borrowing from FB for all non-FB'ers.

That's FB as in Facebook. Yes, it's a time waster. Yes, it's addictive. Yes, I totally love it!

The friends, the status updates and the instant connections.

It's like electronic high school, but better.

There was this viral thing going around last week called, "25 Random Things About Me." You get a tag from a friend and you're supposed to write your own version and post it to 25 more friends, and so on. It's been fascinating reading what others have written and finding out things from the silly to the serious to the downright scary.

Absolutely awesome.

It was also kind of cathartic for me as well. Like a popular psychology experiment, you start with a single thought and then move on from there, recording what comes to mind. It all kinda goes together, but not really.

If you haven't done this on FB, I recommend the experience. Here's mine. In absolutely no particular order:

1. I want to get a dog: a brown, smallish, already-trained girl shelter dog, so we can name her Dee Brown.
2. I really love the work I do, but the situation we are up against makes my job kinda suck.
3. I learn something new every day.
4. My daughters are sometimes much wiser than me.
5. If I could run away to a deserted island I already know who I would take with me. They know who they are. And I would bring only my iPod and camera and live naked and happy.
6. The four years I spent at U of I are still my best four years to date. I sometimes wonder if that will ever change.
7. I love bacon and watermelon, and could live solely on those two things.
8. I wouldn't trade lives with anyone I know.
9. I would really love to be Michelle Obama's personal photographer. She is totally cool.
10. I am jealous of no one.
11. I am a born-again Christian.
12. Sometimes I don't act Christian-like at all. I am working on that.
13. I swear like a truck driver and probably should work on that as well.
14. I would die if anything bad happened to my girls.
15. I wish I had played competitive softball as a kid.
16. I don't like to fly, but I am going to Ireland in March, and it's the only way to get there.
17. My favorite colors are navy blue and orange, and I make no apologies for it.
18. I slept with a night light until I was in high school.
19. I crack my knuckles.
20. I almost drown once, while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas.
21. I am legally blind without my glasses.
22. I love my Toyota Prius, and I do feel superior while driving it. Yes, I do.
23. I never voted for either George Bush or Rod Blagojevich, and I am very, very proud of that.
24. If I won the lottery, I would pay for all my nieces and nephews college educations. I would also buy resort property in Michigan and run an American Plan resort for families.
25. My biggest wish is to one day be filled overflowing with joy for absolutely no reason at all.