Discover Mare Martell

18/02 :  Wow! Hell has frozen over!

   I'm guilty. I'll admit it. Many people have sent me requests to join facebook but I put it off because I already do a lot of stuff online that takes up entirely too much of my time. However, when I got yet another invite from my mother-in-law, I saw that I'd stacked up a LOT of invitations from people I actually really like. I gave in to the peer pressure and I signed up. OH THE SHAME!

The positive thing is that I've found people I've not talked to in years. Like my friend Kathy from high school. Man we were a pair. We'd run all over the place being destructive and abusive and basically raising a bit of hell anywhere we went. We had the Society of Social Lepers as our "gang" (of two sometimes three.)

She'd just gotten this sweet CO2 air pistol that shot quite a ways. She was loading it up and something happened where the bb gun went off and popped a hole in her neighbors window while they were thankfully not home. We stole a flag together that I had until about 5 years ago. We did that with a Neinhuis. It was terribly fun and scary all at the same time. Years, and I do mean like 20 of them, have gone by with nary a word, but she wrote me as soon as I added her. It is really good to be in touch.

I've also added family members that I don't keep in touch with just because I have a life, they have a life, and life goes on whether we talk or not. I was excited to see pictures of my cousin's weddings. I was surprised to see I have more nieces and nephews than I thought. I was just happy to see them all. I think I sent invitations to every one of them, but in the event that I missed one or two and you happen to read this: IT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL. I come from a very large extended family, so forgive me if I missed you.

Within 24 hours of me signing up for the social site, I had 45 friends. I was pleased, surprised, and excited all over to know that I exist. It's a rather pathetic way to look at it, but it is my opinion that we're only the people we know who know us. Even if we're different or stand out, we're still only that good. Luckily, I come from some pretty hearty stock.

There are people from the class that I graduated from that look REALLY old. Others look the same as I do, not too old, not too young. It's amazing to see how far people have come. At the same time, I didn't like a lot of people back then primarily because I didn't much like myself. In fact, I didn't even know who I was until I was nearly 31. I had about a 6 year developmental stint. I caught up for it and have done okay since then.

If you're new here, I hope you'll sign up and check through the writings on here. Some of it is raw and vicious, while other is tender and loving; In short, human. Evolution may have occurred since I was a child. Heck, I'm not even the same as I was five minutes ago, much less 15 or 20 years ago. Adventure through my pages, look into my life and let's see what happens?

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