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Communicating Without Talking
Okay, so my last entry described how "talking" with our hands is pretty common. Some of us do it much more than others. I have been guilty of it for as long as I can remember!
In fact, I had a doctor once ask me if I was Italian. Puzzled I asked him why he would think that. "You talk louder with your hands than with your voice!"
Another time, I was being treated for carpal tunnel syndrome. I knew that this issue was much more prevalent in people who did things that required "repetitive motion" like computer keyboards and assembly work. Since I was a stay-at-home mom, at the time, I just could not understand how I had developed this syndrome. So I asked the doctor how I could have possibly gotten it. Quick to answer, he said "From talking."
SAME doctor, by the way...
Funny guy...
But my point here is not just that we use our hands to communicate. There are other ways to tell someone what you want them to know, but don't really want to say...
Let's go back to the subject of MySpace.
We create this thing we call a "friends' list." I am not quite sure what the rules are regarding the creation of this list. I see some who have HUNDREDS of friends, and I wonder if they REALLY have that many friends, or if they are just in to collecting them, like baseball cards. Invite anyone who you have found by "browsing" just to add as many as you can, yet never really corresponding with or getting to know all of them.
I was encouraged to make more "friends." Most of us know how THAT turned out! LOL!
Anyway, I have invited and been invited to be friends with a few. A couple of which not only added me to their list, but continued to move me closer and closer to the top of the list, depending on what I did for them...
just kidding.
I got moved as we became better and better friends, I swear! LOL!
They were "telling" me that I was considered a better friend, I guess.
Well, it is amazing how fast you can drop down on a friends "friend list" when that friend is mad at you! LOL!
Something happened last night that I had no control over. Some text messages to me were being received by and responded to by somebody who had my phone and apparently the "conversation" was not so...
"friendly".
Somebody was having entirely too much fun getting the message across to someone else that I was seeing somebody new.
Well, I woke up this morning to find that I had been essentially "told off" by being bumped DOWN on that someone else's friends list. I am sorry, but I find this hilarious! Not a single word was exchanged, yet I totally got the message.
Now, I guess I will have to respond...
I wonder how far down someone is allowed to bump someone on their list in one single move?
LOL!
Anyone know the rules?
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You have me laughing tonight. This could be a comedy show bit. LOL BTW, are you on my myspace friends list yet? Hope you are. Have a happy tomorrow. Luv ya!
Allison -
Make a statement...take them OFF your friends list! LMAO
I get a kick out of 'the friends ranking system' on myspace too. It's like being in elementary school again. Mine is simple....whoever I talk to the most is on my top list.
As for having hundreds of friends....I do. ::grinning::
But I swear I'm not trying to collect. LOL In fact, every few months, I do a sweep and delete people I never communicate with.
Most of mine are old high school friends, college friends, or people I met through AOL journals. And I have several autism related friends too....these people I actually don't 'know', but we share valuable information, so they're a big help to me.
Anyway....I still love you, Jae. LOL
XOXO,
bridgett -
lmao...you crack me up! by the way what is your myspace page? go add me woman...I will send you a link..
kelly -
You crack me up!!
When I first got on Myspace I had the "friends anxiety" thing....checking to see where I rated on their list...but that just seemed so "high schoolish" to care that much...lol. But....if I were on there to date someone I think the anxiety of where I rated on their friends list would drive me insane. Maybe I am not mentally balanced enough for the whole myspace thing. ha.
And, my kids drop people off of their lists if they are mad at them.
Have a great day : )
Tracie
4/29/08 9:36 AM
You are having way too much fun!!!
xoxo