Friday, September 7, 2012

When Twitter was Titillating



Six months ago I was still “working for the Man” and my weekday Twittering was restricted to before and after work, morning and afternoon breaks, and my lunch hour.  Oh, what sweet deviation when I could sneak a quick peek while the money-makers were deeply involved in strategizing the doom of competitors or some such thing. Red was there looking over my shoulder the whole time, and it gave us good reason to remember over a couple of Bloody Marys.

Red: Don’t get me wrong. I still love Twitter, but back then it was so naughty. 

Kathy: What do you mean naughty? 

Red: Well, everyone around you thought you were a bit crazy to love Twitter so much…and then there was Russell Blake and his crazy rants!

Kathy: Ah, those were the good old days. Yes, I remember. I’d log on to Twitter for my fifteen-minute “coffee” break and there’d be Russell tweeting silly nonsensical stuff, always hilarious and verging on obscene half the time then BING! My time would be up, but I’d manage to slip in what I thought was a hilarious retort if I could before returning to work.

Red: (chuckling) I remember. I had a little crush on that pirate! Hey, remember that time that little snot-nosed frat boy called you rude?!

Kathy: (full-bodied belly-laughing now) Yeah! That was at work too. I spent my whole lunch break telling him off and then unfollowed the little twerp!

Red: So, now you can tweet any time you want. What’s changed?

Kathy: Exactly that! I can do it anytime I want – so it’s not forbidden fruit anymore. Also, most of my friends, family and acquaintances have gotten used to me being the renegade girl, the one who Twitters (and at my age, too!). So, there’s no bad girl quality to it anymore. Twitter is now so respectable. I mean everyone does it.

Red: I suppose but not everyone does it like you do.

Kathy: Huh? What do you mean?

Red: You know! You really like your tweeps and it’s more than just promoting your books and stuff.

Kathy: Well, honestly, I’ve made some of the best friends I’ve ever known on Twitter. Some of them will do anything they can to help and actually ask if I’m okay when I’m gone for a while or feeling a little down. I’ve had co-workers that didn’t notice when I was woozy from a 104 degree temperature!

Red: I agree. You’ve got some great pals on Twitter. Both of us do! That Dannie Hill! And what about Elise Stokes? And Leti? Then there’s Melissa Tackett. Bert and Christina. Too many to list here.

Kathy: Yep, but we can send them all a virtual Bloody Mary (lifting my glass)! Here’s to the best of the best – you know who you are!

Red: (drinking her salute) To Twitter - fun, friends and frivolity!

We both swigged our drinks, laughed a little too much then started in on our second one and a conversation about men that is completely unprintable here. 



15 comments:

  1. Ah, the good old days. When I had a life outside of writing. If you can call Twitter a life. Hopefully after the first of the year I'll be back to ranting. Until then, well, it's write, write, write.

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  2. LOL - glad to have a friend that remembers those days! Thanks for stopping by Russell.

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  3. Russell and the truth-- they go together! Thank you for the mention and especially putting me in with a group like you've named. It's a WOW moment for me!

    You've done so much to keep me smiling, Kathy! It really is ture that one can meet true friends on Twitter.

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  4. Well, you are one of my true-blues - someday I'm coming to Thailand to see your paradise and meet the woman who stole your heart! Thanks buddy, for being my buddy.

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  5. Hi! Thank you for the mention. :-) I love sitting at my desk and going through my tweets, coworkers think I am playing some game. Hey, what's a girl to do when the calls dry up at night? LOL

    I love helping to get word out about your various books, great stuff. Huggs.

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    1. You are a champion retweeter and I always appreciate you and smile when I see that you've done it AGAIN. Thanks Mel!

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  6. Great post! Twitter is indeed a great place to meet wonderful people :D

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  7. Awwww, thank you, Kathy. You were my first Twitter friend. You tweeted that you were beginning to feel the effects of a Bloody Mary, and I told you to tweet after a couple more. We've been buddies ever since. :) And, Russell Blake, what would we do without you to entertain us? I can't look at a clown, or tequila, and not think of you. ;)

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    1. You continue to be a fantastic friend - supportive, kind and generous to all. LOL - the Russell comment is so true, let me just add "kittys".

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  8. I'm a newbie (relatively) to the Twitterverse, and so I don't know about the 'good old days' of it. But I *can* say I've met so many great people here, including the commenters here. So I look at this moment as 'the good old days' for me! :)

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    1. Well, the truth is these are just MY good old days. You're right, you'll have great memories a year down the road. Glad to get to know you, David!

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  9. This was a spectacular post! Totally summed up the Twitterverse experience for me as well! It's never been forbidden for me, but I have so many twitter friends I've never met in person, but they bend over backwards for me online! Great post!

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    1. Thanks LJ! So glad you've had the same wonderful experience. Boy was it sweet when it was forbidden. Still love it and the people, though and always will I think.

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  10. I always say I TAWT I TAW A TWITTER TAT... But Twitter will never be dull for MsCheevious! :)

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    1. Oh, it's not dull for me at all, just doesn't have that thrill of waiting for hours to get on for a few minutes. Easy access takes a bit of the pizzazz away for me, that's all.

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