Face Crack

Well, I finally bit the bullet today. For whatever reason, I was looking at classmates.com, and had a message for me from my AFS brother, Francisco, who is from Chile. Stunned, I followed the link to facebook.com to find him. This, of course, required me to login, and set up a profile.

I followed the instructions, set up the profile, and instantly I had like 17 friends on it. On a good day, I have difficulty counting the number of friends on all 10 digits. But after further exploration, I realized I have more than I think.

I felt so popular today.....or as a former co-worker used to say, "poopular."

I think the most amazing thing was the fact that with my brother, Francisco, I haven't been able to find him for a LONG time, like since 1987. And then today, almost instantly, there he was, and I got an email off to him, and a quick email back.

I'm utterly speechless at the moment. This thing is amazing.

And it's like crack. A fraternity brother of mine, Kham, was one of the first people to respond to me, and warned me of "facecrack." It's now about 6 hours after first signing in, and I've already logged in about 30 times to check things out.

I need the number to the therapy group, please.

Anyhow, I have often pooh-poohed technology, like cell phones, tivo, and texting. While I have the first two, I'm not so sure I like the third. The main reason is because I don't know how to do it. And I'm too lazy to figure it out.

But, what an amazing thing this Facebook thing is. Wow. While I'm leery about being in some sort of social loop, at the same time, I don't mind.

Especially when I now have been able to contact my Chilean brother.