Did you know that there are people out there who abandon all their belongings to go live a simple existence on the land? I am quite sure none of these people know about the pure joys of little red love aka facebook notifications.
At the moment I am reading Into The Wild - The story of a young man from a well-to-do family who hitchhiked across America to Alaska. His name was Christoper McCandless aka Alexander Supertramp. He had given $25, 000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burnt all the cash in his wallet and walked in the wild.
It was actually turned into a movie a few years ago. Directed by Sean Penn and starring Emile Hirsch. It really is an amazing movie. Each time I watch it, I sob for about an hour afterwards. However, the book really is something else. I definitely recommend it!
Anyway, I find the idea of running away from civilisation pretty fascinating. Making a decision to live such a drastic lifestyle like that seems like it would have been much easier back in 1991. Back when we weren't ruled by the constant need for entertainment and little red love.
Last night I discussed the concept of this little red love with a friend of mine. We talked about the excitement of it and the secret need for it. That feeling you get when you log on to facebook to find that you have not only one little red love, but two! Your heart immediately soars to heights unknown.
The reason why I call it little red love is because each notification is a little tangible moment of love. At that very instant one of your facebook 'friends' - real friends, relatives, acquaintances, friends of friends, childhood friends, someone you once met whilst drunk or all of the above, has thought of you and has decided to express it by acting accordingly.
It is also called little red love because it is something nice and positive. I'm pretty sure no one ever posts something mean on your wall or makes a bitchy comment on a photo telling you how bad you look in that outfit. This is because most of the people you are friends with on facebook actually like you, find you somewhat entertaining or at the least are happy to tolerate you. Hopefully the people who hate you and think you are a ridciulous human being have deleted you. So bring on the little red love!
