Don't blame me, blame Jon BonJovial.

Blog world, meet Jon BonJovial.  Jon BonJovial, meet Blog world.


Jon BonJovial started as an idea to hide a scavenger hunt clue in Facebook.  Of course, this all needed to be very hush-hush and a huge, giant secret--which is precisely why I created an entirely new Facebook account for one very cheerful rock star.  And it was all freaking hilarious, particularly when creating his "fan page" and being asked whether he was an entertainer or a fictional character?  I was leaning toward entertainer, which led to a heated debate with Mike who INSISTED he was fake, because at that point the line between reality and Facebook and carrying-a-blow-up-doll-and-pretending-he-was-a-jovial-rock-star was very, VERY blurry.


Except that, I guess you're not supposed to create fake Facebook accounts, because THAT'S WHAT PEDOPHILES DO.   I learned this because creating a fan page and was so damn complicated, that I had to google tips on how to create fake fan pages for fictional Facebook friends--and that's when it popped up that you aren't supposed to do that.  Even worse, considering the profile I created featured a man with a lot of visible chest hair and frosted tips.  I mean, it's like I was SCREAMING illegal activity, but totally not on purpose.  


Facebook, if you are reading this, I did not intend to behave in a manner befitting a sexual predator.  I was simply creating a scavenger hunt and was attempting to lure a group of people to an empty apartment with a set of clues.  Which, now that I actually put it into words, STILL sounds kind of gross and pervy, so never mind.   My new argument:  This profile would only entice suburban housewives or women who should have given up leather corsets 20 years ago--and THEY SHOULD KNOW BETTER.


So then I deleted that account out of fear that I was about to be arrested, or worse--kicked off of facebook, GASP!  But I still wasn't ready to let the idea of Jon BonJovial die, and so I set about the task of creating a Jon BonJovial fan page as part of my (actual) Facebook account.  And it STILL wouldn't work.  We couldn't find him when typed into the Facebook search feature, and so I decided to try creating an official "Sara Denckhoff" fan page, which is why ten of you received an opportunity to "like" me.  I felt very douchey, particularly since my page was El Lame-o with not a single, snarky status update.  But I NEEDED to see how it all worked, and I think that after 84-hours of research, I have discovered that Facebook doesn't make you legit until you reach 25 "likes"?  Or else, I am still on the sexual predator list and am being strictly monitored and restricted.  


So I got ahead of myself and made all these pictures with JB Jovial sporting party hats and saying AWESOME quotes, and it seemed like the world was never going to see them!  And maybe it's because I was operating on very little sleep and growing a gigantic caffeine tumor, but it all seemed really tragic.  And when Mike told me it was consuming me, that it was time to MOVE ON, and that Jon BonJovial was, in fact, NOT REAL--I cried tears of frustration and heartbreak.  He was f-ing real because I just devoted half a week of my life to creating him on FACEBOOK, damn it, and I don't care if no one else could see him besides me {insert me bawling my eyes out}.


Mike quickly apologized, and slipped a Prozac in my diet coke.


And then we figured out a way to put a link to his direct fan page in our clue (versus having to search for him)--and glory, glory, HALLELUJAH, IT WORKED!!!  Except that Jon BonJovial got his address WRONG (that a-hole)--and so, at the end of the day, it was a 15 minute delay-of-game, as every team was searching for a non-existent house belonging to a fictional rock star.  I cannot make this sh#! up, people.  But I can take the train to Crazy-town and write a set of rhyming clues that lead 50 people there as well.


So.  I know I've called in a lot of favors, what with the begging for comments last week--but if we are friends on Facebook, would you find Jon BonJovial on my profile and give him a big "thumbs up"?  Or write on his wall.  Or try searching him, and if he pops up, then like his page?  Or try THIS LINK.  I would like to hit 25 "likes" and see if he becomes a real, jovial boy.