What Are You Doing Right Now? Besides Nothing!

Recently, I succumbed to the pressure from some of my friends and joined Facebook to see what all the fuss was about. I thought it might be a good way to do some networking, keep up to date with friends who live out of state, and promote my photography. I'm a little leery and proceeding with caution.

For those of you unfamiliar with Facebook, here's how it works. You create a profile and have the ability to upload as much or as little information as you want--pictures, personal info, interests, etc. You can search for former classmates, co-workers, relatives, acquaintances and "invite" them to be "your friend" to which they either confirm or ignore your request. On the one hand, it makes me feel like I'm in high school all over again--"Will you be my friend? Please, please, please confirm so I can check out your page!" On the other hand, when I get a request to be some one's friend, it gives me a feeling of empowerment--"Dude, I wasn't your friend 30 years ago in high school why would I want to be your "friend" now? I barely have time for my real friends." Ignore.

When you log onto your homepage, you can see all kinds of updates, comments, and status changes as to what your friends are doing. Every time you log on, you can answer the question "What are you doing right now?" at which point some people type in "Susie Q is drinking coffee and feeling tired" or "Joe Blow is waiting to put gas in his car." Yes, thanks to cellular technology, you can Facebook while you're mobile. One of my friends told be about one of her friends who posted breaking news that she was "standing in line waiting to return something at Best Buy." Whoooo....stop the presses.

It's a good thing Facebook didn't exist when the boys were younger, not that I'd have time to get on it, but I imagine some of my updates might have been something along the lines of:

Rebecca Minch is....thinking that Cameron found her lipstick in her purse while she was out of the room, even though he told her "no."

Rebecca Minch is....wondering what a slice of baloney is doing mixed up with her CDs.

Rebecca Minch is....worried because Cameron licked a chlorine tablet and then Ed had to lick a chlorine tablet to see what the side effects were and is wondering if she should call Poison Control.

Rebecca Minch is....singing the entire soundtrack to "Beauty and the Beast" after watching it for the 98th time with Alex.

Rebecca Minch is....wishing that purple dinosaur, Barney, would shut the hell up.

This got me to thinking about celebrities and people in the news as to what some of their status updates might say on their Facebook pages.

Nadya Suleman is....breast feeding.

Michael Phelps is....having a serious case of the munchies.

Sarah Palin is....waving to people in Russia from her backyard.

Nadya Suleman is....changing a diaper.

Joaquin Phoenix is....looking for his gum which got lost in his matted beard.

Osama Bin Laden is.... getting bat dung off of his turban and is sick of living in caves.

Nadya Suleman is....calling 911 because she's forgotten the name of one of her kids.

Chris Brown is....watching his career go down the drain.

Rhianna is....listening to her song "Take a Bow" and thinking about what a hypocrite she is.

Nadya Suleman is....still breast feeding and will be doing so until the year 2014.

Miley Cyrus is....getting sued for acting like a teenager.

Kwame Kilpatrick is....shutting down his Facebook page and vows to never post or text anything again!

Nadya Suleman is....still breastfeeding and changing a diaper while calling 911.

Mr. Peanut is....sick with salmonella and will be spending the entire weekend in the bathroom.

Detroit City Council is....still busy embarrassing the city of Detroit by acting like they're on student council for the third grade.

Nadya Suleman is....having a nervous breakdown.

Now, the latest and greatest thing to come along is Twitter. According to some, it's better than Facebook. How and why that is, I don't know. I must admit, however, it has been kind of fun and surreal connecting with people I haven't seen since I graduated from high school. In my mind, they are still 18 years old. Flash forward almost 30 years, and I'm seeing them in a whole new light. So weird to see that we've grown up to be responsible parents, soldiers, and professionals. Whether I can continue to maintain my page, remains to be seen because quite frankly, "Rebecca Minch is....wondering who could possibly give a rat's ass?"