Okay so I'm a Facebookian now. A lot of people I know have been using Facebook for years. I've had an account but never even looked at it to see what it was. I was bored the other day so I checked it out.
The main feature on Facebook is "The Wall." This is bascially a place for you to post short messages about what you're up to at the time (such as: "I started reading Angels & Deamons today" or "I just found a really great Mexican restaurant in Vegas" or "I can't wait for the season finale of American Idol"). When you post something, it automatically shows up on your friends' walls as well. So when they log into Facebook, they can quickly, at-a-glance, see what's going on in your life.
So basically the whole system opperates on the assumption that people actually care about what you're doing at any given hour of the day. Saddly enough, it seems to be true.
I actually find it quite interesting to check my Facebook and see what my "friends" are up to. Some are talking about how excited they are for the Survivor Finale; I wouldn't have known they were fans of the show otherwise. Others are preparing to run a half-marathon and are posting about how they're preparing. My best friend, Rich, recently posted pictures of his kids and the crafts they made at school. These wall postings are all very interesting.
What's annoying (but rare it seems) is when someone takes up wall space with a comment like "I'm bored" or "I'm tired."
You can, of course, post comments on your friends' wall postings as well.
BUT HERE'S THE BEST PART! I've discovered the JEWEL to Facebook (it was no secret, but I'm new and just found it). You can set up your cell phone to be able to text a posting directly to your wall. What this means is that now I can be anywhere in the world and send a text to Facebook about what I'm doing (assuming, of course, that anyone actually cares... regardless of that answer, it's still fun).
I have a friend (another choir teacher) that is currently on his choir trip and he's been posting all weekend about the progress of his trip via text message from his cell phone. He's posting how his kids did at the competition, etc. I'd know nothing about his experience otherwise.
Another great thing I recently discovered, is that when I text in a post to my wall, and someone comments on my post, that comment is sent to me as a text, to which I can text a response to the comment. And all of this is logged on my Facebook Wall for all my other "friends" to see.
So I'm hooked. I'm totally into the facebook thing. Unfortunately, a LOT of you (that read my blog) are not. It's unfortuante because I'd be interested to read each day what you're thinking about, what you're up to, what is annoying you, what you're excited about, what fun thing happened today. And just look how easy it'd be??? You don't even have to ever GO to the Facebook homepage. After it's set up, you could send that info to all your "friends" via text to your Facebook wall.
So what are you waiting for? Go check out my Facebook page, add me as a friend if you don't have me already, and GET STARTED.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
I'm on Facebook all day every day it seems. It's like a miny blog. Anything I'm doing I post there instead of here. Anyone that normally reads my blogs are on Facebook anyway. I can post pics, videos, etc. I'm starting to not find a use for my blog...
I hate Youtube now. I make great videos. I like to upload them to show my friends and family how we're doing. One of the things that makes my videos great is my choice of music as a background for what's showing.
And for the record, the video was a documentary of a camping trip my Dad and I took to the Anniversary Narrows. It was an amazing trip. But now, thanks to Google/YouTube, you'll never get to see it.
For those of you who don't know, aintitcool.com is the leading source for accurate and validated "rumors" on the internet. They mostly divulge rumors about movies and often conduct their own interviews with actors, directors, and producers, and then posts the results. It's a fairly legit site that doesn't post any old stupid fanboy rumor (*cough* imdb *cough*). Aintitcool.com takes "rumors"only from the primary source. ;)
d the Wachowski Brothers had been approached to re-boot the franchise as a trilogy and they are currently reviewing their options as its like being asked to take the final play in a superbowl final. Says if they do agree, he will likely either succumb to providing second unit support on the movie or will champion the directorship of Plastic Man - He started to giggle as he stated its like a young child for the Brothers and they wont give that up easily.
Here's the cool thing (if you think about it), you'd NEVER be able to get a picture of the full view of my living room without this stitch program. It's amazing how easy it is to use (not to mention fun).
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If any of you are NOT fans of American Idol, you might roll your eyes when you read this name. But just hear me out a second.
As most of you know by now, I'm getting very excited for my Yosemite trip. I'll post soon about a major change we're making for the trip.
I've been trying to climb stairs lately to start my slow trek to getting at least somewhat in shape for my Yosemite trek in June. Yesterday I climed 8 stories of stairs at Sunset Station. It took me all of about a minute. My heart was pounding by the end. I went home.
Every time I go to Taco Bell, I knowingly ask for 3 times the ammount of hot sauce that I think I'll need. Then I save the extras. I've got a huge bag at home. Then, every time we make homemade tacos or homemade burritos, or taco salad, etc, I've got the TB sauce. And suddenly, homemade tastes like restaurant (Taco Bell) bought. YUM!
The first four years that Del Sol (the high school I work at) was opened, we had what we called D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read). It's what we used to know as SSR (Sustained Silent Reading). Basically for 20 minutes a day, everyone on campus would, well, drop everything and read.
