- May 10, 2009
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- General, Make Me Laugh Monday, Social Media & Tech
Make Me Laugh Monday – She Had a Dream
I had intended to post about all the hilarity of my children’s hand-made Mother’s Day gifts… until I heard about the dream my sister-in-law had about me.
You want to know what she dreamed? Here, I’ll give you a list to choose from:
- I made it to Broadway, landing the lead in Wicked.
- I beat Elle McPherson in a modeling contest.
- I won a hot dog eating contest.
- I won a row of cake eating contest.
- My family had to have an intervention to re-socialize me because I was spending too much time online.
If you picked #4, you very well could have been right. But you’re not. It was #5.
*blinking*
Oh dear. It would appear it appears to my family I Have been chatting online with hot babes all day. Every day. Lucky. Me. SRSLY. I don’t see it. Really. No. Really.
The dream…
She dreamed that the family had to stage an intervention. It seems that all my “online activity” had pulled me into a dark, people-less life. Think “gamer”… perhaps chronically unshowered… perhaps I was hunchbacked… perhaps I spoke with a strong lisp and due to my lack of socialization… my eyebrows were grossly overgrown. She never described such a sight, but I can imagine what a reclusive, social media saturated, SAHM might look like. *pulls back black curtains from only “window” in basement* My communication had evolved to simple grunts and loud clapping. I imagine. The children were unkept… behaving wildly – teeth unbrushed. Wait. That wasn’t part of the dream, that is our everyday. Uh-oh…
*shakes magic 8 Ball*
Do I spend too much time online?
*Signs point to YES*
In her dream, my family decided I needed to be “resocialized”. Apparently I had gone so far online, that I had lost my people-relatin’ skillz. It seemed the best plan would be to switch homes with my sister-in-law.
I live in a relatively rural community… nary a Nordstrom, Trader Joe’s, Wild Ginger, Cheesecake Factory, Pottery Barn, even an Apple/Mac store within 50 miles. I. Know. How do I exist? I manage. I can’t afford Nordies anyway, so… I do alright. We have enough to survive over here on the Kitsap Peninsula. There are medical professionals, grocery stores, farmer’s markets and a Sears over there at the mall… even Cinnabon *rubs belleee* We often hear wolves, worry about raccoons, and our property is overgrown with scotch broom *aaaachooo!* We support the “natural” style of landscaping.
On the Seattle side — it is a consumer’s paradise. All the places a consumer could dream of… Williams-Sonoma… Ikea… Sephora… a 2-story Gap… Dicks Drive-In… And apparently it is the place to live if one needs to be re-socialized back to IRL (in real life). So mauch.
In Kerry’s dream, my family moved to her house on the Seattle side, and her family moved to our home on 3 acres over here on the peninsula. They got to enjoy our life in the “wilderness”, and I… was VERY upset at everyone.
It makes me wonder…
*clickity-click-clack-click*
Oh, sorry. Was I saying something? I had to Twitter something real quick-like. Oh. Heh. Oh golly, Misty Jo just posted the most funny status update on Facebook… She’s so funny. Um… I wonder if I have any new contacts at Linked In… *checks Flickr for new comments* *checks YouTube channel for new subscribers* Ooops, there’s my Tweetdeck alert… I should check out that Mashable link… Hmmm… I haven’t poked anyone on Facebook in awhile…
I have no idea why she might have had that dream. I suppose she’s jealous. Ya know… raccoons, wolves… living off the land… *slices bark of tree to extract juices to make porridge for the morning* Yeah… the dream was about her… not me…
Heehee… Love you Kerry!
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When I first read this post today, I thought you said your SIL had dreamed a little dreamed that included ALL those things about you, and I thought, “Welp, yeah. That seems feasible!” and truly, all those would make one kick butt dream! If one of my family member’s had such a dream about me, they’d stage an intervention that involved me blogging less about the Jonas Brothers and/or Zac Efron. And probably dancing. It’s good they don’t see my blog OR my dancing.
I’m making cake today….
You? You’re the most social person I know! And your life is just perfect the way it is. Send your SIL to me.
Some people just don’t get it. My mom freaked out when she heard that not only do I have long conversations with my husband via IM, but that some of our funnier conversations we posted on our blogs!! Scandal.
Wow, @jennyonthespot that was #madeofawesome. I don’t think need to be re-socialized in the IRL. The URL is where it’s @ anyway. I RT, it’s were its @. See you on the FB and the Tweetdeck. #pffft!
Like Dumblond said, some people just don’t get it, even though they might think they do!