Twitter what?

So for a long time now, I've been a big fan of all these social networking sites but Twitter? What is that anyway?

First was MySpace. Look at all my top "friends" and hey, I can decorate my page any way I want with as much as I want! Which of course lead to what I call C.O.A. (customization overuse abuse). You know, it's when you go to someone's page and it almost gives you a seizure from the flashing lights along with HUGE pictures of all their favorite actors and musicians along with a scrolling side show of their kid's 8th birthday mixed in with pictures of the last work happy hour after way too many cocktails. Yikes! Oh yea, while music blares in the background. C.O.A. people, don't let it happen to you.

Then I discovered Facebook but wasn't as quick to join. You mean I can't see it first without joining? Snobs! I can't be in your cool kid club unless I take the secret oath? But I finally gave in after so many friends turned and I have to say, it quickly became the favorite. No overuse abuse here, I loved the limited customization and the fact that no one can see my page unless I agree. Exclusive club? Maybe but not snobby like I thought and lots of fun, time wasting quizzes that I must know the answer to like "what kind of shoe are you?" and "which super hero would you be?" This is riveting stuff!

But this Twitter thing....I just wasn't sure. I was hearing the word everywhere - news anchors were "twittering" for God sake and celebs like Ashton Kutcher and John Mayer were apparently logged on 24/7. But how does it work? One or two line phrases? I didn't get it but I was curious and figured what do I have to lose. Now we are talking limited customization - very limited but maybe that's ok, I kept looking around. Just type in anyone, famous or not and start following them were the instructions I'd gotten on how to get started so that's what I did but still things felt a little weird. What am I suppose to do here? I tried looking at other people's pages for clues and happily, I had found some great people to follow. (Did you know Kevin Smith and Rob Zombie are on twitter? I know, I was shocked too! ) So I'm reading about what Dita Von Teese had for breakfast and thinking, is this what I'm suppose to post? Do people really care about my love of Strawberry Chex cereal? But Dita also happened to be in Paris at the time and was posting pictures taken off her hotel balcony. Suddenly breakfast got a lot more interesting. But since I'm not in Paris, I looked on and after a few awkward attempts, started to feel like I was getting the hang of things. Honestly, I still don't know for sure if I'm twittering correctly but I am getting hooked on following some of my favorite people and posting bits of pieces of my exciting life.

"Diamonds are forever on G4 tonight - love the old Bond flicks"

"So...hot outside....again today.....St Louis is brutal, I am over-using the air conditioning :)"

"finally got a chance to watch the Guys Choice Awards yesterday that I had Tivo'd - Loved it! All awards shows should be that fun!"
(Now actually that last one really was big news, that award show was awesome!)

So anyway, if you care to "follow" or just check out my amateur attempts, you can find me @AnnasPinup. Another site added to the list, I'm just trying to keep up. And no, I am not following Ashton Kutcher. Honestly, no one should.




















Another Gil Elvgren classic pinup from 1969 called Wish You Were Near