I recently got rooked into Facebook by way of a Gmail link-up, and I have to be honest… it’s kind of dumb. As I look at everybody making statements and people commenting on them and liking them… it’s kind of dumb. I might be biting the hand that feeds, though, especially now since I’m on the CIA’s grid.
Via the awesome and layered Onion News Network:
For some reason, my friend Chris went onto MySpace today, and he saw this:
It’s an advertisement for The Social Network, a film about the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg.
I can only assume that because the film is allegedly an attack on Zuckerberg, that’s why it’s on the site.
But still… it leads me to wonder Hibbidy-Wah?!
Why did Chris go to MySpace?!
I never got into either MySpace or Facebook. The trendiness didn’t appeal to me (and for the record, I was into Twitter before the huge Twitstorm hit… luckily, it’s subsiding).
So it wouldn’t and shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to create a comparably named forum to mock the uncouth denizens of , and it didn’t (as far as I know).
Introducing (unless you’ve already met) Lamebook, where the h8rs can h8t freely, without having a Facebook account, courtesy of h8rs that have Facebook accounts.
From the entry titled, "That Sucks"
This is a mere sampling of a sampling. I don’t know whether I dodged a bullet, or I’m missing the gunfight, but for now, I’ll stick to Lamebook (even though it’s one of the rare websites I happily found that doesn’t have the word “fuck” in the title).
Someone check the definition for "brothers" please...
It’s been a short while since I’ve stumbled across something on the TripleDoubleU that’s compable of consuming massive amounts of my time. Congrats to The Gregory Brothers for doing just that.
(SIDENOTE: The group includes a sister, just like how it is with the Warner Brothers – Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, yet I suspect they are not really related, just like how it is with The Ramones. But Kings of Leon are all brothers, which I didn’t initially believe, so who knows? Sarah’s the sister-in-law, married to Evan, oldest brother of Andrew and Michael. Boom! Reasearch!)
Together, they have encompassed a great portion of my weekend by being fantastic on so many levels.
First off – they are talented as all get up. Not just a little get up, or a medium amount of get up – all of it.
Second off – they’re funny as heck. Okay, “heck” might not be as funny as the word “poop,” but I’m not putting that word in any sentence about them. Erm…
Okay, so many levels that include only two, but they’re huge levels, right?
I found out about them through Warming Glow (thanks!) after a post showing this video:
Incredible, right? It skewers auto-tuning, the news in general, and the current state of politics, and still manages to be a good song. Not a classic song per se, but beyond textured for a comedy bit.
After watching the first four auto-tuned news reports on their YouTube channel Schmoyoho amongst other earlier outings, I dove into their Facebook and MySpace pages and was surprised to find they were serious musicians (I really like Butter On My Roll, but who am I kidding… it’s all great.). That elevated their level of a shout out on this page from general to specific. That doesn’t just happen for everyone.
Too bad the 25% of the band that’s “babe” is already spoken for. I love women that can sing. Sarah, if you ever get bored with Evan and are looking for a blogger that tries to be funny on a daily basis, comment on my site and I’ll respond! Srsly, I will comment right back on this blog! (Pourquoi est il que les amours m’échappe?)
In deciding between calling myself a netaholic or a webaholic, it was only then that I realized the similarities between a “net” and a “web,” and I wondered if such naming was on purpose, but I digress…
Allow me to reiterate. I. Am. Addicted. To the TripleDoubleU. (I was tired of using these “.” for a moment.)
I’d like to blame it on the stock market crashing and I will.
See, I work in IT, and just like how a stripper doesn’t enjoy bringing her work home (maybe that was a bad example), I wasn’t too keen on doing much on the web once I got home. I had five blogs I regularly read, and I played on the Hollywood Stock Exchange (my user name is TakeOne if interested). Otherwise I did banking and billing (and occasional drunk purchases on Amazon or DeepDiscount).
But when the market crashed and EVERYONE panicked, my company’s clients held their breath and stopped calling, and I was suddenly left with a lot of free time on my hands. I never got into MyBook or FaceSpace, so I started checking out this whole blogging thing. Voila! MonkeyBlogMonkeyDo was born.
But now I’m in a bit of a crisis. Over the last six months, I’ve kinda developed a needto be online. First off, I have way more than five blogs to read on a daily basis. Plus I have two (and sometimes more if I feel like it) of my own to tend to. Throw in my recent crippling desire to Twitter, and it’s borderline unbearable. For example, how am I supposed to watch TV and DVD’s without a functioning laptop on top of my lap (functioning = online).
Where the major crisis stems from is the fact that the neighbor’s wifi I’ve been “borrowing” seems to have been cancelled. I believe this started April 1st, and I’m beginning to lose my mind.
I live in Detroit, and my only option for a provider is Comcast, and I can’t stand Comcast (although I do love their new commercials). So here I sit. Writing this blog. Using dial-up.
Maybe I need to get this (click here to take you to the site because I couldn’t post it via dial-up!):
The Innernette! It all fits on one CD!
