Twitterstalking
Hi Friends,
How is everyone doing? Good, glad to hear it. I still haven’t gotten around to writing my year in review post, so sorry about that. I’ll try to do that sometime soon. I’m having surgery in a couple of days, so whenever I get around to writing that post, I’ll likely be under the influence of pain medication. That should make it more entertaining.
Things are going well here. Feeling better and eating healthier. Those two things just might be related. Kate and I had a good time in Tucson, although it was odd for me to go to Arizona and not have any margaritas or chimichangas. I’m sure my internal organs will thank me later for that.
Since I’m too lazy to do an actual blog post, I figured I’d just do a twitter roundup post. For those of you not on Twitter, this will likely not make any sense to you. Or, maybe it’ll motivate you to create a Twitter account and start following all of these bloggers (and me too).
I’m still not sure how I feel about Twitter. Sometimes I think it’s great - typically when I’m in a waiting room, in a cab, or on the tarmac. It takes little to no effort, which is always a plus for me. But sometimes I agree with John Mayer (@johncmayer) who once said that Twitter was “one step away from sending pictures of your poop.” Then again, he tweets all the time and has 2 Million+ followers.
Tweeting is much easier than real blogging. So I’m guessing that a Twitterstalking post will also be easier than Blogstalking. So here are a few of the bloggers that I follow on Twitter and a brief description of what they usually blog about.
Angela at Oh She Glows (@ohsheglows) - I think Angela actually has about 14 different Twitter accounts for her various business ventures (globakery, green monster movement) - hell, I think her cat even has a Twitter account. Angela’s tweets usually focus on her multiple trips to the post office or the countless glo bars that she has baked on a given day. I’ve crunched some numbers, and based on her recent tweets, Angela has sold more Glo Bars than Tim Horton has sold cups of coffee in the past year. I was going to use McDonalds Cheeseburgers, but decided to use a Canadian reference for our blogger from the North.
Heather of Hangry Pants (@hangrypants) - Hangry Heather usually tweets something funny about Hangry Mark (@markremo). Then Hangry Mark usually tweets something about video games that I don’t understand. So then I have to Google whatever video game he is talking about. Then I end up spending 15 minutes on some video game website and all of a sudden Twitter has gone from being a painless time waster to a significant time commitment. Damn you, Twitter.
Caitlin Pancake (@caitlinhtp) - HTP tweets all damn day. Sometimes I just count the number of HTP tweets and then graph them out by day in Excel. Yes, my life is really that exciting. Anyway, HTP tweets about everything, from her lack of morning showering, to her day-drinking exploits, to 20 mile runs after day-drinking. I would vote her as the food blogger most likely to tweet about…well, just about anything.
Hmm, I guess I lied. These descriptions aren’t very brief. I’ll try to shrink these down a bit…
Jenna (@EatLiveRun) - Typically something about wine and/or acrobatics (various yoga poses or, more recently, headstands).
Fitnesstestinista (@fitnessista) - Something about going to Starbucks. Per Twitter, she goes to Starbucks more than a full-time barista. But she turns into Snoop Dog whilst tweeting, so it is frequency referred to as ‘the bizzle’ or something similar.
Everyone’s favorite Homegirl (@homegirlcaneat) - Usually something about booze, Irish boys, or San Francisco. Sometimes it’s the homegirl trifecta…something like ‘Shots in SF with the O’Reilly Boys.’
C’n'C Blogging Factory (@CarrotsNCake) - Mostly pictures of Murphy and Mal - I don’t mind, as both are cute as a button.
Twitter Stock Up
Missing your dog while on vacation
Tweeting about hotel rooms
Tweeting about whatever song you are listening to on Grooveshark
Twitter Stock Down
Pandora tweets
Retweeting from celebrities
Tweeting pictures of food
Well, that’s all for now. Hopefully I’ll be back in a few days for the roundup post. Oh, and if you have any good recommendations of famous people that I should follow on Twitter (or non-famous people, I guess) please post as comments. Have a happy new year, and I’ll try to do better next time.
-Nate (@blogstalker)
You are hilarious. I love that you wrote this and I missed your humor. Glad you’re back!
LOVE this! You crack me up every time Nate. I enjoy reading your blog posts and your tweets!! My goal is to some day chat with you via Twitter (@karla522) or be included in a blog round-up. That can be a 2010 resolution for me
Keep up the great healthy lifestyle efforts!
FINALLY youre back…homegirl got me all obsessed with you and then you werent even currently blogging…reading about last years stock up stock down somehow isnt as amazing. go figure.
