Sometimes I think facebook brings out the worst in us—myself included. And sometimes the status update field makes me really just ... well type what's really on my mind—that's why I have a blog, though.
Don't get me wrong, I love facebook. I am an avid facebooker. But, I think all too often we feign our 'status updates.' We either do it so as to not be Debby Downer or Mr. Happy Happy Guy. Or maybe we don't have either on on our mind, so we refuse to update our status at all and watch our friends update in one of the following ways:
There are (at least) 5 varieties of status updates:
- The Relieved update - which goes something like this: "so happy this day is over! I can't believe it! Morning started with a dead car battery, 3 clients cancelled their contracts with me, and I ran out of gas on the way home! So glad to have this snifter full of Rémy Martin Louis XIII cognac and to be HOME watching Welcome Back Kotter!"
- The Promotional update - this can be several varieties, ranging from promoting one's services, promoting one's health, or promoting one's goods, website, etc., They read like this: "check out the latest {insert whatever here—i.e, blog post, listing, concert, event}
- The Innocuous update: These usually come from friends that you didn't even know were on your facebook stream, and you have NO clue what they are referring to. They can look like this: "Wow, I cant believe @tatertot made it to the field trip today! The last time I saw @tatertot and @spudsmackenzie was at the 30 year reunion in Saskatoon!"
- The Distress update: This is exactly what it seems like. And it can look like this, amongst other things: "today sucks!!!"
- The Always Happy update: this one is the inspiration behind this post. I don't get these people. But this update usually looks like this: "Wow! I can't believe I got a raise today, found out I picked the right lottery numbers, clean bill of health, have my mortgage paid off, no car payment, no credit card debt AND... EVERYONE is healthy!" - you know who you are...
I think I've been guilty of all of them, though I don't drink cognac and I've never been to Saskatoon. But... for what it's worth, my status updates have been in category 4 for quite some time.
Hopefully, sooner rather than later, my status update will approach the ranks of number 5. Until then, I'll just have to keep reading yours.
