The Facebook

I guess it's sort of pathetic to be posting about Facebook on my blog, but I have nothing else interesting enough to say.A couple months ago, I got sucked into the Facebook phenomenon. At first, it was just another thing Amy checked when she booted me off the computer for fifteen minutes at a time. Then, Julie got an account, and it was something that she could say, "On Facebook, so-and-so said this, and then what's-his-face said this..." And then it was all over for me.
There are several things I enjoy about the website; and I admit that one of them is getting more than one message at a time in my e-mail inbox from all the notifications. But it's more than that. (Look at me. I'm so pathetic. Pouring out my feelings for this website as if it were a dear friend. Wow... Sorry.) It's somewhere where you can write how you feel and people care enough to check and see what you said. You can take fun quizzes - although some are strange. You can show your 'friends' pictures from your life. You can keep in touch with people cross-country, etc, etc, etc.

I just think it's pretty fun. :)

Of Sausage and Sharks

Why is it important to spend time with your cousins? Sometimes you just need to be around a bunch of people with the same interests as you. Sometimes you just need to be in a place filled to the brim (literally) with fun people who love you. A place where you can walk downstairs and see little kids running around happily playing. A place where your family members are waiting in every room. Or, sometimes, you just need to sit down at lunchtime and talk.
For example, last weekend in Mount Pleasant, a bunch of us were eating lunch. Somehow the conversation turned to the topic of sausage, and then, the making of sausage. Now, for those who don't know, the making of sausage is probably one of the grossest subjects to dwell upon, especially when eating. So, Abby came to the rescue by saying, "That's gross. Let's talk about something else. Let's talk about sharks." And so we did! We must've talked about sharks, and shark attacks, and shark anatomy, and any other element of the word "shark" imaginable for at least an hour.
So, dear readers, it is definitely important to spend time with your cousins, even if it just means talking about sharks. And sausage.

Also, take note: Shark Week is next week on the Discovery Channel!