Out of Egypt:

So Covenant just joined the Facebook thingy...

I'm kinda embarassed to admit I spent about 1/2 hour working on my profile, etc. Well, now at least I know where some of the people from my high school went after graduation...

There are some things I don't quite understand about the site, however. Do you have to be someone's "friend" in order to view their profile? When I do a general search on Solanco HS '02, I can't get into anybody's except my own. But all Covenant people's profiles are open, even the ones I wish weren't. And also, is it possible to search for common interests wider than within your own college? I would like to see, to name one thing, who else likes Belle & Sebastian on Facebook, since no one on Covenant's branch has put them down besides me...yet. Also, is it possible to do substring searches, since people might put down the names of books, etc. slightly differently, yet it still be the same book? Finally, on the birthday field, what format do most people use, slashes or dashes?

I also need to remind myself to email them Apartments as a possibility for the Residence field, and Core as a possibility for subject. Yes, I'm neurotic. And I wasted my afternoon.