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"So as you might remember from last week, I deactivated my Facebook. I felt like there was too much information about me online, and I didn&amp;#039;t like how much time I spent browsing (stalking) other people&amp;#039;s pages. Well girls, as many of you may have predicted, I did not last very long. In fact, I lasted a very pathetic 8 days. It was like Chanukah but with no presents and no miracle. Uh\u2026kind of. Okay, I guess there was a miracle of some sort: I now have proof that it is possible to go a whole week without a Facebook. And I guess I probably could have gone longer, but I was just craving it. Maybe that&amp;#039;s sad (probably) or maybe it&amp;#039;s just a reflection on our generation. The interesting thing is, I didn&amp;#039;t only miss stalking and posting photos. I also realized it was harder to do certain things. I&amp;#039;m in charge of planning a Greek life event next week with some guys \u2014 when we met to talk logistics, they suggested we get a Facebook message chain going so we could all be on the same page. I had to sheepishly suggest e-mail. And when I wanted to contact a girl in my English class about what readings were due the next day, I realized that even though I considered us friendly, I didn&amp;#039;t have her phone number, e-mail, or screen name. Guess we weren&amp;#039;t as friendly as I thought, but still, if I&amp;#039;d just been on Facebook it would have been so easy to track her down (and I would&amp;#039;ve been prepared for lecture the next day!) I guess the moral of the story is that maybe Facebook isn&amp;#039;t necessary, but it&amp;#039;s become a given in our society. I mean, the real reason I ended up reactivating my account was because not having Facebook was inconvenient\u2026not because I&amp;#039;m obsessed or anything. Or at least, that&amp;#039;s what I&amp;#039;ll keep telling myself! xoxo, Vanessa PS: Yesterday my mom called to tell me she just got a Facebook so she could be in touch with her friends from high school! So weird! Are any of your parents on Facebook? How do you feel about it? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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