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URBAN THOUGHT COLLECTIVE.COM: Facebook Follies
*I can admit it – I’m a Facebook junkie. I’m on it ALL the time, “poking” my friends, uploading just about every photo I take of myself, supporting causes left and right, and taking just about any and every quiz I come across (*Note: for those of you not familiar with the drug Facebook, the aforementioned are simply various methods of getting your Facebook ‘high’).
I even have the Facebook interface on my Blackberry, so there is never an excuse for me not to be in the know about what all my homies are up to.
Unfortunately, I made the mistake last week of accepting my boss Danny’s request to be my friend on the site. Initially, I’d just thought to myself that Danny was a lot more hip than I’d thought, so right away, I clicked on the “Accept” button without fully realizing how that may affect my addiction.
For example, I worry now about updating my status, because he’s now able to login in to see exactly when I posted my status, which is often between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. when I’m not on a break or out to lunch.
And, he has access to all my photo albums, many of which find me proudly holding an expensive bottle of liquor or displaying certain body parts that stay tucked away at the office. What the heck was I thinking?
In an attempt to quell my addiction by checking in only once I make it home (or when I really need a hit, to the safety of my car where I can use my phone), last night I jumped right on, ready to take “The Color Purple” Trivia Quiz that someone had challenged me to take. First, however, I scrolled through my friends’ status updates as I do every night. Nothing very exciting at first, but then one particular statement caught my eye.
Danny Torres thinks Sarah Palin just kicked the Senator’s ass.
I was shocked. For three years, I’ve worked for this man. Even done ridiculous things like take his youngest daughter school shopping and administering his ear medication when he had that weird infection. And after all these years, I never knew that he was (gasp!) a Republican.
I guess you never can tell. I suppose that would explain the scolding I received last week when he caught me and my girl Sandy during our water cooler chat discussing the first Presidential debate. “Didn’t Obama look sexy and svelte? I don’t know about you, but I love a brotha in a suit and tie.”
“Yah, me too,” she replied, ignoring the fact that she’d likely never referred to anyone in her life as a ‘brotha’.
“With that red tie. As soon as he walked on stage, I was like – winner.”
“I know. McCain’s stripes just reminded me of candy canes, which reminds me of Christmas, which makes me think of how broke I’m going to be this year. He needs to fire his stylist.”
“For real. But Obama’s got my vote anyway. He had me at ‘orgy of spending’.”
“You’re crazy, Di.”
“Serious. I mean, come on. He’s a charmer. If I were the leader of a foreign country, I’d work out some deals with him in a second, you know. McCain would just put me to sleep.
“I know. He reminds me of my dad. And if he were still alive, I surely would not want my dad running the country.”
“Okay. Me neither. My pops would be like ‘All we need to do to shape up this country is legalize marijuana. It would stimulate the economy, cure the sick, chill out all the pedophiles, and make our enemies think we’re some cool-ass cats.’”
Before Sandy even got a chance to chuckle, Danny popped over, looking concerned. “You know,” he began…
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Urban Thought Collective is a new digital community exploring everything from pop culture to politics from an African-American perspective. Diane is (quite) a character on the online soap opera Buena Beach (www.buenabeach.com). Her weekly insights on what’s happening at the Beach are featured exclusively on Urban Thought Collective.
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