Sarah Henderson is an enthusiastic college student who is excited about life and what the future has in store! She is just an ordinary girl who love to smile, and tries to make sure there are smiles on the faces of everyone around her!
Recently, Sarah caught the blogging bug and began An Optimist’s Alcove as a place to pose her thoughts to the world. She also broke down and got an Optimistic Twitter Account because clearly everyone would want to read about her life! ;)
When she is not lost in the world of blogs and twitterers, Sarah attends college and will graduate with a degree in History. She spends her free time dancing, scrapbooking, entertaining friends, or working. In the past, she has had the opportunity to work in many exciting positions including, blogging for a marketing department and hosting her own children's television show!
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This morning I logged onto Facebook, and just like every other morning, I was greeted by my home page filled with updates. A convenient way to see what my Facebook friends had been up to since I last logged on. (I call them my “Facebook friends” because even though we have a virtual friendship, that doesn’t mean we really talk)
As I scanned on down the page, I grew more and more disgusted. Status after status, wall post after wall post, were filled either with gushy messages, or a tragic sob story.
Now, I’ve dealt with this before. Summer is when all the college romance dies, (or heats up) but today it seemed extreme.
I am puzzled why anyone would want to share such intimate pieces of information in such a public setting. Am I crazy? Why would I want to read the wall-to-wall conversation between you and your boyfriend/girlfriend? Especially when it is punctuated by excessive amounts of “!!!!” “<3” and "xoxoxo"
On the flip side, I have been nauseated by sulky profile statuses…I am really sorry that your “heart is in a million pieces and he’s a million miles away” but don’t you have a best friend to go cry to? Your world of “Facebook friends” doesn’t want to know.
Desperate for attention? That is disgustingly sad.
Yeah I know, you can peg me as unsympathetic and heartless…but am I really the only one who feels this way?
Personally, I love sharing exciting things that are going on in my life. I post links and quotes and funny things that happen to me, but I don’t want everybody and their mother to know all the details of my life. (And seriously, by now everybody's mother is on Facebook!) I don’t want just anyone to be able to hope online and read the latest tragedy in Sarah’s life. I have the best friends and family a girl could ask for and they’re my support system – not the cyber world.
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