Should I get a facebook now?

[Kool]

I've been thinking of getting one for a long time. I've moved houses once, I've had friends move out of town and state, I have plenty of cousins that I never see, facebook would be a good way to connect with all of them. But is it too late to get one now? All of my friends have had them for a while now and I feel in would be kind of embarrassing to be like the last person to get one. And I've sort of asked my parents for a while to get one, but they kind of ignore it.

Oh and one more thing.... my dad has one, would he see that i have one if i got one without his permission? Would he be able to see everything on my page?
I don't really know anything about facebook, i've heard a lot of good and a lot of bad.
What do you think???