photo albums.

Do you ever find yourself surfing through your own facebook pictures trying to decide which ones to untag because of whatever reason? Well, I do. About a year ago I went through a mass exodus of unflattering and sub-20-years-old photos, yet still manage to have over 1,300 tags. And no, I'm not trying to point out my coolness. I know people with over 2,000... which is actually just a little weird to me, but whatever. I mean really, how many drunken nights, bathroom montages, kissy faces, weird self-taken myspace poses, or hey-that's-my-arm-in-the-background pictures does someone need? I'll admit I do a routine sweep every few months, just to make sure I'm living up to my own classy standards. I of course leave some semi-unflattering ones because I think they're funny and would rather laugh about it than take them seriously, but I really don't need evidence of some stupid frat party I went to during the awkward stages of my freshman year. For example, I didn't really get the whole memo that Halloween = Excuse for girls to show as much T & A as possible. So instead of dressing up like a sexy M&M wearing spike heels and fishnets with drag queen style makeup, I borrowed my grandma's full-length, dark brown SACK of M&Ms costume and wore that bad boy to a Pike party. I'm pretty sure I was wearing my Patagonia atom bag too, which I didn't even take off in the shower my freshman year, and some neon Roos. God I was way too cool. Needless to say, I felt like the world's biggest toolbag watching the slutty Fanta girls (one of whom has some serious FB picture overhauling to do... UNLers, you all know exactly who I'm talking about) dancing on a stripper pole and accidentally spilling jungle juice down their fronts. Just precious.

So here's a question I've had since the invention of photo albums on the FB (which, by the way, I can remember being so pissed off about because it gave people even more of a chance to be creeps... I got over that one quickly): Is it legit to tag yourself in your own FB albums or no? I don't think anyone really knows the answer... maybe I should ask the creator. I think it's supa weird when people have albums of just pictures of themselves and even go so far as to title them something profound like "Me" or "I dunno" or "Roger" (or whatever your creepy name is...). Honestly, I don't have a problem with people tagging themselves. If you look good in a picture, girrrl you need to tag it. But there's a fine line between a humble tag and overstated vanity. Unfortunately, for the world's sake, most people's vanity usually takes precedence in the world of FB albums. I mean, just look at "Fanta girl's" profile. I actually can't even justify friending her because I don't condone such nonsense. Plus, I don't need to see her nasty wasty bod and Pulitzer prize winning thoughts of the day popping up on my news feed every 14.7 seconds. I feel like some people just take their FB way too far. And I don't plan on being one of them. But truth be told, my roommate sometimes shares with me this person's postings and I won't deny the entertainment. Maybe I'm not above all of this after all.