Lily vs Perez in REAL TIME! I love technology.

This Was To Originally Go To Twitter, But It's More Than 140 Characters.

Are you on Twitter? Do you write your updates like you're writing a Facebook status update? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!?

I have the strangest things on my pet peeve list: Hearing people swallow liquid. People who drag their feet. Having to repeat myself.

Well now I can add on to that list with: People who write their Twitter updates like they're writing a Facebook status update. Example?

@RandomTwit: is driving into a tree.

Not so bad in that situation I suppose. But when I go to the person's page and it is completely filled with tweets that all start with "is", well, IT'S STUPID.

is waiting for dinner
is looking at the circus from the window
is going to a bicycle parade later

Fix this. Please. Tweet like you're telling someone a story, it works better that way. It's easier to read that way. And people can respond to you that way. If you're stuck on the "is" aspect, then send that shit to Facebook! You're not writing in past tense on Twitter! We want to know what you're doing NOW! And I want you to tell it to me in a way that makes sense! Go!

Now, speaking on the Facebook "is", I will talk about the Facebook "is" and why people choose to ignore it. Example?

Random Facebooker is HOLY CRAP I JUST SAW A PENNY-LESS PANDA!

Random Facebooker is Danced her fucking face off last night

Honestly, I could go on and on with examples. What, with my endless buzz induced imagination as well as real life ones that I could pick from on my friends list. But I will spare you all. I think you've got the point. And with that, please change the way you're using these social platforms to please me because we all know, thats why you use them in the first place isn't it?

Plane Crash Survivor Tweets the Aftermath.

Looks like the line of social media and real life are becoming further blurred. After yesterday's Denver plane incident, a man by the name of Mike Wilson made "history" (what? I don't know. will this be cited on wikipedia one day?) by being the very first person to tweet the scene of a plane crash.

And then proceeded to complain how the airline wasn't serving anyone drinks afterward. I don't see why I should be surprised when the situation explains itself in his Twitter name.

“Should anything be off limits for bloggers and tweeters, or is nothing sacred?” -Mr. Siddique of the Guardian

But just to clarify, he was "not tweeting from the inside of a burning plane."

OH COME ON THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER!

Said article can be read



here.

Phillies Win, Comcast FAILS.

Last night watching game 3 of the World Series, Comcast was not so Comcastic...

Around midnight the picture started to get a little pixelated and the sound started dropping out. No biggie...Comcast does that all the time. I gave up completely on trying to watch SNL because a cast member would deliver a joke and the punchline was dropped because the screen froze and/or the audio failed. Again, no big deal...I can watch it tomorrow on Hulu.com (However I just read that it was announced last night during the Weekend Update that Amy Poehler FINALLY POPPED last night and gave birth to Archie Arnett. Thank you Comcast.)

BUT THEN the unspeakable.

The entire channel went to black. Hindsight the lost picture was only out for about 15-20 minutes. But sitting on Twitter I knew that my TV wasn't the only one vomiting on itself, and that because of the missing picture, I had then missed the 2 biggest plays in the game: Chase Utley and Ryan Howard's back to back homeruns. Perfect. Awesome! Great. The most exciting part of the game was now lost in the universe because I couldn't see it on my television. I can only imagine what kind of histeria ensued at all the bars last night at that moment, but I'll leave that to imagination.

So after a little while the picture came back and everything was back to normal. Everything, that is, except Comcast customers taste for their cable service going completely sour. Not a good time for an epic fail on their part with the entire city watching the same channel. I googled 'comcast world series' this morning and dug up this article , with a quoted apology from Comcast spokesperson Jeff something or other:

" A little before midnight we detected a equipment failure that resulted in disruption to most standard definition broadcast channels, including FOX. The issue was detected immediately by our internal monitoring tools. However, it took anywhere from 15 to 25 minutes to restore.

We sincerely apologize to our customers and know many of them were watching the World Series"

So today, as I watch game four and longingly look at the Verizon building from my window that doesn't provide FIOS to this part (or any part?) of the city, I'll be crossing my fingers that the picture doesn't go out. But if it does, I'll remember that they will sincerely apologize for it tomorrow.

New Eargasms: Ingrid Michaelson, Vampire Weekend & Nickel Creek (what?)

For the second week in a row, I am pleased to say that my ears are STILL PLEASED with what they're hearing lately! (Despite my heart being broken/crushed/destroyed with no word of explanation, ahem)

ANYWAY! Who would have ever thought that there could be something(s) so soon that would be able to rip me away from my beloved Foreign Exchange's recent album (see post below)? Not me! And there are! THREE!

Let us begin.

