Jon & Kate Adopt Ballon Boy?!?!

No, that's a lie, but I have an embarrassing confession to make. -- I’ve joined Twitter. Ok, not so bad. It’s not like I’m admitting that I read the Twilight books or anything. Though it’s hard to kick the feeling that I’ve joined some sort of cult of self-aggrandizing celebrities and their stalkers, Twitter is undeniably and increasingly becoming a powerful tool in the up-and-coming world of digital media. Twitter is also full of helpful and interesting users who post more than just cleverly worded 140-character descriptions of their rather mundane lives (no offense most of the people on Twitter, now including myself). I’ve been tracking a few members for a long time, but now that I’m a real twitterer (tweeter?) and not just a follower, I can become a more valuable member of this social-network.

First order of business -- push “Jon & Kate adopt Balloon Boy” to the top of the trending keywords. Second order of business -- hire a ghost twitterer who can tweet just like me so I don’t have to spend the 30 seconds a day doing it myself.

Likes & Dislikes

Things I Like:

• Celebrities* who give their children real names: Personally, I just don't follow the school of though that allows famous people to name kids things like Blanket or Pilot Inspecktor.
• True love**
• Glee: I love this show so much that I catch myself wishing that they'd just release the DVD instead of making me wait 7 days between episodes. Those bitches.
• Crate & Barrel***

Things I Dislike:

• Canned tuna
• The whole Jon & Kate drama: I just feel bad for the kids and I'd offer to boycott all tabloids that feature them on the cover except for the fact that I just don't have that kind of self control.
• Horror movies: Horror movies are either so bad that you want to subject yourself to a gruesome death rather than watch them, or scary. I'm sorry but neither option really appeals to me.
• Milk as a beverage****

* Sarah Michelle Gellar recently gave birth to her first, a baby girl called Charlotte Grace. Lovely and normal name, right? Anyway, I thought it was interesting that such an obscure celebrity keeps cropping up in my 'likes' column-- I featured her a while ago for owning a non-puntable dog. So yeah, kudos to her.

** I got so overwhelmed trying to elaborate on this that I think I have to do a whole entry devoted to true love. So yeah, coming soon.. or something.

*** While Crate & Barrel takes the cake because of their exclusive marimekko designs (see above link/ picture of bedspread for proof), this like also applies to Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, West Elm, and [obviously] IKEA.

****As an accompaniment to cereal? Sure. As a component in yogurt? Great. Pancakes? Awesome. Ice Cream? Yes, please. By itself? Absolutely not. I'm sorry but that's just fucking disgusting.