Taking a break in this post from all that purging and minimizing talk. Actually, this whole next spiel came about because I was losing my mind, therefore then finding myself doing the following said ridiculous things…

I joined Facebook in its beginnings—2005. When you could only join if you had a legitimate college or university email.

Um, everyone, that wasn’t a few years ago. It was over a decade ago. 13 YEARS.

It felt cool, and it felt exclusive. Like there was finally a place where you could get away from the overcrowded noise of MySpace and the original minimum characters social platform that was AIM INSTANT MESSENGER. (You know we all did it just for that away message)

I start with all of this just to lead into ….

I fell into a black hole yesterday. That forgotten dark space of our Facebook profile that once was more important than our LimeWire screen name. Yes, that’s right. I found myself in the throes of THE FAVORITE QUOTES SECTION.

It’s just been sitting there. For years. Right there. Under the About section. Sleeping within the Details About You tab. And right below the Name Pronunciation bar.

The OG 2005 quotes that were carefully selected. The words that would represent the very pillars of our souls, the very first reaches into our depths that new friends would see…

I give to you now…copy and pasted here directly from the Facebook My Favorite Quotes section. No edits, no rearranging. The depths of my soul, people. THE DEPTHS.:

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“A dingo ate my baby.”

“But Lt Dan, you ain’t got no legs.” – Forrest Gump

“Great balls of fire. Don’t bother me anymore, and don’t call me sugar.” ~Scarlett O’Hara

  “The cure for anything is saltwater: Sweat, Tears, and the Sea.”

“Tab, you just better go ahead and take that cross off, God already knows who you are.” ~college roommate

“Ew, it is so gross when a 50 yr old man picks up a 20 yr old girl.” – my mom

“No, THAT is a true hunter.” – my dad

“Veni Vidi Vici.” ~Caesar

“Love is passion, obsession, someone you can’t live without. If you don’t start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who’ll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you’ll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love – well, you haven’t lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven’t tried, you haven’t lived.” ~Meet Joe Black

“As you wish.” ~The Princess Bride

“All my life I’ve lived by a code and the code is simple: honor the gods, love your woman, and defend your country.”~Troy

“Through it all,when there was doubt

I shot it up or kicked it out,I faced the wall & the world

And I did it my way.” ~Sid Vicious Version

“I’m going to search this shitty world for some beauty and excitement and I’m going to have a bloody good time!” ~H.Fielding

“I will slap your face…off of your face.”–Sunny in PA

“When you love someone, you have to love all of ’em. If you don’t, it ain’t love.” ~Trueblood

“You can’t write anything if you’ve never been shot at or been gorged by a bull.” ~Hemingway

“I’m just one stomach flu away from my goal weight.” ~Devil Wears Prada

“Even when those who move you be kings or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God you cannot say “but I was told by others to do thus” or that “virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice. Remember that.”~Kingdom of Heaven

“As nice as a boyfriend sounds, a relationship would require morals and self-restraint – both fields in which I lack…and mama always taught us to never change for a boy!”

“I think the only feelings I have left anymore are drunk and hungover…you can’t hurt those!” ~TFLN

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me”. ~Erma Bombeck

“If you knew for certain you had a terminal illness–if you had little time left to live–you would waste precious little of it! Well, I’m telling you…you do have a terminal illness: It’s called birth. You don’t have more than a few years left. No one does! So be happy now, without reason–or you will never be at all.” ~Dan Millman

Okay, everyone! Were any of these some of your old faves?  I invite you to jump into YOUR OWN black hole of decade-old Facebook quotes and share your favorite(s)! Surely they can only get better and better (and cringier), right?

Also, don’t we need some kind of hashtag for this? Can you just imagine the hilarity…

Cheers, and happy Tuesday!

TRF