Banned!

Maybe I should take a hint, but I was banned from Facebook today. Had Facebook banned me for spending way too much time on there, then fine. They have a pretty decent case against me. I mean, what else is a girl to do while she's nursing her baby? But no, that was not their reasoning. I was banned for "suspicious behavior." Meaning, they thought I was trying to hack into Facebook or maybe thought I was posting too much of the same thing over and over. [Not unlike the millions of people that post stupid game stuff over and over and over, yet nobody is banning them.]

But the dumb thing is that I never actually posted anything at all. Stupid Facebook wasn't working and wouldn't post the link to the blog I wrote earlier, and I maybe tried hitting the share button one too many times for Facebook's liking. I mean, it wouldn't post so I kept trying to get it to work! What's the harm in that!? & then I got served a 24 hour ban. No posting on anything for a full 24 hours, and there is no way to complain and get the ban lifted. I'm able to see everything, but I'm not allowed to tell you that your baby is cute, or laugh at a witty status you posted. It may not seem like a big deal to you, but darn it, it's a big deal to me. You don't just take the pack of cigarettes from the smoker and make them quit cold turkey, do you??

Anyways, it's time for my weekly photo dump. And this week, there are explanations for some of the pictures. Please, try to control your excitement.

This was my week:

All pictures taken with Instagram. Feel free to follow me: laceyloo22.

A. Charley has a new best friend: Mr. Bear. He's a little blanket with a bear head, and she was hanging out with him at all times until she tried to smother herself with him a few times. They are now taking a break.

C. A pretty church I walk by every day.

D. I went and assisted Mr. Claus in the wrapping of my niece's Christmas presents this year.

G. This is the "mother's room", or the pumping room at work. I spend a lot of time in this super accommodating room. It includes: a table, a window, a cushioned bench, and a tub of Lysol wipes.

H. I was working in the clouds on Thursday.

I. I went shopping with my sister and nieces so my nieces could buy everyone a gift for Christmas from the dollar store. This was Lori during our trip.

J. Who's that cute baby with a bow in her hair on her bald head?

M. Santa brought Charley a hobby horse!

N. Piggies on the little piggies.

Facebookiquette

Love it or hate it, Facebook is pretty important socially these days. But, it's still new enough that there aren't established etiquette laws to follow yet. Much like wedding etiquette, there are things you just do NOT do. And I'm sure you all followed wedding etiquette if you are married, right? You wouldn't dare print the addresses on your invitation's envelopes instead of hiring a calligrapher, would you? That would be just awful if you did! (Confession: I PRINTED, as in from a computer, the addresses on my wedding invitation envelopes! Gasp!)

However, I am certainly not the boss of Facebook (that would be Jesse Eisenberg, of course) but I felt like I could maybe lay down a few etiquette rules to get us started.

1. Thou shall not clog up my news feed with a daily picture of your child or pet. Sure, some of them are cute, but I do not need to see them daily or multiple times a day. If you do want to share a daily picture of your child or pet, get a blog.
   

   

   See how that works?

   
   
2. Thou shall not comment on a photo album when you intended to comment on just one picture. Your comment now appears every time new pictures are added to that album and doesn't make sense any longer.



3. Thou shall not invite your entire friends list to play every single game. If I haven't played 99% of the games you've invited me to, I'm not interested. Thank goodness for the block feature when it comes to those pesky games. Before that feature was introduced, I could have screamed "LEAVE ME ALONE! I DO NOT HAVE ANY BRICKS FOR YOUR STUPID STABLE AND I CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO BE YOUR FARM NEIGHBOR." Thank you kindly.



4. This one is a matter of preference, but, I don't see any reason to personally thank every person that comments on something you post. If you have something conversational to say back to them, then by all means say it. But if it's just a "thank you!" or "LOL" (which I'll get to that in a minute), then don't bother. I don't expect to be thanked every time I comment on someone else's picture.



5. Speaking of the LOL, stop using it! Unless you are really laughing out loud, a simple haha shall suffice. When something really makes me LOL I can no longer use that because it's been overused by fake LOLers.



