Lenten Fail

Yeah, so - I'm still logging into Facebook. I fail.

I mean, it's not bad, really. It's only to check to make sure that no one is still trying to contact me with important info through facebook. Though, I am really surprised at how much SPAM I'm getting in my notifications now. I log off for 24 hours and I have 10 new notifications - most of which are ads. It's really bizarre.

But at least I've cut back significantly. That's a start, right?

Is it that time of year already?

Happy Mardi Gras! Of course, this means that tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent.

So what did I decide to give up?

Facebook. Yeah - seriously. Just as everyone was starting to migrate over from MySpace, I've decided to give up the social networking site for 40 days. So no logging in... no surfing on my IPod, no keeping the browser window open at work... nothing. I'm done with photo posting, status updates, and wall-spamming.

It really is difficult. I logged off tonight and restarted my browser after surfing ITunes. Force of habit put me back on the homepage. Guess I'll have some web-reworking to do.

Why give up something so trivial? Well, isn't that the point of the Lenten season? Give up something that doesn't make you a better Catholic? Granted, I haven't been to church in... well... a really long time... but I could be doing so many other things than surfing on to Facebook. Like spending time with M, practicing my dance steps, exercising, cooking, or meditating. Sitting in front of the computer at night does take away from some of my social time. And I seem to communicate with my friends more through wall posts than from phone calls and emails.

So that's why I'm taking a break for 40 days. I'm sure I'll break down a few times and check on certain people here and there. But I won't be on 24/7 y'know.

But for those of you who are following the blog on Facebook: you'll still see notes posted because my Blogger account is synced with Facebook Notes. But I'm not actually logging in. (That's not cheating!)

See you in 40 days!

Names

Because I can't get enough facebook spam - so I'm bringing this over here too:


1. YOUR REAL NAME:
Jennifer Marie

2. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME (mother and fathers middle names):
Marie McDonald (Not bad... not bad at all. I could move to the midwest and stuff.)

3. NASCAR NAME (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad):
Tony Wallace (I can't make this stuff up...)

4. STAR WARS NAME (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name):
Groje (now, the trick would be to figure out if you pronounce the "j" as "jay" or if you pronounce it has "hey."Hmmm... decisions...)

5. DETECTIVE NAME (favorite color, favorite animal):
Brown Cat (well, that's just pathetic.)

6. SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, town where you were born):
Marie Hayward

7. SUPERHERO NAME (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning):
The Aqua Latte?

8. FLY NAME (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name):
Jess

9. ROCK STAR NAME (current pets name, current street name):
Lucy Beadnell (I kind of like that...)

10. PORN NAME (1st pet, street you grew up on):
Cleo Adrian (technically, our first pet was Bozo, but we got Cleo, the goldfish soon after.)

11. YOUR GANGSTA NAME (first 4 letters of real name plus izzle):
Jennizzle

13.YOUR GOTH NAME (black, and the name of one of your pets):
Black Lucy

14. STRIPPER NAME (name of your fav perfume, fav candy):
Happy White Chocolate (say... what?)