Living life on Facebook

Jim woke up on a lazy Saturday morning and gazed over his bedroom. He saw a large photo hanging next to the window frame. On the photo were roughly twenty-five post-it notes with nothing but the word “like” occupying the entire piece of paper. On the back of the post-it notes were the names of Jim’s friend who have submitted it. The post-it notes were arranged in an alphabetically order across the photo. The photo itself was simply a shot of Jim dressed up as “the money you could be saving with Geico” for Halloween (see picture below for clarification.) But due to the numerous post-it notes, only a quarter of Jim’s face was visible.

The Money You Could be Saving with Geico (Jim's Halloween costume.)

Jim then preceded to his regular morning routines. Upon completion, Jim headed out the door. As he descended the doorsteps, a small piece of wrapped paper fell from the sky and onto Jim’s hand. Jim immediately unfolded the paper. There was only one line of text and it reads “Sam Johnson commented on your wall post.” Moment after reading, four more wrapped paper emerged from thin air and fell on Jim. Unfortunately, both of Jim’s hands were occupied from holding the first paper, so the newly appeared papers fell by Jim’s feet. As Jim reached down to grab them, Jim suddenly felt a light force was exerted on his back. He used his right hand to feel for any changes to his back. Unexpectedly, Jim’s hand was touching a photo that was “tagged” on him. Jim took the photo and found out that it was a picture of his friend and he dressed in his Geico costume. Seconds later, Jim saw that his friend Gabriel crossed the street and stood by Jim’s side. Gabriel lifted his right index finger, and, with a small amount of vigor, trusted the finger into Jim’s arm while simultaneously yelling out “POOOKE!” Jim was not sure how to respond to Gabriel’s action and chose to ignore it. Jim’s Farmville friend Mike then made an appearance with a pink cow three times his size beside him. It appeared Mike has found a wandering cow in his farm and he wanted Jim to take care of it. In the midst of this chaos, Jim’s classmate Sophia came up to Jim and said: “Hi, I want to be your friend. Do you accept, ignore, or decline?” Having freaked out, Jim turned around and tried to retreat back to his house only to discover that his other friend Gary was using a can of spray can to write some sort of message on his wall. Through the windows, Jim discovered that his boss is looking through his photo albums. Photos of Jim’s partying nights. Jim was now scared. He was frightened on what would occur next. He yelled and screamed as loud as he can to the sky: “What in the world is happening!!!” As if the God has answered his prayer, all of his surrounding turned black. His friends, the pink cow, the pieces of paper, and even Jim’s wall and house disappeared. At last Jim was at point blank. Nothing but darkness surrounded him. Finally, ‘BLEEP’, Jim disappeared as well as the computer shuts down.

You have just lived a moment of Jim’s life on Facebook. You can say Jim was one of those people who, as Rosenberg described, “put[s] everything out there.” Before Jim was sucked into that unusual world, he was posting inappropriate photos on his Facebook profile. This is why he became scared after finding out his boss has been peeking into his pictures.