Also, I feel a kindred spirit in last season’s South Park episode, “Over Logging.” If you haven’t seen it, check it out here. Just be warned – there is a very gross scene that even Trey Parker couldn’t believe they got away with putting on TV.
Okay, sure, maybe I’m just being whiny, but there’s a part of me that doesn’t find it fair that no one else but Comcast has upgraded lines in my area to give us consumers some options.
…mjusayin…
There’s some things that are popular that I get, and there are somethings I don’t. Then there are some I’m afraid to look too into out of fear of never escaping. Such a curious mind can leave you with dementied brain dents you can never straighten out (I have four – FOUR* – images burnt into my retinas that will never leave me just because I had to go poking around on the TripleDoubleU). And then there’s always the possibility of addiction (see my Songsmith post below).
And that, dear friends, is why I avoid things like Facebook and Twitter. This WordPress blog is consuming enough. One of my friends, Aaron, just started a Facebook profile and he’s spiraling down the drain like a dead goldfish in a toilet.
What I decided to do was test out the concept of Twitter, which is mini-blog you maintain through out the day. How about you better explain it, Mr. Wiki:
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.
Okay, so pretty much what I said, not counting that mini vs. micro prefix. So to illustrate how busy I am on a random day at work, allow me to present my Twitter test run.
10:35am – I’m at a client cleaning spyware. Hearts kicked my ass, but not bad enough for me to quit. Is it bad that I quit when I’m losing?
11:27am – I answered questions after figuring out what was asked. I held a door for a woman and she said there are still gentlemen in this world.
11:45am – I was going to let a semi merge in front of me on freeway. I used to battle truckers. Since I’m nice now I think they look out for me.
12:02pm – At office, a minivan took its sweet time parking so I cut it off for the good spot. So much for being a gentleman. I had 2 pc’s to carry.
12:21pm – Proper restroom etiquette occurred whilst kids dropped off at pool. Cannot linger when another is in the stall… it’s just not cool.
12:38pm – Have to upgrade my copy of Quickbooks, but CD is in another pc. Too lazy to get up. Remoting in to share drive and install. Win!
1:06pm – At Taco Bell (‘natch) some dude stole my cheesy double beef burritos from counter! Was it a scam or coincidence? I’m thinking scam.
1:39pm – At Best Buy wrestled with buying Prince of Persia for $40. Prince of Persia won.
2:13pm – Meaning to look into Drunken Recollection from last night. Does blood thin in summer and thicken in winter? Nurse/cousin Liz says no.
2:15pm – Nurse/cousin Liz is right: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4DE1630F935A35751C0A966958260
2:31pm – Dave at work asks if I’d rather see Donkey Punch (again) or Street Fighter Chun Li. I pick Donkey Punch.
2:32pm – Dave then asks if I’d rather see Donkey Punch or Tyler Perry movie. I say Family that Preys got good reviews, so that, but not Madea.
2:33pm – Dave then asks if I’d rather see Street Fighter or Pink Panther 2. I say Pink Panther… barely.
2:54 pm – A brand new pc’s Windows is missing so I run the restore. While it’s restoring, I work on this entry. I think I might like Twitter.
*Some may say “Just four?” but these four are enough for me.
I must have been living under a rock (that rock being my huge non-camera having cell phone), because I only just discovered ChaCha (actually my bro did, and he passed the word onto me).
If you don’t know what ChaCha is, I’m not going to tell you. You’ll have to send a text message to 242242, and ask “What is ChaCha?”
Basically, it’s like OnStar via text messaging, and it’s quite frankly awesome, considering how much Google text sucks. (Sure, it may not reach the levels attained by Internet phones, but it’s saving me an extra $30 a month).
Some examples of ChaCha interactions:
Q: Which came first – Facebook or MySpace?
A: MySpace launched in August of 2003 and Facebook was founded on February 4, 2004. MySpace was first… based off of Friendster.
Q: How does ChaCha make money as a company?
A: Through strategic partnerships and advertising campaigns such as the Obama ad.
Q: How much is Tiny Toons Season 1 DVD at deepdiscount.com?
A: It is $30.89 with free shipping.
Q: What is your favorite article on monkeyblogmonkeydo.com?
A: My favorite article is “It’s So Cold in 14J-4.”
I think they might have a new favorite now. And golly gee, so do I.
…And no, that’s not a reference to any porn film (although I will store it as a potential title if I ever end up in the Valley, writing my masterpiece (of A?) for the Jenna’s, Roxy’s, and Cytheria’s of the world).
No, it’s in reference to me finally entering the world of Personal Public Display, like so many of my friends and family already have. Hence Monkey Blog, Monkey Do.
Having been a part of that generational gap that missed the MySpace and Facebook cruise liners, and since refusing to board late as if I was in “Final Destination 4: You Cruise, You Lose” (another idea to brain bank for Hollywood), I’ve opted to go blog. And once you go blog – you never go back.
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