I am the kind of guy that signs up for things and then looses interest, and then signs up for things again three months later. Thus the experience with my Facebook Account. I come and go with little or no interest and then I will be all hot and bothered with it again and then I will get distracted. It is a pattern that I am entirely comfortable with, and up to now has served me well.

Last week a friend introduced me to “OWNED” a Facebook app that generates points (or what they call “money”) for exchanging pictures. When you buy a picture you OWN that person. One might think this to be a politically incorrect nightmare. However, the amount of traffic and buying and selling and gifting that goes on is pretty high. I listed one of my pictures; most people use photos of themselves; I choose to use doodles. It was bought immediately and has been trading back and forth for days. Complete strangers buying and selling “me” with abandon. I of course join in and buy a few pictures of my own — OWNING their owners, until I am outbid and the picture moves on to the next owner.

It sounds ridiculous. It’s not really a game and yet there is some sort of casual gaming element to it. For the most part I do not know a soul of anybody I have bought (besides this first friend.) I find myself looking at pictures, looking at purchasing history, and making bids based on the likelyhood for the picture to be bought again, thus making me a profit and increasing my money score. At the same time, my own pictures are being bought and sold and their value is increasing. I am sure I will be bored with this in a week or two. But until that time — I doodled this and posted it. Let’s hear it for this weeks web distraction!