I was goofy boy-crazy my junior and senior high years, the highlight possibly being the day I brought my camera to school (American School, Philippines) and stalked the boys on my list. When I remember this, I just cringe. I'm not even sure, actually, that they knew I was following them around! I don't remember any actual interaction between myself and any of them.
But earlier this week, just for fun, I searched on Facebook for one of them. He has a very unique (Icelandic) name so he was super easy to find. He looks of course nothing like he did back then -- oh he had the coolest shaggy blond hair and played guitar. Still a musician, however.
I like to think back to life before Google and Facebook. Before smartphones. Hell, before cell phones and computers. It is hard to remember, to be honest, these things are just that embedded in my daily life.
What, for example, did one used to do when one got home from work? Where now signing onto Facebook is done within thirty minutes, then I probably did any number of productive activities.
Well one thing I know I did was read mail. There isn't any of that either these days. That doesn't stop me from still experiencing, after all these years, the excitement of opening the mail box and thinking something fun is going to be in there! Still feel that anticipation!
Kind of like putting a name from long ago in the search area on Facebook, and waiting to see what comes up!
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