Okay, So It's April

Not keeping up with this blog is a major reason why I don't make New Year's resolutions - they usually go right down the toilet along with other waste matters! BUT, I'm no quitter so here goes.

Since the last post, I've gotten over my FB (social networking) paranoia by friending people outside my family. It's been an interesting experience, especially friending total strangers who, I must admit, have been really pleasant to "chat' with even though the thing we have in common are FB games! Yeah, for those of you who don't play them, it must seem like a lame way to spend time but it's something I enjoy.

I've also enjoyed being able to put out a "help" call to my younger friends and am amazed at how quick they are to respond as well as how knowledgeable (at least when it comes to social networking things) they are.

So do I think FB is all that it's hyped to be? Yeah, I do. It's a quick way to touch base with mostly people I care about, it's a good way to get over some personal issues like, "will I sound stupid?" if I post thoughts, and it's a nice way to find out more about people when they post things. I'm pleasantly surprised at how much I like social networking even though I still use it with reservation!

It's a New Year...Already?!?

Despite my best effort to hold back the forces of time, it's overtaken me and continues to move on...tick, tick, tick. So now, like one of those Twilight Zone episodes, here I am on another January 1st, thinking that it was just yesterday that I was celebrating the last January 1st! Weird; scary. One of these days, I'll have to come to terms with time just going on with or without my sincerest desire to just slow down. Maybe the secret it really just to be aware of each moment and appreciate it even as it dissipates and is replaced by the next moment.

Okay then, here's to 9:48 p.m. on January 1, 2010. I'm sitting at my laptop at home, creating an entry in my blog as I reflect upon the day's events. And now, it's 9:49. The moment has passed; I have really lived in the present for that moment.