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Today all the laundry got done. And Bean with her potty training ended up with more stickers at the end of the day than she did yesterday, which is SO GOOD. For some reason, though, she's terrified the water from the faucet will be super hot. She must have washed her hands by herself at the old place and the water got really hot all of a sudden. Sometimes it did that. Poor thing.
We played Once Upon A Monster today, which was a lot of fun! She really enjoyed it and an hour of it tired her out enough to take a nap at a decent hour. It was also a bit of a workout for me too. We'll play again tomorrow if we don't make it to the park. I'm hoping she'll go to bed soon so that I can get some decent sleep tonight.
I watched part of Captain America today, but didn't get a chance to finish it. Took a walk to the store. I didn't do much unpacking today either. Instead I spent the majority of the day playing FB games. I figure starting next week, with school, I won't have as much free time. FB games are a tad annoying though, being social games, they require you to pester your FB friends for items and "neighboring." I usually try to avoid games like that, but I kind of decided today that I don't care. My default method is to not send requests to people who don't play that game, but some games are too new to have a good filter. So a lot of people who don't play games got invites and requests from me today.
The most effective solution, if you don't like FB games, is to block the game. It's really easy and I have so many games blocked that I don't want to play and I never have to worry about getting invites/requests or seeing posts on my news feed about them. Usually if you ask nicely, I'll make an effort not to send you stuff. But I don't really feel like making the effort anymore. If you don't like the games, it falls on your shoulders to block them. I do it, and so can you. Some people hate it so much they'll CAPS LOCK THEIR RAGE ON THEIR NEWSFEED AND DEMAND TO NOT GET REQUESTS AND THREATEN TO REMOVE YOU FROM THEIR FRIENDS LIST IF YOU SEND THEM ONE MORE GODDAMN REQUEST.
Ok, go ahead and do that then. You'll still get requests from other people who play and likewise don't want to be bothered with bending to your whim. [Which is why it's easier to just block the whole damn game.] I mean, it's nice to have family and old friends on FB, but I figure if we're really that close; friendship on FB isn't going to keep us together or make us fall apart. I'm not competing with anyone for the number of friends I have on FB, so I won't be heartbroken or upset if you remove me. If we're really friends, you'll give me a call or e-mail instead of a FB message.
And yeah, I did get a message from someone to stop sending requests, and it was polite, so I apologized and told them if they didn't want to block the game, it was alright for them to remove me as a friend. I wouldn't get upset or anything. She didn't respond, and didn't remove me. I'm still going to send her requests though, because I don't want to go through the list just to uncheck her name and only her name. [I guess I'm also not bothered because she's not really my friend and I've never met her. She's a family member of one of my family members.] I'm also sorry for my laziness, but game requests just aren't something I think are important karma wise.
And like I said: You're the one who doesn't want to play the games. And for me, the games are a part of FB. You can easily OPT OUT of the games, but it requires your own initiative. So take it. It's so easy and saves you so much hassle in the long run. But still... it's your choice which course of action you want to take. I get that some people like to make a fuss about things, and like to post caps lock rage as their status updates, even when it's an issue they could solve themselves without making threats.
I also get that it's annoying on the phone. Hubby's FB is attached to his phone, and it chimes every time someone sends him a FB game request. But he's not going to start unfriending people, or asking people to stop sending him crap, he's just going to start logging in on his computer and blocking the games. At some point. When it starts annoying him enough. It's a lot quicker and more effective than making a status update anyway.
Have I typed long enough about this? I know it's soooooo pointless, and I spent too much time thinking about it. I guess now is a good time to mention that I'm just typing to type. To get out 1,000 words a day is kind of my goal. I think it'll all fall apart once school starts, but I'd still like to try. Blah, blah blah, here's what I did today. Blah blah blah here's some of what's been on my mind. Nothing entertaining I'm sure, and no solid topic either.
Something that has been kind of scaring me today is whatever happened in Libya. I don't even know, I've only seen bits of news, and I haven't read anything about what's happened or what's happening or what it might or could mean. I'm too afraid, and yeah I'm too afraid to want to know the truth of it. I'll probably get more into it in a few days... but I like that today I spent all day with my biggest concern being trying to decide whether or not it was okay to piss off my FB friends with FB game requests. I needed today's moral dilemma to be about that! I just feel like this is the kind of story I can't read or know about while I don't have a strong sense of how great humans can be, y'know? Sometimes, I just know I need a break from the horror and terrible things that occupy our news and media.
