I can never think of anything to say anymore and I’m not quite sure what to do about it. You want to know something really funny? I actually wanted to be a writer at one point…between the ages of about 5 and 20. Now I’m just lost. It’s pretty sad when you have a personal blog and nothing to say. That seems almost akin to stating that I have no life to speak of…which I suppose is true enough. Amazingly enough, I actually started posting Facebook status updates, despite the fact that I bitched about them quite a bit in my last post. There’s just something about speaking about myself in the third person that makes it a bit easier to come up with something to say. Maybe it will get me out of my rut if I start speaking about myself in the third person on here. That may make Kim sound a little crazy, but she wouldn’t mind if it got her started writing more again.
Yesterday I went to the university to fill out the last of the BS paperwork required in order to “officially” graduate. Sometime by the end of July I will have finally officially graduated. Apparently I am supposed to keep logging onto the website for my degree progress report and when it tells me “Access Denied” that means my paperwork is processed and my degree is official. I don’t even know when to expect to receive a diploma.
Filed under : College. Internet. Life
I ran across a post about various social media sites on Mox Kirby that I found interesting. I’ve never really been able to get into social networking sites and the whole “Web 2.0” deal and all that stuff those young whippersnappers are into. I’ve had a Myspace page for a long time, which I rarely use for anything except to check for local shows on occasion. I’ve had a page on Facebook for quite a while now too, which I’ve only just recently started using. At one point, I actually went over a year without checking it at all, and logged in to find messages and friend requests from long before. I thought the site was supposed to e-mail me in those instances, but apparently I had my settings wrong or something.
I feel old. The thing is, it seems like, as a twenty-something, I should have a bit more of a grasp on modern technology. I just don’t quite get the point of adding people you don’t know and will probably never interact with as “friends.” I also don’t get the Facebook status updates – some people post way too many but the ones that really irritate me are the ones that are extremely vague. I’m sure everyone knows somebody that does that, right? The ones that only people they actually talk to on a regular basis have any idea what they’re talking about.
Which brings me to my last point and the reason I found Mox’s post so incredibly amusing:
“#1 Social Media Site For People With ADD: Twitter.com.”
This actually literally did make me laugh out loud. You know why? Because it’s true! Twitter is the one site that, above all others, I do not ”get“ at all. I don’t get the craze, or the point, or what the big deal is. I don’t even have a Twitter account, although I have thought about checking one out just to see what all the hullaballoo is about.
But you know what makes me feel really bad about all this? My dad uses Twitter (and Myspace and Facebook). I mean, come on, I can’t keep up with my fifty-something dad?! Here I am going, ”What in the world is this all about? Folks these days can’t even be bothered to read actual posts with actual content.“ This makes me sad. So does the fact that I have heard people actually say “OMG.” What is this world coming to? When actually pronouncing the phrase, it takes the same amount of syllables to actually say what you mean than use a freaking acronym. I swear, all of this hurry-hurry, can’t-be-bothered-to-actually-talk-to-you mentality is screwing up social interaction and the English language as we know it.
I think I may have gotten a little ranty and off-topic at the end there. Then just watch, I’ll end up signing for a Twitter account and be raving about how great it is a month from now and sounding like a total hypocrite. Maybe. You never know; stranger things have happened.
Filed under : Internet. Rants
“If you could change your name, what would you change it to? Explain why this new moniker would be better than the old one.”
Von Finkelstein. I don’t see how that could possibly need any further explanation.
Filed under : Prompts
“Andy Warhol personally guaranteed everyone at least 15 minutes of fame – what’s your claim?”
I won Color the Weather once when I was like 7 or 8 years old. Does anyone else remember this? You could pick up a sheet at McDonald’s on which to draw some picture depicting the weather. If you won, they showed it on the local news station and you won a Happy Meal! Very thrilling.
I submitted my entry in October and I drew a witch flying on her broomstick in the rain. They didn’t pick it until like…March and the news anchors made fun of me on air. Apparently they thought I was totally nuts – but come on, they took it totally out of context! Oh, and when I redeemed my free Happy Meal they didn’t give me the toy prize with my meal. I was pretty pissed about that.
I really wish I had a copy of that picture so I could post it up here.
Filed under : Prompts
“If you could eat only one type of cuisine for a year, what would it be?”
Samosas
Indian food. I loves me some Indian food. Samosas, mmm.. Damn, now I’m hungry.
Filed under : Prompts
