Skipping out on technology

I deactivated my facebook last night while having a panic attack, because for some reason that seemed appropriate. And now, post-panic, it actually seems like the best thing I've ever done. This may be the first time that sequence of events has ever occurred! Normally it's just like "hey, I should cut my own hair!" or something, which always ends so happily.

Top ten reasons to deactivate your facebook account:

1. Less temptation to sit in front of the computer eating chips. Why are those things connected?
2. So much less drama. I don't know how facebook cultivates such a high school attitude in groups of people, but oh, it does.
3. Time posted an unintentionally amusing article that basically says if you're on facebook a bunch, you will probably fail. Not, of course, that they're saying that: "Maybe [Facebook users] are just prone to distraction. Maybe they are just procrastinators." Either way, it's your own fault, although Mark Zuckerberg might be contributing.
4. The Hobbit comes out next year. Are you prepared? Start reading! You have approximately 16 times to go through it before you catch up with my 12-year-old self!
5. You no longer have to see friends that make you sad seeing them. You know that ex that dumped you four years ago, and those pictures showcasing how cute they are with their new SO? Nope! Out of your life! (Also are you still stalking them? Girl. No. I would never)
6. Maybe this means you'll make new fr- no. No, probably not. But, uh, maybe you'll go take a walk occasionally?
7. More time to spend online looking for a pirated copy of the Sherlock mini-series. Martin Freeman and I are getting married, and there is nothing you can say about it.
8. Less stress in general. With less stress, you are more likely to lose weight, less likely to get cancer, have better hair growth, improve your memory, help with your aches and pains and a whole bunch more. Seriously. Go google it. I'll wait.
9. You will worry less about your profile picture and what you are going to say in your status. If you have particularly witty things to say, you can say them on twitter, which is far less likely to create dramz and also has Eli Roth on it. I bet you weren't friends with Eli Roth on facebook, now were you?
10. Freckles. You don't get them from the glow of your computer.

Consider it. Vive la Revolución!

(Plus you can always go back if you miss all of those things. I don't know why you would, but I bet within a week I will totally miss those awful ex photos. Yes, hello, I am part of the whippersnappers' generation, and yes, social masochism is freaking awesome)