Frankly, my online presence already far exceeds how present I feel in my everyday life. But isn't that the point? Aren't we all madly posting status updates and photos and random musings to assert our existence and prove to everyone how happy, popular, successful and full of life and adventure we all are? "See how good I look in that photo? Notice how the light hits my face just right? And see how I was just doing some traveling with my very attractive friends? Don't you think that's pretty worldly of me? And do you believe yet that I'm happy? Do you?? My life is great! DON'T YOU WISH YOU WERE ME???"
So I think adding a Twitter account to the mix would be going overboard.
BUT if I were on Twitter, these are the things I likely would have said during my trip to Montreal this weekend:
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On the train back from Montreal. No breakfast combo available at this late hour. :(
6:35 PM Sept 7 from txt
Just spent lovely afternoon with Phil's family. So much pate. Ack - how do I do accents? LOL!
3:04 PM Sept 7 from txt
Sad to leave Kristy and Matt's place. Seb is such a beautiful little boy. So happy to meet him!
11:15 AM Sept 7 from txt
My Winnipeg: good movie to watch if you want to feel like you just did a lot of drugs.
9:40 PM Sept 6 from web
Matt and Kristy put fried potatoes in their burritos. This is my new favourite thing.
7:54 PM Sept 6 from web
Tam tams and Nerd Wars at Mont-Royal make for a fun and dusty afternoon!
5:12 PM Sept 6 from web
It's fun watching Phil try to avert his eyes while Kristy breastfeeds. LOL!
1:45 PM Sept 6 from txt
Kristy is having great success with reusable diapers!
11:30 AM Sept 6 from web
Delicious Thai food tonight with Kristy, Matt, Phil and little Seb. Crispy spinach is the bomb!
11:23 PM Sept 5 from web
Had ice cream and looked at old photos at Phil's mom's house. He sure was a cutie.
6:30 PM Sept 5 from txt
Fun brunch with Radha, reminiscing about 4th Line. Ah, memories!
2:20 PM Sept 5 from txt
Blow-up mattress deflated during the night. Will have to be sure to close it properly tonight.
9:40 AM Sept 5 from web
Arrived in Montreal! Starving after trip so went to Keg! So much meat!
11:34 PM Sept 4 from web
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Suffice it to say that no one is worse off for my not having a Twitter account. I'd be one of those people who posts things that are irrelevant to anyone but me. And that's probably why I don't see the point of Twitter. Those who are posting about politics and world affairs may be doing the world a service. I'll do my part and not cloud the twitterfeed with my banalities. I've got Facebook for that.
5 comments:
Cute. I don't use twitter myself, but you got me thinking that maybe I'll set up a fake twitter page on my blog and write silly twitter-like stuff for fun. Sort of to make fun of the whole twitter phenomena.
You can check me out here:
http://lazyphotog.wordpress.com/
Cheers,
D.
Thanks for the post, Dave. Your photos are great!
Was a cutie? WAS a cutie? WTF?!
:P
Originally I had put "He sure was a cutie. And still is! LOL!" but I felt that was one too many LOL's for one blogpost.
I don't know what makes me think I would use "LOL" if I tweeted, 'cause I never use it while chatting online. It's like I created this whole new version of myself who tweets and lol's and probably wears a watch and maybe is a lawyer with a summer home in Muskoka. I wish I were her.
I don't really get Twitter either, though I have a very-rarely-updated account. I think the Twitter trend is best for folks who have an iphone. For those of us who don't, the idea of changing our status that much on FB AND Twitter on our PCs just doesn't make sense.
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