Decidering, Part 12

I'm back to making decisions for everyone this month, a fun experiment that went well last year (and by well, I mean that none of my decisions landed a person in jail or, worse, had them wearing Sperry Topsiders).

Hope asks: Should I start twittering?

Yes!

For starters, you will get to read Twitters like this:

Additionally, life is full of Twitterable experiences. Like, for instance, when you are at the local coffee shop and they run out of your favorite marzipan tea and you want to tell somebody about it but you don't want to, like, call somebody on the phone or write a whole blog post about the situation because nobody really cares that much about your coffee shop running out of tea leaves, you can Twitter it. Your Twitter friends WILL CARE.

Or, for example, when you are sitting at the San Diego airport and the guy next to you orders a big beer even though it is 7:06 in the morning. You'll want to let some people know about that. Twitter it!

Other Totally Twitterable Things: the weather, your eyeliner, the coworker in the cubicle next to yours. The mundane becomes fascinating on Twitter!

And, also? You can follow people and find out exciting things about their lives like what they are eating RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE! About 90 percent of my twitters are about things I am currently eating.

You also will find out things you would never have known about people. For example, two days ago I was riding my bike home through the arboretum and, I swear, I was just about to Twitter about what a lovely bike ride it was, when a huge black bug FLEW RIGHT INTO MY EYE. I narrowly avoided crashing my bicycle as I pulled off to the side of the path, where I dropped all my stuff and frantically tried to remove the bug from my eye. Three sweet high school girls came to my rescue, offering a mirror and encouragement until the bug, which was STILL ALIVE, was cried out of my eye.

Once I was able to see again, I Twittered about the experience.

See? You only would have known about that bug in my eye if you had been following me on Twitter at 6 PM on Tuesday evening.

Finally, somebody recently stopped following me on Twitter, so I'm feeling all rejected and sorry for myself, as I now have one fewer Twitter friend (although, seriously, they must not have been that good a friend since (a) they just stopped following me and (b) I have no idea who they were now that they have disappeared from my follower list).

(What is up with that, anyway? Was it the bug-in-the-eye story?)

NOTICE, PEOPLE: I promptly signed up for Qwitter, which will now tell me WHO stops following me, so don't even think you can break up with me all sly-like. I consider you people my FRIENDS (yes, even Lance Armstrong, who, for whatever reason, has not started following me yet but I think it's just because he's been so busy with the shoulder surgery and whatnot).

So, anyway, yes, join Twitter! And follow me, if you are so inclined!

What do y'all think? To Twitter or not to Twitter?

Comments

[Hope]

I signed up. Thanks for deciding for me. :)

[Hope]

PS. Now following you.

[L]

Oh no, I've been fighting it for so long but your post isn't helping!! The thing is - I already spend so much time online, haven't even taken the time to pretty up my blog or write more frequently, AND I don't have a Blackberry anymore. I'm worried Twitter will steal more precious free time. But it does sound fun!

[Korinna]

Ach. I love Twitter.

[Operation Pink Herring]

I used to be totally anti-Twitter, and dudes. I was wrong. Twitter is awesome. Now I have someone to tell when my gym nemesis steals my 8lb weights! And when the coffee shop is out of hazelnut coffee, or when I really want pizza for lunch. Ah, Twitter. How wrong I was. (100% serious, btw. I have twittered about every one of those events and I LOVE IT.)

[Sarah]

This is one of your best posts. I laughed on on the 5th floor of the library where the the other students give you dirty looks for making too much noise when you unzip your backpack. Very funny.

[AuburnKat]

Definitely twitter! =)

[Michelle]

Twitter!

[Janet]

This totally made me laugh, especially having just signed up to Twitter myself. Qwitter is hilarious.

"You can follow people and find out exciting things about their lives like what they are eating RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE! About 90 percent of my twitters are about things I am currently eating." Ha!! Love this. And me too. :)

Marzipan tea sounds totally amazing and I hope they get some back in stock soon. :)

[wilda wallace]

OMG Janet,I loved this post. I laughed my ass off. I'm still laughing. I don't know what twitter is but I am a faithful reader of your blog.
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[Chelsea Talks Smack]

I was resistant to twitter at firs,t but look at me I'm all about it now!

[matt harrison]

Marzipan tea! Ewh that does not sound very tasty... (When I think of marzipan I think of the cake decorating marzipan)
Yes its very sad when someone unfollows you... :( I love qwitter but I hate twitter spammers...

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[lynie]

Twitter!

I added you as a friend, I'm a lurker to this site :-) oh and I'm your friend number 129, if that makes a difference!