Apr 09
Thanks, Rainn!
Posted: under Fun Stuff, General, Praise, Rants.
Tags: blogging, rainn wilson, twitter
I have been kicked squarely in the balls. And it is forcing me to rethink this blog and my lack of involvement in it.
Let me explain a little. Those that read this blog regularly (thanks Mom!) may or may not know that I am on Twitter, a kind of mini-blogging social network app that allows you to blurt out random crap via your mobile phone, computer, typewriter, fax, and morse code. (Ok, maybe not that last one, but I’m sticking with at least the first two). People who “follow” you can read whatever you decide to write. If you’re funny/interesting enough, you gain followers like the Pied Piper. If you are boring enough, they will stop following you shortly after they start following. I usually fall somewhere in the middle of those two extremes.
Celebrities, on the other hand, get hundreds of thousands of dedicated followers. Most of us follow like sheep, just loving the fact that we get to peer ever so slightly into their personal life. The results are sometimes disappointing when we find out that they are just as boring as us, but with more money.
Today, I had had enough of Rainn Wilson (“Dwight” from The Office)’s repeated re-tweets and constant product pitches, and told him so by Tweeting
“@rainnwilson I’m sorry, but we need to break up. I don’t follow celebtwits for RT’s and product endorsements all day. GL in The Office, tho!
The response from Rainn:
“Check out Rays blog! RT @raychampagne Im sorry, but we need to break up.I don’t follow celebtwits for RTs and product endorsements all day.”
So far, I have been inundated with reponses from his followers, most who actually agree with me. Which makes me wonder, is it too harsh to knock down a celebrity for something I get for free, without any contract or expectance of what I’m going to get out of it?
I have had about as many hits on this blog in the past hour as I have had all time. And I haven’t updated in over a month. And before that it was spotty at best. I have been thinking lately that it’s time to get back on the horse, I guess this was the boot in the ass I needed.
Twitterati, if you’re reading this, add my RSS feed to your iGoogle, I’ll try and mildly entertain more frequently.
