Mikki's Posts

Yes, I gave up Facebook for Lent. Yes, I meant to blog more about that experience. Interestingly enough, life has been so full and I've been so lazy in my down time that blogging hasn't happened. It has been weird not being on FB.  A friend gave birth and I wouldn't have known until this week maybe when I got the announcement for the baby's baptism. A number of events and get-togethers have been organized by, gasp, email or phone. How old fashioned!  It's been more than a little liberating. My quips and snarky remarks and one-liners have be relegated back to my immediate surroundings...perhaps where they belong. In context, shared by those I'm with presently. Not for the whole world of my FB friends. I'm not giving FB up permanently. I love being connected to my family and close friends. But is has put my casual friends on FB in the right perspective. Granted my friends that are Christians are worthwhile, even if they aren't particularly deep.  We ...

I love Facebook.  I know, that's not a question, I'll get to that.  Facebook has put me into contact with so many of my family members living in other states.  Friends too.  Though the friends I communicate the most with are actually local.  Kinda weird I think. Why do I bring up Facebook?  A recent post I made was that I was " struggling to reconcile who she is with who she thinks she should be and with who she thinks others think she should be and who God says she is." That sounds really confusing.  I wasn't sure if anyone would understand after I posted it but I didn't really post it for them.  I needed to get the entire thought out of my head and see it to understand it myself. I'm one of those people (not the ones that use 2 spaces after a period, well I do that too but I'm of the thinking that writing something down or talking about it aids in understanding "it"). The responses I got where meant to be encouraging and they were to an ex...

I think I am addicted to my Blackberry.   I love having Facebook at my finger tips; checking the latest news at the NY Times is easy with their app.  Local news apps abound. I'm not much into games.  Literally I have one game-solitare.   But I can check my email almost anytime, anyplace.  (Except at work.  I get really poor reception in the lab.  Which is probably a good thing.) Now I have developed the "phantom vibrating" sensation.  I think the phone is vibrating when, in point of fact, it is not doing anything. The only thing worse that the "phantom vibrating" is checking your pocket and realizing you don't even have your phone on your person. :)

Facebook can make it hard to be friends. Don't get me wrong... It's been wonderful to connect to current friends I hang out often with, friends I barely see anymore and friends with whom I've completely lost contact.  I've received and given encourgement and comfort and support more times I than I can count with both my hands and feet.  There's funny comments, lots of photos and glimpses into the lives of people I can about. That being said, FB was created by humans.  Thus, it is intrinsically imperfect.  There are times when it is difficult to upload photos; occasions where there are servers issues that cause posts to be repeated or delayed.  There are plenty of problems that can come from a free service.  After all, the phrase "you get what you pay for" is cliche because it's true. And some of those imperfect humans I call my friends use profanity. I'm not a totally prude or snob.  I have learned to accept profane, vulgar and o...

I gave up Facebook for Lent. It wasn't my idea. I read about a father who was doing it and thought, that's not something I want to do really because I'm on Facebook all the time. Since I didn't want to give it up intially it seemed like a good idea. The first three days were really hard. I had to remove the Facebook application from my phone eventually. I directed all the emails from Facebook into a specific folder so I wouldn't be tempted to read them. So what am I doing instead? Not as much as I thought I would. I am on the computer less, which is a good thing. I realize much of my time on Facebook was out of boredom. I'm trying to remind myself of more worthwhile activites in the real world. Scrappbooking, hanging out *in person* with friends (what a concept!), playing board games, talking about Jesus, sharing Jesus, reading, and I know praying should have been sooner on the list but this is where it occurred to me to mention. I may have watched a little T...