I had the craziest dream the other night. I was at a Disney Conference with my friend, Suzannah. Only it wasn’t really Suzannah, it was also my roommate from college. But she was really Suzannah, too.
Anyway, as I was working the room (well, that’s what I was doing!) two guys at the back of the room stopped me to say hello. Two guys from High School. I was so surprised to see them and said, “Wow, I wasn’t expecting to see anyone I actually knew from my real life here!”
As part of the conference we went to the Hoop Dee Doo Review at Fort Wilderness. While I was waiting (with my two high school friends and Suzannah-slash-college roommate) I was trying to tweet Jonas and Joel that we were going to the Hoop Dee Doo Review. My phone wouldn’t tweet and I was getting totally stressed out. Jonas and Joel HAD to know we were going to the Hoop Dee Doo! Finally one of my High School friends let me use his iPhone. Only it had a screen the size of a dime.
And that’s really all I can remember.
It was much more interesting when I was asleep. Trust me.
What’s super weird about this is that I can totally understand why I was dreaming about the Disney conference. I’ve been watching the hashtag from the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration all week. I tweet Suzannah, Joel and Jonas every day. The Hoop Dee Doo is kind of the battle cry of the 2010 Disney Moms. It makes perfect sense to dream about this stuff. I even know why my college roomate popped into my head–we were tweeting about Barney this week. (Yes, as in Stinson.)
But the guys from High School? I just don’t get. We weren’t big buds. More of classmates and acquaintances in the same circle of friends. After this dream, I decided to look them up on Facebook. I discovered that I was facebook-friends with one of them and not the other. So, apparently we haven’t interacted since High School except to click “accept friend”—and that was only for one of them!
So, WHY would they pop into my mind? Do you have dreams about people you haven’t seen in 15 years? Do you think Facebook has opened up a door in our minds that would have been otherwise forgotten? And more importantly, should I friend this other guy now that I just blogged about him?!
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{speaking of Facebook, have you joined my Facebook Fan page? Yes, YOU can be my fan! I know, you’re so excited. But it would make me smile if you did!}
awesome facebook photo and card by gramkinpaperstudio
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Just became a fan of yours on FB! I love FB and think it’s a funny thing. I’ve found that there are many people who just want to “Friend” you to up their friend numbers. In fact, one of my biggest pet peeves is people that I haven’t seen in ages who friend me but don’t leave a little personal note of “hello” or ever leave another comment! I think “Whats the point?”. Anyway, I don’t think there’s any harm in in friending him-lol.
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My husband is on FB but doesn’t go on much. Facebook has twice suggested I reconnect with him! lol I think we’ve got that covered IRL
Oh, btw, I just created a fan page for my blog too.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Simply-Mel/285967153526?ref=ts. Are the URL’s this convoluted for everybody?
Twitter: oohamanda
February 15, 2010 at 1:59 pm
If you go to http://www.facebook.com/username/ you can set a vanity URL. Mine is http://facebook.com/ohamandablog (some one else took ohamanda!)
Twitter: courtp
February 15, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Just made reservations for the Hoop Dee Doo Review in April! (I know… doesn’t really answer any of your questions…)
Twitter: oohamanda
February 15, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Wooo-hoo! You will LOVE it!!
.-= oh amanda´s last blog ..Dreams, High School and Facebook =-.
Twitter: Alli_n_Son
February 15, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I occasionally still have dreams about my high school boyfriend. I looked him up on FB and there he was. I couldn’t bring myself to friend him though. So no, I don’t think you need to friend the guy you mentioned. Unless of course he friends you first.
.-= Allison´s last blog ..POM Wonderful Vinaigrette =-.
it is pretty sad that facebook is a reminder for me for a lot of friend’s bdays these days. man i can’t believe i typed that out, it’s horrible!!! i only think you should friend someone if you truly care about seeing all their updates!