Doggy Does Facebook
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
I’m not sure if my family’s Facebook habit is getting out of hand or if our doggy love has gone over the deep end. But Kashi, our oh-so-adorable white fluff ball of a dog, has more friends on Facebook than I do. He hit the 200 mark weeks ago. I don’t even look at the count anymore—why make myself feel like a reject? I’ve been on Facebook way longer than he has. His profile picture is awfully darn cute. He is irresistible while I, apparently, can be easily resisted.
Not only that, but his friends actually pay attention to what he’s doing and comment on it. I’ll post something I think is pretty interesting or important or worth a chuckle and I get zip comments. Kashi posts something pithy like “Wish I had a chewy treat right now” and ten friends pipe in with what they’ d like to give him.
Don’t even get me started on how many girlfriends he has. “Wanna play with me this weekend?” his bud Indigo asks. And some cute little mutt who goes by the name Poppy Fluff Flower pretended they were married for awhile to keep other bitches away. Kashi’s pleading dark eyes shine a light into the vulnerability behind his machismo.
We left him with his sitter this weekend. We were barely out of town when on his page is posted “The family just left! Time 2 party!” He was sacked out when we returned Sunday evening. Obviously he’d seen plenty of action during our absence. Hardly glanced at the new winter sweater and anti-itch shampoo we brought home to him. And today his post says “So tired from the weekend. Just gonna sleep all day long.”
Me too buddy, but I still made it into work. Get a grip, or a stick, or a bone. Something.
tagged under: Facebook.friends.white fluffy dogABOUT THIS AUTHOR
Marianne Lonsdale lives with her husband, Michael, and son, Nicholas, in Oakland, California. She's had a variety of jobs as a Human Resources professional. She writes personal essays and short stories. Her writing teacher and mentor is Charlotte Cook, an Oakland teacher, writer and publisher.
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Ha! I love this!!!
This is REALLY cute. Humorus, fun, well-written. You should write an article for the local papers or a magazine on this. You’re really onto something here that people would love.
Hilarious! Excellent post!
so cute! what a concise little gem. gonna make me smile all day, this one…
Great piece, Marianne. I agree with Cindy–you should try to get this published. “Bark” magazine features short essays about dogs in every issue, and I could see this piece fitting perfectly.
Dorothy
Marianne, I love this piece. Have you thought about pitching it to Bark (often called “the New Yorker for dog lovers)? You should. They take a while to get back to you but it would be a great clip.
Awww… now I want to be his Facebook friend too! But don’t feel bad, you were my Facebook friend first.
Cute article. I want to become his friend too.
Hilarious! Thanks for sharing it with us!
Really great post.