High School Reflections (or, Why Facebook Is Bad)
I'm having an odd sort of moment right now. I was doing some Facebook stalking, which I generally try to avoid because it either makes me nostalgic or weirds me out. However, today I was bored, so I searched for people that I went to high school with. As I was continuing my stalking, I was realizing that some of the people I went to high school with actually kept in touch. Like, REALLY kept in touch: went to college together, roomed together, and still talk after college. It's like Saved By The Bell! Now, that's not my odd moment, per se, but I do think it's interesting. I didn't dislike high school for the most part, but I didn't make many lasting friends (with a few exceptions, who would be reading this LJ. :) Yes, Suzer, I still like you. And I owe you a phone call... but clearly, I'm doing very important things. ;) )
Anyways, to get to my real point, in the course of my stalking, I ran across one particular profile which interested me. It was of a girl who was sorta my friend, and then made me absolutely miserable for a good long time. It was, you know, high school "Oh My God!" (or, OMG, to be authentic) You-Kissed-My-Boyfriend-And-Now-I-Hate-You drama. (A bit of a tangent, but if I'd been smart, it would have been "You-Kissed-My-Boyfriend-Oh-Wait-He-Sucks-You-Can-Have-Him drama.) Now, Suzy is sorta friends with her, and through her, I knew that this person now lives in West Chester. What I didn't know was that basically, her life mirrors mine. She's going to Grad School at WC, and works in an Applied Behavior Analysis setting with autistic kids who sometimes make her bleed. Now. What are the odds of that, I must ask? And how is it that this person that still makes my stomach turn has a life that would make her so compatible with me (in a frienship sense, sickies.) in so many ways? Is it possible that she's my evil twin?
So ok. That's my odd moment. :) I'm going to continue to kill time until LOST. Seriously, TV is not made for people who like to go to bed right after dinner.
PS~ I have also changed my Facebook settings so that no one from high school can read my profile. 'Cause now I'm creeped out. My evil twin must not know where to find me or she will somehow ruin my non-existent love life.
Anyways, to get to my real point, in the course of my stalking, I ran across one particular profile which interested me. It was of a girl who was sorta my friend, and then made me absolutely miserable for a good long time. It was, you know, high school "Oh My God!" (or, OMG, to be authentic) You-Kissed-My-Boyfriend-And-Now-I-Hate-You drama. (A bit of a tangent, but if I'd been smart, it would have been "You-Kissed-My-Boyfriend-Oh-Wait-He-Sucks-You-Can-Have-Him drama.) Now, Suzy is sorta friends with her, and through her, I knew that this person now lives in West Chester. What I didn't know was that basically, her life mirrors mine. She's going to Grad School at WC, and works in an Applied Behavior Analysis setting with autistic kids who sometimes make her bleed. Now. What are the odds of that, I must ask? And how is it that this person that still makes my stomach turn has a life that would make her so compatible with me (in a frienship sense, sickies.) in so many ways? Is it possible that she's my evil twin?
So ok. That's my odd moment. :) I'm going to continue to kill time until LOST. Seriously, TV is not made for people who like to go to bed right after dinner.
PS~ I have also changed my Facebook settings so that no one from high school can read my profile. 'Cause now I'm creeped out. My evil twin must not know where to find me or she will somehow ruin my non-existent love life.