facebook

[arguchik]

i found my niece and nephew on facebook. i'm debating whether or not to add them as friends. LOL--they might think i'm spying on them for their mom (my sister). they each have over 200 friends, probably all high school students (near as i can tell--i am not going to sift through 2 friendslists that long!).

for some reason this amuses me, in a "cosmic joke" sort of way. they are nearly adults (my niece technically already is an adult), yet i remember carrying them around as teeny babies, changing their diapers, feeding them, etc. now they are into "social networking."

the cosmos is nudging me: "get a move on. life is short, death is long, and you're not getting any younger."

dammit, i'm not sure i'm getting any wiser, either.

p.s. added much later: surprise! they both added me as a friend! i find this deeply flattering, for some reason. they are cool kids, and i'm a big, old nerd.

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[gushgush.livejournal.com]

the cosmos is nudging me

The cosmos has been beating me with a stick the last few years... I think the task has already been given up as futile.

[arguchik.livejournal.com]

LOL.

yeah, sometimes the nudges feel extra hard...vaguely stick-like, if i'm honest. i had all this momentum from like 2000-2004 or so, and since 2004 i've just had a really hard time getting and keeping a-move-on. ya know?

[arguchik.livejournal.com]

my therapist says i'm too hard on myself, though. i don't give myself credit for what i have accomplished over the last few years, i just get down on myself for not accomplishing enough, or everything that needs accomplishing

grrrr. i blame it on my catholic upbringing.

[gushgush.livejournal.com]

Smart kids!