So I drowned myself in pointless social network games today. And I watched The Office on Netflix, and also Arrested Development, and let my brain not have to think too much about the horrors outside of my happy home. And yes, I am extremely grateful that I even had that option.
We played Once Upon A Monster today, which was a lot of fun! She really enjoyed it and an hour of it tired her out enough to take a nap at a decent hour. It was also a bit of a workout for me too. We'll play again tomorrow if we don't make it to the park. I'm hoping she'll go to bed soon so that I can get some decent sleep tonight.
I watched part of Captain America today, but didn't get a chance to finish it. Took a walk to the store. I didn't do much unpacking today either. Instead I spent the majority of the day playing FB games. I figure starting next week, with school, I won't have as much free time. FB games are a tad annoying though, being social games, they require you to pester your FB friends for items and "neighboring." I usually try to avoid games like that, but I kind of decided today that I don't care. My default method is to not send requests to people who don't play that game, but some games are too new to have a good filter. So a lot of people who don't play games got invites and requests from me today.
The most effective solution, if you don't like FB games, is to block the game. It's really easy and I have so many games blocked that I don't want to play and I never have to worry about getting invites/requests or seeing posts on my news feed about them. Usually if you ask nicely, I'll make an effort not to send you stuff. But I don't really feel like making the effort anymore. If you don't like the games, it falls on your shoulders to block them. I do it, and so can you. Some people hate it so much they'll CAPS LOCK THEIR RAGE ON THEIR NEWSFEED AND DEMAND TO NOT GET REQUESTS AND THREATEN TO REMOVE YOU FROM THEIR FRIENDS LIST IF YOU SEND THEM ONE MORE GODDAMN REQUEST.
Ok, go ahead and do that then. You'll still get requests from other people who play and likewise don't want to be bothered with bending to your whim. [Which is why it's easier to just block the whole damn game.] I mean, it's nice to have family and old friends on FB, but I figure if we're really that close; friendship on FB isn't going to keep us together or make us fall apart. I'm not competing with anyone for the number of friends I have on FB, so I won't be heartbroken or upset if you remove me. If we're really friends, you'll give me a call or e-mail instead of a FB message.
And yeah, I did get a message from someone to stop sending requests, and it was polite, so I apologized and told them if they didn't want to block the game, it was alright for them to remove me as a friend. I wouldn't get upset or anything. She didn't respond, and didn't remove me. I'm still going to send her requests though, because I don't want to go through the list just to uncheck her name and only her name. [I guess I'm also not bothered because she's not really my friend and I've never met her. She's a family member of one of my family members.] I'm also sorry for my laziness, but game requests just aren't something I think are important karma wise.
And like I said: You're the one who doesn't want to play the games. And for me, the games are a part of FB. You can easily OPT OUT of the games, but it requires your own initiative. So take it. It's so easy and saves you so much hassle in the long run. But still... it's your choice which course of action you want to take. I get that some people like to make a fuss about things, and like to post caps lock rage as their status updates, even when it's an issue they could solve themselves without making threats.
I also get that it's annoying on the phone. Hubby's FB is attached to his phone, and it chimes every time someone sends him a FB game request. But he's not going to start unfriending people, or asking people to stop sending him crap, he's just going to start logging in on his computer and blocking the games. At some point. When it starts annoying him enough. It's a lot quicker and more effective than making a status update anyway.
Have I typed long enough about this? I know it's soooooo pointless, and I spent too much time thinking about it. I guess now is a good time to mention that I'm just typing to type. To get out 1,000 words a day is kind of my goal. I think it'll all fall apart once school starts, but I'd still like to try. Blah, blah blah, here's what I did today. Blah blah blah here's some of what's been on my mind. Nothing entertaining I'm sure, and no solid topic either.
Something that has been kind of scaring me today is whatever happened in Libya. I don't even know, I've only seen bits of news, and I haven't read anything about what's happened or what's happening or what it might or could mean. I'm too afraid, and yeah I'm too afraid to want to know the truth of it. I'll probably get more into it in a few days... but I like that today I spent all day with my biggest concern being trying to decide whether or not it was okay to piss off my FB friends with FB game requests. I needed today's moral dilemma to be about that! I just feel like this is the kind of story I can't read or know about while I don't have a strong sense of how great humans can be, y'know? Sometimes, I just know I need a break from the horror and terrible things that occupy our news and media.
So I drowned myself in pointless social network games today. And I watched The Office on Netflix, and also Arrested Development, and let my brain not have to think too much about the horrors outside of my happy home. And yes, I am extremely grateful that I even had that option.