the thought of mundane

The dictionary, among other ways, describes mundane as common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative. This pretty much describes my life and most everyone's life unless they happen to be lying about it. It truly is what you do with that mundaness I guess that turns your life interesting or imaginative. Could it be that we think someone else's life is so interesting compared to ours we assume ours is mundane? Or do we feel ours is so exciting and everyone else's is so mundane they need to read about how exciting ours is? It is possible for me to think that just because a friend of mine and her husband don't have kids and travel a lot and go out a lot that their lives are that much more exciting? On the other hand they might think the same of me because I have kids and do completely different activities than they would. (For the record, I do believe for me, my children make my life that much more interesting)

Facebook users post the mundane parts of their lives for the world to read, and we find ourselves feeling and almost needing to read them. No one ever posts "I caught myself on fire today" (read previous post to understand this reference) It is always: I am eating lunch, I am soaking my whites in bizz bath, or I am going to a hockey game tonight. I am glad you get to eat lunch, that you are cleaning your whites, and you are going to a hockey game, but do I need to know this information? Are our brains that dry that we can't come up with something to say that makes it worth reading? Are our brains that starving that we feel we need to read these things? Maybe it comes down to the fact that our lives are so mundane that going and getting coffee with the friends, then cuddling on the couch with my man sounds exciting, like we are famous and everyone wants to know what we are doing. Paparazzi around the corner to flash our mug, but because we posted it to the world first, they are not there to bother us.

Would it be weird to read a post about someone taking a shit? (Picture a person sitting in the stall with their pants around their ankles computer on lap, squeezing and typing.) It could be mundane since everyone has to go to the bathroom, but there is some shock appeal there.

Would it be creative to instead of saying you went to go see a movie, post something like "i am wondering what it would be like to sew buttons on my face in place of my eyes" (Coraline reference) or I need to go put on my ski mask and make a rukus (jason reference)

Who knows, all I know is that the mundane in my life might not need to be posted on facebook, but if you want yours to be announced, go ahead, there is a disease out there that causes us to read it. Where is House when you need him?