Super Mario Galaxy to get that damned sleep. I've forgiven myself.

Today has been a get-stuff-done day. I cleaned up my office, filed or trashed more papers from the Stacks of the Unknown, and hung a few things on the walls. I also succumbed to Facebook, which I have been trying to avoid for several months despite friend requests from my friends and younger cousins. My sister pointed out, with an unbearably good point, that maintaining this blog is just as bad/good as Facebook would be for me as far as privacy and staying in touch with friends could be. It's just that I don't want to spend all my time on Facebook writing on walls or giving them innuendo-filled pokes. At work last week, I read an article that claims people between the ages of 18-25 would prefer to spend 15 minutes social networking (i.e. using Facebook or MySpace) over reading, watching television, listening to the radio or talking on the phone (note that nothing was said about texting).

Maybe part of my issue results from being old (28 is ancient if you ask the Millenials, I guess). I mean, cell phones were not something that people really had when I was in college. My first year in college, I had email... that I had to access through dial-up on my 75mHz pizza box PC. I actually placed my first order on Amazon.com for textbooks using that horrendously slow connection and computer. Crazy, I say!

So I will add you as my friend on Facebook if you want (if I know you, that is), but don't expect me to start throwing snowballs or fish-slapping anytime soon.  I have Super Mario Galaxy to play tonight!