6. I've mentioned this one before, but, thou shall not have a profile picture that does not actually picture you. I am friends with you, not Minnie Mouse or your child or your dog.



7. This one used to be black/white for me, but I've since loosened up a bit about it. But, thou shall not friend the entire Facebook universe. I feel pretty certain that you do not actually know 5,000 people. If you don't know them, they can't be your Facebook friends.
   
   Now - this is the part where I've loosened up a bit. I now have a few Facebook friends that I have never actually met. Several of them are girls that I bonded with on a message board I post on, and a couple are bloggy friends. I have crossed the line on keeping my efriends and real friends separate, and I'm okay with that now. I kind of like some of them better than real life friends anyways! ;)

How many of those "rules" have you broken? It's okay, I forgive you. We can't all be perfect like me. What Facebook rules do you have that need to be added to the Facebookiquette list?

Good News, Bad News

Good news! Thanks to Facebook, I have started talking and keeping in touch with an old friend, CJ! We were best friends in high school, but over the years talked less and less sadly.

Good news! CJ and I made plans to have lunch and catch up today!

Good news! I went to the Hurt concert last night and had a really great time!

Bad news. We all had a really REALLY great time and had to phone-a-friend to take us home, therefore leaving our car in the concert's parking lot.

Good news! We all made it home safely!

Good news! We do have another vehicle in the form of a motorcycle, so John said he would take me to get the car on the motorcycle. (Mama, you didn't read that.)

Good news! I woke up in time and got ready to meet CJ precisely at 1:00.

Bad news. We look out of the window at 12:00 and it was raining. Uh-oh.

Good news! It stopped raining!

Good news! We are on our way to get the car, and then for me to go meet CJ.

Bad news. We see rain in the distance.

Good news! We turn off of the rainy road to a sunnier road and decided to go another way instead!

Bad news. It starts raining on the sunnier road too. And hard.

Good news! We pull off to a gas station and park to wait out the rain.

Bad news. The rain isn't stopping. It is POURING. I need to call CJ to tell her I'm going to be late.

Bad news. My speaker on my phone is strangely not working. CJ can hear me, but I can just barely hear her. I manage to tell her the bad news though.

Good news! CJ is super nice and is going to wait for me!

Bad news. The rain hasn't stopped, but has let up quite a bit. We decide we better go now if we want to make it.

Bad news. It starts POURING again. John is getting pelted by the rain drops so we have to stop again at another gas station.

Good news! I'm not really that wet! I was hunkering down behind John the whole time and really was pretty much dry.

Bad news. It won't. stop. raining. We are within 5 miles of the concert venue, but the road to get there looks very very rainy. We are also now seeing lightning.

Good news! The rain pretty much stops! We get back on our way!

Bad news. You guessed it, it started pouring again.

Bad news. We start hitting every single red light. This is when I start to get wet.

Good news! We made it! I wish John a safe and dry ride home and I'm off!

Good news! My car links with my cell phone so I'm able to call CJ and hear her this time and tell her I'm on the way!

Good news! My car is super fancy and even has heat! I crank the heat all the way up in order to dry myself before I get to the restaurant!

Good news! I'm wearing a shirt with a camisole underneath, so I take off the top shirt and lay it over the vent! It will be dry in no time!

Bad news. Turning the heat on while it's raining outside makes the windows fog up. I'm forced to switch back and forth between heat/defrost all the way to the restaurant.

Good news! Besides some pesky traffic, I make it to the restaurant on time. John calls me to tell me he was home safe also.

Good news! My speaker on my phone works again!

Good news! CJ and I have a great healthy lunch and a long chat and we promise to not lose touch again!

Good news (for you)! This longest blog post ever is finally over!

fan: /fæn/ – noun

fan: an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.

Dear Facebook and Facebook Users,

Please refer to the above definition of "fan". If you need additional help, please know this:

I understand you being a fan of these things:


This:
This:


Or even this, if you so please:

What I do not understand, is this:

So many of you becoming "fans" of these items...

...that they are now showing up in my "people you may know" list. Please stop. It is polluting my facebook experience.

Thanks in advance,

A Disgruntled Facebooker