sometimes i wonder why

Sometimes I wonder why I'm still on Facebook.

Yes, it's great to catch up with old friends, or to keep abreast of acquaintances who you really don't want to talk to under normal circumstances.

But do I really need a minute by minute play-by-play of a trip to Disneyland from a girl I haven't seen in 2 years? I really don't want to know how long the line was at Space Mountain, or that the hot air balloon ride over downtown Disney was amazing.

I also feel un-friending people. Like the aforementioned Disney girl. Or an acquaintance from church who happens to have a degenerative and chronic illness. She posts daily updates on her fever status, what tv shows she's watching with her dogs, how well she slept last night, or if she's coughing up blood. I understand that this is an outlet for her; a way for people to be informed of her health issues, and for her to feel loved. But it's depressing sometimes. Strike that, all the time.

Lastly, I don't understand these games that people can play. Why is it the people I care the least about are the ones I see the most on my newsfeed (which makes me think, maybe it's the same for the people who don't really care about me?!). How can the same person be tending their animals on FarmVille one minute, and offing someone on Mafia the next? Do I really need to know that they're cosmic color is periwinkle, or that their first boy is going to be named Chase -- not because they've told me so, but because a quiz written by a 15 year old in Schenectady, New York says so.

But, it is fun to write witty things, and do fart around on Facebook. Maybe people don't want to hear about my business.

And sometimes it is rewarding -- like when you get to see pictures of your friend from when he was in high school 15 years ago in the marching band, because under normal circumstances those photos would have been under lock and key. And for one lucky moment I was logged in when those photos were posted and got to see them in all their curly-haired, sideburned, skinny white legged glory.

And then I don't wonder why any more.