SOME FRIENDS THEY ARE.... (FACEBOOK)

i can already predict
we'll be having an early spring of sort,
contrary to what some critters would have you believe,
as i have started my spring cleaning,
a virtual one that is.
(much easier on my back...)
:D~
i got rid today of some unnecessary baggage in my life,
namely:
FACEBOOK.
the place where everyone knows your name,
where everyone wants to be your friend.
yeah, right!!!
i've been there for over a year,
and true,
i have probably not invested "enough time" in it
as i prefer to invest it somewhere else,
but truth be told,
facebook hasn't done a damn thing
to improve my social life.
not my social skills,
of which i have none,
but a social life...
period.
i may be partly to blame,
i don't know.
maybe i don't give people
what they want/need/wish for,
but i was never good at guessing game.
or on the other hand,
perhaps there was no value to their friendship,
i was merely there to boost their statistics:
"look how many friends i've got!!!"
thanks a lot!!!
(N-O-T !!!)
whatever i posted on my profile
was generally ignored.
and if i ventured a comment on theirs,
it went without a reply of any kind most of the time.
it seems civility is absent on the web,
and a simple hello, a thank you, a hug,
something!!!...
a simple gesture would have been appreciated.
it's supposed to be the place
where you find old friends
and make new ones.
i guess
i don't deserve that much.
i am perfectly aware
this makes me sounds needy,
and so what?!?
I AM!!!
and i see nothing wrong with that.
you won't see me begging for anything,
groveling at someone's feet,
or imposing myself.
i'm not there only to cater to other people's needs,
as i have some legitimate ones of my own.
and for once,
i would have hoped
to find decency and sincerity.
call me naive,
i still believe in those...
silly me!!!
i have a profile somewhere else also.
my membership expires next month.
i will also let that go.
if something doesn't nurture me,
it hinders me.
and i tell you:
by the time the snow melts,
i'll have rid myself of so much,
i should feel light as a feather...
if only!!!
heck!!
i'll just be a grumpy old blogger,
tooting my own horn,
under the watchful eyes of those anonymous strangers,
and i will care not,
satisfied in hearing only the echo of my own thoughts,
and the occasional utterance of those familiar to me.
the web is cold and treacherous,
but i've found my niche here,
all warm and cozy,
with pretty colors.
don't expect to find me now on twitter or others like that;
i may be young enough to understand the technology,
but i'm too old already to understand the mentality.
comments from celebrities and nobodies,
wannabes and anything in between
are nothing for me to get excited about.
i was never able to get as giddy as a schoolgirl.
never!!!
a few butterflies maybe,
but that's it.
i can be like the sphinx,
cold, still, even judgemental...
but if you know my inner workings,
you can find a soft spot;
that's if you don't get lost on your way there.
few have ever reached it,
and perhaps that is the reason...
the reason of my social downfall.
adios facebook!!
i will miss you not,
as i've grown tired of those foolish games.


HUGZ
(see? me, i always give a hug at the end...)
:)~

TICKLEBEAR