As it is already known, I am a huge Ingrid Michaelson fan. After finding her around 6 months ago, I still can't stop playing her songs on repeat. And to make my fandom of hers rise even higher on this make believe chart I just created, she has finally joined, follows AND replies to her fans on Twitter! So if you haven't already...

Today she released her third album entitled "Be OK"



...which some of the proceeds go to breast cancer "SO NO STEALING" -her website. (Oh that's why I can't find it on Limewire). I'm ultra excited that she has finally put up The Chain on this album because every time I hear it my legs give out and I want to lay down and cry. Perfect walking to work at 7 in the morning music if you ask me!


Next up, I introduce (or re-intro to others) to you, Vampire Weekend. I don't get to listen to the radio too much anymore, but when I do I flip around to whatever station comes through until something happens to catch my ear. And the other day, that station happened to be XPN, and that song happened to be Ottoman, by Vampire Weekend.



This song is set to appear on Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (which is already out....?) and I can't get enough. This group formed sometime in 2006 at Columbia U, have a couple albums, and describes themselves as rock alternative with afropop influences. Crazy mix eh, but they're a great listen. Do explore.


AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST! (But certainly least expected)

I just want to put out there how after putting my entire playlist of 4k + songs on random this past weekend, up comes Nickel Creek's "Green and Grey"



I've known them as always killing my soul with songs like The Lighthouse's Tale and When You Come Back Down but, I never really paid too much attention to their others. However when you get a song whose very first line is: "I'm in a room full of people and hanging on one person's breath..." how could you not help but collapse to the ground and keep pressing pay over and over again? Well that's exactly what this song did to me, almost 3 years after it was initially released, ha!

Old music is new music sometimes and that's alright with me!

I hope you take these delicious mix of songs and add them on your "I really need to stop playing these" playlist because eventually, you really will need to...you know, to give others a chance.

Stare Too Long And It'll Make Ya Dizzy!

Keep up with all the Twitter comments out there tonight on the VP Debate on Twitter's Election 2008.

Like I said, stare too long and it'll make ya dizzy! And laugh!

http://election.twitter.com/

Mad Men & Co. Invade The Twitterverse!

I'm addicted to twitter. But I'm sure my 750+ posts since I first started using it only a few months ago only proves the point.

So tonight in my quest to find new and interesting followers (and hopefully get some back hey!) I found just about the entire cast of AMC's hit series Mad Men! And if you're thinking I found the actors as themselves well hell hell you are wrong my friend. Le characters. Everyone from Don Draper to Bobby and Saller Draper to FATHER GILL and even the random next door neighbor who was divorced with the creepy son.

And for your ease of search and stalk I have here all of the Twitter accounts of the characters from Mad Men listed just for you. At least the ones that I found in the 5 minutes that this stalking spree had my attention. Some have multiple accounts while others do not, not sure why. But what I am sure of is that I will probably stop following them after a couple of days...and that I have way... too much time on my hands.


Roger Sterling
http://twitter.com/Roger_Sterling

Don Draper
http://twitter.com/don_draper

Betty Draper
http://twitter.com/bettydraper
http://twitter.com/betty_draper

Sally Draper
http://twitter.com/sally_draper

Robert "Bobby" Draper
http://twitter.com/robert_draper

Sal Romano
http://twitter.com/sal_romano

Kitty Romano
http://twitter.com/kitty_romano

Ken Cosgrove
http://twitter.com/ken_cosgrove

Pete Campbell
http://twitter.com/pete_campbell

Peggy Olson
http://twitter.com/peggyolson

Paul Kinsey
http://twitter.com/paul_kinsey

Harry Crane
http://twitter.com/harry_crane

Joan Holloway
http://twitter.com/Joan_Holloway

Bobbie Barrett
http://twitter.com/Bobbie_Barrett

Jimmy Barrett
http://twitter.com/Jimmy_Barrett

Father Gill
http://twitter.com/FatherGill

Francine Hanson
http://twitter.com/francine_hanson

Helen Bishop
http://twitter.com/helen_bishop

AND HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN
Bertram Cooper
http://www.twitter.com/bertramcooper

Can't wait for everyone from Heroes, Lost and 30 Rock to hop on the wagon! Oo and maybe the Hills with Lo, LC and Audrina! Haa well I was kidding with the last one...

I really need to pick up a hobby of some sort.

Let's Up The Anti on Dorky-ness Y'all!

Have a Twitter account? Own a Nintendo DS?

LETS PUT THEM TOGETHER!



“Now instead of playing Mario in the bathroom, you can tell the world you’re playing Mario in the bathroom.”