Sunday, July 26, 2009

NerdGirl: Where to Even Start?

FREAKIN’ FACEBOOK!

Ugh. Oh my gosh. Holy crapola on a cracker!

Ok, so here’s what happened.

I was spying.

Yes, I know, how lame can a person be? But there’s just something fun about spying on people you are curious about. And usually it’s really easy to do, especially when you know how to find people. Not that it’s all that difficult.

No, I’m not talking about stalking or even trolling. I was just curious. But now my curiosity is going to get me into trouble. CRAP!

MySpace Codes
(Super Der-Dee-Der Spy, you mean.)

See, I’ve been putzing around on Facebook for the past hour just updating and commenting and blah blah blah. And, of course, that got boring fast. So what did I decide to do? I decided to look up people I’ve met through my job. Ones where I could remember their emails real easily. Ok, only ONE person whose email I could remember easily. But of course Facebook decided to go all crazy on me when I was trying to type in his email.

This is where you picture me typing, then re-typing, then re-typing again while quickly trying to trick Facebook by pushing the Delete button quickly (Stoopid Facebook kept adding crap to the email addy I was trying to type!), all with an annoyed yet focused look on my face.

Then, the next thing I know I’m getting a message saying something to the effect of, “Sorry, we didn’t send an email to that person because they’re already registered with Facebook. We’ve already sent him a friend request on your behalf.”

And I found myself screaming at the computer screen, “NOOOOO! Oh no! Oh NO!!

I’m pretty sure I’m still hyperventilating.

I thought about sending him a message in which I apologize profusely and insist that it was all some wacky accident involving lots of medication and an enormous brain fart. But then reason started to kick in. This guy doesn’t even have a profile photo of himself posted on Facebook yet. I bet he’s the type who rarely checks his FB, and when he does he’ll probably think I’m just some ho trying to hit him up for some five-dollar-lovin. Ugh. One can only hope.

*snort*

I’ll definitely let you know how this one turns out.

16 comments:

  1. dang! You know yer supposed to open a faux account before doing the searches, just like on the singles sites. That way when you look at Dogman, and he sees that you looked at him, he doesn't get any ideas.

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  2. HAHAH. Seriously, though, this is my worst nightmare. I hope it turns out okay!

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  3. Haaahaaahahahahahahaaaa!!! No, seriously. Can't you just tell him, if he even says anything at all, that he popped up somehow as someone you may know? And, you can see in your friends list if the request is still pending, or if he rejected you, his 'photo' shouldn't be there anymore. Watching that will give you a heads up of when he's discovered your friend request or not. At that time, I would make sure you MAKE THIS BLOG PRIVATE!!! If he accepts you, he'll read this!! Luff ya!

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  4. You'd think I'd have learned by now! Oh man, I'm so screwed.

    @Megan: I know! I used to be painfully shy. But now I think I can play it off... just like my sis said above, I can easily pretend that FB recommended him to me. BRILLIANT!

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  5. Excellent plan!! Hurray for Facebook's amazing stalker-helps!

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  6. Ugh! Facebook is MADE for spying, don't they realize that? Don't send stuff on my behalf, FB!

    Hope it all turns out well!

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  7. Thanks Bev. So true, too. "Social Networking" my bum.

    So here's an update... I'm pretty sure I found a way to delete my friend request. I deleted him off my "Friends" list, and they even asked if I wanted to cut the string of friendship with him. YES YES YES!! All the same, though, I'm not sure if that's going to take away a friend request email if it was already sent.

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  8. FB sucks for the stalking. Most people keep their profiles hidden, so it's hard if you are looking for a specific person and there are a lot of them with the same name, and they don't have their picture up. Grrrr. Myspace is much more stalker friendly.

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  9. It's funny you should say that because that's exactly why I quit MySpace! I had a full-on stalker. Not cool.

    p.s. everyone, I'M NOT A STALKER! I swear. And he hasn't said anything. I'm guessing my UNfriend technique worked. Yay!

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  10. I am glad you are blogging it makes me feel like I am right there talking to you

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  11. Thanks for that! That makes me feel all good inside. I'll have to get crackin' on some more blogs.

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  12. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! Oh, thank you for the major giggle! I love you!

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  13. Love you too Sweetie! :) Thanks for the compliment. (<---said in an "aw, shucks" sorta way)

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  14. PCB- Sure you weren't stalking... and by the way, the restraining order includes restriction on all forms of technological contact as well.

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  15. wow! what a tangled web you have woven. :-) for your sake, i hope he never checks his facebook, but if he does, let us know what happens!

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  16. hahahaha LMAO it will be ok and if not just blame me for it , dont worry i will take responsibility for it for you, when all else fails just you can blame me your friend.

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