If any of you have ever spoken to me for longer than five minutes, then you know how I feel about Facebook and why I don’t have a page there. But, the Facebook does give you something handy which is the ability to block who can look at your page. This is not a feature that I can employ here on my blog (or is it?) and I find that annoying for one reason: that people that have stopped speaking to me this summer, which is a fair amount of people, can look at my blog and I must say that I think that’s cheating. If you don’t care to speak to me, then you shouldn’t get to read what I’m up to or complaining about or randomly mentioning. Right? This seems fair to me.

So, mystery blog readers that if you are one of the three people who stopped speaking to me this summer, then I say to you: stop reading this blog. It’s not for you. Or, perhaps if you do continue to read this blog, I’ll start planting fake posts about where I am and what I’m doing and who is there with me and what I’m thinking just to throw you off your game. Then the only people who will know the truth will be those of you actually still communicate with me. Ha! Yes, this may seem like a lot of work just to spite the threesome that is done with me this year, but I’m willing to do it. You’ve all met me. Once there is a challenge extended, I will follow through, even if it’s a self-challenge and even if it makes life ever so much more difficult. Examples:

1. not checking out a library book while i was in high school

2. not looking at my grandmas house since she died when I was 13 so as to not see what the new owners have done to it. this involves a lot of closing and averting of eyes and is really only problematic when driving

3. not paying tolls in oklahoma-this causes problems, but i committed to it on principle an thus do not pay tolls, or whenever possible, do not take the toll road. like when i lived off the turnpike, but instead of connecting to it on my way to and from work, went all the way to the memorial exit on 2-35 to avoid paying the toll.

Point being that while inventing a fake life may be challenging and confusing, it’s a challenge I’m up to should it come to that.

So, if any of you Brianne-droppers are reading this then kindly stop after today. Those of you who still like me may, of course, proceed. And I guess I should send out a thank you to those of you who still talk to me since I seem to have lost so much value this year. Geez, what did I do? One can only guess. However, since 2009 was pre-planned to be astronomically better than 2008 and certainly has been, I must say that I’m not exaclty crushed by this development. I like to save getting upset for things that are really important like sports and books and General Hospital. So I can’t say that I’m crying tears over here, but I am slightly confused. Particularly since they all stopped talking to me around the same time. Was it a plan? A conspiracy? Were there secret meetings? Is there a secret “we hate Brianne” handshake (oh, I surely hope so!)? Is there a penalty for the first person to cave? Are there rewards for reaching certain milestones? Like a keychain for not talking to me for 3 months or a frisbee for two months? Or a pen with the “we hate Brianne” logo for one month? Gosh, this is sounding like a pretty good club to join. I mean, rewards, secret meetings and secret handshakes?! That’s the dream!

So, to you, livers of this dream, I say, rock on with your disregard-I mean, after all that I just mentioned who could blame you? I certainly don’t. I just ask that you refrain from reading this blog. I mean, I’m pretty sure that would be frowned upon at the meetings, right?