An Internet Ghost

Greetings from a social media ghost! Last Thursday our professor told us to stalk a fellow classmate via the Internet/social media. I immediately felt sorry for whoever drew my name, because I have no social media accounts. I realized it wasn’t such a bad thing, in fact I’ve never really given my absence from the social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) any thought. My parents made it pretty clear when I was younger that I was not to have any such accounts and I haven’t ever gone against their wishes. Back to the point. I was not expecting my ‘creeper’ to have found much on me. I Googled myself and found an obituary… I feel hidden on the Internet because of my mentioned absence from it.

My ‘creeper’ found out nothing about me, which is what I expected. That said, there is information about me but it requires knowing me pretty well to get to the desired page. The information on those couple of pages is a pretty accurate depiction of me. The pages I am referring to are honor roll lists and a scholarship announcement. Just so you readers don’t feel left out. The rest of the prompt questions involve personal perceptions versus the perception people can find by creeping on you. Since I don’t really have that problem, there isn’t much more for me to say. One last thing though – Google yourselves if you have a minute. See what you can find! ~V

A still from the video by Lonely Island, “The Creep”. Click the image to watch the video. Or if it doesn’t work, just type the title into YouTube.