The Dougie

So after weeks of seeing various statuses mentioning "The Dougie" I finally googled it to stop my wondering regarding if "The Dougie" was a reference to either Doug Funny or perhaps Doogie Howser. It was neither. From what I've gathered it's just a new dance move, like the Superman? It looks pretty simple to learn, I might have to practice it this weekend so next time I'm in Lincoln I can just happen to pull it out- if need be. Which if it's a half way fun weekend at all, need will be. Then again, maybe this dance move is already old and done with. I would hate to be that loser dancing like an idiot, I mean I usually only try to look super cool when I dance. I hate it when I'm out of the loop. It makes me feel weirdly old. For instance I just found out the other day what ROFL means, rolling on the floor laughing. Like, are you serious? That's worse than FML or LYLAS. And it's missing a "T". Geesh. LTISM. But speaking of FB I am very excited to see the Social Network. I've actually heard really good things about it. And who wouldn't want to know more about the person who created a network we all spend the large majority of our day devoted to? Don't act like you don't. No one is better than the Book. NO ONE. Does anyone remember when it used to be called The Facebook. The address was www.thefacebook.com. I can still remember the day Jade told me about FB. I was still a little senior in high school and she said,
"you are so lucky you are just going to be starting college. There is this new internet thing everyone is like getting obsessed with. I think it's gonna be really popular for people your age."

"Well what is it?"

"It's called the Facebook. And it just has pictures of all of your friends and stuff."

I didn't get it.

"I don't get it. What do you do? Like IM?"

Not for years to come.

"No, I mean it's hard to explain. You can like search people and add new friends. It's just for college kids to check each other out I guess. I'm not really into it too much but I know a lot of freshman like it."

"That sounds dumb. Why would you just want to look at people."

Ha. Silly, naive me. Little did I know how much I would find I enjoy looking at people. I made my profile page in July before my freshman year and remember taking about three hours to decide on the perfect profile picture. A senior pic just seemed too generic. I needed something that screamed "Hey! I'm fun, add me as a friend!" I still remember the first pic I chose, is that sad? No, I think what might be sad is the fact that I was wearing a shirt in it that said "I'm a Paris." Not kidding. In my defense she was still pretty cool at that time, it was 2005, times were different back then. I would anxiously check my page every day waiting for my friend count to reach the double digits. It took a while, but once I had added all of my co workers at the Norfolk Country Club pool it shot right up there. That was a good day. And then I was so excited to get invitations to join groups. One of the first groups I joined was "Sandoz girls 2005." Wonder who the dork is who started that. Wergin? Kidding. But really, did you create that? Oh, I could do this for hours. Just take a nice leisurely walk down FB memory lane. But seriously, it is nice that our entire college experience is documented for us to look back on. I say nice, employers say inappropriate/reasons for termination, call it what you want, I think it's good. I like to know that anytime I want I can look at my SB album 2007, or Ugly Sweater Party 2006, I can know which of my friends was praying for their cousin three months ago and who was late to work last week because their cat spilled their coffee and who was still LOL'ing over the silly word their baby said, who coincidentally might have been riding the cat who spilled the coffee that was praying for the cousin. As they say, a second on FB= a lifetime in cyberspace.