"Face"-ing It...

On the last episode of Barbie's Road Trip - Driving at Night...

I had insomnia. It was a well-timed bout of insomnia because when I came downstairs, my front door was open. Since I live in a more urban area, having your front door open in the middle of the night isn't the best way to keep one's stuff on the inside, rather than unintentionally on the outside.

You know, people do weird things when they can't sleep. Some eat junk food, some watch infomercials and others pace the floor. Not me...I finally found the time to get on Facebook.

I've had friends nagging me for months about getting this done and I've been dragging my feet. So, at 2:30am, I got to work. First point of contention...figuring out which photo to use. Let's be honest, I wanted to find a great photo of me that captured my best side. I wanted long lost friends to exclaim, "Wow! Barb hasn't aged a day!" Yeah, I'm shallow. I don't want to look old - at least not yet. I haven't earned the wrinkles yet (but, since Katie has her temps, I am sure that I'm going to earn some soon).

Well, in order to achieve such lofty standards and impress people I haven't seen since the high-flying, hair-spray raising 90's, I had to resort to a bit of trickery...a slightly blurry photo of myself.

I found a photo of myself that I loved. Part of the reason why I loved it - it's kinda blurry. The blurry portions erase about 5 years off my face and my teeth look flawless.

This evening, I "asked" if people wanted to be my friend. Feels a little like a throw-back to jr. high when you had to circle "yes" or "no." I usually always got the "no." I sure hope my luck has changed. What happens if someone says "no." Watch...it will happen and I'll be a big 'ole loser.

(timeout...I'm thinking)

I had to think about what I am going to do if someone rejects. Why would someone that I haven't talked to in 20 years from high school want to be my friend? How do they know I'm not crazy? How do I know that they aren't crazy? Can someone stalk in Facebook...am I just wiggin' out for nothing?

Of course, I put the name of this blog into my Facebook. Just so you know, at this point, no one knows this blog exists because I haven't told you about it. Well, that's over - so much for the invisible blog.

It's night-night time and I sure hope I can fall asleep. Setting myself up on Facebook has consumed a great deal of time and effort. I'm not sure what I can do to top that...