Aaron Chapin Gunyon is about to blog about Facebook

I joined FB maybe 8 or 9 months ago. I had resisted for quite a while, but I finally gave in because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. There are references all through popular culture. All sorts of celebrities, athletes and companies have FB pages. The last straw was when I heard that my 53 year old father had joined. I introduced this man to digital cameras, burned CD's, Homestarrunner.com, and Craigslist. I showed him how to plug his Ipod into his stereo. I told him about the gosh darn internet. How in the hell had this man beaten me to Facebook.

I was being left out. I was being left behind. Enough was enough. This had to stop. So I created my profile and away I went.

I barely even entered my birthday and hometown into the info section. I didn't have time. There was no time. I must go immediately to the "live feed". I have to know why everyone is FB crazy.

Nothing.

Apparently, you need to have friends first. Lots of 'em. And I don't know how, but the machines became aware of my presence and started a suggestions list for me. They put some of my very best friends onto a list and I was thankful. I had almost forgotten them. The snowball occurs once the first friend requests have been accepted. "Bart Renner is now friends with Aaron Gunyon and 4 others." People who know Bart and I then realize that I am out in Facebookland and scurry to add me as well.

The hard part was over. Or was it? Now the FB scavengers and the "Friend Collectors" are out there and they are looking for me. My first college girlfriend requested me. She's the one I refer to as the super-mega-ex gf. She's the one that lied to me, cheated on me and broke my heart about a decade ago. Anyway...request denied. I believe to this day she is really the only person that I have said no to on FB. The story gets better because someone can still write you a FB message even though you aren't official friends and I got a little note like, "Don't be such a fag, Gunyon." (Oh, the one that got away) So, I blocked her as well and reported her to the FB police for cyber bullying:) There's gotta be some law 'round here.

Now, I only mention the "Collectors" because I don't know how its possible to keep up with any amount over 800 lets say. My high school graduating class had something like 750 and I didn't even know all of them. Maybe I didn't sit at the coolest lunch table, but I was talking to lots of people in lots of classes. Are you just bumping into people on the sidewalk and friend requesting them on site?

"Ooops! Sorry, we should be friends."

I have right around 150 friends and I already don't interact with quite a few of them. Whats it like for the collectors? There are people with over a 1,00o "Friends". You win, ok. New high score.

The thing I find the most interesting is that I interact most with people that I already communicate with on a regular basis. I use FB as an additional communication tool, but I also use it to look at pictures of people to see what they are up to.

"The Facebook Pic of the Week" is a program my friends and I started to identify and share the most attractive women doing the most attractive things. We have an email group and different people take turns adding to the mix. Most of the pics are simple. Bikini shots are pretty standard occurrences for the FBPOW. The point that I want to make to all the ladies is that every guy I know is scouring your photo albums for bikini photos. I couldn't stop them if I wanted to. They were doing it before I got here and they will continue to do it long after I go. As long as there is a teenage boy...As long as there is a college boy...As long as there is a man...As long as you put those pictures up, someone will look at them. It would be easier for us and get you more exposure if you would just have a separate album labeled FBPOW.

Aaron Chapin Gunyon likes FBPOW and Can this pickle get more fans than nickleback