I confess: There is a show here called Room 101, I don’t
know if there is a U.S. version, but it is where three celebrities compete to
have their worst pet peeves banished forever to “Room 101”. The host has to
decide which thing is indeed the most annoying/loathsome (it’s based on the
fictional Room 101 in George Orwell’s novel 1984). Anyway, my “Room 101” item this week is….drum roll
please….FACEBOOK MEMORIES (I know, moaning about Facebook is like so 2010,
sorry!)
These so-called
“Memories” have completely taken over my timeline. Not only am I expected to
like pictures of people’s kids a hundred times over now “AWWW remember when my
baby was six months younger….wasn’t she/he the cutest?”. Of course your child is, was, and will always
be the cutest, but for the love of God, please stop making us all look through
your online photo album every. single. day. Also, many of these so called “Memories”
are NOT, by the by. Memories are things we spontaneously or otherwise recall,
independently, with our brains. Memories are not : “Hey remember last year on
this day, I had a real moan about the weather….Good Times!”. Or “Hey (person/
people I don’t know) remember when we went out and did that thing that nobody
reading this has any idea what we’re talking about? Hilarious!”
I don’t blame people for this (well ok I do a little bit for
falling into Facebook’s virtual nostalgia trap), but Facebook itself for
removing all semblance of related interaction – along with exposing us to everything
everyone likes, says and does with things and people we do not know or care
about, it has made Facebook oddly alienating.
I know you can block repeat offenders but then god forbid you are the
only one who doesn’t “like” a vital announcement or kid with pony shot. I just
find it tiresome is all.
I confess: People in the U.K. might not know about this
person, but there is a well-known American self-help author/guru called
Tony Robbins. He has this Cheshire cat face and that uniquely terrifying American
style of aggressive Zen philosophizing down pat. I may have caught him on Oprah once or
twice, but I never really bought his shtick. I confess that I downloaded a free
Tony R. E-book this week (I think it
came up on my Twitter feed) because I cannot resist free stuff. And I'm kind of ashamed of myself...I both want to /am scared to read it…I do enjoy a bit of self help/motivational thought, sometimes when I get too in my brain as I have been this week I find it centers me to read broad strokes philosophy type stuff. But Tony has that maniacal Charles Manson quality - I don't want to be a brainwashed person who starts
taking morning walks on the beach and putting motivational quotes in my day to
day speech! (Eyes on this space please!...)
I confess: My diet went off the rails this week. Not that I’m
on a diet, but I began the week with all intentions of eating “healthy” and
mostly failed. I guess my problem, unless I’m on an actual diet, is that I’m
very lazy when it comes to planning what I’m going to eat (other than dinner)
before-hand. So I often forget to eat lunch, and then I end up eating junk at
2p.m. I’ll suddenly be ravenous, eat an apple, still be ravenous, eat some
carrots, still be ravenous, then hit the Sun Chips, which are maybe not as bad
as normal chips, but still, a bowl of quinoa or beans or salad or whatever
would be better. This week I am going to force myself to eat a real lunch, and
try to incorporate protein at regular intervals, for the simple fact I know it
keeps me fuller longer and stops me eating like a grazing bear!
(Me, around mid-afternoon!)
(Me, around mid-afternoon!)
So thanks for reading...and I'd love to know what would go in your Room 101?
I am so with you on the "memories" thing on Facebook. I'm so over them clogging up my feed. I wonder if there is a way to hide them. Hmmm.....off to do some research!
ReplyDeleteLet me know if you find a way around them! :-)
DeleteThe only thing I like about facebook "memories" is the chance to delete my past posts. Most of the time my reaction is oh god, why did i think to share that or wtf is this even about, there is no context!
ReplyDeleteHmm, what would i put in my room 101... mall kiosks and the intrusive people that work them. no i don't want you to touch my hair or put lotion on my hands or put that massager on my back. ugh.
Oh YES I'm on board with that! They come after my curly head like banshees with their straighteners and I really want to slap them!
DeleteSO wait you can delete old stuff? Huh! Interesting...;-)
How did I miss this in my feed and link-up?
ReplyDeleteOh man. I feel like I want to put everything in Room 101. I have been inspired by this, and may actually just do a post about all the things I hate about facebook. (And yet I use it for keeping in touch, so guilty.)
Yes, go for it! ;-)
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