MySpace and Facebook

While I find them entertaining, and confusing in the case of Facebook, networking/social sites creep me out a little.

It's nice to be able to find friends that you've lost touch with. That's something that used to be nearly impossible to do. But now, all you have to do is stick a name in to a search engine and TA DA! It's the first person you ever slept with! Yes, I did that. He's married and a professional gambler, and he looks different than I remember. Which is part of what I find creepy about it. I think it's probably best to keep some of those people immortalized in memory. Let them stay the way they were in your head then. But, I'm a girl, and natural curiosity tends to get the best of me every time. Did I need to know that one of my ex boyfriends is masquerading as 8 years younger than he actually is? No. But it's pretty funny. And kind of sad. And, in a way, makes me rethink my perception of him. And that's sad too.

The other part that's strange and creepy is the people who find you that you'd forgotten about. Or tried to. Usually with good reason. And lo and behold, they're back in your life. Not that you necessarily need to respond to that awkward message. But, again with the curiosity. Then you've started it, and how do you end it?

Then there's the nosiness that, pleasantly, negates the reunion. You can find out who got fat, or bald, or divorced, or whatever, without that strange "So what have you been doing for the past 10 years?" conversation. And who really wants to have that one if they can help it?

It doesn't really matter if the determination lands on the side of creepy or good. It's not like any of it is going away. It's just my thoughts on it.

That's all I've got for now.