Enough is enough (is enough)

A friend just invited me to join Facebook, but man, I don't want to.

I am besieged with offers to join these virtual friendship networks, and frankly, I have no interest. MySpace, Friendster, Linkedin, WAYN, Classmates - it's just too much! Once in awhile I gamely attempt to set up an account with one of these sites and it sets off a chain of spam.

Errin, someone wants to know where you are!
Errin, 3 people are searching for you!
Errin, you're missing out on everything! EVERYTHING!

I didn't realize how routinely I'd been ignoring these invitations until I clicked on the Facebook link and read:

These people have invited you to join Facebook.

And there were pictures of five other friends, several of whom I (thought I) hadn't heard from in quite awhile.

Oops.

And that was just Facebook! When I think of all the other sites that people have invited me to join, or the online photo albums that they've invited me to sign up to view, I realize that I've been ignoring friends all over the place. I feel pretty badly about that, and friends, I'd like to apologize to you.

It's not that I'm not interested in keeping in contact. I am! It's just that I don't want to have to create an account to keep up with people. I'm already swimming in accounts and I can never remember the password for any of them. I've been trying to cancel my Netflix subscription for months but I can't remember my damn username.

So let's find another way to connect. Please, send me an email. Give me a call! I miss you, I love you, I want to hear all about you, but for God's sake, don't make me log in.

I realize this may seem a shade hypocritical, given that I now expect everyone to follow the adventures on my blog. But I promise, I will never ask you a security question. Your mother's maiden name is your own business.

Or rather, her own business.