January 2009
186 posts
Just how lazy am I if I can’t even muster the gumption to IM with a “customer service representative” from my cable provider?
Yeah, it’s friggin’ hilarious that Gawker (Valleywag, whatev) referred to me as a “social media consultant”. Read the fine print, jerks!
On oversharing in “status updates”: “people…describe the contents of their lunch or the virulence of their bronchitis.” http://bit.ly/gUad
Slightly unsettling to see dad’s Twitter re: Facebook. He’s totes up on the social media! So far have kept mom away. (Hi, dad! Love you!)
Is it much to admit I need A solid soul and the...
Cat Overload
It occurs to me that my Tumblr may be reaching maximum catpacity. Apologies to all the dog people in the hizzy. Show me a LOL pup and I’ll gladly reblog, but it just so happens there seem to be a greater number of cute kitties on the ‘nets than there are cute puppies. Bring it on, doggies!
“Scotch tape, either change your name or get me drunk. I nearly choked last...”
– Stephen Colbert (via soupsoup)
Jon Stewart pronounces it EEEconomic, too. I’m starting to think I might be right on this one.
Self (& Lost) Promotion (Kinda)
Are you losing your love for LOST? I kinda am, too. Here’s why: http://bit.ly/4CWMqS
Catching up on my politix here. Lily Ledbetter: any relation to that Pearl Jam song?
On Twitter and Community (oh, and unicorndogs) →
atsween:
Just a brief excerpt:
I have formed more and more relationships with people on Twitter, and some of those relationships are showing clear signs of strengthening. Why shouldn’t they? In some ways Twitter acts as a gradually established eHarmony of friendships. We begin to learn more and more about one another, and naturally gravitate toward people with whom we share a connection for...
Wait wait wait, hold up. Does the “H” in Jesus H. Christ stand for “Hussein”? He totally changed his Facebook name in solidarity with Obama.
tylercoates:
Fleetwood Mac - “Tusk” (via...
Wait a sec. Were you guys actually impressed with tonight’s LOST? ‘Cause that shit put me to sleep.
Recessionomics: the 5-second rule is now the 10-second rule.
America can’t even spell LOST characters’ names correctly RT @gtrend New Google Trend: charles whitmore http://snipr.com/ax5yo
Yes, the economic news makes me unhappy, but when our Prez pronounces the word EEEEconomic (as I do), I feel slightly better.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s cousin, Simon, is a leading expert on autism. Did I know this?
Michi refers to Updike as “almost blogger-like” in today’s NYT piece. Wonder what he’d have thought of that.
Stimulating!
Truly good news for unemployed who hate COBRA: under the bill, the fed. gov’t would pay 65% of the premiums. http://bit.ly/Yk3ie
“The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to...”
– John Updike
The weather icon on the iPhone is designed with a perma-sunshine and 73° symbol. That’s just rude.
“Twitter is over capacity.” Wow, Updike crashed Twitter, but Obama didn’t.
R.I.P John Updike. Perhaps it’s time for me to finally finish reading “Rabbit, Run.”
KITTY CAM!
OMG kittycam! (There goes my “to do” list.) http://is.gd/hqNj
Roe v. Wade as interpreted by Stephen Colbert: an issue regarding “the proper way to cross a lake.” Brilliance.
“In the wild, there is no health care. In the wild, health care is, ‘Ow, I hurt...”
– Dwight Schrute (via killa-am) (via asmallhope) (via slightlydrunk) (via hotg0ssip)
Wouldn’t you know it: just as I start wracking up Christian and conservative followers I start tweeting about my fave gays and swear words.
Listening to Anderson Cooper talk about closeted gayness on live TV is awwwkkkkwaaaarddd.
Holy shit, there’s a Pink Panther 2? When will people learn.
Saddest weather forecast in the world: “limited sunshine.”
No one’s got “wealth” to “manage” anymore, so…RT @themediaisdying FINANCIAL TIMES wealth management section is being eliminated in Feb.
Rethinking the whole “any press is good press” thing: RT @gtrend: New Google Trend: drunken negro head cookies.
Oprah as Senator: at first I was like OMFG what a ludicrous idea. Now that it’s sunk in, I’m like, well, she’d be better than Arnold.
Watching the SAG Awards. Something tells me I’m one of approximately four people doing this right now.
I know it got a Best-Picture Oscar nom ‘n all, but I’d say Milk is one of the more underrated films of late. Milk: it’s not just for gays.
I sometimes misspell “misspell” and am embarrassed to say I have many times misspelled “embarrass.” Today I mispronounced mispronunciation.
#myfirstjob Baskin-Robbins. Got fired for overscooping and undercleaning.
Luv @MiniLit:#LadyChatterleysLover Desperate Housewife:Hubby can’t do it,but gamekeeper is game.Forest sex/inevitable separation/bun in oven
Hitchens on Forbes’ list of 25 Most Influential Liberals in the media? Um…http://bit.ly/uVVC
Oh god, now the BBC chick just mentioned “cows farting” in reference to “climate change.” Why are they doing this to me??
Watchwhistlelikeaboy: be still my beating heart…
OMFGosling.