I bet this would be funnier if I used Twitter. I just don’t see how it’s different from updating your facebook status all day long.
Good luck with the surgery!
And yeah… everyone posts so many Tweets! Where does that time come from?!
Love it! Except, man, I didn’t get the memo about tweeting food pics. Oops. And I don’t have a dog, so I guess I need to get acquainted with Grooveshark.
Dori - Thanks. I enjoy your tweets as well. They typically involve showing up too early for work because of make believe meetings that exist only on the calendar in your head!
Karla - Consider yourself followed! Good goal for 2010. I think we can make that happen
Elise - Yes, I’m back for now. I’ll try to give you some more up to date material.
Marianne - It isn’t much different from updating FB status. Except that everyone else on Twitter is doing it as well, so you don’t feel like a crazy person.
Katie - I don’t know! I get tired just trying to keep up with all of the tweets.
Lara - Yeah, you better jump on the grooveshark bandwagon. Cheaper and less clean-up than a puppy.
Good luck with the surgery!!!!! Keep us updated!! (via twitter if necessary)
ps - I agree with your feelings on twitter - some days I’m all for it, and other days I log in and think “this is stupid”
When Mark talks to me I usually have to consult google. It’s very exhausting.
SO glad you are back! LOVE the post! I missed you making me laugh with your blog stalking - and twitterstalking is just as fun!!
I always love your posts! I’m also so very glad to hear your feeling better. Keep up your good work!
You have me laughing my bum off again, Nate! I can’t wait to read your painkiller influenced year recap (and of course I hope your surgery is smooth and successful…goodbye gall-balder?)
I think I’m the last Twitter hold out (and will continue to be so…for now at least!) but I followed you through this one!
What a hilarious post! Twitter is surely entertaining. Happy New Year!
ahahaha I DIE at this post/my trifecta lifestyle. It’s the truth when I am back in San Fran though. Last night I was on a party boat in the bay with Irish lads and two nights ago I went karaoking with Irish peeps from the summer and sang the Pussycat Dolls. Who am I?
Answer = McHomegirl
PS: SO HAPPY you enjoyed da card! I hope you are feeling better from nasty surgery and doin’ yo thang down south. AwWwWw sHiIiiIiiIIIIIIiiiii
Enjoyed this twitter article. I’ve been “tweeting” now for about a month. Although, I don’t tweet very much myself. I usually read others’ tweets and marvel at their ability to tweet 24/7 and write 3 blog posts per day.
OMG lol!! The stock up/down are spot on!
Danny DeVito’s Twitter is incredible. Sometimes it’s just pictures of his feet over shit. “Troll feet over the Manhattan bridge.” “Troll feet over a fireplace.”
It’s priceless.
P. Diddy’s (or is it Diddy now?) twitter makes my head explode. And his youtube videos…even more priceless. LOL
I actually have yet to read John Mayer’s stuff.
Glad to hear you are feeling better and healthier. Good luck with the surgery!
Hi Nate! Welcome back to blog world! glad to hear you are feeling better.. and are committed to a healthy lifestyle. : )
im pissed tho cuz now who am i gonna eat fried chicken with when you come to boston?! sheeesh! lol
im on twitter- @charliesangel54 my tweets are fairly boring, but hey, whatever works right??
Good crew it’s cool
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I missed you too! I am a fellow blog stalker. But I don’t give updates and I’m not as funny as you. I just get pissed when the blogs I read don’t get updated often enough. Sorry to hear about your gall bladder stuff but its cool you can laugh about it. I was in the hospital a few years back for some GI issues (most likely brought on my crap food and too much booze, so I can relate). I was also at a teaching hospital where every intern, doctor, resident and nurse gets a poke. Not cool when something is wrong with your butt. I had to laugh. For my own sanity. Hospital people are stiffs.
As for Twitter, I always forget to “tweet.” I follow Rainn Wilson from The Office. He tweets 7 times an hour, on average. Some of it hilarious. Some of it bizarre. Check him out. Also follow “shitmydadsays.” Its a guy who just posts all the crazy stuff his almost-senile dad says.
Good luck with the surgery! I just had surgery on my elbow b/c I tried to arm wrestle when I was drunk. What an expensive night THAT ended up being…
Enjoy the pain meds! Glad to have you back!
Nate,
I am sorry I have not been following and staying up to date. I hope you are feeling better. I am a huge fan of reading your blog as you already knew that. This whole twitter thing is nuts… I am struggling to find time to tweet - it takes a while to cut my hair each day….
zest
you’re back!!!! hahahahahah this post is hilarrriouss. and so true! hope you’re feeling better!!!!!!