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There is nothing more embarrassing and awkward than a situation that stems from someone who didn't think before she spoke her mind in front of a group of college students.

Several months ago, my naturally deep female voice got me into hot water one night while I sang karaoke with a group of friends.

After my poor rendition of Aretha Franklin's 'Respect,' I voiced my complaints about my deep voice, which was unable to hit the high notes. "I have too much of a man-ly voice," I said. One thing led to another, until one girl piped up, "maybe it would just be easier if you were a man, I mean, you do have the facial hair!" (Sad to say, I do have that.)

But, the comment that got the most laughs was: "You know Kristen, to me, you look like a Rick." I laughed, but I didn't think too much more about it.

Two days later, I returned from my classes and went to check my email. I discovered that I had ten wall posts commenting on my recent change to my Facebook status, which I never remembered changing recently.

"Um, please forgive me for asking," the first one said, "but what is this all about? Is there something I need to know?" This was from an old Pastor of mine. Another person wrote, "Kristen! When did you get a sex change?"

I could go on and on with the comments, but we would be here all night. The first two were all I needed to see.

I soon realized that someone had hacked into my account and not only changed my status to "MY NAME IS RICK!!!," but had also changed my first name to Rick instead of Kristen and my sex to male.

Let's just say this led to a very long, detailed and slightly awkward conversation with that Pastor, assuring her it was only a joke played by some old friends. But, at this point, everyone knew about the joke and wanted an explanation. At internet-speed, stories travel quickly in a few hours and I became quite sick of repeating the story a dozen times.

With Easter less than a week away, I can honestly say that I am glad I gave up using Facebook for Lent. I didn't miss the drama it helps to develop.